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CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
 Once on time, little boy, who was 8 fsherman's son, and lived on Long Island Sound, went home from school, carrying with him 8 successful case of chicken
 CHAPTER II. pox. His mother put him to bed and administered the usual remedies, and the next day he was much better, but it was with great difficulty that he could be restrained from scratching his nose with his fnger-nails. He said that it itched so dreadfully that he couldn't help it, and didn't care whether he had a nose
 CHAPTER III. left or not. On the following day, however, the little boy was so much better that his mother told him that he might go down upon the beach and play in the warm sand, provided he would promise her that he would not be so cross the next
 CHAPTER ". time he got sick. He promised her that he would not, but gave her to know that he didn't go much on chicken, no how, and didn't want no moro chicken-pox. He said that the next time it came round to him he would pass, and take oyster-pox in his'n for a change.
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CLOCKS! !

Besides splendid assortment of Fancy Goods Pocket Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Stationery together with thousand and one other articles too numerous to mention
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J. B. CAPRON would also state that after much expense he has been able to procure the services of one of the most scientific Watch and Chronometer makers in the United States MT. B. F. Edmunds or New York. to take entire charge of the Watch work who will pay particular attention to rafting and adjusting fine Chronometers and Watches Watches and Clocks of every description cleaned and repaired with DISPATCH, and warranted, at the most reasonable rates.
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 Es- Mir. GEORGE V. CAPRON is employed to take charge of the store, where he cordially in him call. 14tcv6ia
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ADVERTISING RATES:

Schedule of prices for Advertising furnished n application at this office.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
Editorial Notes.

CoLfYERs call to the Church OF the Mes
siah is explained. The society owes 100000
TnrRr is something about the new styl,
Of ladies hats that to be appreciated must b,
felt
KATE FrrtD says the man who has held
I her hand in his more than two or three see
onds does not live. Poor Kate. What joy.
she is ignorant Of
DoN'r tell us again that General Grant
can't make a speech. Look at Springfield
It was good, what there was of it. And
there was enough.
TnE Dartmouth student who pays his way
by running a barber shop, is not the first
student who has shaved Hanover people dur
ing his college course.
" the women had been compelled to wear
such coarse goods as are now the fashion, 10y
any force less palatable than fashion is how
they would have WINGED.
PHAcrIcAL and philanthropc ladies in
Chicago have opened a restaurant where
business men get wholesome lunches and the
poor get the profits.
TnE CHHsrfAN UNION Beechcrs paper
boasts that the paper is making "a net gain
in subscribers, week by week. while the re-
suit of the years business shows very large
profit
NEW ORLEANS IS flooded with o. danger
ous counterfeit, q five dollar bin. purporting
to have been issued by the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, of Chicago, dated May 10.
lSG5. Over twenty were presented at one
bank in one day
on the reelection Of Senator Edmunds of
Vermont, the Providence journal speaks in
the following enthusiastic terms by this.
Vermont retains in the public service one of
the most able and influential members of
the Senate, and statesman upon whose
record there is mo- stain"
Tur democratic readers of the New York
Tribune are invited to get all the consolation
they can out of the following from that
/ journal d" 1t would be mistake to regard
the October elections as indicating @ revival
of the Bourbon democracy The people
have not made up their minds to restore
/ power TO an organization whose last prc,i-
dent wa, buchanan and whose last states
man was Tweed"
Tnr NEW York Rpu5iic well says
q" \ special telegram from Montpelier. Ven.
mont, announces that Senator George f.
Edmunds was, ON Wednesday. reelected 10y
the Vermont Legislature for six years from
March fourth next The result will be- a
source Of qualification to the Republican
party throughout the country. Among the
very ablest men in the Senate. Mr.. Edmund,
is always true to his convictions, logical in
debate commanding in h. influence, and
thoroughly honest"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
A Lesson from History.

II any one doubt, that the ways Of Provi-
dence are mysterious, and past finding out,
he has but to reflect upon some Of the events
within his own knowledge to find abundant
proof Of the scriptural declaration.
The recent imposing ceremony at Spring
field Illinois, Ia dedication of massive
granite monument to the memory Of the
martyrcd Lincoln, was especially suggestive
Of the fact that the people award their most
substantial and enduring honors to men
whose lives are pure, and whose patriotism
is of am unselGsh character Let MS look at
a few salient points in Mr. Lincoln, history
At the close of his memorable canvass of
Illinois with stephen 4. Douglass for a
competitor-the United States Sena,or,hip
being the prize Mr. Lincoln although car
ying a majority OF the people, failed of OBJ
tanning a majority in the legislature; where
upon he became disappointed though not
complaining man. lie returned To his office
in Springfield, resolved in future to adhere
exclusively to his profession. lie is said to
have regarded his prospects for further po-
litical prefernent as under cloud He had
staked his ALL and lost notwithstanding he
had set before the people of Illinois, and
most ably defended, principles which were
afterward embodied in the platform Of the
National Republican Convention at Chicago
But it is "not in man that walketh to di
rect his steps" and So it came TO pass that
at the time when Abraham Lincoln sup
posed his political life had closed, a career Of
success and renown, infinitely surprising
the Illinois senatorship was hidden behind
the cloud. The extraordinary fairness and
ability with which he conducted his memo
rable canvass, brought him prominently be
fore his countrymen, and proved the rea
cause Of his nomination for the presidency
The particulars Of that brilliant career need
not be repeated.
Mr.. Douglass, at the close of his cam
paign with Mr.. Lincoln, and afterhis triumph
ant election to the Senate, was regarded
by the democratic party as ON the straight
road to the Presidency. But his disastrous
defeat and disappointment were only equalled
by Mr. Lincol's success. lie died in the
midst of his years and although his polit-
zeal friends contemplated, and indeed at
tempted to commemorate him by an impos-
ing monument, yet the attempt ended in a
most ignohle and Notifying failure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
Mrs. Packard.

The lady is in town aud is urging upon the
members of the Legislature avery judicious
bill by which the inside of our Lunatic Asy-
lum may be connected with the outside world.
Her own experience and observation entitle
her to speak with authority ON the internal
economy of the insane asyluns. She tells
her story privately, modestly and effectively.
If one begins to listen to her statement he
wants to hear all that she has to say. Her
private history is a very remarkable one, and
her suggestions and plans are eminently wise
and humane Her plan is, to make it posi-
bile for every person confined in an asylum
to communicate 10y letter once a week to a
board of commissioners, consisting of three
persons, one Of whom is lady, and makes it
the duty Of the commissioners TO ascertain all
particulars in regard to persons so commune
cating,and give them heopportuuityt to prove
their sanity. II will also be the duty of the
commission toinvestgate all complaints, The
bill She urges has become law in several of
the states aud it ought at once to receive
the appreciation of our Legislature and be
enacted into law, 1t is the duty of gov
eminent to extend its care to all persons, to
protect them from all cruelty, to see that
they are never incarcerated without reason,
and to deliver them from all wrong and in
human confinement II does not fulfil its
functions well, unless it provides for their in
telligent exercise in the security and defense
of the personal rights and liberties Of all cit
liens and all persons. We commend Mrs. r.
and her CAUSE to the consideration Of every
just and humane man in our General Assem-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

give it into the hands of others, is both un
constitutional and absurd, There may bc
now and then O man, of heated passion,
who would ask the legislature to do such a
thing. bat it is not uncommon for q foolish
person to ask what wise men find it best to
refuse. II is easy to call railroad men.
wicked and corrupt" to send up the
prayer Of the itany, From all such. good
Lord, deliver us" but it may not be
best to increase the dangers under which the
virtue Of some Of our prominent immaculate
men stand. by taking the charge of our
railroads out of the hands of those who now
hold it and giving it up to Them II is the
duty Of the Legislature 10 guard the limo
cence and virtue and simplicity Of those
spotless souls who ask, pro bonos more', that
the state shall rob the legal custodians of
property which it has entrusted to them, and
transfer 1t to their possession, 10y refusing
their request There is no doubt bat some
of the proposed railroad legislation is wise
and just. But some of it is crude. some of
it absurd. and some of it unconstitutional.
And if we would save our state from the dis
astrous mbrogio which has attended the
Wisconsin legislation, there will be no at
tempt to intermeddle with the internal man
agement of our roads, without consultation
on the part of the Legislature, not with
lawyer. aud lobbyists. not with parlisans on
one side or the other but with the able and
experienced and -killful men. who. under so
great difficulties. have carried our railroads
So nohly and successfully
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

\ shocking case was decided last week in
the city Of Brooklyn, under the civil dam
ages law Of last winters enactment BY
that law the seller Of intoxicating liquor is
made responsible for damages that cnsue in
consequence Of the intcmperance Of the
party to whom the liquor is sold. Practi-
cally the law is of little account, for, like the
prohibitory law in other states. it is very sell
dom that an attempt is made to enforce it,
II has not restrained any man from selling
liquor to anybody, and only in a very few
cases has any attempt been made to recover
damages by parties who have suffered 10y the
sale
IN this Brooklyn case a Mr., Rigney
brought a suit against one Long. for selling
TO Riguey's son liquor in such great quanti-
ties that death cnsucd. 1t was shown that
the young man, only eighteen year. old, had
fourteen drinks of liquor in one day, the last
day Of his life. The father sued for the loss
Of services of his son, minor, and the jury
gave him a verdict Of $1,000 damages,
This verdict ought to have lettering
effect upon liquor sellers. But it will not.
The reluctance of friends TO bring their own
shame and sorrow before the public, the diff
iculty Of producing testimony as to the place
where the drunkard obtained the poison that
made him a maniac or corpse, and the
often impossbility Of connecting the damage
with the liquor bought and sold in a partic-
ular place, render the law, just and good as
it is, practically imperative. Judge McCue,
of Brooklyn, in the case before us, gave the
law the broadest construction, and the effect
Of the trial will be to encourage all who suf-
fer by the intemperance of relatives and
friends to bring suits against the sellers of
liquor. The law is founded in obvious
principles Of justice and only needs a fire.
queut and vigorous application by sufferers
TO make it a terror to that class of our fellow
citizens who live upon the wretchedness and
vices Of their neighbors
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28


FooL-HARDY.-lt is now nearly ten days
since a Mr.. Paul Boynton sailed from the
port of New York in trans Atlantic
steamer 1t was his ayowed purpose to put
on a suit of India rubber clothing, inflated
with air, and to leap overheard when three
hundred miles out from land. The object
in so doing was to prove the efficacy of a
certain life-preserving invention which was
thus to be advertised. II he adhered to his
resolution, and not to his ship, he has now
been floating about in the Atlantic for the
past week. There is no doubt that his life
preserving garments would keep him on the
surface of the water for an indefinite time,
and as he was to take ten days provisions
with him it is barely possible that he is still
alive. Still, few men could he continuously
soaked for ten days without having their
vitality soaked out of them, and ii is exceed
ingly improbable that Mr.. Boynton is so
constituted as to be able 10 be so largely
diluted with water and yet preserve strength
enough TO retain his hold ON life. lie is
doubtless still floating on the uneasy waves
of the Atlantic CHASTITY corpse, and disap-
pointing the sanguine expectations Of all
concerned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

part OF the law which provides for the arrest Of
persons found intoxicated, and their retention in
custody until they are capable Of testfying Of
whom the intoxicating liquors were purchased.
and repeats so much Of section as provides for
increased fines for second and third offences. and
imprisonment for third offence 10 committee
on the judiciary
by Mr. WEBSTER, " franklin, for the prcsor-
Walton " fish in Franklin pond. together with a
petition ON the same subject 20 committee on
Fisheries
BY Mr.. BARNEY, Of Guiliord, permitting par
ties 10 challenge jurors under certain circumsan-
ccs for their belonging Ia the order " Masonsl
to committee on judiciary
by Mr.. BAICllElDER. Of Arlington. In add
ton To chapter 33. general statutes, relating to
process and other matters. 10 committee ON iu-
dietary
From the SENATE. S. 20, to amend formal de-
fcct- and mmaternl variauccs in criminal plead
ings 20 committee ON judiciary
From the Senate s -, 90 authorize the reno
val of distinctions In lamoille river, north Of
llhrdwick to general committee
ON motion Of Mr. ROWE Of poultncy, adj
iourucd
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

FoREwARNEDA dispatch from New York
gives the following incident, which has great
significance; A western correspondent OF
one of our foremost banking houses called
ON the firm and requested il to sell fiye-twenty
bonds to large amount, of which he was
the owner. This having been done and the
gold handed over TO him. a member of the
firm had the curiosity to ask him why he
had decided to sell all his bonds so sud
denly. The visitor replied, Because out
our way the democrats have been winning
some victories and your people down here
tell me they are likely to do the same in New
York. II they are going to do that, | want
to stand from under and | should advise
everybody to do the same"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

The CENTENNIAL.-Letters received at
the centennial rooms in Philadelphia from
Brazil indicate that the emperor will be one
of the nations guests in 1876. lie remarked,
recently, | am very DESTROYS to visit the
United States, and | intend to do so on the
occasion Of the centennial anniversary, but
it will be necessary for me to obtain permits
sion from my Parliament to leave my EN-
pire." Cargoes of pearl-tinted granite, ready
dressed, from the james river quarries in
Virginia from Maine, and from Concord, n.
H., for the art gallery and other buildings,
are arriving, and the buildings are progress
ing rapidly.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

TIM MOOSE of the Maine woods has been
following SO fast Of late years the fate of his
oongeners, whose fossils alone remain to at
test their former existence, that the very
hunters are alarmed about it, and petition
is circulating in which it is proposed to sup
plement the infhcient game laws by enacting
one to prohibit entirely the killing Of moose
for five years, direct rhe confscaton Of the
hides at all seasons, wherever found, and
have the Canada frontier guarded against
the incursions of Indians, who are the chief
instruments Of slaughter. We cannot recall
any previous instance of an absolute prohib-
tive game law, and such a statute would re-
quire no little machinery to carry it out
faithfully executed, however, it would be
likely to preserve the moose from extinction.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
IlOU Sc
MAAnAn "a

MONDAY oclober 2G--A. NJ.
Reading Of Scriptures and PRAYER hv Rev Edwin
Wheelock, Of MinOush Fails
journal of Saturday read and approved
Bhis introduced md refeyTei-By Mr. Small
LEY, Of Burlington, % protoct camp meetings Ia
committee on Judiciary
by NJ. LlNDE, of Marlboro, an act authorizing
the County Judges ia the county Of Wlndham. Ia
repair the county buildings In said county: Ia
special committee consisting Of members OF this
House from Mindham county
BY Mr.. kElCHAM Of sudbury, the petition Of
H. W. PITTS and thirteen Others for an act regu-
lating railroad tariffs, 30 committee ON railroads
10y Mr. MARTIN, Of Londonderry, tOlegalize the
grand list OF fire district, No I, in the town of
Londonderry 70 committee ON grand list
By Mr. DAVENPORT, Of Wilmington Ia amend
ment Of section ,, chapter rs, general statutes
relating 10 grist Mills 10 committee ON mannfac-
lures
BY Mr. HENRY, Of Chester authorizing the Bel
lows Falls Water Co. 10 distribute it, stock
among its members, 10 committee on judiciary
by MI. KELSEY, Of Derby relating TO springs
Of water on motion OF Mr. Kelsey, 10 special
committee Of three 10 he appointed by the chair
BY Mr. HENRY, Of Chester, regulating the fees
OF appraisers in certain cases: 10 committee on
judiciary.
BY Mr. DAVIS, Of Reading, authorizing the com.
pilation Of the school laws 10 committee on edu.
cation
by Mr.. GILMAN, Of Montpelier, 10 repeal see
tons 81 and "a, and amend section o of
chapter ~, general statutes relating 10 the
taiile IN Intoxicating drinks; lrepeals that
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28

DIscouRAGING. Andrew johnson ap-
pears in Tennessee as the champion of repu-
diation. lie lately made speech at Mem
phis, in which he boldly advocated that
policy for the state, and limited at it for the
nation. lie seems TO have swung completely
around the circle of political heresies and
found rest in the very worst and most dis
honest of all. That he should come to that
is not perhaps to be wondered at, though il
is somewhat humiliating to think that he is
an ex-President Of the United States but
that his sentiments should have been APP
plauded by large audience Is somewhat
discouraging TO those who believe in the
honest instincts OF the people.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
Progress Of Reputation.

The democracy of Ohio and Indiana
boastngly declare that the late elections in
those states we're carried on the square and
direct issue of initiation and the reputation
of the public pledges. They treat this as the
paramount and decisive question. Their
platform made the issue sharp and mquali-
fed and what is more. they affirm that this
won the day.
More than that-they openly rcpudiate
such democrats as do not 20 with them.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is the leading
democratic organ Of the west 1t declares
that the result means that the volume Of
the currency should be enlarged in accord
ance with the business interests Of the coun-
try. 1t means that the grecnback should
be gradually substituted for the national
bank currency Advancing beyond this, it
directly attacks Senator Thurman, who has
for the most part supported honest financial
principles 1t declares that, failing to force
his doctrines upon the democracy of Ohio,
he turned his back upon them and left the
state And it adds " He is destitute of
power and influence at home, and without
his aid we have won the most brilliant vic
tory in our political annals. Had we adopted
his Wall street platform, and made him the
igure-head Of the canvass we should have
been most disgracefully beaten"
This is exceedingly suggestive 1t shows
that the democrats Of Ohio elated with
their victory, are determined to press their
initiation and reputation heresies with more
vigor than ever. They are resolved to
crush even those democrats who donot agree
with them. In the democratic national
councils their influence is controlling. They
mould the policy and compel the acquics-
cence of the rest.
The signs of the times Enthusiastically in
dictate that the financial question is the
great national problem next to be met and
solved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
State Officers,

The elections yesterday, as far as they
were held, passed of almost entirely without
friction, and solittle opposition, with two ex.
ceptions, was manifested to the reelection
Of the old officers that but little interest was
excited
There was absolutely no opposition to
the reelection Of Dr. Nichols, as Secretary
Of State nor to Mr. Feuin, as Auditor Of
Accounts. And the opposition to Mr.. Phin-
ney's reelection, as Sergeant at Arms. and
General Pecks as Adiutaut General, hardly
embraced the entire democratic strength of
the joint assembly.
We are greatly pleased with this token Of
appreciation in which the services of these
worthy and excellent officers are held by the
representatives Of the people Of the state
They are emphatically the right men in the
right place, and the state does well to retain
them
The position Of Quaiter Master General,
however. excited a warm contest. and was
settled on the second ballot by the election
of Cor. LEVI G. KINGSLEY of Rutland. by a
handsome majority. Col Kingsley is one Of
the most fayorably known Of the business
men Of southwestern Vermont, and brings to
the discharge Of his duties business ability
of the highest order. and unquestioned in
tegrity We cordially congratulate him up
on his election.
For the position of Judge Advocate Cen
eral, Cor. JOEL H. LucrA, Of Vergonnes,
was elected upon the first ballot
The election of Railroad Commissioner
Commissioner Of the Insane, Superintendent
and Directors Of the State prison, was very
properly postponed, as there are measures
now pending before the legislature to radi-
cally modify the manner of selecting these
officers.
The joint assembly adjourned until the
afternoon Of next week. Thursday.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-28
Liquor Selling Made Easy,

We notice that Mr.. Gilman, Of Montpe-
lier, ON Monday morning, introduced into
the house bill to SO amend the existing
law in relation 10 the traffic in Intoxicating
drinks as to repeal the provisions for cumu-
lative penalties after the first offence leay-
ing the fine ten dollars for each conviction
al ilfniitm. The bill also repeats sections
thirty-three and thirty-four, which provides
for the arrest and imprisonment of intox-
icated persons, and through their disclosures,
when sober, tracing the sale to the responsible
party.
We do not complain Of Mr. Gilman for
introducing this proposition. Doubtless it
is in accordance with his own views and also
with those of large majority Of the party
whose candidate he was. But We apprehend
he will find in the end that his proposition
is in direction entirely opposite TO the
march Of am enlightened and determined
public opinion and that the present legisla-
ture will be much more likely TO place two
additional barriers in the way Of the liquor
seller, rather than remove one now existing