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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

WnAT DO You READ.-Thcre is nothing
that makes so much difference in the outcome
of boys and girls as the books they read. OF
all the boys aud girls that we have known,
we never knew one to succeed in life who
spent his time, when young, in reading excit-
ing stories We do not say you may not read
stories. But we do say, that if you want to
be of any use in the world, you ought not to
let all your reading be story reading. And,
what is more, you ought to read nothing but
good stories.
But how can we tell whether it is good or
not2 There are very many books that have
weak moral, or religious side, that are
yet good for nothing They are too exciting
aud breathe a bad air. How shall we know
the good ones2
A book that makes us feel brave and strong
for our work is good If any writer makes
us feel, not that we would like TO do better
but that we will do better, we may trust such
an author. But if book gives US feeling
that our life is dull, that we would like to be
somewhere else than where God has put US
that book does US harm.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

BIENNIAL SEssIoNs.-We were originally
in favor of the amendment proposed by the
Council Of Censors which provides for bien-
nial sessions Of the legislature, but must con-
fess that more mature reflection has shaken
our belief in in its wisdom. It's only object
is to secure less legislation and consequently
a curtailment of expenses. If this is so the
question is, will these results follow the adop-
ton Of the amendment We have some
doubt and fear our sessions of six weeks will
be lengthened if biennial, into ten or twelve
Furthermore we doubt if any saving that
might result from the change will overbalance
the benefits now derived socially and mate
rally, from the frequent gathering together
of the citizens of the State, officially and vol
UNFAIRLY in conventions, whereby they become
acquainted with each other and learn more
fully than would otherwise be possible the
wants of all parts of the State. And then
the value Of the check which the annual sys-
TEN has upon officials, aud the facilities it af-
fords for the getting rid of those who are un-
faithful, are entitled to great weight Wood
stock Standard.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

In the Treatment Of Diseases incident TO Females has
placed DR. DOW at the head Of all physicians making
such practice speciality aud enables him to guarantee
speedy and permanent cure in the worst casos Of Sup
preston and all other Measai DdaHgsmsHt from uhd
eass All letters for advice must contain 81 once
No. ESDIoorr STREET. BosroS.
N. B-Board furnished to those desiring TO remain un-
der treatment.
Boston, July, 1863 1924
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

D~How book-agent succeeded in push
ing his wares out in Minnesota, is thus re-
lated by himself 81 went into lawyers OF.
fee, yesterday, and asked him if he wanted
to subscribe for our new book. He answered
me so savagely that we got into hard words,
and he finally struck me. then went to
work and blackened both his eyes, kicked him
around his Office and down his own stairs into
the street, and have just paid ten dollars for
the fun. But it has been good speculation,
as the lawyer is hated by nearly everybody
and they are SO glad he was kicked that l am
getting lots Of subscribers"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

THOMAS AND GRANT on THE BArrLE-FIELD'
OF all our commanders, he was, with one
great exception, the most impassye on the
battlefield, when the fate Of the nation hung
in the balance. 1t is recorded that when the
advance of our column ialtered for an instant
at Missionary Ridge, Gen. Thomas was
moved to say to his commander, who stood
and watched beside him, General, lin
afraid they wont got up" But Gen. Grant
looked steadily on and said, as he brushed
the ashes from his cigar, "Oh, give 'em time,
Genera, ,"-and in few moments more our
feg waved on the summit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
The Fire-Side.
THE MYSTIC CLOCK.

Va - hhONNf
There Is little mystic clock,
No human eye hath seen,
That beateth on, and beateth on,
From morning until cen.
And when the soul Is wrapped In sleep,
And heareth not o sound
Il ticks, and ticks, the livelong night
And never ruuneth down.
Oh. wondrous IL that work Of art,
Which knolls the passing hour,
But art neier found, nor mind conceived,
The life clocks magic power
Not set In gold, nor deckod with gems,
by wealth or pride possessod-
But rich or poor, or high or low,
Each bears Il In his breast
when life's deep stream mid beds Of flowers
All stih and scitly glides- 49,.
Like the wavclcts stop with gentle beat
II warns OF passing tides.
When thrcapning darkness gathers DER,
And hopes bright visions lee,
Like the sullcn struke u the muilcd oar
Il beateth heavily.
When passion nerves the warriors arm
For deeds Of hate and wrong,
Though needed not the fearful sound,
The knell is deep and strong
when eyes to eyes are gazing son
And tender words are spoken,
Then fast aud wild It nttles on
Asifwith love twore broken.
Such is the clock that msaspes ife,
OF flesh and spirit blended
And thus twill run within the hroast,
Till this strange life ls ended.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

GIVE nE PIN AND rIL SHOW YOUA
SNOW.


snow.
"Give me pin, and IN show you a show D"
Nv little boy shouts a. he climbs my knee
And he holds up his toy with childish 10y
"Poop through the hole and 500 what you'll zoe ~
lie mnclos I'm tranced with the wheeling stars
And the shifting crosses Of green and gold
But my heart looks out through the years that are g0n
And these are the pictures 1t secs unfolled
bright lad reading pictured page
To n fair young girl, who is kneoling there
" And whom am King you shall wear my ring.
And weave me a scarf Of your waving hair
A bride half turned at her bridal door,
All her sweet face lit by the tapers glowl
That one white hand holds, while the other enfolds
His neck, as she murmurs, love you col
warrior armed for the morrow's field
To his breast is chnging n weeping vile
And she sohs, " If YOU mll Will lose my all
But dearest, your honor is more than lic.'
A mother, hushing her restless babe,
suddenly ceases the cradlc-aung,
Aud the wan lips cry, " 10 ho come not, die,
For my heart is faint with watching so long ."
An never those lips will greet him again
Cold cold Is that heart as the wintry slect,
Though hor lord spufs fast through the rising blast
Too late too late Neyermorc shall they meet.
" Give me pin. and I'll show You a show ("
Ny darling honceiurward, through life To me,
The bravest shows that the wide world knows
Are not worth The weight Of your childish fec.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
scroiula Cured by Brandrotbs Pills.

Brandrcths Pills penetrate the whole mas of blood
causing the expulsion OF Impurtes The ooiy feels
uoyed from "a single dose what then may bo expected
from twenty by continuing their u'e The whole ~ tho
blood in time bcaomes purified aul the body recon
structod from g,ol material and new lease Of life
secured.
siVs siye, March %. i-67.
Ny Dsg SIR My daughter Alice, thirteen year old,
has been completely cured of that horrible disease scr9-
fula which or year, rendered life orncuti after all
medicines and many physicians had been tried, and
failed, commenced giving her your pills She took
them almost every day for three months, constantly m-
proving sh, has now entirely recovered.
Your truly, DANIEL LUTHER
Hon. j. nRASnuEru. 1913
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
BATCHELORs HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dyo Is tho best in the world Harm
less reliable instantaneous does not contain lead, nor
any rtae poison TO produce paralysis death. Aylod
the yauned and delusve preparations boastng virtues
they do not possess. The genuine W. A. Batchelors
Hair Dye has had thirty years antarnished reputation
TO uphold It's integrity as the only perfect Hair Dye
Black or Brown Sold by all Druggists. Applied at i6
Bond ST New York. 9iB
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
CURES COUGHS AND COLDS,
WEEKS MAGIC COMPOUND,

III 1NT 7TT|TI NTNTUI T|N
Coughs coi', Group Bhoopng cough, H9rseHes lai az
Disslsn OF fhs Tlroaf and Lirgs
a neglected cold and consequent cough which the
timely Of some proper and sai, remedy might re-
hovc and cure. when allowed to eontnue result iu OBJ
senats disease Of tho lUngs. whsh baGof thc aid oi
human skill.
WEEKS MAGIC COMPOUND las been submitted io
The seyere. tests n the twelve years of its existence
and has for itself the high estccm n which 10 H held
for the Of diseases Of the throat and uns pos
scsscs 'psaa virtue u the cure of'eers ei common
az this season. No other remedy equals i9r ai such
eases. II truly aeu IKE magic. as uauanis iu vcr-
mont and New Hampshire testify
WM. JOsLYN SONS, Barton w.. proprc,ors.
GEORGE C. GOODWIN CO.. ald BURR BERRY,
Boston, General Agents.
sold by all druggist Wlq
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

TES YEARs.-Garrison, in a letter upon
the adoption Of the fifteenth amendment
says: 1t is scarcely possible to portray the
difference which ten years have effected in our
views, aspirations, hopes, chances prospects,
aud possibilities as nation In 1850 the
slave power dominated the land in the pride
Of its strength it counted its bondmen by
millions its huntng-ground was as broad as
our national domain; it firmly held church
and state in It's iron grasp it almost seemed
successfully to oxalt itself above all that is
called God" In 1870 the genius Of univer.
sal emancipation sits enthroned in its stead I;
not bondman remains to be delivered, not a
yoke to be broken; the chattel is a man, and
the man a recognized American citizen, with
the ballot in his hand the constitution of the
United States has been changed from a COW
enant with death to an anti-slavery instru-
ment; and by the fifteenth amendment, every
state is compelled to regard manhood, and
not the color Of the skin, as the test of fitness
for the elective franchise. The result Of all
this cannot fail to be unexampled peace and
prosperity; for these abound where justice is
impartally administered and liberty is the in
heritance Of all"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

"A new phase Of religious fanaticism has
broken out in New Jersey. 1t first appeared
in the congregation of the Methodist church
at Maeopin, two years ago, and has since
spread, until the original church is destroyed,
and the new religion has entirely supplanted
the old. The fanatics term themselves Jeho-
vah's band. Their peculiar form of worship
develops itself in putting, blowing, whistling,
shouting, Jumping, wrestling falling to the
floor and rolling over, aud other action of a
muscular nature. Baptism is by immersion
in the village mill-POnd at midnight. On
Sunday the service is continuous, and the IA
nates refuse to read or write or even to re-
ceiye letter, their only recess being for
meals. John Rhene Smith, well to do farm
or, is chief of the band. The Methodist Con-
ference has sent some of its best preachers to
overthrow the new sect, but in spite OF all
their eloquenee the heresy is spreading
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
THE RICE DVORCE SUIT

For fraud in age causing great excitement in Boston.
1t should warn young not to marry IN haste, Rice
but ~ his bride lie that she made him be-
lieve she was but his age by using Magnolia Balm
upon her face neck and hands Poor youth He prob
ably found her elbows weren't quite sot and pretty
Ought Hagan to be indetedi We know Of many similar
cases. This Balm gives most wonderful pearly and
natural complexion to which don't object We like
pretty women To finish the picture they should use
Lyons Kathalron upon the hair. With peary chin
rosy cheeks and soft luxuriant esses, they become
rroststQla I6Is
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
pEsr TnING FoR cosrIyENEss.

Da. HARRIsoNs PERlsTALTIo LozENGEs are
warranted in all cases OF Piles and Falling of tho Rec
tum Dyspepsia, such Oppression after eating, Sour
stomach, Splitting of Food, also Headache, Dizziness
Pain in the Back aud Lons Sick Headache, Coated
Tongue, aud Bnlousness For sale at No ! fremont
Temple, Boston, by L. A. HARRISON CO.. Proprle-
tors and by all Druggists. Mailed for co coats ASh
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

PIMPLES ON TIL n FACE.
For Comedones Black Heads Flesh Worms or Grubs,
Pimply Eruptions and Blotched disagumtons On tho
Pace, use Perrys Comodone and Pimpe Remedy. Reli-
able Harmless and contains L,ad poison. Depot 40
Bond St., n. Y. Sold by Druggists everywhere % %
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
For MON Patehes. FreckIes apd Tan.

Use "PERRY's MOTH AND FRECKLE L0TloN.n
The only Reliable and Harmless Remedy known to Sci
for removing brown discolomtous from to- Face
Prepared only by Dr. d. c. PERRY 70 Bond ST. n. Y
Sold by Druggists every where.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

"A Quaker once hearing person tell how
much he felt for another who was in distress
and needed assistance, dryly asked him :
!" Friend, hast thou felt in thy pocket for
him 7"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

Is lhe price Of Health wc a Of Liberty Be ou your
guard against poisonous hair dyes.
Ckriaadoros Excelsior Hair Dye
l. the only that has stood the test of chemical auay
ss At the store of the proprietor Astor House n w.
may be seen the certificate OF that able anay teal chemist
PROFESSOR Chiffon,
testfying that q contains no harmful ingredient On
the other hand, in tho Journal Of Chemistry may be
found the statement that there are upwards of thirty
poisonous hair dyes before the puhle Choose the only
safe and sure one.
CRisrApORo's HAIR PnEsERyArvEi asa Dressing, acts
Ike q charm on The hair aner dyelng Try n. I6l9
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04

victim Of early indscreton, causing nervous dcbil
ity, premature decay sc, having tried IN vain every adj
versed remedy, has discovered simple means Of self
cure which he will send ree 10 his fellow sufferers on
receipt of a stamp 10 pay postage
Address j. II. REEVES, vNassau ST., New York.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
Special hntices.
HALLS
VEGETABLE SlClLIAN
II A | Il Il T. N Il w T. r.

l. the bcst article ever known 10
RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL YOUTH
FUL COLOR
II twin prevent the Hair from falling out.
Mago the Blp smooth and g'osy, and toes not 'tan me
skin as others
OUR TREATISE ON TIE HAIR
SENT FREE by MAu.
n. P. HALL Co, Nashua N. H. Proprietors
For sale by all druggists. lGlq
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-23
POPULAR FALLICIES.

That warm air must be impure, and
that consequently it is hurtful to sleep
in a comparatively warm room. A
warm room is as easily ventilated as a
cool one. The warm air of a close We
hicle is less injurious, be it ever so foul.
from crowding, than to ride and sit still
and feel uncomfortably cold for an hour.
The worst that can happen from a
crowded conveyance is n fainting spell /;
while; sitting even less than an hour in
still, chilly atmosphere, has induced
attacks of pneumonia, that is, intlam-
nation of the lungs, which often proves
fatal in three or four days. 1t is always
positively injurious to sleep in a close
room where water freezes, because such
degree of cold causes the negatively
poisonous carbonic acid gas of a sleep
ing room to settle near the floor, where
it is breathed and re-breathed by the
sleeper, and is capable of producing ty-
phoid fever in a few hours. Hence
there is no advantage, and always dan
ger, especially in weakly persons, in
sleeping in an atmosphere colder than
the freezing point.
That it is necessary to the proper and
efficient ventilation of a room, even in
warm weather, that window or door
should be left open; this is always haZ-
ardous to the sick and convalescent.
Quite as safe plan of ventilation, and
as efficient, is to keep lamp or small
fire burning in the fire place. This Gre
ates draft, and carries bad airs and
gases up the chimney.
That out door exercise before break
fast is healthful. 1t is never so. And
from the very nature of things, is hurt
full, although the very vigorous may
practice it with impunity. In winter
the body is easily chilled through, unless
the stomach has been fortified with
good warm breakfast; and in warm
weather miasmatic and malarious gases
and emanations speedily act on the emp
ty and weak stomach in a way to vitiate
the circulation and induce fever and
ague, diarrhea and dysentery; entire
families, who have arranged to eat
breakfast before leaving the house, and
to take supper before shutdown, have
had a complete exemption from fever
and ague, while the whole community
around them was suffering with it, from
having neglected these precautions.
That whatever lessons a cough is
"good" for it, and, if persevered in, will
cure it. On the contrary, all coughs
are soonest cured by promoting and in
creasing them; because nature endeav-
ors by the cough to help to bring up the
phlegm and yellow matter in the
lungs, as the lungs cannot heal while
that matter is there. And as it cannot
be got rid of without coughing, the
more coughing there is the sooner it is
got rid of--the sooner are the lungs clear
ed out for the fuller and freer reception
of pure air, which is their natural food.
The only remedies which can do any
good in coughs are such as loosen the
phlegm, and thus less cough is required
to bring it up. Those remedies are,
warmth, out door exercise, and any
thing which slightly nauseates.-HdlPs
journal of Health.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-23
-S
OUR MISTAKES.

1t is rt-breaking thing to look
back on ones life and count up the mis-
takes we have made by following out
our own will, perhaps in defiance of
friendly advice, perhaps in accordance
with fiattering counsel. The sorrows
that have come to US as it were by the
will of God we can submit to with as
much or as little resignation as we have
the grace for; but the sorrows which
we have wrought by our own hand
the pitfalls into which we have walked
by taking our own way-these are the
sore places of memory, which no time
can heal and no patience salve over 81
did it by my own act and deed, and eff
had but listened to advice! if | had
but taken to pieces that set purpose of
mine, what different life / should have
had! what an infinity of trouble
should have been sparedi" How many
women, think you, are sitting now by
the blackened ashes of a burnt-out love,
heart-sick and spairing-women for
whom there is no tomorrow, no future
summer, no rainbow across the dull
gray sky of their enduring whitehall
for the set purpose of baseless love, all
for the wilful following at the heels of a
visionary joy! They were warned,
they were counseled, they were be-
sought but they took no heed. Love,
stronger than wisdom, drew them by
lines of steel, while this had only ropes
of tow; and the set purpose of their
lives was as the moths when it beats
its wings into the flame-and with
much of the same result.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-23

There is no better way of obtaining a
correct idea of the progress of Califor-
mia than by citing some few particulars
from the statistics recently published by
the San Francisco papers. With pop
ulation of 100000, of whom 10000 are
Chinese, Indians and negroes, we are
told there were produced last year 20,-
0OO,O 600 bushels of wheat, s. 200, 600 BUSH
els of barley, 100000 bushels of oats,
100000 bushels of corn, 100000 gal
Ions of wine, 100000 gallons of brandy,
220,O00000 feet of sawed lumber, $780,
600 pounds of butter, and 100000
pounds of wool. OF metals there were
produced 100000 pounds of quick-sil-
yer, all the rest of the world producing
but 8, 100000 pounds 100000 of sill
yer, and S21,472, ISL of gold. Manufac-
lures yielded last year S75,000,000, and
the total value of industrial products
was 1882 100000. When we consider
that California is as yet only upon the
threshold of her history, we may well
hesitate to assign any limit to her future
prosperity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-23
..FIGHT1NG PHIL" UNHAPP

The Detroit Post thinks that rroba-
bly, the most unhappy man in Europe,
just now, is General sheridan:
Little 'tPhil." was trained as an It'll
lery officer, but he first distinguished
himself as cavalry leader, then as an
infantry general, then as a cavalry COM
mander again. and finally with all arms
combined. He is now at the headquar-
tiers of the Prussian King, observing q
magnificent series of battles. The Prus-
slams have the best artillery arm in Eu-
rope which ''Little Phil" no doubt, fair
ly aches to handle. All about him he
sees an admirably organized cavalry,
raiding on railroad lines, charging on
shaking lines of infantry, and careering
through mountain valleys, up which the
enemy is sent whirling, in style after
his own heart. And he sees also long
lines of superb infantry, moving into
position under fire, or assaulting the
foe with the elan he so well loves, or
charging columns recoiling, reforming,
and trying it again in manner to make
his soldiery blood boil, at the critical
moment, with an eager desire to take
part in the fray, and eleetrify the waver-
ing advance, by the magnetism of his
presence and direction, as was his wont.
Doubtless he feels, at many critical mo-
ments in the battles he looks upon, the
passion of his own inspiration, and the
longing to give the poised battle just
the impulse he feels is needed here, or
the skiliful turn there. But he is only
a spectator, character he is least fitted
for by nature-a neutral-bound in hon
or to give no aid, to take no part; not
even to drop timely hint to the chiefs
with whom he rides. We dare aver
that ''Little Phil" often feels in his new
and strange situation, like the converted
champion jig dancer of the Tennessee
plantation, who felt it his solemn duty
to eschew the vanities of the dance, but
whose baptized feet, whenever the fid-
die was going, so twitched and jerked
till they ached with a sinful laundering
after one mere "break-down," that, when
he could stand it. no longer, he fled to
the woods, beyond the reach of tempt
ing sounds, and, as he said, "wrestled
with the old Adam in them legs nigh
about all night"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-23
THE DEPARTED SOUL.

Heavenl what moment must be that
when the last fiutter expires ON our lips
What a change! Tell me, ye who are
deepest read in nature and in God, to
what new world are we born? With
er has that spark-that unseen, incom-
prehensible intelligence, fed? Look
upon that cod, livid CHASTITY corpse that
lies before you'll That was a she'll, a
gross, earthly covering, which held the
immortal essence which has now left;
TO range perhaps, through illimitable
space to receive new glories of beati-
tude. Ten thousand fancies rush upon
the mind as it contemplates the awful
moment between life and death. It is
moment big with Imagination, hopes
and fears; it is the contamination that
clears up all mystery, solves all doubts
which removes all contradictions, and
destroys error. Great Godi What a
flood of rapture may at once burst upon
the departed soul. The unclouded
brightness of the celestial region-the
solemn secret of nature may be diynlg-
ed, the immediate unity OF the past
forms of imperishabIe beauty may then
suddenly disclose themselves bursting
upon the delighted sense, and bathing
them in Unreasonable bliss.-SpHTgeo