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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

A brave soul will rise more determined
from defeat. To "strike twelve the first
time" has been many ayoung mans mis-
fortune rather than advantage in beginning
life. Among the many notable successes
born of failure the following will be IA.
miliarly remembered:
Curan, The ftmous Irish agitator, trem-
bled at his first speech before small
company, and became dumb. Months
afterwards he charmed all with his elo.
quence.
Thackery carried his Vanity Fair" TO
nearly a score of publishers before it was
accepted. He used to say. laughingly,
that it was amusing how little he earnC d
when in his early days he wrote carefully,
and how much he received for poor work
when he had acquired name.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" was declined
again and again, till finally it was pub.
lished by John P. Jewett ut the earnest
solicitation OF his wife.
Tom Hoods "Song of the Shirt" was
thrown into the waste basket.
Will Carleton's "Over the Hill to the
Poor House," suffered the same fate.
The Fools Errand" was refused by
many publisher. No success ever came
without repeated struggles and failures
Youths CompGNtoH.ss
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14
Farmers Meeting at Bennington.

This meeting commenced at 10 A. NJ,
February G, by the choice of James T
Mattison, chairman.
The first address was by DR.. Hiram A.
Cutting upon The work of the Board and
modern improvements" He spoke of the
improvement of farm implements. of the
advantages OF the sulkey plow, improved
mowers, harrows, cutivators, etc. II
made it no longer necessary to plod along
as formerly, but science and invention had
lent valuable aids to the farmer, and
success was achieved by making judcious
use Of all.
The improvement in barns had also been
great, but many farmer had run into the
other extremes, from the old open stable
he had made stable in his new barn so
close and warm as to be detrimental to his
cattle. This danger could be averted by
ventilation. Wood chimneys of large size
running from cellar to the same height as
smoke chimneys and all stable ventilation
into the same would work well. A stable
should bo sweet and free from animal
odor, yet warm, and proper ventilation
would make it all right. Charles b.
Ballard, of White River Junction, had n
good stable, well Yontilated; every stall
was ventilated
Silos were another improvement, and
many n farmer could double his profits by
heir use, yet all might not be benefited.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

MISTAKES IN SCHOOL RooMs.-It is a
mistake to lhrong primary room with a
multitude of children. This mistake has
hygenic as well as educational aspects.
A primary school should never have more
than forty pupils.
1t is mistake TO group elementary pu-
pills in large classes.
1t is Il mistake o think that a primary
teacher can give efficient instruction with
out appliances. Here the nature of the
work calls for many and various objects
suitable for cultivating the senses.
1t is a mistake to coniine young pupils
five or six hours in the school room.
1t is a mistake to treat children with
less consideration as to their health than
we do larger pupils and adults. The
writer in vising primary schools has found
from sixty to eighty restless waits crowd
ed into one small room, without means of
ventilation. and kept there during two and
one-half hours each half day. sometimes
without recess. Generally such school
is presided over by pale, inexperienced
uncducated girl. And yet, strange to say,
practicing physicians serve on the school
boards of some of these towns, and high
salariod principals are employed.-A. r.
Darts, tn The Present Age
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

THE CARS DEvICE.-A complete Cir
cumloca,ion Office mystfication was de
vised for laying plots and throwing dust
in the eyes of conspirators. In one place,
which has hitherto escaped record, the
Nihlists were suspected of having driven
Il mine beneath the railway line from
Gatschina to St. Petersburgh. Under the
pretence of a desire to recover an old tel
egraph wire said to have been lost thirty
years ago, (such was the story told bv the
official press and copied by the non. official
press II large staff of workmen were en-
ployed TO search for the hidden danger.
Nothing, however, was found-not even
the lost wire. in the meantime the Gar
wished to pay one of his rare and rapid,
but almost always nocturnal, visits to the
capital. What was to be done? The po-
lice decided upon ruse. The imperial
railway carriage was estentatiously made
to perform the journey between Gatschina
and ST, Petersburg on date ostentatiously
given us that of the emporers arl ival.
The empty carriage arrived without &C.
ciden,, thus proving the safety of the line /;
and when the real journey took place q
little time afterward, its secrecy was we'll
kept, the Car travelling, in the most literal
sense, "darkly and at dead of night, -
london Globe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

LEND A HELPING HAND.-Don't be
afraid of work. Your strcngth-both of
mind and body-was given you for use
If you can help your fellow traveller as he
walks along with his load, don't be too
lazy or ashamed to lend helping hand.
If you can give the poor down trodden
creature word OF encouragement, stretch
out your hand and do it; don't be afraid
of contamination-if your character is
what it ought to be you will he above
suspicion. If the poor drunkard passes
you by, don't pull your clothes more
closely about you ms II to say IL am
boiler than thou" but rather let your
s. npathies go out toward him, and if in
your power, lend him hand to better
life. None Of us are perfect; we all need
help. and if Christ withheld the helping
hand, what would become of us; who
would hear our cries for mercy, and give
US sweet forgiveness and strength TO do
betterP BE always on the watch to do
some good for somebody; make yourself
blessing to all you meet. Never let it
be said OF you, "Oh, he's too lazy to give
a body lift." or "too stuck up to lond Il
helping hand" d."-Church and Home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

MENToR.-Mrs. Garfield lives in
Cleveland, but the Mentor homestead
remains about as It was, inside and out,
and is occupied by her father and mother
family. A recent visitor writes: In the
hall stands "grandfather's clock" the
only ancient piece of furniture l saw
about the house. While our party sat
around the hall baseburner, Mr. Rudolph,
the father of the presidents wife, slipped
off to the shed, split some wood and
kindling, and made fire on the andirons
in the reception room. Was the like ever
known but in republic? With what
contempt would Britisher view such a
proceeding on the part of one of the royal
household? When the fire was kindled he
sat and chatted of various matters in a
very quiet, intelligent and modest way,
not al all alludng to his connection with
the late most distinguished citizen of the
republic, nor in the slightest degree
a conscious sense of the elevation of his
family or desire to make an exhibit of
anything about the premises. Here was
fair type of republican simplicity.
Looking at us from the wall was q
striking portrait of General Garfield
painted by New York artist. To me it
seems an excellent likeness, yet there
were points about it that did not satisfy
the friends. They said it was painted,
however, in marvellousy short time,
the artist beginning at once with the
brush without previously sketching or
measuring. Just over the upright piano
huLg small painting of "Mother's Bible"
with her spectacles upon it. In the hall
is portrait of Washington, and at the
head OF the the stairs one of Lincoln.
Near Lincoln is steel portrait
of Bismarck, with the grutf old Germans
autograph attached; also the picture of
the signing of the proclamation of
emancipation, presented by Carpenter.
Next is sketch ofthe Electoral Commits
sion being addressed by Evarts. 1t gives
very good portraits of all the leading
politicians of that time, including the
wives of many who sat in the audience.
open shelves of the modern style. There
was good variety, yet few volumes
outside of the eminent novelists could be
called light reading. l noticed beautiful
copy of Horace that had evidently been a
favorite, and one of Shakespeare with a
wornout binding. | was taken into the
generals little study and shown the desk
that had been his in congress, by the side
of which he had won his fame, and at
which, when transferred to his home, he
wrote his speeches and important docu-
ments. After lengthy mental labor, he
loved to call his family into his study and
recreate himself with anecdotes and
cheerful conversation. The brightest and
most ornamental room in the house was
the dining room.
1t was easy to determine the style of the
man who had been the owner Of these
premises by the clear evidence of
liberaity, culture, artistic taste, do
mestc affection and patriotic and
religious sentiment. What model for
the presidency Of n republicp
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14
NlGHTFALL.


stood on the hill as the sun went down.
Flooding with glory the cloudand west,
While lengthening shadows crept over the town,
And light descended with peace and rest.
Soft tinges of violet crimson and gold
Crowned the fair hill-tops. then faded away.
And the sentinel ranges of years untold,
We're wrapt in mantle of somore gray.
Tie wearying hum of the spindle and reel
Below in the village at last was still;
And down in its dungeon the water wheel
Slumbered under the silent mill.
And heard the sounds that the twilight brings
The myriad voices of eventide;
The chirping of crickets. tina rustling wings
or insects huttering far and wide
cloudlike mist form the shadowed stream
Sailed over the lowlands of grass and grain.
And shapes Rrotesque in the moons weird CLEAN
Moved to and fro in q mystic train.
l heard the cry Of the bird of night
flute note sadder than words can tell
And clear, low voce-did hear Alright?
Or was it only strange sweet spell?
An influence born of the scene and hour
That wakened remembrance from her sleep?
Perhaps. high up in the tree top tower,
Among the boughs where the south winds sweep
Some marvellous harp. by the breeze caressed.
Answered and echoed the low refrain,
While darkness shadowei the hills of the west,
And night. incarnate. came down again.
For the beautiful singer who sang the song
The beautiful one with the brave, sweet eyes
In dreamless slumber. the whole year long,
Through all the day and the darkness lies.
From the Continent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

BRIGHT SuNDAYs.-Let it rain every
other day in the week, so that it be
pleasant on Sunday. Then let the sky be
blue, and the sea. Then let the little
birds sing, and the little children. Then
let the green fields be full of blossoms,
and let no ascetic say it is wicked" to
pluck them. Then let the sunlight into
your houses, place flowers on your table,
have an extra sweet morsel for little
mouths; and pleasant word for every
body. had almost said to do anything
but make the day one of gloom. Do
anything that a man or woman may DO,
and look the pure stars in the face, but
don I groan; don't set the chairs against
the wall; don't bring out dry theological
books, for young folks 10 read, written by
library men, who never so much as
peeped into one Of the windows of warm
human heart. Don't fold your hands
over your Sunday suit, and look the
ceiling out of countcnance. Don't bribe
your children TO read six chapters in the
Bible; don't frown if they smile; don't
let your young people long for The going
down of the Sabbath sun, counting the
tardy minutes. like restless prisoner,
waiting his release. Oh, anything but
that; as you love truth above hypocrisy;
MS you love honor aud obedience beyond
secret license; as you dread the shadow
of moral death on those bright, young
faces, which l am sure you love.-Fanny
Fern.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14
YDUNA.

love thee, tho my timid voice
Might ne'er thy praises sound:
love the shadows that thy form
Casts on the silent ground,
never held thee in my arms,
Tho of thy beauty fain,
I've kissed the border of tho sleeve,
Where thy white arm.has lain.
Why dos't thou kindle in my heart,
At life's cali2 evening time,
The restless fires that should have glowcd
In mornings glorious prime;
Why throw around a withered stem,
Unconscious of design,
The tendrils that should clasp and cling
In loves own wsrm.entwine
Beloved there are Eastern flowers,
That shun the gazer's sight:
Close folded thro' the sultry day,
Their fragrance comes by night
Buds viewless. more.divinely fair
Than Asgaard's radiant throng.
That kept their retals shut till eve,
And only bloom-in song.
From the Iceidndic
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

And like an arrow he shot down over
the steep track. Guiding his course steadily
with his staff. Int IL WAS scarceIv fve
seconds before he was lost to siobt leaking
more like n whirlino snow drift than n
man, With strained ewes and hated
breath Ola stood lookino sf,er i'm Then
nervino himself for the frut, he glanced nt
his skces to see that thev were na,.lleI
and pIjded ont over the terrible declivitv
His iirst feeling was that he had slid rioIt
ont INTO tbc oir-that he was rushino win
seven leaoue boors over fo,cst and m"un.
,uin tops For ali that he did NOT 10 So
sioht of his staff. which he pressed with
thus slightly retardinp his furious spceI
Now the pine.trees seemed TO be running
past him in mad race I'M the monnlnin
side. and the snowy slope seemed to be
rising to meet him. or moving In billowy
lines under his Fl ct. Gradually he gathered
c, ni,lence in himself. n sort of fierce
courage awoke within him. and a wild
exultelion surged through his veins and
swept him on. The wind whistled aboul
him and stung his face like little shorp
needles Now he darted away over a
showed up fence or wool nile. shootiny
out into the air. but ALWAYS coming down
firmly on bis feet, and keeping his mind
on bis sktes, SO as 10 prevent then
diycrging or crossing. He had feeling
of grandeur and triumphant achievement
which he had never experienced before
The world lay at his feet, and he seemed
to be strding over it in n march of con
quest. 1t was glorious! But all such
sensations are unhappily brief. Ola soon
knew by his slacken1ng speed that he had
reached tho level ground. vet 50 great
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

Eggs AS FooD.-The Journal of Chem
istry says that eggs, at average prices, are
among the cheapest and most nutritious
complete food in Itself, containing every
thing necessary for the development of a
perfect animal. as is manifest from the
TACT that chick is formed from it. 1t
seems mystery how muscles, bones,
feathers and everything that chicken re-
quires for its perfect development are made
from the yolk and white of an egg; but
such is the fact, and it shows how com.
plete food an egg is. 1t is also easi y
digested, if not damaged in cooking. In
deed, there is no more concentrated and
nourishing food than eggs. The albumen,
oil and saline matter are, as in milk, in
the right proportion for sustaining animal
life. Two or three boiled eggs with the
addition Of a slice or two of toast, will
make breakfast sufficient for man and
good enough for a king. According to
DR.. Edward Smith, in his treatise on
Food" an egg weighing an ounce and
quarters, contains 120 grains of car
bon and seventeen and three.quarters
grains of nitrogen, or 1926 per cent. Of
Sil uoh 'Nub pei tShp. vi hiStoSOb.
value of one pound of eggs, rs food for
sustaining the active forces of the body,
is to the value of one pound of lean beef,
as 1884 to 900. AS flesh producer, one
pound of eggs is about equal to one pound
of beef. A hen may be considered to con
sumo one bushel of corn yearly, and to
lay ten dozen or fifteen pounds of eggs.
That is 10 say that three and one-tenth
pounds of chemistry corn will produce,
when fed to hen, five-sixth of pound
of eggs. but five sixths of pound of pork
requires about five pourds of corn tor its
production. Taking into account the nu-
triment of each, and the comparative
prices of the two on an average, the pork
is about three times as costly food as
the eggs, while it is certainly less health
full.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14
VOL. XII.

reputation now II days, but when it was
done, professedly by the moving of the
Spirit, it became the most damnable
hypocrisy. We may well question whether
there is not much of this same lying in
our own time. Something very like it
occurs when people plead poverty as an
excuse for penuriousness, or when men
give with ostentation that they may be
reckoned liberal. And if vengeance is
slower now than in the early church we
may calculate that it is no less sure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

He gave those that believe in changes
of the moon ruling the weather, little
comfort; and yet the audience listened
with great attention, cheering when he
compimented the fortitudc of the ladies
and the lack of will power in the men to
hear pain, though the nervous sensiblility
of woman was superior to his, and hence
pain more acute. This peculiar nervous
sensibility made her knowledge of coming
thunder storm often wonderfully accurate,
and yet sometimes made them terror to
her. As whole, the lecture was highly
instructive as well as entertaining.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

TIE HANDS Hands are divided into
three different kinds; those with round
pointed fingers, those with square tips,
and those that are spade shaped, with
pods of flesh at each side of the nail. The
first type, with round pointed fingers,
belongs to characters with perceptions
extra sensitive, to very pious people, to
contemplative minds, to the impusive,
and to all poets and Artists who have
deality as prominent trait. The second
type, those that are square shaped, belongs
to scientific people, to sensible, self con-
tained characters, and to the class of
professional men who are neither visionary
or altogether sordid. The third type,
those that are spade shaped, with pods of
flesh at the side of the nail, indicates
people whose interests and instincts are
mostly material, people who have a
genius for business and who have q high
appreciation of everything that pertains
to bodily ease and comfort. Each finger,
no matter what kind of hand it is, has
a joint representing each of these types.
The division of the finger that is nearest
the palm stands for the body, the middle
division stands for the mind, and the
highest joint spirit or soul. If tho top
joint is longer than the others it denotes "A
character with too much imagination,
great ideality, and of leaning toward the
theoretical rather than the practical.
When the middle joint of the finger is
long, it promises q logical, calculating
mind-a common sense sort of person
and when the lowest joint is longest it
indicates nature that clings more to the
luxuries than to the refnements of life, o
mind that looks more to the utility than
the beauty. If they are nearly alike, and
especially if the length of the finger equals
the length of the palm, it indicates a well
balanced mind.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

A pound of alum dissolved in three
gallons of rain water is said to be an
effectual and safe protection against
cabbage and currant worms, and death TO
them when they make their appearance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-14

The times are so hard in the southwest
of Russia that about two hundred noble
men 8 estates are for sale. The failure of
the crops and frequent rumors OF war
have brought about this state of things.
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EVENING.

At $780, L. D. }amln, president of the
farmers club, called the meeting to order
and introduced DR.. Hiram A. Cutting,
who gave an address upon atmospheric
f., henomena." He spoke of our atmos.
phere; its necessity to man, giving,
through the oxygen it contained, b. th
animal heat and life; also, that its very
pressure upon our bodies was necessary to
our existence; that If it was. removed at
once the blood would start from the pores
of our bodies, for we were made to exist
under the pressure of about 10 pounds to
the square inch. He attributed the floating
of clouds, which were really heavier than
the atmosphere, to their electrical condi.
tion, and often wind, tornadoes and hail
TO the same wonderful agent. lie spoke
of dew as being of the greatest importance
TO the growing plants, and that some
might aid that deposit by putting salt or
plaster upon his land.
He gave numerous signs OF coming
storms, familiar to all yet having scientific
fact for their blSis, ana hence of actual
worth.
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AS CHAIRMAN OF AN EVENING MASS MEET
ING AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA CON-
VENTION OF THE w. O. r. IT,
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