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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12
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the clerk OF a banking hrm IN Wall street
lost package Of money and checks amount
ing TO, S20,300 It was picked up by an APP
pie woman at the corner Of William street
and very soon returned to the owners, who
magnanimously rewarded her with a present
= in current funds Of two hundred-cents.
WHEN TO ADvERTGsE-There arc. says
an exchange, shrewd people in this world.
Take, for instance, business men who "can't
afford to advertise during the hard times.
These arc times when our really shrewd men
make money. They launch out boldly with
their Advertisements and secure custom, while
others who "can't afford to throw away mon
ey, as they say, groan through it all, and lay
the lack Of custom TO the hardness of the
times People are scnsible-they know that
the man who advortises literally is a good
fellow to deal with and they know that mer-
chants that "oan't afford to "can't afford" to
give good bargins. Much custom makes cheap
pricesi advertising makes much custom.
The peopleknow this.
On Saturday of last week. Mr. A. II. Da-
venport was divorced by the y. y Supreme
Court from his wife, Mrs. Lizzio Weston Da-
vcnport, the actress, for criminality with Mr.
Charles Matthews. comedian. The next day
the adultcress and Mr. Matthews were mar
ricd.
A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. A stump
candidate for the Mayoralty Of Galveston,
Texas, announces himself in the papers as fol-
lows:
By Ipduerg ,rc Thrirc.-T. w. b. Odam
is the working mans candidate for Mayor, at
the election on the first Monday in March
lie is not the tool of any clique or party
He is democrat of the Jeiiersonian school,
believes 10 q supreme Being. accepts of holy
writ, submits to tho laws of bis country. and
takes physic when be is sick Balance from
the stump when called on
Trorrf>c oN r8r Icr.-S some po,allo
trials of spoed c,pe off on tbo ico of tbo b,,.
on Thursday and Frid,v Nota Ettlo irtor-
est has been excited among horse-fancicrs
lately by the discovery of ofunusual speed in am
old gray horse, owned and driven for many
years by Rev. j. *. Converse of this place.
The animal fell lame, a while since, and was
sold for tridin1 sum GO o. Frenchman, who
disposed uf him TO "a Mr.. Fowler, for a farm
horse. As the story was told TO us, Mr..
Fowler was driving him with another horse
one day. and being in a hurry cracked up the
horses, when 90 his surprise old Gray struck
a 2.40 gait and held it without breaking.
while his mate was ON the mll run. Since
then he has bad moro attontion-and has
proved himself very fast trotter. On Thurs
day he was matched upon the ice against fbe
fast marc owned by Mr. L. Drew of this
place, in the presence of a great crowd: : milo
heats. best two in three The first heat was
taken by the horse, the second was drawn,
and the tLird and fourth were barely won by
the mare Time 2.42.24l. PA.
On Friday, four horses were entered. a
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12
TTNION HOUSE RE-OPENED.-Il
CtARRIAGES AND sLEIGHs, by rnr

~ RrsT WoRKMRN IN THE COUNTRY.
Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturing will be carried on
pelier, Vermont.
hose in want Of ,oaryanfed Carriages and Sleighs
will perhaps do well to call and see what is being done at
the old stand Of GILMAN 4 CAMP
All orders promptly attended 20.
Montpelier, July 20, 1855. 45tf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12
- EEORGE CHIPMAN, Auorney al .,

4 rIVINI VIII MAN, HHOrHeV al LdD,
~ (Formcrly Of Middebury,)
Wl attend 10 any business entrusted to his care before
the Supreme Court of the United States the Court Of
Claims the Courts Of tho District, the Land Office and
iehsloh Ohee. WAsufN0rON, ID. G.
January, 1883 75's7
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12

My course is my own others arc not answcra1lo or
iti aud would not mphcato them n my action f /
could But viii resist every attempt no matter iron
what quarter u may come, 90 inAet desnotsn upon
the people of Kansas, when thc aY GUARANTEES them b
eriy, or 10 impnge upon the promises the Democracy
took upon themselves 70 make in the last presidential
campaign.
The recommendation ia the message goes out as a
"orun hopo against what has heretofore been suppos
cd 20 be the strongly inenchcd doctrine uf popular
crcgnty. What will the country do, Is the question
Win il defend this great principle 40 the hour Of its
we're trial Or will IL allow the right OF seigoyevnmoui
be successfully assaulted Has IL already become
obsolete, worn-out thing But two years ago ex-
pressed the opinion that those most prominently iustr-
mental IN causing the Democratic party be pledged
maintain the doetine Of popular sovereignty, in the
ganizahon Of our Territories, would deeply regret H.
doubted that IL would operate against the growth
Of the South. On the 1911 Of March, 1886 when insist
ing investigation into aedged election frauds in
Kansas, had occasion 20 use thege words
"Sir the supporters Of that hill the
b have proclaimed 10 the nation that the Territories Of
the United States tp constitute "a fair hed and that
there g. - hc Zee dTht there, between the North and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-03-12
Trrmont Iuattbman s. State JuurnaI.

rrnlsnrD ryraY pnpAr MORNING, nr r. p. WALTON.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

The cditor-correspondent Of the Utica
Herald graphically describes the Dead
As 1 first looked over the Dead Sea I
thought it lovely. Its waters were Beau
tifully blue as those Of the noble lakes of
nv own native land Not ripple dis
turbed its fair face; it seemed dreaming
in the tranced hush of the hot MONDAY
Its translucent waves lazily toyed with
the pebblv beach that wound about its
skirts in many graceful curve. Then
it stretched sndlessly away between two
frowning ramparts of hills mirroring on
its CLASSY bosom the mountains of Moab
and the mountains of Judea. | could
not realize that this lake that lay so tram
ouillv sleeping and smiled 50 sweetly on
the desolate wilds around could be that
fatal sea on whose every wave rode grim
and chastly death; that its breath had
blasted the plain and blighted every speck
of ve,dure on the hills. But as looked
more intently over its broad expanse it
seemed to assume certain unhealthful,
lurid hue: and there came up from it q
hot and sickly mist as if it were seething
in its rocky cauldron. It's rest, too,
seemed troubled. as if it were rather the
stupor of fever than the healthful hush OF
sleep. And the translucence of its waters
was deceptive, for wherever they touched
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

the shore there remained black and
oily deposit.
Probably nature does not afford more
desolate scene than that of the region of
the Dead Sea. 1t iesin q vast basin four
thousand feet below the Mediterranean.
1t is bounded on the north by the plain
of Jericho: on the east its waves wash
the base Of the calcined hills Of Moab; on
the West the barren mountains Of the
Desert of Judea rise above It's shores;
while its southern extremity touches tho
regions Of Arabia Patre@a. The eyes
look in vain for any sign or vestige If life.
No living creature inhab;ts its shores; no
fish swims in it; no bird dips its wing in
its waters. One endless reach Of mist
wreathed waters-one endless range Of
barren hills moet you on every side
There is no escape--no refuge from the
desolation that beglrts you. This sea.
which receives the living Jordan, has no
outlet. 1t remains q problem-an eng
ma to science. MINER Gus efforts to ex-
plain it have been made, many adyentu
rous travellers have lost their lives in the
attempt; and Mr. Lynch, whose survey
is SO imperfect, lost his first assistant.
Eyea the wild Bedouin, whose home is
the desert, shuns it in his wide wander
ings. It's origin involves wild and fear
full history. The shores it laves once
teemed with life. It's waves roll on the
sites of the Cities of the Plain" Deep
down in its accursed depths lies dead and
damned Gomorrah. And S odom and
the cities that sinncd with her are rott;ng
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

JoHS DEAN AND HIS MARY AK 4
New York correspondent Of the Boston
Gazette writes:
"You remember the story about John
Dean and his Mary Ann (Boker, poor
Girl, her romance is converted into a mis-
cradle reality. He, as stated some time
since, is marker in the Custom House,
ami they now occupy the second floor of
house over q corner grocery, on Second
and South Third streets, Williamsbuagh,
surrounded by tumble down shantics and
beggarly looking tenement houses. The
only sign of refinement in tho apartment
is piano, which the young lady continu-
ally strums upon to the great annoyance
of her neighbors--for, truth to say, she
is byno means aThalberg. What a war
mig this should be to susceptible young
ladies with Irish proclivities and a taste
for red hair and the brogue. Poor girl !!
I fear that experience will prove hard
tasklnaster in her case.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

About MARRIAoE.-R Robert Southey
says a man may be cheerful and conteu-
ted in ceibacy, but | do not think he can
ever be happy; it is an unnatural state
and the best feelings Of his nature arc net-
eli called into action The risks Of snar-
rage are for the greater part OH the wo-
mans side. Wom3n have SO little the
power Of choice, that it is MT perhaps
fair to say that they are less likely 70
choose well than we hre; but amf pers-
uaded that they are more frequently de-
ceived in the attachments they form, and
their opinions concerning men arc less
accurate than mems opinion Of their seS.
Now, if a lady were to roproach ne for
having said this, should only reply that
it was another mode Of saying there arc
more good wives in the world than there
arc good husbands, which verify believe.
l know Of nothing which a good and SEN
sible man is 50 certain to find, if he looks
for it, as good wife.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

CHARLES KINGSLEY, the author of
that capital book-"Two Years Ago
bids q daughter good bye, in the follow
ing lines that will haunt her heart forov-
er, like the memory of pleasant tune.
It is as sound as sermon, as it is
sweet as a song.
Ny fairest child, have no song 10 give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray
Yet ere We part, one lesson can leave you,
-ss77o For every day.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who viii be clev-
S. er; 9
DO noble deeds, not dream them, all day long
And 50 make life. death, and that vast forever,
One grand, sweet song.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25
IRE AsuREs IN HEAvEN.--We read OF

TREASURES IN HEAvEN.--We read of
philosopher who, passing through q
mart filed with various articles of taste
and luxury, made himself quite happy
with this simple yet sage reflection: show
many things there are here I do not want
Now, this is just the reflection with which
the earnest believer passes through the
world. It is richly furnished with what
are called good things. 1t has posts of
honor and power to tempt the restless as
p:rings Of ambition Of every grade, It
has gold and gems, houses and lands, for
the covetous and .ostentatious. It has
innumerable bowers Of taste and luxury,
where sclf-indulgence may revel But
the Christian whose piety is deep-toned,
and whose spiritual perceptions are clear,
looks over the world and exclaims, chow
much there is here | do not want. have
what is far better My treasure is in heay
en.-Dr. Tying.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

A DESIRABLE SITUATION IN t'E-
MALE SoHooL-A young lady writing
home from female literary institute, in
the southern part of New York, thus in
dignantly discourses, in true feminine
wise:
ssYou must know that there are limits
fixed to our walks. Thus far can we 90
and no farther / wonder that the ex-
act plumber Of steps that we must take is
not prescribed All the feminine artifi-
ces to which We resort, to lengthen our
walks, are of no avail. Misrepresentation
which we can make OF. the immediate,
pressing necessity of ribbons, shoes, or
even hoops, avaiIs us in the least. We
are either told to do without or to send
by Mr.. Smith for them. Mr.. Smith is
is our steward, and (happy man can
90 into town as often as he likes. | will
not omit to tell you that he is very port
" gentleman, almost Pickwickian in size.
Well, the other day thought | had a
splendid excuse to 90 into town. | as
ked the matron if couldn't go out to
the dress-maker's to have dress fitted,
Tiny new blue dress you know which |
am having for commencement Now
what do You think? She asked me il
Mr.. Smith couldn't do the errandr
told her thatI would trust him to get my
hair pins handkerchiefs, hose, and hoops,
but 1 should prefer to have my dresses
fitted to myself, instead Of him. Don't
YOU think me justifable! He may be .
model of manly beauty, bat am afraid
has tit wouldn't quito fit ne !"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

BEECHER on THE SUN.-" Tho sun
does not shine for a few trees and flowers,
but for the wide worlds joy. The lone
" pine on the mountain-top waves its
sombre boughs, and cries, Thou art my
SUM- And the little meadow violet lifts its
cup of blue, and whispers with its perfum-
ed breath, Thou art my sum- And the
grain in thousand fields rustles in the
wind and makes answer, Thou art my
sum- So God sits effulgent in Heaven,
not for a favored few, but for the universe
oflife; and there is no creature 50 poor or
SO low, that he may not look M wit
childlike confidence and say, My Father
hou art minei
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

MURRAY-Lindley Murray--usei to
be word to coniure with. All the hrad-
aches and heartaehes and divers aches
beside, of school life were associated WIKI
the study Of his dust and bones of the Ea-
glish tongue, called Grammar.
We were wont to fancy the author Of
that literary pennanco the giant Of a sort
Of Doubling Castle, whose special mi sion
and delight was to worry little children
and devour them.
1t never occurred to soul Of us al,
that what we were compelled to learn.
had anything to do with humanity.
And how aston;shed We should have
been, to know that that same monster Of
a Murray was q gentc-hearted gentlemen
ana a poet withal; that lie could ever love
any one enough worth mentioning.
And here is piece of poetry by that
grim ogre of childhood. Why didn't he
print it somewhere in his old ironsides
grammar, SO that the little heather mil BIT
know he had heart to bless himself with
May be if he had, though we might not
hate Syntax less, We might have loved
Murray moro.
When on thy bosom reclino,
Enraptured still to call thee mine,
To call thee mine for life, "aI
I glory in the sacred ties,
Which modern Wits and fools despise.
Of husband and OF wife. 'A ~
One mutual flame inspires our bliss.
The tender look, the melting kiss, gat
Even years have not destroyed; lals
Some sweet sensation ever new s
Springs ZIP and proves che maxim true
That love can ne'er be cloycd.
Have | wish 3 It's all for thee.
Hast thou wish its all for me,
So soft our moments move, ......
That angels look with ardent gaze,
Well pleased to see our happy day
And bid US live and love. .--...
If cares arise-and cares will come,
Thy bosom is my softcst home,
I'll luIl me there to rest; ..1'i 'a+'''<'
And is there aught disturbs my fairi
I'll bid her sigh out every care, liza
And lose it in my breast. gr iana
Have wish ?-'tis all her own;
All hers and mine are rolled in one;
Our hearts are so entwined, -"
That, like the ivy round the tree
Bound up in closest alnity, sar
IT'S death to be disjoihted. aas
- Chicago Journal. aa ~ saa
afasgafl5
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

A HEAVY SEA.-Its green mountain
Gus giddiness of wrath; its overwhelming
crest, heavy as iron, ftful as fame. clash
ing against the sky in long cloven edge;
its furrowed TANKS all ghastly clear, deep
in transparent death, but all laced across
with lurid rets Of spume, and tearing open
into meshed inter5ticcs their churued vail
Of silver fury, showing still the calm abyss
below that has no fury and no voice, but
is, as grave, always open, which the
green signing mounds do but hide for an
instant as they pass Ruski,a.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

A late number of the Home JoarndL
contains a poem entitled ''UNDER THE
Sun" from which we extract the follow
ing stanzas.
Under the sun there are lovers, still
Dreaming the dream that can never grow
old
Treasuring tresses of waving hair
Brighter and dearer than wealth untold,
Seeing forever but one dear face
Hearing forever no voice save one
SO dream the lovers that same old dream,
Making heaven down under tho sun.
Little feet, wearied before the time,
Little hands. folded upon the breast,
Bright eyes, closed ere the sad tears come;
SO go the little ones unto their rest
Old men, laying the strong staff down.
Close their eyes on the race all run;
Death is an angel that leads the way,
Out ef the shadows, down under the sun
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25
Therefore q man is a horse

TINE has filed the heart, and crowned
the brow with jcwelry great, noble dia-
monds Of days, and glorious circlets set
round with hours. lie iavishes upon us
from childhood to maturity, MI his treas
ures Of strength and beauty and oppor-
tunity, and lest we should love him too
mach, and cling to him too closely, he
gently takes away from rs, almost with
out our knowing it gift after gift, that
we may not be encountered with the I'm
pedimenta' as Caesar called 1.-THE bag
gage Of life, we must by and by, be ia
king. Re Trims out our tresses, and turns
them gray and silver and white, and We
come to think it is about as well as the
dark locks we wore once.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25
CARRIE A. CLARK, thus writes to the

Louisville JourRal;;-re-r 80
bring thee heart, Iowa stainless heart,
As fresh and as pure as the mountain snow,
Still echoing back with clearer strain,
The song that you taught it long ago.
It's an humble thing,
The gift bring,
Yet my an-my fortune-and my store.
And i bring it to thee. can bi ing no more.
What more could her lover ask1 A
stainless heart fortune and store -
possibly dry-goods store, Hold on to
that girl. sE - .
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25
q. III. Chaplin ON the Atlantic
Telegraph.

In a sermon preached in Boston last
Sunday. the Rev. E. II. Chapin made
the foliowipo aIlus;on to fhe success oftbo
Ocean telegraph:
let us not fail to recognize the great
ness the grandeur Of this achieyment.-
Let no supposed honorino Of RELIGION
no intention of exaIting the moral or sp;r-
itllal above the merely physical, hide from
us the full glory Of that effort bv which,
for the last three hundred years, man has
obtained This mastery over natur,. For
in simple truth, it is not mans glory but
Gods glory that IS unfoldcd in the grad
ual development Of human knowledge
and human power. Thus the n,arlifi-
cent consumation Of the past week, which
has simultaneously startled two hcmis-
pheres. has awakened within us those feel
inos that are deepest and hichest-ma-
king words inadequate, and sending orr
thoughts upward not only in astonish-
ment, but in reverence and thanksgiving.
Tn such a work we feel the thrill Of God 5
hand sweeping through events, and trans
latine into a prophetic symbol the proc
essess Of ages, and the significance Of his
tory.
I
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

PRAYER.-One hour of solitude passed
in sincere and earnest prayer, or the con-
fict with and conquest over a single pas
sion or bosom sin, viii teach us more of
thought, viii more efectually awaken the
faculty, and form the habit Of reflection,
than years study in the schools with
out them.- Colcridge.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones. oh Sea
And l would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
.. we'll for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play.
o, well for the sailor lad.
That he sings in his boat on the bay
And the stately ships go on
To the haven under the hill
But, oh for the touch of vanished hand,
And the sound of voice that is still l
Break. break, break,
At the foot of thy crags. oh SEA
But the tender grace OF day that is dead,
Will never come back to nc.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

An old Irnpromptu Slightly Altered for
the Present Occasion.
The news from two Continents now,
lis sent through the depths of the sea,
And the fishes, all waggiug their tails.
Cry, Gracious. bow wise We shall be,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

CUa1ovs SronY ABOUT CAr.-Two
years and half ago, one Of our citizens,
to oblige friend, the captain Of a ship
bout to sail for the East Indies, gave him
cat for the purpose Of keeping the YER
min on board in proper subsection Pus-
sey, during Che intervening time, voyaged
to Calcutta, thence to Liverpool, back to
Bombay, thcrce to Charleston, S. c.,
and finally to Boston. A few days after
the arri1 al Of the ship at this port, the for
mer owners of the cat were sitting 1T
breakfast when in walked Tabby, the
same as if she never had been away from
home, and after q general review Of the
premises she jumped on the knee of
the master of the household, as had been
her wont in old times. The story is n GU
lious evidence of attachment to locality
in the animal, and a singular proof of its
retentiye memory.-Boston Ledger.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

ONCE year is not too often to print
this splendid piece of music by Tennyson.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25

Partners Wanted Down through
the scale of being. to the brink of lrcary
nothing, everything advertises for part-
ners. The voice Of the turtle calls for itss
mate. in the shadows; clouds i'll pairs arc
welded at the closing gates Of day; the
arms Of the forest trees extend and inter
lock, and buildup the strong old Gothic If
the woods, that defes the tempest and Z
t e time; love-tokens and pledges ofpalt-a
nership float Invisible as thought, throul b
the orchards white with Springs sweet
drift of life: the strawberry crecps from
field to field, partner-hunting. d# 7oi 20
And SO it is everywhere. Partnership
is synonym for life. There is but one
thing made to be alone, and yet that one
disselvcs all partnerships. for youth and
age, night and morning, sooner or hitter.
to day or tomorrow will be married unto
it-married unto DEATH. rs essnsfs.f
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-25
THE TEMPEST.

Of this sweet old ballad Of the Tenn
pest, by Fields, one can never weary
There is something in the little daught-
er's whisper above all human philosophy
We were crowded in the cabin.
Not a soul would dare to sleep
1t was midnight on the waters.
And storm was on the deep.
lis fearful thing in winter
To be shattered in the blast,
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder "Cut away the mast.
So we shuddered there in silence
For the stoutest held his breath.
While the hungry sea was roaring,
And the breakers talked with Death.
As thus we sat in darkness.
Each one busy in his prayers
I'VE are lost" the captain shouted.
AS he staggered down the stairs.
But his little daughter whispered,
AS she took his icy hand,
isn't God upon the ocean,
Just the same as on the land q
Then we kiss'd the little maiden,
And we spoke in better cheer.
And We ANCHORED safe in harbor.
When the morn was shining clear.