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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-02-24

Looking at each other across the river,
across the valley, are the white stones that
mark the sleeping places Of our dead. The
little brown mounds grow more frequent in
the village cemeteries, and sad professions
have Of late, with mouruiul trequence, wound
up the path to the resting place where the
cradles, now withoui rockers lie silent and
dumb.
The tiny soul-buds just soieuiug and swell
ing in the sunshine Of paternal love, just
throwing the dimpled tendrils around our
necks, and tunbling sweet, broken syllables
in our ears, are, with one gust Of snow, swept
away aud hidden in the ground. There are
the empty chair, the silent playthings, the
little dress, limp for the want Of the little
form, and the crumplel shoes that will be
dcnted no more with pattering feet all wreath
ed with sad remembrauces Of the happy hours
when the closed eyes danced with wonder at
each fresh sight Of the new creation.
Love for the little ones is all the world
round the same The sparrow croons just
as tenderly over her " brownies as the oriole
over hers, clothed in velvet and gold. Hearts
are inside Of u all, aHd1io costly weaving
nmkes love the less or more. Brown hands
can build castles in the air As deity as white
fingers and all wiring with equal sorrow at
the wreck
But think how full Of pleasaniness the lit
tie lives have hsen the unfinished ring Of
their tiny years has been plated all around
with love aud blossoms, the scent Of the ilacs
and the lilies. The memory Of earessings
that in after years we forget, the dear ones
carry with them TO Heaven. Bunished from
one paradise to anothef-irom this, where
shadows sometimes drive away smiles, to where
there are no shadows any more
Sad it is to die young 1, it not .adder TO
die old
How many there are that have babies that
never grow up, that live lifelong in the mem-
ory us the little ones that never wandered til
we laid them quietly down beneath that green
coyerlid that necdeth smoothing and softening
no more
Upon that mysterious, unknown sea thas
rolls all around the world, how many little
souls daily drift out Mothers in every land
are crying on the shore. OF their great loss,
in anguish and IN tears But yonder inyisi-
Bile hands welcome the little earih-orphans,
and celestial voices shout in glad delight that
another angel is born in Heaven l-Radii.
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A Cheerful Face.

Carry the radiance Of your soul in your
face. Let the world have the benefit of it,
Let your cheerfuness be felt for good wher-
ever you are and let your smiles be scattered
like sunbeams, "on the just as well as ON the
unjust" Such disposition viii yield you a
rich reward, for its happy effects will come
home to you, and brighten your moments Of
thought.
Checriulness makes the mind clear, gives
tone to the thought, adds grace and beauty
to the eountenance. Joubert says, "When
you give, give with JOY and smiling
Smiles are little things, cheap articles, to
be lraught with SO many blessings both to the
gver aud the receiver, pleasant little ripples
to watch as we stand on the shore OF every
day life They are our higher, better natures
responses to the emotions Of the soul.
Let the children have the benefit Of them !
those little ones who need the sunshine OF the
heart to cheer them, and would find a level
for their buoyant natures in the cheerful low
ing face of those who lead them.
Let them not be kept from the middle-aged,
who need the encouragement they bring,
Give your smiles also to the aged. They
come to them like the quiet rain Of summer
making fresh and yerdant the long, weary path
of life They look for them from you sThc
are rejoicing il the fulness of life
BE gentle aud indugent to all. Loy,
the true, the beautiful, the just the holy,
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~ lou lhti was nor reply.
He rang the bell and in a few moments a
young lady entered the room and placed a
lamp upon the table. She turned, as If to
leave the room when her eye rested upon
the young man. With a look Of surprise she
reached out her hand, saying
How do you do, Mr.. Hendrick. was
not aware Of your being in town"
Nellie could restrain her mirth no longer,
and with one long silvery laugh, she turned
about and faced her brother
Mr. Hammond"
He sprang to his feet.
can answer you now. | think you
could make me happy that is, if you would
like your sister for a wife"
viii Hendrick knew not what to say. He
could only look at the little mischiefmaker,
half angrly, half amused lie could not
seem to comprehend the scene, he was so
struck with astonishment. Rose was just be-
ginning to see the joke, and soon the whole
truth flashed upon her, and she Joined her
laugh with Ncllics.
1t would be impossible to relate all that
was said, or the manner in which Nellie jokcd
him on all occasions The whole affair was
explained, Nellie telling her brother that she
recognized his handwriting and thought she
would punish him for answering an advertise
ment.
win Hendrick is called Charley" to this
day, by his sister and his little wife, who
is none other than Rose, often laughs at him
about his first love and his proposal
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The t'ite-Sid


BY ALFRED y. srnEEr
In ~ days that are gone an old garret know.
Waere onen la sleep have lain
Whe small dormcr window crouched squat llkc
toad,n
A7a stared on the barn In the lane.
In Tho waspy dark roof a largc knot have watched
TIL u turned to a tight clinging bat,
Aud I've seen In q corner two stars blazing out
Tho twin gemmy ewes Of the cat
addie.bow stood by a rusty keyed flute,
saddle hostrided beam,
And rs strrups down dangcd in looping II brass,
And the bride BIT sent out CLEAN.
pie of old bottles dull Uttered a nook,
with glare ghasty white from Il ahod
And spider had spun his gray wheels oer a book
Whose pages with Crime were o'erspread.
How on have I lain with the rain on the roof
Shifting loud like the tread ofa host
Or De rumble aud tumble Of waves a. they roll
On the low sounding line ofa coast.
Oh the dreams that the tread Of that rain called forth
A. lay in the twilight Of sleep
II was music that charmed me, but not Of tho earth.
Bat fairy land soemn and deep.
Yes, the garrct crown Of the dwoling, IL lins
lts brow TO the breeze of the sky,
10 Is brndled with hues from the cloud as Il drrs
And the moon-tints like pearls in IL iie
Boranrir thue lived with his bashhl Lisetto
Whero with sure shawls he blinded the pane.
Thorc as,,uson With Rasselas paid on biz debit
And GOLDSMITH wor bread with bis brain
lt Is nearer TO heaven than after life known
realm fitted ovor the din
And Che hopes thnt illumine IL dusky domain
Are free from the oloudiug OF sln,
For youths hopes are pure they are horn In the heart
And they know that lifs's soul-staining blight
For hope when It pershos turns 70 spear.
That we grasp with rcycngefu delight.
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If sheet Of paper ON which a key has
been laid, be exposed for some minutes to the
sunshine, and then instantaneously viewed In
the dark, the key being removed, a fading
spectre Of the key will he visible. Let this
paper be put aside for many months, where
nothing can disturb it, aud thenin darkness
be laid on plate Of hot metal, the spectre
Of the key will again appear. This IN equal
ly true of our minds Every man we meet
every book we read, every picture or land
scape we see, every word or tone we hear
leaves its image on the brain. These traces,
which under ordinary circumstances are in-
visible, never fade, but in the intense Light of
cerebral excitement start into prominence,
just as the spectre image of the key started
into sight on the application of heat. II is
thus with all the influences TO which we are
subjected.
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7 0 FA r NJ L r S .

THE Lodi Manufacturing Co., invite Farmers and
others using manures to send for pamphlet descriptive
oftheir Fertilizers. They offer their
DOUBLE REFINED PoUDRETTE,
equal to the best phosphate at the low price Of
$500 per ton on board In New York They also make
superior articles OF NITRO PHOSPHATE PuRE BOSK
DUST.
We ask Attention 10 the Folioping Te'fiaoHials.
Bradley Ingalls, of sheffield, Vt SAYS, "Your Double
Refined POudretto has bScn tried side BY Side with Coe
Bradley's Superphosphate and Bradieys \ l. and one
two other kinds, and II has given good
any On Corn, four with manure my Uncle
raised two bushels with Bradley's L. one and three
quarter bushels, and with Double Refined poudretto
fhTee bnshsis."
Danl. d. Beckwlth, Now London, CT. SAYS, sin re-
gard 10 Poudfette can truly say like 1t hest Of any
Fertilizer yaye tried In hill or drill aud taking
the price into account your Nitro Phosphate Of Lime Is
ahead Of anything have ever used In producing crop
without stable manure"
Stafford Colby, OF Jonesyille, W. says, "My crop was
much earlier and lHrger,N
o. Dornan, swanton, w. says, 81 had third more
potatoes larger and better than where used nonen
Y. II. Brownel Essex Junction, VI. says " raised
hrst-rato crop with d. r. Poudrette where oompara-
lively nothing had before been raised, and whore my
neghb0rs said no crop was ever raised OF could be
raised"
W. d Munson, Of Malletps Ray House, Burlington W.
says where have used II, 1t has paid me dOubly."
Address,
~. d. The Lodi Manufacturing Co.,
Ohee &C Cortlandt 81. Box 3l39 New York r. o.
or James g. Pierce Son,
5o55 ,.. Burlington, VI.
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IUCIlU
lFlam DI.pea.a.ory d the United s,a,s,.I

DIOsMA cRENATA-BUCuU LEAVES
frgpeFAef.'fher oior is struug, dinusive and come
what aromatic their taste bittorsh, and analogous "
Msd.on Properii,, and U,s.-Buohu leave. arc gently
sumulant with peculiar tendency 10 the Urinary Or
They are given in complaints Of the Urinary or.ans
such Gravel Chronic Catarrh Of the Bladder Morbid
Irritation Of the Bladder aud Urctha, Disease Of the
Prostate Gland aud Retention or incontneuce Of Urine
from loss OF tone In the pars concerned IN 10
ton The remedy has also been recommended In Dys
Pepsa Chronic Rheumatlsm, Cutaneous Affections aud
Dropsy,
nelinbods Extract Bueha is used by persons from III.
ages Of Is 70 - and from IS 10 s5 or IN ths decline or
Netting IN children.
In affections peculiar to females the Extract Buchu Ia
unequaled by any Other remedy, as in Choross, Re-
tenton irroguary Paiuianess or Suppression OF Gus
tonafy Evacuatons liberated sehr0us state Of the
Uterus, Leucorrhea or Whites
Diseases q iAs Blai4,r, kaaey, G,asi, ana nTsgsca
ton and eKetes the Ahsorbents into healthy action by
which Tho Natsry CalcareoaF dispositions, and an
Unnatural EnlarEements reduced, vol a. Pain
Helmbolds Extract Buehu has cured every case Of
Dabetes IN whioh has been given. Irritation Of the
Neck, OF the bladder. inflammation Of tho Kidneys
and Bladder Retention Of Urine Diseases Of the Prostate
Dust Deposit aud Mucus OF Mlky Discharge and i0r
enfeebled and delicate constitutions Of both At
Exertlon Loss OF Power Loss u Memory Difficulty Of
breathing, Weak Nerves Ireinang, Horror u Dseaae,
Nakeiuiness Dmnes Of Vision Pain In the Back, Hot
Hands, Flushing of the Body, Dryness Of the skin,
Eruption on the Face. Palld countenanec, Universal
Lassituje of the Masncular System, &c.
Helmholds Extract Buchu b Diurctc and Hood
Purifying, and cures all Diseases arising from habits u
dissipation, and mprudouccs in fc impurities
Of the Blood &c., sqpersedng Copalha in affections or
which y used such GouorrhWa elects u long stand
ing and Syphic Anoctnns-in these diseases. used n
connection with ligLupoLDs BosE WASH.
Sold BY all Druggists and dea.ers everywhere. De
ware OF counterfeit. Ask for Helmboids Take no
other Prirs-sl . per bottle, bottles for s65
Delivered any addres Describe . mptoms in all com
municatons.
Addtess II. 7. HELNBoLD, sel Broadway. n. Y.
NONE ARE GENUINE UNLESS Done
~ up in steel-engraved wrapper, with facsimile Of
my Chemical Warehouse, and signed
5l60-daW H. r. HELMDOLO.
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DESPAIR NOT. YOU ARR NOT YET INCURABLE
RELIEF Is AT HAND

hEl4ltf ID Al nANbt
isFES ro rHE volcE OF ExPEEiESCS One Word to
IL the Dying should arrest the attention and wake the
alarm Of Young Men In ouF community, where many
sinking under that long array Of evils that arise
that dreadful scourge, solitary vice and other iDdsere
uons aud youthful lndulgcnces, Listen, Young Men,
ere Il is too late and suffering la eneryaed youth pre-
mature old arising fom that secret habit which
dermines the bodily health and the mental powers Re
member aud seek the trre ply ysieian Dr. FREDERICK
MORRILL,, of No. q, Howard Street Boston. DO not
proerastinate, but 20 eary,-go when unerring ymp-
toms tell you your condition, when you sensible Of
Weakness IN the Back and Limbs, Loss and Prostraton
Of the Animal Functions and Muscular Power Dcrange-
ment OF the Digestive Organs, Dyspopuc Ailments Gen
oral Debility and the common symptoms Of Lung Dis
we'll as the most terrible mental effects such
Weakness Of Mind Alienation and Loss OF Memory Rest
lessness IN sleep, Confusion OF Ideas Depression Of
Spirits, ilahual Sadness and Dsquieude Longing for
Change, Evil forabOding Avoidance Of Society aud Love
Of Soltude aud Retirement, Timdity, Mental Uneasi-
ness Headache, and indeed degree OF Insanity almost
terminating in absolute madness Co. young when
nature thus bends beneath the abuse heaped upon
and let no false delicacy deter you from the wise course
Go 10 DR.. Morrill, and he will give you restored heath
when the body s oYerthrown and the mind wrecked he
and has cured innumcrabo OF Nocturnal Ems-
sion and other terrible nnietlons from this fruitful
OF disease.
In eases too Of Gonorrhoea syphilis Venereal Com
plants and others Of similar nature, have
the result you place yourself under his charge his Is
the voice Of experience and he has cured more
than any other living ply sieian has administered
to every form OF Private Disease and his remedies are
sure safe speedy and nallihle perfect cure is guar
anseed. and radical cure Is always effected.
The Doctors Female Monthly Drops the only sure
cure for all suppressons and Irregularities that wore
WI ehSeu ioi seis m tuis elf. lntse drops are nc-
knowedgcd 20 DO the best In the world for removing
1truetons and producing regularity IN all Of
lrrcgularlty, Supprcssons &C. &c whether rignatng
from cold any other causes. They remarkably
mild safe and sure and the most convincing proofs oi
their virtues the benefit which have been realized BY
he afflicted in their use The Drops can be- obtained At
office, No, IS Howard Street Boston, with directions
for use. All letters attended to- and medicines dlree-
IONS &C., forwarded Immediately. A65
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nliscGlla


nv ROBERT BuoHASAs.
terror isln the city,
ny night and by day,
And whenever that terror passes
trcmblo and pray,
And the eye ofmy soul closes swifly
To shut u away.
Not the mcor OF the wording,
Tho snlrk Of the saint,
Not the poor lost women
With their smile Of paint
But faces, and ever iaccs,
With q warnlrg faint.
Faces, aud ever faces
They pnss on the stream
Piteous human faces,
Like things in a dream.
Morning and night and moat awhd
In the ga,light CLEAN.
PAGES, terrible faces.
with a tale unsaId.
Fixed human faces
Whence the llght has ned
ANNNHH NlA'A NNNN AAf'NHf
Where the soul Is deaf
Faces lost pale iaces
Ofthe rich or the poor,
FaccF of hearts whore moannoss
Hath cat 10 the core,
faocs-thc signs Of spirIts
That muse no more
The sadness of these faces
L. sad beyond bOhef
Meaner than The shrill sorrow
Oftho harlot or tho thief,
The gladnesa OF these faces
Is sadder than their grisf
o, there seems hope for evil,
Though blopdiest crime behlll-
But life that hath neither beauty
Nor foulncss--it IL so small
Alas, for the frozen spirits
That DO not stir at all
They gather the gold and raimeut,
They buy and they pay
But, ah at the glimpse OF their faces
trembla and pray,
And the eye Of my soul closes quickly
To shut them away.
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A Fable.


THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
Once on time, there was a man who went
into the wood to cut hop-poles, but could find
no trees so long, and straight, and slender. as
he wanted, till he came hi eh up under great
heap Of stones There he heard groans and
moans as though some one was at Deaths
door. So he went up to see who it was that
needed help, and then he heard that the noise
came from under great fat stone which lay
upon the heap Ii was so heavy il would
have taken many man to lift it. But the
man went down again into the wood aud cut
down a tree, which he turned into lever,
aud with that he tilted up the stone, and 10
out from under 1t crawed dragon, and made
at the man to swallow him up. But the man
said he had saved the dragons life, and it
was shameful thanklessness in him to want to
eat him up.
May be- said the dragon but you
might very well know | must be starved when
have been hundreds Of years aud never tast-
ed meat. Besides it's the way Of the world,
that's how it pays its debts"
The man pleaded his cause stoutly and
begged heartily for his life and at last they
agreed to take the first living thing that came
for days man, and If his doom went the
other way the man should not lose his life,
but if he said the same as the dragon, the
dragon should eat the man.
The first that came was an old hound, who
ran along the road down below under the hill
side. Him they spoke to, and begged him to
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TEMPER;


4" Bedlam let loose Pandemonium in re-
belion Chaos turned inside out what is
the reason man can't be allowed to sleep
peaceably in the morning without this ever.
lasting racket raised about his ears Chill.
dren crying-doors slamming-I will know
the reason of all this uproar ~
Mr.. Luke Darcy shut the door Of his bed
room with considerable emphasis. and went
straight to the breakfast parlor.
All was bright aud quiet aud pleasant
there; the coal Swapping and sparkling in
the CRATE, the china and silver neatly arrang-
ed On the spotless damask cloth, and the
green parrot drowsily winking his yellow eyes
in the sunny glow Qf the eastern window. -
Bedlam plainly wasn't located just there, aud
MIR. Darcy went stormily up stairs to the
nursery
All ! the field of battle was reached at last
Mrs. Darcy sat in her little low chair before
the fire, trying to quiet the screams of an
eight months old baby, scion of the house of
Darcy, while another rosy boy of five years
lay on his back, prone on the floor, kicking
and crying in an ungovemabIe ft of childish
passion.
Mrs Dar-ey!" enunciated Luke, with
slow aud ominous precision, "may inquire
what all this means? Are You aware that it
Is fifteen minutes past nine o'clock ? DO you
know that breakfast Is waiting =
Come Freddy sand 'he perplexed Mrs
Darcy striving vr''ny TO MI the rS6e'I'on'
urchn up by Que ArpI. Come Freddy, you
are going to be good, now, mamma is sure,
anu get up TO oe washed,
N--o---o roared Master FREDDY, per
,oru''"g orisN ui''oo on ,ne carpet WIN ms
"eeIs, Ia a"u e'aw.ng .ue AT ,urlouS'y
h'Ae an aVe"gng Vui'urc' hr' parey
pas,;eJ .;,, ' 80 49,, nnd A. "a
ne tev nnob his scrsams ''' W. ''''
:. Nv sir ,o, c,r or, :, o,, a, ,on, la;s
nro Evol,,n nnrso i. .;t;na Co.. ,he hahr
Wou 1o down 81, 90 bro,ke's, H. - ~ '"' ''''
!. ri IuLe " besitatsd Mrs. narc, =. 90,
,,,,,,, -, Fr,lI, ,h,roln
"WontT9 ri iitetotnow not9 Tt.
temner md nothing elsc that at The bot.
to,n If ali ,hese de5,on.trat;ons and IN I'm aon D"
ourr that t,,orer or I'll NOW tbe reason uhv
II onght ia have been checked Iong ago I'M
you sre 20 riIieulous,y inJul,euf Tberes
no,hing have so little Tolerance far as n bod
tenuer -notbing that ought 10 he 40 nromnt.
ly and severely dealt with"
:. But if HEN say he's sorry, Luke2"
Mr.. Darcy raped sharply at the panc,s of
the door.
Z" Are you sorry for your nauehtiness,
Young manYn
4 fresh outburst of screams and renewal
of The tattoo was all the answer.
.,I'm sure he's sorrv Juke y nleoded the
all extenuatine mother, but Mr.. Darcy shook
his head.
Entire submission is the only thing |
will listen to-" he said shortly. II tell YOU.
EVELYN. [ am determined TO uproot this tenn.
per.
EVELYN, with a dewy moisture shadow
ing her eyelashes, and dull ache at her
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sticks and brooms to beat Reynard aud to
tell the truth, they nearly banged the life out
Of him but, just as It was almost over with
him, and he thought his last hour was come,
he found hole in the door, and so crept out,
and limped and hohbled Of to the woods
Oh, oh, said Rcynard "how true it is.
'ris the way Of the world and this is how
II pays It's debts. ."-ORce Week.
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Fur the Ladies.
WHEN THE GRASS SHALL COVER ME-

WHEN THE GRASS SHALL COVER MI
When the grass shall cover mo
Head to foot whore am lying
Whom not any wind that blows,
sqnmof blooms nor psntor snow,
Shall awake mo 10 your sigling,
Close above me ~ you pass,
You will say How kind sho was"
You will say "I How true she was.n
Whom the grass grows over me.
When the grass shall cover me,
Holden close 10 carth's warm bosom,
While laugh, or weep, or sing,
Novormore, for anythingt
You will nnd in blade and blossom,
Sweet small voices odorous,
Tender pleadors In my cause,
That shall speak me as was
When the grass grows over the.
When the grass shall cover me,
All, beloved, In my sorrow,
Very patient can wait
knowing that or soon or late,
There viii dawn a clearer morrow
When your heart will moan "Alss.
Now know how true .he was
Now know how doar She WIS.,
When The grass grows over me.
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The Secrets Of Love or Turkish Charm Of Eden, the
Arabian Love phter and sulanas Great Secret Of ac
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Songs, Valuable Receipts beautiful Arts, How to Get
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Address, II. p. WOOD,
Jan, s, 1869 (47i6O Vernon, N. J.
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There is a tree in Kansas, at the mouth
Of the Fall river, that isnine feet in diameter,
thirty feet in circumference, aud rams up
straight as an arrow forty feet, without limbs.
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Women have no greater weakness for
dress than men. Any opinion to the contrary
Is founded on the fact that the dress Of women
is more demonstratiye and snowy This does
not, however, involve a greater expenditure.
A man sees the last Of a 500 bill in getting
suit of clothes woman spends $50, and is
accused of indefensible extravaganza. or ten
men and ten women, taken in the street as
they come, il will be found that the men spend
two dollars TO one of the women. OF course
a majority of men won't admit this but 1t Is
the truth, nevertheless.