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Breaking the Rule.


Eva is six years old, and has deep blue
eyes. Ernest is almost four years old, and
has very black eyes Jessie will be two
years old next week, and has large brown
eyes. Their papa, who has been kept at
home by illness for week, thinks that be
is just getting acquainted with them, and
never knew before that he had three such
fine children.
He noticed, the other day, that every
hour, almost, they would run into the sit
ting room with cake and sugar or bread
and butter, scattering crumbs all over the
carpet, and keeping their mamma busy
much Of the time sweeping up. So he
thought he would call a council to consider
the matter, and see what could be done
about il. Papa, robed in his dressing gown,
took the chair Eva was placed in front I;
Ernest stood onathe right hand, and Jessie
on the left. The chairman then told the
children how much work they made man.
ma, and proposed a rule,-that no more
food should be eaten in the sitting room. -
All who were in favor Of such a rule were
to vote for it by raising their hands. Each
of the children raised hand and fat little
Jessie raised both Of hers as high as she
could So the vote was passed
Then papa said that a rule was good for
nothing unless there was a penalty with it..
So he made Eva Judge, aud asked her what
the penalty should be for breaking the rule.
IL think, said she, the first one that spoils
the rule should be shut up in Jail five min
utes." This was thought to be about the
right thing so the bedroom was selected
for a jail aud Ernest was made jaier Eva
wanted to know, since she was Judge, and
Ernest was jailer, what Jessee could be.
Her papa said that jesse would probably
be the first prisoner. As to Ernest, he
went at once aud told his mamma that he
was "no more a little boy, but jailer-man, -
Well that day no more crumbs were scat
tered--and Ernest did not get a prisoner,
though he kept bright lookout for one.
But the next day he got onc-and this is
the way it happened Papa said he would
like an apple. Eva brought him one and,
while be was pairing aud eating it, he drop.
ped some of the peel on the floor. In an
instant, to his great dismay, he was arrest
ed and locked up; and be might have Ian.
guished in Jail full FIVE minutes, if Ernest
had not been such kind jailer that he lei
him out in two.
Papa thinks that the next time he makes
rule he will be careful not to break it,
The NurSery.
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and growing flowers derived from the
cartb's heart, that makes It good to handle
aud feel them? This house is known as
the place where one dares to be late to
breakfast. There is no ceremony Of wait.
ing Coffee and cakes arc put where they
will be kept hot; the table is cleared 10
suit the housekeepers convenience. and a
small one set for the late conner.
Nobody lies awake at night till the light
ceases to shine under your chamber door.
u you want to sit up and read your novel
through. There is an unwri,ten law Of
convenience for the household which recu.
lates everything better than any code Na.
poleonic- And the benefit Of allowing peo.
pie to be law unto themselves Is, that
they are much better natured about it when
they do obey. There is indulgence and re.
pose 10 this lovely home, and great deal
Of time for things which most people cut
short, an hours play with the children,
right down good" chat with a neichbor.
day Of letter writing once fortnight
And the worth Of these merry, comforting
letters quite out weighs the fact that there
are seear ashes on the mantle and pile Of
work on the sofa. Disorder does not imuly
dust or soil Of any kind. 1t does not in
clude shabbiness or mean chaos. It means
leave to be'-in most cases, thinking Of
people more than Of things. Order is sim
! ply harmony Of few notes. Disorder Is
the towering branching melody Of one
themc-and that theme, individuality.
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Some girls were asked by one of ouI
inspectors Of schools, at a school examina-
tion, whether they knew what was the
meaning of the word scandal. One little
girl stepped vigorously forward, and, throw
ing her hand up attracted the notice of the
Inspector. He desired her to answer the
question, upon which she uttered these
memorable words: "NoJody does nothing,
and Everybody goes on telling Of il euery-
,0here." once read an essay about cal
umny, which was divided into sections aud
sub-sections, and was meant to be very ex-
haustive. There was nothing in it, how
ever, equal to this child's saying, which, in
fact, reminds one Of Bacon, Swift and Mac.
chiayelli, all compounded together Listen
to it again " Nobody does nothing" ire,
gard the force of the double negative ]
" and ereryJoay goes on" (note the con
tinuity Of slander,) "telling Of IL epery
,ohere," (no reticence you see, as regard,
time or place.) | am sure that some mem.
Der of that ehild's family, father or moth
er, sister or brother, had been subject tc
village scandal, and the child had thought
over the matter deeply.-Arthur Helps.
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A Sunny Home.

know home where sunshine fingers,
and there is breath Of summer and
mignonettes in the air whenever | think Of
il. There a tired man comes home, and
throws OF overcoat and hat without look
in to sec what becomes of them. There is
a broad table in the light, strewn with pa
pers aud magazines, and womens work,
with a litter Of rose leaves dropping over
them from a central vase. There is wide
sofa of the days Of the Georges, fresh
covered in chntz, with ferns and harebells
for patterns, aud tired man goes down
there with a great rullled pillow under his
shoulders, aud opens parcels and letters,
dropping them on the floor, the most natural
place for them. A girl has been painting,
and her water colors and paper lie on a
side table, just as she left them to rush
away for an impromptu ride. Ihave never
been able to discover any disarrangement
Of the household economy by this fight.
Somebody left shawl on a chair, There
will be nothing said about it at break fast
next morning.
There are no laws here against playing
with the curtain tasses, no regulations as
to how often the snowy curtains may be
put up or let down. They do not last the
season out, crisp and speckess as the neigh
boris do across the way, but the only conse-
queuce is they are oitener new aud clean
There is nothing very fine about this house,
but things are renewed oftener, and look
brighter than they do in stateler houses.
The chairs have no particular places, aud
anybody feels at liberty to draw the sofa
out when it pleases him. There is no prim-
ness about the place. If there is grass on
the lawn it is meant to be walked on, aud
the gcrauums are fondled and petted aud
caressed as it they were children. Do you
know, there is a magnetism in green leaves
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miscellaneous.
NEARING TIE snoRE.


An Old man sts In a worn armchair,
Nhlto a. snow is his thin, son hair,
Fufrowod his cheek by time and caro-,
And back and forth Il sways
There's far-away look In his dim, dim eye
Which tells Of thoughts OF the long gonc-hy,
Fof he ais once more meath n cioudless sky,
And In childhood merrily plays.
he rests bis cheek on the head Of his cane
And happily smiling dreams over again
OF that home, the brook, the meadow, the lane
Dreams all with vision clear;
Then childhood yields unto manhOod's place
Aud down In the starry eyes he can trace
love remembered and dear
Then he wakes and sighss at seems but A dream.
That comes to me now like q golden glesm,
Or the shlmmering glow Of the suns last beam
-. But It's pleasant 10 think II oiers
That youth was 80 sweet, but nov Is past.
Those days Of love were 900 precious TO last
But over yondor their pleasures are cast,
Aud am nearing he shore"
lie Is gliding on in his little boat,
O'er the calm, still water they peacefully float
But echo full on bringSa wcil.known note
Frum the land he has ien behind;
But time will row back FOR him no more,
And he gaEes away b. that other shore
And be lnows when the voyage Of life shall he DER
That his dream beyond ho will nnd.
Tho seeds Of youth, which IN youth We SOW,
Adown through tho aisleso Of The future will grow,
And shed Ou age a beautiful glow,
A. they come IN mcmory'a CLEANS
Loved faces will come 10 dimming sight;
Sweet words will echo IN day dreams bright,
And circle old age with their halos OF light
As they mingle In beautiful dreams.
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Jim Smiths Menagerie.

A party Of boys at Jim Smiths house
were playing game that they called meaag.
erie. All the boys who never played it be.
fore were turned into the hall, and then
being called into the stting-room one by
one, were asked to tell what particular
animal they most wished to see. One boy
wished to sec a hippopotamus, another an
elephant, others tigers and lions but they
were one and all led up to the lookng-glass
and pointed to their own reflection as the
animal they had expressed desire to see.
This game the boys thought very funny
and they laughed heartily at the last boy
who was admitted into the menagerie for
he had asked TO see monkey, and looked
very much "takcn down" when showed his
own self
"Out here is old drunken Tom Cathbone, -
said one Of the boys, looking from the
window; diets call him in, and let him
have peep at an ugly.looking animal
So poor old Tom, the drunkard, was
called into the room, aud told to tell what
animal be wanted to see.
ooh show me the worst-looking wild
beast you've got, said he. "Come, show
me the beast !"
"All right, then ~ said the boys, aud
they pushed Tom right in front Of the look
ing glass. He stood for moment looking
into the glass with a silly drunkard's smile
--bu; presently such look Of horror and
sorrow passed over his face, that the laugh
ter Of the boys was checked--and they
] ,otfl vot hal,, hue ,ft,, ia. al ba s,,,L into
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The Hume Circle.
ArrnR TnE WINTER nA1v.

AFTER TnE WINTER RAIN.
Aner the winter rain,
Sing, robin sling, swallow
Grasaes are In the lane,
Buds and flowers will follow.
Woods shall ring, blitho and gay,
With bird trlll and twittor,
Though the sky weep to-day,
And the winds are bitter.
Though doop call unto deep
As calls the thunder,
And white the billows leap
The tempest under.
Softly tho waves shall come
Up the long, bright beaches,
With dainty flowers Of foam,
And tondorcst speeches.
After The wintry pain,
And the long, long sorrow,
Sing, heart For thee again
Joy comes with the morrow.
-Opvianf Mohihiy.
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or all things on earth to make trouble,
commend me to a letter You write as
you would say it--but it goes to your
friend without the grace Of voice-the
infection, the gesture, the laugh that would
make a joke of it. There are just the hard,
cold words--he eau only see what is said,
aud he is deeply grieved, or augered--lost
to you perhaps forever. The thing you
write 10 one mood fods your friend in an
other-may be in the very one which Of
all others is least hospitabe to your mes
sage. have seen whole family cast
down by some piece Of written pleasantly
on the part Of an absent member of it. And
If there is this danger when you know the
writer's ways and phrases 80 well, how
much greater the peril in the case Of mere
acquaintances. | think correspondence
should be conducted mainly by means ol
printed forms.-Seribner's Monthly. 4
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were all in perfect health All this in one
scale Of the balance, and in the other ill
temper and jealous, fault-fnding, discon.
tented state Of mind--imaginary Ills brood
cd over ill they seemed real. The good
was as solid as gold, the bad was as light
as thistlo-dowp, and yet the bad outweigh
ed the good, for the will Of the woman was
with IA
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Fnr the Nnung.
DEEDS or KINDNESS

Suppose tho little cowsrp
Should hang Us golden cup,
And say, "pm such tiny flower
ia better not grow up,n
How many weary traveller
Would miss its fragrant smell,
How many little child would grieve
To lose II from the dell.
Suppose the gllstenlng dowdrop
Upon the grass should say.
What can little dewdrop do
ia better roll away %
Tho blade on which il rested
Before the day was done,
Without a drop 10 moisten IL,
Would withcr IN the sun.
Suppose the little breozos,
Upon a summers day,
Should think Themselves too small 10 cool
Tho traveller on his way
Who would not miss the smallest
And s1flcst ones that blow,
And think they made a great mistake
That heard thom talking 30
How many deeds Of Kindness
little child may do
Although II has 80 little strength
AMI little wisdom TOO.
10 wants loving spirit
Much more than strength, 30 prove
How many thing, a child may DO
For others by It's love.
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Snepial nnttees.

USE WEEKS MAGIC COMPOUND
For coughs colds and throat Try It at once and
be sure Of relief II you have tried everything else
60 no purpose, tako II as last resort. 1t will not
fail you. Sold by all druggists.
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PURCHASERS OF SAW MILLS

are notified hat We have commenced suits 10 the
the L. S. Circuit Couits against COLE, BUGnEE &
Co., Lebanon, n H., LuKE BuzzELL, St. Johns.
bury, VI, and +. c. CASDEE Co., New York
selling agents Of Bolknap, Ely a Co., Northdeld
Vt.,l for infrngments Of patents granted Dennis
Laae for improvements in Circular Saw Mills
The public Is cautioned against buying Mills OF
Set Works manufactured aud sold by the above
named parties or any other, IN violation OF oui
rights, as We shall prosecute iniringers TO the full
extent Of the law, and hold purchasers Of infring
ing Mills or Set Works responsible for the use o
the same
Our patents cover improvements In hoad-blocki
generally, setting devices, dogging devices, Ia
pering devices, and irlctional set works.
Descriptive pamphlets sent to any address, and
copies Of Lanes patents furnished upon request
LANE, PITKlN & BROCK,
5j-f Montpelier, Vermont.
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IRON MOTH PATCHES. FRECKL
Meu Advertisements.

DROBATE COURTS.-Until further
i notice the Probate Courts for Washington Dis
trict viii bee held az the Office Va Montpelier, on
TufsuAf of each week. All letters on business con
nected with the office should be addressed 10 the
dorAsuod al Montpelier.
HARVEY TlLDEN, yufg,.
December 1870. H.f
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There lies talisman in intellect which
yields celestial music when the master hand
touches it cunningly.
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Friendship is more firmly secured by
enity toward failings than by attachment
to excelencies
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If you want to be rich, give; if you want
to he poor, grasp; il you want to be happy,
deny yourself for others.
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"llumpy iumpy on the wall
liuupy dumpy caughta fail"

tue u0or anu shOutedi-
"IIampy dumpy on the WALL
Hulnpy dumpy caught a fail"
81 turned from the door, and stood face
to face with Ralphs teacher"
"Whom are you shouting after, Miss p
he asked in a stern voice. | dared not tell
a ialsehood, and in my excitement gasped
out, Ralph Turner, sir If you could
have seen his face, Ethel, and the look he
gave me | can see it now. How dare you,
he said, make dorision Of one of Gods own
creatures? What it, owing to careessness
OF your nurse, you had grown up as dciorm.
ed as poor Ralph Your Creator might
just as easily have sent you into the world
cripple, blind, deaf aud dumb, as to have
bestowed upon you the pretty form and face
you now possess. Always remember that,
little girl, aud remember too that for all
these things God will bring you into judy
ment. 1t matters not what kind Of cask-
ct contains the soul Of man And as YOU
know, girls, that delormcd body is no more
Ralph Turner than you are Ralph Turner
1t is the living, noble soul within that con-
stitutes the man. The body is only the
souls case, a casket, and in a little time
this must be laid away in the grave, to
become the food of worms, while the real
Ralph Turner goes up to meet his God,
and shall then be given a more glorious
body than any Of you can conceive Of. To-
morrow morning shall bring Ralph into
your recitation room, aud all Of you (lor
judge from your confused faces that you
are guilty. must make an apology to him
for your former rudeness."
And with these words he left US. The
next morning, true to his promise, he
brought Ralph in and addressed himself to
our teacher; Miss Norton, | hope you
will excuse this interruption and though
Mr.. Turner is perfectly ignorant of my
present intention, have to say that your
young ladies owe that gentleman an apollo
~. We will be pleased to hear it, and will
Immediately withdraw -
Miss Norton bowed and looked at us.
| trembled from head to foot, but had
that morning asked God to give me strength
to do my part, aud rising while the tears
streamed down my cheeks, | sobbed out,
Mr.. Turner, humby ask your forgive
ness, not only for myself, but in behalf Of
my class ior tne lhsu'ung name with winch
we nave oeen IN the saoi'' oi late' oil greet
,ng you we promise 10 DO SO no more
nave |' you pardon .
=, "AH tne o'ass rose as sa'd nus ana
halPn' u s'enea 70 me- never looked so
'nucn iee an angei' as ne smiled anu eA-
pressed IN suen Hind words bus forgiveness
ana 40 you pe,,ey' me- EChe'' l never
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No man is SO Insignificant that he can be
sure his example can do no hurt.
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what would be your own feelings at such
reveation?"
Everything but pleasant, auntie but
is it such serious matter7"
"Ihe proper way to judge is to bring
the subject home to ones self But here
We are at the old stone domicile' again, as
you choose TO style your home. This eve
ming | will tell you little Of my own ex-
perionco in what We have been talking
about this afternoon"
"Oh, thanks do so love to listen 10
your slories," Ethel replied, as she ran up
the steps into the house.
That evening, when they were alone 10
the parlor, Ethel's aunt related the follow.
ing
"When | was young, Ethel, like your
self, | was very thoughtess and giddy
ready for any sport or mischief that might
be proposed. Al the time | refer to-
was studying at the Grammar School in
our own city, and among the students was
one Ralph Turner, few years my senior
lie was considered the best scholar in the
whole class, and was the acknov lodged fa-
vorite among the teachers Ills was a
handsome face, aud | think he had the
finest eyes ever saw; but owing to the
unfortunate fact of breaking his back
when child, Of course his figure was sadly
deiormed Cruel though it certainly was,
we girls called him 'Humpy,' and indeed
we we're not at AL particular to conceal it
from him, for we would often shout after
him as he passed through the hall, aud we
were all the better pleased if our rudcness
called up a look Of pain on his handsome
face though aside from a slight blush we
would nevcr know that be heard US at ALL
II well remember the last time | ever
called him 'Humpy.' II was one afternoon
at the close Of school. We we're all down
in the hall putting on our cloaks, when he,
and a friend student Of his, came down
stairs and went out. A Simultaneous Good
by 'Humpy sufficiently loud for the young
men to hear, followed them out the door,
and, not satisfied with ono insult, ran to
the door aud shouted
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
SCHENCKiS pULMONIC SYRUP,
SCutNCK'S SEAWEED TONIC,
sFfIENgIfQ MANnU AXE Pills

'
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
oiton occasion tho death OF the patient II locks up
The liver, stops The circulation Of the blood, hcmor
rhago follows, and Ia fact, cloggng the action Of the
very organs that caused the cough
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes Of
tWo-thirds ci the eases Of consumption. Many are
now complaining with dull pain in the side the bow
els sometimes costve and sometimes TOO loose tongue
coated pain in the shoulder blade feeling sometimes
very restless and a other times drowy the food that
ia taken lies heavily on the stomach, accompanied
with Acdty and holching OF wind. These symptoms
usually originate from disordofod condition Of the
stomach torpid liver. Persons 50 Affected 10 they
take or two heavy colds and II The cough In these
cases be suddenly stopped the lungs liver and stOm
the patient BE- oi hls situation the lungs are a
mass Of sores and liberated and death is the neyita
bic result.
sohencNs pulmonic Syrup De- an cNpectorant which
docs not contain any opium, nor anything calculated
% check cough suddenly.
schcncks seaweed Tonic diseolycs tho food, lies
with tho gastric Juice Of the stomach, dgess easily
nourshcs the y stem and healthy cIrcula-
Jon of the blood When the howcs are costive, skin
sallow and the patient Is Of bilious habit, Schencks
Mandrake Pills are required.
Thee medicine. arc prepared and iold BY pr
GEO. G. GOODWIN q co, 1s Hanover street, Boston,
and JOIN P HENRY, 5 College Place New York,
Wholesale Agents.
TOR MOTH PATCHES, FRECKLES
L AND TAN, use PERRYs Moth and Freckle 10
uon. % Be- RELtAHLE aud HARMLESS. Sold BY Drug
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L'OR PIMPLES ON THE FACE,
Il Blaekhcads and Fleshworms use Perry's i'm
proved Comcdouc and Pmpie Remedy, the great
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Druggists tyery rywhorc. C7-l1
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+" Dear aunt Kate
Papa, mamma, and sister Hattie arc on
tomorrow for months tour and ramble
among the green hills Of Vermont, while re-
main willing captive in this old stone domi-
cile This afternoon, while musing in PROS
pectivo over the loneliness and frequent attacks
Of Blues | should Of necessity experience,
during their absence, bright idea struck me,
to send for you. ! went directly to mamma,
stated my wishes, and 10 my great joy, she
babe me seize my quill and It's necessary ap-
purtenances, and write for you at once. Please
come Immediately TO
" Your hnrum scarum niece,
The New York herald., 1873-07-09

NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILROAD LINE.
In LONG BRANCH RACES
In addition TO the regular train OF this line
leaving pier % North River foot Murray street,
Long Branch and the Race Course
ats :46, 3 40 A. NJ. l 40 4 and lis p. NJ,
extra boat for the
will be run July 4, 8 g. 10 II, 16, l6. II and 19
leaving pier rs North River
at 10 80 A. NJ.
arriving at Long Branch IL 80 =. NJ, Monmouth Park
IL As r. NJ and returning Immediately after the
are over arriving in New York about 80 r NJ
Reduced fare.
Admission TO the course free.
NJ. W. SERAT, superintendent.
JOHN r. COLE, General Freight and Passenger Agent