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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06


Never, in the history of New York, has
anything been known like the present extrav-
agance in dress, equipage, and entertain
ments. The popular daughter Of an excel.
ector, married recently was the fortunate re-
cipent of gifts valued, at the lowest estimate,
at eighty thousand dolars-a country seat on
the banks of the Hudson, handsomely fur
nished carriages and horses check for
$4,000 and coffee pot Of solid gold, for
which the donor paid $1,000, were among
the most expensive presents; while jewels,
laces, and articles Of yertu are said to have
poured in until there was DO room for moro.
A point lace veil and iounco, ranging from
$500 to $1,000, have come to be regarded
as quite indispensable accompaniments to the
marriage ceremony and wedding ring.
Importers look purchasers straight in the
eye, and without the faintcst suspicion of a
blush, ask four hundred dollars for black silk
costume that would scarcely attract more than
passing glance, and for which one hundred
dollars would be ample compensation.
Imagine the condition of a conscience that
will permit man to demand five and seven
dollars apiece for ribbon bows for the hair
To be sure, the ribbon is very beautiful
satin on one side, and gros-grain on the other
and attached to movable rings on hair pins
that they may be becomingly and effectively
arranged in the hair but seven dollars why
it is simply awful
All fine articles of French jewory-th'
pretty limitations Of gold, pearl, enamel an,
gem bijouterie, jeweled, carved and painted
fans, are going up at an alarming rate, an,
we are told no more are attainable at an,
price,
Kid gloves have advanced more than any
other article in the line of necessities. jug
las, Jouyin's, Alexandre's and Berin's twl
and three button gloves are eagerly bough
up at two dollars and seventy five cents an,
three dollars and twenty-five cents per pair
1t is generally conceded that not single firu
in New York can furnish complete assort
ment.
During the Franeo-Prussian war-and ever
now--Stewart's glove counters, on almost AM
morning, would afford a study for the penci
of Hogarth. No roulette table was eve
surrounded by more eager excited, rapaciou
faces than those that cluster about the glow
stands in our fashionable stores.
The profound uncertainty in which the
Franco Prussian contest was involved pre-
vented dealers from holding back for still
higher prices. The fear Of speedy peace
thousands Of workmen and women anxious /,
get employment at any pricei cheap labor
and consequently cheap goods, have operate
as most salutary checks upon the majority q
our merchants,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06
Naming The Children over.

al have three children to name over" said
Mrs Drew one day, "aud | shall name them
Half Done, Almost Done, aud Done"
Jasper slunk behind his mothers chair with
guilty look He, | am sure, was Half
Done, for, as quick as lightning, he thought
Of his martin-house, begun as soon as he had
his new box of tools, and never rooted ; of his
aunt's hower-ladder, which only had the sticks
and that was all of the latch he began to
mend, and left of his geometry which he
missed, because it was only half learned Of
the mittens which he lost, because they were
only half IN his pocket; and, worse than all
of zebra, the horse, who ran away and broke
the buggy, because he was only halfharnessed.
Jasper, say, quick as a fash, thought of all
these, and shrunk back, more than certain that
Half Done was his name. lfall he thought
was true, did he not deserve it?
You mean me,' said Lucy.
Mean you for what ?'' asked her
mother
" For Almost Done, said Lucy, blushing.
" was almost done dressing when breakfast
was ready | was almost to school when il
began. had almost done my letter TO papa
when it was time to send it. | had almost
finished Golden Threads when Jane came for
it. Oh, dear !" sighed Lucy, Almost Done
is quite as bad as Half.Done and great
deal more provoking, because you see, just a
{ittle more trying would have done it. But
who Of US is 'Done2'
" Who is ?" asked mother.
"Arthr ~ cried Lucy and Jasper at once.
4" Arthur does : Arthur finishes"
Arthur looked up surprised aud pleased, as
his brother and sister willingly accorded the
credit due him. How many times they had
seen him, small boy has he was, cipher for an
hour together, rubbing out and writing figures
over and over again, until at last he would
bring his small fist whack on the table,
shouting, at is done :" How patiently and
persistently he would plane aud hammer and
saw, and saw, plane and hammer, with all his
mind on his work, until boat or box or a
windmill, done, and 'oeH done too, rewarded
| his labors.
Yes, Arthur was dome" 'He is 6nisher
said Jasper, "and | wish was" Think
Jasper" said his mother, show it would be
to carry half.done into everthing-the bread
half done, your dinner half done, the table
half set, your new pants and coat from the
tailors half done sweeping, washing, sewing
half DONE"
Please don't, mother said Jasper. "Le
me think of it, Chitd's paper.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06
The Cadi's Decision.


A poor Turkish slater, Of Constantnople,
being at work upon the roof Of house, lost
his footing and fell into the narrow street
upon man who chanced to be passing at the
time. The pedestrian was killed by the con-
cussion, while the slater escaped without ma
terial injury.
son Of the deceased caused the slater to
be arrested and taken before the Cadi, where
he made the most grave charge, and claimed
ample redress.
The Cadi listened attentiyely, and in the
end asked the slater what he had to say in
his defense.
dispenser Of Justice" answered the ac'
cused, in humble mood, A" it is even as this
man says but God forbid that there should
be evil in my heart. | am poor man. and
know not how | can make amends"
The son of the man who had been killed,
thereupon demanded that condign punishment
should be inflicted upon the accused.
The Cadi meditated few moments, and
finally said
" II shall be So
Then to the slater he continued,
Thou shalt stand in the street where .he
father Of this young man stood when thou did's'
fall upon him"
! And to the aecuser he added,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06
work.Gins

There arc many good Christians who are
looking forward to the time when they can,
without labor, live upon the incomes Of their
accumulated fortunes. There are some, hearty
and hale, who are now doing it, we are sorry
to say. What Interpretation they put upon
Six days shalt thou labor we know not ;
how they regard Pauls injunction to work
that one may have to give to him that need
eth, we are unable to say.
Our purpose is to call attention to more
excellent way ITO a way actually trod by a
dear old saint now on earth Not far from
ten years ago, this brother had accumulated
what he deemed sufficient. some fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars Instead Of decid-
I ing to live uron his income, and to retire from
| hard work, he said, " | will toll as much as
ever If God gives me health, and all the
surplus funds above my family expenses shall
be given to charitable purposes The result
has been a continual offering Of rich gifts tc
God and bis people. One hundred Other
brethren and sisters in the church to which
he belongs, do not give away as much as he
And so happy is he in it, that though he il
getting aged, and friends beg him not to toi
50 hard, he cannot give it up. d" Every dol
lar that can be earned is needed, and may Dc
good, is his reply
Are there not many in our churches wht
might initiate this example in whole or il
part, and make work-gihs to the needy or
CARNATIONS Of the day. Are there no boys
who can, part Of the time, work instea,
Of play, and thus have to give to the needy
Are there no young ladies who can do like
wise Arc there no men 20 continue in busi
ness and labor for this end, who do not nee,
the proceeds for themselves Are there NJ
women who can initiate them2 We know 0
one, belonging to family Of considerabl
wealth, who said, not long since, to her ire
ligous husband ." l will 90 without CIR
this winter and do the washing even, myself
and give away the money that would be use,
for these purposes" And she is doing il
Her work-gifts are undoubtedly very preciou
to the Lord they cost something; and ye
the reward in her spiritual life and cbaracte
is Of more value than the cost Who vii
work one day in week, or one week in
month, or the whole year, that the Lord
kingdom may more rapidly spread among tn
ignorant and perishing Of the earth
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06
Common sense in Christian Work.

Common sense is the best sort Of sense, and
it is especially good thing for live Christian
or Christian worker to have. We speak oc
he sacred professions. The term came froh
the priesthood of the Romish Church men
set apart to the sacred profession could hardly
touch the earth on which they lived, while
the common people devoted themselves to
secular pursuits Every pursuit ofman ought
to be a sacred pursuit. John Newton said If
two angels were sent TO the earth one as
Prime Minister and the other as street.
sweeper, it would be a matter Of no diff
ference whether they received the one or
the other commission it would be honor
enough that the Lord had sent them. 1t is
possible and practical to carry this right
through and do everything for the Lord Jesus
Christ. If you want to do anything for the
Lord, try to keep the thought before your
mind constantly that, whether you go out or
come in, eat or drink, you are to do every
thing to gorify God. The reason the world
paralyzes mans piety, is because he does
not have singleness Of aim. God pu. men
into the world and asked them to be pous,
and they ought to make the world minister to
their piety.
DR. Kane seeing himself in danger of be-
ing crushed by an iceberg, said: an use
the iceberg he thrust out the harpoon, an-
chorcd his ship to the iceberg, and it bore
him to Polar waters. So you must make the
world and business bear you heavenward.
Dr. Chalmers, riding on stagecoach by
the side of the driver, said " John, why do
you hit that off leader such a crack with your
lash ?" away yonder there's white stone
that of leader is afraid of that stone so by
the crack Of my whip and the pain in his legs
| want to get his idea off from It," Dr.
Chalmers went home, elaborated the idea, and
wrote The Expusive Power of New AT.
iection." You must drive off the devil and
kill the world by putting new idea in the
mind.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06
Suited TO n " T."

&" How did your wristbands suit you,
Frank" said Fanny Grey to her brother
Frank, young man just homo in his first
b myself on the machine. Were they nice ?
Did they ft2"
They were splendid, Fan. told the
fellows they were done by an old lady Of
seven years Fit9 guess they did. Fit
ted to T. Thank you r'
And Frank Grey pulled his coat-seeve up
little and showed the shining linen, fitting
his shapey wrist, much to bis little sisters
admiration
" Frank" said Fanny, few moments af-
ter, may ask you somethingw
"Of course you may, little one III an
swer if | can" And Frank clasped his
hands over his head tilted back his chair,
and put his feet upon the table and looked
down 80 his sisters eyes that we're saying
JUS then, " As if there was anything you
didn't know, you splendid old fellow"
But aloud she said What did you mean
by fitting to To I'm sure don't know
and ! want to"
/ "Whew e. whistled the young man
" What do | mean, sure enough. Well,
mean suited exactly, fitted perfectly, 1 sup
pose"
Yes" said the little girl, in disappoin
ted tone 81 know that but ! thought, per
haps, it came from something. I don't Sc,
the sense Of it, I'm sure. Suited to a 7.
1t meant something else in the first place,
know.
WE'LL guess it did, pet" said Frank
I'm look it up for you, sometime"
/ He'll never think Of it again. said Fam.
to herself "but do wish knew. Suited t
T.. 1t is so funny"
The next day Frank came in with a straug
sort of ruler in his hand 1t had cross piec,
at one end, giving it the shape of a capital I
See here, Fanny" said he, I've been t
the carpenters shop in your behalf. | hop
III get you suited to T this time. | faile,
to satisfy you yesterday, you know"
So frank placed the cross-piece against
perpendicular line which he had drawn, ant
laid the arm along horizontal limo that iorme'
the right angle
" You see,n said he, " this rule is called
7 square, and is often used to test the accu
racy Of lines and angles, as | have just teste'
mine. For wonder, it fts exactly. | neve
did hit it 50 well before. And so you see i
is fitted or suited to r. And it is alto
gethor probable that the proverbial phras
suited to T originated in this instrument
f " Oh, Frank ! how much you do know
, I'm so glad asked you | can see tn
sense of it now" said little Fan, huggin
him tight, to the great damage Of his AOwin
neck-tio
, Frank looked as wise as an owl, but
j didn't 4" let on that he couldn't have told,
b save him, till he asked somebody else. That
t how found out what is meant by suite
n n II
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

No man dies suddenly. Death surprises
no man, but gives all men sufficient warning
and notice. Do ye complain of sudden death,
that have carried death about ye ever since
ye were born} that have been entertained with
daily spectacles Of carcasses and funeralsl
that have heard so many sermons upon the
subject, and read so many good books on the
lraiiy of life and certainty of death? Do yc
not know that every moment that ye live
brings ye nearer to your end2 Your clothes
wear out your woods and your houses decay
and yet yo look that your bodies should be i'm
mortal What are the common accidents aud
diseases of life but warnings to provide your
self for a remover
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

there are children tO be managed and parents ca-
pablc of reflection. The book is handsomely /
printed and bound, and there arc twelve ful-page
Illustrations.
For sale at Wildcr's
I'm, t,yno, n,.o,,r,oy Ry nr rs,oct rioycs
Harper K Brothers. New York CITY.
This volume is record Of visit to Greenland
made in the summer of 1860. lnasnuoh as tho
sole object of the visit was to obtain sketches
for paintnrs for MIR. William Bradford, (xhosc
pictures by the way. have acquired an excellent
reputation). the voyage was leisurely one be-
inc mostly near the coast. The VOYAGE continued
along the coast for distance Of over one thousand
miles. and what was observed has been written
up in a very happy STYLE, constituting an cx-
cecdinply readable and entertaining volume.
Wilder has H.
CHARAcrFR. BY Samuel Smiles llarper Brotl-
ors. New York city
Nr Smiles is not a very yoluminous writer.
but we wish his works might be in the hands Of
all tho young people in the land not that they
are intended exclusively for them. but ,hat the
influence thus exertcd would be for their good.
and industry. and show that they are a much bet
ter stock in trade for the young, as well as the
old than any advantages to De derived from birth,
wealth, position, or any other adyentitious aids.
which are relied upon hy too many Of The young
of this period They are good books 20 have.
better to read, and best of all to practice.
For sale at Wilders
poou N,ss FNcu Rv wiIlde C,llins Ilus-
trated. Harper & Brothers New York City.
40 writer understands more fully and more
thoroughly the art Of story telling than Wnkic
Collins. and in this volume. his latest effort ho
well sustains Bis hari-camad reputation. This
story will meet wiih largo sale, and Ih puusa
will repay any one who will study The gnees OF
bis style, his power of combination, and Of work
ing up nm absorbing Interest IN everything he
touches
For sale at Wildcrs
TnE AMERICAN BARON By James De Mile
illustrated. Harper * Brothers, New York
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ne'o' WIZ wiz any 'n'ns ~ s'oD a. ''V Do's'
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

Sidney Smith cut the following from a
newspaper, and preserved it for himself
" When you rise in the morning, form a resolu.
tion to make the day happy one to fellow
creature. 1t is easily done; leit-off garment
to the man who needs it, kind word to the
sorrowlul, an encouraging expression to the
striving in themselves light as air.
will do it at least for twenty-four hours. And
if you are young, depend upon it it will tell
when you are old and if you are old, rest
assured it will send you gently and happily
down the stream of time TO eternity. BY the
most simple arithmetcal sum, look at the result.
lf you send one person, only one, happily
through each day, that is three hundred and
sixty-fiye in the course of the year. Ar
supposing you live forty years only after you
commence that course Of medicine, you hav,
made l4,60O beings happy at all events, fcI
time"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

- can never be alone in the world for
the world itself is the presence of God to my
mind and heart. Wherever turn my feet
wherever | turn my thought, encounter the
besetting God. The morning comes, He
floods me with His light in the evening the
heavens are all eyes, through which lie gazes
as plying Father on his child Every
process in nature is the going forth of the
everlasting on His messages of love, and every
event in my experience is message Of love
fulfilled in me Fl II. Hedge
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The 4Enmp Circle.
REMEMBER ruy NoTnEu.

REMEMBER thy MOTHER.
Load Thy mother iondcfly
Down Hos stoop decline
Once her arm was thy support,
Now she loans on thine,
Hce upon her loving face
Those deep lines 0f care
Think IL was her toll for thoo
Lett that record thore.
Ne'er forget her tirolcsi watch
Kept by day and night,
Taking from her stop ihc grace,
Prom hof eve the light.
Cherish we'll her faithful heart
Which, through weary years.
bch0ed with its sympathy
All Thy m.lls and tears
Thnuk Goi for Thy m1ihor's love,
Nunni The priceless boon
for the bitter parting hour
Cumcil an too soon.
Nhou Thy grateful tcndcrucH
Lu-es p0Wor 90 save,
L1fih viii bold 90 dourcr spot
Than thy mother grave
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And thou shalt, if it so please thee, go
upon the root, and fall upon the culprit, even
as he did fall upon thy father. Allah is
great ~ Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

--Geutleness and courtesy in social life are
like the silent influence of light, which gives
color to all nature. Be assured they will win
far more powerfully than force or noise. 1t
needs not the prestige Of money or position
to WELD their power. Like the gentle snow
drop or crocus of spring, piercing its way
through the late chilling SHOWS and crusty
frostiness of soil, they dispel from the social
atmosphere the last vestigo Of iciness.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-06

The worthiest people are most injured b.,
slandcrers as we usually find that to be tn,
best fruit which the birds have been picking
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A Touching Incident.

In the Rev. DR.. Adams book of beautiful
Thanksgiving Memories occurs the following
touching incident
I'm the Cathedral of Limerick there hangs
a chime of bells, which was cast in Italy by
an enthusiast in his trade, who fixed his home
near the monastery where they were first hung,
that he might daily enjoy their sweet and
solemn music. In some political revolution
the bells were taken away to some distant
land, and their maker himself became a refu-
gee and exile. His wanderings brought him,
after many years, to Ireland On calm and
beautiful evening as the vessel that bore him
hoated on the placid bosom Of the Shannon,
suddenly the evening chimes pealed from the
Cathedral towers. His practced ear caught
the sweet sound, and he knew that his lost
treasures were found. His early home, his
old friends, his beloved native land, all the
best associations Of his life, were in thost
sounds He laid himself back in the boat
crossed his arms upon his breast, and listeneC
to the music. The boat reached the wharf
but still he lay there, silent and motionless
They spoke to him, but he did not answer
They went to him, but his spirit had fled
The tide Of memories that came vibrating
through his heart at that wel.known chin,
had snapped its strings -
IL was this incident that suggested to Moor
his song Of 'rhe Evening Bells" As Moor,
is not 80 much read as he used to be a quartz
ofa century ago, we reprint the lines, as they
may not be familiar to some Of our youngel
readers.
"Those evening bells Those evening bells
How many n tale their music tells
OfyOuth, and home and that sweet time
When last heard their soothing chime.
Those Joyous hours have passed away,
Aud many heart that then gay,
Within the tomb now darkly dwells,
Aud hears more those evening bells.
And thus shall't he when | am gone
That tuneinl peal shall still ring ON,
Aud other hsTds shall walk these dells,
And sing thy praise, sweet evening bells"
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We should not retain the remembrance Of
faults VIC have once forgiven.
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HH Il VERM MONT
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,,
AT RANDOLPH CENTER.

For the next Spring Term
The First Quarter begins Tuesday, February 10, ends
Friday, April 26.
The Second Quarter begins Monday April 2qi end.
Wednesday, July 3. - .. .
Randolph, VT, January, ls12.-0ju
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OFFICIAL.
TREATIES AND PROCLAMATIONs,
A PROCLAMATION.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF

A PROCLAMATION.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
Supplemental Convention between the
United States and Great Britain, concern
ing the Remuneration of Naturalization in
certain Cases. Signed February %, 1871;
Ratified March "a, 1871; Ratifcations ex-
1871. .
WHEREAS convention supplemental to
the convention Of May 10, 1870, between the
United States of America and Her Majesty
the Queen OF the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, concerning
naturalization, was concluded and signed
at Washington by their respective Dieni
pOtentiaries, on the twenty-third day of
February, 1871, which supplemental CON
vention is word for word as follows:
Whereas, By the second article of tbe
convention between the United States of
America and her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire.
land, for regulating the citizenship of eiti-
zens and subjects OF the contracting parties
who have emigrated, or may emigrate, from
the dominiOns of the one to those of the
other party, signed at London on the thir-
teenth of May, 1870, it was stipulated that
the manner in which the Remuneration by
such citizens and subjrcts of their natural
ization, and the resumption OF their native
allegiance may be made and publicly de-
clared, should be agreed upon by the gov
ernments of the respective countries, the
President of the United States Of America
and her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for
the purpose of effecting such agreement,
have resolved to conclude a supplemental
convention, and have named as their plen-
ipOtentiaries, that is to say, the President
of the United States Of America, Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State, and her Majesty
the Queen Of the United Kingdom Of Great