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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
DEFERRED ITEMS.

The present wheat crop Of California it
is estimated will fall 100000 centals short
of the last, leaving 100000 tons for export.
About 10000 sheep are to be killed on
the California coast below Santa Cruz, for
their hides, on account of scarcity of pasture.
One billion feet of lumber, six million
shingles, one million and two hundred thou
sand laths were sold in Chicago during the
year 1869
There was never before such activity in
railroad building in this country as at the
present moment II is estimated that from
10000 to 10000 miles Of road are now in
the hands Of constructors, representing near
ly thousand millions Of capital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. has a sect Of
Memnonites, descended from the Waldenses,
which keeps up many Of the apostolic usages.
At a recent meeting bishop and elder washed
and wiped the feet of all the brethren, while
a couple of women performed the same inter-
esting ceremony for the sisters.
AS nearly all the boys from the South
ern States failed to pass the required exam
nations to get into the Annapolis naval acad-
envy, and it is reflected they have had poor
chance for schooling the secretary of tho
navy has given them till September to learn
in, and will then give them another sxamina-
ton.
"A praying brother in Detroit, the other
day, entered a house Of ill-fame and knelt in
devotion, They liked it not and were rolling
him out doors, when he rose on them, striking
out right and left in professional style. Hay-
ing reduced his audience to submission and
cleared place among the PROSTATE forms,
he renewed his devotions and presented their
cases to the Lord with unmistakable plainness.
The method of baby farming in England
Is this The parents who desire to farm out
heir children and thus get rid of the care Of
hem, pay the matlon of a private infant hos
pital $40, or about that, to take charge Of
heir babe. 1t is undoubtedly understood
hat the inhuman parents do not care ever to
ice their offspring again, aud the mercenary
Nurse puts il out Of the way BY i'll treatment
n downright violence as soon Is possible.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
Old Shoes.

Children, you probably think that if you
look very sharply at an old shoe when you
throv it away you will know it again if oypr
it comes back to you. But that doesn't at
all follow One Of these days you may but
ton your dress with an old pair of slippers,
comb your hair with boot, or grasp cast
off gaiter in your hand while you eat your
dinner. You don't see how this can be d?
Well, we'll tell you.
Old Shoes are turned to account by manu-
hctqrers in the following manner They are
cut into very small pieces, and kept for a
couple Of days in chloride Of sulphur The
effect of this is to make the leather hard and
brittle. Next, the material is withdrawn
from the action of the chloride of sulphur,
washed with water, and dried. When thor
oughly dry, it is ground to powder and mixed
with some substance like glue or gum, that
causes it to adhere together. 1t is then pressed
into moulds and shaped into buttons, combs,
knife handles, oto, 80 you 500 how II may
yet come to pass that you will comb your
hair with boot, and fasten your clothes with
a slipper.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
Nearing the Other shore.

When attor tho weary voyage that first
made across the ocean, sick and loathsome,
arose one morning and went upon the deck
holding on, crawling, thinking was but a
wom | smelt in the air some strange SMELL
aud said to the captain. " what is that
odor 2' -" It is the land breeze from off Ire
land smelt the turf smet the grass, |
smct the leaves, and all my sickness departed
from me- my eyes grew bright, my nausea
was gone The thought Of the nearness Of
land came to me And when afar of, saw
the dim line Of land, joy came and gave me
health and, from that moment, had neither
sickness nor trouble; | was coming nearer to
the land. O, is there not for you, old man,
and for you, wearied mother, land breeze
blowing off from heaven, waiting to you some
Of its sweetness Behold, the garden Of the
Lord is not far away. ! know from the air
Behold the JOY of home, DO | not hear the
children shout The air is full of music to
our silent thought O how full Of music
when our journey is almost done, and We
stand upon the bound and precinct of that
blessed land Hold on to your faith Be
lieye more firmly. Take hold by prayer and
by faith. Away with troubles and butfetings.
Be happy you are saved in few hours
visions Of God and all the realities OF The
eternal world shall be yours, and you shall be
saved with an everlasting salvation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
Love to be Happy.

1t is the easiest thing in the world to be
happy ifmen and women would only think SO,
Happiness Is only another name for love for
where love exists in a household there happi-
ness must also exist, though it has poverty
for close companion. Where love exists
not, even though it be in a palace, happiness
can never come He was cold and selfish
being who originated the saying that, "When
poverty comes in at the door, love flies out
at the window and his assertion proves
concusivey that he had no knowledge Of
love; for, unquestionably, the reverse of the
axiom quoted is nearer the truth. When pow
erty comes in at the door, love, true love, is
more than ever inclined to tarry and do battle
with the enemy. Let those who imagine
themselves miserable, before they find fault
with their surroundings, search in their own
hearts for the true cause. A few kind words
or little forbearance will open the way to a
flood of sunshine in a house darkened by the
clouds of discord and unamiability.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

They whispered to one another, lie is
dying"
Aud he said, 81 am. My age is falling
from me like garment, and move toward
the star as child. And o, my Father
now thank Thee that il has 20 often opened
to receive those dear ones who await me "
And the star was shining and shines upon
his grave"
Who will not hope and trust that Charles
Dickens has gone to the star, and received his
welcome from the shining ones whom he
loved on earth, and who went up the bright
avenue before hm2
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

luE EnucAuoNAL GAZETTE for July Is has
reached our table. With tins number it make.
its frs. appearance as weekly journal As a
paper for Teachers. Scholars. and the Home Cir
Gle, the Gazette stands at the head Of al other
journals of It's class. Its original articles are in
structiye, wel-timed, aud entertaining. The
present number contains portrait of the late
Charles Dickens and some excellent extracts from
his writings The subscription is Two Dollars
yearly including a valuable book or periodical, a
large list OF which is presented in this number Of
the Gazette. Address the publishers, c. H..
Turner & Co., il5 Locust Street, Philadelphia,
for sample copy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
Little Nell.

Though Dickens peopled literature with
hundreds Of successful characters after Great
ing Little Nell the heroine Of "The Old
CURIOSITY shop" has never lost her place in
the heart Of popular estimation. Her touch
ing story has freshness aud spiritual
beauty which have not diminished through the
process oftime.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

MARRIED N HAsfE, is the titl0 Of a nov novel
from the pen of Mrs. Ann $ Stephens, now in
press, and to be published on Saturday next, by
I. B. Peterson 4 Brothers, Philadelphia, Fore
most among lady writer's is Mrs. Ann 5 Stevens
Novel after novel issues from her pen, and yet no
trace Of diminished powers are perceptible. The
present work is very vivid in description, very
acute in perception Of character, and as absorbing
in interest as any Of hor previous efforts. She is
becoming more chaste in the style of her compost
ton, and more reflective in her treatment of char
acters, and the motives that operate upon the hui
man heart. Ia the construction and development
of her stories lies Mrs. Stephens great power
She does not deal in dry philosophicals, nor bril-
liant tTanscendentalisms. She knows the taste of
the masses of novel readers. She gives them ex-
citing, sensational Incidents and a few broad,
strongly drawn characters, and thus secures the
sympathies her readers, without worrying them
with distractions. Married in Haste will
meet with the hearty appreciation ofall those who
read to be interested and excited. 1t will he is
sued in a large duodecimo volume in uniform
style with " Fashion and Famine, and Ruby
Gay's Strategy" and sold at Sl.7j in cloth or,
5 l.50 in paper cover.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

A BEAurIFuL IDEA.-Away among the
Alleghenies there is a spring so small that a
single OK, in a summers day, could drain it
dry II steals its unobtrusiye way among
the hills, till 1t spreads out into the beautiful
Ohio. Thence it stretches away thousand
miles, leaving on its banks more than hun.
dred villages and cities and many cultivated
farm, and bearing half athousand steamboats,.
Then joining the Mississippi, it stretches
away and away some twelve hundred miles
more, till il falls into the emblem of eternity.
1t is one of the tributaries of the ocean, which,
obedient only to God, shall roll and roar till
the angel with one foot on the sea and the
other on the land, shall lift up his hand and
swear that time shall be no longer So with
moral influence. 1t is rill--a rivulet--a
river--an ocean----and is boundless and
fathomess as eternity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

Mr.. Spurgeon, in response to PROPOSE
ton from the Boston Lyceum Bureau, in-
tended to bring him to this country as a lec-
turer, writes am much obliged by your
very courteous letter; but you are under a
mistake | am not lecturer. | now and
then give lecture for some good object but
do not do it well, and, moreover, have no
ambition in that line. | am very glad to
preach, but not if there is any charge at the
door, Moreover, have no kind of idea Of
visiting the States"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

Hon. Alexander II. Stevens having stated
in his recent hook {" The War Hetweon the
States'D that jefferson Davis was responsible
for the failure Of the Confederate troops to
advance on Washington, after the first battle
of Bull Run, brings out the correspondence
between General j. H. Johnston and Jefferson
Davis, written soon after that battle was
fought, The following is the letter, which
fully explains why the Rebs" did not at.
tempt the capture Of Washington in 1861,
Headquarters, CESTREvILLr, !
November 10, 1861.
TO Ms Erccilency, he Presideni
SIR II have had the honor 10 receive your let
ter OF the 81 instant, in which you call upon me
Z" Us the commanding General as a party 10 all
the conferences held by you on the 5lst aud 29l
of July, to say
whether you ohstructod the pursuit after the
victory Of Manassas
Or have ever objected 10 an advance or other
active operations which it was feasible for the
army 10 undertaken
To the first question | reply no. The pursuit
was ' obstructed" by the enemy's troops at Cen
treyille, as have stated In my official report In
that report have also said why no advance was
made upon the enemy's capital (for reasons) as
follows
The apparent freshness Of the United States
troops at Centreyille, which checked our pursuit ;
the strong forces occupying tho works near
Georgetown, Arlington and Alexandria tho cer-
tainty, too, that General Patterson IL needed,
would reach Washington with his army Of more
than 80 900, sooner than We could and the CON
dition and inadequate means of tho army in am-
provision and transportation prevented
any serious thoughts Of advancing against the
capital.
To the second question reply that II has never
been feasible Tor the army TO advance further than
ii has done-to the line Of Fairfax Court House,
with its advanced posts at Upton's, Munson 's and
Masons hills, After conference at Fairfax
Court House with tho three senior general officers,
you announced i to be impracticahlo TO give this
army tho strength which those officers considered
necessary 10 enable II 10 assume the offensive.
Upon which drew II back to its present position.
Most respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. II. JoussToS.
A true copy-G, w. Q. Ike, Col. aud A. d. q.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
Special hntices.
7-7717l--l-l--l--ll---
TIE PRErrEsT WOMAN IN NEW YORK

Miss , we'll known in our fashionable socloty for
her dsiHgi' appearance and beautiful complexion was
once mllow, roughsklnnod girl, chagrinod at her red
rocklcd face. She pitched into 1lagan's Magnolia
Balm and is now as pretty I'm complexion she Is
charming In mannor.. This article oyorcomes freckos
tan, sallownoss, moth-patoics, rng.marks, ETC. and
makes one look ten years younger than they are Mag.
nola Balm for transparent complexion, and Lyons
Kahairon to mako the hair plentiful, luxuriant, son
and delicate have rivals The Kahalron prevents the
hair from turning gray ofadieato dandrun and s the
best and cheapest dressing in the world 2sm
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
For the Y Dung.


The spider wears a plain brown drcs,t
And she DE- steady spinner
To sec her, quiet as mouse
Going about her silver house,
You would never, never, never guess
The way she gets her dinner
She lOoks a. if no thought ofill
In an her life had stirred her,
But while she moves with careful tread,
Aud while she spins her silken thread,
She is planning, planning still
The way % do suinc murder
Ny child who reals this simple lay
With eyes down dropt and tender.
RcmcmheT the old rrOvcrh says
That pretty ls which pretty does,
And that worth docs not go nor stay
For poverty nor splend0r.
'Tls not the house and not the drcs.
That makes the saint or sinner.
To see The spider sltand spin,
Shut with her webs Of silver iu,
You would never. never, never rucss
The way ,he gets her dinner
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
hliscella


OUDS.
Word. are lighter than tho cloud foam
or the restless ocean spraVt
Nalncr than the trembling shallow
That the next hour steals away.
By the fall Of summer uu-drops
T. the air asdecply stirred
And the r0sc-leaf that We tread on
viii outliye word.
Yet on the duh silence breaking.
With a lightning flash, word,
Bearing endless dcsolati0n
On H. lightning words, hoarl
Earth can forge no kCcncr weapon.
Dealing snrer death and pain,
And the cruel echo answered
Through long years again.
! have known one word hang slnr.likc
o.cr weary waste ui years,
And 70 only shone the bfiehtor
Looked 40 through mist Of tear
While weary waudercr gathered
Hope and heart on llio's dark waN,
ny H. faithful promise shining
Clearer day by day,
have known spirit calncr
Than the calmest lake, aud clear
A. the heayou that gated upon lt,
with no wave Of hope or fear
Nut storm had swept across lt
And its deepest depths were stirred,
Never, mover more 90 slumucr,
only by word
] have known word moro gentle
Than the breath of summer air.
Ia q listening heart 10 ncstlcl
And 10 lived forever thcro
Not the beating ui its prison
Stirred 70 ever night or day,
Only with the hearts last throhb.ng
Could u pass away.
Words are mighty. words are liyinei
Sorpcnts with their vouomod stings
Or bright angels oroWdlng round us,
with heavens light upon their wing
Every word has H. own spirit.
True or false, that never dies
Evory word mans lips have uttered
Echoes in the skies.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

his brown, and, whilc she was sleeping, had
been replaced with the crown Of the ransomed.
Ycddie had caught glimpse Of Jesus, and
could not live apart from Him. As he had
suppcd so he had slept with llim!-Chrisi-
ian Era.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

ES-rhe New York Board OF Health recently di-
rected Prof Chandler, the noted chemist of Co
lumbia College, to examine several hair dyes, -
and to report their chemical composition The
Professor reports that all hair-coloring compounds
containmore or less ofsugar of lead suphurous
extracts of ammonia, soda and other alkales dan
gerous to the health, Here is the resulto Prof
Chandler's experiments, showing tho amount
of '' lead - in several popular hair poisons
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
nlnral e 1Religinus.
our WHOLE pITY.

Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed
Speak truly, and each word oi thine
Shall be fruitful seed.
Live truly, and thy lifs shall be-
a great and noble creed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
orEvear vAeler'

~ THE BEST srYLt or the ART
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
TOE PRINTING
NEATLY pHoMrrLy AMI

CAREFULLY ExFcurfp
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27

4r TaF oFncr OF rof vo,rrruFa D0lr
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-19
LIST OF AGENTS.

T.TUSVILLE, CHURCH RUN AND VICINI
TY-STEPuEN aOoF Office, Hamilton's Ci,ar
store, add,>ss riiusyille, Pa Assistant john Van
Scriver.
TlTUsyILLE, CHURCH RUN AND yICINI
yY-lI. IL THOMAS. O!lce and address, Man
sion House. itusNi Q, Pa.
SUAnbURG AND VICINITT-GEORGE TR-
WIN. Once, shlmburg; residence, Titusvie, Pa
As ..sanr. A A. West,
ENTERPRISE PLEASANT VILE DEAN
FARM ANJ rlf.Chl W. GEO. VAN
NLlEr. OH g and address. Cnnse House, Pleas
an Vile Assistant, II. c. Huntington.
riDIpUf AND WEST HlCKORY--CIIAS.
CLARK Office and ,dcess, Exp ess Office Tidi.
uute. Pa, Assistant, l.. G Bearlsley.
pETRDl.EUM CENTRE AND VICINITY
levi MASON. Office and address, Petroleum Cen
tfe pt Assistant, Charles Bsckiord
rARR AND BLOOD FARMS and Di,rict.lyng
cn Oil Creek aud Cherry Run from Story Fam to
lI.Clintoskvilie--JA AHiISSAUNDEuS. VI Ad,trrs,
;, arr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Luther b. Saunders
Charles u. Cochran aad vi la - iIoyt
MoCLlNrOCilV,i.LE, OH. CITY AND r Nc
"A. $. WEST. Adlress, Oil City or Reno Pa
EHANlLiN, ALONG THE AILrGVENY rIv
ERR WiLBNR Office and d,adlres-, Franklin, T.,
sCRIrBG ASS, FOSTER Farm Il PAaRE 's
LANHTN,i-bICHARD ". REnFlELD Ohie'
ani aiG' ss Serubrrass, Pa Assistant, IL. w Por
Il ,Yiied Wldress fmlanton, Pa.
W''rr NIR itNIA-C. D. ANGEL. and Il. +
fclnk Sah',,ss, parkershure, West Virginia.
@G', -'a~ petrOieWnl Torpedo so.
masS-dlS.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-19

Friends aud patrons, ono aHdall.
Your attention to my biz" woild CALI
Times are dali an money tight,
But In these tines I'm looking for light;
To those who are building rigs without number,
would inform--ths is the place to buy Lumber;
Nv motto is this: 80 nick sales and Small 'ront,"
For business il healthy ind think much OF Il;
IN orali,y my lumber ia second to none,
And as for Shingles, keep No i
Some may not lo.k ut 1t in the light l co.
And .or q oso have quality No q;
And to those vi o Gre particu'sr--ss some may be,
| still have smother qua ily called No
have good seasoned Lumber. Dressed up nice,
hich Will sell ut a low cash price,
such a, plooriag, Ceiling asd siding, ooIh Eogt
and Dressed.
Lath, DAttens and Surfaced Lumber. ell Of the
bes,;
also have Rig Lrpber Of all kinds,
At prices to compare with oil and hard ,in.es;
AL kinds OF Timber kept constantly on hand,
And q hox of Cigars OF very good binnd;
Ny facilities for SCI ins surely without number
lalway. keep good teams to deliver good Lumber;
20 if you want Lumber Rough, Dressed, son or
Hard,
You vii, nud inst what you want nj SIS Lup
lor va d.
ieh1s-tf
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-19
S'AU ZION.

The public /. au.ioncd against en- olo, Ing any
u, the regularl. authorized agents If the Compa.
,y since tae NoDerts patent cover the use Of the
Torpedo and nh explosive materials for oil wells
and the Il Of such materials by other parties is n
sirect infrins cement of their rights. ANY parties in
singing any Of the kOBERTS PATENTS will be
dealt with according to law, and az acting wiiuly
had knowingly ia defiance OF Law anu the decisions
vi the COuts
TIE Company have re organized their bus ness
Wit, view to accomino oda'e Oil Men in every part
OF the Oil itcgion 1hey have employed the mos,
Efficient Agents and ASSISTANTS that can be procured
tor the business. Each Torpedo l. labelled with
date af p.tellta together win the price Of the Tor.
r.do, and silned by an officer of the Company, so
every Operator wishing II TORPEDO may know It's
price and whc1her it cuLe from our Office.
tpe. .ators will confer favor by reporting to this
Office any ueal seIIce Of Agents.
The following named persons have been appoint
ed Agents and Assistant Agents for the Oil Eeg ion,
Of Pennsylv 0ia and West Vi.gini,.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-17
..,,.v'. =, a. rceeip,,of Inc dnily Cd

> sfs.w. ,rein ryeeipi'cf The daily edi
lion Of ne caJio GAre,ir, rahlishel Al
shre,epui, i.oplslana, which We hops viii
e,a,lhus to come regularly to our table
Its chief editor, cut oil friend Dr. DHuRr
Lacy, is Cue writer AMI a gentleman oi
great parity Of cliararirr-a friend oil
every ,itthtEn stern hnfrlrH'ihg shemy
Of e,cry ylcr-pp Industrious, ahIsh'mind'
81. aud useful paa. lie makes a superior
.,lnll,@ aud heb Lomn,lal Of the Gazette. and
we wish hat paper nach success, morally
and pccunlArily, -l,-... -, a., 80 .
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-17
ssg, We find tho following kindly para

=
R6s' We find tho following kindly para
graph in the Clark County tfndiana| Re.
cord, Of The 10Th ult. The complainant to
our old friend and. iowns man, is NO les de-
served than is .Lis high appreciation of his
home nrbid the praiifts of Tcxas-truly,
the most Favored portion of the State
We ARE pleased to learn that the Colonel
is enjOyiny himself so well among his
friends of "auld lang syuc" %.
Jony C. Mccoy ESQ. Tho same genial,
,whole-souled John, rs of olas hash maxi
ing glad the hearts of bis nttmcrous friends
and relations in Clark couniy,Jbyi visit
during the past two or three weeks. Il lie
has fori'many years becna,ay citizen, of
Dallas, Texas-,whieh favored ,portionsof
,hle globe, hes thinks, is. sen scely iequale d
in the civilized world, i'm ma HgireapeoJss
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-17
INC So y. Of sssplsmsssisa , % y. -. ~,
,.sg. IT,, uons,on I,uion !. infoTmsl


ray The Houston Union is Informed that
we hpow Of no need for q Republican
(RadicaD paper in Dallas or Ellis counties.
The'editor charges the HERALD with being
"bitter" and an enemy to the "goyern-
ment." This may be so, according to the
Unions definition of government" but
rs don't regard the Radical party as the
government by any means Ind We,
moreover, assert thar the HERALD is doing
more real service 10 the "governmcnt "
the people than nine. tenths of the Rad.
ical papers of tho State combined. Whether
IN enemy or friend of the government
we don't think VIC will ever be found beg
ging for chickcnpie, although We
know that the HERALD is the best adver-
Using medium in all Northern Texas, SO
In n A 4 al ro 1. la ton il concern
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-17

EycoURAGISG.-Up to noon, yesterday,
nearly thirty five thousand dollars worth
of stock had been taken in the Dallas
Wire Suspension Bridge Company, and the
canvassor had only been out about three
orifonr hours. We believe that Ewithini a
wecG The whole amount of The STOCK Will
be taken. A-s,tqS ,