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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

Did you ever find lying in some neglect
ed spot, buried among the grass. perhaps,
some old tool, which you remembe as
sharp, bright, and useful, but which is
covered with rust and useless? The rust
and the dull edge have come of its long
rest. Had it been constantly used it might
have been broken, but it never would have
been that duh. useless thing while it last
ed. 1t is .ust SO with human beings.
Inaction is worse for them than narI.
hard work. Unused talents rust. Tle
mind that is never sharpened grnws oull.
One who has not done what he might,
finds his power gone at last Sometimes,
when minds lie useless and hands are
folded, the soul rusts also. | did not know
St. Simeon's history, but doubt if he was
as worthy Il saint as many another. Just
because he lived at the top of a pillar and,
TO qnole Miss Braddon, had his meals
sent up TO him in basket" Had he come
down for his food he might have found
some chance of being useful There is
work in the world for every mind and
heart and body.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

He DROVE WELL,-Some months apo a
young gentlemen of Tallahassee left the
home of his happy boyhood days, with no
great amount of cash, and little experience
in the large field which he was voluntarily
and cheerful entering, and where so many
fail. But he was young, brave and buo
yant with hope, and determined to make a
manly struggle for fortune and fame with
the wide, wide world for his sphere. One
fine morning he landed in tho busy empor
ium of East Florida. Here he spent several
days in unsuccessful efforts to obtain EN-
ployment. Finally. harrassed with the
unpleasant fact that his board bill was due
and unpaid with not a cent in his pocket
he stepped into II business house, and
politely informed gentleman that he
wanted work, and must have it. "What
can you doP' inquired he gentlemen.
"Anylblng, promptly responded the brave
young man. Pointing to Il dray that stood
in front of the door, the gentleman said:
Can you drive that drayp" "Yes, sir !"
was the emphatic response. IN give YOU
500 month" The young man accepted
the offer on the spot, mounted the dray,
and went cheeriully to work with deter.
mination to earn that 500 A. the end of
the month his employer complimented
him very highly for his str attention
to business,and increased his wages to $50
a month. When came the end of the
second month the gentleman was satisfied
that he was honest. industrious and deserv
ing, End for his faithful services the young
man was promoted to a position in the
house, at u salary of $50 per month All
nonor to this worthy young man. He
only needed an opportunity to prove his
worthiness. He has in him the material
for second Vanderbilt or future Cover
nor OF Florida. Tallahassee F2oriiIa.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

Do you want to grow salt, and, at the
same time, have an interesting, handsome
ornament? The proceeding is n rovel
chemical experiment that may be tried by
my one Put in a goblet one tables poon
ful of salt and one tables poonful of hlueing
fill the goblet two thirds full of water and
set in position where it will have plenty
of warmth and sunlight. in Il little while
parking crystals will commence forming
on the outside of the glass, and is both II
novel and interesting sight TO watch it
gradually growing day by day, until the
outside Of the goblet is entirely covered
over with beautiful white crystals. An
other variation of this beautiful expert
ment would be to take goblet with the
base broken off and fas.en it in the centre
of a thin piece of board, which may be
round, square or oblong. After the crys-
tails have formed on the glass, set it on a
tiny wall bracket, and place a bright
holiday or birthday card in front of it;
this will hide the base, on which no crys-
tails will form. After this is done. fill the
goblet with flowers or dried grasses, and
YOU will have vase wich will cost
comparatively little, and in reality adds TO
the bric.a brac OF the room.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

TIE STRONGEST DRINK.-Water is the
strongest drink It drives mills; i is the
drink of lions and horses. and Samson
never drank anything else. Let young
men be teetolars if only for economy's
sake. The beer money will soon build
u house. If what is spent in waste were
only saved against a rainy day. work
houses would never be built. The
man who spends his money with the pub
ican, and thinks the landlords bow and
How do We do, nv fine fellow?' mean
rue respect, is perfect smpleton. We
'on't light fires for hcrrng's comfnrt. hut
o toast him. Men do not keep pot houses
Tor ,ahorers' good; if they do, they Ger
ainIy miss their aim Whv then should
IF spend money for the good Of the house
lei it be in my own end not The land ord's.
1t is bad well inro which yon must put
water; and the beer-housr is - bad friend,
because it takes your all and leaves you
nothing but headaches.
He who calls those his friends who let
him sit and drink by the hour together is
gnorant-very ignorant. Why, red lions
and tigers, and eagles, and vultures are
al creatures of prey, and whv do so many
put themselves within the power of their
Jaws and talonsp Such as drink and live
riatously. and wonder whv their faces are
so blotchy and their pockets so bare
would leave off wondering if they had Two
grains of wisdom. They might as well
ask an elm tree for pears as look to loose
habits for health and wealth. Those who
go to the public houae for happiness climb
a tree TO find a fish. Rev Mr.. Spurqeon
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

How TO SPLIT A SHEET OF PAPER. II
is one of the most remarkable properties
of that wonderful product, paper, that il
can be split into two or even three parts
however thin the sheet. We have seen q
leaf of the Illustrated NeOS thus divided
into three parts, or three thin leaves
One consisted of the surface on which the
epgravings are printed; another was the
leterpress, and II perfectly blank piece on
each side was the paper that lay between
Many people who have not seen this done
might think it impossible, yet it is moi
only possible, but extremely easy, as We
shall show. Get piece of plate glass, anC
place on it sheet of paper; then let the
latter be thoroughly soaked With care
and little deXl Gritty the sheet can be spill
by the top surface being removed Bu
the best plan is to paste piece of cloth
or strong paper to each side of the sheet
to be split. When dry, violently and
without hesitation pull the two pieces
asunder, when part .r the sheet will be
found to have adhered TO one and part to
the other. Soften the paste in ater, and
the pieces can be easily removed from the
CLOTH The process is generally demon
strated as matter of curiosity, yet it can
be utilized in various ways If we want
to paste in a scrap book a newspaper
article printed on b th sides of the paper,
and possess only one copy, it is very con
venient to detach the one side from the
other. The paper when split, as may be
imagined, is more transparent than it was
before being subjected to the operation,
and the printing ink is somewhat duller ;
otherwise the two pieces present the
appearance of the original fagain brought
together. Some time ago the information
of how to do this splitting was advertised
to be sold for considerable sum. We
now impart to all our readers gratuitously.
and Colonial Printer and Station.
er.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

WHAT MAKES MEN DISHONEST. What
then is the cause of this great amount Of
dishonesty Is it increasingly If So
We are quite sure that the growing
extravagance 10 the style of living has
much influence on those whose inc )mes
are small. The bad example Of rich and
fashionable young men is baleful in It's
effects on the youth Of moderate means.
The men who have leisure and plenty OF
money, making display in equipage.
entertainments and edifices, which they
can well afford, should bear in mind thai
they are making an impression on the
public mind, and they should seriously
consider whether they love their neigh
bors as themselves when they silently and
perhaps unconsciously lead them to go
and try TO do likewise The struggle
between moderate enjoyment of life and
that ideal which the prosperous man sets
up as the perfection of earthly happiness
is tremendous, and often ruinous. To get
rich rapidly is the snare, and into it, to
their perditien, many men fail. To keep
up appearances is the fight Of life with
thousands of families. They will starve
to dress. All This is to the point We are
driving at, in finding the cause of SO
much commercial dishonesty, SO much
stealing on the part of those who hold
respectable positions in society, and some
times in the church. 1t is the want OF
contentment with the lot assigned by
Divine Providence the secret longing to
be in what seems to be better position:
lust of money not to he boarded, but to
spend: greed OF gold tina. The getter
may make display of it, bave better
house. and rival neighbor. 1t is the
shoddy pride of life. 1t is the ape coming
out in the man. And to suppress this
silly seeking after show, this sham OF
wealth should he the aim of every honest
man. Simplicity OF living is itself
power for good in the community. Ex,
is vice, corrupting others AS
well as one who INDUCES in ii.
Honest men are not to be obtained by
consulting their tables of genealogy. nor
the coniiguration of their skulls, nor by
paying them more money. The heart is
he seat of all evil. Out of it proceed
those desires that result in murders and
robberIes. A profession of piety is not an
insurance against wrong doing. Some
bad men adopt it as disguise. But the
daily life of II good man does speak for
itself, and he who walketh with wise men
is wiser. BY their fruits men are pretty
well known, and very few employers
suffer from peculations or defacations
except through their own neglect of duty
A consciousness of being vigilantly over
seen, the assurance of difficulty in evading
detection will prevent Il coward thief from
stealing and will strengthen a weak man
In the hour of temptation. .-Ne0 York
Observer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23
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carly severed one of the toes. man
%ed to get into the house, and II surgeon
Hds called TO dress the wound.
That day was the most miserable one
ever spent. The p in in nv foot. tho
dizzy feeling in my head. and the aisrp
pointment in not bcil z able to accompany
my scheolmates on their excursion, seem
ed enough TO render my misery complete.
Il did not tell any one Of the part ne
cigar had had in causing the accident.
None of the boys knew ANYTHING about
it, and Dick still urges me to take II
second cigar. He says unless learn 10
smoke that all the boys will laugh at me,
and say that tried to learn but wasn't
man enough.
II can now SEQ how much easier it
would have been if had firmly refused at
he first. But | can only SO act in me
future as to avoid getting into de, per
roube. | have decided to let them laugh
all they please at my past experience in
smoking, but shall furnish them with no
moe similar matter for sport. They NAV
est assured that my experience in usiag
tobacco in any form is AT an end. !-(Mss-
tidn dt Work
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

TIE EFFECT.-The late learned and
eloquent DR.. Rice excelled in the fervor
and JUNCTION OF his public prayers. In his
congregation was an aged negro, very
pious and also very excitable, who would
always shout "Amenw when any petition
was put up that touched his feelings. This
at length became quite annoying to DR..
Rec, more especially as Cesar's hearty
"Amens" not unfrequently filled the room.
Finally, the doctor told him that his shouts
disturbed the congregation, who were not
accustomed to them; and if he could
restrain them, it would be great favor.
The good negro was shocked to learn that
he had disturbed anyone, and faithfully
promised silence in future.
But it happened, the very next Sunday,
that the DR.. was unusually earnest in his
supplcations 10 the throne of grace He
fairly wrestled in prayer" In the gallery,
as usual, sat Caesar, writhing sympnthet-
ically with the emotion which he could not
suppress and would not utter. More and
more fervent waxed the prayer, deeper
and deeper grew CMsar's emotions, more
and more violent his struggles to avoid
giving vocal utterance to them. Nature
at last could hold out no longer. "Amenr
shouted Cesar. "Massn Rice, I had to
say IL or bust"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

Two WAYS OF LOOKING AT TuINGS.-
Two boys went 10 hunt grapes. One was
happy because they found grapes. The
other was unhappy because the grapes
had seeds in them
Two men beng convalescent were asked
how they were. One said, Il am better
to-day The other said, Il was worse
yeslerday.'
When it rains one man says "This will
make mud" Another This will lay the
dust.
Two children looked through colofed
glasses; one said, "The world is blue, v
and the other said, at is bright"
Two boys were eating their dinner.
One said, II would rather have something
other than this" The other said, This is
better than nothing"
A servant girl thinks mans house is
principally kitchen; a guest that it is
principally parlor-'
Il am sorry that live" said one man
81 am sorry that | must die" says anoth'
er.
Il am glad" says one that it is nc
VERSE; II am sorry" saws another
that it is no better" Ore man spois :
good repast by thinking of q Better repas
of another Another one enjoys n pooI
tepast by contrasting it with none at all
One man is thankful for his blessings
Another is morose for his misfortunes.
| One man makes up his accounts from
his wants. Another from his assets
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

A NEW DANGER OF BALLooNING.-Mr
Samuel A. King, IA well known aeroanu
was shot at through ignorance q few
years ago while up in his balloon. He
ascended from Augusta, Ga, at q qrarter
past four clock, p. NJ, and only three
hours and a half later landed one hundred
and thirty miles northeast of that city.
In the early part of the journey he had a
lively race with railroad train bound for
Charleston, and beat it easily, notwith.
standing the engineer of the latter crowd.
ed on all steam, as was afterward learned.
At several places guns were discharged,
in one or two instances evidently ut the
balloon, but the aeronaut was at TOO great
a height to fear any injury.
In descending he struck against the
skeleton of tall pine tree, which broke
beneath the weight of the basket, the gas
escaping from the balloon, and basket and
occupant dropped a distance of from fifty
to sixty feet Mr.. King was pretty well
shaken up, but not much hurt, and was
able to make his way to the house of
somo colored people near by, where he
was very Hospitality treated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

The New York society for opening up
new employments for women published a
list of twenty four occupations as specially
favorable for women. Among them are
art decoration, designing for textile goods,
wood carving and engraving. dispensing
medicines, bookkeeping, short hand writ.
ing, photographic drawing and writing,
telegraphy, photography, printing, hair
dressing, upholstery, and stationery work,
lace cleaning andmending glass ngraving,
gliding, bookbinding, elcclroplating, ivory
cutting, pearl working, modelling, cameo
cutting, seal engraving, plaster statuary,
besides the general occupation as sales.
women In many departments of trade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

A DouBTFUL SToRY.-The Charleston
NeOS says story is circulated among
hotel men that during the past winter a
lady from Boston accompanied by three
servants, engaged three rooms at one OF
the hotels in Jacksonville. The proprie
tor assigned her three of the best rooms
on the parlor floor. Upon arrival she
was shown the rooms, but said they did
not suit her. Being told that they were
the best rooms the city afforded she
ordered II carriage, went out TO the
stores and spent over $500 in fitting up
the rooms with rugs, curtains and brio
a-brac. She occupied them just one week
and then left all her purchases behind her
and went to the Magnolia hotel, on the
ST. Johns river, where she paid 5000 a
week board for herself and suite. She
returned north on special Car, which
must have cost not less than 5000
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

TIE ORIGIN OF MONDAY AS "WAsuING
DAY. ."-Recently, the wits of Georgetown
conceived the idea of a mock town meet.
ing, which was carried out in first class
shape, and the orators of the town had q
chance to show their wit on the different
humorous articles in the warrant. Article
9TH was as follows: "To see if the town
will make washing day legal holiday. "
Mr.. Charles w. Tenny, chairman of the
committee, made funny report, and
from it we make the following extract :
II presume the intelligent portion of this
audience are aware how we came to have
our washing day on Monday; to others |
will briefly relate the how. Those who
are familiar with the book of books will
remember that passage which reads
"Cleanllness is next to Godliness.' Our
forfathers, in their simplicity and rigid
adherence in Scripture, supposed tnat
meant that washing day should come mex,
to Gods day, hence Monday. Later
generations have understood that they
were to put on their Godliness on Sunday
and wash it off on Monday, and they
have nobly lived up to it."-Salem Ga.
zette.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23
Strike till the last armed foe expires
Strike! for your affairs and your fires
Strike ! for the green graves of your sires !,
God and your native land ~

"And, strangely enough" he continued,
II met the son of Marco Bozarris while
was in Greece. He had seemed to me a
traditional parsonage; but to meet his son
gave him a reality which l have never
since lost" What sort of a man was
young Bozarris?' inquired one of the
party. "Six feet two inches higb.'
replied Forrest, straight and slim as a
palm tree; a face like the antique; a
model, sir, of manly beauty. Only hero
could have had such a SON." "And was
his mind equal to his pysiquep" | could
not tell at first. He spoke no English,
and my French was not fluent. However
we managed to understand each other n
little, and told him about Halle2k's s poem.
He had never even heard of it. The
mood was on me, and, standing up in that
Greek Cate, with not soul near who
knew English, recited the whole of it
to the son of the hero whom it has immor.
talized. Sir he understood that! | could
see the blood thrill in his veins, his ewes
flash lightning, the color come and 90 in
his cheeks; and when my voice dropped
and broke tor the concluding lines, where
Bozarlis sinks TO sleep in death at the
very moment of victory, the sons ewes
filled with tears which dropped like
diamonds on the ground as he gazed at
me. All! oratory, sir. is the universal
language. But l should have liked Hal.
lecks to hear his poem recited by me to
such an audience"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

The FARMER There is a quiet about
the life of farmer, and a hope ofa serene
old age. that no ether business or profes
sion can promise. A professional man is
doomed some time to feel that his powers
are waning. He is doomed to see younger
and stronger men pass him in the race OF
life. He looks forward TO an old age OF
intellectual mediocrily. He will be last
where once he was first. But the farmer
goes, as it were, into partnership with
trees and flowers--he breathes the sweet
air of the fields. There is no constant and
frightful strain upon his mind. His nights
are filled with sleep and rest. He watches
his flocks and herds as they feed upon the
green billy slopes. He hears the pleasant
rain fall upon the waving corn, and the
rrees he planted in his south field rustic
about him rs he plants others for the
children yet to be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

BoXwooD AND ENGRAvING.-It is
curious that two familiar processes in the
fine arts, and we might say in the useful
arts as well, are dependent on unique
substances, tho one mineral and the other
vegetable Lthography, one of the most
important kinds Of engraving, would be
impossible without the peculiar close
grained limestone, which has thus far
been discovered only in the quarries of
S0enboien, in Bavari /; and wood engrav-
ing could not be the art it is, if a material
perfectly adapted to its requirements were
not furnished in the wood of a single tree.
1t is true that certain stones, more or less
suitable for lithography, have been found
in various parts of the eartb,-in several
European countries, and in our own
Kentucky; but none of these deposits are
equal IN quality to that of Solenhofen.
1t is truJ also that certain other woods
the rock maple, the pear, the plum, etc.
may be used for some of the coarser kinds
OF wood engraving; but the fact remains
that lockwood is the one material perfectly
adapted to The purpose, and Indispensable
for first class work. Its fine and uniform
grain and its peculiar texture and hard.
ness, rendering it easily manageable
under the graver, and yet capable of
enduring the pressure and strain to which
the delicate lines are subjected in printing,
and also the fact that it "takes the ink"
better than any other wood, combine to
give it peculiar and unrivaled value for
the artist. Before the invention of elec.
trolyping and photo-engraving, this unique
assemblage of qualities was of moro
Importance than ut present; but even
now, as far as the engraving is concerned,
the best artistic effects are 10 be obtained
only by cutting on wood
The best lockwood is brought from the
shores of the Black sea in Turkey, inferior
varieties being obtained in Persia, in
Spain AMI Portugal, and in the Balearic
Isles. II is said that in 1878 box trees to
the value of El0000 (S500O0) were cut
down at Box Hill, in Surry, Eng. But
the tree is of so very slow growth that it
Is seldom raised in that country except
for ornament. From The Popular Science
NeUS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

In the long run, morality and expedi-
ency are found to he coincident. Trlth
and honesty prove more prudent and
polite than false speaking and false doing,
however they may seem to binder or en-
danger one at the start. As the old sailor
expressed it, God has somehow so fixed
things that fellow can afford to do about
right in this world. "-Sunday School
Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-23

Deal very gently with those who are on
the downhill of life Your own time is
coming to be where they now are. You,
TOO, are stepping westward" Soothe
the restlessness of age by amusement. by
consideration. by non. interference. and by
blowing plenty of occupation to fall into
he hands that long for it. But let it be
If their own choosing, and cease TO order
heir ways for them as though they were
children.