Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02
The Old Year.

rn4er the sun il an old one, and started
PREVIOUS 10 the masking Of newspapers
i.,5.ed It appears to have been 100 prevl'
Gus. For now that newspapers are
invented they have to tell new things or
he;ie their name. The railroad telegraph,
and telephone have enabled them TO ST.
fl their nsme but when these things were
acc, u pli.hed the men W are no. lnTen
.os generally think the bill has been III ed
aid that The next" cannot amour; 10
much il The way OF surprise.
The year jus, gone hiss indeed rather
'ailed in The way OF startling inventions
IN, it has succeeded in making Itself =
very sensational time By sfording display,
Of power outside OF mans handiwoik
that .place famous ;hings Of older times
that stood a, tie head. There WAS the
Lisbon earthquake. that. in spite Of would
&c rivals, stood SIS The type Of due
CONFUSION. But 1883 has changed al
that with the Java earthquake Of lis
Angus. which vii hereafter be tb'
r preventative of il. kind Of horror. The
I.eha earthquake was enough to hav'
made the year respectable IS one Of natu
ral Calamity but it was made Of liygh
accoun, by lis more terrible successor.
TIE ordinary sto,k OF wonders in III
beaver has not been grealiy Excel ID
and The years line OF comets has beer
especially q failure for briilarc7 thou. !
grea, in mere numbers. Bu: dfftcl. il
TIL dc par men, have been more han made
up by tie renal kab,e color displays Of lLt
SKY ioc several weeks. The astronu
mers pretty regularly ind new asteroids
aud have become SO used 10 wilder gam
in cume;ary shape bal they will ''ca!cn.at,
its clbE" for any ordinary Comet in abcur
tie me OF n oh itsuiuner, coon hunt.
Perhaps Ibis trea,men. has had wear
ing fec, on the c. NETS and that Is WHY
tie; have b. come themselves 30 ret ueet
in ,z-. ln'eed one explanation q IL
lle Ks Z els is hat the Garth is g1ir.
through a comets all In thai rase OIL
cone la. managed to GET aIorg by will
OF. having is private afaiTs acclrael!
tod oy the star g z=Ts.
But whether made by comets tail O.
the Java earthquake or Whatever e.se, il
the evening and be morning sky Tor To-
las; few weeks 1883 has given The inhabI
taps Il ear b sIeciac.es un' qutlIed b.
Any Ct is predecessors. l. his aso ?. z
ed the SCIENTISTS and leave, hem wi h IL,
color ptob.e N un>C.ved,. NE nlalrlain t!
cre LcoTy and some auo,her. De Nj
Lockyer Of En- 2 and insists tina ne psr -
cts lhrosn up by the JAW! earl! g -,
are low in copper air aia cts III
brl.i1n, feet. Q hers iay il % val O. =
otbrrs to lie cnmrg's tail AID t,hess :,
Tit core sLoxers.
TurnaGoes shipErccs aud fires Lav,
ioUe jus about he average anou6t Of evi
wolk Prrh,ps the NewIa.l ;Iogs- Ire II
Milwaukee last Jsnusry stands a GOO
chAuce o: being reueiu ber,d her-af,er It
HE typ.cs ho'ei fire holrrr. War ha
10. done mu b N he WAY Of giving uew>
il main efIrs being tue Turq lin er
f4rmsn.rs between France aaI Cllns
aud he destruction OF Iicas Pasta
E.yu.i4a army o7 h. fJrcs Of the f. :,
prul h,t IN he S0udan. And iadeed ju,
nov 'h-y are h+gIrnug TO question IS t
l1w much The Egyptian ARMY WAS rea
DESTROYED after all. TIE htlers OF tn
jew. have lone deal OF rio ing again
them in Ru.sit with very un>.vot
rasu 10 New YORK and some o,ur
places for whatever virtues 1t re! stcu e
have, cleanliness i. not one OF teen
Trnnyson has bsen m.i= a baron an
D-ri.uin + Butler e ri OF lew ssnury.
On Blu Ter, by he way. go-s out Of l.
governor business Tnursdsy of hi, weei
aud c;.u devote hi. lime To his c'ntii,' az
fJr the presidency whirh is nov 4 go al
in the hands of Inc gre-hbarkcrs.
The dead OF the year Inc. gie Alex. |
Stephens, /. y Howe. Jere B AZ, Ma
shtN Jewell, Montgomery Birr; Gene
> etHUAH k"uO " A-Su LIS nan
spell, d right as las: r'q1e>t befo
gong i to ba:tle) 0 d and IL N phrry
AID in Wy greatr thSn any Of the
Pc er Cooper. IL al ct h, n some W.,
William E Dodge.
O.ner crad are Wagner. the crmpos
OF lie music q! The tn ule;" Cn7mbo
legitimate bu. unreal king aud real exi'
Dore. with hls pencil OF terror; Bt>h
Co'enso, with his betero1oxy about /
Peutat=uch and NUMEROUS o her bishops
variuu> churches who be,ieEed Whist tn
believed 10 An orderly N inner and 80
no. make any great hIrrsh in he w0T
but presumably ieit il better for tht
lvrs. burner rru.h and Charles
Srzuon. tet.er known rs Tom Than
also rook opportunity to lie in 1888 IS d
msry other celebrities, some greater Il
soue smaller.
The incoming year has thus hal
pretty COOL silent sc. It TO cfGe up
the recort OF il. predecessor 10 bakt
thing, up. Blowing them dosn. "a
cuturg the THREADS OF fac in o'dlrs
and -xtraurdlnsry ways Thu II u
bring It's sha' OF good is however - n'
thai has pr-tty good ground Tor 70 LINT
in the experience Of tie past. l
re7oIg ~ year generally makes m'
nose with its bad pack ges than with
good ones. bot it has he latter all
same.
Wn-k a Montreal his already begun