Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-02

It is great blessing to have well in
formed conscience; and even sore con
science is better than none.
1t is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins to unravel if sirgl,
stitch drops; one single sin indulged il
makes hole you could pu: your heal
through.-CharleS BurtOn.
A lady who was preparing brhing suits
Tor trip east for the summer wrote to IN
eastern fashion paper to know what the
style of bathing suits would be for children
say from five to six years old. She re-
ceived reply that this year the bathing
suits for boys were very simple, consist 2
OF wad of cotton in each ear. The / n
will add to this suit red yarn shina
around her boys neck and let him %
loose .-NiIWaakec Sun.
A statement just completed by the .,
ffice department shows that up to An
q 1852, there were $4,000 post Offices
~ UnNeh t'es. THIS includes ar
'r"ase within the pas, IN nth of 250 fl
atty so per cent of which IS exhburu
wing occurred in southern states it,
tvrrage INCREASE in the numbrl of lr
i1;es IN the couDtrv for several It
preceding 1882 has been ,bou 500 u
ear; hut 1t IS believed by the pos, fiji
department TO be- not unlikely that il "
reach fully 1000 his year.
The enormous power of modern or.
runs is well indicated in the staten
tntl the largest on board of the vess,
OF the british b'et now in Al,xtnd,
htrbor Is raptbl" of throwing y Or ,iperi
NtighlnG ZOO pounds at 4 velocity Of Nv
mile IN four se'."nis-nq1al to 27,2l3
'nS of metal failing dis ruce of o..
10 on an object 1t takes $40 pound
.''~der To fil'' this shot a thus vp,ocI
y any one versed in the prices Of ,,e
an ! saltpetre can calcu ate the cost .
very shot that these guns viii throw.
vii be tonn thrr every report wul CO
not very far from $1,000.
George William Curtis in 1853 bccam
; silent ptrtner in the business firm ,
ID x, Edwards e. Co. the publishers or
Putnam's Monthly lie invested $4,000
in tho concern, bu had no part in II,
management. rwo years later the fir,r
fai'ed' and Mr.. Curtis through some infnr
ma'lty IN drawing up the articles of par.
n9rshlp was declared TO be legally res
Don@'hle for portion of its debts. Msny
OF his friends held that he was in no way
bound beyond the $4,000. and urged hin,
to test the question in the courts. Mr.
Curtis refused although his decision in
volved the assumption by him of debt OF
100000 He surrendered all his property
In sixteen years, by most arduous labor
writing and lecturing, he paid the last
dollar of the debt. AS Mr.. Curtis is 60
foolish as to carry the same ideas of HIGH
honor into politics it is no wonder he has
the contempt of the practical" spoilsmen
and rutlians.
The construction of the Suez canal wa:
commenced in 1860. The work was pros
ecuted steadily until 1862, when there was
disagreement among the authorities, ant
had 1t not been for the late emperor
Louis Napoleon, of France, who advanced
$lo,OOO,00O toi the viceroy to be paid tt
the company, it is doubtful whether The
gigantic undertaking ever would hav,
been finished. The water began to flow
from the Mediterranean in February, 1869
and from the Red sea in July, and by tn,
middle of October of the same year, navi
CATION was settled thing. The Who'll,
length of the navigation is SO miles; o
this 66 miles are actual canal, formed b,
cuttings, II miles are dredged through
the lakes, and miles required no work
the natural depth being equal to that O
the canal. The depth Of the canal through
out is 26 feet, for width of 72 feet at tn
bottom. The width at the surface is S2
feet. The largest vessel that ever passe,
through the canal measured 43O feet il
length, with draft of 25 feet 0 inches
The cost of the whole undertaking wa
fl7,5l8,729. Nearly 10000 laborers wer
employed, and during the work about 80.
100000 cubic yards of material were ex
cavated and at one time sixty dredgin,
machines were at work.