Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-28

A bill has passed TO be engrossed in the
legislature of Maine, prohibiting the sale
or giving away of toy pistols, under
penalty of not less than five or more than
one hundred dollars, and liability for all
damages from such sale or giving away.
Vermont has law precisely similar
except that the penalty Is limited to ten
dollars.
A favorite experiment among medical
students is 10 open the abdominal vein of
Il frog and eject salt water into it until
every drop of blood in the body is washed
out. The animal hops around as lively
as ever for two or three days, when it
begins to dreop, and finally dies in about
week. This experiment is supposed to
prove conclusvely that man can not live
on mackerel alone.-.PhiIadelphia News.
A patient in a hospital in Cremona, Italy
is astonishing the medical world by his
feats is the way of eating. After an at.
tact of pleurisy, he developed an abnormal
taste for pebbles. iron nails and knobs OF
glass. He thinks nothing of taking a
dozen or two of iron nails. His favorite
diet, however is glass balls of convenient
size, polished SO as to admit of an easy
passage down the throat Several appli.
cations have been received at the hospital
to board the man when he is discharged.
Lord Butte formed beaver island n few
years ago in the grounds of Mount Stuart
Lear Rolhosay, Scotland. and it has been a
complete success, the intelligent animals
having multiplied rapidly. They eat the
bark Of pine trees and Scotch frs, and
require weekly supply of fresh willow.
All the ground about the ornamental wat
er in which they are auartered is honey
coined with tunnels leading to there habi-
tation, which is entered at the bottom of
the water.
Bob veal" items are growing numer.
Gus and several newspapers speak out
plainly against dealers in this sort trash.
The attention of farmers and others con-
cerned is called to tie penalty prescribed
by law:
"a person who kills or causes to be
killed, with intent to sell the meat thereof
for family use, n calf less than four weeks
old, or knowingly has in his possession
such meat with int9nt to sell the same in
the state or to send the same for such use
to any foreign market, shall be punished
as provided in the preceding section"
The punishment provided is imprison-
ment not more than six months, or fine
not more than $500.
Tno people who expect to secure
handsome premium on the defective
nickles just issued from the mint will
regret 10 learn that they are being sent
out from the Philadelphia mint at the
rate of 100000 a day, Notwithstanding the
refusal of Treasurer Gilfillan to permit
more of them to pass out through the sub.
treasures, unless ordered to do so by
Secretary Folger. They will be much too
common to bring large price as curiosi-
ties, at least for many years TO come. The
addition of the word scents" TO the back
of the coin, us directed by the secretary
of the treasury, is the only change to be
made in it, and the amount issued is
likely to be very great. About 5000, 900
five.cent pieces were coined last year.
Nickel is becoming very popular for small
coins, and the French government has
substituted it for bronze. The Mexican
government has ordered 100000, 600
nickel five cent pieces 10 DO coined