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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

SELECTION OF READING MATTER This
is very difficult work, especially if there
be family of growing children to seec
for; difficult not because there are M
good books and papers, but because o
the great variety. A few leading princi
plies should never be lost sight of. Nevel
select book because of its binding, it!
size or cheapness, but because of it,
contents. A good book. book that is
worthy of place in the family library
should be one that the reading will direc
the thoughts to field of usefulness, or tc
innocent enjoyment; one every line o
which tend to bind the family more close
ly together in friendship and love, anC
make the home nearer approach to an
earthly paradise.
The newspaper should not be selected
because of its size, its form, cheapness,
or the prizes that may be ordered, bul
because of It's real worth. Never
poison the minds of the family with a
paper because of its cheapness. Before
subscribing, carefully scrutinze its col
umns to learn the drift of its management.
and if it is found to be low toned, that it
delights in pulling down rather than
the improvement of its leaders, drop it as
you would viper, for it will only teach
discord in your family; but if on the
contrary it is found to be high toned, with
a management that is based upon truth
and good will, and spends its entire force
to elevate and improve its patrons, it is
safe to subscribe for it, because its teach.
inas will not only make the members of
the family wiser, but will have direct
tendency to draw them more closely
together. We cannot be too careful in
the selection of our family newspapers
Massachusetts PLoughnaan.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

WHAT BECOMES OF BAD EGGs.-"Here
comes the eggman," said produce dealer
on Water street, as Michael Metzler drove
up in his wagon. The mere fact of his
being an eggman would not cause further
inquiry, but Metzer's business with eggs
is a somewhat peculiar one. He deals in
all sorts of hen fruit-the freshly laid;
those that have travelled from the west
and been on the road SO long as to be
unfit for table use; cracked, speckcd, or
odiferou>; those that have been frozen,
and anything but one that has become
dried. When there is railroad accident
TO produce train, Aletzler is generally
the first man on hand to capture The eggs.
He searches the produce stores high and
low and when he has laid in stock of
wares an invitation for IL ride on the front
seat Of the wagon would most probably
be declined.
The eggs are divided up between tan.
ners, morocco dressers, confectioners, and
fine papermakers. The tanners take the
yolks and never question the freshness of
the produce; the confectioner and paper
men are eager for the foaming white.
Vast quaniues of the yolks are used. and
only recently has it been possible for the
leather men TO obtain them in quantities.
Twelve years ago the morocco and kid
men were compelled TO crack their own
eggs, and the white WAS thrown away
Nichols Liebeck conceived the idea of
supplying them and using the rest for the
purposes named above. The yoks are
mixed with flour and salt, and dough
is made. This Is used for sizing and
dressing. Liebeck was followed in hus.
ness by Metzler, and those are believed to
be the only two in this city although
there are dozen in New York, some of
whom have lucrative and extensive trades.
1t is impossible to use machinery in
breaking the eggs on account Of the care
that is 10 be exercised. The yolks are
separated from the white.
Folks who are fond of good things from
the confectioners, should bear in mind
that only the most recent of egg products
are sold to them. At least, that is the
The paper men are not so
particular regarding age. The white
which they secure must be clean. for if
single streak of yolk should creep in. then
when the paper is sized it will have a
yellow streak through it. These parts of
the egg are disposed of by the gallon at
nominal figures, and the egg men are
familiar with most of the dealers. Just
what prices are obtained the men refuse
to state Philadelphia Record.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

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 base, 10 feet
and 7 inches; pairs of drivers, i feet 9
inches in diameter, with four wheel
trucks in front; water capacacity of tender,
5000 gallons; cylinders u inches in diam
eter, with SO inch stroke; total weight
of engine, rs IONS; weight of drivers Ga
tons, weight of tender (light,) j0,65O
pounds; total weight of engine and tender
(light) SO tons and $50 pounds. There
are two wheel trucks under the tender,
making 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 mare than two of the
engines now used, with less consumption
of fuel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

FEAT Of CHILD SoMNAMBULIsT.- IA
strange case of sonambnlsm occurred on
the Rock Island passenger train just before
it reached Joliet. H. Mrs, Mealey Sim
mons WAS travelling from Fairbury, Ncb.
with her two daughters. They were
occupying II berth in the sleeping car,
wheFabout midnight the lady awoke and
missed little Oracle, aged 4 years. The
frightened mother aroused all the passen-
gers, but careful search failed to reveal
the li.ne one. The grief stricken woman
WAS bcwailng the fate of the lost child
when he conductor entered with the waif,
the latter crying pitifully. lie found her
in the third car ahead in her nIghtdress
and when he spoke the child did not heed
him until he touched her arm. Oracle
then gazeh about in aslonishment, as il
awakened from deep sleep. She had
found her way through the coaches while
the Train was running at high speed
From The Chattanooga (7enn } Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30
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WHICH REFERS TO THE PRESENT.
These twenty years have fed away
And as we look around,
The proofs of blessings showered
DO every where abound.
And first of all and greatest,
No doubt our friends would say,
Is the lad VINO makes the trio,
Their hope and joy to-day.
And next to hi II, we reckon,
Comes health, and sweet content.
With hearts that swell with gratitude
For all the blessings lent.
And then, of that prosperity,
Which fills the basket and the store,
And promises for days to come,
To fill the pocket more.
And from that well-Glled pocket,
We may expect to sec
Help for each worthy object,
And deeds of charity.
Last and least of all the blessings,
Is our coming here to-day
To show our friendly feelings,
Then bomeward wend our way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

AT THE OLD HoME.-A man does low,
to 70 back and view the scenes among
which he made his start, even though he
may not remember much about them
"There. see therep That is the hous.
your great-grandfathe built" 1t was
swell house in those days evidently. Tw,
stories; square hewed logs, n porch all
along the front. And the hands that bull
it, the voices that laughed and sang in il
the merry feet that danced on its oaker
floor.
Down through the broken roof and ir
the chnks OF the totteriug walls the sur
shines to-day in great bars of gold, iusl
for an instant, and then the clouds shu,
out the sunlight and the ptiless rain beats
down upon the old log house. The skies
are gray, the trees are leafless. the bills
are bare. and the rising wind means AMI
sighs. Drip. drip. drip the water falls
from the broken caves, like the monoto
nous tick of a clock that tells the lives of
four generations.
But for the moaning wind and the
weeping water, how still. how quiet it all
is. "My great grandfather built it, thenp'
l wonder, if wait here until the day is
gone and the evening is gray and full of
shadows, if be will come to the dismantled
old door and with ghostly silence and old
time courtesy bid his great grandson vel
come to the acres and manor of his ances-
tors.
"And the orchard on the hill. Robert
your grandfather planted And he built
the brick house on the other side of the
road"
There is the orchard still. Year after
year the fragrant blooms and the robins
come together, but the boy who counted the
trees3 The orchard bloom and the
wthered leaf of November are alike to
him, and tho song of the robin does not
reach his ear.
"Your mother was born in the house. ="
Ah, my mother9 She was Il little girl,
here thenp All these hills are sacred with
the touch of her pattering feet; down this
winding glen she has plucked the woon
violets and the anemones; and the birds
in the swaying branches above her head
have sung in wild joyousness to hear her
laugh. She was scool girl here-my
mother. And how pretty she was then,
with the tender curve Of her lips and the
full orbed eyes of brown, soft and deep as
the shadows of these hills; ah, she wa,
beautiful when she was school girl!
And that night | stand in my native
village, and look at the stars that come
out in the blue sky, and listed to the low
voiced Monongaheln singing at my feet
and in the stars see the soft light of my
mothers eyes, and listening to the song of
the river know where her dear voice
caught the low, mellow music that in the
long ago lulled, with the old time cradle
songs. her little ones to sleep n. J. Bur.
dette.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

Home is the place where mtn are
moulded and heroes made or marrtd. 1t
is the one grand mandatory of character
on this earth. And when its foundations
are neglected there is no after architect
to mend its imperlections. The mothers,
sisters and wives are the Creators agents
for shaping the future of his noblest work.
A mothers whisper in her infants ear
may be the boom of canon century
hence. The creeds that may be caressed
into man by wife or sister may make of
him Christian or demon. Woman's
mission begins at home, and if the sweet
work never stretches out beyond the four
walls of that place, it is blessed mission
still. The contempatious and energies of
her life should focalize around the hearth
stone, and then under Gods blessing
make that influence tell; I come with no
counsel here. Within the holy place
called home my thought is muffled, and
dare not trust advice or criticism.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

The MYSTERY OF THE LATE SKY CLOVIS
The continuance of the remarkable sun
sets and sky glows has given rise to much
speculation as their cause. A correspon-
dent in Kansas, whose letter to the Herald
we printed on Saturday, suggests that
the phenomenon is of cosmcal origin. As
the solar system is driving through space
it may encounter meteoric matter in vari.
ous degrees of decomposition which may
be supposed to enter our atmosphere and
produce these strange effects. But as the
velocity of the solar system, in Its motion
through space, is estimated at one hund
red and fifty million miles annually. and
the phenomenon in question has continued
four months, the supposed stream Of mete
oric matter must be quite dense, and
nearly fifty million miles in thickness. to
account for the effects observed. That
the earth, in its travels through space, has
for tho first time in its history as planet
struck so rich meteoric stream
may be possible, but it is not probable in
view of the paucity of shooting stars
recently reported in the scientific Jour-
mails.
The theory that the red skies are due to
the presence of volcanic dust is yet to be
tested by microscopic examination of for.
eign substance in the air. But If the mys'
teriou. glows are TO be explained by ref.
erence to any dust deposits, either cosmic
or tellurct in the high erial strata. it is
strange that no "red fogs" or ''red SHOWS"
have been noticed since these glows began
to excite attention. "Red fogs' and
blood rains" are by no means rare,
more than twenty of them having been
recorded in Europe alone since 1900,
while rhetorical works mention no in.
stance of "red" and green" sunsets so
marked and persistent as those reported
since August last. The "red SHOWS" in
the Arctic regions seen by Kano were Wis.,
ible at a distance of ten miles, and we're
our atmosphere now surcharged with dust
the deposit would probably be palpabl Elm
rural and mountain districts.
The rejecting matter in the high air
which occasions these optical displays.
and which has been lately seen both in
Europe and America at enormous alti-
tudes, must be largely made up OF aqueous
vapor CONCEALED, or what Captain Aoney
calls "water stuff" though there may be
also some extra atmospheric matter. This
would fully account for the widespread
phenomena observed. But, as such gem
eral distribution OF watery vapor in the
upper air currents of the northern hemis-
phore would necessarily produce extern
sive and protracted anomalies in the sea-
sons of 1884, with far reaching effects
upon agricultural and many other practi;;
cal interests, no effort should be spared
by scientists to ascertain beyond doubt the
cruise of these celestial fires. ."-NetO York
Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

DYING OF THIRsT.-'Did you ever suffer
extreme hunger or thirstp' ives asked of a
Kentucky colonel who had been relating
some solid stories about himself
WELL he replied, 4 never suffered
what might be called extreme hunger. but
no man knows how to endure the agonies
of thirst better than do.
4 remember the time WE'LL he contin
ued, retrospectvely. / was on fishing
excursion and became lost in the woods.
For three days not drop passed my lips.
My heightened absence finally caused
alarm and party was sent out in search
of ME. They found me lying in an
unconscious condition on the banks of a
little trout stream. and it was hours before
any hopes of saving me were entertained.
WAS the trout stream dryp' asked one
of the interested listeners.
.DryP Certainly not. How could ]
catch fish if the stream was dryP"
We'll, l don't see how you could suffer
from thirst with stream of water close
at hand
Water close at hand?' repeated the
Kentucky colonel, and what has water
got to do with mans being thirstyP'--
Philadelphia EveHing Call.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

Few COOP HINrs.-With eggs at
the present prices, nothing pays better than
caring for the poultry. See that the roost
Is warm and has proper ventilation. Boil
potatoes, mash and thicken with meal
and wheat shorts, adding one teaspoonful
of cayenne pepper to every Is hens in
the morning. Furnish a supply of fine
sea or ground oyster shells. Give warm
water. Don't let them roll in the snow
or roost on the top of the barn if you ex-
pect eggs. At night feed dry feed, corn,
wheat, oats or buckwheat, on a mixture.
Give occasionally raw onions, cabbage.
the trimmings of celery. etc. Mix lard
scraps with their morning feed and as
occasion presents buy cheap meat and
hang it where the hens can have free ac
cess to it and eggs are sure. would offer
an amendment to W. E. w. of Guilford,
Ct, marking the second year on the neck
instead of the third year. My experience
is that yearling hens are the best layers
j. 4. p, Ne,o Harer County, Gu.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

FooD IN GREAT BRIrlAN.-Two Oh
three hundred years ago the common
people of England-in fact. very few
people OF any class--ate much wheat. l,
was then scarce and high and considered
an expensive luxury, to be used only on
special occasions. Oat meal. rye. peas
and other things which were coarser nnd
cheaper tran wheat. were the usua
bread making articles. But more radi
cal change has now taken place in
England. Wheat is to day England's
universal bread maker found no other
sort Of bread on the tables of either rich
or poor. Rye and oats are now deemed
there as only fit for animals; and as for
our beautiful and nutritious Indian corn,
the e,ters in England seem TO abbor it.
AMI wonder that We can tolerate bread,
etc, made of it. did not see loaf OF
"brown bread" or slice of corn cake
while was in England. Here is list of
EngIand's food for animals, which is kept
on sale at stores dealing in horse and COW
feed, and which is considered only fit for
animals: Oats. whole and crushed !;
beans, whole and split; white peas,
excellent horse corn; pea meal, pure !;
barley meal. do; bean meal, do; Indian
meal, etc. bookings, sharps and bran.-
English Letter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

q THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND THE ROB-
IN.-"Wh' re- did you come from so early?
said the English sparrow to robin red
breast. one cold February morning.
"From a lovely orange grove in the
TIC soulh.' replied the robin.
"Well! You had better have stayed
there. " said the sparrow; I'VE shall have
more snow, and what will the robin do
then, poor thingp'
look here!' said the robin. I'm a
natural born American, and won't stand
any such airs from foreigners" and so
saying. he attacked the sparrow so fiercely
that his lordship was glad to stink away and
hide his head under his wing, poor thing.
Well said the robin, after his declara
ton of independence, II think had
hetler 90 back. after all; it does seem
rather stormy, and it's always best to take
good advice, no matter if you don't like
The way 1t is offere i."-From tho 81.
N Chotas almanac.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

COARSE BoNE-MEAL FOR PouLTRY.-As
our fowls are necessarily confined in small
yards, we are obliged to supply them
with all the essential kinds of food that
they would eat if running at large. But
previous to the past six months a FULL
supply Of shell-forming food has always
been at times neglected and 'soft.shelled"
eggs or eggs without any shells, have fol-
lowed from the neglect. About six months
ago we began TO feed our fowls bones
broken up to the average size of wheat
kernels and we have never seen a soft
shelled egg since. The fowls are excess
lively fond of this food and small quantities
suffices to satisfy them and to insure suffi.
cient egg she'll material. This quantity
we have found to be a full handful given
three times q week for every six
hens. Pure broken bones ready for use
are sold by all chemical fertilizers firms at
SO per bag Of 200 pounds and it will be
seen that bag will 60 long way
RNrGI NeV Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

HINTS FOR THE GUEST CHAMBER.
the guest chamber always have copy of
he Bible, printed in large, clear type,
also few books or magazines once
passed several days, the Sabbath included,
with a friend. Not knowing the customs
of the family, in the morning I arose
early, as usual, and waited three and one
half long hours before breakfast was
announced. with nothing but meditation
to employ my time.
Then. again, the useful guest finds it
pleasant to put little finishing touches 10
the room, and a dustbrush and dustpan to
gather up the dust or little ends of thread
IA duster so nice and clean as to REQUIRE
a bit of paper pinned on to designate its
use-and a good sized piece of cotton,
colored or white. tucked in the handles of
the slop jar will be readily understood
and appreciated. Then, too, a corn
broom, in one of those cunning little
fancy cases now in vogue, is very useful.
A square of olcloth in front of the
toilet stand may save your carpet from
spots.
A spare newsp paper one does not always
think to bring, to use while combing the
hair. These are little things but "moighty
convaneyant."
Vacate one or two drawers in the bureau
for the use of your guest, and see that
there are spare hooks IN the closet also-a
box of hair pins-a small basket containing
few needles. spools of cotton, thread OF
black and colol ed silk, scissors, boot and
glove buttoner. and other things Of
similar character may be Of timely service
to the transient guest.
Sometimes mattress, unless it be of
hair, is found too hard to sleep upon, and
feathers too warm. To obviate the diff
Guilty, place the feather bed on top. and
on it new piece of wide straw mating
covered with one thickness of cotton cloth.
and the bed will be comfortable and cool.
A clean apron is not always put on
while making up beds, and to prevent the
sides of the mattress becoming soiled, sew
strips of cotton over them; they can
be readily removed for washing, and look
nicer if starched. Cheer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

BoY Losr.-He was bright beautiful
boy. with red cheeks, blue eyes and curly
hair. He wore a handsome suit, with a
jaunty velvet cap, and had in pocket a
silver trimmed purse, always well supplied
with pennies. nickels and dimes. He was
the pride of his fathers heart, and the JOY
and blessing Of loving mothers life. The
other boy had all wandered from their
stately home to make new ones for them
selves.
Clarence was the beautiful staff on
which his parents hoped to lean as they
walked together down life's sloping hill
side.
And now their boy was lost! Lost to
them beyond all help from police, tele.
graph or town crier. He was lost in the
pestilent marshes of intemperance. That
silver-bound purse, with its abundant
supplies, had wrought his ruin. Liberty
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

The fact that old woolen cloth is picked
and made over again into cloth, shoddy
rather, is probably known to every one.
But this picking over plan has been am
plified within year or so and now a
boots and shoes. Probably 500 tons OF
them we're bought by rubber factories
last year. When the rubber market is
strong, three cents pound is paid for
these old castaways, which, when made
over, look as we'll as the best of rubber
but wears as shoddy does in comparison to
good woollen cloth. The recent high
price of rubber gum has caused large
use OF this old stock which is very easily
melted over.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

The THoRN.--"Tel me-" said the
willow TO the thorn, why thou art so
covetous of the clothes that pass by? OF
what use can they be to theeP" None
whatever" replied the envious thorn, Il
have no desire to take them, | only want
to tear them" How many thorns there
are in the living world.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-30

BETTER WEAR OUT THAN RUST our
A New England manufacturer kept hs
mills running at time when trade was
depressed and the demand for his
goods was intermitted. A neighbor, who
knew this to be the fact, asked him il
ne was not running his mill at daily
loss. "Wel that depends on how YOU
count the loss replied the manufacturer.
81 get less money than pay out every
day | run those mills. But, after all lose
less by running at that loss than should
by stopping the mills and letting the
machinery rust, and everything about the
establishment 90 to waste from not being
used.' And that manufacturer stated II
truth which is operative in every depart
ment of human action. Rust is more
destructive than friction. 1t is very com
mon to say, ITS better to wear out than
10 rust OUT" but the proverb would be
truer if we said, sits better to wear on
than to rust OUT There is nothing that
keeps ones strength like tireless activity
There is nothing that wastes ones strength
like idleness. This truth is admirably
re.emphasized in a recent little poem bv
Alice Wellington Rollins, wherein she
tells of watching a potter at his work,
whose one foot was kept with "never
slackening speed, turning his swift wheel
round,n while the other foot rested patient.
~ on the ground. When he heard the
exclamation of sympathy with him in his
toll: How tired his foot must be-" the
potter corrected the common mistake as
to the real source of WEAKNESS: