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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

MORE RUM DRANK IN VERMONT THAN
EvER'-It is not unusual to hear an
opponent of prohibition declare that there
is more rum drank in Vermont, and even
in Woodstock, under the present law,
than in old times when there was no
liquor law, and before temperance came
to be recognized US one of the Christian
virtues. The claim is preposterous in the
extreme. In the early days every merchant
kept his cellar stocked with rum, which
was regularly furnished to all customers,
and in not few cases it was the chief
item of trade. An old merchant Informed
us that he sold from his store in Wood
stock, in one year, ninety hogsheads of
rum, and he didn't claim to be the
leading merchant in town either. In later
times still Rice 81 Mower purchased and
sold in one year $4,000 worth of rum,
when it did not cost over Il third as much
as now. There are those in our midst
who can testify that in those days rum
flowed almost as free as water, and we
can remember when it was furnished by
the pail at all public gathering, such as
raisings, bees, musters, etc. Many of our
people can recall these occasions and their
attendant drunkenness, and they know
that it is ridiculous to say that there is
more rum drank now than there was then.
-lV0odSl0cb Standard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

THE MEDICAL AsPECr,-Of all persons
who have not yet become drunkards. the
most pitiable are they who are drinking
liquor under medical advice. Others drink
it upon their own responsibility, and
therefore with more or less caution; but
these drink it upon the highest authority,
ard therefore with no fear of its conse
quences. Other tipplers restrain their
appetite through shame Of being seen to
indulge in it boldly; these drink under the
impervous plea that they are but taking
medicine. Other tipplers are open to
admonition and reformation; in word.
whilst the one drinking Intoxicating
liquor without excuse and therefore
against conscience-against the voice OF
God in the soul-may stop ere it be too
late; the other drinking it for health, and
therefore with an approving conscience,
will probably never stop until life stops.
EmphaicallY true it is that no other
tlppler is going so surely 20 the drunkard g
grave as the one wh) lets the doctors lead
him TO it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

COSTLY HOME MUsIC.-There are ele.
giant and costly private organs in some
New York houses. William Belden has
one in his Fifth Avenue palace which cost
$4,000. 1t has So stops and 2500 pipes, a
carlton, one chime of 81 bells, military
drums, and solo cornet stop. To afford
a space for its erection. a ,,lace had to be
provided % Ivy Is feet, running from the
sub.cellar floor up to the second story of
the house, a height OF 33 feet To give
absolute security against dampness and
its lower parts, which would be fatal to it
in short time, the sub.cellar had to be
double and treble lined with concrete,
asphaltum and other materials. A steam
engine of three horse power was provided
to work the bellows. The same gentleman
has $500 organ in his country residence.
There are half n dozen other private
organs in New York which cost from
$4,000 to $1,000 cash.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

How TuURLow WEED TRAINED HIS
MEMORY. "A correspondent asked Thurow
Weed how he accounted for his wonderful
memory, and if he had ever done anything
to strengthen it. He replied. Il had TO
adopt regular method, and l hit on one
that was very effective. | will tell you
about it for the benefit of other young
men. got married in 1918, when | was
working in Albany as journeyman prin-
ter. In u few months | went into business.
establishing II newspaper for myself, and
some of my friends thought | was cut out
for Il politician, that is, probably i'm.
pressed nv views strongly on those about
me. But | saw at once Il fatal weakness.
Ny memory was a sieve. | could remem-
Der nothing, Dates, names, appointments,
faces-everything escaped me. | said to
my wife, Catherine, shall never make
u successful politician, for cannot
remember, and that is a prime necessity
of politicians. A politician who sees
man once should remember HIM forever
My wife told me that | must train my
memory, So when | came home that
night sat down alone and spent fifteen
minutes trying silently TO recall the events
of the day.
I could remember little first now
remember that | could not then remember
what lad for breakfast. Finally | found
| could recall more. Events came back
to me more minutely and more accurately.
After fortnight or so of this, Catherine
said, Why don't you tell it to me? 1t
would be interesting, and my interest in
it would stimulate you.' Then began Il q
habit of oral confession, as it were, which
followed for almost lfty years. Every
night, the last thing before retiring l told
my wife everything that could recall
that had happened to me or about me
during the day. generally recalled the
very dishes 1 had had for breakfast, dinner
and tea; the people l had seen and what
they had said; the editorials had written,
and an abstract of them; the letters had
sent and received, and the very language
used as near as possible when l had
walked or ridden-everything, in short,
that had come within my knowledge. I
found could say my lessons better and
better every year, and instead of growing
irksome, it got to be pleasure to run
the events of the day in review. am
indebted to this discipline for n memory
of somewhat unusual tenaoity, and rec
ommend the practice to all who expect to
have much to do with influencing men,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

EDITOR or FREEMAN When at an
agricultural meeting at Grand Isle, I had
my attention called to cheap cvaporator
for cvaporatlng apples which was used on
the island took one home with me and
have been experimenting with it, and
believe it to he Il valuable acquisition to
any family that raises apples enough for
their own use.
The heat is derived from any stove and
the shelves are hollow that tho steam may
circulate freely. II is easily arranged
and will dry the shelves full from Is to
80 minutes according to the thickness of
the slices Apple thus evaporated seems
to have all the fresh desirable taste of
apple evaporated in the costly evaporators,
thus giving farmers a chance to not only
preserve their own apples in an approved
manner, but to prepare what sells at a
grem ly advanced price, With fair size
several bushels may be evaporated each
DAY. As it is what MANY have before
sought in vain, l am pleased to give
this not ice OF it as it seems really Il good
thing. They make several sizes, and full
particula rs may be obtained by addressing
c. B. Iris h, Grand Isle, Vermont.
Respectfully yours,
II. A. CUTTING,
Sec'y Board of Agriculture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

The wife of fasting DR.. Tanner has
lately taken up her abode in France, hav-
ing ohtained II divorce from her eccentric
husband underthe following circumstances
Dir, Tanner, it appears, is peculiarly
addicted to extraordinary fancies, and some
time since he thought that he had found
ont 'Illt he humtn ch tratter becomes
modified according to the food taken by
the individual, and especially in relation
TO the vegetables consumed. Carrots, he
AYERS, make people lilgcty and sly turnips
produce extreme amiability, while pro-
longcd diet of French beans indnces great
irrltabilly of temper The carrying out
OF this theory has brought trouble into
DIR. 1anncr's home. He made heavy
wager on the question with some friends,
and experimental on Mrs Tanner with
French beans, giving her to cat about
three pounds of this vegetable daily. 1t
is not altogether to be wondered at if,
after such regimen, Mrs. Tanner
became rather more irritable than was
perhaps contemplated, and threw a jug at
Dr. Tanners head. The doctor. however,
gained his bet and, more thoroughly
convinced than ever of the truth of his
theory, put his wife on the turnip diet, SO
rs to make her amable as she was before
the French bean regimen This time
however, the result was not so strictly in
accord nee with the theory. Mrs. Tanner
objected to being any longer subject for
these vegetarian experiments, sued for Il
divorce, and, what is more singular,
obtained it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

A RULE THAT WORKS Born WAYS
That must be "A false rule requiring virtue
cleanliness and good temper and conduct
in women, while men may 90 on to any
length almost, and society wink at their
faults. Whatever degrades woman also
dogrades a man. Take some of the vices
and habits of the day. A man smokes a
filthy cigar or carries about half an ounce
of tobacco in his cheek. and yet expects
his wife to preserve clean mouth and
sweet breath. Again u young man starts
out to spend the evening with his adored
Avelna. Should he find her not at home,
but in the neighboring saloon, however
genteel it might be, that would be his last
visit. In his estimation sho would have
sunk below his level, and yet that same
young man himself is daily visitor to tho
same saloon, and engages in all its bac-
chanalian revelry, indulging his swinish
appetite without thought of improperly
or harm. Selected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

FAILING FROM A HEIGHT With regard
to the recent sad suicide of II girl by leap
ing from one of the towers of Notre Dame
DR.. Bronardeli's expressed view that rs
phvxiation in the rapid fall may have
been the cause of death, has given rise to
some correspondence in La Nature. NJ.
Bontemps points out that the depth of fall
having been about GG metres, the velocity
acquired in this time Oess than four sec.
ond>) cannot have been so great us that
sometimes attained on railways e. 4 33
metres per second on the line between
Chalons and Paris, where the effect should
be the same; yet we never hear OF asphyx-
iation Of engine drivers and stoker. He
considers it desirable that the idea in
question should be exploded rs unhappy
persons may choose suicide by falling
from height, under the notion that they
will die before reaching the ground.
Again, NJ. Gossin mentions that a few
years ago man threw himself from the
top of the column of July and fell on an
awning which sheltered workmen at the
PEDESTAL; he suffered only Il few slight
contusions NJ. Remy says he has often
seen an Englishman leap from II height OF
81 metres lsay l03 feet) into deep river;
and he was shown in 1862, in the Island of
Oahu, by missionaries, Il native who had
fallen from Il verified height of more than
800 metres (say 900 feet) His fall was
broken near the end by I growth of ferns
and other plants, and he had only few
wounds. Asked as to his sensations in
falling, he said he only felt dazzled--Nu.
ttrc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

II was Sidney Smith who said When
you rise in the morning form the resolu-
ton to make the day u happy one to a
fellow creature. 1t is easily done; left
off garment to n man who needs it; a
kind word to the sorrowful an encoura.
ging expression 10 the striving-trilles in
themselves rs light as air--wil do at least
for the twenty -four hours. And if you
are young depend upon it it will tell when
you are old; and if you are old rest
assured it will send you gently and happily
down the stream Of time to eternity. By
the most simple arithmctical calculation
look at the result. If you send one per-
son-only one-happily through each day
that is 365 in the course of the year. And
suppose you live forty years only after
you commence that course of medicine,
you have made 14,000 beings happy-at
all events for time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

CURIOUS PATENTS. Some investigating
person has furnished the New York Times
with IL brief list of patents on small things
which have in many instances proved
great mines of wealth TO the lucky dis.
coverer. The list might be extended to
a much larger number. Among these
trifles is the favorite toy-the return
ball "a wooden ball with an elastic
string attached selling for ten cents each,
but Welding to its patentee an income
equal to $j0,0OO Il year. The rubber tip
on the erd of Lad pencils affords the own
er of the royalty IN Independent fortune.
The inventor of the gummed newspaper
wrapper is also Il rich man. The gimlet
pointed screw has evolved more wealth
than most silver mines, and the man who
first thought of putting copper TIPS to
children's shoes, is as we'll off as if his
father had left him S2,00O,0O0 in United
States bonds. Although roller skates are
not so much use in countries where ice is
abundant, in South America, especially in
Brazil, they are very highly esteemed,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

The Minneapolis flour mills begin this
year with maximum capacity of prodn'
cling 20,Gj0 barrels of flour n day, in 25
establishments. During 1882 they receiv-
ed 1S,403,700 bushels of wheat, shipped
2,054, 500 bushels of wheat. and made
3,1N,9l9 barrels of flour. OF this latter
amount about 10000 barrels were used in
The Minneapolis home market and in 1881, :,
t,lSl ,322 barrels of flour, worth 81 ,67S, ,964,
was shipped directly to Europe. Practi-
cally the entire wheat and flour of Mime
apolis is transported by rail. The flour
product of 1882 was below that of 1881, +,
chiefly ON account of the damaged condi.
tion of the crop harvested in 1881.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

Some children are exceedingly dull at
the very moment when they are expected
to make the best showing. A nurse in n
pious family who took occasion to put her
little charge through y sort of catechsm
every night called in the mother on one
occasion to let her see how nicely her
pupil was getting along
Come now. darling" she said, "who is
it you love better than father or mother,
or brother or sister-better than al the
world put together?"
With look of innocence that might
have been borrowed from tho angels the
the Christian cherub responded:
"Pie!"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

CULTURE,-What is called "cutuI G"
amounts to little. 1t may be associated
with the meanest moral character, abject
servility to those in high places, and AFRO
gance to the poor and lowly. The fast,
idle youth believes nothing, hopes nothing
no, not even the final trumh Of good in
human hearts. There are many Mr..
Tootses in the world, saying " It's all the
same, it's of no consequence 1t is not
all the same hundred years hence. The
life of each man tells upon the whole life
of society. Each man has his special duty
to perform. his special work to do. If he
does it not, he himself suffers, and others
suffer through him. His idleness infects
others ana propagates bad example. A
useless life is an early death.-Dr. Smiles
Duty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

The sub committee of the republican
national committee has agreed upon a
plan of representation forthe next national
convention and it and other plans will be
considered at .ho meeting of the committee
next week. The committees plan
gives four delegates at large to each state
and two to each congressional district,
with thres delegates at large for each
republican senator and three district
delegates for each republican member of
the House. The delegates at large are
to be chosen ut 4 state convention called
not more than six weeks and not less
than Il month before the national conven-
tion, and on not less than fifteen DAYS
notice. If the DISTRICT delegates have not
been chosen by conventions in their dis
tricts before the meeting of the state
convention, the delegates to the latter
convention from the several districts shall
choose their district delegates to the
national convention. Two delegates will
also be chosen by each territory and the
District of Columbia, If this plan should
be adopted, the next convention would
have 1921 members, Or 53S more than the
Chicago convention.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

INCIDENT FROM Dr.. HACKErr.- 80 Give
me something better to stand on and I'll
step off" Many years ago, while | was
pastor of Brookline, took seat in the
cars one morning for Boston, by the side
of Professor Hackett. | always felt that
such position was providential privilege
to be improved. Soon, therefore, | drew
my learned friend into conversation by
mentioning Il skeptica work | had read
remarking that some of the iniidel obiec-
lions in the work were new to me and
seemed very strong. Strong, strong?
said he, in his nervous way, Il can see
stronger difficulties than any which inli.
deity ever presented, but give me some.
thing better than Christianity to stand on
and I'll step off Till that better something
is presented stand and shall stand where
| am"
The remark, like many another from
the good professors lips, has abode with
me and done me good. When some new
skeptic comes forward to try his hand at
demolishing Christianity | ask, "Cau you
offer anything better or iirmer?'
If not, spare your pains and leave the
believer the one standing place to which
he clings and on which millions are now
reposing. Amid the troubled sea Of life
if there floats Il stronger and safer one, do
for humanity's sake point it out and guide
me ard struggling souls everywhere to lis
rest.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

VERMoNT's GRANITE INDUsTRY.-The
granite business in Vermont has had a
rapid development Of late years. this
industry employing several hundred more
men in 1882 than ever before. The Barre
ty of granite, the various firms engaged in
the business last year giving employment
to nearly 800 men. The largest firms are
Smith & Welch, Wetmore q Morse and
Wilkinson 4 Day. The shipments of
granite in the block and finished work
over the Montpelier and White River divi-
sion of the Central Vermont railroad in
1882 exceeded 5000 tons, or about 500 car
loads. There is no place in the United
States where nicer monumental work is
made, the granite quarred at Barre show
ing the most beautiful and uniform
arrangement of colors and taking the
finest and most durable polish.
The quarries at South Ryegate. near the
line of the Montpelier q Wells River rail-
road, also yield an excellent quality of
granite. Messrs. Mcdonald, r. +. Carter
and Darling g. Sargent quarry and finish
Ryegate granite. The St. Johnsbury
granite company quarried and finished for
monumental purposes some so car loads
of Ryegate granite and about 70 car loads
of Brunswick granite Quarries have
recently been opened in Victory and
Woodbury., and also at Dummerston. The
Dummerston granite quarry is located
near Brattleboro, on the line of the Brat.
tleboro and Whitehall (narrow gauge)
road. 1t was only opened in June last,
but during the remaining six months of
the year the owner, Mr.. George T., Lyon,
has quarried and shipped by rail over
2400 tons, or nearly 800 car loads. The
granite is of light color and very hard.
1t is especially valuable for building pur-
poses, The whole amount of Barre, South
Ryegate, Dummerston and Brunswick
granite quarried and shipped by rail from
the stations mentioned in 1882 exceeded
10000 tons. This is equivalent to 100, 900
feet of granite. The figures of tho business
for 1882 show good increase in the
amount and value of granite quarried and
finished in Vermont over the previous
year,-FordeS, IN Boston Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

An old Irish couple who have grown up
in the mills of Lawrence, Mass, have no
children, and live alone in tiny house.
They have worked togather for fifty years
for their home, saving up little by little
until it was paid for. They are rather
feeble in mind and body. but possessed
of wonderful patience. rhcir browning
was to carpet the ''fore room, u
and that has just been grattied. "An' what
more can we ask?" said the wife to n Wis
itor, pride and satisfaction shining in every
line of her wrinkled face. "Now me an
Mike is ready to be walked respectable
any day, an he is as plaised with the car
pet as meself: its the two of us as is pleas
ed togither, An livery night, before we
goes to bed. we iist peeks in at the bissid
carpet-an' the table n shinin' and the
pictur of the Virgin over the shelf a
smilin' down on us. Ah, mum it's rich
folks we're gettin to be intirely!"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

A TALL SroRY.-A Philadelphia man
who went west to grow up with the
country has returned with some stories
how it was he failed to keep
up He says that night overlook him
while hunting in the mountains, and he
went to sleep in tree to keep out of reach
of the wolves. Early on the next morning,
he AYERS, some workmen told him to com
down AID finish his nap on the court
house steps. rs they wanted to turn the
tree into II flag pole for the hotel across
the way.-Sprin2feld Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

Court!ng time has now begun. Every
evening the lover comes to his lady's
home with present, which is always
something good to eat-generally cakes
or sugar plums. He makes love under
rather awkward circumstances, for the
bridesmaids sit about the betrothed pair
in IL circle, singing songs descriptive of
their happiness.
The last evening Of the courtship is
enlivcncd by the presentation of the gifts
of the bridegroom, which must include
brushes, combs, soap and perfumery. On
receiving these, the bridesmaids instantly
carry the bride away and wash her, dress
her hair ard perfume her pocket handker-
chief.
Thus touched up, she returns to the
company, and the brides father gives his
future son-in-law the marriage portion,
which he takes home with him in n neat
bag,
The next morning he returns for the
lady herself. She receives him with her
hair unbraided and flowing down her
back. They are married by the ceremo-
nies of the Greek church. and the old folks
never go to the wedding dinner.
Those eternal bridesmaids, whom they
must hate by this time, are there, however,
still on duty, and the evening closes by
the bride kneeling down and pulling of
her husbands boots, to prove her inten-
tlon to be an obedient and submissive
wife.
Good natured bridegrooms generally
hide iewelry or money in their boots,
which the bride may take possession of as
balm for her pride. After the wedding
day the parents begin to give feasts, and
keep it up a week, and it is not until all
this is over that the young couple" see
those blessed bridesmaids take their
departure. They are then compelled to
kiss them, thank them, and give them
each present,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17

A lady stood patiently waiting before
the receiving teler's window in Broad
way bank the other day, but no one took
any notice of her till she attracted the
attention of the money taker by tapping
with her parasol on the glass, "Why
don't you pay attention to mep" she said
petulantly. I'm sorry, maam, but we
don't pay anything here. Next window,
please" was the polite response. .-Ne,0
T0rk Commercial Adveriiser,