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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
DO WHAT YOU CAN.

Our Lord praised few on earth, but He
commended one for doing something which
you and can do: She hath done what
she could" l often think He praised her
for that to encourage US all to do our best
Men-hard Pharisees- misunderstood and
sneered at poor Mary's box of alabaster !;
but He for whom she broke it recognized,
appreciated, and accepted the Oblation and
still true as ever is the parable Of the broken
box; for " the sacrifice Of God is a broken
spirit broken and cotnrite heart, D God,
Thou wilt not despise" Many n hearts
sweet fragrance, and capacity for precious
gifts aud graces, would never have been
known, but like Mary's box, that heart was
broken for Christ. Then the words came
home to it with sweeter, diviner JUNCTION.
1t had nothing else to offer, SO it offered
that-the sacrifice of God, which is brok-
en- spirit; and that broken, contrite heart
which man may ridicule, but Thou, o God
wilt not despise
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
LAssoING A PoRKER.

remember him rs u very thin boy with
light hair. His principal fault was that he
was too easily influenced. lie gained GER
tain hazy and indistinct ideas in regard to
lassoing wild horses, by reading one OF
Mayne Reid's books. His name was Med"
Strong. His proposed method of losseing a
wild horse was as follows: First no would
mount noble, well-trained steed, with a
rope twelve feet long in his hand. This rope
would have moose in one end OF 1t. and,
after long chase upon the foaming charger
he would Mt last throw that moose over the
head of n wild horse, and so have him fast
-lassoed. So he bought twelve feet OF
clotheslne and began practice by throwing
the moose over horse-post ten feet of. In
week he could lasso horse-post every
time. Having heard that the pen was might
Ter than the sword, he went out into the pig
pen and practiced lassong the pigs. BY the
end of another week he could catch pig on
the run every time.
At this time Ned was only fourteen years
old. lie weighed eighty-sOven pounds. On
day he saw an enormous porker roofing on
the village green" Ned tied the lassc
tightly to his wrist, and then he determined tC
lasso that porker Or perish in the attempt
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
pIsHEARTENEp INSURANCE. MAN.

A family named Kemper moved into a
house in our row last week, writes Max
Adeler, and Benjamin p. Gum, the life in
surance agent, who lives in the same row,
was the first caller. lie dropped in TO see If
he could not take out n policy for Mr.. kem-
per. Mrs. Kemper came down to the par
lor to see him.
IL suppose" said Mr. Gum, "thnt Mr..
Kemper has no insurance on his lifc."
"No," said Mrs. Kemper.
"Wel, I'd like to get him to take out n
policy in our company. It's the safest in
the world; tho largest capital, smallest
rates and biggest dividends"
mir. Kemper don't take much interest in
such things now," said Mrs. X.
"Wel. madam, he ought TO in common
justice to you. No man knows when he
will die, and by paying n very small sum
now. Mr.. Kemper can leave his family in
affluence. I'd like to hand you, for HIM, n
few phamphlets containing statistics upon
the SUBJECT; may ~"
"Of course, If you wish to-"
"Don't you think he could DO induced to
insured" asked Gum.
81 hardly think so" replied Mrs. Kcmper.
"He is in good health, suppose9 has he
com planned of being sickP"
mot lately"
MAY ask if he has any considerable
wealth."
mot a cent"
"Then Of course he must insure; no poor
man can afford to neglect such an opportu-
nifty. 1 suppose he travels sometimes
goes about IN railroad cars and other dan
gerous places"
mo, he keeps very quiet"
"Man of steady habits, s'pose"
VERY steady"
"Ho is Just the man want" said Gum
81 know | can sell him policy"
II don't think you cam" replied Mrs
Kemper.
"Why? When will he be Mt homeP II
call on him. 1 don't know any reason VIII,
| shouldn't insure him,
II know" replied Mrs X.
"Why?"
"Ie has been dead % years." said til,
widow.
Then Gum left all of sudden. He will
not insure any of the Kempers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

John B. Cough has not ceased saying
good things. This is among his last 81
cannot help thinking, that it there was a
little more individual work, a little more
moral courage 10 the world to save men,
the world would not be SO much Of wreck
as it is to-day. If you saw that u friend, q
brother, was taking a wrong course, what
would you do? Would you merely say
Dear, dear, dear how painful it is that so
many men are going wrong. Just as sure
as he continues that course he is lost man !;
hut he will 60 dear, dear, dear !" And
when you hear the despairing cry coming up
from the depths, add : 81 told you SO ="
Now what should you do? Should you not
lay your hand on him and say "My friend
you are going wrong" What if he swears
at you2 Never mind; save him if you can.
Many man has not got so tar from your
sympathy but that one word, kindly said in
his ear, my friend you are going wrong"
will check him. The difficulty is that we
let men go so far from our sympathy that
we cannot reach them, Now it is this in
diydual work that believe is to reform the
world, and bring it back to Cod.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

always opposite, often singularly picturesque
and graphic, frequently most tenderly pa
thetic. But it was neither their number
nor their variety which explained the fact
that they were all and so universally effect
i've. IL was the common character they
possessed OF being perfectly plain and sim
pie, drawn from quarters with which all
were familiar; few Of them from books,
none OF them from tho depths Of the inner
consciousness" supplied by ingenious mental
analysis; almost all Of them taken from
sights Of nature or incidents Of human life
the sea, the storm, the shipwreck, the
beacon-hght, the life-boat, the family wrap
ped in sleep, the midnight conaagration, the
child at the window above, parents arms
held up below, aud the child told to leap aud
trust There was much Of true poetry 10
the series Of images SO presented but il was
poetry OF kind that needed no interpreter
required no effort either TO understand or
appreciate, which appealed directly to the
eye and heart Of our common humanity, of
which all kinds and classes Of people, and
that almost equally, saw the beauty and
felt the power.--Dr. Hanna, in Sunday
Magazine.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
A GRATEFUL HEART.

Last night stole away alone, to find
mellow crescent setting DER the sea,
And fingered in its light, while over me
Blew ftfully the grievng autumn wind.
And somewhat sadly to myself said,
Summer is gone" and watched how bright and
fast
Through the moons track the little waves sped
past
Summer is gono her golden days ure dead"
Regretfuly thought, "Since have trod
Earth's way with willing or reluctant feet,
Never did season bring me days more sweet,
Crowned with joys and priceless gifts from God
"And they are gone they will return more"
The slender moon went down, all red and still;
The stars shone clear, the silent dews fell chilli
The waves with ceaseless murmur washed the shore.
A low voice spako, "And wherefore art thou sad
Here in thy heart, all folded, summer lies,
And smiles sunshine though the sweet time dies
IT'S thine to keep forever fresh and glad ~
Yea, gentle voice, though the fair days depart,
And skies grow cold above the restless sea,
Gods gifts are measureless, and there shall be
Eternal summer in the grateful heart.
Celia ThdTfer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

As the reader will soon see, he came near
perishing, FOR no sooner did the creature
feel the moose drop over its neck, than Il
started for the open country with n speed
which was entirely beyond Ned's control.
Ned pulled back ms hard rs he could, but he
might as well have tried TO stop the mo-
mentum ofan OK. The rope WINS SO secure
ly tied to his wrist that no could not release
himself; and it was entirely impossible for
him TO cut the rope, as no was pranclng
along at high rate of speed. He was TAX
ing long. involuntary steps-very long, in
deed. 1t was forced run.
The porkor dragged Ned through mud
puddle. and then made for swamp, evil
IDENTIFY terror-stricken, and lnboring under
the delusion that Ned was tin can. How
ever, the rope finally slipped from his wrist,
and he landed wrong side up in slough Of
soft mud. The porker kept on with terror
stricken eye. and is probably going yet.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
TRUTH WILL LIVE.

How profoundly eloquent are these words
Of the wise Bancroft
Philosophy has sometimes forgotten God I;
great people never did. The skepticism
of the last century could not uproot CHRIS.
tianity, because it lived in the hearts Of the
milliens. DO you think that infdelitY is
spreading Christianity never lived in the
hearts Of so many millions as at this mo-
ment. The forms under which il is protested
may decay, for they, like all that is the
work Of mans hands, are subject to the
changes and chances Of mortal being but
the spirit Of truth is insorruptible it may
be developed, illustrated and applied it new.
er can die; it never can decline. No
truth can perish. No truth cen pass away.
The flame is undying though generations
disappear. Wherever moral truth has start.
ed into being, humanity claims and guards
tho bequest. Each generation gathers to-.
gether the imperishable children Of the past,
aud increases them by new sons Of light
alike radiant with Immortality.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

Mental prayer, when our spirits wander,
is like a watch standing still, because the
spring is down; wind it up again, and it
goes on regularly. But in vocal prayer, if
the words run on and the spirit wRuders, the
clock strikes false, the hands point not to
the right hour, because something is in dis
order, and the striking is nothing but noise.
In mental prayer We confess Gods omui-
science in vocal prayer we call angels to
witness. In the first our spirits rejoice in
God, in the second the angels rejoice in US.
Mental prayer is the best remedy against
lightncss and indifference Of affections, but
vocal prayer is the aptest instrument Of
communion. That is more angelical, but
yet is fttest for the state of separation and
glory this is but human, but il is apter for
our present constitution. They have their
distinct proprieties, and may be used ac-
cording to several accidents, occasions or dis
positons.-Jnemy Taylor.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
MORAL MAGNlTUDES.

We walk amid grandeurs grandeurs Of
which outward nature is but the fair symbol
and faint hint. Says Victor Hugo: " There
is one thing grander than the sea, that is the
sky; and one thing grander than the sea
and sky,-that is the interior of the human
soul" He who has discovered this solemn
majesty of his own being has entered the
temple; has been summoned into the pres
ence chamber Of the king. Then and thence.
forward for him all things are glori6ed, for
all things are irradiate with celestial light.
Thenceforward his measurement of msgni-
tudes is not merely according to the coarse
standard Of the senses, or With the petty
logical yard-stick, or by earthly utilities !;
the golden reed, wherewith the angel meas
ured the city of God, is put into his hands,
that he may rate all things according to
their quality or spiritual function. The
world is vulgar, empty, stale, unsatisfying,
only to him who has louged for, but has not
found, this divine significance of things and
test Of values.-C. q. Ames.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
Religious department.
Conducted by REV. c. NJ. soUTHGATE
DR.. GUTHRIE AS A PREACHER.

No discourses ever delivered from the
pulpit had more the appearance OF extern
pore addresses. None were ever more care
fully thought over, more completely written
out beforehand, or more accurately commit
ted TO memory. II ever there was any one
who might have trusted TO the spur Of the
momenE for the words to be employed, it was
he. No reader speaker ever stepped upon
platform; but such was his deep sense of
the sacredness Of the. pulpit, and the impor-
lance Of weighing well every word that
should proceed from it, that he never trusted
to passing impulse TO mold even single
phrase. Yet in the manuscript there were
often phrases, sentences, illustrations, that
one on hearing them could scarcely believe
to have been other than the suggestion Of the
moment, linking themselves as apparently
they did with something that was then i'm
mediately before the speakers eye. The
explanation of this lay in the power (pos-
sessed in any considerable degree by but
few, possessed by him in perfect measure,)
Of writing as If a large audience were
around him, writing as if speaking, re-
alizing the presence OF crowd be-
fore him, and having that presence as a
continual stimulus to thought and constant
moder of expression. The difference in fact
that there almost invariably is between
written and spoken addresses, was by his vivid
imagination and quick symPathies reduced
to minimum, if not wholly obliterated
Herein lay one secret Of his great power as
a preacher.
Another lay in the peculiar character Of
the imagery aud illustrations Of which he
made such oopious use. It'll has been remark
ed by all who have passed critical judg
ment Of any value upon his attributes as q
preacher, that his chief, il not exclusive, in
strument Of power was illustration. In lis,
tening to him scenes and images passed il
almost unbroken succession before the eye
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
MY MOTHERS BIBLE.

This book is all that's left me now
Tears will unbidden start;
with ALTERING lip and throbbing brew
press II to my heart.
For many generations past,
Here is our family tree;
My mothers hand this Bible clasped,
She, dying, gave II mo.
All, we'll do / remember those
Whose names these records bear,
who round the hearth-stone used TO close
After the evening prayer
And speak Of what these pages said,
In tones my heart would thrill;
Though they are with the silent dead,
Here they are living still,
My father read this holy book
To brothers, sisters dear;
How calm was my poor mothers look,
Who learned Gods word TO hear
Her angel face see IL yet;
What thrilling memories come
Again that little group is met
Within the walls Of home.
Thou truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy I've tried;
When all were false found thee true,
My counsellor and guide.
The mines Of earth no treasure give
That could this volume buy;
In teaching me the way to live
It taught me how to die.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
THE ANTI-oUAcKERY BILL.

The bill introduced by Mr.. Davis, Of st.
Adams. to regulate the practice Of medicine
ia Vermont, is designed to put stop to the
innumerable "quacks" and travelling men,
protesting to be regular practiciug physi-
clans, who are really humbugs of the very
worst species. 1t provides that our regu-
larly organized medical societies shall elect
a board OF censors, With authority to exam
inc and licence practitioners Of medicine,
surgery and midwifery" aud every practi-
toner of medicine, of whatever kind, shall
be required to obtain certificate from the
censors Of some one Of the medical societies
of the state, that they are qualified to prac-
tice all the branches Of the medical art and
further provides for the recording Of such
certificate in the Office of the county clerk,
aud also in the medical registers Of the
county in which he actually resides, if a
resident of this state, aud if not resident,
then in the county where he obtains such
certificate. The bill then provides certain
penalties for the failure Of any processing
medical practitioner to comply with its
terms and provisions, and prohibiting all
such from enforcing their claims in the
courts of the statc.-MeSsenger.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

A amusing story is told of one who saw n
thief enter his room when the moon shone
brightly in upon him. He lay quietly rs if
in sound sleep for time. MS the examina-
ton went rapidly on. At length he was con-
vulsed with laughter, which startled the mis-
creant peering into his desk. Seeing he was
taken ut his advantage, the intruder turned
and asked what occasion there was for such
an outburst. He replied, was thinking
how extremely ridiculous it is for you to be
searching for money in the night when am
unable to find any IN the day time.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

1t was on the edge of the wood. They
had come thther from different points in
pursuit of the seasonablc partridge; but in the
shrubbery one startled hunter discovered
that the other had drawn bead on him.
Don't shoot" he said, Il am not part
ridge" IL must shoot" was the response,
"for l have sworn that if ever saw u man
homelier than am | would kill him." The
intended victim gazed curiously for a mo-
ment, and then said, placidly, Fire away
if am homeler than you even wish that
| were dead.n
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

INDEPENDENcE-The questions which Carl
Schurz put to the American people across
Charles Summers coffin have not lost any of
their pertinence in the six months that have
interviewed: "Is it we'll to discourage, to
prescribe in your public men that indepeud.
ent spirit which will boldly assert consci-
entious sense of duty, even against the be-
hests Of power or party? Is it well to teach
them that they must serve the command and
interest of party, even at the price Of con-
science, or they must be crushed under its
heel, whatever their past service, whatever
their ability, whatever their character may
BET Is it well to make them believe that
he who dares to be himself must be hunted
as political outlaw ?" Tbs American con-
stituent will do well to ponder these ques-
tions.-SprinQ6eld Republican.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
Rittrature.


We presume the following lines which are clippe
Rom the Boston cuitfuafor, would apply 10 some oo
gregatons near home
Wanted,-a pastor for flock,
score Of miles away,
Who writes two sermons in week,
To preach on Sabbath day.
II would DO woll for him ifho
married man appears,
Hlse likely there will trouble be,
Among the thoughtless dears.
A graceful, polished personnel
magisterial way,
Not what he knotos, but what can tel,
As many people say.
Lot love be stamped upon his face,
Humility his robe
And add to every other grace,
The patience Of a Job.
SO may his words like heavenly dews
Tho faintng souls inspire,
And bring repentance to the pews,
And peace unto the choir
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

A barrel with only one stave is now manu-
featured. A steamed log is rotated against
a knife of equal length with itself and n con-
tnuous stave or sheet of wood is cut from
it. The sheet Is cut into proper lengths,
these are slit ut each end in several places,
and the ends reduced so rs to fit the heads
and make the proper swell or bulge in the
circumference. Hoops are fitted rs usual,
and much stronger barrel than tho ordi-
nary one is produced.-M Y. Tribune.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

A well dressed chap entered jewelry
store and asked if he could see those cups in
the window, pointing rs he spoke to some
silver cups lined with gold. These" SAID
the jeweler, handing him one, "are race
cups" Race cups-what are race cupsP"
"Why." replied the jeweler, they are cups
had ordered to be made for prizes to the
best racer" well, if that's so. suppose you
and me race for one" and, with cup IN hand,
started, the jeweler after him. He probably
won the cup.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

The gallant secretary of u life insurance
company, being in command of platoon
during the late unpleasantness Mt New Or
leans, struck up the gun Of one of his men
about to fire on a staff officer, with the excla-
nation: "lIold don't shoota Mt him; we've
got policy on him.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
SUMMER ADVANCEMENT.


GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Trains leave Montpelier
Mail at s5s AN, for Boston, New York, kc.
Day Express at 225 Pm, for Boston.
Night Express at lC0OP.M for Boston, New York, 10.
Trans ieavs Waite Riuer Junction.
Mail Trains at 500 An, and 1920 PM, for Boston,
(va Htchburgl, New York, &c.
Mixed Train at 500 Pm, for Bratteboro.
Night Express at l;30AM for Boston, New York, dc.
GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Trains iedue waite Riusr Junction.
Accommodation at $50 An, CMontpelier at 1850 AND
for Burlington St. Adams, st. Johns and Ogdensburg
Express Mail at 1870 Pm, (MontpelieT at g. 3S PN
for Burlington st. Albans, Montreal Ogdensburg, and
the West.
Mail at l4O Pm, (SIontpelier at 5,45 P.N for Bur
nngton and St. Adams.
Night Express at 100 AN montpelier at aga AMI
for Burlington, st. Adams Montreal, ogdensburg and
the West
SLEEPING CARS are attached to the Night Express
Train running between Montreal and Boston, and
Montreal and Springfield.
DRAWING Room CARS on Day Express Trains
between Montreal and Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS for Chicago and the West for
sale at the principal stations.
st. Adams, June 81. 1874.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

II is not our fault that we are red-headed
and small, and the next time one of those
overgrown rural ROSTERS in a ballroom
reaches down for our head, and suggests
that some fellow has lost rosebud out OF
his button hole, there will be trouble.-Mit-
t0aUkce Sentinel.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

This is an item not to be printed in the
Sunday school books. A crowd of bad boys
went bathing in Skunk river, Iowa, on the
Sabbath day, and while tho Rev. Jabez
Lynne was reproving them and vainly en-
deavoring to induce them to come out,
thunder storm came up and the minister
was killed by flash of lightning. None Of
the boys were drowned
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

Convention between the United States OF America and
the Republic Of Ecuador Naturalization. Con-
cluded May 6, 1872; Ratification advised by Senate
May %, lS72; Ratified by President May Is, 1872 ;
Ratified by President Of Ecuador September 30, 1873
RatiRcatiOns exchanged at Washington November o,
1873; Proclaimed November ~. 1873.
RY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
UNITED STATES
TREATIES AND PROCLAMATI0NS.

Convention between Tho United States Of America and
the Orange Free state, Frlsndship, commerce and
extraditi0n Concluded December ~, la1li Ratio
cation adyised.by senate April %, 1877 Rath ed by
President April "a 1879, Ratified by yokeraad Of
Orange Free state May 10, 1871, Ratihoations OK,
changed at Washington August Is, 1873 Proclaimed
August ~ 1873.
ny THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES
or AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a general convention OF friendship oom.
meroe, and exraditon between the United states q
signed by their respective plenipotentlaries, al
Bioemfonten ON the twenty second day OF Decem ber
one thousand eight hundred aud soYSnty-One, which
general convention Is word for word as follows
GENERAL CONVENTION or FRIENDSHIP, CON-
MERGE, AND ENTRADITION BErWkkN the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
ORANGE FREE STATE.
The United States Of America and the Orange Free
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
Great Fire in Montreal a.

The undersigned will. and AFTER the present date,
sell all GOODS EON CASH,-And would also
say TO the public that arc ready 10 meet extraor
dinary low prices. Store full OF goods and large stock
arriving. All sold low for cash. =. o
Eastern Avenue, Oct. %, 1874