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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

THE NEWSPAPER AT HoME.-With each
day that passes the newspaper grows more
and more an educator, and the extent to
which it has become so can hardly be
realized. A few years ago 1t was consid'
cred luxury, but there are but few
homes now that are so poor as not to count
a newspaper among their belongings. In
fact, in many homes it is the principal
reading A business man, weary with
care, will hesitate about beginning n book
1t seems a herculean task to 60 through
with all those pages, attractive though
they appear. but he will take up his paper,
Gull such articles as may strike his fancy,
and then lay it down at any moment with.
out hesitation. In the intervals Of her
housekeeping cares the wife catches it up
and reads an article here and there, TO
learn what is going ON in the great outside
world. The boy and girl want to see
each days news. and so the daily or
weekly journal goes the round of the
family, while the book rests securely upon
the shelf.-Toledo Blade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

AN ODD WASHINGTON CHARACTER.--
Caleb and Joe Willard are among the
weallhes of Washipstons most weallhiest
men, says CORES spondent. They came
here when they were boys, and worked
at odd jobs until they together leased a
tavern where Wizards hotel now stands.
Here they kept hotels and made oceans Of
money. Joe Willard is one of the char
acters of Washington. All sorts of stories
are told of him, and he is often denomi
mated the hermit. He lives on Fourteenth
street, near the Eboitt house. in great
brick house of dirty white, which looks
like tomb with its tightly closed blinds
and its forbdding exterior. He has a
wife, but he never goes into society, and
he is thought by many to be man hater.
A negro servant always answers the door,
and il is impossible to gain admittance.
Recently l called on him at his business
den. Going through his narrow passage
over an eneven and dilapidated floor,
was shown by the negro janitor up pair
of steep stairs and soon stood in the
presence of Joe Willard, the millionaire.
A queer looking man with big head
covered with the whitest of white hair and
the blackest of black eyes that ever
looked into mine, rose from an old chair
AS entered Tall, dignifed, and rather
good looking, thought him, and | motto
ed his great bushy white brows overhang-
ing his eyes, bis big nose and his strong
laws. He was beyond doubt man OF
character. He was in talkative mood,
and, like many other rich men | know, his
hobby was making money. He discours.
ed for an hour on Jay Gould, Vanderbilt
and others, giving me interesting passages
IN their careers, and interlading his re
marks now and then with metallic
laugh.
Joe Willard's office is a peculiar place.
Its walls sre cracked and the Oldest of
broken furniture stands about the room.
CRATE of blazing coal is framed in
wooden mantel, and on this stand in a
row fifty or sixty glass ink bottles, which
cost, when full perht ps five cents piece.
An old brick or two lies on one table.
broken horseshoe on another. and the
floor beneath has neither carpet nor rug,
and age shows many crack. On the
wall above the mantel are numerous
newspaper clippings about wealthy men
and how they had acquired their millions.
1t is curious den.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

In closing funeral sermon, Utica
minister urged the women present to so
live that they would be worthy of the
following epitaph:
A Sarah to her husband,
A Eunice to her children,
A Lois to her grandchildren,
A Lydia to Gods ministers,
A Martha to her guests,
A Dorcas to her poor,
An Anna to her God.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

there is IA market for wood there is plenty
OF good laying work, but on the prairie
where the SHOWS have made the travelling
difficult, the thrifty farmer has little tim,
for rest. If he is Of II literary turn of
mind, this is his OPP ortunity TO CRAFTY hi,
love for reading, and you will find him
with his family, treasuring up in formation
for future meditation and use. If he pre-
fers to gossip with his neighpors you will
find him in the stores or other public
places, canvassng his neigtbors' circum
stances or discussing the availability of
different candidates for political honors or
practical subjects. such as the price ol
pork and beef, the rise and fail of the
wheat market or other topics of greater OF
less interest. If he loves dissipation you
will find him in saloon. where with hi,
boon companions he is changing his bless
ing of II rest into Il curse of Il drunken
idleness. We wish there were none of
this last class. but unfortunate ely there are
too many of them.
The failure OF the corn crop last season
and the low price of wheat has made
times pretty hard for farmers this year.
The attention is being turned to dairying
and stock raising more and more. The
dairyman's association, which is holding
its session at Mankato, is doing great
work in stirring up the Importance of this
branch of industry. " Minnesota has ex.
ceptional advantages for excelling in the
products of the dairy. States farther
south may be able to raise stock to better
adv intage because of less winter and more
summer, but in butter making this does not
help them. The hot summers of Kansas
or Texas are fatal to the best results in
butter making, but the snmmers of Mime
sofa are all that can be desired, while by
judicious feeding the product may be kept
up al! winter. | think Minnesota will
soon be as noted for good butter as she is
now for good flour. WE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

If we were asked what is to-day the
'reat advantage which nan has over
woman in the struggle for existence we
should answer, without hesitation, pock-
is. Pockets are the symbol of an orderly
mind, of logical powers. practical acquire
nents. homogenity. A bag, woman's
ag. a shopping bag is the emblem of The
'ingdom of misrule. Speaking roundlv,
man s clothes contain dozen pockets.
In this convenient place his change ia
'ept, ever ready, and never in the wav ::
that receptacle are his knife, corkscrew,
nd shoe-buttoner; another comparlmen
acred to his purse; still anol her holds his
'andkcrchief; his gloves may have sep
,rate picket if he will; his eyeglass lives
n aris'ocratic seclusion; watch, pencil
'ase and toothpicks are comfortably Sc
,regated, and he has room besides for
memorandum book, letters, newspapers
he new magazines. visiting cards, and a
.tse OF court plaster.
Ist anv wonder that he turns the kew
1t the worlds great lock easily and we'll
,aving both hands free for that exercise |?
And the fact that he has conquered hi
pockets, so to speak. testifies to the su-
'remacy Of man. If his tailor demu-red
1t putting them in. that useful minion
would find his occupation gone. Bu,
when woman is told by her dressmakcr
hat only one inaccessible pocket is to be
tlIowed her she supinely submits, and
therefore, proclams her inferiority to sex
We make no account of such sporadic
lashes for freedom as are shown in the
English walking Jacket, and the MANY
tapped Mister. These are mere whims,
not virtues. Already the jacket is moult-
ng it convenient pouches, and the ulster
exchanges its plain utility for Il dear
bought stylishness. No; the power and
igniiicance of pockets lie in their being
IN expression of principle. We commend
he subject, which is too broad for a sin
ye paper, to the attention of the next
ocial science convention.-Harper's Ba-
ar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

| COLDS-Few ills that flesh is heir Il
give rise TO more annoyance than cold
! The term "cold'' is neither definite nor
, scientific, being descriptive, if of anything
at all, of the manner in which the malady
is supposed to originate; that is taking d
| chill. Yet this cause brings about, as well
many other troubles, the chill affecting
the part of the body most prone to disease
| and causing pneumonia, plcurisy and
other diseases
What causes colds and how can one
guard against taking them9 Taking a
cold" means a sudden abstraction of heat
from the surface of the body by exposure
TO cold, the effect being intensified il
damrness be added to the cold. To render
such exposure paratively harmless,
the great necessity is to keep the body in
such condition that a prompt and health
fu reaction is sure to follow and neutral.
ze any chill. Nothing brings This about
SO satisfactorily as to accustom the body
to react from the cold sponge bath taken
every morning. The habit of reaction
thus established is invaluable.
We must vigorously protest against the
custom dear to the hearts of "mothcrs in
Israel" of giving each member of the
family IA Saturday night scrubbing with
hot water and soap. Many colds date
significantly from his event. The daily
sponge bath insures all necessary cleanli
ness The system relaxed by the use of a
hot bath becomes abnolmally sensitive to
chill.
A daily walk, briskly, does much to
accustom the body to prompt reaction
from cold All weathers Can be faced,
with suitable preparation in the way of
clothing. Sitting in an over healod room
preluies cold almost rs surely as taking
Il hot bath. Sixly-eight degrees fahren-
hel is the highest safe temperature for
any but elderly people and invalids.
Children should have the face, neck,
arms and chest snarly slapped with Il
towel wet in cold water, and then briskly
rubbed with lolerably coarse crash tow.
el till the surface is warm and rosy. With
daily repetition of this they need have
little fear of colds or the mnch dreaded
Group. They Can enjoy any amount OF
outdoor play with safety if properly
clothed. Scarfs and mutllers are an
abominatl)n.
,Vhen one is conscious of chilly sensa.
tion, II drop or two of spirits of camphor
taken on lump of sugar will sometimes
stimulate nature to the reaction, of which
unaided she is not capable. This should
be repeated, half hourly four or five times,
-C0Ngre9dh h0ndllSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27
EMPLOYMENT ESSENTIAL TO HAPPINESS.

EMPLOYMENT ESSENTIAL TO HAPPINESS.
1t may be laid down as an inconlrover-
tible principle that no family can be happy
without employment-regular diversified.
continually recurring employment. Thsre
may be the possession of wealth, there
may be an ample and beautiful domain.
there may be everything externally 10
enjoy, but unless there be an appropriate
and varied employment to occupy the
body, engross the mind, and awaken the
energies, there cannot be happiness. 1t
is the active, industrious. persevering
family that is the truly happy family; not
the idle, the slothlul, the useless-not the
family that has no definite plan, no fixed
and important object, no personal and
collective energy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27
Most of us have known the attraction

Most of us have known the attraction
that draws one human being to another,
and makes it SO exquisite happiness to
sit quiet and mute by another's side,
which stills for the moment the busiest
thought in our brain, the most turbulent
desires in our heart and renders US but
conscious of present inefable bliss
Most of us have known that. But who
has ever heen satisfied with any meta
physical account of its why or whereforeP
We can but say it is love, and love at
,bat earlier section of its history which
has not escaped from romance; but by
what process tat other person has be-
come singled olt of the whole universe to
attain such special power over one is
problem that, though many have attempt
ed 10 solve 1t, has never attained to
solution. .-"Rneinl ChiIlingIg" By Bnlver.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

A clergyman in Durham, England,
some short time since, taught an old man
in his parish to read, and found him an
apt pupil. After his lessons were finished
he was not able to call for some time and
when he did only found the wife at home.
'How is Johnp" said he. How does he
get on with his readingP" "Oh. nicely,
sir" "Ah, suppose he'll read his
Bible very comfortably, nowp"
bible, sir! bless you, he was out OF
tho Bible and into the newspapers long
ago"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

To CLEAN Smoky WALLs-Brush them
over with broom, then wash them over
with strong pearlash wate-, and immedi.
ately rinse them with clean water before
the pearlash is dry. When dry, give the
walls thin coat of freshly Stacked lime,
containing aliberal proportion of alum dis
solved in hot water. Finish with whiting
and good size. Be careful not apply to the
size distemper TIL the lime wash is dry,
as the latter will destroy the strength Of
the size, II the two come in contact while
wet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

'eal one so far as good faith was concern
4, although he related it with considera
lie glee. Perhaps he had in his hear
mothing of the feeling of Thackerav
ho once 8 lid to Il friend in Boston: 81
ften wish | knew whether Becky Sharj
'as really guilty when found by he
husband with the Marquis of Steyn,
lnder such remarkable circumstances.
-Eue'y Other SATURDAY..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

ABOUT FEATHERS. Though feathers are
lnite distinct from furs, yet certain kinds
,tttchcd to the skin are used like fur; of
his, the grebe, whose feathered breast is
largely used, is IN ex,mple, while the
iowny skin of arctic birds, as articles of
lress, are of vital importance TO the in.
nabltrntS of regions of perpetual snow
md ice, as well as articles of luxury AT
be centers of civilization. The value OF
feathers may be seen in the ornamental
employment of the plumes Of the ostrich
'gret, crane, peacock, as well as the ecc-
uomical uses of the elder down, the plu-
mage of the goose, and the gorgeous feath-
-r flowers manufactured from the plum
'ge of the tropical birds Ostrich feath-
Ars, of course, come under the head of ar
icles of ornament TO dress. Until vii hit
1 few Yeas, The only source of ostricl.
feathers was Africa, where they were OBJ
aimed from the wild birds, hunted anu
killed for lie sake of their plumage; bur
during the last fifteen or twenty years II
c' nsiderablc quantity of this female
.holnmcnt has come TO US ttom French
nalura ized tame ostriches grown in the
south of France, where it was found thai
b lrn-aoor fowl where it Is no longer kilt
I'd for the sake Of the feathers, ana
where, though il is robbed of its plumage
it is allowed to live that it may produc,
more. Those who look upon the oslrict,
n the zoologIcaI garden, or elsewhere
will notice that its feathers are not ST
beautiful Their preparation for i,dies
,ats, or head dress, is Il trade in itself in
volving mtny processes of bleaching, dye
my, WAX ng, wire dressing, and steam
iurliDg Some OF these processes ladies'
{ IN and perhaps do execute for them.
selves, rs nothing is more simple and
easy than curling the ends OF ostrich
p umes bv the aid of a blunt knife and
Jet of steam from the spout of tea kul-
lie Feather dyeing is much more easy
Of accomplishm Mt than silk, cotton, or
wool dyeing, and the Chinese are said 10
be the most expert and reliable in the art.
Wool and Iron.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

1t is not so strange that the annexation
of Canada to the United states is not
strongly advocated by men in positions of
public trusts. They kind Of like to,that in
case anything happens. Canada is for.
eign country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27

.'aSs, roof with colorcd border ard
'palescent body is said to be very hand
ONE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-27
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, 1884-12-14
WIRE WHISPERS.

President Cervera, of the United States
Of Columbia, has resigned.
The New York cigarmakers protest
against the ratification of the new Spanish
treaty.
The French Chamber of Deputies is
urging the speedy completion of large
men of war.
The imports of specie into the port of
New York for the week ending yesterday
were s49s, 900.
The Moodyville saw-mill. in British
Columbia, sold to a Canadian syndicate
for half a million dollars.
Reported in Paris that France has pur-
chased seven British steamers for use in
conveying additional troops to China.
Patti was given a dinner in New York
last evening in recognition of the compile
ton Of her t~wenty-fhh year on the lyric
stage.
Governor Stanford's four-year-old FLY,
Sallie Benton, trotted a mile in 2;l7t at
San Francisco. Beats best four-year-old
record.
The weekly bank statement shows a
reserve decrease of $4,000. The banks
hold S42, 252, 900 in excess of the legal re-
quirement.
The Portugal colonial budget shows a
deficit of 81, 22s, 800. Due to increased
expenses in Guinea, Congo country and
Mozambique.
George E. Wingate, cashier Of the
North British Canadian Investment Co.,
of Toronto, was arrested in New Orleans
for embezzling $500.
The sentence of Captain Dudley and
his mate Stephens, the Mignonette can
nibals, was committed from hanging to
six months imprisonment without labor.
The prosecution in the Swain Court
Martial rested their case with the exami-
nation of General David B. McKibben
who simply corroborated testimony given
by Colonel Morrow.
The Mexico Land g. Building Co., fled
a certificate of incorporation in New York
yesterday. Capital stock $500, 900. Pur-
pose of association is to deal in real estate
in the City Of Mexico,
, 1884-12-14

BALTIMORE, December IA morning
paper publishes the statement that
Hezekiah Brown. a colored school teacher
in a lonely part of Howard county, was
hanged yesterday by thirteen masked
men. 1t was charged that he became too
intimate with a young white woman.
He declared he had married her, but no
record of the marriage could be found.
The lynching is said to have occurred in a
wild section of the country sparsely pop
ulated. At Elliott City, the county seat
of Howard county, nothing has been
heard of it. The States Attorney sent a
messenger to ascertain the facts.
, 1884-12-14

BALTIMORE, December l3.-The Eren-
ing Mzos, in its account of the disaster,
says: 'The officers of the steamer West
moreland report that so far, of the party
of colored men whose boats capsized in
the Rappahanock neal Urbana, twenty
eight are known to be drowned. In ad-
dition to those already reported at least
twelve were drowned at Canoe House
landing on the same river. At Mill Creek,
another landing on the Rappahanock,
a young white man was drowned. In
speaking of the fact that so few who were
out in the boats escaped drowning, an of
ficer of the Westmoreland remarked that
they could easily have reached the shore
and avoided the accident which befell
them, but that the squall broke in all its
fury without a moments notice and the
boats were swamped before they were
fully aware of what had taken place.
Negroes all along the river and especially
in the neighborhood of Urbana, are
greatly exercised and frightened.
, 1884-12-14
LIVE STOCK LEGISLATION.
An Interview in Chicago with Mr.
Thomas Sturgis.

From the Chicago Times.
Mr.. Thomas Sturgis, Of the Union
Cattle Company of Wyoming, was in the
city, yesterday, en- route to Washington,
where he goes to cooperate with the com
mittee appointed by the National Stock
Growers Association in procuring favora-
Bile legislation for the cattle industry. The
committee will devote its attention to
urging upon Congress the necessity of en-
%larging the scope and the powers of tho
animal industry bureau, the passage of
laws to establish guarantees, and the in
tervention ofthe government in matters
pertaining to checking and exterminating
contagious diseases. The committee ex-
poets to be confronted with the opposition
growing out of the disinclination of the
Democracy to promote or entertain any
legislation looking to 4 Capitalization Of
power in the general government, or to
infringe on State rights. Mr.. Sturgis,
however, is positive that many Democrats
will discard the theory in favor of the
bill, as the evil is of such a nature hat it
can not successfully be graprled with by
the States, their laws and in many
instances, interests conflicting. He
does rot believe that much progress will
be made in the matter this session, owing
to the pressure of other business and the
fact that it is a short term. He has also
another pet project which he will push
that of inducing the government to lease
the lands of the public domain. He argues
that it can derive an annual rental Of
$40, 900, 900 for the grass that grows in
the Spring and perishes in the Fall, and
which, in any event, will be used by the
cattle and s~tockgrowers. He expects that
there will be much opposition and a
great clamor raised by the newspapers,
but, like all such things, that will die out
after a time, and Congress will be brought
to see it in the right light. He insists
that the project will not in any way inter
fere with the rights of the homesteader
and the pre-emptionist, and tl9t il will
be wise policy for the government Il util-
ize its property, and secure a large income
from that which is not at present a source
of revenue.
, 1884-12-14

BosToN, December IA Masonic
convention was held in the past week of
all Masons in the United States of
America having taken the goth degree, or
the 95th degree of either the rites Of
Memphis or of Mizraim, the S0th degree
or 35th degree Of the ancient and print
tive rite, no matter when or from whom
or under what jurisdiction, for the pur-
pose Of considering the advisability of
establishing an union sovereign sanctuary,
embracing all the mysteries of the above
named rites from the 4th to the 10th de-
gree inclusive, to be known as the Sow
ereign Sanctuary Of the Royal Masonic
rite for the United States of America.
The body was organized with Judge Isaac
II. Parish, Of Michigan, as the most il
lustrious Past Grand Master.