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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09
\ "TRoUmE-MAN'S" LIFE.-Tbe lif

A "TRoUmE-MAN's" LIFE.-The liE
OF a telegraph company's line.man is
laborious and dangerous one and at time
entails great hardship and exposure. Ii
Philadelphia the Western Union compan,
has five men whose whole duty is t,
repair damages to The line in or within
few miles of the city. One of these i
| George Riley, who went to sea for clever
years of his life and who has been in tn,
employ of the company for the past fifteer
years. In speaking of accidents in tele
graph work he sad
There is some danger, of course. il
| line-wOrk, but as a rule it can be avoided
If Que is cool headed and careful. The
trouble with most men is that when they
get accustomed to climbing hey become
| careless and reckless and sometimes oe,
bad falls. The only man of our line
that has been killed in my time was
thrown to the ground by the breaking o
cross bar. There are very narrow
escapes. though. l have climbed a pole
that thought was sound and found when
near the top that it was soft and rotten.
Once L fell about twelve feet, and only
saved myself from falling to the ground
l.
the company has about fifty poles that
are from seventy to one hundred feet high
Formerly we used to climb these like the
rest. but of late years the monsters are
httod with iron steps, and going up them
IS nearly as easy as walking up stairs
The steps were adopted because the poles
are valuable and the climbing made holes
in them and caused them to be exposed to
the weather. One of these poles is eighty
feet high. Formerly we had either to
climb this pole or get to 1t from the roof
The jump from the mansard roof to the
fourth cross bar was fully five feet and the
cross bar, seventy feet above the ground
was only three and half inches broad
You can imagine that this was a small
foothold for such jump, and yet we
never missed it. The jump back to the
roof was somewhat more dangerous, there
being space of only sixteen inches to
land on and a wall to bump against.
took the jump several times, but liked it
less and less at every jump.
"The best and boldest climber know
is Dick Penn, of Baltimore He has
climbed old poles that broke under him,
but, like cat, he always falls on his feet
He doesn't use any monkey wrench, as
others do in getting out the two and
seven eighths-inch bolts that fasten the
cross bars to the pole, but pulls them out
Or kicks them out. A climbers outfit is
generally a pair of climbing irons. pair
Of nippers to break wire with and sec.
ton of wire-say ten pounds. l have
seen Penn climb forty-fve.foot pole with
l60 pounds of wire thrown over his shoul-
der. James Grace, also line man, was
he only other man who would climb
with this weight.
"They call US at the office trouble
men, for whenever there is anything
wrong on the line we are sent to fix it,
Times
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09
There is now a mammoth locomotive in

There is now a mammoth locomotive in
process of construction at the Central
Pacific shops at Sacramento. The total
length of the engine and tender is 65 feet
and 5 inches; driving wheel Lase, 10
feet and inches; pairs of drivers, 4 feet
and 8 inches in diameter, with four
wheel truck in front; water capacity of
tender, 5000 gallons; cylinders, q inches
in diameter, with SO inch stroke; total
weight ofengine,73 tons weight of drivers
GA tons weight of tender (light) 50,650
pounds; total weight of engine and tender
(light, ,)9S tons and $50 pounds. There are
2 6 wheel trucks under the tender, making
a total of 26 wheels under the engine and
tender. 1t is said TO be the largest engine
in the world. 1t is for use on the Sierra
Nevada mountains, and it is expected
will do more work than two of the engines
now used, with less consumption Of fuel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

THE RED SKY PHENoMENoN.-Th late
peculiar appearance of the sky after sunset
| has attracted much attention in the Anti
podes. The Melbourne argus mentions a
peculiarly rich glow which has appeared
in the western sky for considerable time
after sunset, and has been peculiarly ascrib
ed to the aurora australis. The govern,
ment astronomer, Mr.. Elery, however,
attributes the phenomenon to different
cause. The spectrum, he points out,
exhibits great breadth in the teluric or
atmospheric lines, and especially Of those
shown by M. jansen to be due to aqueous
vapors in certain conditions in the higher
strata of the atmosphere. He is satisfied
that the canse of the gorgeous sunsets is
simply peculiar hvgrometic condition of
these regions. He predicts wet and
broken weather; andasa a matter of fact the
peculiar sunsets have been followed by CO.
pious rains all over the australian continent.
The season, In fact in the colony has been
almost as remarkable as the sunsets,
nothing like it having been experienced
for many years. Another and more
uncomfortable solution of the great "sun-
set mystery" is given by Persian astol
oyer, who predicts that the blood red
appearance OF the sky is a forewarning of
a war such as the world has never yet
beheld. There is to be bloodshcd on an
unexampled scale in all quarters of the
globe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND. .-EIuca
ton is strictly compulsory in England
Children Of u certain age must there be
seEt Il certain time to the board or national
schools, This kind Of force rests hard in
some cases, since there are parents too
poor to provide suitable food and clothing
To fit their children for school attendance,
anl alsO TOO poor 10 get along without the
home work of their boys of school age.
was observant of some very distressing
eases of arrest of poor widows for not
keeping their children in school as the
law commanded. 1t may be for reasons
such as | have named, and it may be
because of tho alleged purely secular
character of the education given in these
public schools. that the bishop of Lincoln
charHc'eriz"d England's compulsory edu
cation laws as the worst form of persccu
ton of the laboring mana persecution
that might in time lead to anarchy, rebel.
lion and instruction.
recall It school item bearing upon this
point Of the poverty of many of the labor
ing families who are forced to send their
little ones to public schools. The mistress
of n London board school said she had
been obliged in her school to drop the
mockery of asking u blessing and saying
grace because many of her pupils had
NOT enough 10 eat. Her school was in
a district where, out of scholars coming
from 4S7 families, 400 came from fam
lilies who lived in one room. l have
often heard it argued that the children in
the poor localities in large cities got along
just MS well as far as health was concerned
and grew up as tough and strong as the
children of the better classes. Statistics
upset such a theory as this. In parts of
Whtechspel, London, which have a birth
rle of 40 per thousand, the death rate is
26 per thousand against IL per thousand
in Hampstead. Paris, Lyons and Mar
seiles furnish similar distressing figures
Cor. Of Commercial Bulletin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

Now BEwARE.-Those persons who
have been warned against lotteries and
still persist in trying their luck had
better be careful how they proceed, for, rs
is well known, there is n penal clause
attached to the law against lotteries,
which directs the imposing of il fine of
from one to five hundred dollars upon any
one who deposits or sends by mail any
letter or circular pertaining to lotteries.
The postmaster general holds that letter
asking for lottery tickets is a violation Of
this law and that any one corresponding
with lottery companies on the lottery,
is equally subject with the company to its
penalties. This construction of the pur-
poses of the law regarding lotteries takes
in such wide range, that the ultimate
crushing of all lotteries has now become
dead certainty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

Among the Omaha Indians, child VIII
has lost his father or mother is considere,
an orphan. its particular place is gone
and it passes into the gems" Ift is th,
father who dies, the mother loses al
maternal rights. Each child, unless O
very tender age, will be separated from
the mother and will go into the family G
some one of the fathers relatives. |
may thereafter be claimed AS his owl
child by the male head of the family t,
which it has been allotted. This separa
ration of widow from her children j.
permanent. She usually marries again
and in that event is not burdened with hcl
offspring by previous husbands.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09
a WONAN'S THOUGHT,
BY Mrs. E. V. WILSON.

II am so weary Of my home" she cried
And of its endless tasks 50 mean and small
long to mingle with the world outside
TO drink 5rom lifes full cup; the drops that fail
From beakers others clasp, though gladly quaned
Slak9 not my thirst, my hand must hold the drau-hr
She feels little hand slip into hers,
And little fingers clinging to her gown,
And in her heart tender memory stirs,
ofviolet lids by early death shut down.
And as she lifts the little hnderer up
II drink she cries, at least from loves full Gun
Forgive dear Lord forgive the foolish spec ch
For love is all; without it life is naught,
Let me but have the blessings in my reach,
And will nevermore complain of aught;
Ltfe's cup may hold for woman what it will
Without loves wine, she will be thirsty still
"And knowing this how have dared to call
When love doth make the humblest toll divine
My daily round of duties mean and small?
OH darling press your warm soft lips to mine,
While thank God safe at dome abide
Nor envy dwellers in the world outside"
-FrOn, the Indiana potts JOurnaL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

The NV York Irjbune once sid thi,
OF women: a woman may be d,Gnad as f
creature that receives half price Tor al
she does. and pays fall price for all she
needs' No hotel Or boarding house lakes
woman At discount Of fifty per cent
Butcher, baker, grocer, mercer. haber,
dasher, all ask her the utmost penny No
omnibus carries her for half price. She
earns as child; she p,ays as a mJn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

Chorus of excited boys--"Thcn the
Lightning struck you Skipper, hd fir
ently--"Oh, yes-l was lcanin agin tn,
malnmast when it struck it," Excite
boys-"Didn't it kill you?" SNmlmr
more indlfferentIy-"Wall, no; it rai
down my back" Excited hoys-"An,
what did you do then?' Skipper, mos
lndifferently-'I had to haul # my boot.
and pour the lightning out on deck. %
Llfe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

Ex.confedera,e soldiers in Georgia art
now drawing the pensions provided by
the state under the clause in the constiu.
ton permitting artificial limbs 10 bt
furnished. They get $40 for an arm of
below or $50 above the elbow, and $75 fol
a leg below or 500 Il owe the knee. and
the amount is paid once in five year.
There were nearly 1000 applications in
1873, and the payments amounted to
$4,000 Men disabled otherwise than by
loss of limb can get nothing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

He was smoking fine full favored
Eavanna when he met his friend. ''liavt
a cigar 9"he inquired politely. "Thanks,'
said the other gratefully, taking and
lighting the prof'ered weed. After a few
experimental putfs, however, the friend
removed the cigar from his lips, and look
ing at it doubtfully said, with q very
evident abatement of gratitude in his tone
What do you pay for these cgars9'
1.-TWO for quarter" replied the Original
proprietor of both weeds, taking his own
cigar out of his mouth and looking at il
with considerable satisfaction, This cost
me twenty cents and that five" The
conversation languished at this point
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

There are about 54,OO0,OO0 of us, and
the number of stamped envelopes and
postal cards sold TO the public last year
was 1861, ,6S9,699, or only 81 1-2 to each
person. This seems q small allowance,
but the babies must be counted out, and
even then we have only about one letter
or postal card in five days for the people
of writing age. Whea it is considered
what vast number Of letters, circulars
and postal cards are sent by compare
lively small number of business men, it
will appear that large proportion of the
population still makes no use of the
postal facilities,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

A New York variety actress wore Il
string Of cranherries around her neck, and
critic next morning referred 10 her
"magniticent coral necklace" If the
critic had got "mashed" on her he wouId
probably have learned the difference"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

A man or woman may be highly irria
be, nnd yet be sweet, tender, gentle,
loving, sociable, genial, kind, charitable
thoughtful tor others, unselish, generous.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

The law of harvest is to reap more than
you SOW. Sow al act, and you will reap
n habit; sow II habit and YOU reap "a
character; SOW character, and you reap
destiny.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09
TERMS FOR ADVERT ISlNG.

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

The blessings of house is goodness.
The honor of II house is hospitality. rhe
ornament OF II house is cleanliness. The
happiness Of Il house is conlen,meDt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-09

d, your individual duty You c,nnot
make Il SKY Of sunshine, but you c,n shed
one ray and 1at ray is tho sign of new
day hreakin4.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
BASE BALL BREVITIES.
Score Of Games Played on Monday
July IA.

Score Of Games Played on Monday,
July a.
Boston, Mass. -Bostons Unions, II;
st, Louis Unions, TO-
Cleveland, O.-Buffalos, 10; Cleyelands,
8.
Washington, d. C.--Natlonals, 4; Chi.
cago Unions, 2.
Louisville, Ky,-Louisyllles, g. Ale
ghenys,0,
indianapolis, neutrality-suspicious., G;
Indianapolis,
Philadelphia, Pa.-Cincinnati Unions,
10; Keystones, 8...,New Yorks, 81 Phila-
delphias, ,.
Columbus, O.-Columbus, 49, Washing
tons, ),
Providence, Il. I,-Proyidences, 8;
Bostons, 6.
Quincy, IIl,-Grand Rapids, 9; Quinn
cys, ..
saltwater, Minn,-Bay Cltys, G; Still
waters, 3.
st. Paul, Mlnn.-St. Pauls, S. Mus
kegons, |,
Baltimore, Md.--Baltlmore Unions, 10,
Kansas Citys, =.
Detroit, Mlch.-Chlcagos, G; Detroits,
Terrc IIaute, Ind.-Peorias, I; Terre
Hautes, I.
Minneapolis, Minn,--Saglnaws, 2; Min
neapols, /.
Trenton, n. J.-Trentons, g. Allen
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
Gould Sells His Stock.

NEW YORK, July lj,-Jay Gould has
sold his interest in the Mercantile Trust
Company. The par value of the stock
held by Mr.. Gould was about $50, 900,
and it is understood that he received l25
cents on the dollar for it, He purchased
it at about eighty cents. 1t is said that
the stock was bought by the Equitable
Life Insurance Society In speaking OF
the transaction, Mr. Gould said he had
been annoyed by reports that he was
largely dependant upon the Trust Com
pany for aid, and, in consequence had dis
posed OF his interest. lie had never
borrowed money from the Trust Com
pany. Several stories regarding Mr..
Gould's retirement are current, one Is
that difference arose between Mr..
Gould and the officers about transac-
ton that Mr.. Gould wished to have the
officers make with him.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES,

Gladstone hastily summoned the Cabi-
net.
Ceryer was reinstated as President OF
Panama.
The Mayor of Toulon was attacke d
with cholera.
VIM. II. Howard, wholesale neckwear,
Boston, failed.
Minister Taft leaves Vienna to-day for
st. Petersburg.
Cornwall was returned to Dublin and
remanded to trial.
Seven men were buried in an embank-
mGnt at Parker, Pa.
Fire on the quays at Smyrna caused Il
damage of 100000.
, Burget & Hart, wholesale boots ant
shoes, Toledo, o., assigned.
Additional arrests at Dublin In connec-
ton with the Cornwall affair.
Grasshoppers are destroying the sugar
ssne in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Loom-hxers in New Bedford cotton
mills struck against reduction in
wages.
The Treasury Department cannot sup
ply any more 81 notes until about Au-
gust |.
Rev. George Jacobs, pastor of the
Bethel Emith Synagogue, Philadelphia,
died.
Sixty female stitchers in Lynn shoe
factory struck against reduction III
wages.
Philadelphia is taking steps to be prop
ery represented at the New Orleans EX-
| position.
Two thousand French marines will
start for China August to JOIN tne
French fleet.
A large portion of Persia Is devastated
by floods, and the cotton crop Is pract'-
cally destroyed.
VIM. T. HALEY, Postmaster at Cam,
! den, n. j., was arrested on Il charge Oh
| embezzlement.
BID. Buford & Co., pillow manutactur
ers of Rock Island, Ill.,, assigned La
| bilties, 100000.
There is great excitement among work.
ngmen at Versailles, and placard
| makes a ca Il for arms.
Three cases OF cholera-one fatal-are
reported from Alexandria, Egypt. 1t Is
claimed they are sporadic.
In an accident on the Brooklyn
Coney Island Railroad, o number OF pas
sengers were badly bruised
An anti.papal demonstration at Rome
would have caused serious trouble but
for the Intervention Of the police.
The Hon. Robt. Henry Lyttleton was
married ct London TO Miss Edith Sant-
Icy, daughter Of Chas' sanasy, inc
Singer. -..--.-- 4.-1-.---
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
viii Support Cleveland.

NEW YORK, July Ia meeting of the
Tammany Committee of the Fourteenth
District was held last evening. Mr.. Hen
ry Blschoff, Jr, said: "The newspapers
have intimated that the Tammany Democ-
racy will not Supportthe nominees. We
have rested under the imputaton OF hav-
Ing been false to the party. 1t remains
for US now to put this SANDER at rest. !"
The following was adopted unani-
mously:
RssDircd, That We the Tammany AssOca-
ton of the Fourteenth District give to Cleyc-
land and Hendricks our hearty support
RCSplrsd That we dcnounce As a traitor and
unfit for association with honest Democrats
any person who, protesting 10 be such fails
IN his hearty support of the nominees.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
INTERVIEWING BUTLER.
The Generals Non-Committal Way Of
Disposing of Ambitious Reporto-
rial Interveiwers.

New YORK, July lj,-General Butler,
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday,
denied himself to all reporters. Senator
Grady sent in his card and was admitted,
but on coming out he told the reporters
that the call was purely a social one,
The General left the hotel at 8;2O for
Washington. As he reached the sidewalk
a reporter accostedhlm
care you going to support CleyelandI"
the reporter asked.
eyes" said the General, and then after
o pause, "No, Yes-No,"
(which do you mean2" the reporter
inquired.
"Did you ever" asked the General,
shear the story about an irresistible
force coming in contact with an immoya.
bic body2"
eyes, but what is the applications"
"Well, am the immoyable body and
you are the irresistible force"
"Are you going to support CleyelandE"
the reporter again asked.
"Yes--no," was the unsatisfactory an
swer
"Did you have conference with the
Tammanyites today"
"Yes--no."
1t was impossible to make General But
Ter talk. He evidently has not got his
plans perfected yet. He took the nine
O'Clock train for Washington.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16

CoNNEAUT LAKE, Pa, July l5.-Morn-
ing opened bright and warm, water placid
and smooth. All men claim to be in excel
lent condition except Hosmer, but he eX-
poets to contest the race to the finish.
The indications are that the record of
2O.30 will be beaten. The trains are
crowded and fully $4,000 people are eX-
pected to be present. The course is one
and one half miles and turn, and the race
is to be rowed in heats of five each, the
two leading in each heat, making six, will
row the final heat for the grand prize.
Pools are selling Teemer, fayorite
Gaudaur, second; Hamm, third. The
first heat will be commenced at four
o'clock. The final and two consolation
races will be rowed tomorrow.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
Suspension of an Indianapolis Bank.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July l5.-Fletchei
& Sharpe's Bank suspended this morning
The announcement fell like q thunder
clap from a clear sky, The bank has q
paid-up capital stock of 100000, and
the principal holders are Ingram
Fletcher, Albert Il. Fletcher, and Thos.
II. Sharpe, whose aggregate wealth Is
not less than Sl,000,000. The following
NOTICE WAS POSTED:
Owing to our inability to realize on our
securities we regret to say that we are
compelled to suspend payment. our
property is ample to pay all deposltors Us
soon as il can be converted,
The belief Is that the bank will In TIVE
pay out in full, as 1t Is supposed 10 oe
the most solvent In the city. II Is I'm
possible to get any statement, as the
officers of the bank have locked everybody
cut,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16

MADISON, Wis, July lj,-The National
Educational Exposition at Madison was
formally opened yesterday and inspected
by committee of eminent educators and
public men. The exhibit comprises all
kinds of school and university work, be-
ing strong in the industrial, art and
kindergarten departments. Iowa, lndi-
ana, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin
have complete exhibits, and other States
large collections. The Froebel Institute
of North America and the State Teachers
Association of Wisconsin met the Ma
tional Council OF Education last evening"
and listened to a report on "Pedagogics%
by Dr.. w. Harris, of Concord, and
"Preporation for College," by DR.. Moss,
chairman Of the joint committee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-16
A Missing Bank Defaultsr Arrested.

PORTLAND, ORE, July Ia man
named j, 6. Cotton, passing under the
name Of Jay George, has just been arrest
ell at TT, Townsend, W. T. Cotton is
identified as the missing bank cashier
from Newton, Iowa. Iii is claimed that
Cotton owes the bank $4,000. The
money, it is alleged, was lost in wheat
speculation, ADDICTION came West. Al
ter his apprehension Cotton finally ad-
mitled his identity, The authorities OF
Washington Territory notified the officers
Of Newton of Cotton's arrest, and re-
cciycd instructions to hold the defendant.
An officer is now on the way with a requi-
sition to take the prisoner back to Iowa.