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An Incident in the Cars.

On the whole, pleasant traits of charac-
ter are not common in the cars. This
opinion | expressed to my friend Summers
the other day. In reply to my remarks,
he related a little adventure, which, as it is
apropos, and moreover, involves little
love and sentiment, | give without apology,
and in his own words. 1t appears that in
most unlikely places love and sentiment
may be discovered
| was escorting home the lovely Char
lotte -, to whom | was, at tho time,
quite devoted. Charlotte could scarcely
find room to spread her crinoline, and ar
range her voluminous aounces stood up
near her, there being no vacant seat.
"After few minutes, there came in a
poor woman, who deposited basket of
clothes on the front platform, and held in
her arms small child, while a little girl
hung to her dress. She looked tired and
weary, but there was no vacant seat; to be
sure, Charlotte might have contracted her
aounces, but she did not. Beside her, how
ever, sat very lovely and elegant young
woman, who seemed trying, BY moving
down closer to others, to make space enough
for the stranger between herself and Miss
d. At last she succeeded, and with the
sweetest blush | ever saw, she invited the
poor female to be seated. Charlotte ID.
drew her drapery around her. and blushed
too, but it was not pretty blush at all,
and she looked annoyed at the proximity of
the newcomer, who was, however, clean
and decently, though very thinly clad.
1.-The unknown lady drew the little girl
upon her lap and wrapped her velvet man
tie around the small, half-clad form, and
puth muffo her haf-frozen little hands.
80 great was the crowd that | alone
seemed to observe. The child shiyered
the keen wind from the door blew upon her
unprotected neck. saw the young lady
quietly draw from under her mantle lit.
tie shawl, which she softly put on the
shoulders of the little one; the mother
looked on with confused wonder. After
short time she arose to leave the cars, and
would have removed the shawl but the un-
known gently whispered, No, keep it for
her. The woman did not answer the con.
ductor hurried her out, and her eyes swan
with tears. Noticed her as she descended to
a basement, and l hastily remarked the house.
Soon after, my unknown rose to DEPART
was in despair, for | wanted to follow
and discover her residence, but could not
leave Miss d.
How glad, then, was to sec her bow
ing, as she passed out, to mutual acquaint-
ance who stood in the doorway. From him,
ere many minutes, learned her name and
address.
"To shorten my story as much as possible
that lady is now my wife. In the small in-
cident which introduced her to me, she
showed her real character. A few days
after our marriage showed her the blessed
crimson shawl, which redeemed from its
owner and shall keep as a memento. There
arc sometimes pleasant things to be found
in unexpected places certainly may be
said to have picked out my wife in the cars"
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Vol. 69.-3535. No. 80.

But such words only sustained her pride /;
her heart ached, all the same.
Meanwhile James Roberts had come TO
see them oitener than of late, and was Ger.
tainly great comfort in their Loneliness,
Tor Aunt Meredith declared that she could
not lot their acquaintance know where she
had come to live, and Lilly had no heart
Tor company; and Lilly liked James bet
ter than ever before. And so it came about
20 slowly that it was a surprise to her when,
one day, he offered himself to her. She ac.
cepted him.
I'm poor man, Lilly" said he, "but
we'll take care Of Aunte, and we'll got on.
! shall have the greatest object in the world
Tor trying to get on now that you belong
to me-"
And 50 one morning the three very qui.
city dressed, walked to the ministers, and
Lilly and Roberts we're married No one
would have known It was a wedding party,
who had not guessed it, by Robertss face
Let's 60 home this way" said Aunt
Meredith, turning down the street where
her old house stood. Il want to look at
my lifelong home. Lilly, don't you wish
il were ours again2n
1t was a lovely place, said Lilly " but
don't fret, Auntie."
No, | won't fret" said Miss Meredith.
" But here we are. All, dear, what a
pretty homo it is' How the wisteria vine
has grown, and how pleasant the balcony
looks. Lilly, am going to go in and sec
how it looks iusiden
Oh don't, Auntie," cried Lilly.
But Miss Meredith was on the steps and
had rung the bell.
Dear, dear said Lilly, 4" how odd
but we mustn't desert her."
Then the door was opened. There was
cry Of joy, and Miss Meredith's old servants
rushed out to greet her.
Come in, children" said tho old lady.
" There's no reason for you to stand there.
This is as much my house as ever it was"
Has she gone crazy do you think"
asked james, " or is this a joke2"
{" | don't know" said Lilly, trembling.
Yes, joke, said the old lady. "a fac
one, too. Come in dears. I've played a
trick, and an old one, to save Lilly from
fortune-huntors.
Nothing ever happened to our money.
| transferred it from the Collide and Smash
up company a year ago, and so am quito
safe. As for Lilly, she's baby in such
matters. And, Roberts, you've won an
heiress as well as a good girl And can
both Of you kiss me?"-N Y. Ledger.
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Punctuality.

General Washington was a pattern OF
punctuality. When he engaged to meet
Congress at noon, he never failed to be at
the door of the hall, just as the clock was
striking twelve. He always dined at four
o'clock and if the guests whom he had in.
yited were not present, the dinner went on
precisely at the appointed hour, without
waiting for them. Washington would make
no apology, but simply remark, "Gentle.
men, we are punctual here" When those
people got another invitation to dine with
the President, they would be sure to be
in time.
A person had pair Of beautiful horses
to sell, which the President wanted to buy.
Five o'clock in the morning Of certain
day was fixed as the time for Washington
to see them; but the horses were not
brought till a quarter past five, when the
owner was told that the President had been
there at the hour appointed, but had gone
away. The man thus lost q good chance Of
selling his horses by his delay Of one
quarter Of an hour
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SENATOR HAMLIN, called out in recent
speech in Maine, gave this summing up Of
bis long experience Of men and affairs !:
" For thirty years past | have known the
Presidents and heads Of departments, many
Of them intimately and state here on my
reputation, which | hold dearer than any
thing else in this world that there is as
much integrity in public officials to-day as
at any hour since we have had a govern
ment. | do not say that we have no cor
rupt men in office, but do say that the
Republican Administration has done more
to get rid Of them than any other govern
ment."
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For man or a nation of men. BY reli-
gion do not mean here the church-croed
which he processes, the articles Of faith
which he will sign, and, in words or other
wise, assert; not this wholly in many eases
not this at ALL We see men Of all kinds OF
professional creeds attain to almost all kinds
of worth or worthlessness under each or any
of them This is not what | call religion,
this profession and assertion, which is often
only profession aud assertion from the out
works of the man. But the thing a man
does practically believe, the thing man
does practically lay at heart and know for
certain, concerning his vital relations to this
mysterious universe and his duty aud des.
tiny there, that is in all cases the primary
thing for him, and creatively determines all
the rest. That's his religion; the manner it
is in which he feels himself to be spiritually
related to the unseen world; and | say, if
you tell me what that is, you tell me to a
very great extent what the man is, what
the kind Of thing he will do is Piety to
God, tho nobleness that inspires a human
soul to struggle heayenward, cannot be
taught by the most exquisite catechisms or
the must industrious preachings and drill
ings. No, alas no. Only by far other
methods-chiehy by SILENT continual ex-
ample, silently waiting for the favorable
word aud moment, and aided then by a kind
of miracle, well enough named "the grace
Of God" can that sacred contagion pass
from soul to soul
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miscellaneous.


SOMETIME.
ny mrs. .. .. FIAT.
We'll, either you or /,
After whatever q TO say is said,
Must SEQ the other die,
or hear, through distance, Of The other doad,
Sometime.
And you OF must hide
Poor empty eyes aud faces wan ani wet,
With llfa'a great grief beside
The others coffin, sealed with silence yet
Sometime.
And you or must look
Into the others grave, or far OF near
And read, ne IN a book
Writ n the dust words we made bittor here,
Sometime
Thon through what paths or dow
What lcsh Of flowers, what glory Ia The sraas,
Only one 0f us two,
Even asa 'hadow walking, blind may pass
sometime
For both must lose the way
Wherein we walk together, very soon
One iu the dusk shall stay
The other first shall sec the rIsin. moon,
Sometime.
oh. m,t. East friend Of mine
Lin up The voice love 90 much, and warn
Iu wiring Mut handt. and pluc
Tell mo ! may hc len f0rl1rn, forlom,
sometime
Say may Mss through tears
Forever falling, set forever cold,
One relic from sweet years
One dear dead leaf one precious ring Of gold
Sometime
Say You may think with pain
or some slight grace, some timid wish 20 please
Some eager look half vain
Into your heart, some broken s0hs like these,
sometime
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From the contradictory statements we
find in our exchanges, it is very evident
that the provisions of the new postal law
are rather imperfectly understood through
out the country. The following is sum-
mary Of what it accomplishes First, pre-
payment Of newspaper postage after Janu-
ary l, 1875 second, free delivery of all
newspapers, to subscribers only, within the
county in which they are published, after
July Of the present year; third, it fixes
the salaries Of all postmasters now under
one thousand dollars at commission, and,
fourthly, it makes a uniformity in all other
than newspaper matter as third class, lin
itiug the weight of single packages to four
pounds, at one cent for each two ounces.
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VALUE OF BooKs.-Tbe book, as a COM
panion, is always at your service, always
willing and pliable. You meet with men
of service, good thinkers, good speakers,
and you do not know how to draw them
out but book is always open to your
wish, and shuts when you desire, something
which your professor might not do. In
saying these things for books, | do not for
get that they are merely secondary. When
the mind itself opens, they have to stand
aside. Their greatest benefit is that, by
causing this same opening of the mind, they
save US from themselves. Emerson.
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THESE words seem strange, coming from
Henry A. Wise, who, thirty years ago, was
perhaps the most pronounced champion of
slavery in Virginia " There are ninety.
nine things out of a hundred in that war
that you can't account for in any other way
only to say that it wasn't mans war at all
it was God Almighty's war. His time had
come for the abolition of slavery, and the
war was not to end till that was accom-
plished and bless God every day of my
life that it was accomplished"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-07-15

Won to the man who has everything
brought to him and blessed are they who
are born under adverse circumstances and
have no chance in life, and who, instead of
whining because they have no chance, de-
yelop ap inward manhood that gives them a
chancellor there is that in man which
dominates over chance, time and nature.
A man can make himself sovereign if he
has but the purpose.
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thctic beggar To the study Of this Chinese
prototype we commend the American father
who, choosing career for his boys in the
fine freshness Of early manhood, leaves bis
darling daughters helpless amidst the buf.
iets Of tho changing tide.-Iiarper's Mag
asinc.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-07-15

In is good and safe rule to sojourn in
every place as if you meant to spend your
life there, never omitting an opportunity Of
doing kindness or speaking true word,
or making friend. Seeds thus sown by
the wayside often bring forth an abundant
harvest.
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ny EtLEN.
Others may have more wealth than |,
More beauty may possess,
More nattering friends may lingor by
care not, ! confess.
Tho clouds come, sometimes, DER my way
And hopes are laid in dust
Tho brightest dreams " youthful days
Arc often rudely crushed
lfanythlng that have thought
Or song that have sung,
Ifany work my hand hath wrought
Or decd that / have done,
has given Joy 10 any heart
A smile TO any face,
Has helped another act bic part
would not change my place.
ifGod has made mc one Of His
The souls lie loves 10 WOO
] cannot ask n better prize
Than strength my work u do.
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hiERinIANA The Adventures ot Three Englishmcn
aud Three Russians ia South Africa. By jules
Verne. Translated from the French. with numer.
ous Illustrations. New York Scrbner. Armstrong
Co.
This book is not so euticing as previous
ones by the same author Still it is not an
unsuccessful attempt to make the labors of
scientific men attractive to the unearncd.
There Is sufficient romance and adyeturo to
recommend the book to even the readers Of
Mrs Southworth The writer avais him.
self freely Of the labors Of DR.. Livingstone,
and while he does not improve upon them,
he makes his own work thereby more val
liable. For Sale at Phinney's
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Four counties Of southwestern Minnesota,
and large portions of two others, are COM
pletely devastated by grasshoppers.
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rEsrEs1 Tossed. A nomance. By Theodore ril,on.
Ncw York sheldon & Co.
We are glad to say Of Theodore Titon's
new venture that it is an honed Look.
While the framework Of the romance is
somewhat too stiff, and the plot a little
forced the sentiment is wholesome, the
treatment natural, and the writer honestly >
oudoayors to portray human thought and
feeling in exceptional circumstances, but
without clap-trap or exaggeration The
book IS Of the class to which Reads Foul
Play belongs, and while the author lacks
the literary skill and trained facility Of his
master, he surpasscs him in truth to the
better traits Of men, and especially women.
The volume will be found one Of the most
interesting Of the season 1t can be pro-
cured at Phinnoy's
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The contented man is never poor the
discontonted never rich.
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Miss MuLocR's stories are too eagerly
sought and too widely read, even befor
they have made the circuit which brings
them as bound volumes to the editors ta-
BE, to make necessary any recapitula,ion
Of character or incident. " My Mother
aud ' is written in the authors usual
charming style. As the title would iudi-
cate, its principal theme is the strong and
tender tie existing between an only and
fatherless daughter and mother who, be-
side her child, has no strong attraction OF
interest in the world. The relation as pic.
turcd in these pleasant pages, is close aud
sweet enough, one might think, to satisfy
almost any heart even in the absence or
loss Of that more exactiug and disturbing
love which comes, or is supposed to come,
into the lives Of most women Miss
Mulock's characters are generally genuine
men and women, and her incidents are 10
the main natural aud probable; but when
she places before US a man who can be for
months together on terms Of family init
macy with young girl who is utterly in
love with him, and is SO transparent as to
betray it hundred times day, and does
so in every way excepting by throwing her
self literally at his bead,-whon Miss
Mulock gives US hero who can do this
without once mistrusting that he is be-
loved, she expects Of US much more than
the ordinary credulity Of North America.
1 may be, although we doubt it, that young
Englishmen Of seventy years ago were thus
shall We call it modest, or stupid2 But
we hasten to defend the present generation
of American manhood from any possible
charge Of this kind, which would be as ab-
surd as it is unusual This book has thir.
teen illustrations, and is published by Har.
per 4 Brothers, New York
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Watohman g journal.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY Is, 1874.
New Publications.


MosE EyAssi Simple Statement Of the Singular
Facts Of his Case. BY William NJ. Baker. New
York llurd loughton.
William NJ. Baker, the author, Of the
above story, was born at Washington, d. c.,
in 1925. lie graduated with honor at
Pricoton College, at the age Of twentw-ono.
After studying theology one yearat Prince
ton Seminary, and two years under his
father, he served as pastor at Galveston
and at Austin, in Texas, for fifteen years,
from $50 to 1865. As union man and
on conscientious grounds, Mr. Baker carried
his church at Austin with him through the
rebellion, in unbroken connection with the
General Assembly at the North, TO a Pres.
bytcry ofwhich it now gives itsnamo. As
the author and an his relatives were Of
Southern birth and residence It results nat
uralIy, as his works testify, that he has
never written a line inconsistent with the
most ardent love to his section, as well as
to bis country. The book will be found
capital summer reading For saleat phin-
noy's
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w A Il Y Il r A. w o O D S
HARVESTING MACHINES,

MANUFACTURED ny
WALTER A. WOOD M a R. NJ. COMPANY,
Hoosck Falls CRonsseaer Co) NY.
These machines have boon manufactured for twenty
years. There are nearly 10000 in use.
Over 10000 were Built and Sold in 1879.
They have been largely improved during the last
three years. Frame all iron, and 10 one piece,
Bearings all tho best composition brass easily and
choaply repaced-a feature not to he found in any
other machine, and costing US over three dollars per
machine extra. WhGletreos under the tongue and
draw from tho Frame tightening the draft fully one.
quarter. These celebrated machines will be offered 10
The Farmers Qf Washington County,
for 1874 harvest on az reasonable terms any other
ast-oass machine. Agents, in place Of J, 7. Perry,
former Agent
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H. G. Flsk...,.,.,s...,...,,..,No ,NoRTnFlELDi
Z. H. CLARK. IlK...........,..".......CA .CAnori
GEO. G. ARAlS,.-.............WA WATERBURY.
EB-A supply Of extras constantly kept on hand by
each Agent. 30-3y
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Special Mntioes.
FOR MOTH PATCHES,
PUNE WINES FOR INYALIDs.
Aeu Advertisements.


$40 EACH WEEK. Agents wanted !;
" - particulars ffoo
2'-as j. WOWll & CO.. Sc Louis. No.
I|OR SALE.-lhc subscribers offer for
L aaio iwu hundred and Gny Gno shotcs, also a
carload OF lno h0ucs
j.. W.. a q. o. BAILEY.
Montpelier Mareb 30 is1L IC-tf
WANTED AT HIGH WAGES
" TEy fmrCtAss CoAr-NAKrns. by "Wooi-
notice is Boo print
2iG S. G.. W0OLsoN Montpelier. VI.
DROBATE COURTS.-Until further
4 notice, the Probate Courts for Washington Dis.
trict will Dee hcit at tIe Office ln Montpelier on
Trrsnhr of cgch wtck. All lrltcrs on business con
ucctc with fhe office should ne addressed 20 the un.
dors -ull at Montpelier.
HARVEY riLpEN, Judgs
December IfI0. f5.tf
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Eg-A supply ofoxtras constantly kept on hand by
zach Agent, 30-7
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for 1874 harvest on as reasonable terms any other
arst-olass machine Agents, in place Of J. T. Perry
former Agent,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28

VIattiut YOURSELVES proclaim YIN
EGAR BIITEES the most wonderful In
vigorant that ever sustained tine sinking
system.
No Person can take these BittcrS
according to directions, ana remain long
unWcll, provided their bones are not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Bilious, Rcmittent and Inter.
mittent FeYers, which are so preva-
Vent in the valleys of oar great rivers
throughout the United States, especially
those of the Mississippi. Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland. Arkan-
sas, Red, Colorado, BraZos, Rio Grande.
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah. Ro-
anoke, James, and many others. with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea-
sons of unusual heat and dryness, are
Invariably accompanied by extensive de-
engagements of the stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgatlye, eXcrtng pow
erful influence upon these various or
g 20 40 4,,o,,tia Co. IN o'9oI iieIo
20 ~ rdt,laItlc lol Ille purpose equai 10
Ok th o. MALhEE e1NhGAf bIrIEhs'
90 tLoy "il SPoea.!y remove 1tlc a"lk-
coioIed FlScia matter with Whlch the |
bowels are loaded at the same time |
stimulating the sccrctions of the liver, |
and generally restoring the healthy |
functions of the digestive organs.
EOrtiiy the body against disease |
R,,rrrp: NJ o,,iln,''il "a,i +,i-o 10;
- oIn+c + tt, ol rI, '"'' '"No Hoiu
Va q y SUN .'i''9 ioie-,i''IoH:
dyspepsia CT GnGtGcSflOU, Head
ache. Pain in the shoulders. Tonrhs
rTiChtrnes of tbn Chne+ niz1;nor, Gu
7, 49, i,1"''.0rN, '7Nr'
EructahOnS OIL the stomach, Bad Taste
III the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, palDitl-
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28
The 5!lailg Argus.
Nonoluded from second nnan

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he transfers himself to his Lpug Branch
cottage with all the modsrn improvements
to repeat fashionable existence within
call of His EXcellency,' during the SUN.
mer months.
Boss Shepherd may be fairly treated as
9 member OF the administration, for the
President has done his best to make him
such, with every mark of favor, friend
ship, and protection right in the face Of
the late investigation. When he was
made IA member Of the Board OF Public
Works in 1871 the land record show that.
deducting the mortgages from the value Of
the property, his real estates would not
have sold for $500 clear of incumbrauce.
That fact is easily proven by the registry.
Very recently the same Boss announced
himself that he had expended million Of
dollars IN building houses, and his organs
proclaimed with proud confidence that he
had purchased the st. Cloud Hotel ana
for $500, 900, and that con
tractor had engaged to furnish his latest
palace at cost OF 100000 by the first .ot
November, The furniture is now making
in New York ON q scale of richness un-
known even IN the records of shoady, and
IT'S real cost Will be nearer 100000 than
$4,000.
When cabinet Offices are 80 productive,
and other places near the throne yield
such prlncely revenues, it is easy to under
stand why these patriots should all be so
Jealous for third term of the same sort
If prosperity. in which they may serve the
country and themselves at the same time.
No wonder they think that preccdents have
10 value, and that Grant ought to be made
permanent President for lite.
And with all these things every man
Who votes the Republican ticket identities
himself.