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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25
Never Again.

There is touch of pathos about doing
even the simplest things for the last time. Ii
is not alone kissing the lips Of the dead that
gives you this strange pain. You feel il
when you look your last upon some scene
which you have loved--whon you stand in
some quiet street, where you know you will
never stand again, unless, indeed, you come
back some day to the old haunts," and wan.
der among them an unwelcome ghost.
The actor playing his part for the last time
the singer whose voice is cracked hopeless
ly, and who after this once will never stand
before the sea Of upturned faces disputing the
plaudits with iresher voices and fairer forms
the clergyman who has preached his last
sermon-those all know the hidden bitterness
Of never again"
How they come to US on birthdays, as We
grow older Never again young-always
nearer and nearer to the very last--the end
which is universal, the last thing" which
shall follow all the other last things and turn
them, let us hope, from pains to JOY.
We put away our boyish toys with an odd
heart-ache. We we're too old to walk any
longer on our stilts--too tall to play marbles
on the pavement. Yet there was a pang
when we thought we had played with our
merry mates for the last time, and life serious
grown-up work was waiting for us.
Now we do not want the lost toys back
Life has other and larger plays for us.-May
ii not be that these, too, shall seem in the
light Of some far-of day as the boyish games
seem to our manhood, and we shall learn that
death is but the opening Of gate into the
new land Of promise
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25
A Home Without Children.
Bf DR.. BEECHER.

Children grow up nothing on earth grows
so fast as children. 1t was but yesterday,
and that lad was playing with tops, a buoyant
boy. He is man, and gone now. There is
no more childhood for him or for US. Life
has claimed him. When beginning is made
it is like raveling n stocking, stitch by stitch
gives way till it is all gone. The house has
not child in it there is no more noise in
the hall, boys rushing pell.mel it is very
orderly now. There are no skates, sleds, ball
or string left scattering about Things are
quiet enough now. There is no delay for
sleepy folks; there is no longer any task be-
fore you lie down, Of looking after anybody,
or tucking up the bed clothes. There are no
disputes to settle, nobody to get of to school,
no complaints, no opportunities for impossi-
bic things no rips to mend, no fingers to tie
up, no faces to be washed or collars to be ar
ranged. There was never such peace in
the house 1t would sound like music to
have some feet clatter down the front stairs
Oh for some children's noise What used to
all us, that We were hushing their loud laugh,
checking their noisy frolic, and reproving
their slamming and banging the doorsr We
wish our neighbors would lend us an urchin
or two, to make little noise in these prem.
ses. A home without children II is like
lantern and no candle garden and no
flowers a brook and no water gurgling and
gushing through its channel We want to be
tried, to be vexed to be run over, to hear
children at work with all its varieties. Du-
ring the secular days this is enough marked.
But it is the Sabbath that puts our home TO
proof The intervals of public worship are
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25
Homes Reduced by Dress.

Only those women who have not the money
to dress" can fully appreciate the crushing
weight which society ruthlessly heaps upon
this disability. To be unable to dress is
to be treated with almost disrespect in the
car, the boat at the public gathering, the
street and the shop to be ignored to feel
the shrug Of contempt, the sneer Of leyity and
the smile Of scorn TO be thrust aside TO be
laughed at to be unceremonionsly displaced;
to be cruelty driven out Of good society to
have your heart, your intelligence, your
thought, your virtue, your character held as
nothing against silk to be stung to be
outraged to be prescribed to be insulted
all this and much more for the lack Of money
" to dress"
1t matters not whether this rule Of society
aud to ruin. The fashionable lady thinks
nothing of paying s75 for making dress,
made up Of forty yards Of silk, at from 81
to $40 per yard. These are the women
who rule the street, drawing rooms, theatres
dare we say churches ? After such the
lesser lights take pattern. What defence
have the girls who work for from 81 to $40
per week against this array ?
The rich can be fashionable, the poor cam
not be by honest means. The poor, industri-
Gus shop girl looks upon even $50 dresses,
aud they are beyond her reach There is a
$40 gulf between her and them--between
her and the respect and attention Of society
Her virtue will span the chasm. She longs
to lift the load of poverty, to receive tho
caress Of society, to be freed from bondage.
She sells herself to hell for dress. After the
first step is taken, it is not long before all
useful labor is eschewed, and the foul vice
made to be the only service of income. This
is no picture, but what happens every day,
and is plain statement Of how the recruits
of brothes are made
This mania for dress" is devastating our
American society and demoralizing American
women to an alarming extent. The wives
and daughters Of the rich men who lead So
ciety in this fearful race of extravagance are
responsible for great share Of the prosttu.
ton which curses the nation as well as for
thousands of business failures, scattered fami-
lies, and the long train of miseries amoug US
under the cover Of" keeping up appearances"
Let those who have the courage take this les
son and act upon it.
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The Sheep with n Cart.

{" never saw sheep harnessed up before"
said Harry as he turned over the leaves of a
big book on natural history, and found a pic
ture of sheep drawing little two-wheeled
cart.
Do you know what natural history means
1t means a history or description of animals,
birds and fishes.
4" Let me see, said his mother. So Harry
brought the great book and laid it in her lap.
"Ah, yes" she continued, I" it is a sheep
that lives in Syria and Egypt, and other parts
Of Asia and Africa, and has a long, heavy
tail which sometimes trails on the ground
This tail usually weighs l5 or 20 pounds
but when the sheep is fattened it sometimes
gets to weigh 20 or so, or even $50 pounds
The sheep cannot carry it then, so little
cart is made to lay it on, and the sheep draws
it about"
What is the use Of such big, fat tails 2"
The people when they kill the sheep, use
the fat of the tail, which is not at all like
talow, for butter"
Harry shut up his book and put it away,
and went out to play and his mother kept
on sewing, and forgot all about the sheep
with the cart. After while she heard a
great racket outside the window, and looking
out, she saw Harry and Nep. He had fas.
tened his cart to the dog, and as Nep would
not let his tail lie in the cart he had tied his
white tippet to the end of the tail Nep did
not understand those proceedings, and was
frsking about and wagging his tail, with ev-
cry wag setting the tippet flying in the air,
and every few steps overturning the cart.
"Never mind, Nep, III teach you yet. If
you don't be good dog and let your tail lie
in tn g cart. III have TO tie il down"
But the next jump brought Nep quite out
of the harness, and away he capered, looking
back roguishy, as much as to say, No you
don't, old fellow
Harry was about to follow him, but just
then lady passed by, her long trailing skirt
sweeping the walk and gathering dirt and
dust. Harry stood looking at her until she
was out of sight, and then turning to his
mother, he said
Mother don't you think ii would be a
good plan for ladies who wear tails to their
dresses to have little cart to keep them up
out of the dirt ?"
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Repose.

Unquietness is the greatest evil that can
come to the soul, excepting sin. For as Sc
ditions and civil discords Of a commonwealth
ruin it entirely and disable it to resist stran-
ger, SO our heart, being troubled and dis
quieted in itself, loseth strength to maintain
the virtues which it had gained, and with it
the means to resist the temptations of the en-
emy, who at that time useth all kinds of en-
deavors to fish, as they say in troubled wa
ters. My soul is always in my hands, .
Lord, and l have not forgotten thy law, y
said David. Examine more than ouce a
day. at least morning and evening, whether
some passion or unquietness hath robbed thee
of it. Consider whether thou have thy heart
at command, or whether it be not escaped
out OF thy hands to engage itself in some in.
ordinate affection of love, hatred, envy, COW
etousness, fear, joy, sadness; and if it he
strayed seek it presently and bring it back
gently to the presence Of God, subjecting thy
affections and desires to the obedience and di.
rection Of His divine pleasure. When thou
perceivest unquietness to come, commend thy
self to God, and resolve to do nothing at all
OF that which thy desire demands until that
disqaiet be entirely passed, unless-it be some
vi * tst~ ~eapaot be deferred. and then thou
must BY some gentle and quiet means stop
the current Of thy affection, tempering aud
moderating 1t as much as possible, and then
do that which is required, not according to
thy desire, but according to reason.-De Sales,
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Why She Refused.
BY REV. h. y. HALE.

You say you went to party last night,
and you saw Mrs. Smith, an old friend, whom
you had not seen since she and your sister
we're at school together You had very
pleasant talk until supper, then you gave her
your arm and took her to supper. When
some one came along with few glasses Of
wine Oh a waiter, and offered her glass, you
saw her shudder as she said, !" and you
wondered why Mrs. Smith, who didn't use TO
be so particular about such things, not only
refused but shuddered when she said No !"
You cannot tell why3 can tell you why.
You went on with your talk, and had little
renewed Irritation, did youf | won't say
you didn't. She was very gay, and seemed
very glad to forget herself, did she? Very
well l am glad you gave her that hour of
the evening. can tell you where she went
after the party was over. She went home
the latest person from the party. She was
glad it was late, for her husband had not
come home. She sat and read for an hour,
and her husband did not come. She wrote
for an hour and he did not come. She sat at
the piano an hour but he did not come. At
length, between three and four o'clock, there
was noise at the door, She went to the
door, aud two policemen held him in their
arms. She knows them both well by this
time. 1t happens so often that she knows
every policeman on the beat. They bade her
good night. She brought him in. She had
locked her chld's room that he might not
abuse him. She took the abuse as he flung
himself upon the bed. She dragged off his
neckcloth aud coat, and sat there until he
should fall into his stupid sleep. She was
the woman who refused glass of wine with
a shudder. You did not know the story.
You thought she was gay and bright. l
knew her story, because | am her minister
They have sort Of skeleton in the closet,
which We are permitted to see and you are
not And when we see that skeleton, do you
wonder that we sometimes say pretty sharp
things about moderate drinking and the temp
tation offered at partiesi
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A Beautiful Charity.

The story is briefly this; About a dozen
years ago, woman going through the vile
purlieus of a neighboring city, was especially
hurt and touched by the sight Of some little
FOLKS who were sick 10 cellar full Of heat
ss6r. aeh, where q whole family lived, and
10, Nh kte--when they had anything to
eatA She had, perhaps, not enough pity for
the grown people; they could turn their strong
wits, aud big bones, and big voices, to some
better use than drunkenness, or any other
sort Of beastlness but the children looked
out Of the dirt and disease at her with inno-
cent faces they were sick unto death, and
they had seen so little Of life Nothing but
its foulness, and want, and vice. Of the
sunshine, and groenness and beauty which
God had sent, OF good men or gentle women,
they knew nothing. We do not know who
this woman was, except that she had little
means Of her own we fancy, though, that
either she had lost child, or that he had
grown into man and gone from her never to
come again, aud that it was for the sake Of
her own baby, that never should lie upon her
breast again, that her heart was tender to-
ward these children. The result of her tend
erness we do know In a year or two, a
suna'i lariii nouSe was oousn1, auu 'uiu,'uo'
az a nospl'a' ,or 01l'uIe" H'"ei eOHu W.,
men came 70 neip ~ '"e ~ III; =" P'a0e y,
Tue iarni nouse' large pau guiiuius, III 'us
must Oh grassy piSTsrouuu' R - uon us1u
lor 'nese niue iolAs. lney are piousn, ouly
Of cure and comfort washed, clothed, and
tenderly nursed u1tl thelr recovery Is sure
and complete Nooody can walk through 'ne
quiet wards win their rows oi crios' OUT oi
eaeh oil whicn Ht'le lace turus' oiten
oaoy's lace, sure that tney WIN never mss lne
motherly touch or woru, without ieeiing 'na'
this Is the most beautiful oil all cnarltes,
we give so mucn space 10 u ln tne nope
mat 1t may DC initiated IN o'ner clues
when the children are aple 10 ieaVe tnelr
oeds' they are neatly cio'ned anu turned ioose
among the grass and trees iney nave
gymnasium swings every sort Oh cniiuisI iIn
ana irolic-in snort, mlnu as well as pouy
has the most wholesome oi ncurisnmen' %
given 70 1t. "hen the not Gays Oh 'nis uue
came however ana eVeryoouy turns 'nei'
faces toward the country, the managers re-
solved that the little patients in the warus
should also nave their snare OF SUNSHINE anu
summer Some oi them wou'd never iea'e
the cribs but Tor the conn .ney shouiu' a,
least, have one glimpse oil uods good woriu
here before lie TOOK them nome 90 carpen,
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pEALERs IN sECuRIrIEs.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
sCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP,
sCHtNCk's sEAWFED TONIC.
SCUENCiNfS MANDRAKE PILLS.

Are the only medicines that will Pulmonary Con.
sumption
Sometimes medicines that will stop a cough will ofen
occasion the death of the patient II locks up the liver,
stops the circulation Of the blood hemorrhage olows
and 10 fact coggEg the action Of the very organs that
caused the cough
Liver complaint aud dyspepsia are the causes Of two
thirds OF the Of consumption Many com
planning with dull PAIN In the side the bowels some.
times cosvo ami sometimes too loose tongue coated,
pain In the shoulder blade feeling sometimes very
less and At other times drowsy the food that is taken
lies heavily the stomach, accompanied with aodity
and beching Of wind. These poms usually originate
from a dsordored condition Of the stomach torpid
liver Persons affected II they take two heavy
colds and the cough Ia those be suddenly stopped
the lungs liver and stomach clog, and remain torpid
and inactive and before the patient Of his stu
alton the lungs mass Of and liberated and
death Is the inevitable result.
Schenok's pulmonc Syrup Is oxpeotorant which
does not contain any opium nor anything calculated to
check cough suddenly.
schenck's Seaweed Tonic dissolves the food, mixes
with the gastric juice Of the stomach, dgests easily
nourishes thesysen and creates healthy circulation
Of the blood When the bowels costive skin saow
and the patient Is Of a bilious habit, Sehencks Man.
drake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared and sold by Dr. J. II
SCHENCk SON, Northeast corner OF Sixth and Arch
Streets. Philadelphia, Penn, and Tor sale by GEO,
GOODWIN co, 3s Hanover Street. Boston, and JOHN
Y. HENRY College Place, New York Wholesal,
Agents
For sale by Druggists generally. 37-f
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christians might avoid much trouble and
inconvenience If they would only believe what
they profess, that God is able to make them
happy without anything else. They imagine
that il such dear friend were to die or such
aud such blessings were removed, they should
be miserable whereas God can make them a
thousand times happier without them. To
mention my own case God has been deprv-
ing me of one mercy after another but as
enc has removed, he has come in and filed up
its place. Now when am a cripple, and not
able TO move, am happier than ever was
in my life before, or ever expected to be ! and
if | had believed this twenty years ago, |
might have been spared much anxiety. If
God had told me some time ago that He was
about to make me as happy as could be in
this world, and then had told me he should
begin by crippling me in all my limbs, and
removing me from my usual sources Of enjoy
ment, should have thought it avery strange
mode of accomplishing this purpose. And
yet how is His wisdom manifest even in this /!
DR.. Paysoa.
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Mnral &c Religious.
THE PEACE OF GOD.

THE PEACE OF GOD.
y The wcafness Of conflict, as the waiting
For victories delayed too long,
~ The sword and prayer,
And all the holy hating,
" evils evermore too strong,
With ffuitles. beating Of the air,
What soul can bearl
The zenith sun Is hot The shadows taIry
For tardy evenings, cool and sweet,
From out the West
These p0nderous arms carry,
Ma ching, with bruised and bleeding feet
On warward paths, by foes hard pressed
God, give rest
The sea and shore hnd days without their billows
The bird, with folded wing its nest
The winds their calmi
Aud, motonless, the willows
Forget, in dreams, their past unrest
Amens hath every chanted psalm,
But where my palml
i it from him, within whose bosom bideth
What cen the stars have never ioundi
The Peace divine
That deeper life, which hideth
lieelf In God, beyond the sound
or conflict, In eternal shine
De this peace mine
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-25
ADMINIsTRATo SALE
HALUABLE REAL ESTATE!

The homestead, and all the lands belonging to the
estate Of the late Amer Hubbard, In the village Of
Montpelier, consisting Of two-story double brick house
with L., sheds and barns attached with thirteen
land In high state OF cultivation, situated between
and bordering Barre Street and Onion River giving
a frontage on each Of about ninety rods
Also, about twelve Of land the north side Of
Barre Street and opposite the buildings having nearly
the frontage Barre Street, and adjoining tn,
grounds Of the Vermont Conference Seminary and Fe
male College.
Also any acres Of wood and pasture land adjoining
the farm Of Mr. sabn, which has some valuable timber
It, II needs but moments reelection for to appre
oiate the advantages this estate possesses.
J. O. EMERY, Administrator.
Montpelier, July 2. 1872 29-tf
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MAKING THE BEST OF IT,-Little Minnie
only three years old, to amuse a homesick
cousin who was staying at her house, brought
out her choicest playthings. Among these
was tiny trunk, with bands of gilt paper
for straps, very pretty toy but Freddie
bent the lid too far back, and it broke off,
He did not mean to do this and when he saw
what he had done, he was frightened, and be-
gan to cry. Then dear little Minnie, with
her own eyes full of tears, said
Never mind, Freddie just see what .
cunning little cradle the top will make I"
That was certainly great deal better thar
fretting. She made the best Of il.
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"A father had taken his lite girl into his
cellar to carry up the pieces Of wood he
should saw. As the child was standing with
outstretched arms, receiving the cut pieces
from her fathers hands, stranger stopped
aud looked in the cellar door. Seeing that
she apparently had quite load, and that her
father was still adding to the burden, he said,
Z" am afraid you have too heavy load"
She with all the trust and simplicity Of low
lug child, answered, Father knows when
have enough" Christian, our Father knows
when We have enough, and the heavier tho
load and the more severe the cross, the more
of strength aud grace will he give US, his
dear children.
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For sale at Phinney's.

THE PgSssYLvAsfA PiLGRN, and other Poems. by
John q. Whittier. Boston james R Osgood Co.
In this new poem, Mr. Whittier treats of
the early pioneers Of Pennsylvania, more
especially of that settlement commonly called
Germantown, whose original founders were
German, and whose acknowledged leader was
Francis Daniel Pastorius, who, in the year
1868 drew up protest against negro slavery,
which was adopted by the Germantown
Friends and sent up to their monthly meeting
and thence to their yearly meeting in Phila-
delphia. 1t was a vigorous and manly pro-
test against this vice. and is now chiefly re-
markable as being the first known protest
against slavery ever adopted by any religious
body on this continent. Very little of the
early history of this colony or its founders is
now known, even the burial place of their
leader being lost.
The peaceful and tranquil lives of those
early well.minded Quakers would seem to
afford theme more congeniaI to Mr.. Whit
tier than the more turbulant and aggressive
lives Of their sterner cousins Of the Puritan
mould, and We think we detect this congeniali-
ty in the poem before US. At all events, he has
succeeded in throwing off the mantle in which
time has enveoped and obscured the brave
doings and sayings Of their leader, and has
thrown his own indescribable charm about
them, their lives and their early history.
The other poems in the volume are all good,
but unequal in merit some of the best being
" Chicago" " The Brewing of Soma" Mar
guerite and King Volmar and Elsie. I"
Wilder has it.
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For The 1fnung.
THE HONEY BEE.

Honey hoe, honey bee, why do you hum
" ! am 20 happy, sumner has come.
" summer and sunshine dearly love-
Bright flowers around mo, bright skies above
Here away, there away, onward haste,
Resting a moment tho blossoms 10 taste.
"rolling and working while summer is sunny,
To lay up for winter store Of sweet honey"
Ply away, honey bee, home to your hive,
You are 80 busy know you will thrive.
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A UCTION.-The undersigned will sell at

"A public auction. on Saturday, September 2s 1872,
at one O'clock p. M his late residence, situated in
Twngsyile. (Barre) VI. consisting Of one and half
story dwelinghouse ELL wood-shed, barn and carriage
house with three Ourths Of acre OF land The build.
ings In good repair and within Ave minutes walk Of
Goddard Seminary and Barre Academy, and within half
a mile Of the Post Office and Churches. Also, sixty
acres Of tage pasture and wood land, half mile
disa l. The sugar orchard consists OF 100 trees, with
good sugarhouse The tllage land rich, and In good
state OF cultivation. Also one slip In the universast
ssfi HEMAN CLIFFORD.
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Stock Jobbers very frequently get news
ahead of the regular source of press iniorma-
ton Long before the news Of the disaster
to the steamship Bienvile reached the news.
paper offices in New York, the sbarpers in
Broad and Wall streets had the intelligence
and made themselves busy in taking advant.
age of it. Before the third edition Of the
evening papers appeared on the street nearly
$4,000 shares of the Pacific Mail stock had
changed hands.