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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-31

A woman went to a wood yard on a very
cold day, and asked to see the head man.
lie came toward.
Sir" said she, can you let me have a
quarter Of a cord Of wood for that p hand.
ing him piece Of money my children
are freezing
The man looked closely at her Why,
are you not Seth Bakes wife2' he asked
Yes sir, am said the woman
How does it happen that you are in such
low circumstances p
" Yes sir, it is bad. My children are starv-
ing, and rum did that my children are rag
ged, and rum did that; my children are grow
ing up ouisl Of the Sabbath school, out
side the day school. and rum does that My
husband, once kiud and industrious, is now
a yagabond, and rum did that !" aud the
poor woman sank down on log Of wood, the
picture Of want and woe
Nor did the rough woodman keep his eyes
dry, for be remembered the time when Seth
Blake was as promising a young mau as ever
was. lie married a nice woman, and the
young couple started in life with as iair a
prospect Of comfort and happiness as a young
couple could well have. They had seats iD
church too, aud used to be seen listening to
the word Of God.
But Seth had a weak point He would
sometimes drnS" lie did not quite be-
ieve 10 total abstinence Taste not, touch
not handle not, was not his motto.
The habit gained on him, and ruined him !;
and the worst of it all is that druukards
family so often has to share drunkard's
shame aud degradation.
Touch not, taste not, handle not" boys
Thatis the only safe ground; any other may
sink you.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-31

Prof Farraday adopts Flourin's physiolo-
gcal theory that the age of man is one hun
dred years. The duration of life he believes
to be measured by the time of growth. When
once the bones and epiphyses are united. the
body grows no more, and it Is at twenty years
this union is effected in man.
The natural termination Of life is FIVE re-
moves from the several points. Man being
twenty years in growing, lives five times twen-
~ years, that is to say, one hundred years; the
camel is eight years in growing, lives tive times
eight years, that is to say forty years; tho
horse is five years in growing and lives twenty
five years, and so with other animals. The man
who does not die Of sickness, lives any,
where from eighty to one hundred years.
Providence has given man century of life,
but be does not attain it because he inherits
disease, eats unwboesome food, gives license
to his passions, aud permits vexation to dis
turb his healthy equipoise; he does not die,
he kills himself. The professor divides life
into two equal halves, growth and decline,
aud these halves Into Infancy, youth, virility,
and age. Infancy extends to the twentieth
year, youth to the dftieth, because it is dur
ing this time that the tissues become firm
virility, from fifty to seventy-dve, during
which the organism remains complete and
at seventy-fye old age commences.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-31
Ny Birds.

Every month read the nice little stories
in " Our Young Folks aud | have been
thinking perhaps, the girls and boys might
like to hear the story Of my birds
| am farmers dsughter; | live in the
country, aud have the whole farm for my
playground. One day last summer, while
searching in the pasture for Strawberries, in
a barberry-bush found a beautiful birds
nest all liued with hair, and in it were four
little robins so young that their eyes were not
yet open. Ou tree close by sat the mother,
making psilul cry, thinking her dlrlings
we're in-sell3i, :, not knowing loved them al.
most as WI. Cas she did. soon left them,
because frightened her So
A little farther on, as | was passing a low
juniper bush, out flew small bird about the
size Of a sparrow peeped in, aud there
was the tiuest nest, with one speckled egg in
it. | thought | might Just take it one min.
ute very carefully, without the old bird know.
ing H. Reaching 10, | tried to pick it up,
but the shell was 50 thin it crushed. | was
dreadfuly frightened, not wanting the bird to
thiuk was such bad little girl as to rob a
nest. At last thought the robin could afford
W bANN w Dfet Va hNi 1puuI puNSf a. nh1 Hh'i
so many. went back, took one from the
nest, and carried it to the sparrow.
Every day | had to 60 to the nest to see if
the sparrow fed the robin, and always found
the mother bird there; but while the other
robins grew fat aud had feathers, this one was
only skin and bones. carried it worms.
and as had read in book that birds would
eat raw meat, fed it GU beeisteak. At last
| visited it one rainy day, aud found the spar
row gone, the nest all wet, and the robin, as |
thought, dead. took it out, aud could not
help crying to think it would have hsen alive
and well if had not troubled it, Just then
felt il move looked, aud found it WAS
only chilled with the cold aud rain, and my
warm hands had restored it, carried it to
its old home, aud laid it beside its brothers
aud sisters.
watched, aud found its mother fed it like
The rest, und soon it grew fast. The others
we're able to fy four days sooner than this
one, but the old birds did not f1rsake the
poor little creature. They stayed with it uu-
I'll its wings grew strong and it vas able to
take care Of itself Should they come agaiu
next year, shall not touch them, and hope
all the boys and girls who read this will new
er trouble little birls nests. From Our
Young Falks.
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Drinking too Much.

Drinking wine is habit so is drinking
spirits, ale, cider, coffee and water The last
Is thought a necessity but TO drink much is
habit. Some people drink little i not be-
cause their constitutions require less than
others it is their habit. These people never
perspire so msch as those who drink more
The more that is drunk, the more water passes
away, or the system would suffer. As it il,
the strain affects it. The skin, the kidneys,
bowels lungs, all are drawn upon, The result
is, as may be naturally expected, exhaustion.
For this reason, the man who drinks much
water, particularly during the summer and in
the hottest weather, is less able to endure ia.
tigue. The water is of no benefit to him that
is, the excess. Ii must pass away and this re-
quires an effort Of the system, which is the
sweating process. Had he not used the ex-
cess Of water, he would not have perspired
so it would not have been there for the sys-
TEN to expel. 1t is habit TO drink water
so much false thirst is created We should
drink only what is needed The habit of
drinking more will soon be overcome, and the
person will feel much stronger and more ca
pable of bearing fatigue. In winter little fluid
is needed beyond what our food furnishes
in summer, some more, but not much
Country GeRleman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-31

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One boy only was lost by death while we
were at school and yet, mixed with this
dawn fash Of animal spirits, behind those
bounding pulses, uuspoken of, terrible, were
working outward the religious and moral gerns
within. Many journal, blotted by tears.
betrayed the heart agony, the aspiration and
the lonANg, which none suspected. The fear
iul criis bf soul birth, when each one finds
deyolsYS upon hlmself, at the roots OF his
being that-nysticarfunctfon' rudimentary for
another world, and mostly grievlng aud
alienated witness OF the lmPeriections OF this
should not be unnoticed IN the boys story
Anecdotes could be told OF tenderness OF con-
science OF flights OF honorable unselhness' OF
pledges where a word was better than bond,
Of friendships which bore the unspotIed con-
hdence OF youth but not Tor such a sketch
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The Home Circle.
1--WE KNEW, on BLESSINGS or TODAY.

HY nas. AtnsRr suiIu.
II We knew tho woe and heartachos
That await us on the road.
II our lips uld tasfo the wormwood.
II our hacksr0uld Feel the load
Would W. waste to-day In wishing
Fort time that ne'cr may hei
Would We wait in such lmpstence
For our slips to come lf0u sea-
II we know the baby fingers
Pressed against the window pane
Would he cold and stlh Tomorrow
Never trouble us asaini
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch The frwn upon our brow
Noult the print uf rosy fingers
Nex us thea as they do now
All those little icc-cold fingers.
How they point our memories back
To the ha-ty words nnd actions
Strewn aiOng the backward track
How those lIttie hands remind us,
A. Ia snowy grncc the, lic
Mo- tns s'atfrr th0rns. bot roses.
for our rcnp|ns hy'nnd-hy
Strange we never prize the music
Vi the sweet voice birds have lowni
strange that we should slight tho vlolcts
TIL the lovely flowers are gone,
Strange that summer skies and sunsliHe
Never seem one hff 40 iir
A. when Winters snowy pinlons
shake the white dowu Go the air.
Lips from which the seal Of silence
None but God can roll away.
Never ussomed Ia such beauty
As adurns the mouth to-dav.
Aud sweet words that freight our memory
with their beautiful perfume,
Come 20 us 10 fwer t-r accents
Through the portals Of the tomb
Lot us gather up the mnheams
Ll Ing ull around our path!
Lot Ne keep the wheat and roses,
sting out The thorns and chan
Let us God our swcetcst comfort
IN the bless n1s OF tho day,
With patient hand removing
All the lrlrs from the way.
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Enjoying Life.

1t is singular to what an extent people be-
lieye happiness depends on not being obliged
to work. Girls are considered well married
If their husbands are wealthy, aud boys con.
sidered provided for il enough can be left
them for support, and enough surplus to play
" business" with. Bosh Honest, hearty,
contented labor is the oply source of happi.
ness, as well as the guaranty of life. The
gloom Of misanthropy is not only great de-
stroyer of happiness we might have, but it
tends to destroy life itself. ldeness and lux.
ury induce premature decay much faster than
many trades regarded as the most exhaustive
and fatal to longevity Labor in general. in.
stead Of shortening the term of life, actually
increases il. 1t is the lack of occupation
that actually destroys so many of the wealthy,
who have nothing to do but play the part OF
droues, and like them make speedy exit,
while the busy bee fills out its day in useful
ness and honor.
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A Word 10 raillers.

We have read a story Of little boy, who.
when he wanted new suit of clothes, begged
his mother to ask his father if he might have
it. The mother suggested that the boy might
ask for himself ~ would said the hoy.
" bat don't feel well enough acquainted
with him" There is a sharp reproof to the
father in the reply of the son. Many q
father keeps his children so at distance from
him that they never feel conflentialy ac-
quanted with him. They feel that be is a
sort Of monarch in the family. They feel no
familiarity with him They fear him and re-
spect him, aud even love him some, for chill
dreu caunot help loving everybody about
them but they seldom get near enough to
him to feel intimate with him. They seldom
90 to him with their little wants and trials
They approach him through the mother
They tell her everything They have high
way to her heart, on which they 90 in and
out with perfect freedom. In this keeping
of plan fathers are to blame. Children
should not be held off, Let them come near
Let them be as intimate with the father us
mother. Let their little hearts be freely
opened. 1t is wicked to freeze up the love
fountains Of little ones hearts Fathers do
them an injury by living with them as stran-
gers. This drives many child from home
for the sympathy his heart Graves, aud often
into improper sociity. 1t nurses discomfort
and mistrust which many child does not
gu grow in lifetime. Open your hearts aud
your arms, oh, fathers be free with your
children; ask for their wants and trials !;
play with them; be fathers to them truly,
and they will not need mediator between
themselves aud you.
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hose must have run with fire engine in his
day. So that days fun ended, and think
nobody regretted Nep's visit
When we left Honolulu we intended going
to Tahiti but having contrary winds could
not get there, but managed to fetch the l-land
Of Rimetara some four hundred miles to the
south Of Tahiti The island is very low, the
highest part not over two hundred feet above
the level of the sea in length about ten
miles, and about six in width. 1t is perfectly
covered with vegetation, and abounds with
all kinds Of fruits and vegetables. They
have NJ cattle; so we thought we would have
to 90 without the fresh meat we had been an.
tcipating. But the Paymaster sent on shore
and bought fifty small pigs, and each mess
had a roast pig for dinner the next day and
| can assure you that my mess did fall jus
tice aud hope you will believe me when |
tell you that fourteen Of US ate a twenty
poundpig at one meal, and won't swear
that all the bones were left The people are
nearly the same race as the Sandwich Island
ers, but a little larger and more powerful if
anything. There are six hundred natives
aud two white men on the island, one Of them
Yankee Of course. | was never in p ace
yet where you would not find one, at least.
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The Lions Ride.


When lion wishes to have a giraffe for
his dinner, he is obliged to he very careful
how he goes to market Giraiies are not
cheap articles Of diet, even for lion, aud an
attempt to get a meal of that kind of meat
always costs him a great deal of trouble, and
sometimes costs him his life. OF course,
the lion slips up very quietly toward the
giraffe. lie always does that, no matter
what his prey may be- but in this case it is
necessary to be very careful indeed for if be
springs aud misses the giraffe, the great beast
may get a kick at him before he has time to
recover himself, and u kick from a giraffe,
whose hind legs fly out like sledge hammers,
will mike even a lion feel consd
shi -/6f'S&e," But even after the lion has
safely landed himself on the giraHes back,
his dinner is not ready yet, the giraffe is
large and powerful animal, and away he
rushes, as fast as his long awkward legs eau
carry him, and that is very fast indeed. Gilt
ter, clatter Spring and bound Away he
goes with the lion hanging on like good
fellow, and the hyenas coming yelling after,
hoping to have chance to got something at
The second table, for it is hardly possible that
a lion can eat a whole giraffe. Bat it is not
at all certain that there will be giraffe for
diuner at all, for if the frightened creature
can once get into the woods, he may be safe
Dashing among the limbs aud trunks he may
knock the lion of. And then look out, Mr.
Lion The giraffe will turn on you as quick
as lightning aud kick the life out Of you be-
fore you can get out of the reach Of his heels,
aud all those poor dear little hyenas will have
to 90 hungry to bed. Although giralies have
frequently been known to get the best of lions
10 this way, they are not always so fortunate.
lf thick wood cannot soon be reached the
strength Of the giraffe will be exhausted, and
the cruel beast upon his back will fix his
teeth in his throat aud drag the poor crea-
ture down and kill and eat him. Hearth
and Home.
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Ednrailng Girls.

Educating girls for household duties ought
to be considered as necessary as instruction ia
reading, writing, aud arithmetic, aud quite as
universal We are in our houses more than
half Of our existence and it is the household
surroundings which affect most largely the
happiness or misery Of d. nestle life Ii the
wife knows how to keep house." if she un-
derstaud how 10 "set table," il she has
learned how things ought TO be cooked, how
beds should be made, how carpets should be
swept, how furniture should be busted, how
the clothes should be repaired, aud turned
aud altered, aud renovated if she kno WIS
how purchases can be made TO the best adj
vantage, aud understands the laying in Of pro-
visions, how to make them go iarthest and
last longest if she appreciates the Import
ance Of system, order tidness, and the qniet
management of children and servants, then
she knows how to make little heaven Of
home-how to win her children from the
street how TO keep her husband from the
clubhouse, the gamng.table and the wine
cup. Such a family will be trained to social
respectabiity, to business success, aud to eff.
cheney aud usefulness in whatever position
may be allotted to them.
1t may be safe to say that not one girl in
ten in our large towns and cities enters Into
married life who has learned to bake u loaf
of bread, to purchase roast, to dust paint
ing-to sweep carpet, or to cut and iit and
make her own dress How much the perfect
knowledge of these things bears upon the
thrift, the comfort aud health Of families,
may be eonieotured, but not calculated by fy-
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miscellaneous.
''RoCK oP AGES >


Rock Of Ages, oief, for me.r
Thoushtles.ly the maiden sung,
Fell the words uncuns iUusiy
From her girlirh, glcciul tongue,
Sang Ne little children sing
sang ~ sing the brfs IN June
Fell The words like light leaves down
On the current Of the tune
Rock Of AGES. cleft for mo,
Let me hide myself 10 Thee
Let mo hide myself In Theoin
folt her soul no necd 20 hide,
Sweet the song a. sing could be-
And she ID no thought beside
A the words unh' cdingly
Fel fom lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not they each might be
On some other lips prayer
- ltnok of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Rock of Ages Glen for me"-
Twas woman sung them new,
PleafIngly and praytrfu 81
livery Word her heart did know,
Rose the aong ~ st0rm-toss bird
Nrat n weary win the air.
Ivory note with sorrow stirred
Every syllable prayer
Rock of Ages, cleft lor mn,
Let me hide myself In Thee
Rock Of Ages, Glen fir me.n
Lips grown aged sung tho hymn
Tr stngiy and teudcriy--
Voice grown wenk AMI eyes grown din.
Let me hide my self In Thee
Trembling though the voice and low,
lNtn the sweet strain peacefully,
Like river In its nnw.
Sun a. only hey can sing
Who lifr's thony . tths have pressed
sung as only they can sing
VINO behold the promised rest
Rock OF Age = Glen for me,
Let inc hide myself IN Thec.n
Rock " Ages cler Tor nen
sung ahuye a coilin-lidi
Underneath. all restfally,
All liio's JOYS and sorrows hid,
Nevermore q storm-tussed soul
Nevermore from wind or tide,
Nevermnrc from hillOw's roll,
wilt thou need thyselt to h do.
Gould the siEhtless sunkon eyes.
Closed beneath the soft gray hair
Could the mute and stiifenei lips
Move again In pleading prayer,
sfihi aye, still, the words would be,
Let me hide myself In Thee"
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We have been kindly favored with the follow
lowing extracts Of letters from Montpelier boy.
, former employee in the WArcnuAN Office but
1iw connected with the u S. naval squadron in
the Pacific Ocean
u, S FLAG Sur CALuoRSn.
IloNoLuLu, SANDWICH ISLANDS Dee 90, 1871
Here ! am at last, safe and sound, after a
ong passage of twenty-four days from San
Francisco We had terribly rough weather
I'll the way, and was sea sick nearly all the
ime The Narragansett" the vessel that
eft San Francisco in company with u.s. was
eparatcd from us during heavy fog aud
ias not been seen since, but is expected in cv.
ry day.
As you approach Honolulu from the sea
YOU see nothing but lofty hills, too small to
re called mountains, and al the foot Of these
IS you approach nearer you can make out the
King Kamohameha's" palace, the Ameri-
IAN Minister'S residence, Father Damon's
hurch, and the " Custom House. But the
argest building Of all is the jail, built Of
gray stone and very imposiny.
The natives came dashing down to the
gharf on horseback, meu and women riding
the same manner and by the time we came
70 an anchor there was at least FIVE thousand
,athered along the beach and the wharis.
They are very hospitable, aud one can not pass
Trough the streets without being accosted by
the word Alhoa,' meaning iu English " love
o you" They are Of dark copper color
1ut their faces, though homely, with high
check bones, show greater degree Of inteli.
ience than stranger woald be prepared to
xpect
During the week days everything is bustle
md excitement about the wharfs where they
re loading and unloading ships aud steamers
re the busiest parts but on Sunday every
hing is peace and quiet, and we eau hear the
hurch bells in the morning calling these half
lad heathen to worship The women wear
iothing but loose, cotton gown, aud the men
pair Of duck pants aud dungarea jumper.
Fruits Of all kinds grow in great abundance.
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L 5. FLAG SHr CALIFORNIA.
upNoLtLu, SANuwicn ISLANDS, Jan. /, 1872
Since my last letter, 1 have visited two
places Of interest which will tell you about
The frs, is a prccipice, one thousand feet in
aeight, perfectly perpendicular called by
The natives, the " Parry" II is where King
Kamehameha ihrowed of bis prisoners Of
var and condemned criminals Not a very
desirable place to be thrown over, can as
sure you. From the top We could see the
surrounding country spread beneath our feet,
aud the old ocean stretching for miles and
miles. 1t was a sight | shall never forget
Diamond Head was the other place. 1t was
volcano once, but now extinct We rode
our horses near to the top, but had to dis
mount and had all we could do TO pick our
way among the heaps of lava, but felt well
paid for our trouble The summit is in the
form Of circle, and is about four hundred
iect in height We could not see the bottom
Of the crater.
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DMIN1sTRAToR's SALE.
VARIABLE REAL ESTATEl

Tho homestead, and all the lands helongins to IN"
estate Of tho nte Amer lllhi ard, in the village OF
houtpec cTns sting of twn-siory double brick house
th sh ds and harms attached with thirteen res %
land in hi-h state of cu tsaton situated between
ii bordering Barre Street and Onion River, giving
a frontage ou each Of about ninety rods
Also anout twelve acres NJ land nn the north side Of
Barre Sire and opposite the huildnrs having NEARLY
the slme frontage on Barr Street, and adjoining the
grounds ef the Vermont Conference seminary and Fe
N tle Go lego
Also, any acres of wood and parture land adjoining
the farm Of Nr Snhin which has valuable timber on
IT, it needs hut mnnrnrs rrh elton for one 10 appre
eiato the advantage this estate possesses.
e. EMERY, Aiministrator
Montpelier July 2, 1871. 29-tf
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Let your patience be not stoical. Let
it not be stubborn, obstinate, sulky. Let il
be the waiting and endurance of man
who believes that God reigus, and that all
the affairs OF the universe are in His hand.
aud shall work toward good Let it be
,be' rat euec which comes from Collin, S.
Beecher,