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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

For THOSE WHO WEAR SPECTACLEs -
Men engaged in literary pursuits should
read IN sl by day and write most by night.
II is worthy of note that reading causes
more strain to the eye than writing, and
that copying work in writing makes n
greater demand upon the organ of vision
than off hand composition. Twilight and
mixture oi twilight and artificial illum,
ination should he avoided for any kind of
work. The pale cobalt-blue tint is the
best that can be employed when protection
for the eye from intense glare is sought, as
in the case of travelling on snow fields in
bright sunshine. The green glass that is
often adopted for this purpose is not by
any means so worthy of confidence. Rsad'
ing in railway travelling Is o. j.ctionabe
in the highest degree for very obvious
reason. The oscillation of the Cal lriage
continually alters the distance of the page
| from the eve, anil so calls for unceasin9
strain in the effort to keep the organ in
due accommodation for the ever. varying
distance Of the dancing image. The exec
fitting of the frame work of spectaoles tC
the face and eyes is of more importance
than is generally conceived. II the cen
ters of the lenses of the spectacles do no
accurately coincide with the ceners of tilt
puuils of tho eyes, the consequence is thai
the images in the separate eyes are Il little
displaced from the positions which they
ought to hold. and that somewhat paia
full and injurious effort has to be made by
the eye to bring those images back into
due correspondence for accurate vision
An nclpient squlnt is apt to be In this WAY
produced. Mr.. Carter recommends tina
people should look TO tho centering of thei
spectacles for themselves. This may b,
easily done by standing before looking
glass with the spectacles in their place. !
the fit is a good one. the center of the pupi
should then appear in the center of tn
rim. Fully formed spectacles are alway
to be preferred to foldlng frames, hecaus
they permit of more satisfactory adjust
ment in this particular, and because the.
are more easily kept in the right position
with regard TO tue eyes. The only nd
vantage which the pebble eni ys owe
glass for the construction of spectnoles
/, the immunity which 1t possesses agairs
scral cning and fracture on account of II
greater hardness. - Edts6ur0 ReCtetO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

INDIAN GIRL GRADUArEs.-A CORES.
pondent of the Now YORK Herd d, writing
from the Crow Greek agency, says;
"While WAS galloping back to the fort in
the company OF DR.. Berger, the post sur
geon. we came upon handsome Indian
glrl, who WAS saunterng along the road
side. She proved to be Z5win, or Yellow,
woman, one of the Hampton college grad.
yates. Attred in ftshIonable-cut polo
naise. jnunty bonnet and pair of high
heeled French shoes, as she drew back and
modestly shaded her eyes with a tiny
gloved hand, Zewin was the strongest ad-
vocate of educa ion that could have been
sent. among the susceptible braves of Crow
Creek She is the daughter of Don't Know
How, AN Indian store keeper, who displays
over his door the sign, D. X. Howe
When little Z3win was sent to the college
at Hampton Roads her fathers house ap-
peared in comparison with the surround,
ing tepees, to be palatial mansion. The
impression was not eff iced even by con-
tact with eastern luxury during her college
life, and last week the girl looked forward
with pleasure to the grand reception which
her father had arranged for her return.
and felt how completely education had iso-
lated her from her savage surroundings
the poor girl burst into tears. That night
she slept in the arms of her sister. and
both girls cried till morning, one because
she was civiised and the other because she
WIS not. Tie next morning Zuwin turned
everything upside down, and began II gen
era house cleaning. Her father appeared
at The agency an hour later with n melan
choly countenance, and it is "a question a
to how long he Can stand the regime ol
cleanliness which has basn inau surated.
After few words with the girl. we passed
on, and by piece of good fortune over
took one of the Yale college graduates
He was the pink of stylish perfection. and
would have attracted attention even in the
east. lie said he was surprised To tinC
how education had altered his IDEAS re
garding the Sioux, but said his people
were all anxious tor civlist sttion. and wher
we parted he apologised for having left
his visiting cards NJ home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

1t is always well, in making up ones
mind upon principle, to note the class OF
men VINO are opposed to it. The enemies
of prohibition. the friends of license, mar
shal rs one wing of their army such men
AS Falstaf pressed into the service when
he unloaded The gibbets, gathered prodi-
gals from swine herdng, the cankers of n
calm world and long peace. The vul,
lures of society that fatten on virtue, the
owls of society that Ay by night, the men
who love darkness rather than light, the
criminal dehauched, dlssolule, all these
will vote for license by II natural affinity
There must he something wrong in q
question that rallies to its support call the
worst elements of society. .-ReU. o. F. Gtf
ford
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

SUSPICIOUS SYMPTOMS "A minister who
WAS, perhaps, not too careful in his habit,
was induced by his friends to take the
tertotnI pledge. His health appeared to
suffer. and his doctor ordered him to take
one glass of punch daily
"Oh!" saId he, ~ dare not. Peggy
my old housekeeper, would tell the whole
parish"
when do you shaveP' the doctor in
qured.
" In the morning"
Then" SAID the doctor, shave a
night; and when Peggy brings you vi
your hot water, you IN take your gil IS o
punch before going to bed.''
the minister aflerward appeared to i'm
prove In health and spirits. The doctor
soon after met Peggy and said:
I'm glad to hear, Peggy, that youl
master is better"
"Indee1, sir he's better, but his brain,
affected; there 8 something wrang wi his
mind"
Howpr
"Why doctor, he used to shave at nigh
before going to bed, but now he shaves it
the morning. he shaves before dinner b,
shaves after dinner, he shaves at night
he's aye Shawn"
The symptoms were, indeed very suspi
cious.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11
Vfmpfrantf.

"It was the greatest mistake of nv
life." Parson Ely was so in the habit of
saying<t that his friends gathered around
the Thanksgiving table, looked up from
,heir good cheer, and waited, with amused
expressions, 10 see what was the last error,
considered by the tender conscience Of
their self-accusing pastor as the greatest
IN life. in which he had already chroni
cled so MANY. Ptrson Elv WAS an impress
siOnable, impulsve man full of enthusiasm
for any good cause, which appealed TO his
better feelings and sense of right, but
imid and very dependent upon popular
support, the opinion of others somehow
strangely affecting his opinion of himself
and his actions. Sometime before, a wave
of the great Washingtonian movemo nj had
swept over the little village of Poncocke,
multitud-s Of names We're appended to
he total abstinence pledge, that of the
mpulsive pastor standing high upon the
pledge roll, while his interest and enthusi.
tsm carried forward the meetings and
lectures, and assisted to lash public senti-
ment up to white heat. But all excite
ruents necessarily have their reactions,
and even so il vas in Pnnoocke. The
Washlnglonlan lecturers went their way
10 other towns, which equally needed
their services. The reformed men,
,uch as we're really reformed. quietly to-
heir places among other industrious olti'
zens. and lost their temporary prominence.
while others, having only been swepl
tiong in The general enthusiasm of the
movement, and not having been point ed
10 the religious as the only true b bIsiS OF
reformation, soon fell away, and brought
terrible Disgrace upon the cause. Then
the moderate drink rs and the respectable
portions of the community, whose present
gains or palernaI fortunes were largel,
involved in the manufacture and sale o
New England rum, and TO whose unen
| ightened conscierces distillery was II!
innocent possession rs n -four mill is L
US. began 10 take courage and say: 81
told you So"
They said it In tho parsons ears in
most uncomfortable way, for many o
them we're his elders and deaconS, hi.
church members in the highest standing
and from whom his salary must of necessil,
come. Some OF them thought-there wer,
such men in those days-lhat the latte
circumstance gave them right to dictst
rs TO their pastors actions not only, bu
also as to his most pl ivste opinions q
right and wrong, and so they gave him
lively lime with their comments upon hi
recent position, declaring that radicalisn
suoh as his must inevitably prejudice hi
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

THOR UGH JOB -Jud g M, a
well known iur,st living near Cincinnati,
was fond Of RELYING this anec lite. He
had once Occ Ision 10 snn to ths villa ,e
fpr ctrpAnrer. an sturdy Young fellow
app red with his tools
Il want this f'n,3 an lll to keep the
cattle ont. Tn.re are soma unplane,l
bo iris use them II /. out Of sight from
he house, so You need not take time to
IN Ike it "A neat N. will only pty yod a
dollar and half"
the I lga went to dinner, and coming
ont found he mtn clretully pl ming each
board. Supp rSing that he was trying u
make COS ly - Of 1t he ordered MIN to
nail them on at once juIl as they were. and
continued his walk. When he re urned
the~boards were planed and numbered
ready for mailing
II told YOU that this fence was to be
covered with vines," he said sngrily, 81
10 not otre how il looks"
IL d." said the cIrpenter grufH 7, care
fully measuring his work. When it was
Fl lished there WIS no pIrt of the fence 81
thorough in finish.
"How mucu do you charger" askei the
Judge.
"A dollar and half" said the man
shouldrring hi- tools.
The judge starel. "Why did you spent
all that labor on the JOB. if not for til,
money!"
"For the job, sir"
Nobody would have seen the poor worl
ON it
But should have known il was there
No; I'll take only the 81 So" He took i
and went away.
Ten years atterward the Judge had the
contract TO give for the erection Of certain
magnif cent public buildings. rhere wer,
many applicants among master builders
but one face caughl his eye.
''lt was my mtn of he fence" he said
II knew we should have only good yener
Gus work from HIM gave IN he con
tract and it male rich man OF MN"
1t is pity that boys were not taught Il
their earliest years that The highest success
belongs to the man, BE- he aIpenter, farm
er, au hOr or artist, whose WORK is mos
thoroughly done.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

A NEW GAME OF SOLITAIRE N ipoleon
the Grrtr diet TOO soon Tor his own happi-
ness Sornobply h IS Invented new game
of SOLITAIRE wlicn would have pnzz ed even
the ingenuity ui the master of the game.
while 1t would have fascinated him even
IN IRE than the several forms which he de
vstl to while away tbs solitary hours of
his St. Helena Imprisonment. This new
game is gust now interesting all card
players, and cubs are formed to play it,
cnnmnnic,ti ,tion of success being mtia hv
telegram and Ietor. 1t is the most diff
cult Iortn Of the game yet devised. The
clemens OF calculation and chance are
about equally divided, The possible com
bnatiOns of the game may be s1id to he
inc .lcGIabie. Tne fail puck of fifty two
cards Is used. They must be lhor0u JhIy
sh I'll d to begin with, and then laid one
by one in row on large table When.
ev /. rs thus laid out, IL card of the same
suit rs the last one IN the row is 10 b-
found three cards b ,ck, skipping two, "
it cn be place. on top of the last card in
the row. This of coul Sc disturbs the order
of the original arrangement, and may
bring cards of the same suit within two
cards OF each other. In that event the two
may be Llaced IN single pile, that to the
right being the one ON which the othel
card mus be placed. 1t will often happen
thatthe four suits may be moved in this
way ut the same time, and In doing this
the memory is taxed. Tue game. if sue
ces,fui is the combination OF all those o
the same suit in aple by themselves, thus
making four piles. Failure is reached
when, the cards in hand being exhausted
there are no iurther moves and more thar
four piles remain on the table, From The
rule Of going back to cards to find the ont
to play the game has come to be callet
"Skip-two solitaire" Special cards, small
or than those generally used, 80 as not tt
take up too mnch room, are sold with in
structlons how to play, and great ingenuity
needs to be frequently displayed so as tt
combine the cards in such way as tC
bring those of the same suit within tive
CARDS of each other. When the cards or
the table offer no change to move, tht
player draws further from those in the
hand until all are exhausted. The resul
of the play is really a fascinating HON,
game requiring considerable exercise o
memory and vast deal of patience. 1t il
only necessary to add that it is fashion lbl,
10 mske the new game popular.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11
JAe freemau
IoNTPELER. vi.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. IL, 1882.


J,nuTy I.-rhermometer At sunrise
l6o elow ZtrO.
J,nu ,ry 5.-Meeting ofthe Connecticut
legl- lalure.
Feb.ury l3.-The Hon. Fernando Wool
dIcu.
F.nruarv is -Dafaat of the republican
lin cket III Philadelphia.
Mtrrh Ill auguration OF President
GalHeld.
Mach 13.-As.assination Of Emperor
Acxander al l;ussia.
Maclr24 4-Opera House at Nice burned
over 100 lives ost.
Arm 10 -Daat Of Lord Besconsfeld
April 12.-French complications with
Tuti is.
Apil 16.-Fve Nihlist assassins exc
cutcd.
AprIl % Star Route exposures began.
IN B-None of tha roguH+ punished yet /;
TOO il fluehtlal, politically
MAY l6--Conkhng and Platt resigned.
NV 24-Excursion steamboat capsized
near London, Ont.. AMI 250 lives lost.
July 2-rresident 6 trheld shot.
july l5-Fearful cyclone in Minnesota.
Thirty five lives lost.
July l6 6-Wanpr Miller elected United
States senator IRON New York, in place ol
Plat.
July 22.-Lqpham is chosen United
States senator in place of ConkliDg.
August 6 jennie Cramer's dead body
found,
September News of the wreck of the
steamer leu onia; 200 lives lost.
September 6 -Grutun celebration. Pres
ident Garfield removed to Long Branch.
Michigan forest fires.
September l3-Death of Senator Burn
side.
S,p'embcr IA News that French troops
were defeated IN Iunis
September 10 President G ,rti,ld died
S,p,, miner %. Vice Pr, sIient Arthur
takes the oath OF office and becomes pres
ident.
September % President Arthur issnes
puclim ,llun convening the Senate,
October 10.
SeptemDer 26.-Funeral of the dead
pr'sld' MT
October l0.-Scnate organized.
October / -E'tclions in Onio and Iowa
October l4.-tIuIteau arraigned.
October 2O.-Yotktown centennial.
q .tober 81 -ttllurn of the Mech mics
national b,nk of New Jersey.
n vtrubrr Elections in New Y ,rk,
Prnnsllv lv,nlA, VI ,ss 'chuselts, Virginia
New Jersey. Wise ,n,in. NJ .nnesota, Miss
issnpi X n,,, ,uh N 'hrtsHa.
n ,vrmber IA --Gul eau's trial begins
N Nembei IS.-F1i.ure of the Pacific
birk.
N vemb.r l9 e li'eau shot at
December -Orsanz llion of the forty
seventh congress
Drcrmrer O. Presidents message.
December 8 Vienna theater burned
neail, seven hundred lives lost.
December II -bIane's letter on The
Monroe doctrine mace pdbllc.
December ~. News from the missing
Arclic steamer Jeanette.
ID crmbt y -ExpIosion on the Vir
ginia steamer WesL PoInt-n'neteen liv,t
lost.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

A Two THOUSAND DOLLAR TOOTH -
MN IN a large active huslncss. in New
Y 'rk, said in our hearing: The wns
oversight Of nv Younger DAYS was thai
somebody did not instruct me to take care
If nv tee h. At 80 years Of age have
ont eignr natural teeth left and | could
veil atfo'd TO pay ev'n S2.00I apiece tn
yet back half II tlnz'n Lr more that
nrede-sly lost" In exp an,tion he pu,
| it in this way: "Arttici Il tee are at b-s,
poor substitute. | am in u large bnsin"s.
tha needs good deal of strength Of body
nd IN nd All strergth comes from gnoI
food we'll dig"sted. But perfect digestion
oniv takes place when food is thoroughly
ma,licated (cEewedl and mixed with tht
saliva, and good. firm. natural teeth az,
essential for this. So, If had better teeth
| could do great deal more Of profitable
business, and earn additional money
enough to piy great price for several o
them
This is worth thinking Of by the Young
Here are some good rules: lst. N .ver
crack nuts with tn" teeth,or bite very hart
substances; it break or cracks the ename
and bastens decay. ID Always brush th,
teeth before gong to bed, if not in tn,
morning also, and use wooden or quill
tooth pick (not pins or other metaD IL
remove any food from between the teeth
Ii left there overnight it ferlnents and in
ures the teeth. Use only = moderated,
stiff tooth brush; very stiff one irjure
the gums and promotes decay. 81. D
not use any Of the 'hough,en" tooth pow
| ,lara nnlpaa II ha finally pnWdaraH orri,
root The most active tooth powders
which whiten the teeth quickly, contain
injurious acids or alkalies. Charcoal
however fine, is not good; it has thu
grit" and ear of diamond dust 4lh. II
The slightest decay begins on any tooth
have reliable, skillful dentist plug !
firmly at once. 1t will be one of the bes
possible investments of a small sum fo
the future .-Anserican AgrtcuLt4rtst to
December.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

SOUTHERN MANUFACTURE or CorroS.
In the past ten wears the south has
more than doubled the amount of cotton
m 'nufaclured within her borders. In
1870 there were usad IS 03l 866 pounds Of
cotton; in 1880. lOl 97 .256 pounds. In
1870 there were II ,6O2 lolms and 4l6 9S3
spindleS running; in 1890, Is 222 Loml
and GA 07S splndes. This array of ii
ures hardly indicrtes fairly the progress
he south will make in the next ten years,
for the reason tn It factories in which these
spindles are turned are experiments in
most of the localities IN winch they are
placed. II is the invarisble rule that
when u factory is built in anv CITY or
couLtry it is easier 10 ralse the capital for
= subsequent enterprise tam for the first
one. At Augusta, Ga, for instance,
where the manufacture of cloth has been
demonstrated q success, the progress is
rem trkable.
In the past two years two new mills.
the Enterprise and Sibley. with 10000
spindles each have been established, and
n third, the King has been organlzad,
with capital Of 81 O00,000 and $4,000
spindles. The capital for these mills WAS
furnished one-fourth in Augusta and the
balance in the north. With these mills
running, Augusta will have 170 900 spin
dies, and will have added about 10000
spindles to the last census returns
In South Carolina the same rapid
growth is resulting from the establish
ment OF one or two successful mills; and
in Columbus, Ga the influence of one
successful mill, the EIgle and Pro lix,
has raised the local consumption of cotton
from 1927 bales in 1870 to 1900 bales In
1880. 10 Atlanta. Ga.. the frs, mill had
hardly been finished before the second was
started; a third is projected; the two
companies have secured charters for the
building OF forty mile canal to furnish
water power aud factory fronts to capital
in and abuuL the city.
These things are mentioned simply to
show that the growth of cotton manufac
ture in the south is sympathetic, and that
each factory started is IAN argument for
others. There is no Investment that has
proved so uniformly successful in the
south rs thnt put into cotton factories. An
AUGUSTA factory just advertises eight per
cent semi.annua dividend; the Eagle and
p oak of Columbus earned twenty five
per cent last year; the Augusts factory
iOr eleven years m tde AN average OF
eighteen per Cen. per annum. lhe net
earnings VI the L,ngley mills was $780,
900 for us tirsl eight years. on a capital ot
S4OU, 900, Or AN average of fifteen per Gent
u year. The eal nlngs of sixty southern
mills, large and small selected at random
for three years. averaged fourteen psi
cent per annun.
Indeed, An experience varied and ex
tended enough TO give it authority teuci'es
lha there is absolutely no reason why The
south shUuld not prolitably q1adrupe il'
capacity tor the m nuficture of cotton
every year in the n X i've years cx .epl
the lack Of cIpl d. -He"ry W. IrGdy, IN
Harper Ma ,0zine Tor OCTOBER.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

WHAT He MEANT. Gray. Of the
Interior, came home from the Alps last
month, picked upa new volume of sermons
by DR.. Lormer, and lighted upon this
soaring paragraphs:
"Oorans roll and impetuously drive
their landward waves, and. dashing surge
Iul waters against nature s rugged .rrinrs
threaten 10 submerge the earth. But al
in vain their stormiul rage and mad am.
bition. Ragged, jagged rocks intercept
the l,wless hIllows and proudly disperst
their strength in irridescent spray"
And then Brother Gray puts his AL lpint
condenser on this rhe,orlctl foam thus
1.-The doctor means to say that water doe.
not run up hill very far"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

A BIT OF PHILOLOGY Although the
English language is the most ahsurdly
spelled tongue IN the world, il permits
much III ,re composition tn IN anv other
and telegraph clerks have specially noted
that EngIis telegr .ml, AS rule. contain
fewer words tn, those expressing the
same IDEAS in otn"r l,ngnage. was re
minded OF this subject the other lay by
noticing he directions fIr an electric bell
IN my room in foreign hotel They were
printed in F.en,h, German and English
w:
On est prize de pousser lie bouton j.squ'
au fnnd
NJ IN st gnbetcn den Knopf so viel ais
mogl'ch znruckzusl' z.en.
Please press the button to the bottom
There are ten words each in the French
an German. To seven in the Engli,h. rht
numDrI of letters is thirty seven. fifty two
aTd thirty one respectively. The note "A
the foot Of the bill of fare Was similarly
interesting:
On remit Ia note chaque jour au con
strole de vovlg urs,
Um lrtungen IN vermeilen, wird tag
Itch tile Rchnuny zur Controle vorgelegt
D'iIS hre gwen uailY to aVolu errors.
Here again we have ten, eleven, an,
seven words with torty.tive, sixty three
and 'hTy-one letters respectfully. A l.
other common notice aft rd- rrnbor
ating evidence of the preceding examples
of superior terSeneSs Of oar v"rDacular:
On est prize lie ne pt4 fnner.
Es wird gebeten nlrht "a rauchen.
Pease do not smoke.
Here We have even AMI six words tC
four, with twenty-five, twen'y-seven anC
sixteen letters respectively. Exchange.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11
HuMOKs OF THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT

HUMoRs OF THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT
DR.. Scwai b. observed on one occasion
that " he had great pleasure in saying that
the motives ot this proposal, though un
known TO him, ,fere yet fully in accord.
ance with his views;" and Herr Won
Vincke expressed his agreement with a
previous speaker TO this effect: "I think
just rs he does in this matter; l am ex-
actly in the position in which am"
Similarly, DIR. Ellison once oracnlally
remarked: THE proposal of the honor
able member has either no meaning or it
has meaning" On the other hand, we
should probably be mistaken If we as
cribed remark of one Herr Schrsps to
mere naivete or confusion Of tongue. ="
have supported" said Herr Sehraps, " DR.
Reinekes proposal and will vote for it
but shall bs very much pleased, nsvsrtbe
| less. If the House rejects it."