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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
The Home Circle.


Oh. don't you rcmcmlcr the old hillside farm,
And the farmhouse with the caphoarls 20 gray.
And uc mea. iws with buttcrcups gayf
And don't y remember how in doors and out
Tho gay, laughing ch l1rcn were 81. .lpp'ng about
With bare feet, o. u-y as hcosi
How We all played together tho .irls and thctoys
Aud had houses and work shops. and stores
Ioi, S 1ales' ani ea5then3 a9d iust as much noise
How we loved through the pastures and woodland it
10 gn her brigitmo.sc. and aowers!
We thought Then az now, there was no place lki
Aud no hono % delightful as ours
And don't yqu remember the pleasant school road,
And iho school-housc 90 sunny in jane
Wth ne lessons we learned and The marks that v.
Aud how VIZ played "piasnn nt noon,
Our sunhunnrts, crumplcd, hung over our nOchs
The summer Wind PLAYED with our hairi
Willie tlo sun paid our faces its warmest fctp.cis
Aud his-ed our White toes that wont hafc.
Hos wociimnot tha stsephHi Hdesa. nimbleas .olt.
Aud Skipped DER tho lodg0s Loo gleet
We mlmlckei ihe wo9alTl and ghippoofwii snot.s.
We wadcd the brook wlirn tho water WAS low
And shouted t0 make the wool. ring,
or played On its hanks in the summcrs sof glow.
u .ht hearted a= birds on the wing.
You remember tle pond vhefe the geese u.s 20 .sin
How We called it thc ocean so wide,
Ani in au oid bat thtt wa. minu. thc hum
We sailed ogt rug dolls on NJ tide'
NN MltN llitI Nl NIAsfil AIl tNn WiNf
AMI out iuuv both Magellan md Cook,
We drew them all bone ln an old ragged shoe,
Ana called 70 "a coach ride they TOOK.
How We danced in the mud with our bare naked fsot
Aud aged twas The Dutch wsy 60 chufn.
VI made us mud biscuits and plum cake no sNeut.
without any cookbook TO learn.
How ptlol the children Woeo si0Oiinss Au Shoe
Forbade them to share So our funi
While We stirred up our pudding, aud pastries an.
etews.
SUD leit them tu cool u Che BOD.
laufl's rfHfr4 .af.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

There she comes now" be exclaimed as
10 came up the walk
Your nymph is my dearest friend, Jo.
scphine Bently,' said Mrs. Loring and for
her life she could not help the triumphant
ring in her voice
That was golden afternoon in JOS ex.
perienco. And when Ralph Loring walked
home with her in the gathering twilight, her
happiness was complete. Mrs Loring saw
them depart with a eomphccut smile on her
fair face.
ltscoming out Just as hoped It would, +"
she murmurcd, as they disappeared
What is coming out, Bessie ?" inquired
husband
You'll sec in good time, was the laugh.
ing response.
oh, yoa naughty matchmaker" he ex.
claimed, playluIly, shaking his finger at her.
Jo gazed after her hefo with her soul in
her eyes, as he walked with light springng
steps down the grass grown road
1 Ralph was indeed a noble looking man. tall
aud 1.-THE. with dark hair lyingi silkcn waves
cn well shaped head bread, white fore
head large, deep blue eyes that burned black
with excitement, anl jatiy mustache on his
| upper lip.
| Such was ,hc description 10 gave her
mother but Of tie indcscribable something
that graced every word and action. she said
nothing.
10 abouta week 10 received bulky pack.
age Ga opening IL, she found to her sulpfise
and joy, that ID contained Potersons mag.
qzinen for tho past two years. AMI also ihe
present 10 their diiuty freshuess and beauty.
We're they indeed her very own Who
could soui them? And childish Jo cried for
/ joy.
Mrs l0f.ne wa delighted, and also mysti.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
Eli 5 Mistake.

Ellie stood by the window idly playing with
the curtain tassel and looking dreamily out
into the street. She soon betrayed the sub.
ject Of her thoughts by saying;
" Mamma, | think those Lovells, who have
lately moved into the great house yonder,
must be very rich. have seen the most el-
egant furniture carried in there, and they
seem to have plenty Of servants"
Yes. Ellie, | have been told they arc
very wealthy
81 thought SO, mamma, for Clara never
has to walk out | always see her riding in
their beautiful carriage, or else upon the back
Of her Shetland pony have to walk every
where | 90, aud never can ride except in the
horse-cars 1t seems too bad, mamma, that
She should have SO much and so little"
Gods gifts are much more evenly dis.
trbuted than you suppose, my dear and you
have made great mistake in regard to
Clara. dare say the poor child would be
willing to part with her horses, carriages, ser.
wants aud indeed all the luxuries which she
enjoys, if she could walk and run about as
you cam
"Why, mamma, what do you mean2 Can.
not Clara walk if she chooses ?"
No, my dear; she is cripple, and has
never walked step since She was two years
old The reason that she rides out so much
is because that Is the only way she can take
the air, In the house she has to be wheeled
about in chair, or carried in the arms Of a
servant. fear you have been enyyiug your
rich little neighbor. Do you think, now, you
would like to change places with her 2"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
A Lonely Banquet.


In 1862 ten young gentlemen Of congenial
tastes aud tempers boarded at fashionable
boarding house in New York They divided
pp in parties Of twos aud threes atd fours,
offended theatres lectures, and other places
OF interest in the evening, and when they re-.
turned they made it point TO meet in the
paflor and talk over tho business, pleasures
aud adventures Of the day before they retired
10 their rooms. The close friendship, and
method OF each communicating bis expert.
ence for tho benefit Of all, proved both insiruc.
tive and entertaining, and these daily reunions
possessed local attraction enough to draw them
all together at regular hour 10 the evening
This mode Of life continued for some years.
At length the time came for them TO separate.
The country needed its young men, aud call.
Cd Tor several OF this party Of ten. They had
farewell dinner in their boarding house on
the 10Th Of September, 1861, and grand
time icasting and talking and singing songs.
Onc remarkable feature Of this celebration
was that before they separated a, 2 o'clock in
the morning each arose in his place and made
solemn vow that, il living, be would meet
the rest Of his companions at : o'clock in the
same place, aud dine with them ten Years
hence, as they had dined that night. Each
oie was to occupy the same scat, and, as near
/ y as possible, they were to have the same
kind Of dinner. So they bade each other
good night aud separated, In the course Of
years the house changed hands, and set up
the more pretentious claims Of hotel. The
diniug-room remained, however lust as It
was and probably the old table and chairs
were still on duty.
Some days ago Mr. Edward H. Winship.
broker, No. ~ Bond street, called on the
proprietor Of the hotel and requested him to
prepare dinner for ten gentlemen in the old
dinine-room on the evening of September | o.
MIR. Winship briefly narrated the circumstance
OF the compact to explain the request, and
that being the the eldest Of the party Of ten,
he had been appointed on the evening Of their
dining in lSG2 as chairman. At precisely
eight O'Clock on the evening of September 0,
Mr.. Wnship entered the din,ng.room, and
the doors were quickly closed behind him
No one else came. The table was bounteous
| y spread, three colorod walters wore there
and nine empty chairs, and plates and glasse.
at every chair. The meal was begun, and the
solitary banqueter was served with the pre-.
scribed courses almost in silence Mr. Win.
ship occasionally passed word with the head
waiter. Poor boys They're all gone,
said he. " One went down in the Monitor in
Mobile Bay, another was drowned in the
same waters. Two were shot in Mobile One
lost both legs by ball, and the other was
! pierced through the heart. Another died in
] philadrlphio and nnothnr dio1 in Novv VorL %
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

Matte Knight is the name of young
lady who is creating a sensation in Chicopee
aud neighbering towns where the business Of
manufacturing paper bags IA carried on OK.
tensiyely, She has recently invented ma.
chine for making those articles which is said
TO be destined to create revolution in thi,
branch Of industry and fortune is predicted
for her The authorities in the Patent OF
dce at Washington say that this is the first
complete invention gotten out by woman
Miss knight personally superiniends the
manufacture of her machines, and although
she never had chance to learn the machin
lists trade, is an expert in the use of tools
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
nlnral &c 1Reliqinrts
WORK AND WAIT.

hushanfman who many years
llhd ploughod his fields and suwu in toars
"r'w woafy with his doubts and fears
" toll In vain These rocks and sands
Will yield no harvest TO my hands
The best seeds rot 10 barren lands
My dropping vine is wiiherng
70 promised grapes Us blossom bring
40 pirds among its branches sing,
MY flock is dying on tho plain.
The heavens are BRASS they Yield 10 rain
Tile earth Is irJn--l toll In vain 3"
While yet ho spake breath had stirred
Ht dropping vlnei like wing Of bird
ana RON is leaves voice hc heard
+, Tho gcrmi and fruit Of lIfc must De
Forever hid in mystery,
Yet none eau coll in vain for Me.
.,Amightlcr hand, more skilled than thine,
Mu.i hang The clusters ON tho vine,
AMI make iho fields with harvest shine
Man can but work, Goi can create
illi il.} who W0fs, and watch. and wait,
hafc ueif reward. though lt come late.
look up to haavsu h,hold and boar
Tho clouds aud laundering. lu thp ear
An answer 90 thy doubts aud ielr.n
lie looked. and io cloud .dfaped car.
VIII trailing smoke and flames afar,
Was rubbing FROM distant tttr
And every thirsty 0ock and plain
Was rising up to meet tho rain
1hs came % elotbe the iells lh grain
And on tho LIQUIDS Do saw again
The covenant 0f O0d with men.
Rewritten with his rainbow pen,
Seed time md harvest shall not fall
And thou DO the gates ~ hell atsiu,
W truth aud promise shall prevail"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
The serenity Of the Dying.

II has so happened that | have seen many
men and women die Without design or dis
position on my part, have very many times
been present when sick persons were e5bing
to eternity. | have seen many men and wo-
men, young aud old, cultivated and ignorant
orthodox aud heterodox in their last moments
and, as a rule, all Of thom passed away, If not
without regret, at lcast with entire resignation
None of them showed dread of the future
Their thoughts were ixed on what they were
quitting not on Whist they were going to.
observed that some Of them were troubled
perhaps distressed, when they first thought
they could not recover, but that, the nearer
their end came the less apprehensive and the
camer they grew. Having once banishet
hope, tranquility seemed to decend upon
them as substitute, and aiterward, il free
from physical pain, there was unruilled peace
If encouraged to believe they might get well
or il they had a favorable turn, the old ankle
ty, with something of the former apprchcn
sion, reappeared proving that their menta
disquietude was born Of their expectation o.
life not of their fear of death. Thus was es
tablished a clear analogy between materia
and spiritual anguish under the same circum.
stances. As we have seen, they who are bad
ly hurt, or seriously i'll, experience suffering
in going back to life, while the downward patti
to death, both for the body and the soul, il
paved with smoothness and serenity
eD,ber GaiarY
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
hlisGnllanenus.
ruaT rAcI

fancy hear whisper
A. ni leaves in gentle air
u Il wrong, wonder, ~ hncy
" may be the troc up there
The trco that heals the nations,
Growing amidst the street,
AND dropping, for who will gather,
TO apples ~ their feet
fancy hear q rushing
A. Of waters down n si0pci
~ 10 wrong. | wonder, To fancy
II may be The river OF hope
The river Of crystal waters
That nsws from the ve.y throne,
Aud runs through the street Of the city
with softly luhilant tone
fancy twilight round me,
Aud wandering OF the breeze,
With hush in that high city.
And a going in the trees,
But Know there will be- no night there
No coming and going datf
fuf the holy face OF the Father
VIII ho perfect light alway.
could do without The darkness,
AMI better Without The suns
iiut Ih. should like a twilight
Amor thc day wins done
Would he lay hls hand ou his Forehead,
On lI's hair as white a. wool,
AM shine one hour through his fingers,
TIL The shadow hal made me cool
Bat the thought @. very foolish,
" that face did but see,
All Else would be- all for f0tten-
River and twilight and troui
should seek, | should care for nothing,
Bultolding his couutcnaucci
And fear only 20 lose one glmmcr
BY oue singic sdcway glancc.
I'll again but a footh fancy
IT, picture the cOuutcnaucc 10
Which IL shining iu all our spirits,
hakInz them white a. snow.
Cafro t1 NO. shine IN me, master,
AZ ! care nut f1r fivtf or trcci
pr nq sorrow W crying
ftIuny thou shine 70 nie.
Geo. M.r)sn4h
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
\ Good Lick.

Some sensible, old fashioned man, who
hasn't an ear for the inharmonious stuff
nowadays called music, gives it the follow.
ing splendid lick
Ii was a young woman, with as many
white muslin ilounces around her as the planet
Saturn has rings, that did it. She gave the
music stool whirl or two, and huifed down
on it like whirl Of soapsuds 10 wash basin.
Then she pushed up her cuffs as if she were
going to fight for the champions belt Then
she worked her hands and wrists to timber
them, | suppose, and spread out her 6ngers
till they looked as though they would near
Iy cover the keyboard, from the growing
end to the squeaky one. Then those two
hands Of hers made a jump at the keys as il
they were a couple Of tigers coming down on
flock Of sheep and the piano gave a great
howl as if it had been tread on Dead stop
$50 still you can hear your hair growing
Then another jump, and another howl as i
the piano had two tails aud you had trod on
both Of them at once, and grand clatter and
scramble, and strings jump up and down
back and forward, one hand over the other
Ike stampede of rats and mice more thar
like anything call music.
tho Love nj ~ - ,ot H. 49, I,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

Miss Sarah Q. Lewis, Of Braintree, Mas.
sachusetts, loved her cat first aud her church
next She bequeathed at her death the in.
come Of her house and 's2 week to be ap-
piled to the care Of her favorte tortoise she'll
This novel beqaest has been carried out until
Monday, when the cat died, and the Univer.
slist church succeeded to the entire property,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04
a GREAT CHANCE
ADMINIsTRAToR's SALE
pALuABLE REAL ESTATE.

Tho homosioal, and an the lands belonging 20 the
estate OF the late Aunor Hubbard, In the village OF
Nontpccr consisting OF twl-stOry duuhle hrick house
with h. sheds aud barns attached with thirteen acres OF
land in high state Of cultivation, situated between
nnd bordering Barre Street and Onion kYer, giving
"a frontage ou each of about ninety rods.
Also about twelve acres Of land, on the north side OF
nrrc street and opposite tho buildings having nearly
the same frontage Barr street. and adlouing We
grounds OF the Vermont Conference Seminary ana no
inale College. ,.,,.
Also, Gly acres of wood and pasture land adjoining
tho rn II Mr. Slhn which hus some valuable Timber on
IT, lt needs but moments reelection Tor one TO appre
ciate tho advantages this estate possesses.
! g EMERY Admlnisrator.
Mnninalnr. InlN 2. l.-l. E.-l
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

The common wars which men are accustom-
ed to wage with ono another are as nothing in
comparison with the great soul-battle Of a
human being with his besettiug sin. They
are but the contest of shadows with shadows,
aud for shadows. But eternal life is the
tremendous stake at issue in our conflict.
4" They seek to gain corruptible crown, but
We an incorruptible."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

When God is about to enrich men with
heavenly blessings, he has often to take away
from them earthly possessions.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-04

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HOUSE TO RENT.-Tho subscriber has
to rent one-half of h'. now. large and well dn-
shci house. situated Che extension 20 Liberty Street
10 this village. Terms reasonable, and viii ie made
known ou application.
Ji-f JOSEPH FISHER.
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If tho love Of Christ will not subdue our vile
tempers towards each other, nothing else will.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-11

It were sweet to lie down calmly,
With the grass above my head,
And be numbered by earth's children,
With the lowly, quiet dead.
All the hearts wild longing ended,
All the wearying struggle past,
And the Way-worn body resting
Meath the sweet, spring flowers at
last.
It were sweet on spirit pinions,
Flesh forever laid away,
Might mid Elysian splendors
Wing my bright, enrapturlng way.
Golden glories unimagined,
Flashing through the opening skies,
And the music all about me,
Orchestral harmonies.
It were sweet with bright archangels
And the forms all glorifed,
That are now the proud earth's story,
That were once the proud earth's
pride.
Up the grand, eternal mountains,
Crowned with living bloom to pass,
Or to stand in rapt devotion,
On the glistening ''sea of glass;"
Itwere sweet, though life is pleasant,
And my friends are warm and true,
For I'm sad tonight, good angels,
Gladly I'd go home with you.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-11

Marriage is not the end of life,
And if I'm meier to he o wife,
There's been old males before
Their greatest fault Ell strive to shun,
I'll watch with diligence my tongue,
And back-bite never more.
I'll envy not the younger girls
Their sparkling eyes, their floating eurls
And lovers by the score
But with calm and peaceful trust,
I'll journey onward. if I aoetSt,
An old matchmaking more.
Rushford, N. Y, 1871.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-11
OUR TRUNDLE-BED
BY L. w.

Guardian angels round me singing,
Fill my soul with calm delight,
As the echoes of their music
Float across the starry night.
I can hear the same low voices
Waited on the balmy air,
Bringing back the scenes of childhood,
And mothers evening prayer
ntIUCTIUg uUWn U,,~:zo 11Ur uarIInrs
In their little trundle bed.
Softly with our blended voices
Nightly thus our prayers were said.
Now again as in my childhood,
Though the sands of life are low,
can catch the solemn cadence
-Ofthat voice of long ago.
Hear again the same low whisper
AS of old when PRAYERS were sal d,
And mother knclt beside us
In our little trundle-bed.
Years have passed-and many passions
Swept across lite's troubled wave,
But a mothers holy teachings
Come with power her child to save.
And wait as in my childhood
When the vesper time has come,
For the low and solemn music
Waited round my mountain home
Hear again the same sweet voices
AS of old when prayers were said,
And a mother hushed her darlings
In their lOwly trundle-bed.