Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

OF what has been wrong in the world.
OF eight cities in the United States
having over 100000 inhabitants, thu
number of churches in proportion to the
population is largest in Cincinnati
Philadelphia is second on the list, Bostol
third, Chicago fourth, and unhappiIy fo
the pretence of the "city of churches, ;
Brooklyn comes but fifth on the scale
China possesses the longest bridge il
the world 1t is ut Laganp, over an arm
of the China sea, and is five miles long
built entirely of stone, 70 feet high, with
roadway 20 feet wide. and has 800 arches
The parapet is btlustrade, and each OF
the pillars, which are IS feet apart
supports pedestal on which is placed
lion q feet long, made of one block o
marble.
An old man would not believe he coul,
hear his wife talk a distance of five mile
bv telephone. His better half was in
country store several miles away, where
there was telephone, and the scepti(
was also in IA place where there was q
similar instrument, and on being told how
to operate it, he walked boldly up anC
shouted, "Hello, S4ratw At that instan,
lightning struck the telephone wire and
knocked the man down, and rs he scrambled
to his feet he excitedly cried, That's Sarah
every time!"-Anonymous.
The Ohio legislature is likely to make a
special effort to stop the adulteration oi
food, and formidable lists of abuses are
being printed. Thus an eminent Cincinn
att chemist says that the liver and kidney
which destroy so many lives
are largely due to the use of sulphuric
acid in sugar manufacture; the aim is to
extract the substance in its final processes
but that cannot be done perfectly. Then,
among smaller matters, honey comb is
made artiicially and bees fed on glucose
to fill it, and even eggs are produced
chemically, but so far without shells.
A recent visitor found Gov. Stephens of
Georgia, in his office, sitting in the histor
ic chair, "with legs crossed, dressed in
black, shirt with the old
fashioned roller collar, under which was
q black band tied in hard knot. His
shoes happened to be a new pair with old
laces, united and wandering in unconscion
able irregularity. A pair Of eye glasses
hung by black silken cord al his side
which when not put to ocular uses are
utilized for emphasizing his remarks. The
room was plain. Barring the paper the
W ills were bare and devoid of ornaments,
with the exception of large gourd that
hung on nail above the governors head.
The curiosity came by mail from an
,dmirer in the state, and is about forty
feet in length"
DR.. McCosh, the president of Princeton
college, has come to the conclusion that
he subject of athletic sports absorbs
altogether too much of the thoughts of the
Students of that institution and says that
The matter demands immediate attention
He remarks: "When one walks across the
tho conversation he overhears
bears no relation to the science and knowl-
edge which we come here to pursue, but
It is this game and that game, this record
md that record. The college papers, too,
which are primarily literary organs, are
devoted to gymnastics and athletics" The
loctor is a little nervous and sensitive
Ibout the outside remarks that are made.
The press of the country and the public
1t large are getting tired of it and make a
nockery of it." 1t will evidently be the
,ffort hereafter on the part of the authori-
les at Princeton to secure the happy
Medium, and in it they certainly will have
he sympathies of people in general.
Barnard contributes its mite to the
record of naughtiness which Vermont has
oeen working up in the past few weeks.
A bloody atfray took place there last week
Wednesday. Full particulars of the affair
ire as follows: Andy Clark, travelling
oeddler, stopped at the house of Il Mr.
Bowen, and secured lodgings for the
hight. Mrs. Bowen subsequently, went to
he peddler's room to make his bed, but
Is she stayed somewhat longer than
seemed necessary, Mr.. Bowen went up
stairs with gun and pistol to investigate
matters. The result was that, as he
opened the door, he received blow over
The eyes that opened to him more
extended celestial prospect than Nigh,
nave been expected under the circum
stances. The peddler and Mrs Bowen
hen fell upon the intruder, and tried to
leprive him of his armory, but, being
mighty man of muscle, Bowen got the
better of them both. Swinging the gun
~ the barrel, he dealt Clark blow in the
lead that cut a horrible cash and felled
lim bleeding to the floor. II, struck at
he PROSTATE pedder again, but the blow
glanced, breaking the gun stock on the
ioor. The infuriaed husband then struck
1t his wife, nearly severing one car from
Ter head, and knocking her senseless on
ha 9TH In 10
,ntly dead, covered with blood. Bowen
vent out and told the neighbors what he
lad done, and said that he wanted help to
ay the corpses out. Upon returning,
however, the supposed corpses were found
live, but in horrible condition, their
whole persons and the floor being saturated
With blood. They were promptly cared
or and are likely TO recover. Bowen was
lot arrested.
There is no doubt that in many cases of
pparent dea h, especially when the sbbiect
5 young and vigorous, animation is
uspended by extreme suffering instead of
'ital exhaustion, and may be restored by
prompt and energetic measures; as in the
,ase of the following remarkable instance
elated by the Hartford Times:
DR.. Fox, of Weathersfield, was once
,alled to attend two children sick with
cholera infantum. As he entered the
louse the sobbing mother said, You're
oo late, doctor One is dead and the
other is breathing his last" He saw the
body of one in the hands of an attendant
being prepared for the shroud, and the
,ther was in the arms of the mother.
yaspiug for breath. The doctor called for
lot water, Il flannel sheet and some mus.
ard. He put pound of mustard into the
water. tore flannel sheet in two, took one
lalf OF 1t and dipped it in the hot mustard
water. In this he rolled up the child which
was being prepared for the grave, leaving
,nly its little white face uncovered Then
le took the other half of the blanket, dipped
t into the mustard water as before, and
oiled the second child in this. He laid
he two little ones side by side and awaited
'esults. In few minutes the child that
vas supposed to be dying sent up vigor-
'us lung protest against this heroic treat
nent, and to the astonishment of all
except the dootor) the dead child also,
ew minutes later, added his voice to the
lproar, and two pair of lungs in loud con
,ert testified to the efficacy of mustard and