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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

CUTTING MARBLE BLoCKs.-Describing
the Vermont marble quarries writer In
Harpers Monthly says: The marble is
brought to the mills in massive tubes, IS
sawed, turned, chisselled, polished, mount
ed and emerges as tombstones capitals,
corniccs, columns, mantle pieces and
table tops Much of this work, especially
the hand work, can, of course be studied
in every place where people die and have
monuments set up by the local stone
cutter over their graves, but the heavier
preliminary labor is best to be seen near
the qua,res themselves.
| The marble is delivered at the mills in
elongated cubes-parale'o 'opipeds, sup
pose Euclid would say-from ten to fifteen
! feet long and three to five feet square, and
| placed On the frames for saving. An
expert will then decide rs 10 the manner
of reduction, mat is, the thickness and
number of the slabs, according to the
quality, the shape and size of the block, or
the special nature of the orders 10 be filed
In Outside appearances, gang" as u set
of saws iscalled, resembles the old fashion
ed upright saw mill, except that tho vertl-
cal frame contains not one but many saws,
arranged at different intervals, CORES.
ponding to the desired thickness of the
cuts. One process, therefore, divides an
entire block INTO slabs. The saw has, it
should be added, no teeth. The cutting
is the Joint effect of tho hard edge of the
steel blade and the wet sand which Is fed
into tho opening, and thus produces an
incisivc friction. The ordinary progress
is about two and half inches an hour, and
the gangs work night and day. The
polishing of small pieces is done on u
revolving iron disk some twelve feet in
diameter. The marble is thrown upon
this, and caught by fixed wooden stripes
like the radi of circle, while the motion
of the wheel, which is supplied with sand
and water, furnishes the attrition. 1t
takes two or three hours TO polish II sur.
face down one inch. Heavy pieces oro
smothorod by hand, with aid of pumice
stone. Marble is turned into circular
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

To The GIRLS DO not marry the
young man who drinks. Misery is ii
store for YOU if you do. A drunkard'
home is "hell on earth" You hao
better live and die old maids than sufe,
IS many wives and mothers are suffering
co.day, in homes ruined by rum. Ilt
seems very smart now, with his fine
clothes and dashing airs. If he use.
inoxicants, have nothing to do with him
Earu an honest living for yourself if neec
oe. Borrow, beg, starve, rather than be
,bused all your life by a drunken hus-
band. The children of drunkards inheri'
he taste for liquor. Your boys will b.
very likely to follow in their falher's foot
steps. 80, but he doesn't drink much
you say. Every drunkard began b,
aking Just Il little" "Oh, mean to
reform him, after marriage. The poor
fellow needs woman's influence. H,
needs home. l will bring him out al
right, when can be with him all the
time.' Many young woman has been
Iured to life of wretchedness by sucl
pleasing hopes. The writer knows of one
All her friends warned her against marry
ing Il young man who was addicted tc
strong drink. She said they had no
sympathy with "poor Charlie" She
knew he loved her dearly, and she could
make him do anything. He told her tha
he needed her presence to help him
resist the temptation. So she marriet
him, and she soon found that "pool
Charlie forgot good deal that he ha,
said before marriage. In short, he frs
neglected her, and then abused her, unit
she could live with him no longer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

The doctrine that there ia no riphtful
property in land, and that the products of
labor form the only natural basis of prop.
erty is spreading rapidly among the lower
classes OF Europe, and in Austria is taking
so strong hold upon the peasantry that
the government is contemplating measures
to suppress its effects. As in France and in
lesser degree in Canada, the peasantry of
Austria are being reduced to poverty by tho
constant and excessive subdivision of
their land brought about by the laws of
inheritance. Several of the provincial
Diets have petitioned the imperial govern. .
ment to repeal these laws.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05
TERMS FOR ADVERTIS ISING.


he reed Of their hearts. They will rot
90 % the public houses at first for love nf
iquor--very few people like the taste ot
'iquor; they 90 for The animated and hi
tr'ous companionship they find there.
which thev discover does SO much to re-
prees the dlsturnin% irstlessness in their
breasts Sc" to II, lhlt their homes CON-
netc with pnnlir places in ntlractiveness.
Open YOUR blinds bv day and light bright
fires at night. Illuminate your rooms
lang pictures unon the walls Pat hooks
md newspapers np"n your tables. Have
music and entertaining games. Danish
lemons of dullness and apathy hat have
40 long ruled in Your household, and
hring in mir,h and good cheer. Invent
occupations for your sons. $ muIate
heir ambitions in worthy directions,
While yon MAKE home their dslight, fill
hem with higher purposes than mere
pleasure. Whether they shall pass hoy.
mood and enter upon m"nhood with refined
asies and noble ambitions depends on
You. Believe it possible that, with eyer.
ION and right means, II mother may have
more control over the destiny of her boys
han any other influence whatever.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

RAILROAD TINE He stood at the ticket
window slowly unroliing an old fashioned
) Gather wallet, while dozen impatient
men stood behind him, driven to madness
" the shouting of the gatemen calling
heir trains. After he got about yard
md a half of wallet unrolled he suddenly
topped and said to the ticket agent, "ls
hat clock right?" "Nc, sir" promptly
eplied the agent. "Tain't?' shouted the
tartled passenger. STOPPING down and
making sudden clutch at q lean and
iungry carpet bag. "Tain't right? Well,
what n the name q common sense do We
ave it stuck no there for. then" "To
fool people," calmly replied the agent;
that's what we're here for, to fool people
ind msdirect them we'll by gol,"
said the passenger, hurriedlv rolling up
lis wallet, ''lhen I've missed my train.
IN report you, l wilI' won't do any
good, replied tho agent; "its the compa-
y's orders. They pay u man S55
month to go around every morning to
nix up and muddle up all the clocks so
hat no. one of them will be right and no
wo of them alike" The passenger
gasped twice Or thrice, but could not say
'nything. The ticket seller went on
It's the srperin,cndan,'s idea. He is
fond of fun, erioys a Joke. and il does him
rood to sec a man prance oronnd and hear
lim inv when he buys a ticket and then
inds his train bos heen CONS two honr.
II ,aves him the expense of goino to The
lrrnsn " nWhich w,v !, thiS o,onl,
vrono pn the nassenrer nsl,c5 in desnsir,
no accents. fast or slowp:, "pon,t
NOW :, rpnlied thn noeut "Tha,,s n.rt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

WONDERS oE THE DEEp.-Among the
many curious analogies born OF modern
investigation, none are more interesting
than those showing striking cases of par
allelsm in the habits and customs Of
animals whose environments are tt tally
dissmiar. The ocean bed seems peopleu
with forms so resembling those of land
that modification of structure TO conform
with their surroundings alone appears to
be The point of difference. In drifting over
the reefs of our southern border this
resemblance between the creatures OF
land and sea is extremely striking. The
q trtens of the lower world abound in
lavish growth; trees, shrubs, waving
vines, are all reproduced in the wondrous
forms OF the sea. Here forest of coral
branches (Madrepora) raise their myriads
of bristiing points, cacn lowered by n
delicate polyp, and presenting rich
olive green lint in contrast TO the deep
blue of the channel upon whose banks
they grow. Pure as crystal, the water
seems to itensify the beauty OF the objects,
even in the greater depths; gayly bedeck
ed fishes move lazly about, rising and
falling among the living branches posing,
perhaps, TO pluck some morsel from a
limb, in all their motions reminding US of
the pirds Of the shore. These gorgeous
parrot fishes are the sun birds OF the sea !;
wondrous tnts--azure blue, golden yellow,
and red--mark them. Some appear
irridescent and bathed in metallic tlnts,
as il inc clsed in FURNISHED armors, while
many more III modest garb, found in our
colder waters OF the north, call to mind
the robin and thrush, those welcome
harbingers of spring, But it is not in
their color alone that the fishes resemble
the birds; it is in the home life and love
of offspring that we tind a close resem-
bance. Many are nest builders, erecting
structures as complicated as those of the
birds, and equaling them IN design and
finish.-C. p. H0tdcr in Harper'S IMdga-
51le.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05
THE LESSON IN THEDARK.


For months a bird Of song was Gagged
Where e. n the sunlight never came;
And curtain, dark, was drawn arouut.
Which made the day and night the same.
But minstrel rear, With voice aud harp
Sang many melody, clear, and sweet,
Aud cheered the prisoners gloomy day.
'fill every note the bird w ould repeat.
And when the warbler these had learned
In the prison twas no longer night;
The curtain was at once withdrawn,
Aud songs were caroled in the light.
Thus human life is but a veil
To hiLe the immortal soul of man.
That 1t may be attuned to sing
10 the melody of Gods own plan.
And when the less m has boen laarneI,
When the tieshly curtain falls away,
1t will forever sing the song
In the light of an endless day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05
Cloudy daYs are many: hrioht DAYS a

Cloudy days are many; bright days are
few. We must catch each ray of sunshine
as it comes. The clouds gather, and as
they roll they hide the distant shore from
our sight. The clouds that hide our
future never lift. Blessed shadow Who
would wish to see one step along the
wayP An unseen hand will guide us
safely to the other side, if we take firm
hold and cast our care on him. 1t is
better to trust than to see.
Every solitary kind action that is done,
the world over, is working briskly in
its own sphere to restore the balance
between right and wrong. Kindness has
converted more sinners than either zeal,
eIoquence, or learning, aud these three
never converted anyone, unless they were
kind also. The continual sense which a
kind heart has of its own need of kindness
keeps it humble. Perhaps an act of
kindness never dies, but extends the
invisible undulation of its influence over
the breadth of oenturies.-F. ". Fdber.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

CONVERSATIONAL talent for converse
'ation has an extraordinary value 70
'ommon, everyday life. Any one VIII,
'as this gift enters in a social circI,
anywhere. How evervone's face bright
ms at his entrance. How soon he sets al
he littl wheels in motion, encouragin.
he resources of the reserved and shy
.ub-idizing the faciIe, and making every
'ody glad and happy.
10 converse well is not to engross The
conversation. 1t is not to do all the talk
ng. 1t is not necessary to talk with yer,
sreat brilliancy, A man may talk witt
such surprising power and spendor as t,
awe the rest of the company ino silenc,
n excite their envy, and so produce :
chill where his aim should be TO produce
heat and sunshine He should seek tn,
art of making others feel quite at HON,
With him, so that, no matter how grca
may be his attainments or reputation. o.
now small may be theirs, they find j
lnsensihle just as natural and plensap
talking to him ss hearing him talk Th,
talent for conversation, indeed, more than
anything else in life, requires tact AM
discretion. 1t requires one to have NOR,
varied knowledge, and TO have it at M
instant and absolute disposal, so that h,
can talk just as much or Just a, little as tn,
occasion demands. 1t requires the abilil,
to pass Instantly and with ease from tn,
playful to the serious, from books TO men
and from the mere phrase of courtesy tt
The expression of sentiment and passion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

How TO SAVE BoYs.-Women who
have sons to rear, and dread the demor-
alizing influences OF bad associates, ought
to understand the nature Of young man
hood. 1t is excessively restless. 1t is
disturbed by vague ambitions, by thirst
for action, by longings for excitement, by
irrepressible desires to touch life in mani
fold ways. If you, mothers, rear your
sons so that their homes are associated
with the repression of natural instinc s,
YOU will bo sure to throw them in the
society that in some measure can supply
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

OLD iEIES.-W When reading about the
good Old times, one feels thankful not to
ave lived in them. The loast beef of
I'D England was unheard of; beef was
'nIy eaten salted and boiled, and bread
was great luxury, not in common use
wen BY the mobiles. The records Of the
Percy family, in the time of Henry VII,
shows the extreme coarseness of the mode
# living. and an extract or two from the
household hook Of that famous family
viii give u good idea of the manner in
which the most flmuus noble of the time
I'ved, Ihe permanent household num-
hered one hundred and sixty-six persons,
md average Of guests vas fifty. and the
whole Of the washing for these two hun
lred and sixteen persons was for cne
wear forty shllings, sum probably
quail to two dollars in the present dav
most OF which was for chapel linen.
From midsummer 10 Michaelm;ls was the
only time they indulged in fresh meat.
and the instructions say My lord had
On his table at breakfast, at seven in the
morning. IL quart of beer and wiue, two
pieces of salt fish, six red herring. four
white ones; and on flesh days, half chine
IF beef or mutton boiled" At dinner,
men ranking as knights had table
;Ioth which was washed once month;
md as they had no napkins, and the fin
gers were extensively used in feeding,
his portion at least of their linen must
nave been in Il sad condition. Until The
18th century, straw was the bed of kings;
md before that date the king and his
family slept in the same chamber. The
irst change was to throw a coverid over
he sleeper; then another was used, and
rho persons undressed, their linen being
substituted for blankets. Beatrice SAYS
she would "as lief sleep in Il woolen,"
which shows that such thing was done
even in Shakespeare's time The use of
lothing but coarse dirty woolen next
he skin, seldom changed and the heavy,
'Xciing nature of highly-salted food; on
which all lived, of course tended to pro-
luce those diseases for which hospitals
we're founded all over England; hospitals
or leprosy in particular abounding.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

seldom sets in the gloom os morbid
fancies and forehoding imaginations.
Cultivate. then, II cheerful spirit, and
cherish it as something sacred. Ohey the
Command. "ReJoice evermore," and it,
light and blessing will fall upon us.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

Oscar Wilde has received many thanks
from Mary Anderson for writing a play
for her. They reach him in this shape:
"Declined, with many thanks"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-05

"If men dealt less in stocks and lands,
And more in bonds and deeds fraternal;
If loves work had more willing hands,
To link this world to the super na;
Ifmen, instead of nursing pride,
Would learn to hate and to abhor it,
If more relied on love. to guide,
The world would be the better for it.
If men were wise in little things,
Affecting less in all their dealings;
If hearts had fewer rested strings,
To isolate their kindly feelings;
If men stored up loves oil and wine,
And on bruised human hearts would pour it;
If yours and mine would once combine
The world would be the better for it,"
IS. in Patrons Rural.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-29
CLOSE OF Tmx SEALING SEASON.

The srhoOuar Taaaor CouA r. n
H"t' ~
Qoinn' arrived from Quil'eute yester-
day, and from him the following inter
eating faots vere learned: The scaling
....r .,-..s -. A.. oo.s :.
s0"son OsoS "" VI "oo"s s"o @o'" VI
juno, BY the setting in Of thick weather,
and the desire on the part Of the In.
A,.,. a. .or,,..c.. l.v;,c =, th.;, v;,-
.'s"' ~ '"s'-~ ~ .'''' ~"
ssr supply OF nanous, red-nsn' cuisus
cod, and black bass.
re IN. Am.r;c.n .choorsr. anoaoad
~
70 ,eal casooine. tnc oeventv-Mx, CSps'
clcF afiano unoet onartcr OF Wm. 1Hi-
nok, oArtIeo on zoe nonots. oy making
snS tatRcss osscu OF sne seAson,
Inc scnoonsf LOWE: owned ~ nenfy
Lannce % Iaio up =! S0o. r1v. Ine
oevensy.ssx - swnea 10 gan - Fnnolsco'
ana u NJ Ptesous laying - TOT .o"h-
send. awsisine oroers. ine Euotra .stt
tor Gan Fesnoasc" s0veFA! Gays ago. Ile
Champion, owned oy Captain McAl-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-29
rAus wurxEssEs.

Two men named Weuzsll and Wal
Lace have gone back 70 Nebraska, do
clafing that they have been all over
California, Oregon, and Washington,
and that they were disappointed and
disguised With everything they saw.
Thsir report Of this Territory ID de-
scribed in the Buffalo County Journal Of
Kssrney. May 30th, a. follows:
Soms few OF oar people have the
Washington Territory fever very badly.
We III give . little history Of that
country ~ reportsd by Wenxell and
Wallace. and prob IDLY Il will make
some at least feel a. though NebraskA
10 not the last nor the worst place ON
earth. They report Olympia A. = pleas
ant old town. with fruit, ornamental.
and ahade trees Ia abundance. bat dead.
no life. no building. not = shiugle laid in
it for years. Seattle and NeW TAc0mR
are the very absence OF beauty or su-
blimity. hnilt upon the hillsidss. on an
angle Of q degrees, With cns street.
near the wharf leveled By diRginR.
plankinQ and aaWdust. Sohemsss are
thick Who are always ready With bogus
salee at air-cAatle prioea every time .
stsamss 10 reported BY telegraph from
San Fraucisco, Oiled With eofe onaps
from the East. Mad, rain, dAmpue6s,
and Rheumatism are the order OF the
dsy. Very few houses Arc plastered,
for il u % damp plasterinR viii not
stick. Th0se Who are able build brick
housss and cement them On the outside
20 keep the dampuess out- when one
may css M In the mornina. draw his
hand down the window frame % vail.
and an ls NTH mist and wasse that haa
sispsd Ia during the night. q 10 little
moro than snsos eeasismsn barRained
for. One citizen Of Be4alo county Who
has been there three ysaSs hAs saved
enough IN bay IN old plug Of . horss.
Nth which 10 u drayina N The strssss
0e shsas towns He pays el3 ver month
reut for little shanty 70 live In. go
par usek for board Tor hoees. The fssd
all shipped from San fsaneisco. Other
cislssna of the equity located On three
aers iots upon theas hillsidss, pine for
esss al Around. With three o. f0ur oovs
% near starved that they do not give
milk. They brOuas around On ptno
tnpo and shFubS managing 70 kesp
alive. Que Of shsss fn1msrs owns .
p'a9 haY~s, The only oue for miIsd
Arouud. Beet and 00uf are ehippod from
CAlifosuA, and The foemse eslIing for s.
esnss per poond. Nsheaakans might
digest thsas rspurta bAfoes moving tam
tliss 10 WaahinRtco Territory.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-29
LAUGHING Gas.

Our msrouriai nsiahbor OF the 10
som. Ledger has been inhalinR lsoxnine
eas and IL in an excess Of Rlss' Auo.
IL ioy seldom kills, else 70 m'en' q
compelled 70 chronicle ooronsfs IN
ouset over our frsnz'ed friend OF 'n"'
,psomisins village. For the pass Two
days tho Ledger has rsvolvsd ABOUT
point OF sunlight found in the alleged
u.ssrsnoes OF M. OAkss. rsitsrasinR she
ssais statement that rsooma ID 70 b tns
terminus Of the Northern PAoihc BALL
road. So far - Nc know Il has never
besu denied that about ten years ago
Hh.t suot vas selected a. the west end
Of the line. The Ledger II welcome ~
ali the consolation 1t derives from that
siroumssanos. But We must insist that
The sxultation Of our nsighbor over the
aIlsesd ssagnation Of business as Seattle.
and she depression Of real estate here'
d not only ludiorous, bat absurd.
Noreovsr, IL IL unworthy the dignity
Of that great terminal village, which u
70 b proppsa up and bolsssred into
psomiusuas BY . railroad corporation.
Over hare 10 are not worrying about
stsaustion either In values OF property
ar IN quantity Of business. Seattle
hasn,s time 70 stop and figure on the
pouibls advantages which the railroad
vill s,vs. She jast goes right ahead
sxssnding her commerce, srsotin9 nsf
buiIdinas, insti.usinR manufacturers
completing public works and beginning
new ones, just - II ws meant 70 stay
here, lust - 10 have always done and ~
- intend 70 do. Railroads will 90
where business calls, and with = present
control Of nine tsnths Of the Puget
Sound trade, and . class OF people
Who intend 70 and can hold u, ve are
nol growing van over the bright
vlsions Of our enthusiastic and slightly
snvious nsiehbor. Go ahead. Mr..
Ledger, boom your town. Seattle will
Aslp yoa r. bsooms CITY in due time,
and without the least shadow Of envy
vill congratulate you on any chance for
prosperity that may DO presented either
By railroad maauates or otherwise. But
''fos goodness sake" don't loso any slesp
on our account. Seattle never has been
III enough 10 require either physicians
az watchers. and iuss now h mot at all
under tho influence Of opiatss. He
laughs best who laughs last" Mr..
LEDGER. and Seattle doesn't need 70 take
any railroad tsrminsl laughing gas 70
b. cheerful. We are oontsnt 10 admit
that Tacoma may rival Olympia after .
1lOe.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-29
DA IL z
POST . NTELLIGENCER


John Cbinaman Ia not slow to adopt
the practices of the white race In some
,eansots. The restriction Law 10 Rrado-
allv increasing ths value Of bis labor oy
reduoins the number Of laborsrs, ana
oos sransplantsd Oriental adjuncss are
ouick to percsivs the bsnsdts thessos
sccruina to those Who have femainso.
In Gan Francisco the eject OF TINS %.
hesn growing apparent for ssvsfai
snonths. At this time Of year . great
many Chinese are employed In the
ooontr, In gathering the fruit crop,
and a cooks upon tbs extensive afsin
farms Of the interior. Finding 10 can
at bsttsr pay John 10 not sst'snee J"
,.u,.,n In the city. bot leaves his en-
olovmsns and employers there and hes
him sway 70 the rural districts. Eisnei
tb,. or be strikes for higher WAGES
Ch,nsss wash house propristors nnd
themselves forced TO increase prices ioi
laundry work, and servants are almost
unprocurabls. In some factories man
aosd and owned by Chinese white LABOR
- han substituted Tor that OF their
ova race. Only \ day or t~o since .
large number Of Chinese employees IN
.hos factories ssruck for an increase OF
..sotv.ave GENTS per day, or for . per
dism Of $40 instead Of Si.i5, which
thsy we're receiving. The result vas
the shussing down Of several faosor,es'
Tbis "a tho beginning Of the end OF Chi
ness competition with white labor. II
4 the work Of tho restriction ACT. A
shs supply Of labor decreases Is VIII
sommsud higher prices. and Is will no.
+. ,onu before the white laborer VIII
e,a h;mself NO. underbid in the market
=, !. heasbsn whose mode Of living en-
.h,ss him 70 exist upon sum on sn'on
. vbits mans family would ssarvs 70
A...h. Before ton years have Oh.
cl,.d the Chinese in this country VII,
h.ye beoone comparatively few. sno
their comostition in ordinary 'ao''
shannsls Of no especial moment. i1s
,..,rio,,on act IL a. necessary TO prossos
labor a . protective tariff to p.o'ec'
"a 5000 manufactures, and both are
N .hs i.tsrsss Of sslf-prossction.