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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
Follow Up the Victory.
ny REV. s. u. rYN0i jR.

This has been a joyful winter in many a
church, There has been happy ingath-
ering Of souls converted to God. Old
things have passed away, not only in the
hearts Of the newly-forgiven ones, but also
in the spirits Of many older Christians, and
in the practical working Of the church for
which let US pour out our whole hearts in
gratitude.
But a higher, sweeter privilege remains.
1t is to lead those who have found rest in
Christ to find also in him the strength for
warfare, to help them in becoming well.
settled in the ways Of grace. To cheer and
comfort them in their first disappointments;
to remind them constantly Of their need Of
daily feeding upon the Heavenly Mamma ;
to show them the necessity Of work as a
spiritual tonic; and to make them feel the
precIousness Of hearty Christian fellowship
these are privileges which make this
spring-time one Of rare festiyity.
Therefore let US keep the feast not with
vainglorious beast that this or that church
has added so many to its membership not
with the old leaven Of prosely ytism not with
renewal Of party cries or sinful slipping
back into sloth and apathy, but with in
creased charity; with tender solicitation
and care for these babes in Christ and with
new devotion to the Christlike everywhere
For so it is, in this wonderfully rsacting
soul of man, that vigilance and untiring in
dustry and patience must follow the com
petest victories That old missionary-war
rior in Asia Minor prayed wisely when he
asked so often that the God of all grace
would aqJlish bis converts Can we pray
and work for a nober, more practical end
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
The Hidden Torture.

Their is nothing SO remarkable in man as
his power Of concealing mental torture.
What is unsaid is ever nearest and greatest.
The soul is beset by some hideous remorse,
consuming care, warnings of disease, fear of
death, rejected love, vile pecuniary distress,
or the anguish of anticipated shame. The
dark thing is not merely in the background /;
its presence never withdrawn, its grasp never
wholly relaxed, it occupies the citadel Of
thoug ghts and feelings and all that is beyond
its sway is but outlying and unconsidered
precincts. Meanwhile. the man plays his
part in society as other men dds polite,
gay, affable and, if he is really strong
and able person, is as much like his ordin.
ary self, himself before this dark thing had
any hold upon him, as il is possible to be.
Arthur Helps.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
Vol. 69.-3526. No. 30.

sharp pinch from tho excited Mrs. Flowers
quite convinced him that she, at least, was
not an airy nothing"
Remember, my dear" said she, you
gave me four hundred dollars TO buy furs
to keep myself warm, didn't your"
YES" returned the perplexed benefac.
tor, and to look handsome in" he added,
absently, as an afterthought.
"And you will let me spend the money
in the way that will keep me the warmest
won't you dear?' ignoring the latter part
Of his reply.
YES" responded he, with his eyes riv.
eted on the little golden head.
"Well," she went on, in voice between
crying and laughing, 4" if | choose to keep
my heart warm, instead of my back and
shoulders, you will not say No to it, will
you2"
"Of course not" replied he, staring
with all his might alternately at her and
the child.
Well, then, dear" she continued, cry.
ing and laughing still more, if you are
agreeable, III spend it on this little home
less one, and keep her close to my heart, to
warm it 10 its old agel"
Mr.. Flowers was agreeable, and what is
more, be remained SO up to his dying day.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
A Happy Home.

Some discouraged wives fancy they do
nothing worthy when they only make good
and happy home. For such we quote the
following paragraph from an exchange
1t takes good deal Of brains to keep
house, to make home, even if you don't
do the manual labor. The woman who
makes a perfect one, puts into the work
probably talent enough to have made for.
tune. But if she prefers the latter result,
she had best not marry. She may be able
to DO other things better, more pro6tably,
but very few Of US in this world get into
just the place or have just the work we
want. There is no tonic better than the
consciousness that one amounts to some
thing. But we are sorry for the woman
who thinks she does not because she only
keeps house"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
Attractiyeness.

1t is not your neat dress, your expensive
shawl, or your golden fingers that attract
the attention of men Of sense. They look
beyond these. 1t is your character they
study. If you are triaing and loose in
your conversation, no matter if you are as
beautiful as an angel--you have no attrac-
tion for them. 1t is the true loyelness Of
your natures that win and continue to re-
tain the affections of the heart. Young
ladies miss it, who labor to improve their
outward look, while they bestow not a
thought on their minds. Fools may be won
by gewgaws and fashionable, snowy dresses;
but the wise and substantial are never
caught by such traps. Let modesty be your
dress. Use pleasant language, and though
you may not be courted by the fop AMI the
sap, the good and truly great will love to
linger.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
The Home Circle.
For the Waichmau,
A DREAM or THE YULE-FIRE.

a DREAM or THE YULE-FIRE.
ny A. osGooD SNOW.
In the huge old-nshioncd aro.place
The blazing Ere burned choeflyl
The nre-lghts ruddy, ilickoring rays
Danced on the raftors meully
Grandpa sat In bis easy chair.
IN the dear old chimney cornor,
Aud hale old grandma, too, wns ihorci
In her usual scat Of honor.
Outside the snow piled high aud HIGHER.
And the rude winds shook the shuttofai
Jack Frost peeped 10 nt the glowing Gre,
And ratified bis icy foticrs.
Yet the old couple sat with the nrc-ii sht glow
Streaming full 10 their caro-wOrn faces,
Aud, silent, reviewed those scenes long ago
That fond recollection embraces.
Footsteps passed In at the old back door
ght eyes gaHcd long ln their faces
Light forms danced DER the polished floor,
And were eiasped in their loved embraces.
Again, as Of yoro, the old house runs
With the music ut merry laughter,
And fishing rod and gamo-pcco hung
From the long deserted rnitor
Again the family board was spread
For au Old-iashioned Christmas dinner
OF pies aud puddings that grandma made
And she was no ucW-ncaiuucf
Again, with festive Joy and mirlh
Bright eyes aud happy faces
Around that old nmiliar hearth
Took tholr timc.hOnorud places
The clock licked on-night grew apacC-
The snow without piled higher
But the old couple slept by the huge lfcplloo
And dreamed oi the yule-log Gre.
Aud thus they sIt DO the inglc glow,
With the lfo-light dancing DER them,
And dream Of the tlino, long years ago,
When life lay all before them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

Il do not object, at all, to a mans sur.
rounding himself with symbols; | believe
in symbols; believe that they are the
very life and power Of education; but | do
protest against mans building church
and putting a cross on it in order to get
an association of God l protest against
forms and ceremonies being introduced into
religious services for the purpose of fixing
the minds of men on God. protest against
bringing out ministers in black and white,
with the view Of impressing upon men by
these colors certain moral qualities. pro-
test against turning and twisting as signify.
ing spiritual ideas. protest against those
artificial symbolizatons which have been
invented to represent great interior prinei-
pies aud facts-H W. Beecher.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
A Touching Incident.

A touching incident is reported from
Chattanooga. An utter stranger called on
respectable farmer last week, and asked him
if his house had not been robbed during the
war. The farmer replied that it had. :"
said the stranger, "was one Of a marauding
party that did it. | took little silver
locket." "That locket," said the farmer,
g had been worn by my dear dead child
" Here it is" replied the stranger, visibly
affected a. am rich let me make resti-
tuition here are twenty dollars for your lit
tie son."
He gave the farmer dfty-dollar bill, and
received thirty dollars in change. He then
wrung the farmers hand warmly and left.
The farmer has since dried his tears and
loaded his shot gun. The ffty-dollar bill
was bad
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

"A Connecticut school teacher, in paper
recently read before a teachers institute,
suggests that pupil of each sex be placed
at the same desk and allowed to assist each
other in their lessons, and at the end of
each month permitted to select new partners
if they desire. 1t was claimed there would
be less trouble in governing a school, more
tidiness in the pupils appearance, and
greater ease in their conversation and in-
tercourse, which would be of much advan.
tage when they became men and women
1t was affirmed that where the experiment
has been tried it has been attended with
success
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

Kentucky comes to the front with one
of the greatest marvels of the present age,
In a town of considerable size in that State
there resides lady who makes her boast
that she has had but one new bonnet in
forty years, has made but two calls on
the neighbors in eighteen years, and has
taken but one meal away from home in all
that time. Aud yet she is well of, in good
health aud all her limbs perfectly sound.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

We hold to earth and earthly things
by so many more links of thought, if not
affection, that it is far harder to keep our
view to heaven clear and strong; when this
life is so busy, and, therefore, so full of re.
ality to us, another life seems by compari-
son unreal, This is our condition aud its
peculiar temptations, but we must endure
it and strive to overcome them, for | think
we may not try to fee from it.-Arnold.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
How 10 Check SCARLET FeYer.

stamping out" is tho new and signif-
cant process for the arrest of many diseases,
and 10 none can it be mere effectualy en-
ployed than scarlet fever. This should, Of
course include isolation. All cases should
be promptly reported to the health authori-
ties, under heavy penalties for neglect, and
all occurring among persons unable to afford
seclusion, should be taken care of at public
expense in appropriate hospitals, at safe dis.
tances from populous neighborhoods And
the rich should be compelled to provide Sc.
cusion in isolated rooms for cases occurring
among them, or else relinquish the care oil
them to the health authorities, and be sub
jcct to the necessary costs. All clothe,
used by the patients should be disinfected
or destroyed. Water closets, cesspools, and
drains attached to the hospitals and dwell
ings of the sick should be thoroughly dis,
infected. The Sanitarian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

ScuooL.HousE VENrILATIoS.--ln my es.
timation, no ventilation is good which re-
quires the opening of doors and windows at
any time. Window ventilation is often
used in warm weather, but consider il un.
desirable, because it admits insects, dust,
and hot air i. e., air hotter than might be
secured by properly arranged air ducts,
which may be so contrived as to introduce
comparatively cool air. But window ven
tilation certainly should never be used in
cold weather, while the scholars are not
taking active exercise. 1t is never neces.
sary in good ventilation.-Sanitariaa.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
MONTPELIER vT, WEDNESDAY,, NAY 49, 1874.
THE LANGUAGE or THE HEART.


There h a love that speaketh,
But ifnot heard aloud
Its ncrid language bfcakoth
Not on The busy crowd.
r ls hord 10 secret places
~ nprr0W % disuiisc
IT'S wit 10 anxious faces,
And 0cdiiatIve eyes.
~ uvor comes 20 render
Kind thoughts shcn fond ones part
iis tones are sweet and tender,
'fls tho langutgo of the heart.
No art Of man can teach ne
This secret speech OF love-
Though here ts tones may roach us,
Thoy echo irst above.
IT'S heard Boz gentle praises,
In pleading son and weak
10 tells in SILENT gaEcs,
What lips could never speak.
With strong electric feetucas
iis holy 1rcathinrs start,
No speech can match It's swcotncs-
The language Of ihe heart
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

There is floating idea in the minds
of most of us, that great perils aud great
trials work sort of charmed change in
our lives. This is seldom more than de-
lusion. The lessons of life are, for the
most part, slowly learned. The page is
often carelessly turned and hurridly passed
by, on which our great father has written
much that He would fain have us study with
patient and prayerful earnestness.-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

Joseph Brooks, who claims the guber-
Material chair of Arkansas, is about fifty
years of age, and is of gigantic stature
He was educated for the Methodist minis.
try, and was editor for some time of a
Methodist paper at St. Louis. During the
rebellion he raised and led regiment oI
colored troops, earning the title of a fight
ing parson." From 1869 to 1872 he con
Quoted with marked ability the State Jour,
nal, the leading radical newspaper of Ar,
kansas.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

believe, II I should dc
And you should Mss my cyolds when Tic
Cold, dead and dumb 10 all the world contains,
The folded Orhs would open at thy breath,
Aud from ts exile In the Isles Of Death
Life would come gladly back along my veins.
believe, II were dead,
And you upon my lifeless heart should tread,
Not knowing what the poor clod chanccd % be,
Il would End sudden pulse beneath the touch
Ofhlm IL ever loved In life 20 much,
And throb again warm, tender, true 10 thee.
believe, II on my grave,
Hidden In woody deeps or by The wave,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears Of rcgro
From every salty seed Of your dear grief
Some mir, sweet blossom would leap into leaf
To prove death could not make my love forgot
believe, II should fade
Into those mystic realms whore Hight Is mado,
And You should long once more my face 10 zee
I would come forth upon the hills OF night
And gather stars like mgots. till thy sight
Lcd by their beacon blaze, tell full on me
believe my faith In thee,
Strong a. my liiei 90 nohiy placed Go De-
w0uld a. soon expect 20 sec the sun
Fall like dead King from bis hight sublime,
His glory stricken from the throne Of time,
As thee unw0rth the worship thou hast won.
I believe who has not loved
Hath half the treasure Of his lifc improved
Like ono who, with the grape within his gasp,
Drops II, with all Its crimson iulco Impressed,
And all IL luscious sweetness len uuguessed,
Out from hia careless aud unheeding clasp.
I believe love, pure and true,
Il 10 the soul q sweet immortal dow,
That gems liios petals IN It's hour OF dust
The waiting angels sec and recognize
The rich cr0wn.ewel love, OF paradise
When life falls from us Ike withored husk.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

The Virginia City Enterprise tells a
very remarkable yarn about a speculative
messenger who stole package of letters
which the Duke Alexis received from lady
admirers here, and with much difficulty was
tracked to Belgium, where he was prepar-
ing them for publication. An occasion was
found to arrest him and turn him over to
the Russian authorities and he was sent to
Siberia for life. The American ladies were
saved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
The Days of the Week.

In the museum at Berlin, in the hall de-
voted to northern antiquities, they have the
representations of the idols from which the
names Of the days of our week are derived.
From the idol Of the Sun comes Sunday.
This idol is represented with his face like
the sun, holding burning wheel, with both
hands on his breast, signifying his course
round the world. The idol of the Moon,
from which comes Monday, is habited in a
short coat like n man, but holding the moon
in his hands. Tuisco, from which comes
Tuesday, was one of the most ancient and
popular gods Of the Germans, and repre-.
sented in his garments of skins according
their popular manner Of clothing; the third
day of the week was dedicated to his wor-
ship. Wooden, from which comes Wednes-
day, was valiant prince among the Sax
ons. His image was prayed to for victory.
Thor, from whence Thursday, is seated in
bed, with twelve stars over his head
holding a scepter in his hand. Friga,
from whence we have Friday, is represented
with drawn sword in his right hand and
a bow in his left. Scatter, from which is
Saturday, has the appearance of perfect
wretchedness he is thin.visaged, long
haired, with a long beard, He carries o
pail Of water in his right hand, wherein are
fruits and flowers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13

1t is no proof of mans understand
ing to be able to confirm whatever he pleases
but to be able to discern that what is true
is true, and that what is false is false this
is the mark and character of intelligence,
-S,cedeRJorg.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-13
How the Eye is Cleaned.


For US to be able to see objects clearly
aud distinctly, it is necessary that the eye
should be kept clean. For this purpose it
is furnished with a little gland, from which
flows a watery fluid (tears) which is spread
over the eye by the lid, and it is aiterward
swept of by it, aud runs through a hole in
the bone to the under surface of the nose,
while the warm air, passing over it while
breathing, eyaporates it. 1t is remarkable
that no such gland can be found in the eyes
Of fish, as the element in which they live
answers the same purpose. If the eye had
not been furnished with liquid to wash it,
and lid to sweep it off, things would ap.
pear as they do when you look through a
dusty glass Along the edges of the eye
lids there are great number Of little tubes
or glands, from which flows an oily sub
stance which spreads over the surface of the
skin, and thus prevents the edges from be-
ing sore or irritated, and it also helps to
keep tears within the lid There are also
six little muscles attached to the eye, which
enable us to move it in every direction
and when We consider the different motions
they are capable of giving to the eye, we
cannot but admire the goodness Of Him who
formed them, and thus saved us the trouble
Of turning our heads every time we wished
to view an object.
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nanral &c Religinus.
ss



HFAYEN
was no stranger In a strange land there
But rather a. one who, trayel-wOrn and weary,
Weary Of wandering through many cllmcs,
AZ length returning homoward, eyes far on
The white olihs Of his fithorlandf and ere
The laboring ship touches its sacrcd soil,
Leaps on tho pier while round him, crowding pres
Children, and kth and friends who, in a breath,
An of his welfare, and with Joyous tongues
Pour all their love into bis thirsty car.
There are clouds Ia summer weather,
Lest the noontldo shine too bright
There are branches, In their greonucss,
Broken on 10 give Us light,
on our s0rrows turn 10 blessings,
When viewed with the heavenly sight.
slept and dreamed that life was beauty
woke and found that life was duty.
Was my dream, then, a shadowy lici
Toll on, sad hoart. courage0usly,
And thou shall find thy dream TO be
MONDAY truth aud L ght 30 thee.
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In one Of his poems, Burns ventilates a
wholesome wish
o wad nmo Power the gnie gis Us,
20 zee drsel's as ithers sec Us.
The grand difficulty is how the thing is to be
done. Seeing ourselves as others see US is
no easy matter Ia the first place, owing
to the comphisance and timidity Of man
kind, there i, usually a great difficulty in
knowing what others really think Of u.s.
The rules Of good breeding are completely
autagonistic te it. The world wears a mask
not from bad motives, but to make things
pleasant How to see behind the mask, is
the point for consideratin. Great acuteness
aud vigilance, also great candor towards
ones self are indispensable in acquiring
seli-knowiedge by such means. Then, we
are besct by no end of notions Of our own
suidcieucy How except by some tremen-
dously severe seIfsearching and conscious.
ness Of human iufrmity, can we get at the
truth regarding ourselves There is a
possibility Of our going on in great errors
almost to the end Of life, where not reused
to sense of them by some inlet Of criticism
from others. Obviously, there are large
numbers who 60 on recklessly in the com
mission Of criminal actions, who never Sc.
riously think what they are about, and are
only for the first time brought to their
senses in humiiating penal solitude. 1t il
there they see themselves as others sec
them, though it may be rather late in the
day. In ordinary affairs one might be the
better for even knowing whether any of his
personal manners are disagreeable, whether
he speaks too much or too loudly, whether
he is thought to be too silent or too commu
NEGATIVES or. if lady, whsthor she is no
dressing too gaily for her years, and 50 forth
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4 DMINIsTRATOR's sALE
rIMBEREp LANpSl

Under a license Of the Probate Court for the Distric
Of Washington the subscriber will sell at public aue
ton, at the Hotel, in Eden Mills, on
Wednesday, May 10, 1874, at O'Clock, p. NJ.
situated In the town OF Eden, viz, Lot No. rs, II
First Range and Lot No. II, in Second Rangei ais,
ono equal undivided half of Lot No. 10, In Eight
Range, Lot No. /, In Sixth Range Lot No T. in sixu
Range, and Lot No. 2, in Fourth Range.
W. z. DlLL1NGHAM, Administrator.
April 20, ls74. 2325
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MRS. WINsLOWs SOOTHING SYRUP isthe pre-
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remedy in the world, in AN cases Of UAsENTERY
and DiARRHqsA rs CHILDREN whether ii arises
from iccthinE or from any other cause. Pull dirce-
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genuine unless the fac-simile Of CT RrlS pESkTNS
]. on the outside wrapper. Sold iy all Medicine
Dealers. 42.34