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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
Too Late to Change.

"rimo enough, you say, "to attend to
your soulY You have youth, health, long
life before you. Some time, by-and-by, you
will consider the claims Of religion" Listen
to this, which | lately heard in solemn en-
phasis from the pulpit.
A man in the very prime Of life was lying
on his death-bed Paralysis had seized upon
his body. 1t was creeping up, slowly and
surely TO his heart His very hours we're
numbered. A faithful minister Of God sat be-
side him showing him the way Of life. He
was agonized in the effort to listen, to compre-
hend, but the old habit Of years bound him so
firmly, that he could not fix his mind upon
what his friend was saying. His life had
been spent in the acquisition Of wealth
Honestly, honorably it had been gained
There was no stain upon it, but yet it proved
the milestone to drag him down.
" Why-why 10 he exclaimed, in voice
Of keenest anguish, sat this awful moment
can think Of nothing but my bank stocks 8"
And so he died Ifa your time, all your
thought, all your plans, are devoted to any.
thing earthly, how do you know that in the
dying hour you will be able to overcome the
habit Of life, and seriously think Of your
future
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
IRRITABLE INyALIDs.

Indigestion not only onocts tho physical health but
hc dispositions and tompcrs Of Is victims The dys.
pcptc becomes too, In measure demoraEod by his
uncrng He a subject 20 FITS Of irritation sullonnoss
or despair ns the case may be. prctornaural sons-
uvoness which he cannot CONTROL leads him 10 miscou-
struct The woris and nots Of those around him, and
Die intercourse oven with those nearest and dearest 10
hm is not unifequenty marked By exhibitions Of testL
ucs foreign 20 his real nature These are the mental
phenomena Of the disease for which the Invalid cannot
hc justly held responsible but they occason much house
hold discomfort ts to the interest Of tho home circle
10 H essential to family hsrnony we'll a. to the rescue
OF the principal sufferer from a state not far removed
from mHpIont insanity, that these symptoms Of
monal disturbance DO promptly removed This can
onlJ bo done lJ removing theif physical cause de-
mugcmcni Of the functions OF tho stomach and ts allied
vscem, The liver and the bowels Upon these three i'm
pDrtaut organs ll0stottors stomach Bttors oct smua-
ueously prelucuga thorough and salutary change la
their condition The vegetable ingredients of which
ho preparation De- composed ofn ronoyatiug regulat-
lug mod ar1aans character and the stImuant which
iends activity 90 ueIr remedial virtues tho purest and
best tlat can Dee extracted from the most wholesome Of
nil eeroala, Via sound rye No dyspcptc take this
genial restorative FOR single week without oXpcronc-
ing notable Improvement iu bis genial health Not
only will bis hodly sufiernes ahatc from day 10 day,
bat hs miud will recover rapidly fsm ia. rcstlessness
and lrrrhiity and this happy change will manifest
itsclt la hsdcncanor 10 all around him. O3O0
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
The Sins of the Tongue.

The tongue may be employed about, and
made to serve all the purposes of vice, in
tempting and decoving, in perjury and in.
justice. But the thing here referred to is
talkativeness disposition to be talking, abb
stracted from the consideration of what is
said, with very little or no regard to-, or
thought of doing, either good or harm. And
let not any imagine this is to be slight mat
ter, and that it deserves not to have so great
weight laid upon it, till he has considered
what evil is implied in it and the bad effects
which follow from it, 1t is perhaps true,
that they who are addicted to this folly would
choose to confne themselves to trihes and in
different subjects, and so intend only to be
guilty of being impertinent but as they can
not 60 on forever talking of nothing as COM
mon matters will not afford sufficient fund for
perpetual continued discourse; when subjects
of this kind are exhausted they will 20 on to
defamation, scandal, divulging of secrets,-
their own secrets, as well as those Of others !;
anything rather than be silent.-BiShOp But
Ier
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23

miscellaneous.
TnR NANE IN rnE RANK.

THE NAME IN THE RARk.
The ,elfof 50 long ago
And the self struggle 10 know,
sometimes think we arc two-or are We shadows
To-day tho shadow am
Returns In the sweet summer calm
To trace where the earlier shadows fitted awhile
In the sun.
Once moro In the dcwy morn
came through the whispering corn,
Cool 10 my teverod cheek son breezy Kisses were
The rlbboncd and tassollcd grass
Leaned over the iintterng glass,
Aud the sunny waters trillod the same low musical
tone
To the gray old birch / came,
Where whitfield my school-hOy name
The nlmble squirrel once more ran skppngy
over the rail,
Tho biackbiris down among
Tho aldcrs nOisily sung,
And under the blackberry .bricr whstlod the scri-
Gus quail
came, remembering we'll
How my little shadow fell.
A. painfully reached and wrote to leave to the
There stopping little, found
halfhoalod, curious wound,
An ancient scar In the bark, but no initial Of
minei
Then the wise old boughs overhead
Took counsel together and said
And the bu1z Of their leafy lips like a murmur Of
prophecy passed.
" lie Is husily carving a name
In the tough old wrinkles Of hme,
But cut he a. deep a. he may, the limos will close
over at last .n
Sadly pondered awhile,
Then linod my soul with smile.
And said, " Not cheerful men but anxious chill
dfen are We,
Stll hurting ourselves with the knife
A. we toll nt the letters Of life,
Just marrng little the rnd, never piercing the
heart Of the tree"
And now by the riyuletis brink
lesuroly saunter and think
How Idle this strife will appear when circling ages
have run.
II then the real am
Descend from the heavenly calm,
To trace where the shadow seem fitted
awle In the sun.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23

Nothing, sir; only mother will have al
she wants without my help :"
4" No, my child; it is all through yo1t tina
she will receive this little help from an ol'
friend. If you had not practiscd sclcholp
and loved your mother, you would not hav,
enlisted my sympathy and had my help"
Mother was afraid Of the snow said liz
tie Joe, but | told her it came for good"
Did you ever hear this, little snow-boy,
inquired the baker, -" That all things worl
together for good to those who love th'
Lord7"
"Yos sir mother has said it, though she'
so dull at times. This is the house, but
think you are too broad across the shoulders
to get up the top stairs For an instant th,
baker doubted, and looked inquiringly at the
child could it be that he had made up a
story about his mother But Joe added
" You can get up sideways, sir, as the land
lady does when she comes for her rent"
| think we all know by this time what a
kind heart the baker had, and can believe
that he felt very sad when he saw the oncC
pretty and bright village girl faded, woruout
woman
Joe should not have brought you here
Mr.. Glascote," she said, drawing thread
bare blanket around her. al do not want
to intrude my poverty on any onol
Mother interrupted joe the gentle
mans very kind, but we have money Of our
own, mother. | earned tenpence halfpenny
as a snow-boy did not tell you the snow
came for good2"
" God sends poverty as well as riches r
observed her visitor, "and if we knew all
one is often as great blessing as the other
your life fell among hard lines, but that will
make you the happier, perhaps, by and by
AT all events, among all your trials lth,
baker laid his hand on Joe's head as he
spoke) "he gave an angel to your bosom
That's true" said the widow; "but Sc,
how greatly even my poor child has beer
MANNED and afflicted =,
"Losing my ARM exclaimed little Joe
Why, mother, that's blessing III have
the one-armed boy for my door, said one lady
and she gave me twopence, and when the other
lads said they'd do it quicker, she repeated
Slow and sure. A great big NAVY, who
at first pushed me off the pavement, when he
saw | had but one arm, patted me on the
back till l shook again, and said was q
brave little man, and he would let me sweeT
where / liked; he spoke as if the street be-
longed to him. Mother, my half arm get.
me smiles and kind words and friends | was
fight about the snow, mother, | was right
about the snow "
1t is wonderful what great good may be
done by little thought, and little time
well laid out.
The kind baker found his way to Mr..
Boyds farm, and in very few days after
wards the farmers widowed sister and her
little Joe were beneath the shelter Of his
roof Mary's mother had been dead two
years, and Mr.. Boyd's sister is considered,
even by Tom, to be comfort in the house
and Joe can do with his one arm what Tom
with his two, | am sorry to say, is never like
ly to accomplish 4; he can write his unclc's
letters, and cast up his uncle's bills; and,
what is better, he is bright and cheerful and
grateful. His uncle says the little " snow
boy could find strawberries in bed of net
ties
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
Husbands &c B5ites,
TnE ExpREssIvrNrss on sILrNcr.

What touches the most deeply man's heart.
Ay and u luvor's'-'r the silont uro0a-
Not the lOud-spoken wOrds,-that testify
a true hearts beautiful and faithful l0yet
The dead their lips are silcnt-yet they speak
WITH loud voice their eyes arc shut and sealed,
Aui yet behold us' mildly smiles their face,
And We We weep TO look upon that SMILE
Which dead loved one leaves ~ asa proof
How gladly she would stlll have lived for usl
And yet how gladly she had died. that s0
She thus might say " loved thoe unto death"
Then reverence tho holy eloquent
silence Of sun and earth and eyery heart
FOR everything most noble and most fair
j. SUI, and chiefly whom unuttorcd, works
with heavenly might unuttonblo things
LeoBoM Schcfer-Eaypi1n's Brettdrg.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23

RACHEL WEEPING.-Rachel the ancestral
mother of the Israelites, was buried near Ra-
NAH, on the way to Bethlehem. The figure
of speech by which she is made to typify or
impersonate the weeping mothers who, at
Bethlehem, mourned over their lost ones, re-
fusiug to be comforted, is peculiarly touching
and beautiful. The mothers love in every
age and cline is the same, and the grief of a
mother over her dead is, of all sorrow, the
most helpless and unconsoable. But even
this has its balm. Could those stricken
mothers have known that Jesus lived, that in
the heartless slaughter of their little ones the
Saviour of the world had been spared to fulfil
his mission of Redeemer, they might have
smiled even amid their tears.
The air Is full Of farew6lls 10 the dying,
And mournings for tho dead
The heart Of Rachel, for her children crying,
Will not be cOrliorted,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23

GLORIOUS SoENEs.-G Glorious was the scene
when Enoch was translated; or when Elijah's
chariot of 6ro and horses of fire appeared in
the whirlwind and took him to his glory; yet
more glorious was the scene, when surround
cd by His disciples, the risen Saviour slowly
and majestieally assembled, by his own power
and glory, before shem, blessing them, and
cloud received Him out Of their sight. How
unspeakably glorious then, will be that full
result of His resurrection and ascension, when
crowding from every country, in glorious res-
direction bodies shining as the sun, at ono
and the same moment, the myriads and ntyr-
lads of His saints, Of every age, are all gath
cred into His presence, where ls fullness OF
joy, and are ever with the Lord.--Briek~.
seth.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
ihc hif 10 iull OF iareWoilh 70 the u1lHk
And mouTnings for tho dead
The heart Of Rachel, for her children crying,
Will not be cOriiorted.

TO be successful in life is not merely to
amass wealth, nor to surround yourself with
the Injuries and eegancies of life-to have
the means of the unlinited qualification Of
your appetites; nor yet to attain the highest
position Of honor or emolument among men
but it is according to the circumstances in
which God has placed you, and the opportu-
mites he has given you, to fill up the sphere
of usefulness which is open to you, To be
good, to do good and to get good, and, in all,
to aim to glorify God.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
CAriaadoro-s Ereel.ier Hair pue.
ALLCOCKS POROus PLAsrERs.

step hy step this commodity has attained il unpreoe
dented Mme. They are universally approved. They
support, strengthen, and aid the growth OF muscles
They appear 70 have peculiar effect upon the nerves.
allaying irritahliyi rhle supplying warmth They
eem 10 accumulate electricity, aud aid the circulation
of he blood through the part where applied by which
healthy actions are Induced.
Even Ia paralysis whore articulation was suspended
The use n the Porous Paser to the spine restored the
articulation, and materially reduced tho paralysis 10
net the pateut could help himself while before the
Porous Plaster Wa applied she helpless as a baby
We refer TO Mr sally Elliot; Springfield, Mass Sold BY
an Drugsists Agency, Bmndroth House. n. Y. ms
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
WHAT EVERY noRsEMAN WANTS..

good, cheap and ro!iabic Liniment. Such an nrtl-
cic ls d. Tobias Venetian Horse Eminent Pint Bot
ties at One Dollar. For Gamencss Cute Calls. Collie
sphIns, &c., warranted better than any other It ls
used ly all thc graai horemeu on Long Island course
lt will not cure Ring Bone nor SPAWN as there is mo-
Lnimcut Ia existence that will. What t is stated to
cure 10 positively will
No 9rns Of horsi rA be- cfso4f t aer trying BOT.
hf One i1se revvcs and oen saves the r of an over.
heated driven horse For Collie and Belly.achs IL ha.
never failed. Just the sun rises just 30 sure is
ths valuable Lument to be the Horse Embrooaion Of
tho DAY.
Use ii one and al Sold by tho Drugs.sis aud Store
acpor throughout the United States. Depot 90 Park
Place Now York mn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
nm MORsr pILEs crREn

wish 70 spread abroad the great benefit have derived
from the use Of On. HARRIsON's PERIsrALTIC Loz.
ENGES. have suffered years from the worst Piles. ]
Used EvERrIWNG 10 40 PURPOSE until / found the
i4ensss, iu los than month ] vas cured and have
on} 10 resort O. them when costiveness RErURSs and
always and lustantrcet S. o. NEAL Por sale at MOL
fremont Temple Boston, by +. A. HARRISON a CO.,
Pfopretor and by al Druggists. Mailed for 6o ovnts
Feb. and Mar
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
For the 1Tnung.
THE WAY TO no 1T.

Uncle Tim's little schoolmaam sends this piece
wee boys and girls 10 learn II ia Intended 10 he d
a. we'll as rccltcd
IN tell you how speak piece
First make my bow
Thou bring my words out clear
And plain a. know how.
Next throw my hands up 20
Then lin my eyes
That's 20 Let my hearers know
Something doth surprise.
Next grin, and show my tooth
Nearly ovcry ono
Shake my shoulders, hold my sides
That's the sign Of fun.
Next start and knit my brow
Hold my head erect
Something wrong you sec, and
Decidedly object
Then ! wabblo at my knees,
Clutch at shadows near,
Tremho we'll from top 90 tooi
That's the sign offear.
Soon scowl, and with o leap
seize an airy Dagger
NREtcn - cry-ihats tragedy,
Every soul 10 staggor,
Then let my voice grow faint,
Gasp aud hold my breath
Tumble down and plunge about
That's williams death
Quickly then como to life,
Perfectly restored
with bow my speech is done,
Now, youil please applaud.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye the best in the world Harm
le reliable instantaneous, does not contain lead moi
amy utahc poison to produce paralysis death. Avod
the vauntei and delusve preparations hoastng virtues
they do not possess. The genuine W. A. Batehelor's
Hair Dye has had thirty years untarnshed reputation
20 uphold It's Integrity as tho only perfect Hair Dye
Black Brown. Sold by all Druggiss Applied at Is
Bond St, New York. 9iB
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
Twenty.ave Years' Practice

in the Treatment Of Diseases incident to Females Ia.
placed DIR DOW At the head Of all physicians max ny
such practice speciality, and enables him to guarantee
aspeedy and permanent in the worst cases Of Sup
fr''soa and all other Menstrual Dsragsmenis from ,saf
',e' ea's All letters ~ advice must contain g. Ohee
No. EsDcorr STREET Bosros
NB-Board furnished to those desiring to remain un.
der treatment
Boston, July, S6s 73W
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23

"A newly-married lady in Chicago COM
planned to her ma, that on her reception day
her card basket was overrun with circulars
from lawyers, announcing terms for divorce.
" So absurd, you know Ma, before our honey
moon is over" "True, dear" replied Ma,
(who has been twice divorced), "but I'd put
them in safe place; you may find them very
useful In year or two,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
nanral Sc Religious.
INFLUENCE.



DRor follows drop, and swolls
with rain the sweeping river
Word follows word. and tells
a truth that lives forever.
flako flows fake, like spritos
Whose wings tho winds discover
Thought follows thought, aud lirhtq
Tho realms u mind brewer.
Beam follows beam 10 cheer
The cloud a bolt would shiveri
ThrOh follows thr0h, and fear
Gives place 10 Joy forever.
The drop, the flako, the beam,
Toach a. o. lesson over
The word, the thought, the dream,
impress the soul forever.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
Special nntioes.
VEGETABLE sICIMAN

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g. The best article known to preserve tho hair II will
positively restore
GRAY HAIR TO IT'S ORIGINAL COLOR AND PRO
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itisan entirely new scientific discovery, combining
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vegetable kingdom.
II uitss The Has smooth and glossy and does not siaia
the kin
TT IS RECOMMENDED AND USED by THE FIRST
MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
For mle by all druggists. Price sI.Oo
wh p HALL q CO., Nashua, n. II. Propr's.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-23
AVOID ouACKs.

victim or early indIscretlon, causing nervous dohll
W premature decay, &C. having tried in vain every al
Neftsed remedy has discoveries simple means Of self
cure which he will send ee 10 his fellow sufferers OF
receipt OF stamp TO pay postage.
Address j. II. REEVES, 7s Nassau st., New York.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-08-10
A Terrific StOrm--lmmensc Loss of Prop
CrtY,

One OF the most terrific storms :LoL
ever visited our city came upon us yes.
terday morning and before running its
course inflicted damage the amount Of
which can scarcely be estimated. It
was the seyerest storm since Sept. 1860.
a stout breeze from the southeast
commenced blowing early in the morn
ing and gained intensity as the day nd
vancsd,.and blowing signs hel'or SHELTER,
tearing trees I'D by the roots and break
ing down telegraph posts in all parts of
the city.
From IL until 2 o'clock it blew per.
feet hurricane.
The tide rose very rapidly, reaching,
it is estimated, fully four feet above high
tide mark before it commenced to fail,
Front, Commerce and Water streets
were completely submerged, and the
stores in all Jhe lower parts Of the city
were under water, and immense losses
were incurred among the down town
grocery dealers in damage to stocks.
The water on Dauphin street reached
about 30 feet above Water street.
Messrs. Forchcin,mer g. Lassabc, b.
a. Weems & Co., Ulrich & Diard and
G. NJ. Parker were perhaps lhe heaviest
losers by the food, although nearly
every merchant on Commerce aud
Water sireets-wherc the stores are
low suffered more or less. 1t is clear
impoSslbllity to make even fair approx
ma'ion Of the damage from this cause.
All the down town dealers went nc.
lively to work clevating their goods
carly IN the morning, and to tins pre-.
cau'ionary measure was due the saving
OF great deal OF property.
Tne st. amers Ge, trndc and Mist lying
at the wharves across the river wcro
torn from tEe'r fastcnings and blown
over to this side. The Mist vent along
up tho river clear, and finally, after
losing her chimncys, was blown ashore
in the marsh just above the mouth Of
One-Mile creek.
The Gertrude, however. was less for.
tNna,e. After crossing over she struck
first the Prairie State, then The Hale,
the ella May, and the Laura; broke
the steamer Arlington from her fastcn.
'mgs at the wharf nearly opposite Ship.
rers' press liberated the three .mastel
schooner j. Ricardo Jorda from her
hold to the wharf near by tho Airing
ran into and carried OF barge lying
along side ofth" steamer !. p. jackson,
and after losing her ,1t.n "v,r'oard,
sunk nearly opposite the Merchants
press.-NobHc Tribune.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-08-10

vo.unteer comptny at your own expense
And yet amidst MI his the streets aud high
ways s% ,r.n VIII bristling tayoncts Of
~" ihwicsS negro militia. The roads are red
with gore for two days after their conflicts
with ono anolher The rest of your women
aud children is HrpHrp, both in your town
nnd f"r miles in the surrounding country
ny ihH :n!""aa! tin oc ;hcr midnight drums
aht u"ion League gatherings. Is il not an
inco"iroTertiblc fnct thnt he has furnished
the 'rcrnes throughout the length and
br"'d'h Of our State with rifles and ball
ctrtria2cs whilst he has scrupulously kept
them fro t. the hands Of white men Show
lug. thar he hn, uttered the true sentiments
of his heart when he alluded 10 the Win
chester rifle in his Washington speech ns the
arbncr Of the iss :cs between US. Men of
Carolina | would not unnecessarily stir the
proud blood which flows now 80
quietly in :hc veins Of every true SON Of
The State. These are not times that men
should be led by their passions. The rea.
son and forbearnnce Of cool heads and bnl.
anccd minds should he allowed full sway.
Prudence should temper our every act, but
II has ever been and is now my opinion that
these hell born rccon3truction nets brought
upon ~ by the blood of Americans would
leave us Ms they came upon us with the dis
"fP'''"' w NV hthetlc"h PeOpie "rlttcu IN
characters Of blood all over their infamous
pages. In the meantime, therefore, see no
impropriety Or violation Of law in nrming
yourselves, SEQ no reason why the coed
men OF the country cannot trust themselves
with Winchester rifles too {; for, they are
ns we'll aware Of the terrible consequences
that must follow the improper use Of them
ms ignorant and irresponsible negroes
whilst the possession of them will enable
us with feelings of more security to devote
ourselves to tho Agricultural and other
material Interests of our State, and await
with more patience the solution of this tor
ribl' problem which dod in his myst crious
providence is temporarily keeping from thi,
stricken people. Arm yourselves. If il
takes of the wearing apparel of yonr wives
and Of the bread Of your little ones, put |,
of not another day.