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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-07
THE NEW YEAR.

January, our first month $50 called from
Janus, an ancient Of Italy, who was deihed
after his death), is derived from the Latin
word Januarius. Janus was reputed to pre-
side over the gate of heaven the name of the
month is indicative of its being at the opening
of the New Year. Janus was represented
with two faces, looking in opposite directions
one old, the other youthful, representing the
old and new era He held key in his hand,
on which were tho numbers 365, the number
Of days in year which he unlocked and pre-
sided over. The temple in Rome, erected to
his memory, was quadrangular, having one
door and three windows on each side. lt
stood upon the Janiculum Hill, and was al
ways kept open in time of war. 1t was clos
ed only three times during the lapse of three
hundred years. 1t was closed at the time of
the birth of Christ, for then the whole world
was at peace Our Saxon ancestors called
January WolE.monat, or Wolf-month, on ac-
count Of the famished wolves which invaded
their villages they also styled it Aeften Ydid,
or after Christmas.
Prince. the pcasant-poet, thus apostrophi-
yes the initial month:
He cometh the elder born child ofthe year,
With turbulent voice and visage aus'cre;
But his cold, callous hand. and his boreal breath
a
Is this moody, mad offspring Of stern winter time.
The advent Of the New Near, has been from
time immemorial kept as day of rejoicing.
/ BY the Greeks it was a solemn festival; by
/ the Romans one of feasting and congratulation.
/ Throughout Christendom it is kept as a holi-
day Bells are rung at midnight to celebrate
the exit of the old, and the advent of the new
/ year.
The commencement Of the year has at differ
ent times been assigned to the 25th Of Decem-
Der, or Christmas day. the lst Of January. or
the day OF circumcision, and the 25th of March,
or Easter day, commemorative of the Resur-
rection.
Despite its icy breath and frigid aspect rug
ged winter seems to be prophetic of joyous
now existence. as those who have become
frosted with age appear for the time to have
acquired spirit of rejuyenescence 1t forms
a sort of resting in the progress of life
Journey, from which we all persuade ourselves,
however we may deprecate the past, that the
future is gilded with Iris hopes Of happiness.
If the external aspect of nature appears cheer
less and chilly, the scene is but the more
heightened by the contrast of the sunny smile:
and generous hospitalitios of the happy FIRE
side of kindred and friends. There is some
thing picturesque as wen as grateiul IN thl'
time honored custom Of commemorating tho
nativity of the year by acts of benefcence anc
votve offerings to friendship.
Friendly interchange of visits, congratula
tions and the presentation of gifts. seem t'
have been in vogue in every age. The ancien
Druids were accustomed to cut the sacreC
mistetoe with golden knife, in forest ded
icated to the gods, and to distribute it
branches with much ceremony as new year.
gifts to the people.
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TREATMENT FOR HoPocoNDRIA.

But do you really think, sir, asks Chron-
ic ypochondriasis, THAT gardening is such a
healthy occpaton :"
Il do. But, better than my own opinion,
will give you the sentiments of a celebrated
physician on the subject, when he was consul
ted by patient afflicted with your own dis
ease"
"Well, sir, what's the matter with YOU" "
said the bluff Doctor
"Why. nothing particular, Doctor, if you
mean any decided complaint Only can
eat, | can't drink. and cant sleep, and
can't walk ; in short, cant enjoy any thing
except being completely miserable"
1t was clear case Of hypochondriasis, and
so the physician merely laid down the ordi-
nary sanitary rules
but you haven't prescribed. Doctor, -
objected the patient. "You haven't told me
what am to take
Take exercise"
"Well, in what shape, Doctors"
"In the shape of spade
"What, dig like horse,"
mo, like a man."
"And, no physici"
mo. You don't want draughts, or pills,
or powders Take garden, and Sabine
farm after that, if you like"
"But it is such hard work"
"Phoo, phoo. Begin with crushing your
caterpillars-that's soft work enough. After
that you can kill snails, thay'cr harder-and
mind, before breakfast"
IL shall never eat any"
"Yes, you will, when you have earned your
grub. Or hoe, and rake, and make yourself
useful on the face Of the earth"
"But get SO soon fatigued."
/ "Yes, because you are never tired of being
tired. Mere Incidence. Commit yourself to
hard labor. It's pleasenter than having it
done by magistrate, and better in private
grounds than on public ones"
"Then you seriously suppose, Doctor, that
gardening is good for the constitutions
81 do, for kings, lords, and commons. Grow
your own cabbages, sow your bwn turnips,
and, if you wish for a gray head, cultivate
carrots"
"Well, Doctor. if thought
/ Don't think, but do it. Take garden,
and dig away as if you were going to bury all
your care in it. When you'er tired of digging
you can roll, or go to your walls and set to
work at your fruit trees"
"Well, at all events, It'll worth trying; but
| am afraid of so much STOPPING -"
"Phoo, phoo The more pain in your back
the more you'll forget your hyps. Sow bed
with thistlcs, and then weed it, And don
/ forget cucumbers."
"Cucumbcrs =!
"Yes, unwholsome to eat, but healthy to
grow, for then you can have your frame as
strong as you please and regulate your own
lights. Melons still better. Only give your
melon to the melon bed, and your colly to the
collyaowers, and your mclancholy's at an
end"
"Ah your joking, Doctor
"No matter Many a true word is said in
jest. I'm the only physician know who pre-
scrbes it, but take garden--the first remedy
in the world-lor when Adam was put into
one he was quite a new mar"
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"My young friend have no revongeful
feelings to crafty in this matter but you have
been very imprudent Your manner had it
been thus to a stranger would have been very
injurious to the interests Of the company. |
might tell them of this. but will not. By
doing 50 | should throw you out Of your stu
alton, and you might find it difficult to find
another. But in future, remember to be po-
lite to all whom you meet. You cannot judge
of a man by the coat he wears and even the
poorest should be treated with civility. |
shall tell no one Of what has passed. If you
change your course, nothing which has hap
pened to-day shall injure you.-Y our situation
is still continued. Good morning, sir !"
The train Of cars swept on, as many train
had done before but within il lesson had
been given and learned, and the purport of the
lesson ran somewhat thus-Don't judge from
appearances.
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From the Hartford Courant.
SHADDY CLOTH.

Almost every parlor centre-table is covered
in winter by wooden table covers Piano
fortes are often protected by beautiful, soft
highly colored printed wooden covers. Dc
our female readers know whence come these
lovely articles on which fair hands are often
laid for contrast. and over which bright eyes
linger, lovingly: They are made Of old wool.
en- rags, the veriest refuse OF old wool, and
the fragments of old, greasy, beggar's rags
which have refused to hang together on
tramper limbs, and would few years back
have been cast out TO rot on manure heap
But skill has advanced. until now these wool
en- rags, saturated with small pox miasma OF
burrowed in by the propagators of cutane-
Gus annoyance, as they often see, are carefully
collected from all parts of the British King
dom and conveyed to Dewsbury, the centre oi
the shaddy trade, as it is called, and there af.
ter being subjected to various processes and
torn by powerful machinery in the original
condition of wool are again respun, some
times with mixture of fresh wool and some
times without, and made into shdddy CLOTH
Formerly shaddy was used only for padding
but now it is used for pilot and petersham
overcoats, piano covers, &c The army and
navy Of her Majesty Queen of England, are
clothed principally in this shaddy, or in other
words in beggars rags respun. There are
few of us who have not at this moment, more
or less of these respun rags on our persons
Let us hope shat the steam was hot and the
chemicals powerful, by which the rags was
purged of their former iniquities. The shad
dy trade is closely analogous to the paper
manufacture 1t is one of the greatest tri
umphs of modern art, and betokens the ad.
vance of civilizations. The utilization of re-
fuse as in China and Japan, is one of the mos
salient features of an economical, refined anC
| thoughtful race, as contrasted with the spend
thrift habits of North American Indian fol
instance We trust our fair readers will no
be repelled by our disclosures of the origin
of some of the articles they daily handle tn,
shaddy trade is great one already, and il
yearly advancing in Importance. The manu-
facture is very active in summer, preparing
for the winter sales but is almost dorman
through the winter, as summer is bad tim
to dispose of the shaddy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-07

J
Y On and after Dec. 6, 1893, Passenger Trains
leave Boston at 730 and Concord at lO4o A. NJ or on
the arrival Of the first up train from boston, lower
Lawrence, Worcester &c, for White River Junction
Wells River Lttleton, St. Iohnsbury Barton ana bur-
lngtou; and connect at Juses Point with trains 10,
Montreal Ogdensburgh, toronto, Detroit, chicago ana
the West, Via Grand trunk and Great western Iall-
roads making the best and most reliable route rom
Nov ENGLAND 10 the West and with trains for all sta
tions on the Vermont Central, Ogdensburgh, Ias-
sumpsic and White Mountains Railroads.
Also. leave Boston at 1900 NJ, and Concord at Pm,
m an arrival of the ID up train from Boston, worcester
yc for Franklin aud Bristol, n H., thence by stage 10
New Hampton, Hebron, Groton, &c.
Leave White River Junction at l23J r. NJ OF on ar
rival of the trains from VI. Central and Passuinpsl'
Railroads for Boston, Lowell, Lawrence, worcester
and intermediate stations and Bristol at o4O A. NJ, ioi
Nashua, Lowell, Boston, Worcester, @c
Passengers via Northern Railroad for Groton juno
tioH Clinton Worcester, Newport and al stations on
the Worcester Norwich, Providence and western hat
roads and for New York, &c., connect al Nashua VIII
trains direct for those places.
Passengers leaving New York by evening Boats oi
Cars via Norwich Springfield, connect az Nashu'
with the 730 A. NJ train from Boston, and reach all sta
tions on the VI. Central, Conn and Passumpslei ah'
White Mountains Railroads, the same day,
Stages leave Litteton for Lancaster, White and fran
coma Mountains &c; st Johnshury for Lancaster
Crahsbury Danvo, &c.; Barton, for Derby Line stan
stead, Nc; Woodstock Depot for Woodstock' "e;
Bethel for Rochester, Hancock, Pitsheld, Sc and al
tho principal towns in Northern New Hampshire ant
ONSLOw sTEARNs, Agent.
Concord n. H.. Dec. 2 1858 ~
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There was a silence for some moments
When Mrs. Maynard looked up she found
she had caused considerable disturbance
among the ladies of her own age by making
herself known.
80 remember very well when the little
Calico Cloak went to the Academy" said an
old lady, as she looked up over her glasses,
"and think, If my memory serves me right,
some of the ladies present will owe Mrs M.
an apology"
81 had no intention whatever, ladies" re-
piled Mrs. Maynard, "to reprove any one
present by making myself known; but as it
may seem to some that such was my inten-
ton, will add a few words. Most of the
younger ladies present will remember the
little Calico Cloak : but no one but the
wearer knows how deeply each unkind word
pierced the little heart that beat beneath it.
And as | again hear the old Academy bell
ring, It brings back fresh to my mind the sor-
rows of my childhood But let no lady mis-
take me. by supposing | cherish an unkind
feeling toward any one. ! know that, what
ever the past may have been, you are now my
friends. But, ladies, let me add, if you have
children, learn lesson from my experience,
and treat kindly the poor and despised. A
calico cloak may cover a heart as warm with
affection, and as sensitive of sorrow, as one
that beats beneath velvet covering. When
ever you meet child who shows disposi-
tion to despise the poor, tell the story Of the
Calico Cloak : it will carry its own moral
with it.
THAT is the shortest but best sermon
ever heard" said the old lady again, as she
put her handkerchief under her glasses, land
| do not believe its moral effect will be los
upon any Of u.s.,
The old lady was right. The story wen
/ from one to another until it found its way
into the old Academy. At that very time {
/ little boy was attending school there whose
mother was struggling with her needle tC
| give him an education The boys often mad,
/ sport Of his patched knees and elbows, ant
he would run sobbiug home to his mother
/ But. when the calico Cloak" reached tn,
scholars, the little boy for he was NATURAL!
a noble-hearted child became very popular il
/ school and the children. from that time
were very kline to Little Patchey," as h,
had always been called
When Mrs. Maynard heard the story o
Little Patchey," she felt that she was wei
repaid for all she had suffered in childhood.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-01-07

INSTRUCTION TO A JURY.-"If the jury be-
lieve, from the evidence, that the plaintiff and
defendant were partners in the grocery, and
that the plaintiff bought out the defendant and
gave his note for the interest, and the defendant
paid for the note by delivering to the plaintiff
a COW, which he warranted not breachy, and
the warranty was broken by reason of the
breachiness of the COW, and he drove the COW
back and rendered her to the defendant, but
the defendant refused to receive her, and the
plaintiff took her home again, and put heavy
yoke or poke upon her to prevent her jump
ing the fence, and by reason of the yoke or
poke she broke her neck and ded and if the
Jury further believe that the defendants in.
terest in the grocery was worth anything, the
plaintiffs note was worthless, and the COW
good for nothing, either for milk or beef, ther
the jury must find out themselves how they
will decide the case for the Court. if it un'
derstands itself, and it thinks it does, don't
know how such case should be decided"
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Gfneral iHtscrllanu.
WINTER.

Dread winter spreads his latest gloom,
And reigns tremendous DER the conquered year,
How dead the vegetable kingdom lies
How dumb the tuneful Horror wide extends
His desoate domain. Behold, fond mani
See here thy pictured life Pass some few years
Thy flow ring spring, thy summers ardent strength
And sober autumn, fading into age
Till pale, concluding winter comes at last,
And shuts the scene Thomson.
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RrIiQiolls misrfIIanu.
ANOTHER HAND Is BECKONING U

Another hand is bcokoning us,
Another call Is givon
And glows once more with angel steps
The path that leads to heaven.
o. half we deemed she needed not
The changing of her sphere,
To give to heaven a shining one,
Who walked angel here.
Unto our Fathers will alone
One thought has reconciled;
That He, whose love exceedeth ours,
Hath taken home His child.
Fold her, Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
messenger Of love between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Still let her mild rebuking stand
Between us aud the wrong,
And her dear memory serve 10 make
Our faith in goodness strong.
WHITTIER.
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A young wife demonstrated with her hus-
band, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct.
MY love" said he, 81 am like the prodigal
son--I shall reform BY and by" "And will
be the prodigal son, too she replied, "for
will arise and go to my father !" aud accord
ingly off she went
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Annexed is a list Of agents TO receive subscriptions
ADVERT sements and communications, and acknowledge
payment for the same. .
For Braintree, J. HUTCHINSON, Jrp
Brookhed, Il. NJ UPHAM,
Berlin d. b. BOSWORlH,
Cabot, +. d. PUTNAM,
Duxbury, J. +. HENRY, Waterbury,
Elmore, l.. NJ. CIRCUIT,
Hydepark, EDWARD b. SAWYER,
Johnson G.. W. SCOTT,
Lincoln SIMEON T. RALPH,
Lowell, ABEL CURTIS,
Marshfeld, |. A. BEMlS,
Morrisville, j. C. MOVES,
Middlcscx JESSE JOHNSON, Jr.,
Northhod, T.. SMITH,
Orange. NJ. G. CROSS,
Pldn6eld A. r. BANCROFT,
Randolph J. X. PARISH
Rochester, Y. d. BRIGGS,
south Hardwick, ADOLPHUS HOLTON,
Stove EMERY TOWN,
Tunbridge AARON n. KING.
Waterbury, j. +. HENRY, , .,,,-r,,
Waitsheld and Favston, ORANGE SMITH,
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
Williamstown, DARIUS PRIDE,
Wolcou, N. JONES,
Worcester, JONAS ABBOTT.
NJ Persons in other towns disposed to act as agent
will be added to the list on application.
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NEW OOD IS r R. | X r,
~ DRAPER q TAILOR, has just returned from
New York with a good assortment Of -
BROADCLOTHS CASSIMERBS AND VESTiNGS,
which will make up in the latest styles and best man
ner.
Garments for others make, and warranted to t
Needles, raor's Measures, Crayons, shirt Bos0ms'
Collars, and Scos Reports Of New York Fashions for
sale.
Montpelier, May ~, 1858.
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~ The following rare gem is from the pen
of that true poet, B. F. Taylor, of the Chica-
go Evening Journal
1t is descriptive of the departing summer
and the approaching winter, and if there is
anything in the English language beautiful in
its sadness and hope we have failed to see it.
"West of "us there is grove; not
struggling thicket but a full rounded grove,
with an exquisitely defined outline a volume,
in fact, of numberess leaves The sun sets
red and great and glorious behind that sum
mer cloud, and it is the most beautiful spot in
the whole horizon, for anything to bid the
world good bye" in
"The frost has been busy with those leaves
of late, and has made the grove as gorgeous
as an evening cloud indced-has made it look
as if the sun were remembering all the closes
of day it ever knew, and blending them in
one. The foliage of the American woods en-
JOY the grandest dyings in the world tran
sit into glory such as Christian men might
pray for
"By-and-by, that leafy cloud in the west of
our country world, will shed its rustling
shower ofred and golden rain; and the group
of the grove will lift its naked arms to a win
try heaven and the November winds will re-
fuse to be comforted, as they moan amid the
woods and we shall see the sun set beyond,
through the brown lattice of the branches.
But there will be pleasant thought after
all. Last summer--say in June-when the
shade was deepest, no stars were shining
there, and hardly could the moonlight pass
the thatch of leaves. and silver shaft through
upon the green sward. Next winter, to him
who stands within the desolated wood, and
looks upward, heaven will appear, and the
leaAess trees will seem to bear strange fruit Of
stars--such as ripens not in the garden Of
Hesperus. Stars will bud upon the branches /;
stars will cling to the naked arms; for he
will look through winter up to heaven; and
the grave will be desolate no more.
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Railroaos.
VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.



To commence Monday, Noe. 49, 1858.
TRAINS GOING NORrH. Leave Montpelier
at SOD A. NJ and 800 P. NJ NAIL TRAIN connects
at Windsor and White River Junction with trains eav
ing Boston and Springfield at 1880 A. NJ, same day and
from New York the day previous at 400 P. NJ Leaves
Windsor at lao P. NJ, connects az 81. hoah'
net nrning with trains for Montreal and Ogdensburgh
also with trains for Toronto, Detroit Chicago, buhaio
Cleveland ST. Louis, via either Grand Trunk or New
YORK Central and Lake shore Lines, making the shorV
est. and best routes TO the West oo
Accommodation train leaves Montpelier al e;oO A. ~
connecting Rouses Point with the Express iran io
the q. IN .
rRAtNs GOING SoUrH.-Leave Montpelier at Nv a
NJ and g. 10 p NJ Mail Train connects at Rouse ON
with trains from Ogdensburgh and Montreal 9t DuIhs
ton with trains for Troy and Albany az Mhlte hl.e
Tinr,ion with trains for Boston and Neo f0rk arrVn.
In Boston at $40 p NJ, and in New York a. La p "
Accommodation Train connects at Rouse's Point wlu
trains from the west, at Burlington with the hutlan
Road. r. IL d.
the principal stations s,,ypprpNP snD,
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Business Garus.

I ETTER PRESS & COPPER-PLATE
4 A PRINTING. Sermons, Catalogues, Blanks, Bll
Heads Cards. Circulars, Posters and all KINDS oi Flnl
and Fancy Printing, executed promptly at
WALTON'S STEAM POWER PRINTING OFFICE
State Street, Montpelier, Iernont.
Orders for work done in the ctes,-Embossed, Gilt
Press Lithographic and Copper-Plate Printing
such as ards Of Address Wedding Cards. Visiting Cards
Bank Cheeks &c. executed in the highest style Of th'
art and at city prices through Of the most ceebrat
ed Printing Establishments IeTmsSe,h, , az 5easona I!
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The WATER LILy.-Coleridge, in one of
the most beautiful of similes, illustrates the
pregnant truth. that the more we know, the
greater is our thirst for knowledge, and the
more we love, the more instructive our SYM
pothy 1.-The water-lily, in the midst of wa
ters. opens its leaves and expands its petals,
at the first pattoring of the shower; and re-
joices in the rain-drops of quicker sympathy
than the parched shrub in the sandy desert
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NENTLEMEN Tnr FALL CAMrAIoN

NENTLEMEN The FALL CAMPAIGN
" HAS OPENED AT MONTPELIER.
The richest and most desirable assortment Of TAI
LORING GOODS ever offered in Vermont have just
been received from New York. consisting OF eUey pde-
~ of Orerc0atings Broadci0ths, Postiags 0nd Pant
Sus all offered very low prices, in any quantity, or
will be manufactured into Garments in any style desired,
In a superior manner.
Also, from one Of the best Clothing Houses in New
York an elegant stock Of Fashionable and Seasonabe
Ready y-made CLOTHING, expressly for the retail trade
Examination gratis
S. c. WOOLSON,
l3 Hubbard Block, State Street.
UPAgeut for the sale Of Williams Celebrated Monthly
and sem-Annua Bulletin Of Fashions the only
port for this country.
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TERMs.--Sl so cash in advance; 81 90 II payment
is not made in advance interest always chargaoe from
The end ofhc wear In packets to address, copies
for Sl2 co. and 20 copies for so 90, Invariably IN
adUdnce.