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From the Advocate of Moral Reform.


This all important question commends
itself to every parent who is worthy OF
bearing the honored name, and we re-
ioice to learn that it is eliciting lncreas-
ed attention far and wide. An article
on another page copied from an editor
iaI in a late number of the Mothers
Journal-a periodical conducted with
eminent ability, contains some excel
lent suggestions on this subject: Inc
/" lesson on the flowers" in the ch'ldren's
department, seems to US to afford SIN
Gle illustration Of the right method oil
communicating correct instruction 10 me
young, and we would appeal to the Judg-
rnent of even the most vlrulent o2poser
to Moral Reform, whether ii he be
parent. he would fear the moral lntlu-
ence of such an article upon the mInd
of his child, more than that OF the recK-
less schoolmate, or thoughtless domes-
tic, who may chance at any time 10
crafty an idle curiosity, regardless oil
all moral lessons, leaving the magma
ton to run riot as it pleases.
The article signed Consistency, has
also some valuable hints. Ii those
mothers who have long sought wisdom
from the Wonderful counCeLL0f-maklnG
making His word their study and guide
would oftener present the results OF their
experience to our ers--they might
confer lasting benefit upon multItudes,
The young mother who has but just
awaked to the consciousness OF her IN
diyidual responsibility in relation to the
physical, mental and moral training OF
her offspring, scans eagerly every pIaus-
lille theory from which she supposes cor,
rect information may be derived -bu'
she listens with an intensity oil interest
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BRANDON, THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1913.

clared that she should be quite as willing
to die q leave her own little son in slave.
ry, as to leave him free laborer in the
North. She said if she had a hundred
slaves, she would treat them all kindly,
and endeavor TO make their condition
comfortable. | replied, 81 am willing TO
believe that you would do so, madam, but
In case Of your death or of any pecunarv
distress in the family, the poor slaves
would be divided among heirs, or seized
by creditors; and then who can tell into
whose hands they may fall? The condi-
lion of the slaves depends on the charac.
ter OF the master; and that is entirely
matter OF accident" The pious woman
"Oh, | should take care of that
If they were good, faithful servants, they
would find at my death, that papers of
had been duly prepared"
!" But you told me that freedom was the
greatest curse that could be bestowed
upon slave replied I,-"now is it pos.
slb|e, that you would leave, as your dying
legacy to good and f,hful servants, the |
greatest curse you could bestow?"
l.. M. CHILD.
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D. S. MURRAY, PRINTER.

to practical results. She wishes TO
know tho experience Of others - that she
may learn how to train her own precious
charge in the way they should 90. The
nature OF her work in such, that she is
daily called upon, as moral being. to
decide and act, and she is alive to tho
consciousness that these decisions. even
IN matters comparatively trivial, NAV eff
feet not only her own destiny, but that
OF others dear as her own soul. Over
whelmed with sense of the greatness
OF her work, she may excla:m ence and
again, Who is sufficient for these
things But che cannot retire from
her post of duty she must continue 10
act, Judge, decide-keeping sentinel
without and within, to watch the steady
process of moulding an immortal spirit.
OF tanning a spark, that is to burn on
" when suns and stars expire % Moth
ers in Israel you that have borne tho
burden and heat of the day you whose
hearts yearn over the rising race.-and
who pray daily that our little sheet nav
be made blessing to parents will YOU
not for the sake of comforting benefits
upon others, occasionally give, through
our columns, the results ofyour own ex-
Perlence in training your sons and YOUR
daughters TO be pure in heart. Testi
mony on this subject at the present time,
will be read with interest, and may ex-
ert wide influence. "To do GOOD
and to communicate forget not, for
with such sacrifices God is we'll pleas
ed"
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NEVER CoUNTENANcE EVIL IN OTHERs.-
l his you may do by being employed bv
those, who, not having the fear of(fod before
Their eyes, practice sin and abomnation TO y
great extent. And you, we fear, are TOO often
led away by the false pre!ences of those
whose end and aim in life are gain and pleas
ure. Never consent 10 tend at the bar. IL
is not only degrading employment, bat sin
IN the sight of high Heaven, TO deal out moi
son to the wretched and the poor. You can
not ease your consciences by saving" lido il
Tor another man." or if don't do il some
body else will" There are also n,any mar
ties Of pleasures, to which you may be called
to perform some labor;.and when the nightly
glass goes round you little suspect thai YOU
are accessory to the sin. Indeed YOU are so.
Come out and be we seperate, is The language
OF Jehovah. His mandate should be obeved,
You may be hired for some bad purpose.
by those who would shun you in the street.
BE careful of such men, and suci. pursuits.
we very well know the proneness Of the hui
man heart to side on the part ofinterest when
duty prompts TO different course, and there
fore we are more free 10 speak of these things,
Be careful of such Individuals Never be
drawn away by their smooth words and fat
terIng ngues.-POrtldRd Tribune.
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From the Essex Transcript.
l. A Il D RS.

In the signs Of the times, there is moth
ing more alarming than the contempt in
which manual labor is held by a large
class of the people. There is a portion
iot The world who so far forget the dignity
lot humanity, as to look upon him who
gains his bread by the sweat of his brow
las little above the brute creation. They
regard The mechanic as far below such
individuals as live in idleness, upon the
tolls of the present or past generation
10 such class, however, belongs no real
gentleman - or man of much discern
ment and practical common sense; for
none such will fail to perceive that in
point of manliness, and independence of
character, moral greatness, intellectual
culture, in all that eIeva:es and ennobles
the human character, the farmers, opera
tlves, seamen and mechanics, of New
England especially, fall below no class of
men who have yet lived. If we would
look for the development Of mind, we find
it as much in the mechanics shop as any
where in the world and the graduates
from the laborer's college - the district
school house - have added a thousand to
one almost to the great men of our country
that the titled classes from our college
halls have been able to. For religion,
for science, for anything that would ad-
vance mans interest, the laborer has done
more than all The professional men - the
peculators-and the men of wealth who
have lived and grown rich at his expense.
That man, therefore, whether at the north
or south, who despises him who is under
the necessity Of working for living, must
be destitute of those qualities which would
fit him either for greatness or goodness.
Notwithstanding all that may be said
upon this subject, The laJOrer IS deSpised
Over three fllhs of our land, 10 be la
borer is to be slave, and whether white
or black, 10 be treated as such-.-to be shut
out from society, honor, and even human,
iy itself. In The remaining two-i(ths,
in not respecting the rights Of his fellow
at the South, the laborer has degraded
himself for wherever slavery exists, thro'-
out that entire country, labor gains no
respect. Hence it is, class Legislation has
for the benefit of weath-that
the rich might be richer, and the poor
occupy no othe: condition than at present.
Hence the neg ect of manual employment
for some business or profession that will
afford livelihood without it, and the con-
sequent increase of those drones who, like
the !ocusts Of Egypt, eat up the frnirs of
our fields. A laburer should never feel
that he is elevating his son BY giving him
il professional education, or advancing his
daughter by a connection with him whose
wants have been provided for by his faith
er, or his position in society, for the work
ing man is Gods noblcman above them
all To make labor respectable, all know,
the laborer himself should be respected,
wherever he is, whatever his condition
may have been, and however colored by
his Maker.
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CASE OF ACUTE RHEUMATISM

We called upon a lady, near Laurel
Hill, who for several weeks had been
afflicted with acute rheumatism in her
arms the pain had been so intense that
for five successive nights sleep had fled
her pillow, driven away by the agoni-
zing pains which she suffered. We
found her in great distress we mag
ngtised her, and relieved her eflectually.
in the short space of twenty minutes :;
and it was difficult for us to determine
whether the lady was most surprised at
our operation, or pleased with the relief
which it afforded her.
We have magnotised lady at No.
Al N Eighth street, Philadelphia, whose
case was that of fever, inflammation of
the bowels, and violent headache, pro-
duced by cold, with other diseases Of
long standing. We relieved her in less
than an hour, and perfected cure in
two days.
Numerous other very interesting cas-
es we have now under treatment which
the limits ofthis paper will not suffer US
to notice these will be published in
due time in pamphlet containing rules
of magnetism, and directions for its ap-
pIication to disease remarks upon prac-
teal phrenology and its peculiar adj
vantages applied to femaIe education.
DIRECTIONS IN MAGNETIsING.
To magnetlse successfully for disease,
you should in the first place endeavour
to win the confidence OF the patient, so
that your sympathy can have due con-
sideration by your subject and if the
person be afflicted with acute pain, COM
mence by laying the hands upon tho
part so affected, and placing the will
strongly on the pain to have it removed.
Let your thoughts be entirely concern
trated on your patient. The room
sholld be kept perfectly free from either
noise or company. After holding your
hands on the part affected for five min
utes, commence manipulating from just
above the place where the pain is loca.
ted, draw the hands down to- the ex-
tremities, and continue this until the
patient is relieved Subjects are gem
era ly reiyed very soon Of nervous af-
fections. Be careful to throw the palms
of your hands out in ra sing them to the
seat of the pain, aud they should never
touch the patient in an upward motion,
for this would have tendency to coun-
teract all the good effects of magnetism
1t is necessary in local maladies to mag
netise only the part affected /; but il the
disease be general the patient should be
put in a complete magnetic state, aud
suffered to remain from one TO three
hours. The time shou d be modified in
proportion to the intensity and extent of
the disease. For nervous debility they
should remain in the magnetic state at
least two hours. Strictly speaking,
those who are nagnetised for disease
should not be subjected to experiments
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From the National A. S. Standard.
MARY LOUEEN,

Mary Loudcn, the woman who
was spirited away from the United
States Hotel, in Philadelphia, one
night last springer summer, has been
liberated, and has returned to her
old home. Her story confirms all
that was attempted TO be proved in
the prosecution that followed the alb
duclion, and leaves no doubt not only
that Watson, the man who claimed
her, was a lawlcss kidnapper, but
that John Mclaughlin, the livery sta
bic keeper, and his coachman and
Crawford, The constable, were volun-
tary accomplIces in the outrage.
Mary saysthat Watson had notthc
slightest claim upon her as q slave !;
ali that he ever had to do with her
was as a friend of her former master
(now dcceascd,) about six years ago,
to give hera pass to come tothe North.
That since then she had seen him
every year in Philadelphia, when he
came on TO the race, and that he had
never minated any kind of claim
upon her, until the night he dccoyed
her to the hotel; then he protested
10 be her owner, and by the aid OF
MIR. Mclaughlin and Crawford, fore
cd her into carriage and drove her
away. This was the first time she
had ever heard him intimate that she
was his slave. She says Watson
was driven TO this course by his dcs
peratc losses at the races. Ills eX
pectation was, that if he could carry
her into Virginia, the abolltlomst'
would redeem her at any price,
This view of the case is coni1rmet
by the fact that we received sooI
after the affair, a letter from Watson
himself, then in Petersburg, Va. OF
lcrng to take $3.50 for her, and say
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CON TEN CY.

Some months ago, | had conversation
with woman, who went from Boston 10
Tuscaloosa. in Alabama. She was the
wife of Baptist clergyman, protested to
be pious woman, and was considered as
such. found her an apologist for slave
ry, but was not aware at the time that
she actually owned slaves. She maintained
that freedom was the greatest curse that
could be bestowed on slave; and when
| attempted TO put the case home TO hel
conscience, she for consistency's sake, de
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THE DIFFERENCE.

Let a man of standing and influ-
ence commit fault and how soon
is it overlooked, If he is wealthy,
the improprieties Of his conduct are
considered no reproach, and he is as
much honored and caressed as ever.
Let poor man be half as guilty and
he is condemned and despised, and
it is next to an impossibility to re-
trieve his character. How true are
the words of the poet
Great men may jest with saints, It's wit in them,
But, in the less, foul PROCLAMATION.
That in the captains but choerc word
Which in soldier is fiat blasphemy.
Such is the course Of the world
Honors, property, high standing,
make all the, difference. We are for
calling villainy by its right name
wherever discovered, whether be-
meath costly and fashionable exte-
rior, or in the bosom of beggar--
| in the halls of Congress or in the
Irish shanty. The pretended right
eous judgment Of the world is wrong
| Worth and worth alone should, be
car essed and honored--respected ane
imitated-whiIe vice should be de
tested and abhorred in whomsoeve
discovered. If this should be on
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j. HOLCOMB, EDITOR & PUBLISHER

ing that if she were not soon redeem
ed, she should be sold. He kept he
in Jail there for four or five months
in hopes of selling her. Intho mean
time, she told every body she saw
that she was free woman, and sat
isfied them so we'll of the truth OF
her story, that no one would buy her.
Defeated in his object, Watson sent
her to Charleston, S. C. with orders
to slave-trader to whom he con-
signed her, TO sell her for $3.50. But
here again she told her story and pre-
vented any one from buying her
AT length, some humane persons in
terested themselves so much as to
institute an examination into the af-
fair. Foremost among these was a
Mr.. Peters, q lawyer Of Charleston.
He had her brought before the prop
CT tribunal, and there, from her own
story, and from the testimony of pa
Ipers in her possession, and the state
Iment Of person who had read in
the Philadelphia Ledger history Of
the prosecution Of the court that she
was legally free, and she was at once
taken from the custody of her keep
or and set at liberty. The colored
people raised $40 to pay her passage
to the North, and here she is TO tell
her own story. And a sad story it
is; one Of wretchedncss to the I'M
fortunate victim of this wrong, and
of shame, and disgrace, and cv-
erlasting infamy to the authors of the
wrong; to the individual perpetra-
tors first, and then to the country
which by its laws and usages can toll
crate such outrages.
Whether the Philadelphia accom-
plices of Watson will be punished !
remains to be seen. Iii said that
suit is about to be commenced |
against them, and the probability is
that in one way or other they will be
made dearly TO repent Of the part
they have taken in this matter.
1t ought to be stated that it is now
more than year since this woman
was captured. What she has en-
dured during this time, in Jail and
out Of Jail; in the hands of the kid
napper, and in the hands of the slave
trader, can betterbe conceived than
described. She has been robbed of
her liberty and all her earnings, and
she returns to Philadelphia to find
that her unhappy husband had died,
during her absence, in the almhoGse.
Nc
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g. @ s9 e & * "a
From the Emancipator and Free American.
THE CHRIST IAN SLAVE.


In late publication OIL. f. Tasstro, "Ran
dom Shots and Southern Rreezes," is a description
off slave auction at New Orleans, at which thu
aucionser recommended the woman on the stan}
as a good ChriStiaA.'
christian going gone!
Who bids for Gods own image for His grace
Which that poor victim of the market place
Hath in her suffering won
Ny God can such things be?
Hast Thou not said that whatsoever is done
Unto Thy weakest and Thy humbcst one,
Is even done 10 Thee?
In that sad victim, then,
Child of Thy plying love, SEQ Thee stand
Once more the JEST word of mocking band
Bound, Sold and scourgod again!
A Christian up for sale
Wet with her blood whips-o'er task her frame,
Make her life oathsome with your wrong & shame
Her patience shall not fail
AeatheR hand might deal
Back on your heads the gathered wrong of years,
Buthcr low, broken prayer and nightly tears,
Ye neither heed nor feel
Con well thy lesson DER,
Thou prudent tenchcr-tel the toiling slave
No dangerous tale of Him who came to seek G save
The outcast and the poor.
But wisely shut the ray
OF Gods free gospel from her simple hear,
And 10 her darkened mind alone impart
One stern commaud-"OBEY!"
So shalt thou dcaay raise
The market price Of human flesh; and while
On thee, their pompe"ed guest the planters smile,
Thy church shall praise.
Grave, reverend men shall tell
From Northern pulpls how Thy work was hlcst,
While in That vile South Sodom frs; and best,
THY poor deciples sell
Oh, shame the Moslcm thral
WIZ, with his muster, to the Prophet kreeis,
While turning TO the sacred KebIa feels
His letters break and fall.
Cheers for the turbnncd Bcy
robber.peoped Tuuls be hath torn
The dark slave dungeons open, and hath borne
Their inmates into day.
But our poor slave in vain
Turns to the Christian shrine his aching eyes
Its rites will only swell his market price,
And riyet on his chain.
God Of all right: how long
Shall priesy robbers at Thine altar stand,
Lifting in prayer to Thee the bloody hand
And naughty brow Of wrong
O. from the fields of cane,
From the low rice-swamp, from the traders cell
From the black slave-ships foul and loahso.ne hell,
And collo's chain,
Hoafsc, horrible md strong
Rises to Heaven that agonizng cry,
Filling the arches Of the hollow sky,
How LONG, OH GoD, HOW LONG
J. G. w.
Amesbury, o0lh 9Th mo, 1913.
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ISIS u Ed WEEK KY
AT BRANDON, VERMONT.

TERMs.-One dollar and fifty cents in
advance.
One dollar and seventy five cents in six
months.
Two dollars during the last quarter.
A communications 10 be directed to ].
Holcomb.
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INTERESTING INCIDENT. A

INTERESTING INCIDENT. A Car
rier pigeon alighted at the house of
the Hon. VIM. M. Burial, in Canaan,
on Monday afternoon June 10, CIV
ing signs of hunger and fatigue
Aud as Judge B. never sends the
traveller empty away, he brought out
some wheat to his winged visitor,
which it very greedily ate from his
hand. While the pigeon was eating,
Its legs were noticed to be wrapt with
paper; and on removing the band
ages, they were found to contain Mr..
Webster's Speech delivered on Sat-
urdav at the Bunker Hill celebration,
written on two sheets Of tissue paper.
The Judge had the pleasure of read
ing the speech while the bird was
satisfying its hunger and regalnlng
its strength, and then replacing the
tissue boots on the faithful airy mes
senger, it took a rapid flight to the
West, and soon, we trust, found It's
way to the owner YOUTHS Cabinet.
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A young man Of color, almost of The pure
negro race, is now keeping his terms for The
bar, being member OF the hon. Society Of
Middle Temple. What proud example il
is for our brethren on the other side of the
Atlantic, 10 see this young man dining in
the ancient ball, with SO numerous an assem-
blage Of white men, {among whom are not
only some Of the most talented, but also the
most noble Of England's sons) and by whom
he is treated with the same courtesy and re-
spect as If he were one Of themselves. We
hope this instance Of the manner in witch
man OF color is treated in the fatherland
will not be without advantage TO the much
prosecuted negro race and their Defendants
in the United States. London Sun
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From the Youths Cabinet.


COLoNIzATION BY THE ABOLITIoNIsTs.
The Sixth Annual Report of the Can
ada Mission states that within the wear
1912 not less than 1900 slaves escaped
from their masters in the Uai)ed States,
aud are now il Canada, 'or safely shell.
tered in the midst of antl-slavery commu-
nilies on the way The Report says:
:" We know not that much larger
Eumber than usual have passed the pro.
vincial line the last year; but we are hap,
py 10 know that the facilities for escape
fCom slavery have greatly increased in
the fee States. Vigilance Commuters
have been doubIy vigiIan', and increas-
ugly efficient, particularly on the Phia-
eIphia and New York route.
The thousands of refugees in Canada
never have fell; more secure, uoder the
protection of British law, than at present
They generally observe the laws of the
LAM as peaceabIe subjects, and are pros
perIng under the mild g. bengnanl sways
of Victoria's sceptre. The government
under which they have the happiness to
live. dIspenscs ldvors to its subjects, Of
different hue, with 40 impartial hand. -
Hence, in one Of the most Inviting reqions
of The province, between the head of lake
Ontario and Lake Huron, coored emf
grants are rapidly settljng upon free gran,
lots of fifty acres each, in common with
emlgrauts from England, Scotland, and
Ireland. Large numbers, in accordance
with oft repeated advice from our lips, are
i1rsaklng their mental and other occupa-
lions in cities and villages, and turning
their attention to the more honorable and
useful employment Of bus5andfy Bv
reason of prejudice, which prevails among
The ignorant aud vicious IN Canada, the
common schools of the country are not
general open TO them and their children;
bat public sentiment is gradually chang
ing for the better. The government has
taken far more efficient and liberal meas
ores the past year, TO promote education
than ever before; and in the general die
fusion of the blessings of science, il is te
be hoped that the coored population will
lave their full share"
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criterion of judgment, in selecting
men for our various offices, thousands
Of the humble and the unobtrusive
would be elevated to posts where
their virtues would shine and their
examples be salutary upon the whole
nation, while those who now disgrace
their stations would sink in the mire
where they have delighted to wal
low, and cease to exert a pernicious
and blasting influence. In our
choice Of men to fill our seats of hon
or and trust, let us have an eye to
the virtues of the heart, and if strict
be lacking, weshould never
lift finger to put such men into of
tice.-PortIand Tribune.