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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24
Are You % COunterleiter!

What use do you make, reader, of a coun-
terleit iity-cent Postal Currency, which you
find ia your pooket-book and do not know
whore 10 ha- come froml
DO you invariably tear it up, or burn it
up; rc you csreful that it does not get 6ht
o, your pocket into circulation again
llayo you not sometimes rolled up such
bio of fractional currency, suspecting it 10 be
cjmteuet, aud willing to " get rid Of it -
by chance or accident, as it were-and so
keep square win your conscience
Me have seen mon-mcn whom we would
have trusted with our pocket-dook-return
counterfeit dIty-cent piece to their pockets
after they were convinced that it was spuri-
ou- WHAT does such an action mean-pro-
yided chat the man IS ignorant, as is general
~ tine case, as to where he got the counter
itit2 II means that he is not ready to bear
the loss of fifty cents like an honeSsrnan.--
The action Is % dishonest action. Hshas no
right TO put q counterfeit where there is any
possibility ofhis passing it into circulation
again. The honorable proceeding is to burn
It or tear Il up the very moment It's worth
lessncss becomes evident DO not hesitate a
second. If you have not this habit fixed up
on YOU, cultivate it Without it you are in
league with counterieiters You are one of
the gang You are not an honest man.
Let this rule apply to ten cent stamp
and to q ten dollar greenback equally and
rgidly There are only two questions to be
asked. this a counterieit2 Yes. DO !
know who gave it to me2 No. Burn it,
tear it up-d) not return it to your pocket
as YOU value your honesty
There Is a law compelling every bank to
stamp the word counterfeit" in large black
letters, across every spurious bill presented at
its counter, for what ever purpose it may be
presented, under any circumstances, an,lepon
whate,ar bank ia the United States ittlhy
De counterfeit We once saw an apparently
respectable man present twenty-dollar bill
to thc telior OF thc Michigan Insurance Bank,
in Detroit. lie merely wished to know If it
was counterfeit. The telier made no an
swer. but simply brought p6serful stamp
unon its face aud handed il back, with the
word counterfeit staring its astonished
proprietor In the face. We never snys a
darker cloud pass over a human eountenanee.
Oath followed oath in an Intellectual effort to
express tho mans indignation. Every oath
stamped " counterfeit upon that mans char
actor ia letters as large and plain as those
uuon the BIN. Not that he would have acted
as % direct accompice of professional coun-
terttors but he was not prepared to do
what common honesty demanded-destroy the
spurious bank note and meet his own loss
hououbly--N y. Mail.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

My harp !. ail ont Of tune: the piano is
ii.corlaut; the caua-ics pipe a .hriu whistle
instead oftheir so0 notes. and 1t rains
a1i-'
" Aud what. chid?' said the pleasant
voice of Aunt Mary Denman. as She exam.
inod the couutenmce of her niece.
b. And wish was dead. or had never
been b0rn-or .omethinr-I scarcely krow
what" and Maggie Meredith. beautiful lips
were poutei. and strange cloud of -ullen-
mes, and dissatisfaction hung uortcntou,lv
over the fresh Young face.
..T dislike very much. Nacrie. 10 hear
such remarks a. these Won have lust uttered
from any lips: much more. NV dear. from
your, Lile (. not all sunshine and sweet.
ness but 1t remains with u.s. as God-lovine.
God.leariur individuals. TO be content with
the part assigned to Us, and live it out pa
tiently."
Oh. yes. that +, an very nice to talk
about but .uppose one wasn't given any pa.
hence to Start WITH Doe. a body ro.tess a
Httle root or slim of anything. WHY. one can
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24
Vol. 65.-3293. No. 4.


This State Is worthy Of an conmendafiou.
She passes from one decade 10 another.
majestic in her integrity.
~ she ever invited OF deserved ceusure.
wc do NOT know whore 10 dnd thc record
Tier physical structure svmbolizes the
character OF De, people, and has LARGELY con.
fri1u,ed 90 orm it.
Where whole pooplc are emineptlv son.
-it.ga o duty. anil dcie,t hams. friyolons
occupations give way 10 iis imperial swav.
This swhat chiefly forms private character.
making 30 lhc secondary atmosnbero If cartb
We have hsd tolerable acau,intance with
communities moro or les, DISTINGUISHED but
nayo no whore found combined In n similar
space so much -obcrncs. thrift and bioh
principles.
$50 where are the entire enoreic. of a State
moro .ueeo-.u'v anuHoI TO- the achievement
of common obi. or for end. hotter
nncticl hv means
ers-li.htorvard coar.o ha. rc.pltod +,
800 am1m or w.l.Iein- and eopseptmont
. that i.w commuu'tIe. ever attain
Wander whoro You may In the summon
months within t. limits, and the rapturous
delight tblt steals over the senses. prodioallv
atto-ts power taat has by interrogatino
arigat tho ool OF Noiara and pnsy. moulded
into ilrm the most engaging. and to uses the
most bencdcont. what was once unseemlv and
m.m.nu
Icmy mau should visit the o,pitol in .e..
sion hours ho rrayo and determined bearing
oi s LEGISLATORS would causc now sensa-
fn.
Ituo lasl aa1r Them speak he would
.a.rI.a. ...y lad % nice sense of tbe yalnc
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

There il over something soomnizing in the
thought that It Is the last time. The last
CLEAN Of the day-thc last word before part
ing-tho last look Of life All these acquire
an Importance aud interest vastly beyond any
which they would possess in and ofthemselyes.
The sun shone bright before he approached
his setting; and the farewell word spoken
was some ordinary one, Of no real weight;
the parting look was one which we would
willingly have forgotten But no MONDAY
spendor was so cherished in memory as that
sianting beam that disappeared in a spark of
gold over the western hilIsi and no one tone
in All our converse dwelt on the car 50 long
aud so clear, as that one word d" good-by;" :"
no look has been so often recalled as that
smile Of recognition Of the pallid face from
whence life was taking its fight.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24
We Pas, for What We Are.

A man passes for what he is worth. Very
idle is all curiosity concerning other peoples
estimate Of MS, and oil fear for remaining un-
know is not less so If man knows that he
can do anything knows that he can do il
better than any one else--ho has pledge Of
acknowledgement Of that fact by all persons,
The world is lull of Judgment days, and into
every assemblage that man enters, in every
action that he attempts, be is guaged aud
stamped. In every troop Of boys that whoop
and run in each yard and square, a new COM
er is well and accurately weighed in the
course Of few days aud stamped with hi,
right number, as ifhe had undergone formal
trial of his speed and temper. A stranger
comes from distant school, with better
dress, .rinkets in his pockets, with airs and
pretentons. An older boy says, a" It's Of no
use, we shall find him ont tomorrow 49,
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

wy lN'i' . a..
don't mean they snail s.o Ne.iy' ne-
mureIy proceeding to dress ner hair io" upol
her iofehead, ana otherwise aiiot het appear
once So that her mother would hardly nn'e
recognized hcr. throwing on at I'-i neep
brown yen to shade her face She was ready.
Agne. hod received her directions TO- Keep
near Nelly' ooih in lha street ana DO ihe
store. II was not long walls To- Lloyd 0nei-
don 'o.. Ih're WeIn ufea young n'en
ihe hrm wa. new aud 'ne partners took 900
aciiye part n the 'ales-room' thus overseeing
'helr business ana econom]'ng somewhat.
Nenes ac'o' 'he great "uy ." peI o'''"'
ohe shook out her -llks tossed her mead %
Htue. as u with the leehng ihnt eVoryihns
about her was entirely oe,neatn her notice.
yen sne coWu conae-cenn perhaps to n'l
something and sailing along tine store her
'o'"o'e looNlns com p'h'oa o'''1' hef' ''5
paused a' place Wnere louf o'iN' ''o'i
"llh their c'gnt hands oIl ranged along 'o-
.ee'ner' ready 20 Jump over 'he counter %
need De. to execute ihe 'ady commando.
Ne'iy stood quietly naeh' o,f ".e shaded
10y 'he brown ven Nhe So" Lloyd mme1'-
ate.y .e"'e a p'a'n Iooklng e".'onet l' 'N.
e1,l'u.. t! oi IT,. sne.'9n' e. @ VINO , was near num- anu
mae'us " ''sn To 'he elefN-. 'e was 'ei' ''one
"'l'' in' "'" CUSTOMER
wan, u" ''' some '''l' '""l'e' ''''
Asne'' with Tho a'r OF one who ha' plenty OF
mooney
'eI'''"'3t n'o'''i'' ''l''.' "'o l'"'
'eIN I''''gl,''eiF ''N'1s OUT immense ''
o' 'ne 'P'''''1 s''N'' ''' -I''..""- ''." -
'''' I''' DID,.
HOW I.N|N III|III HIII' TOD I
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

L,.r. 1 l,.,,. ,l 81. .,..,.. t,1 ,.a.,,,,o,...l
n c,riorn ol5 bo.,,,.r bi. br,,,b .r,slli,, or.
,h,.t., .t,,,,,l ~ =, .G,l .,ll sul
uor,.. t,,.l ,,,o .,,,,;n.. +. r,i,,r,o or t,,o or
.,bo ,,,lt ab;, b., e,rli,l I'M hi. roct,i. .or
ooprv to Give tbo olJ ,,,,bo,l to b,y mon.
.,,, ,,i,b ,,s. ro,.,i ,nJ ,oli AMI M b,
b.Jl,,', ,,,. .i,,,. .,,d ,.., l.,t Lin, ,,,...
tior. .bopid MAJ hs,c. .,ij tbc awG,l word.
I declared II fonld have altered the c,.e hand
tla man net been drunkard. Harvey in.
.istod that .ociety va. to blame for tbai sim
and be asa member of IL would never turn
bi. b,ck ,,uop 4, man who he knew was cold
and hppo,y he could mot abolish run.ou.
pg. bpt N starving drupkord was iu.t MS much
lam oiieat ,r c,srif, to ill.,, al. 4, .f,r,ino min.
iter Good gracious. didn't hi, eve. .nap
,boprh Hcs a. much Too radicaI "a. an
Cos willGI Tbcl aid hated hsea.r.
an, .ny"
Auni Mary could .a, nothing. advise .uotb.
r, Sbe saw th.t. bya little udicion. main.
aoomeuf ,n the mart of the lover. This GRAND
fngl. ri .bf laye been avcr,cd but mou are
mot nan.,. dirlomati.t. And so. with %
c,rr'e.. al -.r,afiou I'M regard Go the weather.
.h.. viihir.u -e,aroI days pa..,j snI not
word lrom Harvey.
Oh. dear. how lonely that poor liulc linz
,0. look said Narrie one day softly to here
.I .It had been there long enough 20 leave
ardqe Too. reckon the next rirl that IIar.
.e, Crttonlen is eurlgsI TO will have an os..
icr fiua with him ihnn haya Hch ha. Itaru-
.ir lesson irop, ii,i. as t,,,, a. sam Ii,.. li.,.
re. lt. a'wav. Che way with mou oue
woman hs. go De yicfimilad boo order th7t an.
.af.s,. IMAM. t... .i....,i. ,r.,te5 Wr. ...
...a .,r .,r,.f.... IT.r,., ,. . .I .io..
u. ....... n... cr.,
..rl homo m, ,.bo,e,r,nn by to.porrov. Inn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

One can forgive Mark Twain good
deal for saying that the Sandwich Islanders
dish of plain dog is only ON cherished Amer
lean sausage, with the mystery moved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

IF you want TO find faults that are bad,
be on the lookout if you want to find those
that are worse, be on the look-in.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24

q HALL q 60, N.a" ". ran
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-11
The Nuditles of the Stage.

A writer in BlGcksCo0d defends rather
than eensures this custom, and regards
it not q whit worse than the style Of
dress for a fashionable ball in what is
presumptuously assumed to be " the best
society" He certainly is none too severe
on the indecencies of evening parties,
but we fail to see in these any justifea-
ton of their exhibition on the stage.
He says: After all, the question Of the
immortality Of nudity-which is but a
simulated nudity in the limbs, and a real
nudity in the bust, which real nudity is
as common to what is called full dress in
the best private society as it is to the
stage-Iies in the intent of the person
who displays, and in the mind of the
person who behOlds il" < The
display is not indecent per Sc, as when
an actress of high attainments and
genius, in default OF an actor Of truth
fulness and talent enough to undertake
the part, appears as Romeo, any more
than it is indelieate or improper for a
man to hide the form by appearing in
Pettieoats to play the part of one Of the
witches of Macbeth The intention
is everything, just as it is in killing. If
you intend to kill you are murderer,
and deserve the murderer's fate. If
you kill in self-defense, and in a Just
and patriotic cause.-The a soldier-you
are not blameable, but yirtuous. In
like manner, the seanty drapery of the
ballet, for the purpose Of art, and art
alone, is no offense against good taste or
good manners; but if the ballet girl
not for the sake of art, but for the sake
of attracting lewd attentiOn-Overdoes
the scantiness and betrays the immOdesty
of her mind by her motions or gestures,
she commits an ofense, and ought to be
hissed from the stage which she dis
graees." Very true. And as immodesty
is almost universal, and is most loudly
applauded by the public who attend
theatres, as in the case of the infamous
caR-caa, the ballet ought to be
abolished.
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The Pyrsm,ds

Inc accurate measurement Of the side
OF the Great Pyramid is still attraetipe
attention, and the result Of the Iabors 6f
the party Of Royal Engineers Of Great
Britain, now engaged in this work. IS
waited for with much interest. The sur
yeys, If correctly made, will settle many
interesting points in reference to the
units OF length used among the ancients.
Thus HerodOtus states that the Eevptiau
eu0lt Is equal to the Grecian cubit. and
that the Great Pyramid has sidesexaetIv
I'VE hundred Egyptian or Greek eubits
IN length, and covers exactly twenty five
arurse or Egyptian acres, the arura con
tanning one thousand square eubits.
Again, the Parthenon at Athens. accord
ing to other historians, gives the Greek
units Of length, and by modern measure
ments Of this ancient building. the mean
length Of the Greek foot is I2. I4g inches.
and Of the Greek cubit Is POI inches.
Multiplying the cubit thus ascertained
BY 800, the length Of the side of the
Great Pyramid should be Zip inches.
The mean length Of the side Of the
Pyramids as obtained by examining the
structure itself, Is calculated to be 9lI0
inches, and thus a reasonably accurate
standard of ancient measures has been
fixed. The difficulty in the way Of ar
irving at the true result is greatly en-
haneed by the fact that the casing stones
Of the pyramid have been removed
The sockets cut in the rock TO receive
the corner blocks still remain, and the
calculations as to the actual width Of
the casing stones arc affected By errors
arising from this source.
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NsstantInOpIe.

The Sultan is an indolent man, Of
lymphatic temperament he has not had
much education, and understands no
European language but French, of
which be can speak a few words. His
favorite occupation is to look after his
poultry yard, which contains the rarest
specimens of ducks, .hens, geese, swans,
etc. He gives enormous prices for rare
birds, and passes hours in feeding his
hens and watching his cocks fight.
Among the higher officers of his court
there are few able men, but the great
majority of them, ike the general body
of the employees of the state, are ignor-
ant and inefficient. All the places under
government are given by favor, which is
usually gained by services that cannot
be openly acknowledged. But the in
efficiency of the administration and the
nullity of the sovereign are small evil
compared with the influence exercised
by foreign diplomacy and foreigners in
general. = x There are really at Con-
stantinople as many governments as
foreign representatives, each of whom
gives his oountrymen far more protection
then they would be entitled to at home.
The power which exercises the great
est influence is Russia. She is the real
promoter of the demands Of the various
nationalities, and especially Of the 100,-
900 Greek inhabitants of ConSantinople,
who still dream of the restoration of the
Byzantine empire. Even in outward
appearance the Russian embassy is
easily distinguished from all the others.
1t occupies magnificent palace, which,
being built on the heights of Pera, com
mands the whole of the capital, and
looks down upon the residence of the
Sultan, the Golden Horn, and the dis
tant roofs of Stamboul, as if its wide
portals only awaited the entry of the
Car. During the winter season the
palace is opened to all the higher society
Of the town, and in the brilliantly
lighted rooms, balls and concerts are
frequently given.
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The Lords and the Irish Church.

In the midst of the elatter of debate
and divisions in the House of Commons
respecting the disestablishment of the
Irish Church, some are asking them
selves, what will the Lords do ? p
The right answer would be If the bill,
after being carried BY decisive majority
in the Com@ons, in pursuance of the
wishes of the nation recorded at gen
eral elections thrown out in the Lords,
the present government will either re-
sign, or if, in face of the large majority
they possess in the Commons, they con-
tinued in Office, they would do SO only
on the understanding that the resistance
of the Lords should in the last ex-
tremity be overcome by a wholesale Gre
alton of Peers. 1t will not come to
this. simply because the Lords know that
if they resisted, it must come to this
In case of the reform bill of 1882 it did
come TO this, and the Lords having had
their lesson, did not need it should De
repeated to them when, although protee-
tionists almost to a man, they were
forced to adopt::free trade.
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THE LITTLE nOOTs.


Only two little boots by the ere SO bright, -
Only two little stockings 10 mend to-nlghti
Toe one who owns them IS snug In bed, -
Where the moonbeaus dance on his curly
head. @
These little boots gave me trouble to-day,
B-i1ging n mud from outdoor play.
Scattering pebbles over tue floor,
Tracking dirt in at the great hall door.
These little bo7ts gave me sorrow to-day,
Straytng from mothers sight away
climbing trees and wadlug streams
Chasing Shadows and sunny beams.
These little stockings, so worn and gray
Have these Tiny treasures caused trouble To-
AM indeed they have. in racing absut,
In Joining play and merry shout
Alas. have had trouble to-day,
And yet v ould give these treasures away
Would have the places empty tonight
or the little boots with toes 50 bright?
An met nv very heart will break
II away from my sight these boots you Lake
NV home would be drea y, my young ne AT Sac
A I'd there would be nothing 70 make me giaa
60 there's only two little boots So bright,
only two fittls stockings 10 mend 10 night,
o 1ly one little flower, 50 feeble aud signt,
Only one 10 smile with so silver nSaIr
There was a time when four were there.
Whsn four little faces USeped over my cpafr,
Fsur pair Of bouts so shiny and bright,
And four pair OF stockings o pure and white
Hung near the fire, and chimney tau; -,
For the feet that wore Them were dimPied and
small, -,
But my children are gone, their spirits have
fed, tn, a. -
And they are sleeping undisturbe1 with the
dead.
I sadly miss these three loved ones
That are resting tonight an their sltenI toAlDs
J m SIS their shou, = and me ~ play,
For three little fOrrns are not here To-Day.
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ESTABLISHED 1910. 55H

mechanics guilds, or scuelas, were
an important feature IN the imperial
grandeur. Prominent among them was
the scuola of the shoemakers, who often
assembled in the Piazza, during the rule
of the Council Of Ten, and contributed
their quota OS money and men to the
armies Of the republic. y tt2
The society of shoemakers is still re-
presented by aQ order Of some two hun
dred members, but they have no connec-
ton with the old hall, and are merely
mutual assistance society, on the Amer
ican plan. The members pay three
francs entrance money, and SIX sous
weekly dues. When they are sick, or un-
able to work they receive one franc day.
from the society. Signor Pietro Pietra
is at the head of the organization, and
is styled President LayoraRti- -CalzOlajO,
or working. He is a dap
per gentleman, who makes boots after
the French model and Is reported to be
rich, but is hardly fit representative Of
the stalwart chiefs who led the guild in
the days Of the Doges. -~s
The old hall of the shoomakers is still
standing, as staunch as ever, as is gen.
orally the case with old halls in Venice.
1t fronts on the Piazza San Toma, and
is a substantial stone building, about
sixty feet in width and surmounted by a
fine statue of ST. Crispin with long
staff in his hand, to which the Italian
Government has attached tin flag
painted with the national colors. On
each corner of the front is engraved a
Venetian inscription, one dated l446,
and the other 1880. The floors and
stairways are of red and white Verona
marble. One of the occupants showed
me where an Austrian cannon ball had
passed through the apartment and
smashed chandelier that had cost him
two hundred francs. He thought it
very wicked Of the Austrians to fire
cannon and smash his chandelier Over
the front entrance is a stone bas-relief
representing a shoemaker with an awl
In his right hand and a shoe in his lap.
His left hand is extended open towards
figure of the saint, who seems to ex-
anime it with much interest. Under the
sculptures are figures of three shoes of
different patterns. The church of San
iona which is on the opposite side of
Il same piazza, has a picture of life
size figure over one of the altars, repre-
senting the same scene, and in this
a stream Of blood is running from the
left hand, which has evidently been
wounded by the awl, and the saint is
healing it. In front of the altar is
a burial vault on the door of which is
an inscription stating that it belongs to
the society Of shoemakers. Shoe and
Leather Reporter.