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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-07
Sustaining Grace.

Have you ever seen a friend wasting away
from the effects of lingering and agoni2ing
disease, yet sustained in every moment Of suf.
fering by an uniailing patience, an uniailing
trust2 Have you seen how, as weary child
in its mothers arms, the dying soul can re-
pose in the love of a divine Saviour, and know
that underneath are the everlasting arms ?
Then you have precious memories which
nothing can take from you. With such testi-
mony to the sustaining power of Christian
faith, you will not be afraid TO meet the dark
angel. A vision Of that serene face, with its
sanity smile, will strengthen your heart, and
bid you confde your soul to him who proved
so faithful to the dear one who passed before
you to the unknown land.
When the purest and gentlest OF earth arc
the victims Of such keen, such prolonged sui-
fering, we sometimes ask ourselves, Why is
such discipline appointed unto themf Is
it not that they may thus glorify their Mas
ter by giving this strongest Of oil testimony
to the reality and power Of Christian faith
Let us treasure in our hearts as the most
sacred Of all legacieS, the remembrance Of
such experiences. Let US trust ourselves
conHdingly, as little children, to our compass.
sionate Saviour then, in life, in death, our
souls are safe,
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Vol. 65.-3334. No. 46.7

Ned, or whatever otncr absurdity answered
TO the Captain Jinks or Shoe Fly Of our en-
ightened age, down at the Corner Store "
grayely talking stocks and markets to the
village merchant, back again to light his ci-
gar, mount his seat like a bobolink his perch,
blandly leaving his bencdiction, and driving
away with cracking Of whips, leaving a
gaping crowd to watch him out Of sight.
Such is the man who few years since
went up and dowuthe Vermont hills, the man
who now by jOllity and scheming has come to
write his sign manual against the aIgebraic
symbol Of equality with millions opposite.
Not very great man, nor a very good man.
| suppose even his warmest admirers would
hardly claim either for him. That he is
bad man, however, il would be hard TO per-
suade those simple country folk who have
known him Of old. An outgrowth of our
country and time--an instance Of what the
money.making talent can achieves striking
type of our exclusively moneyed man--this
is James Fisk, Jr. J. A..
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4 Genius for Affection.

The other day speaking specifically and
uncharitably, | said Of woman, whom ]
knew but slightly " She disappoints me ut.
torly. How could her husband have married
hcr2 She is commonplace and stupid. -
" Yes said my friend, reAectively; " it is
strange. She is not a brilliant woman but
there is such a thing as a genius for affection
and she has it, 1t has been good for her
husband that he married her"
The souls who have what my friend meant
by a genius for affection are in another at.
mosphere than that which common mer
breathe The upper air is clearer, more rar-
fled than any to which mere intellectual
genius can soar Because to this last, al.
ways remain higher heights which it canno,
grasp, see, nor comprehend. To them the
world is as if it were not.
Work. and pain, and loss, are as if they
were not These are they TO whom it is easy
to die any death, if good can come that way
to one they love- These are they who die
daily uunoted on our right hand aud on our
Ileft-iathers and mothers for children, hus.
bands and wives for each other These ar,
they also who liyo--which is often far harder
than to die long lives, into whose place
never enters one thought Of self from the'ris.
ing to the going down Of the sun.
Year builds on year with UNMARRIED 6rmnes.
the divine temple of their beauty and their
sacrifice They create ike God. The uni
verse, which science sees, studies and ex plains
is small, pretty, beside the one which grow
under their spiritual touch for love beget
love. The waves Of eternity itself ripple ou
in immortal circles under the ceaseless drop.
ping Of their crystal deeds Angels desire L
look, but cannot, into the mystery of holiness
and beauty which such human lives reveal
Only God causee them clearly. God is their
kin for He is love.
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Vegetable Flowers.

Boys and girls who live in the country will
find the making Of vegetable flowers pleasant
pastime To make bouquet of these fow-
ers, take some white and yellow turnips, beets,
carrots and pumpkins, also some parts Of cab.
bages. Gather from the woods moss, laurel
leaves and other eyergreens. Then, by the
exercise Of taste, ingenuity and a skiliul use
of the penknife, really beautiful boquets can
be compiled Of these flowers. Take a white
turnip, neatly peeled notched, or cut down in
leaf shape all around. Fasten it on stick
Whitfield into the proper shape for a stem.
Surround it with green leaves, and behold
according to your design, an exquisite white
camelia, or a rose. Red roses, camelias, OF
dahlas, can be made in the same manner from
beets yellow flowers from carrots and pump
kins, moss-rose buds from turnips and beets
/ by cutting them into the proper shape, and
placing real moss around them. White OF
red flowers can be made from red or white
cabbages. A friend Of ours, one cold day ii
winter, had lovely basket Of flowers sent tC
her for tea party. There were two white
japoncas the chill they received turned then
brown, and they fell to pieces. She was il
| despair A cousin staying with her, un
known to her, cut two white japonicas out o
white turnips, and placed them on the rca
iaponica leaves. Her friend did not notc'
/ the basket until near tea-time; then she wa
delighted, and exclaimed at their beauty, ant
wondered how her cousin got them No on,
knew until the next day that they were only
turnips.-Oiirer Optics Magazine.
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NettIe,s Opinion Of robaeeo Smoke.

So you like the smell Of good cigar do
you? Well have heard young ladies say so
before, but have always thought if | was in
their place | would not tell Of it. Whatever
you may say, nobody will think you like the
nasty sinking thing for its own sake. Why,
it almost strangles me- And after my papa
has been smoking, would sometimes almost
rather he would not kiss me. don't believe
he would want to kiss me, if he should smell
tobacco smoke in my breath. | am sure he
would not call me his rosebud again very
soon. | wonder if that is the reason they
don't kiss each other.
How do | know they don't like tobacco
smoke Well, can read some, and don't
see No smoking in ever so many places
And when | ask my papa what they did that
| for, he said because it was not nice to have
tobacco smoke from other peoples mouths
pulled into our faces, My papa said that
himself And then on the ferry boat, see
the men come focking into the ladies' cabin,
because their own is full of tobacco smoke.
But don't see any ladies go into the mems
cabin to get a smell of the smoke. And they
don't scent their handkerchefs with it, nor
put it into their boquets. should think, if
they like it so well, they would have essence
of smoke among their cologne bottles.
Bah nobody will make me believe that a
clean, sweet young lady cares anything about
the smell of cigar, unless there is n man be-
| hind it. And the men don't believe it, ell
ther They may not say so, but they keep a
thinking, and they think you say it to please
them, the cgotistical fellows Perhaps after.
wards they'll say as my brother Bill said, the
next day after you proiessed to like his cigar
smoke. lie said it made him think of the
young laky who took a few whifis now and
then, when she was lonely, because it made il
smell as though there was man around.
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The Fire-Stde.
Prom the Boston Transcript.
TIIE EMPTY SHOES.

nr SID.
Oh blessed trust whatever else betidc,7
19l's Hates Of Gold are ever opened wldo,i
When infant foet press up the other side.
Only two tiny, smooth.wcrn Shoes
Two stirlcss, voceless Shoes
And yet can't refuse
The lessons they teach 10 my spiritear
can but hear
The messages 0f love they bring,
The words Of hope they utter near,
The echoed songs they sing.
rhey whisper to me Of our sundorcd bond.
or The Vale Of Dark, and the Light Beyond
or the kind, strong hand,
That our Darling lcd
Through The silent pathways Of the Dead
To the Better Land.
They ,cll me OF earthly paths untrod
And A they .how me tho Gete whore -'s passed n
Aud, as sit in th.s shroudcd room
They scatter the gloom,
And the night aglow with light and bloom.
Oh, wee, worn Shoes yo arc richer 10 me
Than are gold and gems Of mine and sea-
For the hliss ye speak De- not bought and sold
More priceless than goms more enduring than gold
And her sandals Of JOY can never grow Old,
The Sandals, i0ye-wrought, which her feet inf0ld.
Oh, the dainty dimpled feet
Chcrnh feet, with glory shod
On the street
Paved with Pearl and Amethyst
,. Where they ranhio o. they list,
Through thr mlfic-haunted hy ways,
by the throngiug Angels tfod,
ln tic city called the Beautfaihe Paradise OF God.
Oh, the waiting little fsoti
Safe, within The Sure Retreat,
slto. so near the Mercy Seat
They shall wander meier again
ON The slippery slope. 0l Pain,
Mover gope nor tire nor stumble In earths dafknos
Safe mraye from .u and sorrow.
I Tho dawn of .omo tomorrow
When adpwn The Heavenly street,
We shall greet
The oncomng Of he welcome and the pattor orhe fee,
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he was soon sent back for term Of years,
which, deyoutly hope, may last as long as
he lives for confess should not feel easy
to hear that he was again at largo. The look
Of rage he gave me on coming out Of the safe
will not soon be obiteratcd from my memory.
My husband | need hardly say, was great
ly pleased with my safe investment, and conf
plimented me highly on the courage and cool.
ness which had doubtless saved my life as
well as our money. The love aud pride with
which he regarded me, and with which he al
ways, to this day, rehcarses my exploit, were
Of themselves a sufficient compensation for
the horror and the agony of that long sum-
mer night.
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Young HOnsekeepers.

BE satisfied to commence on a small scale.
1t is too common for young housekeepers to
begin where their mothers ended. Buy all
that is necessary to work skilfully with !;
adorn your house with all that will make it
comfortable Do not look at richer homes
and covet their costly furniture. If secret
dissatisfaction is ready to spring up, 60 a
step further and visit the homes of the suffer-
ing poor behold dark, .eheerless apartments,
insufficient clothing, and absence Of the COM
forts and refnements of social life, and then
return to your own with joyful spirit You
will then be prepared to meet your husband
with a grateful heart, and be ready to appre-
ciate the toll of self.denial which he has en-
dured in the business world to surround you
with the delights of home and you will CO.
operate cheerfully with him in so arranging
your expenses, that his mind will not be con-
stanty harrassed lest his expenditures may
eneroach upon public payments. BE inde.
pendent; young housekeeper never needed
greater moral courage than she does now, TO
resist the arrogance of fashion. Do not let
the As and BIS decide what you shall have,
neither let them hold the strings of your
purse. You know best what you can afford.
II matters but little what people think, pro-
yided you are true to yourself, to right and
duty, and keep your expenses within your
means.
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Are There no Good Girls!

The New York Express, not long since,
contained this piquant little article
Has no one seen a good girl latelyl
Are girls now-a-days much worse than those
of yorc The newspapers would make me
think So Every journal which | pick up
has one or more columns devoted to raiiings
against women until have become frighten-
Cd, and find myself wondering if | too am one
Of those dreadful creatures. And are those
articles written by men2 If SO, they must
be men without homes or families, who have
mixed with debased class Of society.-For
surely no honorable man or real gentleman
could publish an articlc-such as we daily
Ipuruse-denounciDg all the genter sex as ex-
trayagant, jealous, taithless-nay, even i'm
modest, and 20 home to receive the kiss of
dear wife or meet the innocent eyes Of bevy
Of sisters or daughters Would he not shrink
appalled, at what he had done knowing that
he had sown the seed in the minds Of
younger men, for thoughts and feelings that
would never have risen there without teach
ing2 Now | am young, and am worldly
wise, yet | have had my little experience
and | must say that have met with many
pure good women-kind mothers loving
wives, dutiful daughters, afectonatc sisters ;
women who are not for running their fathers
or husbands by extravaganza; who are not
falling in love with every handsome man
they see who are not clipping every day
with family physicians or husbands friends ;
but sensible in every respect And have
seen very few good men. | regret it; | do
not wish to speak against the men-foks for |
rather like them, and am willing to say that
my experience has been, perhaps, unfortunate,
Aud | am inclined to believe that as in all
ages there have existed noble men, faithful
/ in love, brave in war" so they may still be
! found--iathful in love when there is plenty
of money! brave in war with major-gene-
ralship ahead and pretty good, usually, when
the skies are serene and they have nothing to
cross them. And now | claim champion
viii not some one be brave enough to stand
in opposition, to popular opinion, and truth
tul enough to say to the public that he has
seen at least one or two real good girls in the
course Of year, If such one can be
found, / viii thank him warmly, and will
think that honesty is not yet extinct from the
race of men.
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For the y nung.
LITTLE GoLpENnAIn.

doldonhair climbed upon arnudpapas koei
Dear little Goldcnhair tired was she,
All the day busy as busy could ho
Up In the morning as soon M itwaslight,
Out with the birds and butterflies bright
skipping about till the coming Of night.
Gmndpapa toyed with the curls on her head,
What has my darling been dOing,n he said
" Since she rose with the sun from her bed ,H
"Pty much.n answered the sweet litto one
81 cannot tell au much things have done.
Played with my dolly and iccded my bun.
And then jumped with my littlo Jump rope.
ANA male out OF some water and soap
Bootiul worlds, mhmmu'a castles Of hope
"l afoTwari roado1 In my picture book,
And Bella and !, wO went 20 look
For The smooth little stones by the side Of the br0ol
And then 7 coined homo and cated my tea.
Aud climbed up ou graudpnua's knee
And g. ios as tired as tired can be-"
Lower and lssgcr the littlo head pressed,
luhl n hal dropped upon eraudpapns breast
DcW Little 0oldcnhair, sweet De thy rest
We are but children things that we do
Arr as sports of % babe 10 the lnlnite view,
That marks All our weakness and ptios IL too
God grant that when "a sht ovcrshadows our way,
And we shall Dee called % account for our day,
Tic shall find ua as guiloles as Goldcnhalr' lay.
And oh whom awonry, may we he el hlolt.
Aud sink like thc innocent child t0 our rcst,
And feel ourselves claspcd 20 the Infinite breast.
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Lyons Kathairon made my hair soiI luNurant and
Rick and Hagnns Magnolia Balm changed that ialiow
into the marble beauty You now see THIS
Il emphatcay tho language Of all who use these arti-
oe. A fine head Of hair aud d refined complexion are
% greatest attractions a woman can possess. The
Kathairou and Magnolia Balm just what will give
tbem to you and nothing else wilt The Balm i' the
Boon Of youth. It makes lady Of thirty appear but
NJ euty Both articles entirely harmless and very
plsasant They should be In every LADY, possession.
Al 1g
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miscellaneous.
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.


ny ". ". LOSGrELLOw.
Whom The hours Of day are numbered
And the voices Of the night
Wake the better soul that slumberod
To os holy, calm dclight
Ere the evening lamps are lighted,
And, like phantoms grim and tall,
shadows from the htiul nroAght
Dance upon the paflor wall
Then the forms Of tho departed
/. Enter at the opon door
The beloved, the true hearted
Come to visit me once more.
lie. the young and strong, who cherished
Noble longinCs hr the strife,
Ey thc roadside fcll and persisted,
Weary with the march Of life
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross NJ suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands no mcckly,
spoke with as un earth 300 more.
Aud with them the being hoautious.
Who unto my youth was given,
More than all things else, 10 love me
And is now q saint ia heaven.
With a slow and noisoless fontstep,
TONES thht messenger ulNlnc.
Takes the vacant chair beside me,
Lays her gentle hand In mine
And she its and gaIcs at mo
With those doep and tender eyes,
Like the stara 30 still aud snint-like,
Looking downward nom the skies.
Uttered not, yet comprehended,
Il the spirits voicelcss prayer,
Suit rebukos in hlessings ended,
Breathing from her lips " air.
Oh though on depressed aud lonely,
All my fears are laid aside.
II ] but remember only
Such as these have lived aud dlOd.
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--Sel6shness by its own law, not only
moves in simple circles but is short-lived.-
What men do for themselves is soon expend-
ed, and is soon forgotten. Even the monu-
ments which men ostontatiousy build for
themselves refuse long to carry their names,
and often subject them to contempt rather
than to praise or to memory. Only that part
of a mans life which includes other mems
good, and especially the public good, is like
y to be felt long after he himself is dead
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} tho Treatment Of Diseases incident % females. has
d .cl DIR. DOW at the head Of all physicians making
h practice speciality, aud enables hm 90 guarantee
1eedy and permanent cure 80 The WORT casos OF Sep
i,oa and all other Moffrai DvaHgensHf', from rAaf
n ail's All letter. ioradyioc must contain ST. 0fce
ID EyUcorT SuEgr, Bosr0y.
y B.-Board furnished To- those desiring 90 remain
tier treatment.
n --lnn. JulN. la.l. llld
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BATCHELoRs HAIR DYE.

n. splendid Hair Dyeis the bost In tho world, Harm
b. reliable, instantaneous, does not contain lead, nor
b. utilie poison to produce paralysis or death. Ayod
b. yaunted and deusye preparations boasting virtues
By do not possess The genuine W 4. Batehelors
n Dye has had thirty years antarushed reputation
% uphold is Integrity the only perfect Hair Dye
Black or Brown. Sold by an Druggists. Applied at 10
ADnd st., New York 9ii5
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Two persons who have chosen each other
ont of ali the species, with design to be
each Others mutual comfort and entertain
ment, have in that action bound themselves to
be good humored, afiable, discreet, forgiying
patient and joyful, with respect to each 9TH
er's frailties and imperiections, to the end o
their lives. -AddiSon
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Some English capitalists have purchase

Some English capitalists have purchased
for s1,500,000 large tract of land Ia New
Mexico, near the southern border Of Colo
RADIO, and will soon establish an English colony
upon it. The district will probably DC trav-
ersed by the southern branch Of the Kansas
Pacific railroad, and comprises some OF the
best grazing and agricultural land on tho
tributaries Of the Republican river.
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The opening Of the Lake Superior and
Mississippi railroad on Tuesday was great
occasion for Duluth. An excursion party OF
several hundred went up from 81. Paul and
were banqueted at the Clark house, the city
of Duluth being Illuminated. The eastern
guests were also given dinner at the Me-
tropolitan in St. Paul, after their return to
that city on Wednesday.
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II. W. wason, the noted car-builder Of
Springfield, Mass, died on Saturday last.
MIR. W. was President oftLe Wason Car Com
pany and one Of the most prominent citizens
Of Springfield. lie was widely known through.
out tho United States by Railroad corpora
tions having furnished coaches for great
many. Among his fellow citizens he was
greatly esteemed aad his loss Is deeply fslt BY
all classes.
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Outward applications are money thrown away The
sly permanent cure "a DR. HARMsON's PEHuSTAI~
b LOZENGEs They strike % the cause They are
sassnt nor like al pills do they require an increase
dose. They exactly suited 90 obyate cosveness
D. cause of IN health. For sale az No. ] fremont
tnplo Boston, by Z. A. HARRISON A CO., Proprie-
~ and by all druggists. Mailed for Co cents
A6S
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'Tis fair step towards virtue and happi
ness to delight in the society of the good
and wise.
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-TnE CoNFEssIONs OF IN INyALID.

Published for the benefit Of young and others who
H. from Nervous Debility, etc. supplying the means
sefcure. Writon by one who cured himself aud sent
RS on receiving postpaid directed envelope Address
lc4z NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, brooklyn, n. Y.
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We have not only dressed the columns Of the Daily
eurnal and the Walehman and State Journal in an en-
holy new dress hut furnishing job Department
M all the materials for the execution In the
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NEATLY, PROMPTLY AM
\ AREFULLY EXECUTED,

IN THE BEST sTYLE OF THE ART
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Ir rpr OFFICE OF rur MOSrrrlIrs Dnlr
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ldonhair climbed upon unndpnpa's koe
ar little Goldouhair tired was she,
the day busy as busy could hc.
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lob PRINTING,
OF EVERY VARIETY

OF EVERY VARIETY
NEATLY, PROMPTLY AND
AREFuLLY EXECUTED,
IN THE BEST sTYLE OF THE ART