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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19

BALTIMORE has a million dollars invested in
the manufacture Of summer drinks.
MARYLAND lays claim to producing more
watermelons than any other three States.
A WICKED little boy in Denver Sunday
school was asked by his teacher If he had
learned anything during the past week. 80,
yes ;" said he "Whst is it you have learnedY'
" Never to lead a deuce when you've got an
ace back of it" was the reply.
DoEs the young man who persists in being
loaier ever reflect how much less it would cost
to be decent, respectable man? Anybody
can be gentleman if be chooses TO be, but it is
mighty expensive being loafer. ltcosts time
days, months, years Of it, 1t costs friends.
A FRENcnMAs having heard the word press
made use of to signify persuasion-as " Press
that gentleman to take something 10 eat -
took occasion one evening at party 10 use
a term which he thought synonymous, and
begged friend to squeeze young lady to sing.
TnE Troy Times says: Recently, at a
church fair on Ida Hill, large and frosted
cake was offered to the person who should guess
nearest to the correct weight, at ten cents a
guess. The pastor urged young lawyer to
invest dime. The practitioner replied "Ill
play you a game Of euchre to see who gets the
cake, but don't understand the other game.
IT grieyes US to the heart to announce dread
ful fight In the colored Methodist church in
Fort Wayne, Ind. One of the chief features
Of this painful contest was " "gouging with par
asos." From this the disheartening fact may
be deduced that the combatants were mainly
sisters. Twelve Of them have been consigned
to the lookup. No fatal wounds were given
during the battle, but there was a good dea
of hair-pulling auxiliary to the performance,
Mn. BAILEY, Of the Danbury N.us, relatei
an amusing story Of an American In Londor
who could not find in any of the London shop
genuine Yankee chewing tobacco. lie was al
inveterate chewer, and was nearly driven L
distraction at not being able to find the weed
Finally he called upon the American minister
and asked for chew That gentleman in
formed him that he did not use the stall in an,
but cigar form. The disappointed man snile'
for home the next day. This is about as ba'
as the old lady who called upon Mr.. Washburn
} in Paris, and asked " look at tue Brooklyi
Directory.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
Benefits OF Camping Out.

DR.. S. W. Mitchell, in Lippincott for
August, enumerates some of the advantages
of camping out "This, indeed, is a true
and potent Alternative; and just what it is
in detail-how full of harmless and health
giving enjoyments, and of novel surprises
will bear little comment II is an odd
thing, at first, to feel you are living out Of
doors, with no builded home to sleep in
but this simple fact is full Of value. In
our common, everyday life of house and
street we practically change our climate
whenever we leave or enter n house, and
from this, with overheating Of our homes.
come, suspect, the many little colds and
nasal catarrhs to which most Of us are lin.
BILE. The dweler in tents has no such an
noyance, and far from the constant ex-
posure giving rise to diseases Of lung and
throat the outdoor life seems to be an al.
most absolute insurance against these. Yet
the changes Of temperature are often enorm.
Gus, but as they are always natural, and
unaccented by going into and out OF houses,
their lack of abruptness seems to deprive
them of danger. On the northwest shore Of
Lake Superior the midday temperature, in
August, was often from seventy to eighty
degrees Fahrenheit, and the minimum Of
the night from thirty-nine to sixty.6ve de-
grees; yet, remember, no one Of large
party suffered in any way. Both on ouI
sea. coast and in Maine this is we'll under
stood, and is often practically applied SC
that it is thought to be best for persons re-
covering from inaammatory rheumatism tc
live on the sounds for while, or out in the
woods, and as soon as possible TO loosen the
stifened joints by handling an axe"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
fllnging Shadows.

We have no more right to fling an un.
necessary shadow over the spirit Of those
with whom we have to do, than we have
to fling a stone and iDjure them. Yet this
finging shadows is a very common sin, and
one to which women are particularly ad-
dicted. Oh, what blessing is merry,
cheerful woman in household One
whose spirits are not affected by wet days,
or little disappointments, or whose milk Of
human kindness does not sour in the sun
shine of prosperity. Such woman in the
darkest hours brightens the house like a
little piece Of sunshiny weather. The mag.
netism of her smile, the electrical bright.
ness Of her looks and movements, infect
every one. The children 90 to school with
sense of something great to be achieved
her husband goes into the world in con
queror's spirit. No matter how people
worry and annoy him all day, far of hel
presence shines. and he whispers to him
self, "At home l shall find rest" So dal
by day she literally renews his strength an'
energy and if you know man with
beaming face, kind heart and prosper
Gus business, 10 nine cases out Of ten yol
will fnd he has wife Of this kind. Fo
nothing is more certain than that tho ma
who is married must ask his wife for per
mission to be happy and wealthy. Blesse
is he who hath cheerful wife the worl
may be "valley Of strife to him, but hi
home is land OF Beulah, heaven Of rcs
and quiet and his life is made up Q
cheerful yesterdays and confident to.mol
! rows. .--Goidea Age.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
Truths for Wives.

10 domestic happiness, the wife's inhu.
encc is much greater than her husbands
for the one, the first cause--mutual love
and confdence-being granted, the whole
comfort Of the household depends upon
trifes more Immediately under her juris-
diction. BY her management Of small
sums her husbands respectability and credit
are created or destroyed. No fortune can
stand the constant leakages Of extravaganza
and misrnanagement; and more is spent in
trihes than women would easily believe
The one great expense, whatever it may be,
is turned over and carefully reflected on,
ere incurred the income is prepared to
meet IL but II is pennies imperceptibly
sliding away which do mischief; and this
the wife alone can stop, for il does not come
within a mans province. There is often an
unsuspected triae to be saved in every
household. ltis not in economy alone that
the wife's attention is 80 necessary, but in
those matters which make a well regulated
house. An unfurnished cruetstand, miss
ing key, buttonless shirt soiled table.
cloth, a mustard.pot with its old contents
sticking hard and brown aboutit, are really
nothing but each can raise an angry
word or cause discomfort. Depend upon it,
there Is a great deal Of domestic happiness
in a well-dressed mutton-chop, or a tidy
breakfast table. Men grow sated Of beauty,
tired Of music, are often too wearied for
conversation, however intellectually but
they can always appreciate a well-swept
hearth and smiling comfort. A woman
may love her husband devotedly-may sa-
crifce fortune, friends, family, country for
him--she may have the genius Of Sappho,
the enchanted beauties Of an Armida
melancholy fact-if with these she
fails to make his home comfortable his
heart will inevitably escape her. And wo-
men live 80 entirely iu the affections, that,
without love, their existence is a void
Better submit, then, to household tasks,
however repugnant they may be to your
tastes, than doom yourself to a oveless home.
Women of higher order Of mind will not
run this risk; they know that their femi-
nine, their domestic, are their first duties.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19

that the hostility felt toward the Jews has not
It's source in religious hatred. Tho jewish
question in Eastern Europe is q very interest
ing one, but from social and economical point
Of view.
The only town between wilma and tho Ger
man frontier Is Koyno, on the river Nleman, q
place Of upwards Of twenty thousand inhab-
itants. The villa, river 80 much celebrated
by the Polish poet, Mickiewicz, pronounced
Mitskaivitch,) flows into the Nieman here.
Koyno is an old place, supposed to have been
founded in the eleventh century, and for a long
time was a stronghold Of the Luthuaians in
their struggles against the Teutonic Knights.
Later, il obtained considerable commercial
importance. II was at this point that Ma
polcon crossed the Nieman with bis army
June 23d. 1912 An emincnce on the western
bank is still called Napolcon's Hill" On
the market place, opposite the town hall, is a
monument, concentrating the retreat, with
the inscription 9" In 1912 Russia was invaded
by an army Of seven hundred thousand men.
The army ro.crossod the frontier numbering
seventy thousand" " A most concise and
graphic account Of Napoleons invasion Of
Russia, which brought about the ruin Of the
French Emperor. The Russian poet, Ler
montof, in a little poem called " The Two
Giants" has Described the invasion. | think
his lines have never been translated, and there
fore will give them here in prose "Thc old
Russian giant in his cap Of gold, awaited q
visitor from distant and foreign lands. The
story the stranger fame was heard over the
hills and valleys, and the giants were eager to
measure each others strength. Then came,
with a storm Of war, the three weeks bravo,
and suatchcd at his rivals crown. Tho Rus.
sian hero luokcdwith nteful smile, md shook
/ bis head The iusolcnt invader groaue1 and
rcll But be fell upon a lonely granite rock,
/ in distant ocean, whero the unclaimed temp
est roars above the abyss There is probably
| no event in Russian history which so thor
oughly arouses the patriotic feelings Of tho
people as the campaign against Napoleon, in
1912 Aud to doit justice, it was remarkable
| IN Russian IL is called the invasion Of "twelye
/ languages, ," "dra ma d.siai ya,ytoG. Ma
poloon, who up to that time had been irwin.
cibc, saw the period Of his disasters begin,
When he set out on his expedition Of 1912
his power was at It's highest when he had fin
ished the campaign it might be said that since
the Angel Of Death brcathed on the sleeping
hosts Of the Assyrin king, no such destruc
ton had ever been wrought on any army az
that which left nino-tenths Of its number II
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
Too Often True.

Some men take too much money out Of
their business to expend in household ex-
penses and lavish display, and speedily
bring themselves TO the verge Of bank
ruptcy. One old gentleman, who had com.
menced life as poor boy, had, by MASTER
ing the difficult steps to final success,
gained considerable wealth as merchant.
When he arrived at old age he retired to
private life, to live in ease and comfort on
his income, leaving a prosperous business
in the hands Of his son.
In three years the young man Was bank
rupt. lie had failed in business. and was
compelled to take position as clerk in q
strangers store.
His father was asked why it was that. ir
q business in which he had succeeded &c
well, bis son had failed.
lie gave this characteristics answer:
"When first commenced business, my
wife and lived on porridge. As my bust
ness increased, we had better food ant
when l could afford il, We had chicken
But, you see, johnnie commenced with tn
chicken hrst."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
For the Watchman.
Vermont Antl-Slayery Society,
FORTY YEARS AGO.

Great moral revolutions move slowly. The
abolition Of the British slave trade was not ac-
complished till after thirty years discussion Of
its criminality by English philan;hropists. 1t
required a longer period of agitation Of the
slave question: and finally the interposition Of
recognized Divine Providence, to prepare the
American people to sustain the principles Of
the emancipation proclamation by President
Lincoln.
In tho great current Of events leading to that
result, the formation Of the Vermont Anti
Slavery Society, May /, 1884, at Middlebury,
may be noted as one not unworthy our remem-
brance.
The convention, assembled at the above
named place, and for the above named purpose,
met April 80. Prayer was made by Rev. James
Miligan, Of Ryegate Col Jonathan p Mil
Ter was called to preside temporarily, and Ed
ward d. Barber to act as Secretary. The fol-
lowing named persons were elected officers Of
the convention. Precedent, John Ide, Water
bury. Vice Presidents, Jona. p. Miller, Of
Montpelier Elisha Bascomb, Of Shoreham
James Mlligan, Of Ryegate, and Roland I
Robinson, Of Ferrisburg, Secretaries, c. l.
Knapp, Of Montpelier, and o. $. Murray, Of
Orwell.
Committees were appointed as follows; On
the character Of slavery in the Southern States
Barber, Murray and Jones on resolutions
Barber, Wilson, Robinson, Wescott and Muir
ray to draft constitution, Miller, Bascomb
Hoag, Angler, Millgan, Butler, Haskell
Wood, and Smith of Waitsfeld to draft al
address, Murray, Case and Barber
The principles embodied in the resolution
were mainly these That slavery was anti
Christian and nti-Republican, immediate
emancipation, remedy being recognized b.
the United States Constitution, the nation j
responsible for its continuance the legisatiy
control Of the subject, except in the District O
+ Columbia and the territories, is vested in tn
State legislatures, and citizens Of free State
can only labor for correct national senti
ment, which may influence Shareholders to eman
cpaie.
f The following named persons were elected oil
GERS of the State Anti-Slayery Socitey John ld'
/ President Vice Presidents, Samuel c. Crafts
iona. p. Miller, T. Basoomb, Augustus Clarke
Danyille; James Milligan, r. T. Robinson
D George b. lde, Brandon; S. NJ Wilson
Craftsbury Isaac Wescott, Whiting f |
r Barber, Thomas Marshall, f. p. Butler, Olive
e I. Ellis, W. Walker, James Ballard, p.
e Fisk, ltbamar Smith, Henry Jones, Samu
2 Cotting, Amos Clement. U. l.. Knapp, Recor
inn Gacratarv n = Murrav CorrasDopdir r
c Secretary, Edward II. Prentiss, Treasurer.
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The Home Circle.
RAIN on TIE ROOF.


When the showery vapors gather over all the starry
And the melancholy darkness gently woeps in rainy
tears,
'Tis 10y 10 press the pillow n cottage chambcr-bcd,
And llston 10 the patter Of the son rain overhead.
Every tnkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart
And a thousand dreary fances into busy being start
Aud thousand rceollections weave their bright hues
M listen to the pat,or Of the son rain on the roof
There IN fancy comes my mother, she used 10 years
To survey tho Infant slcepers ere she le them III the
dawn.
can SEQ her bending DER me, as listen 10 the strain
Which i played upon the shingles by the patter Of
the rain.
Then my little seraph sister, with her wings and way-
And her brght-eyed cherub brothers, serene, an
Glide FOUND my vakefal pillow with their praise or
mild rcpro0f
A. listen to the murmur Of the sof rain the roof
And another comes to thrill mo with her eyes deli.
cious blue.
forget gazing her, that her heart was all un-
remember that loved her as no'or may love agaln,
And my hoars quick pulses yibrate to the patter Of
the rain.
There Is naught in arts brayarus that can work with
such spoil
In the spirits pure, doep fountain, whence holy pas
siOns SWELL
As that melody OF nature--that subdued, subduIng
strain,
Which il played upon the shingles by the paiser Of
the rain.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19
The Sewing Goblin.

The young mother of family said to
me, not long ago d" [ feel as if my sewing
we're a goblin that chases me by day and
haunts me by night She looked pale and
tired, and as if she had the neuralgia.
How | pitied her! But when l saw that
she was covering her little boys jacket with
soutache embroidery, and that her baby
dress had dozen tucks in it, pitied her
still, but it was because she seemed to me
the victim Of strange infatuation. She
really felt as il these things were necessary
for her children. 1t could not have been
because either child was healthier, happier,
or better on account Of them, but because
A." everybody else had them" And so she
would spend hours upon hours in a STOPPING
unhealthy posture, injuring herself in every
way, and depriving her little ones Of the
real help and JOY that she might have been
giving them, Ito what end that the next
mother of family who saw her children
might say "No one wears plain clothing
now must embroider my boys blouse
and my girls dress" And there would be
another victim, for whom my friend would
be partly responsible. Now | would mo-
be understood to say that there is abso
lutely no beauty or charm about these deli
cate little adornings. They certainly arr
pretty, and We cannot help liking them
But what | do say is, that in most cases W,
pay for them intellectually more than the.
are worth. They have none Of that high
noble beauty which makes the works o
nature and those Of true art an inspiration
and JOY. 1t is a conventional prettiness
arising chiefly, if not wholly, from the mer
evidence that hours Of labor have bee
spent upon them. And for this shall W
sacrifice the freshness and vigor that woul
come from spending some of those hours i
the open air f-the mental strength an
treasure that we might gain by giving som
of those hours to thought and study2-
Chicago Adrance.
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Expensive Collins.


Was the name Of an undertaken ever
seen in the lists of bankruptsf We have
never found patent caskets in any schedule
Of assets exhibited by an assignee. Farm
ers are sold out. Brokers break. Com.
panies collapse. Government become in
solvent. But the fashionable undertaken
aourishes and is never brought to grief, ex-
cept in professional way. The dealers in
metallic cases arc unaffected by financial
panics.
Is it because burying is a steady, unfuc-
tuatiug trade, or is it that there is a wider
margin Of profits in cofins than in other
merchandise? ? They ought, as necessities
of life, or, rather, Of death, to be, like other
necessities, cheap. But does not the cost
of modern sarcophagus, walnut or metal
lie, rank among the luxuries There is a
growing inquiry whether this peculiar kind
of oiners' work is not rated much above
the usual cabinet prices.
People pay funeral bills without word.
To hesitate at single item is counted a
sign of an ignoble spirit, and to squsbble
over the price Of coffin would entail a
disgrace upon children's children. Iu
other purchases men examine the goods and
hear the prices. They pass from shop to
shop, aud buy only at the best bargains.
But who has the heart to inquire the cost Of
the coffin that must receive the 6rst-born
Of your boyhood friend, far less to haggle
over the price put on it by the maker. The
day of mourning is not time to pass from
street to street comparing these sad forms
of polished wood, and setting the price Of
one against the other.
There are many households in fair condi-
tion that can ill-afford to lose the head Of
the family, and fnd that the burial expenses
cut deeply into years income. Not to
have a fitting funeral equipment, such as
the fashion of the day requires, argues in
the public mind ignorant or unworthy views
and to yield to the full tax Of modern NOR.
tuary upholstery is a severe pressure upor
persons even of not very limited means
We shall hail the day with pleasure
when the mode of sepulcher shall be sim
pie, and the laying of the dead in th'
earth will not heavily burden the living
When dust to dust is so expensive, is j
any wonder that the cremationists have re
ceived countenance, when they offer, at
trifing outlay and in the old classic fashion
to turn ashes to ashes"
Whoever will inaugurate movement
) against expensive funerals will be bene
factor indeed Richmond Adrocate.
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1lisGplla
wnIcu IL BRsT 2

What " saved from trampling feet
The dropping plumes Of wounded bird,
And tended IL hurt with gentle hand
Till its life now stirred
What N II nestled against my check,
And tanned IL shyness upon my breast,
Untl believed that IL loved me more
Than lts old-tlme most
And II some day, when prlred Il most,
II should leave my hand with q sudden spring,
And cleave tho blue OF the summer sky
With froshened wing
And never pause at my pleading call
Never come back TO my desolate breast
And forget had saved It's life, and forget
had loved II best
Should never open my arms again
To any helpless or suffering thing
Never bind up the bruised heart
Nor the broken wing
Better, a thousand times. 10 bear
A blow In place Of an earned carosS,
Than 10 turn aside into selfish ways,
Or 10 pity less.
Better the long-abldlng pain
OF wronged love, In lts suffance mock,
Than the hardened heart and the bitter tongue
And the sullen cheek
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-19

A PERSISTENT CUSTOMER. Buy any
butter here 7" said country customer, who
walked into dry goods store in certain
city. and looked much like character who
knew a great deal more OF himself than ho
cared to tell.
"No SIR" replied the merchant, I'VE
don't wish to buy any"
"Want to buy any eggs"
mo, sir; we keep dry goods store
here"
80! Wa.al, then may be you'd like to
buy some chickens-fat as pigs, and
mighty sight nicer, too"
aNo, sir tell you we don't deal in
anything but dry goods"
:" Couldn't l sell you nice Fat shoulder
of pork u
II tell you. sir, we deal in dry goods
exclusively here" . :.
"wa'al, what'll you give for dried
peaches?"
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CALLING on q friend. one day, found the
usually sunny.faced pet Of the household
copyuiscd with sobs. A glance into the
playroom. where had many good frolio
with the small mamma and her large fam
ilv Of dolls, showed what was amiss. "Ths
destroyer" in the shape Of big brother,
had t" come down like wolf on the fold"
and all the dollies were doing duty as Blue
Boards slaughtered wives. Some were sus-
pended by their hair, others By their necks,
while several had been beheadsd. and were
scattered in CHASTITY confusion about the
floor. "Never mind, darling" said the
mother, never mind, brother Will has only
ripped of their heads; l can easily mend
them and make them just as pretty as they
we're before" "Yes, mamma" sobbed the
little one "but you can't mend their
feelings"
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HARDWARE AND PAINTS,
Fixtures and good will, with lease of the
store situated on the corner Of Church and
College Streets, Burlington, VI.

The store has been occupied as Hardware Store
for tho past FORTY-slX YEARS, during all which
tlme large and prosperous business has always
boon done Burlington Ia growing city Of seventeen
thousand inhabitants, and the location the corner
OF College Street he avenue Of travel and Wholesale
business, and Church Street Qhe principal retail
street, makes It the most desirable business location
In the city and In fact in the State. Mr.. shatuck Il
solo agent for several standard articles Of Hardware
Paints ote The store will be Leased for a term Of
years
All communications and applications should be
made to the subscriber, at Burlington, W., who Il
authorized to arrange terms
9oi2 II.,Ii. TALc0TT.
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CHARLES 7. SABIN, Mechanical and
~ Ciyil Engineer, will make surveys and estimates
Of cost railroads, and also furnish estimates for the
erection Of steam machinery Of all kinds. Agent for
Tie ae OF the celebrated Putnam Engines and Boil
ers All Rollers sold by him are tested by the Hart
ford Insurance Company, and insured for one year.
Twenty years experience In designing and erecting
steam machinery for mills and railroads, enables
him 10 furnish such Information as those In want u
steam machinery can probably avail themselves OF
Is,Si. CHARLES t. sABIN, Montpelier, Vt