Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-03-08
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DEArn. Death! Is it not the gateway
20 rarer glories? Its dark and noiseless
surges bear us to the shores Of a better
land. Thou art here, o man, in narrow
sphere. But sec yonder. There are
worlds innumerabe--they are golden
ladders-steps of an immortal progress.
What glores lie beyond us. What
sounds our ears have never heard. What
sights our eyes have never seen. And
to these death is the avenue. Lo this
changes the sound of wailing to trlumh-
ant jubilee, and the gates of the tomb
open like the wings of cherubim.
Rev. E. II. Chaplin.
VuuAnLE AND RARE REoIPE.--We
commend the following recipe to house.
keepers: To make potatoes very mealy,
take and wash them well just before you
wish TO use them, and then without dry
ing or wiping, put them in--an old meal
bag
Man doubles all the evils of his fate
by bordering over them scratch be-
comes wound, slight an injury, Jest
an insult, small peril great danger,
and light sickness often ends In death
by brooding apprehenslons.
Mrs. Loudon affirms that a small
quantity of nitrate of soda put into the
water every time it is changed, will pre-
serve cut flowers in all their beauty for
above fortnight.
The refined young ladies Of fashion,
able boarding school, have discarded the
vulgar term Dictionary, and adopted
Richard-tionary instead of it.
A woman lately paid a visit TO her
brother, in Galena, Illinois. On her
way back, in going down the lake, she
got partially acquainted with widower,
living twenty miles from Cleveland, who
offered her marriage. Being covered
with confusion at the offer, she refused
him. Since then she has changed her
mind, and gone TO hunt for the man, in
The hope that she can get him yet.
Kepler says the earth is huge ami
mal--that it has blood, bones, hair and
horns; that its trees are its long hair,
The grass its fur, the mountains its lungs,
volcanoes its nostrils, minerals its dis
eased parts and that animals, including
us poor mortals, are but lice /, its breath
is heard in the wind, and its groans in
The earthquake.
The girls in America are beautiful
and unaffected I; perfectly frank, and at
ihe same time perfectly modest, but,
when you make them an offer of your
hand, be prepared to give it, for wait
they will not. In England, we hear Of
courtships of a quarter of century in
that anli-Mathusian country, quarter
Of a year is deemed to be rather
lengthy"
Do not allow your thoughts to dwell
upon the injuries you have received, or
the provoking words that have been
spoken to you. Iiyou would be happy,
learn the art of neglecting injuries, and
allow them to grow out Of your mind.
d An editor out West has put pair of
spectaces at the head of his hymenial
record. Underneath is motto intima-
ting that he who looks for wife must
wear them.
The following was lately stuck upon
the door of Center street GROCERY.
"This house is removed round the cor
ner till the repairs are DONE" Some
fellow wrote underneath, "Inquire OF
Mr.. Snooks in the cellar, until the house
comes back %
We'll, Patrick,". asked the doctor,
chow do you do to-day" go dear,
docthor, enjoy very bad health, intirely.
This rhumatist is very distressing indade.
Whfn go to sleep, lay awake all night,
and my toe is swelled as big as a goose's
hens egg, SO whin stand up fall down
directly"
Landlady's Retort. A gentleman who
was in arrears for several weeks board,
complained one morning at breakfast
that his coffee was not settled" "You
had better settle for the coffee, and then
complain"
Business Us. Lounging. Call upon a
business man in business hours, on bust
ness only; transact the business and
then go about your business that he may
have time to finish his.
Sources Of Enjoyment. God has made
US like himself, TO be pleased by the uni
versal beauty of the world. He has
made provision in nature, in society, and
in the family, for amusement and exhil-
Grafton enough 10 fill the heart with the
perpetual sunshine Of delight.
Rev. H. w. Beecher.
The Oberlin Institute, in Ohio, lately
conferred the title of Bachelor of Arts.
upon young lady named Ann Mahan.
Clarified honey, applied on linen rag,
is said to cure the pain of burn almost
Instantly.