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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-12-04


There is said to be a young man in
Fayotte. Missouri; Who WHO, :!i;,;:l ;:"a!o to
read and knowing nothing Of written
arithmetic, can solve any mathematical
problem in wonderfully short sracc Of
time. Some instances Of this facility are
given. The number of fax seed ncccssa-
ry to reach the sun. ailo., inc six grains
of fax seed to onc grain of wheat, and
thirteen grains Of wheat TO the inch:
Answer, 400, ,497 500, ,009, 900. was ans
wered in two minutes Another prob
lem:-What would $1,000 amount to ia
ten years, comrounding interest st tcri
per cent? he worked out in three min
utcs, absolutely correct. What would ii
horse bring. there Icing - nails in his,
shoes, allowing 3 cents for the first, G icr
the second. 8, 27, Is, and so cn? WA,
answered correctly in three minutes.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-12-04
ALSO

One tract Of land containing 600 acres
moro or less, bounded north aud east by
George Harley, south by J. M. Harley, wtssr
by Alvey Jones. Levied on as the property =
of Joseph Douglas at the suit OF j. II. Har-t,
Icy. ~ ~
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29
Love Over AGAINST Love.

In one of Surgeons late sermons, We
find this searching appeal
Oh, the depth of love there is in the for
giveness of sins according to the riches Of
his grace! What work of grace was that
which changed your nature, TO make you
love what once YOU hated And what
work it has been to keep the helm of your
vessel right; oftentimes the current would
have drifted you back again to the old rock,
and wrecked you; but a strong hand has
kept the head of the vessel heavenward a
blessed wind has filled the sail and though
you have made but slow progress, still you
are on the way to the fair haven Ieannot
measure the love which God has shown me,
poor me. though | am only one of His fam
! lily. But what does this love say to me and
to you but this--it calleth to another deep :;
oh, how ought to love my God who has
so loved me oh, how | ought to hate the
sin which made my Savior bleed iDeeps
of the Savior's grief, We call to deeps Of
spiritual repentance. The agOnies ofChrist
call us to the slaughter of our sins. Breth-
rem, if God so loved us, it calls to another
deep-we ought also so to love one another.
If God forgave us. behold another deep Of
obligation to forgive all those who have of
Tended against us. How can | love the
saints of God enough who are the brethren
of him who loved me even to the death
As for poor sinners, if God saved me, how
| ought to lay out my life to try and save
them. If have, indeed, found peace with
God through the blood of the cross, how
ought to seek the lost sheep, still lost and
wandering, as | also once was! If Jesus
has so loved me, how / ought to love him
Brethren, | dare not, at this hour, say a
word against other Christian people, though
| might fairly do So but l will accuse my
Iself and own that | have hardly caught SC
much as an idea of what a cOnsecrated man
ought to be. l have read the lives ofthOs6
of Gods servants whose enthusiasm has
been fervent, and whose conservation has
been complete, and have felt that they
were like a huge Colossus, and | a dwarf
walking under their huge legs. Oh, but tC
serve Christ as he ought to be served does
not mean giving Him trife now and theT
out of our estate, and never knowing thai
we have given it. 1t means pinching our
selves right eheerfully to serve his cause
1t does not mean saying good word some
times for him when it would be shameful
to be silent, but it means making our Who'll,
life testimony to his dear love. 1t doe
not mean giving him the candle ends an(
cheese parings of our souls, niggardly dol
, ing out to Him what we would give beg
gar at the door; but it means the rendering
up of body, soul, and spirit--the surrende
of our entire nature to be offered in sacre
flee
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Genuine ReliQion illustrated

People think that that is the Christian
who lies back in his chair and has glorious
visions and experiences. ooh! such a
good time, such joyful time, as | have
had % man says. Well, let me see him a
day or two afterwards, and | can tell better
whether it is a regular Christian expert
ence or not
Here is a man that has a quarrel. He
never has lost a chance to say an ugly thing
or to have an ugly thing said against him !;
and his wife and children have taken it up !;
and here is set of families that have warm
times. They are as spiteful as cats and
dogs, and throw sparks like a blacksmith s
forge all the time And this man is a
roaring good Christian He goes to meet
feelings are all aglow. And it is all right.
He does not feel just as he says he does.
There is no hypocrisy in his profession.
He takes his hymn book, and the minister
happens to be fortunate, and the hymn
comes right home, and circumstances CON
cur, and the electric influences are favora-
bic, and he wont go home until twelve
O'Clock. de has sung twenty hymns; and
he does feel as if he could not keep himself
| on the ground. "a little more, Lord" he
says, and / shall fly away"
Now ] want to see if tomorrow he will
90 to that neighbor andsay, "Look here,
/ my dear fellow, we are wrong-at any rate
| I am, whether you areor not. have been
ugly. Forgive me, | had such good time
last night that must clean my heart. My
pride must come down, and | must be rec.
ouciled to you
He did have a good time, and that is the
sign that the feeling which he experienced
was genuine That he roared his HYMN.
joyfuIly was no sign of it; that he had al
ecstacy of prayer was no sign of it; bu
that, having an elevation, he changed i
to a moral purpose; that out of that feeline
he wrought garments of duty that out OF
that experience he came to his fellow-meI
more sympathetic, more humble, mort
Christ-like-ah! that was a sign that tn,
feeling was a gentle one. Otherwise i
would have been simply sign of self-in
diligence.
4 man that takes his excess ofmoral anC
emotive feelings, is just as dissipated as if
he raised the tone of his physical feeling
by physical stimulants. / am not institu
ting a comparison as to which is the better
and which is the worse. l merely say tina
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29
The Loved Wife.

Here is the best tribute to woman we
ever read: Only let a woman be sure she
is pr ciOus to her husband-nOt useful, not
valuable, not convenient, simply, but love
IL and beloved let her be the recipient of
his hearty attentions let her feel that heT
cares and love are noticed, appreciated
and returned; let her opinion be asked
ard her Judgment respected in matters OF
which she Is cOgnizant; in short, let her
only be Seioved, honored and cherished
in the fulfllment Of her marriage VOW, and
she will be to her husband, children, and
society a well-spring of happiness. She
will bear pain and toll and anxiety, fol
her husbands love to her is tower and
fortress. Shielded and sheltered therein
adversely will have lost its sting. She may
suffer but sympathy will dull the edge of
sorrow. A house with love in it-and by
love | mean love expressed by words anc
looks and deeds, for / have not one spark
of faith in love that never crops outs tC
a house without love as a person to a ma
chine one is life, the other mechanism
The unloved woman may have bread JUS
as light, house just as tidy as the other
but the latter has spring of beauty ab0u
her, a joyousness, a penetrating kindness
to which the former is an entire stranger
The deep happiness of her heart shines on
in her face. 1t is airy and graceful, anC
warm and welcoming with her presence
she is full of devices and plots and swee
surprises for her husband and family
She has never done with the poetry and 70
nance Of life. She herself is lyric poem
setting herself to all pure and graceful
melodies Humble household ways ant
duties have for her a golden significance
The prize makes her calling high, and tn
end sanctifes the means. Love is heaven
and heaven is love- - hristian AdU0cate
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Pulpit Spice and Pastry

From Freemans Sermons an exchange
takes this extract
1t is in vain to demand of the settled
ministers of the Gospel, who are constant
ly preaching to the same people, and who,
in the course of year, deliver a hundred
sermons in the pulpit, the same style of ell
Oquence which distinguishes the celebrated
preachers, who have appeared only on par
ticular occasions The sermon which is
filled with tropes and figures, with glowing
language, with pathetic addresses, in a
word, with the graces and energies of the
superior kinds of Oratory, is loudly called
for by many. Why do not our ministers,
it is asked preach like the divines of the
French nation, or deliver their sermons
with the life and pathOs of Whitfield? The
answer is, that the French divines, who
have gained so much renOwn, preached on
| ly in Lent and Advent and that Whitfield,
who, it must be confessed, possessed aston
ishing powers of oratOry, and great knOwl-
edge of human nature, never remained
| long in one place, but as soon as he per-
ceived that the attention of his auditors
was beginning to drOop, he fled to another
/ part of the country. In truth, the animat-
\ ed style Of eloquence is not designed for
common use; it is q mere luxury, dish to
be served up on holy days The figures
which enrich this species of style do not
grow on every tree; correct ana elegant
simile and metaphors are rare productions.
The settled ministers of the gospel must be
content to supply their tlocks with the
plain and substantial food of religion. If
they are constantly aiming at something
more exquisite, they will, ere long become
DISCLAIMERS, and enthusiasts; they will soon
get to the end of their stock Of images and
glowing expressions, and will 60 over them
again and again; they will grow affected
and artificial; and though there will still
be an appearance of heat, yet it will be a
mere appearance for their language will
be colder than the rays of a December
moon. As the truth of these observations
is established by experience, you, my breth-
rem, will be satisfied with that moderate
warmth, which will last through life and
you will consider him as useful preacher
who wins you to virtue and piety, or con
firms you in them, by little and little, tho
he seldom make a deep impression in amy
particular discourse.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29
The Cross and Crown

How warm and bright the sunshine lies
Upon that western hill;
hear the children's laughing shout,
While playing by the riil; a1
o, mother, shall ever run,
And play with them again
Will God remove from me this lot
OF helplessness and pain
The mother stroked those dark brown curl
And kiss'd that aching brow:
"My son, we ask G ID of His ways,
But He replies not now.
Through devious paths His chosen ones
Were led for many day,
Whilst the fair Canaan that they loved
Beyond the desert lay"
He silent on his pillow turn'd:
She took the Word of God,
Anu read him through the Holy Land
The Saviour's feet once trod;
How in the garden low He knelt,
Bow'd underneath our woes,
Then at the Gentlle's judgment seat
Stood meekly mid His foes.
His sacred temples SCARED and torn
His gentle words reViled,
His heavy cross with patience borne:
All, think of this, my child
And how, while rocks asunGer rent,
And skies were veipd in night.
He spoke to lift one dying soul
From darkness into light.
80 yes, He bore for you and me
That load of pain and care;
And shall we murmur at the cross
Which for time we bear?
Nay, rather let US be like Him,
And suffer patiently,
Till he shall stoop to pick US up,
His glorious face to see."
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29
Comfort.

From an article by Rev. Theo. Cuyler in
the Independent we call the closing words
to the afflicted:
Open the shutter of your dark chamber,
and let these three ineffable rays beam in
God is perfect in knoaCIedge, he knows what
is best for you. God is perfect in p0ger,
he Is able to do what is best for you. God is
tooe, and the heavens will fall before he
harms hair of his children's heads Now
put these three rays together, and they form
this blessed pencil Of light; He hath done
all things WE'LL Fl
'To have each day the things wish,
Lord! seemeth best to me-
But not to have some things wish,
Lord seemeth best TO Thee
"Henceforth then let Thy will be donel
Though mine, 0 God, be crossed;
Ills good to see my plans o'ert brown,
Ayself in Thee all IostP'
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-29
Woman's Education and Power.

Under the heading of Important Meet
ing of New York Ladies" the city papers
report the proceedings of an assembly of
women held on the last day of May, and
presided over by Mrs Marshall o. Roberts
We have received a copy of the resolutions
adopted on the occasion, with request to
publish them. They strike us as very SEN
sible. Their practical suggestions regarding
the employments, education, and expedient
reliefs of the sex show well in contrast with
the radicalism on the question of woman's
wrights which has lately become rampant
in conventions and feminine journals, and
which seems determined to render the
whole sex ridiculous in America, by imita
ting and transcending, in noise and strife,
the political demagogism of the country.
This meeting was held, it appears, in re-
Spouse to a call of the Secretary of the
american Womans Educational Assoca-
ton" 1t discussed the adaptations of this
society to represent It's views, as expressed
in its resolutions, and, commencing it as
suitable for the purpose, embodied its SEN
timents in the following statements:
Resolved, l. That one cause of the de
pressed condition OF woman is the fact that
the distinctive profession of her sex. as the
nurse Of infancy and Of the sick as educa-
tor of childhood and as the chief minister
of the family state, mas not been duly hon
ored, nor such provision been made for its
scientific and practical training as is accord
ed to the other sex for their professions :;
and that it is owing TO this neglect that
women are driven to seek honor and indie
pendence III the institutions and the profess
siOns of men.
2. That the science OF domestic ecOnO-
my in its various branches involves more
important interests than any other human
science and that the evils suffered by wom-
en- would be extensively remedied by estab-
fishing institutions for training woman for
her profession, which shall be as generous
ly endowed as are the institutions Of men,
many of which have been largely endowed
by women.
3. That the science of domestic econo-
my should be made study in all institu-
tions for girls and that certain practical
lemployments of the family state should be
made a part of common school education,
especially the art Of sewing, which is so
needful for the poor and that we will use
our influence to secure these important
measures.
4. That every young woman should be
trained to some business by which she can
earn an independent livelihood in case Of
poverty.
s.. That, in addition to the various in
door employments suitable for women
there are other outdoor employments espec-
tally favorable to health equally suitable
such as raising fruits and flowers, the cul.
ture of silk and cotton, the raising of bees
and the superintendent of dairy farms
and manufactures. All of these offer ave.
nues towealth and independence for womer
as properly as men, and schools for impart
ing to women the science and practice of
l these employments should be provided anC
) as literally endowed as are the agricultural
1 schools for men.
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one is intemperance just as much as the 9th
er, though one is grosser than the other, and
is more disastrous in undoing the very
structure of the body itself And men
ought to be made to understand that there
is no such thing as moral intoxication, and
that man can take religious feeling and
that he can-what shall say ?-imbibe,
and lmbibe and imbibe, for no other reason
than it feels so good. til sedf-indulgence.
1t Is luxury-a higher luxury, to be sure.
And he inbibes and imbibes, and is more
joyful. He is not better man, but is
much happier man. And he imbibes and
lmblbes, until by and by he swigs and
lswlgs; and the man is besotted | have
seen men that were literally debauched at
the top of their brain, and who had gone
into a systematic self-indulgence. They
never We're happy except under circum-
stances where they had this peculiar form
OF enjoying themselves. asf -sa.- M
LII found that thewhole form ofthis en-
Joyment was mighty spring that was pres
sing them towards self-denial for the sake
OF their fellow men; if found that it was
securing their morals-white as snow; if
found that 1t was multiplying the avenues
OF their usefulness if / found that they
were gentle and meek in following Christ,
then should say that there was no moral
intemperence there. Feeling which, be-
ginning as feeling, has transmitted itselfin-
TO life and conduct, and become wholesale
that is genuine piety; that is true Chris
tan character but the mere feeling with
out the transmutation is nothing ofthe kind
is not desirable. If it is not going to be
transmitted into anything but emotion, it is
not only an undesirable thing, it is q dan
gerous thing.
Let us take instances that are familiar tC
us in common life. A man sits in his door
aud sees bully abusin. child that IL
weak, gentle, mild and meek and the mar
is terrifcaliy indignant. He fairly swears
with rage to see such an abominable bully
abuse such a helpless boy. A very stale
and quiet apprentice in shop near by
: witnesses the occurrence. He does not fee
half so much Indignation, but he drops his
tools, and claps on his paper cap, and rush
es out into the street, and knocks that bully
and sends him sprawling to the ground
and when three or four of the bully's com
panions come out to help him, the appren
, tice squares up to them, and he appals the
whole of them, and he rescues the boy.
should like to know which of the two lei
felt indignation best and most salutarv
; One felt it in his heart, and the other fell
it in his fist. In one it took the form of
! helpless protest-the form of lazy indigna
ton in lazy man. And so he sat anC
|, reeked with indignation. The other mar
Transmitted his Indignation into fire which
carried him out and made him the cham
= pion and protector of the weak, aud the
punisher of the oppressor. say that The
last feeling was the hearty feeling feel
, ing that took on the form of action instant
ly.-Henry Ward Beecher.
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PETITION FOR DIVORCE

fsFO THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT
u of the State of Vermont, next to be holden
at lrasburgh, within and tor the County of Or
leans, on the 18th day of August, A. D., 1869.
Your petitioner, Harriet A. Babbitt, of Derby,
in said Orleans County. represents that t
Charleston, in said County, on the first day of
November, A. D., 1859, she was lawfully mar
rled TO John j. Babbitt, then of said Charles
ton, by Durkee Cole, then Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly authorized to SOL
emnze said marriage between said parties. That
from the date of said marriage, said parties lived
together as husband and wife, in said Derby and
at Stanstead, in the Dominion of Canada, until
about the 9th day of March, A. D., 1865, when
the said John J. Babbitt wilfuliy deserted your
petitioner, and has never since returned to her
and is now in parts unknown. That so long as
the said parties lived together and ever since
| your petitioner has at all times kept aud per-
formed all the duties and obligations imposed
upon her by her said marriage covenant, and
that she has resided in said Orleans County fol-
more than two years last past.
| Your petitioner also represents that she by the
said John j. Babbitt had one daughter, Ella
Jane Babbitt, now nine years old, and son
Freddy S. Babbitt, now five years old. And foi
the causes set forth, she asks that divorce may
| be granted her from the bonds of matrimony
with said John j. Babbitt and the care and Gus
| tody of said children given to her and that she
may be allowed to resume her maiden name
Dated at Derby this Sth day of June, A. d.
! 1869.
| HARRIET A. BAbBITT.
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Commend me to the Christian who when
the Sabbath-bell rings, consults his con-
science rather than his barometer Com
mend me to be a follower of Jesus who
chooses death or defeat rather than deser-
ton. Commend me to him who, when du-
ty sounds her trumpet, is always ready tc
answer, ''Lord what wilt Thou have me to
|do?" He is Christ's minute-man.
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| have lived to know that the great secret
of human happiness is this: Never suffer
your energies to stagnate. The old adage
of "too many irons in the fire." conveys an
untruth. You cannot have too many-po-
kerr, tongs, and all-keep them all going
adam Clarke.
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HARRIET A. BABBITT
STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS CO., s

STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS CO., SIS.
The foregoing petition of Harriet A. Rabbit,
having been presented to me and it appearing
that the said John ]. Babbitt resides without
this State:
1t is ordered that he be notified to be and ap-
pear before the Supreme Court, next to be hold
en- at lrasburgh. in said Orleans County, on the
18th day of August, A. D., 1859, to answer to the
foregoing petition and abide the order of Court
thereon, by publication of this petition and order
three weeks successfully in the Independent
Standard, published at Barton, in said County,
the last of which publication shall be at least six
weeks before the term of said Court.
Given under my hand this Sth day of June,
a. d., 1869, at Derby in said Orleans County.
BENZ. H. STEELE,
Zow3 Judge of Supreme Court.
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A golden opportunity was certainly lost
by Thomas, one of the twelve, when, the
doors being shut, Jesus came into the as
sembly of the other disciples and said,
Peace be unto you;" and many in the
church since, even at this hour, are accus-
toned to initiate his bad example. Neg
lecting the social meetings of the church
for prayer and sharing his wretched unbe-
lief, they never obtain that heavenly peace
(which passes all understanding, and
which can be experienced only by those
who bear the easy yoke of Christian fdeli-
ty --.-.. .t.--f BE-.
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OF Barton, Vermont, has returned from her
Spring visit to Boston, with q carefully selected
stock Of the freshest Goods of the season, Bon
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10 Stebbins' Block, Barton, vt.