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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
The Late Legislature and its DOings

MONTPELIER, Vt, Nov. 81.
The peculiar beauties of the two-year and
one term system have now for the first time
been fully exhibited. The session which
closed this morning though in name the Sec
ond biennial is really the first in which the
new order of things has taken the place Of
the old. Aud it is not too much to say that
it Is the general wish of the state that the
session Of 1870, at which Mr.. James M
Slade of Middlebury, from much violent ora
ting in the interest of his constituents and
the people at large, lost temporarily the use
Of his voice, had been held Just before instead
Of just after the constitutional convention
through which Mr.. s. engineered the biennial
movement
1t is conceded that the present Legislature
in point Of individual ability has been fully
up with the average of its predecessors. Dr.
Boynton Of Woodstock, Mr.. Munson of Man.
chester, Major Grout of Newport and some
others of the new members have shown them.
selves Legislators of decided strength. If the
Speakership goes to the west Of the mountain
next time, Mr.. Munsob's record this fall will
make him many votes if be wants them. The
ioipi assembly, yesterday, rather disturbed
Dr. Boynton's l-made-caloulaiions The
doctor had just made one of his best speeches
in seconding the nomination Of some estima.
bic gentleman for the office Of commissioner
Of the insane, when the assembly very quietly
whistled bis nominee down the wind, and elect.
ed DR.. B. himself to the position. A better
selection could not have been made. But
Notwithstanding the fact that the members
are of good material, the Legislature as q
whole, as a working body, has been a failure
Elght-ninths of it was new to the work the
result was more than the usual waste Of time
at the outset. The further result has beer
that in the later rush of business, committee,
had only time to satisfy themselves of the nd
visibility of many proper bills and not enough
to become so thoroughly posted as to carry
the House with them. 1t has been laugha
Bile to any outside tax payer to sec an ap
preparation Of few hundred dollars for yer,
worthy purposes killed one minute, and il
the next to behold bill involving an expens,
Of thousands, with no earthly good to be OBJ
tanned thereirom, slide through with the ut
most case Correspondence Springfield Re
WJlican.,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
Lawyers aud tap Salbolll

The noble example Of sr Nauhew Hale
as conscientious Christian, and especially
bis sacred regard for thc Sabbath, Las been
of,cn referred to- Toward the close Of hi.
long and uusy lire be wrote TO hi. granlehil.
rem
Though my hand, aui mnl have been
as full Of secular businc. both before aud
since | was judge as t may he aay maus
in England, yet | never wutcl time in ny
six days to ripeu aud Go myself for the bu,i-
ness and empoymonts bad 90 90, though /
borrowed not oue minute from the Lords day
to prepare torit by study or otherwise But
on the other hand. if had at any time b0r-
rowed from ,his day any timo i1g secular
employmcnis | found it did further nae Dss
than IL had lett it alone and therefore,
when some years experience upon o most at-
teuiiye aud yigi.aut observation. bad given
me this instruction, grew rer,mr'0riIy
resolved never Ia this Sind t0 uako breach
upon the Lord day, which have now strict
iy observed for above iairl} years This rec
latiou Is most certainly aud cxporimcualiy
true, and hath been declared hy nae 90 huu-
dreds Of persons, as now declare it to you. ="
We are glad to know tbatihis race Of Bog
lish lawyers has not died CUT a letter from
q son Of Dr.. Guthrie Of Scotland a lawyer,
published in the Pre1ytyiqn. makes the iol-
lowing mention Of two eminent men, the late
Lord Chancellor and the presgnt
Tho lord Chancellor undar lbe late con-
serya;iye Government, Q.orl Carus.) and Sir
Roundell Palmer (who has just been made
Lord ChanccIlor,) are not only great lawyers
and men Of splesdid abilities, hut, am glad
TO say, are both decidedly religious men, In
reference 20 Sabbath keeping, for instance,
Sir Rouudel Palmer is so strict, thar, as Miss
Palmer told me- when IN connection with the
late Alabama arbitration, be received some
papers from the Foreign Ohae on Saturday
afternoon which Had to be sent OF on Monday
forenoon, he sat until twelve on Saturday
night and began again before break Of day
on Monday morning He has never, during
all lis life, done ans work on the Sabbath
aud certainly 81 mau with his ouormous
practice, the arces; 10 Great Britain, yield
ing him, when he was Attorney General
something ike c2500Q sterling or $4,000
per annum. could dispense with Sunday work,
so might lesser men, who now say at times
they iud 10 absolutely necessary.
Lord Cairns, again. whom 10 tho Highland
breaches TO his servants and visitors every
Sunday and in order that all may be able to
attend, there Is no meat cooked in tho house
on Sunday In fact, the British Bench, at
the present moment, is in very healthy state
both as regards perfect integrity, morality,
i -.lt.t<t,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
"Too Tired to Pray


1t is not unlikely that these words have
often been upon the lips, or iu the thoughts
Of some Of the readers Of " Early Days
Perhaps taey have hoen upon q trip into the
country, and come home late at night jaded
and weary or have just returned from some
evening party Or it may be, have tired
themselves with amusomcnts in their rooms
and SO, as they prepare ior sleep they are
ready to say, /" I'm too tired TO pray Let
me, as ifiend, tell y0u o story from Mus
sulman Roadiug Primer, TIA, may give you a
lesson of wisdom on this subject
A Mussulman when on d journey, was
Joined by Hindu, and the two marched on
together till darkness ovodook them. Pass
Jog the night at some hatiug-place they re-
sumed their Journey On the morrow, travelled
in company till the day wore away, and again
halted for the night The Hindu, as was his
custom, said bis prayers Mea took his meal
and lay down to rest In the early morning
he arose. washed his hands and face, per.
formed his deyotions, aud was ready to start
But he had not seen bis companion the Mus.
sulman, engaged IN any act Of devotion iol
the two days they had beeu together and at
this be wondered greatly Wishfa to ascer.
tain the truth of the matter, be waited for o
third night, and watched him closely, but saw
and heard nothing Of the Mussulmani
prayers.
At length, addressing his fellow traveller
he said, " O Mussulmau, what kind Of con
duet is this Of yours DO you not worship
God day or night 2" The Moor answered
" Yes, It is binding on Mussalmans to wor
ship God five times day" Then sale
! the Hindu, " What sort Of Mussulman are
you For three days have not seen yo'
say your prayers What can | do ?" an
swered the Moor +" | am marching along al
day, and am so tired that cannot pray
d" But" asked the Hindu, "are you too tirel
to eat twice day ? If you are too wear,
to serve God your Maker and Proyider,
am afraid to journey in your company. X
look in the face Of a man like you in the earl,
morning, will bring some calamity or olhe
upon mo. For whoever is too lstless to sery
God, will sooner or later be visited by som
misfortune"
Was not this heather Hindu trayolle
wiser than many who bear the Christian name
Let us learn from him that we must aeger b
too tired 10 pray--Eerly Days.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

The summer is ended To all, what has it
taught2 Are any rested in spirit l--calmed
by the peace Of Nature and made glad by
holy communion through Nature with Ma
tures God Are any strengthened in their
resolves to be more earnest 10 the work Of
the future-to help on Gods purposes with a
firm heart and an uufatering hand
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

The Oshkosh Times says; 1--WE heard
this morning Of boy Of tender years, living
in this city, who in one day drowned seven,
teen kittens, tied pans to the tails of nine dogs
brushed his fathers new silk hat against the
grain, killed pet canary, and still his fond
mother intends him for the pulpit"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

In choosing a warm dress get it light.
How lightly animals which have to endure
great cold are clothed What is lighter than
feathers or fur? A bear can teach us los
son of civilized science, and q goose impart
wisdom. When you wish to be protected
from wind as well as cold, wear, under a
wooden or furry fabric, the thlnnest imperVi-
Gus texture you can got, paper, for instance
Then YOU have an arrangement similar to
that with which the animals Of cold climates
are provided namely thin skin and thick
feathers or hair
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
DMINIsTRATO SAL
yALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

Tho homo.toll and an he lands belonging 10 the
estate OF the late Amer Hubbard, ia Tao village OF
Nontpelcr consisting OF o twOtory dsuhle brick house
with h. sheds and barns attached with thirteen acres OF
land, In high state Of cultivation, situated between
and bordering Barre Street and Onion River, giving
n frontage on each OF about ninety rods.
Also about twelve OF land on the north side OF
Barro Street and opposite the buildings having nearly
the same frontage Barrs Street, and adjoining the
grounds Of tho Vermont Conference seminary and fe
male College.
Also ang acres of wood and pasture land, adjoining
the r Of Mr. Sahin which has some valuable timber on
IT, II needs o moments reelection for one 10 appre-
eiato tho advantages this estate possesses.
j. O. EMERY, Administrator.
N,utpolier Tufv o 1879 2q-tf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

Take up the burdens Of to-day, and lor
these you shall find that cas- thy days, 50
shall thy strength be- In theory you rocog.
nze Fathers care; leave the future in that
care Encouraged by all he has done fol
you, and is to you, leave your hand unress.
tingly in the divine, that led as a little child
the child-conidcucc and peace may be yours
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

The champion somnambulist lives IN In
dianopolis, The fact that he packed his val.
ise, walked to the station and accomplished a
seyenty-hye mile journey the other night be-
fore he awoke, fully vindicatos his claim to
the appellation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

1t is easy for many to come to God when
some great blow falls, but the thousand petty
trials of everyday life arc borne alone.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

Milwaukee is opening her eyes over the
discovery of mineral spring, aud yet it
has probably been flowing ever since " cool
Slloam's shady rill' was popular Watering
place.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

Daniel Boono's original rife has been
presented to the Louisville Public Library.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
hou Advertisements.

HOUSE TO RENT.-The subscriber has
o. reut o0ehalf of Dts ner. largo and vecu fn.
-hci h0a, situated on thc extension of Liberty Street
20 tis NIHre Terms reat4na0Ic. anl Wli De made
known 600 arllieaton.
a-u JOSEPH FISHER.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11
OYSTERS OYsTEBsll OYSTERS IA

VIII syn Oyieri. tiil further notice. f1r $3.50 DER
gallon tr lg.s than pne gallon, l cents per quart,
.oea meets spare nn palms 60 hfc 40 my eans aud
tubs kep rwcpt ana "a tn Ms rsfe with niirnnufIng
tuaus go extensive Tint ] am ahle to have Og icfs
lcsh FROM flc shell every day.
E HUNTINGTON
$500 $50. state Street. Montpelier, SO.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-11

that when we die angels shall open the gate
and receive US into the joy aud glory Of our
Lord
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09
Russian Baths.

NJ. Ell. B., the lady correspondent in
New York of the Missouri Republican,
has this to say concerning the modus oper-
andi of Russian bath:
"We were divested Of every stitch of
our clothing, our rings and bracelets lock-
ed up, our back hair taken off. our own
special possession of seventy five or hum
dred hairs made into little hirsute pill
and impaled with hair pin. This was
the only token of civilization we boasted.
The procession formed. At the door we
were handed miniature sheet and little
bit of sponge wet with cold water
Through passage to room, where we
dropped our sheets and entered vapor
that clothed US decently. wonder if the
Illustrated Police Gazette or Days Doings
haven't hit on this business for illustration.
Well, in this steam I thought I should
suffocate. 1t poured up and down through
holes till it was dreadful. The use of the
wet sponge, I here ascertained. was to put
on the top of the head to prevent coup de
steam, or some such dire complaint.
They wouldn't let out. and the tempera-
ture got worse and worse, and began to
think of my mother and an obituary in
the Republican when we were pronounced
cooked enough, and let out into room
in which was mighty tank of cold water,
through which you must wade or swim as
you could. Caesars ghost! l few through
it, My anatomy and physiology were
heated to boiling point. This water seem4
ed like ice. It was the blood rushing to
my hollow head, Q'm convinced I have
no brains. and my heart came ker-fop
up and went ker-chunk down. I made
up my mind this was the worst of it, and
tried to be resigned. l had been soaped
and scrubbed in the vapor room till I was
scarifed. stood on the brink and watch
ed my companions splashing through the
internal tank One of 'em, to expedite
her own release. caught at my ankle a.
way went my soapy. slippery feet from
under me, and in went for a second
time. How very near an end was the
happy connection between NJ. Ell. B. and
the St. Louis Republican.
At the next stage of this truly awful
experience we received the shower" I
had now become convinced that should
never see home or friends again. In
calm despair | walked under solid column
of water that nearly broke my back, and
just here I got mad. That fat attendant
hasn't yet recovered sufficiently to make
a complaint, and when the thin woman
went before Judge Bowling that gentle1
man said it was conspiracy that no one
woman Of my size. unaided, could do such
damage He told the woman to go home
and say nothing about it, for she'd evident
ly been dreadfully drunk. and undertaken
to walk through carpet-cleaniug machine.
And that's the first and last Russian bath
[ take.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09
$22,O4O 81
gelerten Mlsrella larry.
Uncle Jacobs Advice.

THE fact is, Harry. you can't afford
fooleries," )" said my uncle; "you have your
own way to make. and nothing to make
it with but your own head and hands. and
you must begin to count the cost of every
thing. You have healthy and sound
body; see that you take>care of it. God
gives you a body but once. He don't
take care of it for you, and whatever of it
you lose you lose forever. Many chap
goes to college fresh and healthy as you
are, and comes out with weak eyes, and
crooked back, and yellow complexion, and
dyspeptic stomach. He has only himself
to thank for it. When you get to college
they'll want you to smoke, and you'll
want to do it just for idleness and good
fellowship. Now before you begin just
calculate what it will cost you. You can't
get good cigar under ten cents. and your
smoker wants three a day, at least There
go thirty cents day; two dollars and ten
cents week, or hundred and nine dol
lars and twenty cents year. Take the
next ten years at that rate and you can
invest ever thousand dollars in tobacco
smoke! That thousand dollars invested
in savings bank would give apermanent
income of sixty dollars year-a handy
thing, as you'll find, just as you are be-
ginning life. Now know you think all
this is prosy, but though you are amaz-
ingly given to figures of rhetoric, after all
you've got to get on in world where
things 20 by the rules of arithmetic"
We'll, uncle," I said, a little nettled !;
Il pledge you my word that wont smoke
or drink. l have never Gone either. and
[ don't know why l should"
Good for you! Your hand on that,
my boy. You don't need either tobacco
or spirits any more than you need water
in your shoes. There is no danger in do
ing without them and great danger in do
ing with them so let US look on that mat
ter as settled.
Now as to the rest: You have fa-
Guilty for stringing words together and a
hankering after it that may make or spell
you. Now remember, Harry, that an
empty bag can't stand upright. and if ever
you are to be writer you must have some
shiug to say, and you have got to dig for
knowledge as for hid treasure. A genius
for hard acork is the best kind of genius.
Look at great writer's and see how many
had it, What student Milton was. and
Goethe! Great fellows those. like trees
that grow in an open lot with branches all
round. Composition is the Towering out
of mans mind. When he has made
growth, all studies, and all learning. and
all that makes woody fibre, 60 into it.
Now study books. observe nature, diligent-
ly practice. If you make a good. firm
mental growth hope to see some bios
SONS and fruits from it one of these days.
So 60 your ways and God bless you !"-
My Wife and l.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09
A Smallpox Remedy.

The following statement of a correspon-
dent of the Stockton California; Herald
has been going the rounds of the papers.
An ex-Californian says he has seen it
tested with entire success:
/ [ herewith append recipe, which has
been used to my knowledge in hundreds
ofcases. twill prevent or cure the small
pox, though the pittings are filling. When
Jenner discovered cow-pox in England.
the world of science hurled an avalanche
of fame upon his head but when the most
scientific school of medicine in the world
that of Paris ris-published this recipe as
panacea for smallpox, it passed unheed-
ed. 1t is as unfailing as fate, and con-
quers in every instance. It is harmless
when taken by we'll person. It will also
cure scarlet fever. Here is the recipe as
I have used it. and cured my children of
the scarlet fever; here it is as I have used
it to cure smallpox when learned ply
sicians said the patient must die, it cured:
Sulphate of zine, one grain; foxglove
(digitalis,) one grain; half teaspoonfut
of sugar; mix with two tablespoonfuls of
water When thoroughly mixed. add
four ounces of.water. Take a spoonful
every hour. Either disease will disappear
in twelve hours For child, smaller
doses. according to age. Ifcounties would
compel their physicians to use this. there
would be no need of pest-houses. If YOU
vlaue advice and experience. use this for
that terrible disease.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09

rested force being transformed into heat
may be sufficient to render the wire white
hot. This is the principle of the various
~gas-lighting and firing, electric ap-
paratus. in which the gas is lit or the fuse
exploded by the white-hot wire. 1t has
also been employed instead Of the knife in
certain surgical operations. the wire being
found to burn its way rapidly and smooth
ly through flesh, etc. The latter appli-
cation, according to the Scientific Anaeri-
can, has been extended by DIR. George
Robinson of New York, to cutting wood
also. the electrically heated platinum wire
proving as effective without any expendi-
ture of manual strength, as saw in the
hands of a strong man. The surfaces are
slightly charred.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09
STATEMENT
OF THE
Expenses of Charles County,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30th, 1872.

Published by Order Of the County Commission
ers, in pursuance Of Section Nine, article
IsOenty- Eight, of the Code Of Public General
Lavs sOhieh provides that
ssThe County Commissioners shall make out
and publish annually in at least two newspa-
papers published in their respective counties, if
there be two, detailed, minute, and accurate
statement of the expenses of their said counties,
specifying therein each particular item of ex-
penses, and for what and to whom paid, and
shall also deliver to the Sheriff of their respec-
tive counties as many copies of such statement
as there are election districts of said county,
at least ten days before each general election,
and the Sheriff shall, within six days after the
receipt of such copies, set up one of them at
the place of holding elections in each election
district"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09

SAVING WooD BY ELECTRICITY The
latest novelty in the electric line is the
employment of the battery-turret to saw
wood, without saw 1t is we'll known
that the resistance to the passage Of a cur
rent is inversely as the sectional area Of
the conductor. In fine wire, for instance,
this resistance is very great, and the ar
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09

An editor commenting upon the
Importance of small things, says be does
not even slight a straw, fit has sherry
cobbler at one end,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-13

en-, who occasionally complain of what they
W .niik social coldness or ostracism, should lay
" heart one or two evident principles. Soci-
ely Is as we have said, matter of enjoy
nleht' not OF instruction or philosophie CON
verse NANNY. In order to such enjoyment,
all personal graces of manner. or habit,
indispensable.
The wisest or most learned of men must be
out of place in the ideal salon we have con-
templated, if he is dry, awkward, ungenial,
repulsive,-a sloven, cynic or a bore. The
virtues which the Brahmin especially needs
to cultivate are not after all, expensive. They
do not require large income, or wasting out
lay of time and care. They do call for a
fresh, generous, liberal temper, native refine
ment in personal habit and thought, cult
waited grace of manner and careful Observa-
ton OF the ornamental decencies of life. 1t
is not required of the Brahmin, male or fe-
male, that he should come to the feast in a
private equipage, or shine in diamonds and
cashmeres. 1t is required that he should sit
there with the same ease and assurance, the
same kindly readiness to fall in with the spirit
OF the moment, the same quick wit and sub
tie appreciation, the same readiness to catch
the bright social tone of his surroundings, as
his neighbor with the carriage and the cash
book. And when we consider how often men
anu women OF the clearest brain and the
whitest souls suffer themselves by sheer over
absorption in their higher pursuits to drift
into an pngraceful negligence in outward OBJ
servance-how often their devotion to ideas
leaves them weary, dry and unpliable for the
lighter and gayer intercourse of leisure hours
we may see some excuse for the much
abused swells after all. The journalist, the
professor, the artist, the physician, the divine,
ought each in his way to be valuable, nay,
an indispensable member of our regenerated
society, but on the condition that he comes,
not as professional man, but as man of
the world, and that the racy flavor of ''shop''
which pervades his habits or his ideas shall
blend harmoniously with the absolute ease
and lightness of the social atmosphere about
him.-London Saturday Reuieto.