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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02
CHEERFULNFSS MANY people al

CHEERFULNEss Many people are
always complaining of their circumstances
Are there not persons from whom you
can seldom hear the contented tonep They
have had, or are going to have all the ills
flesh is heir to. There are people who
never live in the right place, who are in
the wrong business. Misfortune is their
daily bread. They are bruised and
wounded, sighted and tormented, misused
or afflicted.
Cheerfulness and contentment never
made any mans lot harder to bear, but
many, many is the time they have made
trials easier to bear and circumstances
endurable. Many people are never quite
so happy as they used to be. They never
have quite so warm. dear friends as in
former times, or in other places. Friend,
the good you have now and present
friends are not to be despised. Is there
then so much good in life that we can
afford TO throw any of it awayP Why not
make the most of the good we have? ?
Let us stand off from dependencies.
Listen for sweet notes rather than discord.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

TwENTY-FoUR Hour WATCHES. The
new time standard adopted on November
18th is being followed by the introduction
of 24-hour watch dials. The American
watch company of Waltham has issued a
notice that it is manufacturing these dials
in such shape as will permit of their
being substituted for any of the ordinarily
divided watch dials on their watches. Al
Edwin A. Thrall's. No l Maiden Lane
one of the new dials may be seen. The
hours from 12to "a are placed close tc
the outer circumference of the dial, the
figures from to - being within smaller
circumference. Thus just above the
figure l is the figure l3; above the figure
2 the figure ID, and so on. The ordinary
distinctions between day and night will
sufficiently indicate to the observer
unless he has been on a prolonged spree
whether the time indicated is l O'Clock in
the morning or 13 o'clock, which would
be equivalent to l p. NJ, according to the
present method of registering time. Mos
of the orders for these new style watches
have thus far come from railroad compa
nies. IL regard them" said Mr.. Thrall
"as the precursors of q more radica
change that is not far distant We shal
soon have in general use watches with the
hours marked from / to "a, in which the
hour hand makes only one complete
re olutlon in "a hours. In most watches
the only change necessary TO effect thi'
will be a new dial and an alteration in the
minute pinion and the hour wheel
Meanwhile the compromise dials serve
to make the change gradual and easy
Ne,o York Tribune,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

A PRINCE FIDDLING FOR A SERVANT -
1t is pleasant to turn aside. from the he''
and dust of the political arena to the inte
rior of the royal family, who are, perhaps
more attached to each other than any
other regal race in Europe. The duke o.
Edinburgh is, as everybody knows, a
fiddler of no mean pretensions. Not long
ago he was entertaining the daughters ol
the Prince of Wales with some music ol
perhaps too lofty character for juvenile
com prehension. With one accord they
cried out, "Pay us Beautiful STAR Uncle
Alfred Do play us Beautiful Star" The
said melody is not high art stroke OF
music by great deal. 1t was, in fact, fol
mapy years dead and-gone ditty, the
unsold copies whereof weighed heavily
on the souls and shelves of the music pub
fishers Beale & Chappell-li
memory serve. When Beautiful Star
was quite forgotten by the public OF this
country, it was disinterred by band OF
Ethiopian serenaders at the beginning ol
the rage for "harmonies in burnt cork, ,
az Mr.. Jimmy" Whittier would possibly
designate them. introduced by negro MIN
streis, Beautiful Star" became one OF the
most popular songs in England, and was
shrieked aloud and thumped on the piano
bv that musical young lady whose name
islegion and whose performances thlns
of terror. Ones blood curdles at the rec
olleclion of "Stah- -ah-ah ah-ah-ah, Stab
of the evening"" and so on Still the
sono is alive and in favor with the royal
children. and Uncle Alfred" was fain to
nlay to his little nieces. Just as he had
made an end of playing, Charles, the
favorite attendant on tho princessees,
brought in tray with food. when the
little girls began at once: "oh' onole
Alfred, do play Beautiful Star for
Charles. Do, Uncle Alfred" Tableau-
The duke of Edinburgh in the act of shut
t;no nm his violin in its case; the princess
es dancing around him and clapping their
hands: Charles, like we'll trained SER
want, stand still as statute, holding the
trav before him with both hands. There
was only one course apparent to the good
natured duke, who took his fiddle out OF
its case and played Beautiful Star" fol
Charles. who still remained motionless
When the music ceased, Charles, still
boidinv the tray, permitted himself the
observation, VERY well played, THANK
vour royal highness." Charles thon SCI
down his tray and proceeded to arrange
the table.-London Letter 70 NC" for'
Tribune ... va
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

room below, gave howl of sympathy,
and dashed frantically at the foot of the
ladder to reach his comrade.
81 can't stand it any longer! Oh, father
father?' and Jack fell unconscious on the
floor.
All was silent once again in the house
no voice save the old clock tick -ticking
the seconds away-the seconds away-the
last minutes of the old year.
Loud blew the wind in tho face of a
footsore man, bruised by an outstretched
branch, unseen-in the darkness, and
striving, with unsteady steps, to reach his
home. Out at sea, noble vessel was
battling with the storm, and happy hearts
unconscious of danger, were thinking CT
tho glad meetings of the morrow-think-
ing of the dear faces that should welcome
their return in the bright new year
Anxious hearts were beating in secret, as
the pilot and the captain paced the deck
uneasily, and peered through the storm,
and
questioned of the darkness. which was sea and
which was land"
"Fshing Point light ought to show to
the nor'ard," said the captain.
Tve been looking for it," returned the
pilot, "but the snow is so binding I've not
beer. able to see it yet. There it is" he
exclaimed, after some minutes more of
weary watching, and the snow cloud
seemed parted by warm gleam of light
And miles away, in the storm rocked
tower, lay PROSTATE form, cold and
motionless, while joy bells of the glad new
year were ringing in the hopes and
triumphs of a thousand hearts.
Bravely the good ship Dauntless sailed
into port on that morning, with colors
flying and friendly cheers from the shore.
"a pretty narrow escape we had last
night-so the pilot tells me-" said pas
senger to his friend, after hearty greet.
ing. "All but lost off Fishing Point. The
light shone on the rocks just in time, or
we should not have been here now"
But Jack never knew anything of this
All he knew was that his father said pat
ting his head: "God bless you, sonny. II
it hadn't been forthe light. shining through
the darkness of that awful night, l
shouldn't have been alive 20 take care of
you now' And Jack thought this quite
made up for the long, weary weeks of
pain before he could use his lame foot
again.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

CARE OF CoLTs.-The Horsesh0er sug-
gests the following sensible hints: "Colts
should not be permitted to stand on a
plank. cement, paved or any hard floor
the first year, as these are liable TO
seriously affect the feet and legs. Unless
the ward where the colts run in has fine,
dry, gravelly soil, it should be well
Uttered, so as to keep their feet dry. Mud
or soft, wettish ground is apt to make
tender hoofs, no matter how we'll bred the
colt may be. One reason why the horses
in one district grow up superior to those
in another in hoof, bone, muscle and
action, is because it has dry limestone
and silicious soil. Whom the mare is at
work do not let the colt run with her; and
if she comes back from her work heated,
allow her TO get cool before sucking the
colt, as her overheatod milk is liable ic
give the foal digrrhea."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

He KNEW THE TRICK.-As Dewitt c.
Pease of New York stepped from Mich
igan Central train in Chicago Sunday, (;
handsome young lady skipped up to him
threw her arms rapturously about his neck
and kissed him many times, saying: "Oh
papa, I'm so glad you have come.' Mr.
Pease threw both arms around her and
held her firmly to his breast. Soon she
looked up into his face and horror stood
in her eye. "Oh, my! you're not my
papa!' she said, trying to free herself
from his embrace. "Yes I am" insisted
Mr.. Pease, holding her tightly. "You are
my long lost daughter, and I'm going to
keep you right in my arms till l get a
policeman" When the officer came and
found Mr.. Pease's diamond pin in the
girls hand he said: That's new trick
here" SIS itp" said Pease. "Well, it's
old in New York"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

During some excavations not far from
Verona, recently, the workmen found at a
depth of more than Is feet upward of 200
skeletons of extraordinary size, man,
being over six feet long. They Were
deposited side by, side at distance OF
about Is inches from each other, and
beside them were weapons, brooches and
earrings in bronze. Many horns and
bones of animals were also found, one
being that of mammoth, while others
were similar to those found under the
ancient lake dwellings.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

A LEPRoUs BoY.-A terrible story
comes to us from good worker in Lin
coin, California. A leprous bov, onl,
twelve years old, was taken forcibly from
his family by the city authorities, TO al
island assigned as the asylum for such
unfortunates. The parents had kept him
hidden in their home for six months, bu
their sorrow was at last discovered. Tho
medical authorities, on examination, found
that the leprosy, now well advanced, had
begun at his lips, and decided on this anC
accompanying evidence, that the disease
was induced by smoking cigarettes. This
is no "scare crow" tale. but genuine
case, witnessed in all its horrors by sis
ter worker. o boys, beware! ! Unio,
Signat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

SEVERAL KINDS OF GIRLs.-On tn
most interesting topic we give the follow
ing points TO our young men readers
A good girl to have-Sal Walton.
A disagreeable girl-Annie Mostly.
A fighting girl-Hittie Maginn.
Not Christian grl-Hetle RodoXy.
A sweet girl-CarrIe Mel.
A very pleasant girl-Jennie Rosity
A summer girl-IIelen Blazes.
A sick girl-Sallie Vate.
A smooth girl-Amelia Ration.
A seedy girl-Cora Ander.
One of the best girls-Ela Cant.
A clear case Uf girl-E. Lucy Date.
A geometrical eirl-Polly Con.
A flower girl-Rhoda Dendron.
A musical girl-Sarah Made.
A profound girl-Meltie Physics.
A star girl--Meta Oric.
A clinging girl-Jessie Mine.
a nervous girl-Hester lcal.
A muscular girl-Callie Sthenics.
A lively girl-Annie Nation.
An uncertain girl-Eva Nescent.
A sad girl-Ella G.
A serene girl-Mollie Fly.
A great big girl Ellie Phant.
A warlike girl--Millie Tary.
The best gill of all-Your own.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

CURING A BAD MEMORY Your m ,mo-
ry is bad, perhaps, but can tell you two
secrets that will cure the worst memory
One is to read a subject when you are
strongly interested. The other is not only
to read. but think When you have read
paragraph or a page. stop-close the
book-and try to remember the ideas on
that page, and not only recall them
vaguely to your mind, but put them into
words and speak them out. Faithfully
follow these two rules and you will have
the golden keys of knowledge. Besides
inattentive reading, there are other things
injurious to memory. One is the habit OF
sklmming over newspapers, all in con-
fused tumble, never TO be thought OF
again, thus cullivaling habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novels, Nothing is so
fatal to reading with profit as the habit OF
running through story after story. and
forgetting them as soon "a read. know
"a gray-haired woman, lifelong lover
of books, who sadly declared that her
mind had been ruined by such reading.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

The Japanese women advertise The
number of their years by the arrangement
Of their hair. Girls from to Is wear theil
hair interlaced with red Grape, describing
half circle around the head, the fore
head being left free, with curl at eacl
side. From 15 to 80 the hair is dressed
very high on the forehead, and put up nj
The back in the shape of fan or butterfly
with interlacings of silver cord and E
decoration of colored balls. Beyond 80 q
woman twists her hair around shell pin
placed horizontally at the back of The
head. Widows also designate themselves,
and whether or not they desire to marry
gain. This is fashion which American
women will never adopt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

A SHOT FOR THE PRESS That's only
newspaper talk don't take much stock
in it," remarked one citizen to another in
discussing matter of news, in the hear
inc of the Woonsocket, r. | Reporter
And the retort was decidedly pertinent :
"What other source of information have
you?" 1.-The first speaker attempted to
qualify by asserting some newspapers, at
least, were unreliable, but we believe that
even in this he would find it difficult to
prove his case. Had be argued that GER
tain organs sometimes attempted to mis-
lead or prejudice, he might have made
convert, but the system of news cleaning
for the daily press is so thorough and gl-
gantic. calling out the best talent in the
land, and with enterprise that makes ex
pense secondary, that mistakes and omis-
sions are rare. Occasionally erroneous
statements are telegraphed all over the
world, but corrections invariably follow
promptly. No greater misfortune could
befall our people than the loss of the news
paper, which has become in addition the
most powerful engine of education and
civilization of modern times. The cynlc
who 'takes no stock" should go back TO
barbarsm to receive the fostering care OF
some lunatc asylum.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

A gentleman who last year put por-
ton of his corn fodder in his silo
uncut, intending to save the expense
and trouble of cutting, if possible, reports
that when he came near the bottom of the
silo, where the ensilage is generally the
best, he found number of tons decayed,
which be laid to the large stalks having
been put in whole.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

To restore the beauty of defaced velvets
invert hot flatiron and place on it n cot
ton cloth folded several times and wet
Lay on this the velvet, wrong side next
the cloth. and raise the pile gently with a
soft brush. Two persons can do this more
conveniently than one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

not his tongue. A large class, it is to BE-
feared The last verse gives an inspired
definition of true religion, all briefly
comprehended in the two terms, benevo
lence and eOorldliness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02
TO REV. JAMES CAUGHEY

Rest, bravest of heroes!
Thy work is well done;
And calm, and serene,
Be thy life's setting sun.
Thy warfare is over;
Thy labor Is blest.
And God doth accept it
And bids thee to rest.
Right well hast thou fought
In the van OF the host; -.
The foremost In duty's
And dangers proud post.
Aye, rugged and thorny.
The path thou hast trod,
Thou man of the people;
Thou servant of God.
Yes, long hast thou battIel
With right, royal will;
With courage, undaunted,
And contumate skill;
Against all the foes.
Both of God and Of man;
And victory has crowned thee
Again and again.
1t was not in battle,
Where thousands are slain;
And blood flowed in torrents,
And Redeemed the plain;
Where man meets his fellow
In deadliest strife;
While gushes encrimsoned
The tide of his life.
Thou never didst wrestlel
Against flesh and blood;
But rulers Of darkness
The foes OF our God;
Against wicked spirits
Thou wagedst thy war:
The sound Of thy trumpet
They knew from afar.
Thy weapons were mighty,
Thou wieldest them well;
And great was the host
OF the sinners that fell.
Full sixty five thousand
Have written their names;
All slain by the swords
OF the Lord and OF James.
The past is secure,
And the future is bright,
And Life's quiet evening
Is rosy with light;
And peace, like a river,
shadows the soul,
Which sweetly Is kept
By its blessed control.
Thus rest. faithful spirit,
Secure In the love
OF him whom we see not,
Yet liveth above:
And, patiently wait
Till he speaketh the word,
Then enter thou in
To the Joy Of the Lord.
G. A. GAS
ton. Dec. II, 1888.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02

a Connecticut hoy who has third arm
growing out of the back will be able to
scratch himself between the shoulder
blades without resorting to the corner OF
building.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-02
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-01

number of important Offices have been
vacant for many weeks. In some of
them, as III the case of the district at
torney at Chicago, the incumbent is
not authorized under the law to hold
over. There is vacancy. The officer
whose commission has expired is only
serving as an amicus curir. He is not
authorized to act. The courts, if they
should follow the example of Judge
WyHe in this city, under exactly the
same circumstances, would adjourn
until an appointment is made. Judge
Wylle by taking this course undoubt-
edly caused an appointment to bemade
earlier than it otherwise would have
been, as the courts of justice were
absolutely stopped for no reason
than chronic procraStinatiou on the
part of the executive. There are also
number of important poStotiices, the
terms of whose incumbents are enti-
tied to act until their successors are
appointed and quahfed. For many
months the United States judge in one
of the territories has been suspended
from office on the charge of drunken
ness, but he has neither been tried nor
has a successor been appointed. There
is another judicial vacancy in terri
tory caused by death; no one has been
appointed to the vacancy. There has
been for several weeks vacancy in
the Eighth United States judicial cir
calt, but congressman who have in
terested themselves in securing sue
cessor are unable to obtain informa-
ton as to the time when he will be
appointed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-01
FOREIGN.

SCHUYvER, English explorer in equa-
torial Africa is dead in London.
DE LESSEPs, speaking at Lyons, said
he was confident that England would
ratify the canal convention with English
shipowners
A NUMBER of Frenchmen and POrtu-
guese have been arrested at Madrid, sus-
pected of mediating an attack upon AL
fonso.
THE pardon of the Bishop of Munster
state contributions to the diocese have
been ordered.
A GREAT storm prevailed throughout
England Wednesday, and telegraph wires
were levcled in all directions. Ten per
sons lost their lives.
THE Liverpool grain merchants. John
Herd, JT., and VIM. j. Mullins, charged
with obtaining G16,000 by false pre-
lenses, have been committed for trial.
A GREAT storm in England, Saturday,
Frustrated the telegraph lines. Heavy
rams have caused the river Lee in Ire
land, to leave its banks, causing much
damage.
DIR. Julius ROSENBERG, of Temesvar,
Hungary, who killed Count Stefan
Patthyany in duel, has been condemn
ed to two years imprisonment, and to
pay the costs of the trial.
TIE police force of Paris intend to
strike, being dlspleased with the CON
ditions of the scheme for connecting
certain branches of the police service
with the ministry of the Interior.
GREAT alarm has been caused at Mon
tevidco, Uruguay, by immense tidal
waves, one of which caused the death of
a woman bather. They are attributed
to volcanic movements. Each wave is
preceded by large dark cloud.
PRINCE HEINRICH, son of the Crown
Prince of Germany, arrived in Bermuda
aboard tide corvette Olga. She goes on
short cruise to the western islands,
and will thence proceed to Germany.
The steamer Illryan, from Boston re-
! ports the disabled steamer Germa-
MA on the 18th. 400 miles west of Fast
net. longitude 10 deg, "a min. All was
we'll
On Tuesday last, shortly before the
special train which took the prince of
Wales to visit Rothschild at Halton, left
Euston station, five packages of dyna-
mite were found in the tunnel through
which the train passed.
THREE men attacked sentry doing
'Fcnian guard" at magazine near
Woolwich arsenal Sunday night. The
men endeavored to seize the sentry's ri
fle He fired, but the men escaped. The
sentry was quite exhausted by the en-
counter and wounded in the hand. II
is possible the affair was the result af a
poaching atfray.