Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-04

were significant, but not eflicient.-Rateigh
Walter Gilfllan of Barnet, who died
recently, was 81 years old last February,
and in all his life he has had only q
birthdays. He was born the Goth day o.
February and was consequently able to
celebrate birthday only once in four
years,
Germany is the latest European country
TO suffer from conspiracy. Twenty per.
sons have been arrested at Berlin and
Dresden, on the charge of being connected
with Il conspiracy for betraying the secrets
of the German military organization. The
Emperor William can sympathize with
his kiuSman of Russia.
Patrick g. Donohue, aged G5 years, was
found dead on the track in the railroad
yard, at St. Adams, Saturday, and it is
supposed that, in performing his duties as
night Waterman in the yard, he was
knocked down and killed by the cars.
Donahue had been in the employ of the
railroad company 20 or 80 years, in va.
rous positions more or less responsible.
Horace Fairbrother of Westmore was
driving through Barton with his wife and
three children, when the horses took
fright and they were all thrown out. Mr.
Fairbrother received severe wound On
his head and the children were all injured,
but not severely. Mrs. Fairbrother was
rendered unconscious and is still nearly so
and is also deranged. 1t is feared she
will not recover.
Mental labor is not hostile TO health and
life. But | am more than ever convinced
that man who lives by his brain is of all
men bound to avoid stimulating his brain
In this climate, to stimulate the brain by
alcohol and tobacco Is only slow kind OF
suicide. Even the most modest use of the
mildest wines is not without danger,
because the peculiar exhaustion caused by
severe mental labor is Il constant and
urgent temptation to increase the quantity
and strength of the potation. | would
say to every young man in the United
States, if | could reach him: "If you
mean to attain one of the prizes of your
profession, and live cheerful life to the
age of 50, throw away your dirty old pipe,
put your cigars in the stove, never buy
another, become an absClut teetotaler
take you dinner in the middle of the day,
and rest one day in seven. - james
Parton.
OUR DEBr TO WEBSTER. Henry Cabot
Lodge, in his recently published life of
Daniel Webster, sets forth as follows the
enormous service Webster did the country
in creating by his logic and his eloquence
that passionate love for the union and
belief in the doctrine of national supremacy
that prompted us to fight for the flag:
"Webster's reply to Hayne marks the
highest point attained by Mr.. Webster a,
Il public man. He never surpassed it, he
never equalled it afterwards. 1t was his
zenith intellectually, politically and as an
orator. His fame grew and extended in
The years which followed, he won ample
distinction in other fields, he made MANY
other splendid spec ches, bu, he never went
beyond the reply which no made to the
senator from South Carolina on Jan.
&c, 1880. u
I ct, after all is said, the meaning of Mr..
Webster's speech in our history and its
significance to US are that it set forth with
very attribute of eloquence the nature of
he union as it had developed under the
He took the vague popular
and gave it life and form and
character. lie said, as he alone could
say, the people of the United States are a
nation, they are the masters of an empire,
heir union is indivisible; and the words
which then rang out in the senate chamber
nave come down through long years of
political conflict and of civil war, until at
asst they are part of the political creed of
very one OF MS fellow countrymen.
Mr.. Webster was thorough |
y national. There is no faint of section |
llism or narrow local prejudice about
Tim. lie towers up as an American. ,
,itzen OF the United States in the fullest
ense of the word. He did not invent the
lnon or discover the doctrine of national |
ty. But he found the great fact and the
great principle ready to his hand, and he
fitted them up and preached the gospel of
nationality through the length and breadth
u tue lahu' The vision
If future empire, the dream of the destiny
If an unbroken union touched and kindled
lis imagination. He could hardly speak
n public without an alluson to the
,Lduueul Vi AueFlCdH nationality and n
ervent appeal to keep it sacred and intact
'or 30 years, with reiteration more fire..
Iuent, sometimes rich with elaboration.
ometmes with brief and simple allusion,
le poured this message into the ears of a
istening people. His words passed into
ext books and became the first declama-
ions OF school boys. They were L.. eyery
me S mouth. They sank into the hearts
# the people aud become unconsciouslv n
,art of their life and daily thoughts,
When the hour came it was love for the
nion and tho sentiment of nationality
vhlch nerved the arm of the no tn and
usIalnod her courage, That love had
zen iostered and that sentiment had been
trengthened and vivifed by the life and
words OF Webster. No one had done so
much or had so large share IN this mo.
lcnlous task. Here lies the debt which
he American people owe to Webster, and
ere IS bis meaning and Importance ir his
wn time and to us to-day"