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The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
What it is to be a Widow.

al think it must be jolly thing to
be young widow | heard this re-
mark, the other day, in group Of
laughing girls. l think | remember
saying such thing myself in the care
less girlish times.
Do you know, girls, what it is to be
widow? 1t is 70 be ten times more
open to comment and criticism than any
aemoiseile could possibly be. II is to
have men gaze as you pass, first at your
black dress then at your widows cap,
until sensitive nerves quiver under the
infiction. 1t is to have one illnatured
person say, Il wonder how long she will
wait before she marries again 7" aud
another answer, "Until she gets good
chance, / supposed" 1t is now and
then to meet the glance Of realsympathy,
generally from the poorest aud humblest
woman that you meet, and feel your
eyes fill ut the token, so rare, that it is,
alas ! unlocked for. Il is to have your
dear fashionable friends condole you
after the following fashion-''Oh, welll
it's a dreadful loss. We knew you'd
feel il, poor dear" And in the next
breath, "You will be sure to marry
again, and your widows cap is very be-
coming to yvu."
Butt is more than this to be widow.
It is to miss the strong arm that you
have leaned upon, the true faith that
you knew could never fail you, though
all the world might forsake you. 1t is
to miss the dear voice that uttered your
name with a tenderness none other
could give il. It is to hear never more
the well-known footsteps that you few
so gladly once to meet. To sec no more
tho face that, to your adoring eyes,
seemed more lovely thas any other. To
feel no more the twining arms that
folded you SO lovingly; the dear eyes
that, looking into your own, said so
plainly, whate'er it might seem TO others,
yours was the fairest face earth held to
him. II is to fight with mighty sor.
row as n man fights with the waves that
oyerwhclm him aud to hold il at arms
length for a while only to havc--in
hours Of loneliness aud weakness ss---tor.
rent roll over you, while-poor storm
driven dove--you see no haven OF peace
10 the distance. but heaven.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

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The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
What Love is to o Woman.

What wonderful thing love is to a
woman! How it helps her to know
that some one is always fond of her /;
that he rejoices when she rcjoices, and
sorrows when she grieves; to be sure
that her faults are loved, and that her
face is fairer, to one at least, than faces
that arc far more beautiful-that one
great heart holds her sacred in the in-
nermost recesses above all women She
can do anything, be anything, suffer
anything, thus upheld. She grows pref.
tier under tho sweet influence
kinder, stronger-and life seems but a
foretaste of Heaven ;.and all she sees is
beautiful, aud all her dreams are gold.
But when this is gone-when the
sods are piled over the true lovers
breast--or when her role has been play.
ed in one Of those too frequent tragedies,
and tho curtain has dropped aud the
iootlights are out, and it is all over for
ever, then God have mercy on the
woman, for life holds nothing more for her.
How weary is her work when no one
helps or praises How desolate leisure!
How joyless the things that gave her
joy! The pain that she could bear
when some dear voice praised her
patience and pitied her, grows insup.
portable; ambition perishes for who
shall care to hear her praises 7 The
little innocent vanity that made the
wearing Of pretty things a pleasure,
forsakes her soul when no one smiles to
see her look so well, or praises her with
a word or glance. Her heart withers I;
her life fades; she grows old as love.
filled years could not make her grow iu
very little while, for love is all to
woman--her hope and comfort and pow
er. Aud let those who have 1t, thank
Heaven, and pray that they may live
no longer than love dwells with them,
for all that cometh after is but Dead
Sea iruit--cold, bitter aches at the
heart.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
Original gastry.
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

Ah here 1t Is, that dear old place,
Unchanged through all these years;
How like some sweet, familiar face
My childhood's home appearsl
The grand old trees beside the door
Still spread their branches wide,
The river wanders as of yore,
With sweetly murmuring tide,
The distant hills look green and gray,
The flowers are blooming wild,
And everything looks glad to-day,
As when was child.
Regardless how the years have aown,
Half wondering | stand,
catch no fond, endearing tone,
clasp no friendly hand;
l think my mothers smile to meet,
list my fathers's call,
pause TO hear my brothers feet
Come bounding through the hall;
But silence all around me reigns,
chill creepS through my heart
No trace OF those love rem aims,
And tears uRbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair.
What though the budding flowers
Still shed their fragrance on the air.
Within life's golden hoursf
The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore
Voices that filled my youthful ear
Will great my soul no more.
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread.
As when we kiss clay cold face,
And leave 1t with the dead.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

affirm nor deny it; should it be correct.
however, / should say that il must make
a tolerably unpleasant inroad into inauy
restricted income.
As rule, gloves should always be
shade lighter than the dress with which
they are worn-never darker. Dark
gloves with light dresses are most often.
siye to the eye.
10 return to black gloves for a
moment. must here remark that
abroad, where rules respecting mourn.
ing are huch more strict than in Eng.
lan !, black kid gloves are not allowed
during the frat stage of mourning.
Black kid is shining, and deep mourn.
ing should avoid all that shines !; thus.
black wooleu gloves are alone allowed
under these circumstances. At the
Bargundian court gloves are not allow.
ed at all during mourning. 1t would
appear by that, that gloves were consid
cred as objects Of vanity, like powder
aud rouge, which likewise were prohit-
tied during mourning.
For general wear, neutral tints are
the best for gloves, and above all, the
Swedish kid glove in its natural tan.
color. There is no glove like it for use
fulness, elegance aud economy. They
may be worn at all hours, and with all
dresses, except evening dresses.
In the event of embroidered gloves or
miitens returning into fashion, it will
be as well to remark here that embroid.
cry should always correspond with the
natural shape Of the hand-aowers,
and symbols, such as two hands united
should be scupulously avoided. Lines
aud arabesques are the most appropriate
patterns for glove embroidery-lincs
tend to make the hand look narrow. and
therefore are preferred to any other
style of working.
The first requisite for glove is that
it should fit well, therefore it ought to
be cut according to the hand 10 fact,
the hands should bc measured for gloves
as the feet are for boots. In France it
has long been customary to measure
for gloves, aud there are now a few
establishments In London which adopt
similar fashion,,
The art OF cutting out glove is one
especially excelled in by the French,
aud Is most difficult in execution. In
deed there is an old pioverb which
says that it takes three Kingdoms to
make one glove; Spain 70 provide the
kid, France to cut it out, aud England
to sew it. The French have a particu.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
Select 3ostry.
From the Guardian.
THE sIGNERs IN RHYME.

Bf REV. J. n. DuBDs.
The Massachusetts, delegation,
That singed our glorious Declaration,
Where Hancock, Gerry, Robert Paine,
The great John Adams, and again
Another Adams, Samuel by name.
New Hampshire, called '.the Granite State -
Sent Whipple, Bartlett, Thornton, great,
Alike In counsel and debate.
Rhode Islands delegates, we see,
Where Stephen Hopkins and Ellery.
Connecticut, excelled by none,
Sent Roger Sherman, ber noblest son,
With Wolcot, Williams and Huntington.
New York as delegates employed
Lewis Morris and William Floyd,
With Francis Lewis, and Livingston
Who died before the war was done.
New Jersey to the Congress sent
Her honored College President,
John Witherspo0n with Stockton, Clark,
Hart, Hopkinson-all men OF mark.
Though Pennsylvania need not blush
For Norris, Morton, Wilson, Rush,
And though most men might seem as dross
To Clymer, Taylor, Smith, and Ross;
Who neither ligbtnings feared, nor kings.
The men from Delaware-indeed,
As true as steel, In utmost need
Were Rodney, with Mclean and Reed.
"My Maryland" Is proud to own
Her Carroll, Paca, Chase and Stone.
In old yirginia's roll we see
The gifted Richard Henry Lee,
And, just as earnest to be free,
His brother, Francis Ligbtfoot Lee;
And Wythe and Nelson, patriots true,
With Harrison and Braxton, too
But Of them all there was not one
As great as Thomas Jefferson.
North Carolina's chosen men,
We know, were Hooper, Hewes and Penn.
And South Carolina's vote was won
By Hayward, Lynch and Middleton.
From Georgia came Gwinnet, and Hall,
And Walton, too, the last Of all.
Who signed our precious Declaration
The pride and glory Of the nation.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
Manufacture Of Knives.

Few people have any idea through
what number Of hauds their pocket
knives have passed in the process Of
manufacture. A bar Of steel destined
to furnish number Of blades Is heated
to redness. A length is cut Of, and
the forger speedily s'moulds" this---that,
is, shapes it roughly into the form Of >
pockct-knife blade. Another heating
is then required to Ct the end for being
fashioned into the tang, and yet another
before it can undergo the further opera
tion of "smithing," the last Of which Is
the stamping of the mark Of the thumb
nail to facilitate opening. The tang is
then ground and the blade marked with
the name Of the firm. The slight bulge
90 the reverse side caused BY this oper-
GRAFTON is removed by FIRE or the grind
stone. The blade is then hardened ~
heating it 70 redness aud then pluoginx
il into water up to the tang. The tenn :
pering process follows next, the blush
yellow tint being considered as iudica-
ting that the proper degree Of heat 1t
which to immerse the blade oncs moro
10 cold water has bcen attained. Altar
this the e''blsdesssre classified 10 the ware
house, and undergo sundry grinding
operations 70 G. them for being haftsd.
Twelve distinct processes have By this
time been gone through, and many
more are necessary before tho knife s
completely finished, although the nuns
Der Of hands which It has now 70 pass
through depends ia q great measure o. 10
6uish to be given to the handle, accord.
ing to the quality Of the blades with
which i is fitted, aud the price which
the completed article is intended TO rsa-
lize.-- Engineer and Aiaiay Jcsrna1
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
Our Olio.
Something about Gloves.

A writer in Land and IKater says
In some northern countries there exists
custom for brides, on their wedding.
day, to present a pair Of gloves OF their
own manufacture to each invited guest;
and woe betiie the unlucky bride who
neglects single one, for his or her re
vcnge would follow the young wife
throughout her whole life, however dis
tant her home might be. To provide,
therefore, for the utmost emergency, n
girl begins early in life to lay by dozens
and dozens of gloves of her own knit.
ting ready ior the eventful day. In
most countries it is still customary to
give white gloves to menials on a wed.
ding-day, but these need not be worked,
stitched or knitted by the brides own
fair fingers. 1t is also usual to give
gloves at christening; and abroad, es-
pecially in Switzerland, it is the god.
mother who presents them, rather re.
yersing the laws Of gallantry.
The custom Of giving gloves at funerals
is also very old, though now it is gen
orally restricted to the mourners. Thus
in almost every age aud country, the
glove has been linked with love; mar
riage, birth, aud death. IL has also
formed the theme of many romance
and poem, aud it has more than once
proved powerful instrument of revenge
in the hands of jealousy aud hatred;
poisoned gloves being at one time but
too frequently used as the means where.
by to dispose Of a hated rival. The
Medici knew the fatal secret, alas too
we'll, and pitilessly employed it to safe
their cruel passiois.
Cosmetic gloves, with thick lining
Of paste whereby to soften aud whiten
the hands, were also very much favored
at one time, and, | believe, may still be
had 10 these days, aud are eagerly
bought by some ladies', who regularly
wear them at night, though where they
are to be procured cannot tell.
But lot Us return to everyday life
and to gloves as we ind them. White
kid gloves should be especially reserved
for occasions Of the greatest ceremony;
on all other occasions they are out Of
place, common aud vulgar, aud white
gloves must never be Of any material
but kid. Next to white kid gloves,
straw colored are the most dressy, for
they look almost white by night, aud
may be worn when white may not for
fetes, small evening parties, etc. Straw
colored gloves have often played cou.
siderable parts in fashionable novels,
just as gauntlets did 10 old romance,
and since Pelham headed the list, every
novelist for long period thought him
self compelled to glove his heroes and
heroincs 10 straw colored kids. But
lavender has now usurped the place of
straw, especially with gentlemen, who
even have occasionally the bad taste to
dance in them. say bad taste, be-
cause every custom must be in bad
taste, however fashionable it may be, If
il bc productive Of damage or injury to
others, and though gentlemen may not
generally know il, lavender kid gloves
often spoil their partners dresses, who
frequently cannot wear second time
dress body after it has been held by
hands encased in lavender.
Black gloves should only be worn in
mourning, aud never at any other time
under any pretext whatever. Ladies
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

A piece Of '.iron paper,D a thousand
Of which were required to make layer
an inch thick, was sent from this coun-
try to the International Exhibition at
London, in 1851. But English work.
manship has now attained far moro
remarkable result, in the production of
sheet Of iron so thin that it requires
four thousand eight hundred such to
form an inch in thickness. II is the
thiuucst sheet iron ever rolled, aud
measures tea inches 10 lcugth, BY Eve
aud . half in width. 1t weighs only
twenty grains
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10
Il curious fact. iIIustratioe the !

It a curious fact. illustrating the me-
cessity Of cleanliness, and Of keeping
the pores 70 the skin open, that if coat
ofvarnish or othor substanos iulpervions
to moisture be applied 70 tho extsfior
Of tho body, death will onsue ia about
six hours. The experiment. vas once
tried on child At Florence. 0n Tho
occusion Of Pope Leo tho Tenth's Acses.
sion to the papal chair, it was desired %
have living figure 10 represent tho
Golden Age, and 50 child was gildcd
all over with varnish aud gold Leaf.
The child died in . few hours. n tllo
fur Of rabbit Or the skin Of ! PIC b eor-
ereded with ISOLATION Of India rubber
IN uaptha, the animal osasss n bresth
in couple Of hours.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

The Indian substitute for tobacco Is
the bark Of red willow. Il Is scraped
6ne aud dried. When smoked II rro.
duces no sickness Dr. headache, aud the
Indians Of Wisconsin who use il turn
from tobacco with disgust.
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

There is whole SERMON in the say
ing Of the Persian, '.In all thy quarrels
leave opsn the door Of reconciliation"
The Democratic advocate., 1871-08-10

He who has no respecs for the laws
Of morality, will easily and mcaus u
eyade the laws Of the land.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

! Another suicide at Marshfield. !
Ger in Lanes Mill Marshficld, committe,
suicide on Friday last. and his body was
| discovered on Sunday. suspended from /;
/ tree some thirty rods from the mill. W,
have heard no reason given Tor Ills sac
act. bui il is stated that insanity is :. here,
( dilary faint in the family. 1t i reported
that the young man. after mutilating hi,
/ own person. plunged Il knife into his neck
near the jugular vein, but did not entirely
sever that vein. Some singular rumor'
are connection with the suicide.-FreemdR
WINDSOR COUNTY.
y conspiracy among large number OF
cape. was discovered by the officers, the
other day, and thwarted just in time.
The Vermont Central Il. Il. Co. are row
erecting ut W. r. junction round house
with stalls for thirty-three engines and in
tend to make this a more central point than
ever before i'll the operation Of the road.
They are driven to this step on account
OF the great distance between st. Adams
minus. And as further and very impor-
tant step in the prosperity of the JUNCTION
they are now clearing away Growers
store and other buildings preparatory to
the erection of a repair shop.
wINDIIAM COUNTY.
Another Of those unaCcOuntablc "ac-
ci'!cnts" ACQUIRED near Bellows Falls.
AlunZO Il. Rhodes, young man OF Clar-
cndon. While shooting at mark, about 3
o'clock. Monday afternoon. five miles out
from Bellows Falls, turned the muzzle of
his revolver toward himself, to put on a
cap. when it went oil, the ball passing
to walk to the village, where he arrived at
IL o'clock that night. and died Tuesday
morning.
j. II. Williams. cashier o: the Bellows
Falls bank, has been seriously i'll from the
bite OF 4 spider. but is now recovering.
For several days past Il trio of suSpic
loUS lll'l lliNt DttIl CiuN d>slLS llIt NllliSt
of Braillcboro for the oStensible purpose
OF selling hat-racks. They would walk
into houses with front doors uuiaStcncd
without the ceremony OF knocking or bell
ringing. AS various articles of icwclry
and in one case valuable gold watch
were miS>inm after the "caIVaSScrS had
called one of them. who suddenly left
town. was arrested by telegraph al
CIRCUITS Corner, Mass, ON TUESDAY. and
taken back to BrattlcbOrO. Several of the
miS>in" articles were found on his pcr> on.
and Justice W. =. Newton committed him
to await the action OF the grand jury for
the September court. which i about sit
ting. The prisoner was found TO belong
to one of the respectable families OF Low
ell. Mass.
Isaac Hines of BraulcbOro was serious
" injured On Monday While raising Il
building, preparatory 10 moving it. Some
of the supports gave way, and the build
in" fell upon him, breaking Il L." and arm
and severely bruiSin" his side and head.
Some excitement has been occaSioncd
at BcattlchorO by the report that Il naked
man had been seen wandcrin" on Mount
opposite the village. tor
several days past. \ party was made up
on Tuesday To go in search OF him. hui
they were unsuccessful.
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sSS.'S:tt:.

EINtSlt;'.
Mr.. E,litot: Your correspondent OF
this town has been requested ia furnish
tor publication the reports OF the SUpt. of
the Sabbath schools. as reported by them
at the late ). :. convention held here on
the 23d day OF last month.
| herewith transmit Tia" statistical pant
O .ly. OF each report IL fellows: So. Rye
cate Il. l.. :. =. wa. organized in 1917.
John McLuIc E~q. waa chosen il Supt.
and centuries to hold The same office 10
the present time.
Present tao. OF scholars. llJ
No. OF Teachers.
Average attendance. 81
Schoo! continues open SIN months dur
M the year. DO not take up Il collection
IN the school, or keep record of verses
committed; use uniform lessons. Reform
by JAS. Bcattir in 1919. Mr.. Robt. Dixon
itS present Supt. reports the no. OF
scholars 81 GO; average Attendance IS.
teachers 9. This school has also a diyis-
ion in Barnet under the superintendent
OF Mr.. j. Hartman. no. of scholars 60.
average attendance 80, teachers 10. The
school does not use the uniform lessons.
Ten scholars have committed to memory
the book of Psalms. and several under
years. the shorter catcchiSm. School
continues open through the year. The
| [. L. :. :. Wa> organized in 1861. Mr.
j. +. Nelson was chosen its first Supt.
The present condition OF the school * re.
ported Is follows: No. OF officers 3. no. OF
teachers ID. no. OF scholars 115. Whole
no. l3l. No. OF verses committed DURING
the last two years 10 go. and one young
| lady has mcmoi lied the new testament en-
tire. 5000 have been raised by penny
collections. taken the fist sabbath o.
each month in the different classes, mOsi
of which has been given to the Mission
cause. The school cOoperatcS with The
| Vt. State :. :. association. elects dele
"rt"S and IcpcItS to the same annually
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t ,,rI-T CnUEcu,-Mcctimr- in Hall oil 'alcdonar
ilnck -Q;cv. ". /. N"ycz, rt-for) Srbl;'if
z,rviccs - lu:ar 4. liz ani d." T. ". Sab
llth School at l2:"u
-itrH"tI,r CuUEu-tl;cy. IL. {. Sh' ID Il, Pastor.
abL,th services At ln:.n \ n, III and ':3'
T. N. -ahblth school At l2:uu NJ.
-.,.iu C",..'r CmJ r'H,- lgev. ,has. NJ S""t!rrntr
r,-'or! S,Lbath services at 1":." \. N. aad
G;u =. NJ. sabbath School N LIB +. ".
..t IA C","'r CmLrn. REV. l.. O. Rrtstow, rnsorl
al bath scrvic,s IT lu:au \. N. and tio =. NJ
sabbath School AZ 1850 N. Prayer Mr'tins- ~
Zach Church Wednesday evening" At 80
" ,. MIS- ,uI.I~TIAs A.. IATI".,-lr:lc r Me- =
in.- At their Room, Mon Block Friday even
la. AZ ~:ru o'clock.
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sion at Barton. QCite large crowd of
people wee il attendance at Roaring
Brook Park. aud after much delay and
more chaflering. the three races were
gone through with. "Snowflake" went
round the circle in less time than the 9TH
crS. and was declared the winner of the
largest purse. Odd Bailey by reason
OF the breaking of Red Daniel on the
score" vs. declared the better horse of
! the two. although he could not tIOt a>
| fast a. hi| competitor. Durin" the lrol
two "l@S came O@cihrr. and there came
near beng 4 iir~i-clHSS accident. but both
drivers kept their ats. and only The vch,
clr+ we're injured. The ''Danvillr Boy
went canlcrin% around the track ~ usual.
but nj 4 "rcai distance behind tbs. other
horses.
Al halt-past four, tlic hi" balloon. which
Tor several hours had been gradually cX-
pamding in size back of the ampithcatre.
was brought around intO the circle. and
Prof. King. with Mr.. .Jo>lyr. the drug
%iSt, stepped into the basket. After Il mo-
mcm'~ delay. the men lei 20 the ropes.
and the entire establishment. with is liv-
in@ freight. shot UP into ethereal space.
TIc wind. which had been gently blowing
from the northwest all day. suddenly
stopped. and not breath of air disturbed
the lit" on the pole at the entrance TO the
grounds. | y. up. went tine balloon. for at
l,..,. L..
Stlikiu" 4 current OF air. the aerial voy-
a"crS diittcd south. southeast. uut:l at the
cLd oil an hour the balloon. then but Il
Spcch above The horizon. dropped down
behind the range OF hills aad was lost to
sight. Al about this time. (hllt-pa>t iivc)
the balloon was discovered by watchers
for i! ai this place. and WAS uttcnlivrlv
watched umtil Just before six. when the
acr0naui- landed in the town of Kirby. ON
Sullivan Eanney'S flrm-ahuut - miles
from their place OF rmbarkation. and six
OF eight from Ibis village.
The ascension was 4 very fine one. and
the trip must lIav" been one of mIcat en-
inymrnt 10 the men in the basket. The |
managers of the Barton entertainment |
showed their knowledge OF what the pcu-
Pile like by pIoVidin" his Kind 81 amusc-
Iuyut