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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29

AN ignorant fellow, who was about to be
married, resolved to make himself perfect in
the response Of the marriage service, but by
mistake he committed the office of baptism
for those Of ripper years so when the clergy
man asked him in the church, Wilt thou
have this woman to be thy welded wife p
the bridegroom answered in solemn tone,
" renounce them all % The astonished min
lister said, 8" think you are fool !" to
which he replied, "All this | steadfnstly be-
lieven
"A yagrant who had been fined regularly
several weeks for drunkenness, requested the
magistrate to fine him by the year at reduced
rates
The following " notice" is posted on a
fence in a London suburb " Whoever is
found trespassing on these grounds will be
shot and prosecuted.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER 90 IS

look like the picture Of his mothers grand.
mother, with a high-crowncd, widcbordered
cap, and broad, black ribbon round the
head, when Aunt Abby showed him three
verses, in different places, that he was to
learn and repeat to her. 1t was hard for
him in such square-ooking letters, with every
so tall it looked like f. to spell the words
out. II was very still-except the buzz Of
one or two flies and the rustic Of Aunt
Abby's black silk dress now aud then.
The air was sweet with the breath Of roses
coming in at the window, spiced little with
the vanilla bean in the silver snuff box in
Aunt Abby's lap. She sat and dozcd, and
sometimes woke and took pinch Of snuff,
until he was ready to repeat his verses. They
were these.
"The borrower is servant to the lender
Owe no man any thing
The wicked borrowcth and paycih not
again"
Then she showed him the picture in the
Bible Of the man who seized his fellow SER
want by the throat aud said
"Pay me that thou owest"
And her talk and the picture made such
an impression that he dreamed that night that
Tom White and Tim Fales had tied his hands
and were taking him to the debtors prison.
a few days more, and Aunt Abb ai him
down again to copy her chalk list by the Eide
Of his list Of debts This is the way IL read /.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29
miscellaneous.


nv EMILY l.. wmuvo.
DO lhc shadow our work Is dome
Aud ln The shadow our crowns are wou.'
Wait calmly In the shadows.
Trusting all thy cares to Hin
Who watchoth o'cr his children
From dawn To twilight lim
For In these deepening shadows
Thy truost work is done,
Amid dim doubts and longing
Tho brightest crowns are won.
Strive faithfully mid shadows,
Tho. the prize for which you long
MAY soon Dee graped by other hands,
In Life. swim rushing throng
All honor be Co those who strive,
Aud meet wcn-oamcd success
Yet mddest failures morlt on
An honor scarcely lct
Work earnestly mid sorros.
ln hour. Of doubt and pain,
Far down The misty future
The sunshine CLEANS again.
with the dim shadows round o..
Lies path Is often drcaty
Vet there is one who giveth rest.
And comfort for the weary
Endure, for time 60 decting.
And be- coed must be- s0wn to-day
Though you may not reap The harrast.
For which we wait and pray
Stll work mid doubt and sorrow,
And when thy toll is done,
We shall sec how, ga darkest moments.
The angel crown was won.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29
For the 1gnung.


COIN TO sLEEP.
Happy stars, Ia pleasant places,
Will you turn your happy faces.
So that can sec you shine,
In this little bed Of mine
Whom the shades begin 10 fall.
You come Hooking, one and all,
Up The pathway Of the skies,
With a smile in your sweet eyes.
And ! wonder where you stay,
All the bright and tender day
Why you never lingcr long,
Whom the bird begins his song,
lfyou hear the sweet brown thrush
Break the mornings early hush,
II the sparrow's "ohip che charn
Reaches up To whore you arcf
While ] go TO sleep, dear star,
VIII you stay iusi where you are
SO that may nnd you there.
Not the sky all blue and bare
with my little prayer all said.
Prayers ior love aud daily bread
may hear the songs you sung,
When tho Heavenly Child was young
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29

The Ftre-Side.


There is a time, just when the frost
Prepares to pave old Winter sway.
When Autumn In "a rovetio lost.
Tho mellow daytime dreams away
When summer comes ln muslng mind.
To gaze once more on hin and dell,
To murk his many shonycs they bind,
And SOC itall arc rpcncd we'll.
With balmy breath She whispers low.
The dying flowers look up and give
Their sweetest incense ere they go
For her who made their beauties live
SHE enters meath the woodland. shade,
Her zcphyrs life the lingering leaf
Aud bears % gently whore are laid
The loved mud lost ones Of it. grief
At last old Autumn, rising takes
Again his seeptor and hi throne.
With boI.terous hand The treo De- shakes.
Intention gathering ali DIS own.
Sweet summer .IshIue 1.c- Che plain
Aud waiting WIntari euut aul grim,
Secs mser Autumn hoard hs grain,
And smile. Co think tfallfrh'm
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29

food and bad luck, pleasure and grief,
JOY aud sorrow are in the hands of the wife.
Who has to thank so much to his wife will
not only trent her with the utmost regard aud
respect, but make her position in the house
fully equal to his own.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29

Drinkers of champagne who would like
To know all about the nectar" will be
pleased to learn that in recent seizure OF a
champagne mandatory in New Jersey--a
state from which we derive large portion
of this precious beverage--the articles found
on hand were four barrels of common white
wine, one barrel of molasses and one barrel
of-vitriol.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29
temperance.
THE PAwNED BIBLE.


just at twilight on November day a man
about thirty-fye years old entered o grocery
on Federal street in the city Of --. with a
junk bottle in one hand, and a Bible in the
other. He stepped up to the counter and
said to the owner Of the establishment, Will
you let me have a pint on that2 III pay in
few days"
The owner looked at the back Of the book
and saw the words Holy Bible, and knew at
a glance that it was worth vastly more than a
pint Of whisky, and said, q" Yes" lie laid
the book behind him on a shelf and drew the
liquor, and the customer departed
4 loafer sitting by the stove said, " Dun
can is getting rather hard up, guess, if he
pawns books for drink
lie is indeed, said the proprietor "He
knew he could not get trusted and still he
will have his grog. | am almost sorry let
him have it. Has he a lamily?"
Yes, q wife and four children"
Here the conversation was interrupted by
the entrance Of other customers.
The man who brought the Bible in and
pawned il was a mechanic. He was very
skilllul in shoelng horses, and was employed
by a hrm who owned many teams. lie could
easily have acquired property aud have been
comfortable If he had abstaincd from drink
/ Iii. employers had often threatened to turn
him or but he would promise to do better
aud desiring 90 keep one so skilled IN their
employment, they had continued him along
Sometimes for days he would not work an
hour, and then for weeks be would attend to
bis work faithfully OF course he used up
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29

Now" said Mickey, come over to the
grocery" They went over and emptled all the
liquor into the street, When the work was
completed, Mickey added, When you 60
home, tell your wife what you have done, and
add that if you get into trouble, You will al
ways have friend in the son Of that Mar
garet Mickey that gave Jennie Smart the
Bible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
p,psr NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANY.

Mr.. Frank Chamberlain, director IN the
Prst National Bank OF Albany. publishes long com
,nication In The Albany Argue concerning alleged IT.
sular and improper transactions on the part OF MI
am Van Allen the cashier OF that institution whereby
h he oasher) received 10 his own use and benent the
ats of certain brokerage transactions which properly
snged 20 the stockholders OF the Bank 1t seems ac
.odIne 10 his statement that Mr.. Chamberlain was ap
n,,ed chairman OF Committee OF the Board OF Direct
investigate the alleged mpropretes of the cashier
n, ne proceedings Of that COMMITTEE Mr. Chamberlain
say: - ,I - a.,
ne Examining Committee, upon inquiry, were IN
,orwed by Mr. A. r. Stevens, former Teller; MT Is. n
Esr late Teller; and by Mr.. u Blss late Assistant
,',.r Of The First National Bank OF Abany tnat PIT
80, van Alien Cashier OF the Bank, had, Tor eevera
% mast been in the habit Of buying gold coupons ana
r. shs manner following: Persons hsvlng Koo coupons
nam did il being Governments depository, were sem
IL IA clerks under tho instructions OF the Cashor 10
I'm He agreed upon the price TO be PAID counteu so
ms figured the amount TO be paid on Slip OF paper,
ee.sipg the slips To coupons, requested the party
asert the same TO the Teller who, under me areotS
o. v and ticket In the cash. When the cashier
StI the coupons put up and sent 70 one OF 'e
S. National Bank OF AlbaDys corresponding Dans
ysrr with instructions to sell tho coupons and au
,hs amount OF proceeds Of the SALE When the eou
yso ~ e taken from the cash. MEMORANDUM eheek OF
pTjn put in and retained there untl advice was 70
nom tho NewYork bank stating the proceeas ol
% ~ he coupons and then that bank was charged o
smonnt the memorandum check or slip takeh uP, ,,o
sbiar asking f0rand receiving ~ money anu Ior
s,,idus use and benefit tho profit on the iansacto
MP Steyeus and Mr. Fuller both state lhal lhcS 0"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21

to send mile for beef tea IL to quote the committee
ION hs--the physican's-" rSquisltiOn anything that
may conduee to the comfort or WALL being Of the patient
IS furnshcdf II tho committee want to know the real
state OF tho let them ask any who had to
do with Bellevue, doctor who ras left there. any
friend OF any patient and II the experience is like mine
they will meet but opinion as regards the poor
quality and insucency OF the food Let them visit the
hosptalnunannOunced and unheralded-N meal times.
see the dishes In which the food servedpO the clean
ones piled for show the ables-taste have done,
the soup from black dirty looking spoon sip tho sops
mscaled tea and then tell US they think such nourish
men for patients eneebled by Illness likely to promote
speedy recovery Is New York naugurate career Of
economy by curtalng her sick poor OF needed food No
doubt the wards appear clean, but have the committee
ever heard OF getting behind the On their next
let them turn down the spreads
and blankets, and examine the sheets, and not In one
ward alone. II they could hear, as have dope,
patient express her perfect loathing OF tho
bed, that part which was not seem Their
opinions upon the subject OF cleanliness might be mod
fled. did not visit the Hospital make complaints,
and until saw beneath the surface, myself delighted
with appearances. only seek this public ntterance
because believe that agitation will produce compile
ton OF those reforms which the interchangeable warden and
true friend OF the patients, Mr. Brennan, has already
commenced Let the people to Il. that sufficient
appropriation Is made to proper food aud proper
cleanliness for every patient. r. X.
NeT- York, Sept Il, 1862
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21

remember Van instance where the and they frtbes
some % dsvs sevari a Collars OF coupons
wore Soeough|
Tho First NATIONAL Bank Of Albany has srresnond'
customers gold drafie on Of its New Y0rkc
ing banks amounting In the aggregate to com Jdngg
more than one hundred thousand dollars. and In 'h
to the amount charged e First National Bank Of A. 1s
by the NewYork Bank In payment OF such ar ~ y
Cashier Van Allen instr ucted the Tellers to coie
generally Of the parties receiving the gold drafts from
eeghth 10 onequarter Of one per cent In some NOS
In ALL cases without the knowledge Of the parties the
Cashier asking and receiving or his own individual use
aud benefit such excess commits SOn or brokerage. Tie
correspondence was official NY authority for the above
s Mr. A. r. Stevens, Mr. b. H. Fuller and Mr. r. c. Bliss
4 cite as instances the following:
Mr Chamberlain points out man other little ireguar-
tiles the part OF the Cashier sucH as appropatDg TO
himself small from notes discounted by the bank
In addition TO the regular rate OF pv cent inierentiay
OF course Ivy understanding with the parties asking DIS
counts IL appears that the Inyesissting Committee
made report to the Board of Directors that the
Cashier thersupon offered bis RESIGNATION which was ac
cepted At subsequent meeting OF the Bsard Mp Van
Allen was reinstated Cashier. aud told that his
had been little irregular and that he must
not do so any more The amounts involved small, as
far as the investigation has revealed them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
A SwINDLER-CAUTION.

To the Editor OF The tribune.
SIR: A stranger called on me few days ago
with subscription book handsomely bound and gilded
claiming to be the agent for Widows and Orphans.e
and asking q donation. The name Of George +. Lock
wood. Trustee. No. ii2 broadway, was printed In the
book Mary good citizens had subscribed sums ranging
FROM hfty dollars. NY suspicious were aroused
during the interview. and have taken pains 20 nves
gate tho nature OF tho Asylum and its claims upon the
people. one OF most judicions city missionaries
visited Onehundred- and-tv enty thirdst, where the
Asylum said 10 he located and makes report. say
ing: 81 made thorough investigation as wen AS per-
sOnsl examination In regard To home or asylum sald
lbs Ia one hundred third 1t, for widows ana
orphans, but nothing OF the kind Is 10 be found from
river TO river made inquiries OF doctors. poiicelen
women aud children" may also state that no such
person George L. lockwood can DO found at NO lii
broadway. Tnis statement made 10 put our clZcns
upon their guard. I inclose you my card, aud am,
rcspcctfuly your obcdent servant. CITIZEN.
York. Sci 1850.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
Total expenditures

1t seems that tho supplies Of fuel furnished be-
tween Dec H. 1867 and May l6. 1863 is nearly 81 to
each person relieved in District No. l.
The total population of Kings County in 1866 was
3lIOoO On this number tho reliered" are over IA
per cent.
Mr. Fred P. Scholes, now an ex-menber OF the
Board of Supervisors states in q report. that in
the First District the population at the last census
was 9O2 72e and that the percentage of persons re
Ieued" was more than one-saenth of the population
This district is old Brooklyn. In District No. told
Williamsburghl one person in IA was "re'tered I"
There were eight times the amount Of fuel issued in
Old Brooklyn in proportion to population that there
was in old Williamsburgh. Over $4,000 was paid
TO the sister Of one Of the Superintendents for
ceries charged as being furnished from small gro
Gerry store kept by her. .'-t.-
,"Ope hundred and thirty able bodied paupers were
taken from the Aims House OF Kings County by com,
mittee this Board, and set 10 work. They declared
that n they had work they would work for pay and IN
less than one hour the whole 100 absconded"
Truly New-York must look to her laurels This re-
port of Mr. Schoies shows that Brooklyn is getting
ahead. This report has some " rich placers" 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
CRUELTY TO CONyICTs.


TO IN. EUtT0T OF TIC IFtUHHe'
SIR: While SO much is being written and said
about prison reforms. allow to call the public atten
ton TO the practice OF connng nsubordnate prisoners
In dark cells which have OF ventilation except
what may be afforded between tght-ftting iron door
and Its frame. The layer or saw dust which serves for
IN daily may be unsatisfactory; but little would poor
wretch think OF these when dying for breath OF Gods
pure Suppose that experiment. has proved IL posi-
BILE for convcts TO survive the horrors OF these black
holes what be expected Of the woman whose
blood poisoned whose vitality is exhausted and Who
In short made rotten wreck by this worse than bar
barous treatment have recently visited Sing Sing
Prison. and find that all OF the cells there especially
those for the male convicts. lack ventilation This Is
fact that ought 10 receive the immediate attention OF our
intelligent and Christian people. bat the dark cells first
mentioned should he thrown open without another days
delay. II. @. G.
Aee- York Sept. IS. 1863.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
THE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN DOCUMENT II
CALIFORNIA


CALIFORNIA.
The Saw Francisco Bulletin of Sept. IL has
the following We have received tho below communic-~
ton by express from party In San Buenaventura,
who signs his name and Is vonched for by respectable
firm In this city honest. trustworthy man. The
communication reads as follows:
sEws y Sur JoHs yEAskLIS
beach Buensyenurs the h OF Angus
u BY 10 inches nnch muated rsaues'os the
the loodon or
the British This printed
commercial The msgh aud vacant portion Of bs
been oiled With writing relating TO Sir John Faaka aud bis
lon 90 account OF the deseon Of
the ships Brebus aHd Terrier At the time OF TIE
uand Of r. Coier geng
mentioned shove Here they fouad relics Of the
document es that John Psasa aud
party rnred Beeehy Island 1861 lat deg % mic
sud Ion deg having descended engoo
deg retained BY the side Of Cosnwhs Island also
state. thai Franklin died the llh Of JaIe s4I contains
accounts OF Interesting incisns with The erpeea
which made hereafter The document found By
DAILY Of the hm Of Day Rodge@ lumber merchants San
BuehAs
son Buoldveafnrd Sept g. 1869 81,
That the document referred 10 above may have been
found on the beach at San Buenyennra, In bottle or
otherwise entirely probabe the next auestan relates
gwen BY our correspondent. they tell us nothing but
what McClintocks voyage discovered as long ago as
1880 In relation the Abandonment of the Erebus aud
that the records found by Mr. McCntock
put the date tho abandonment IN April iS43. and did
not say Sir John had died. The person who found the
document II he believes ii s not hoax Will send IL to
the British Consul IN this city and trsnscribe IT'S full con-
tents publication. Meanwhile give his statement
taken a hint from Hngos L'Homme qui RI, tho plot Of
which turns on the discovery Of bottle containing
wonderful revelation, twenty years after " had been
thrown into the sea by sinking crew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
THE YOUNG muRpEHEEs-A RUMoR.

+ The Vocabulary Commercial gives the fol-
lowing report in circulation, concerning the noto
lious MIRO. Glenn and Abrams both OF whom are uhuer
sentence Of imprisonment for life for the murder Oh r
Young Indiana winter 1t 10 now, In consequences
OF some revelations made, while in the jail at NewM
bany by Frank Reno. more than half suspected INC
business Of Mr.. Young Mrs. Glenn aud Abrams was 10
put upon the market, or, as 1t was more comlnony
called shove" certain treasury notes or bonds
1861 from an agent OF the United States DO
psrtnent at Washington ito the amount OF million ana
half tho stolen money being unsigned by the treas
nrer but regularly filled out The stealing OF
these bonds denied Ia published card by secretary
McCullOoh but they were stolen. nevertheless FRANK
Reno stated that portion OF these bonds we're on the
JefersonVile express tram when 1t was captured aa
robbed by the Reno gang In 1905 ana That they weI1
IL was 70 sell them and got them into circulation inc
limitations thrown out by him pointed 10 Young Mrs
Glenn ana Abrams these parties This Information we
have from PROMINENT Law ger Of tails JudciatCurut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL A PEEP BEHIND THE
. '-' - ...r SCENES . ..a -f

TO the Edff0r or TIE Trfbuns. TO -.
SIR: The Committee of the Citizens Associa-
ton 1t seems report most favoraby tho condition OF
Bellevue Hospital but would respectfully suggest that
an examination of tho food actually furnished the pa
tens would be- upon the whole, 40 sure way OF ascer
tanning Its quality as the most careful inspection Of
weekly and monthly reports Of supplies" "l6ess eggs
appears were gwen out In August let the Committee
inquire how many were cooked for the patients. A
young woman who had been servant In family and
whom visited at the Hospital last Spring, showed mo
two or three eggs In box that had given her for
towel comb, &C. nothing being furnished her for the
purpose but small STOOL saying that the doctor bad
them and they had been given her. but she had
no way OF having them cooked Was the POOR girl
pected 10 boil them In the kitchen herseff Again,
friend OF NINE frequent visitor in the Hospital, once
proposed sending beetea TO poor gr about 70 undergo
dangerous operation. which Offer was gratefully
accepted by tho standing ~, Wa NECESSARY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
DIED.

a, smi.hts~u Sept 90 Isaac BdsH-
eursh. N. n,.x.i a, The p,,.h,.
eran Church Smithtowp at oeoeh 10" Gay ioe 0s'
leave Jams+slip Of 9 a IN a
BOYpIn NswIo the morning Of the iTn ins' henos" D.
Boyd of Panama, n. O., aged % JsaIa -, a. 49,
hi, Esuds and Of bis brother Hugh boo are ,ner 70
the faps nom South B'0oiyO TUESDAY
u o'clock p N. 2lst inst -,
81 Paul Muu,sot. Saturday Sept s John Condit
late Of Newark. N j., aged % Jssn -. .
MALLERY-ou Monday Sept 20. Henry hasJ 'sd ~ late Of
% a. n N nn Thudav from the residence Of his soninlAw
Jobn Batemap al Ea,t Twenty thiri-stu Nsw-rork
AORIsoY-ou Monday Sept 90 Amy ienHea wife OF Thomas a
Morrison Ia the 6li wear Of her age ,u..s ,,.,.A,..
m. f,u. of An, family aud Of her sonilaw Ganer huohs'h
yt.d TO attend her uasa from her late residence No I'm hoh
t,sns a, Bnnki,a ou N edussaaI. 2td iasL. al y N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21

The subscriptions to the Avondale fund in
Brooklyn yesterday amounted 10 sos; acknowledged
previously, ~, 248 81 Total, o. Sl 80.
SAINT David's Benevolent Society, composed
entirely OF Welshmen met last evening and appointed
committee OF nine to solicit contributions to De appr
prated by the society for the relief of the Avondae SUI
ferers
The following additional amounts have been
received at the Mayors Office Previously acknow lodged
1888 So Edward j. WsOn. e50 Propret0rs OF St Mich
olss Hotel $50; employees OF ST. Nicholas Hotel $751; 31
guests of ST. Nicholas Hotel s32 Mrs sanderson OF
Hackensack, SIS; j. j. Stuart, $3.50; Harmonic Social
Club, throug gil NJ. Simonsfed. President $500 Total
81 $50 80. Grand total, S10,39l s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21
ATHLETIC va. KEYSTONE.
AQUATIC.
ATLANTA VS.. GULICK.

ATALANTA No. uNLith'
The race between II. p. Deeley OF the Gu
lex Club and Edward Smith OF the Atlantic Club was
onesed yesterday on the course of Elysian Fields At
ne word CO." Deeley. pulling very quick stroke, shot
early half boats length ahead but on reaching the OIL
ock smith was nenrly with him. and continued 80
mil nearing the coal dock when he very unfortunately
md oarelessly foul Of canal boat which threw Nun
a far behind that nothing but superhuman powers
ould have gained him the He. however, managed
reduce gap from about i've TO three enxns Deiors
eacbng the upper stake boat after which he appeared
give out Deeley rowing easily and winning the race
~ nearly 30 seconds Time, % minutes. och.