Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-06

A certain poetess is said to "make goot
jellies rs well as good poetry" 1t il
suggested that she also make new
departure, i, e., send her jelies to news
paper offices and can her poems. Jelie,
discount poetry as "inside matter" ever,
time. e.-NorriSt0Wn Herald.
Sixteen years ago law was passed
providing for the gradual manumission o
slaves in Cuba, of whom there were at
that time about 3S5 355 So well has this
law been administered, the ps nters in
many cases showing willingness to act
even in anticipation of its provisions, that
$3.50 slaves have been already set free.
and there are good grounds for hoping
hat during the year the curse of slavery
will finally be removed from that island.
1t is now stated that Henry Wizards
gigantic opening Of the Northern Pacific
railroad not only cost S250,000 in cash but
that some of his guests were so alarmed
concerning the enterprise when they saw
the vast areas of unpeopled country
through which the railroad runs that on
arriving at Portland, Oregon, they began
telegraphing to their agents and brokers'
20 sell their Northern Pacific stock. That
began the decline of the stock which con.
tinued until Mr.. Willard was obliged to
succumb
D. r Locke (Nasby) has | cen through
Maine IN his prohibition investigation,
and concludes that the prohhitory law
has done wonders in lessenng the con-
sumption of spurious liquors-that where
as, forty years ago, with smaller popula-
tion than now, Maine consumed Sl3,0OO,-
900 annually in liquor. and almost every
country store was an open rum shop, now
very little liquor is sold in the rural
districts, and with a few exceptions there
are no open bars in the cities. He finds
the good effects of the law especially
noticeable among the farming population.
Before the terrible disaster at Gay Head
brought them into public notice not one
man in ten among newspaper readers
knew that there were any Indians living
on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Their
brave and skillful work at the wreck in
rescuing the living and caring for the
dead has earned them the thanks of the
Massachusetts legislature and a fund for
their benefit is being raised in Boston
There are also Indians still living OH Long
Island, and remnant of the Penobscot
Tribe remains in Maine. They receive a
yearly stipend from that state, and are
mainly employed by lumbermen. They
are skillful in the hazardous business of
log driving.
WHERE THE MARKETS ARE SUPPLIED.
the memory of many now living
the Boston live stock and produce markets
were supplied almost wholly by the east
ern states During the past year, 81 per
cent of the swine received at the Boston
markets came from the west, nearly 80
per cent of the cattle, and 65 per cent of
the sheep. Vermont supplied about one
half of all the sheep not coming from the
west, the whole number from this state
being 1922 out of a total of 623,000
Vermont also leads oil the other New
England states in the number Of cattle
and swine shipped to the Boston markets,
and of the " tons of live poultry received,
the greater part was from Vermont
KEEP UP THE ORCHARD.-One of the
most unpleasant and we may say lament
able things TO witness upon a farm is the
gradual decay and disappearance of the
apple orchard, with no effort made 10
SET out new one on ground not hitherto
used for that purpose. If an idea in that
direction is suggested, it is usually met
with the reply that if they did they would
be doing work for those who would come
after hem AS they probably would ct live
to derive any benefit from it, ignoring the
fact that somebody had Zone it for them
The sellishness of this view, were it carried
out in all cases as rule, would seriously
diminish the social advantages of life, in
which the mutual interchange of benefits
would be unrecognized, and all would
more or less suffer. instead of being more
or less d.-GermanLolOo Telegraph.