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How TO Calculate Interest.

The following rules are simple, and so
true, according TO all business usage, that
every banker, broker, merchant and clerk,
should post them up for reference. There
being no such thing as a fraction in it, there
is scarcely any liability to error or mistake.
BY no other arithmetical process can the de
sired information be obtained by so few
figures;
Six per cent.-Multiply any given mum
Der of dollars 10y the number OF days of in
terest desired separate the right hand
figure and divide by six; the result is the
true interest on such sum for such number
Of days at six per cent.
Eight per cent.-Multipy any given mum.
Der for the number Of days upon which it is
desired TO ascertain the interest, and divide
by forty-fSe, and the result will be the in
terest Of such sum for the time required, at
eight per cent.
Ten per ent.--Alultiply the same as
above, and divide by thirty-six, and the re
suit will be the amount OF interest at ten pei
cent.
What Il rW d0.-If q mechanic or clerl
saves only two and onc-half cents a day
from the time he is twenty-one until he il
threescore and ten, the aggregate, with in
terest, will amount to $4,000; and daily
saving of twenty-seven and one-half cents
reaches the important sum of $4,000. A
sixpense saved daily viii provide a fund ol
,O00--sufIicient to purchase a good farm
There are few employees who cannot save
daily, by abstaining from the use of cigars
tobacco liquor, etc, twice or ten times the
amount Of the six cent piece. Every person
! should provide against old age, and the man
in business who can save dollar a day, will
eventually find himself possessed of ovel
l1OO OoO
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28

Scene in library-genileman busy writ
iug-child enters.
" Father, give me penny"
" Haven't got any-don't bother me"
" But, father, want it. Something par
ticular."
Z" ! tell You haven't got one about me-"
81 must have it You promised me one"
." did no such thing won't give you
any more pennies you spend too many. IT..
all wrong; ] wont give it to you, so 20
away"
Child begins to whimper, 81 think you
might give me one; its real mean "
No---go away won't do it, 30 there's
an end Of it."
Child cries, teazes, coaxes-father gets
out Of patience, puts his hand in his pocket,
takes out a penny, and throws il at the child.
" There take it, and don't come back again
today"
Child smiles, looks shy, goes out conqueror,
determined to renew the struggle in the
afternoon, with the certainty OF like results.
Scene in the strect-two boys playing
mother opens the door, aud calls to one Of
\ them, her own son
Joe, come into the house right away"
Joe pays no attention.
Joe, do you hear me ? If you don't come
in right away, I'll give you licking"
Joe smiles, and continues his play his
companion is alarmed for him, and advises
him to obey. "You1l catch it if you don't
CO. joe"
"Oh no won't; she always says so, but
never does. | amt afraid"
Mother goes in the house greatly put out,
aud thinking herself a martyr to her children.
That's the way, parents. Show your chill
dren by example that you are weak, undeci-
ded, mtuthful, and they learn, aptly
enough, to despise your authority, and re-
| gard your word as nothing. They soon
graduate liars and Knockers, and the reaping
Of your sowing will not fail-W,Srdied
| Christian lTeeiIg
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28
Reading for Ambitious Spoilers.

The most skilful guager ever knew was
a maligned cobbler, armed with a poinard,
who drove peddler's wagon, using null
lein stalk As an instrument of coercion to
tyrannize over his pony, shod with calkS.
He was a Galilean Sadducee, and he had a
phthisicky catarrh, diphtheria, and the bill
ious intermittent erysipelas. A certain sybil,
with the soubriquet of Gypsy, went into
ecstasies of cachinnatioa at seeing him
measure bushel of peas, and separate sac
charine tomatoes from u heap or peeled po-
tatoes, without dyeing or siugeing the igniti-
be queue which he wore, or becoming para
lyzed with hemorrhage. Lifting her eyes to
the ceiling of the cupola OF the capitol, to
conceal her unparalleled embarrassment
making a rough courtesy, and not harassing
him with mystifying and Supplying mu-
endoes, she gave him a couch, bOuqet
of lilies, mignonette and fuschias, treatise
on mnemonics, a copy Of the Apocrypha in
hieroglyphics, daguerrotypes of Mcndelssohn
and Kosciusko, a kaleidoscope, dram phial
of ipecacuanha, teaspoonful Of naptha for
deleble purposes, ferrula, a clarionet, some
licorice, a surcingle carnelian OF synmetri'
cal proportions, chronometer, with NOV
able balance wheel, box of dominoes, aud
CateNlialn' ihV b"ihNii WI" was "'H'
traihcking rectifer, and parishiouer OF
nule, preferring woolen surtout (this choice
was referable to vacillating occasionally
occurring idiosyncrasy), wofully uttered thii
apothegm Life is cheokered heresy and
yillainy shall be punished" The sybi
apologizngly answered There is ratabl,
AN allegeable difference between cosferra
bic ellipsis and trisyllabie dieresis.' w
replied in trochees, not inpugning he
suspicion.
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Then and Now.

One of the most interesting features Of
the excavations in the buried city of Pom
pel is the discovery of many homely do
mestic articles, of which we have counter
parts. 1t is astonishing how many things
in common use now, were in use then. Here
You win see almo2t every kitchen utensil-
portable cooking stoves, jelly, cake and but
ter moulds in the Imitation of birds and
flowers, pots, kettles, crooks, dishes, cups
and saucers, spoons, knives and forks, dip
pers, skimmers, sauce-pans, frying-pans,
lamps, lampstands, fesh-hooks, braziers for
charcoal-in a word, pretty much every
kitchen, diningroom, or chamber article
found in modern use, entered into the econ.
omy of the daily life of Roman antiquity.
All the articles of lady's toilet, including
jewelry of all kinds, gold and silver orna-
ments, corals and precious stones, were found
in the houses Of Pompeii. Taken from
the retail shops We're steelyards, balances,
weights, and measures. From a doctors Of
flee We're recovered full set of surgical
instruments, including "pulikins for ex-
tracing teeth, and trepans for drilling holes
in the skull. There are any number of shoe
maker, tailor, carpenter, and blacksmith
tools, and, indeed, implements of almost
every present mechanical operation. Taken
altogether, the collection of articles taken
from the dead city is surprising revelation
to every one, showing that the ancients in.
vented and perfected ten thousand inple
ments and articles of common life which
we still use with little improvement thereon
and without giving them credit for.-Se
lecfed
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Ringing for the Water Boy.

A good story is told Of verdant one who
was passenger in railroad express train,
and became thirsty.
Where's that ERE boy with the water
can 2" he queried of his next neighbor
He has gone forward TO the baggage car,
suppose" was the reply
"Wall, dye s'pose kin git him back
here agin ?"
"Certainly," said the other, "you have
only to ring for him !" and he nodded to-
wards the belllne that ran above their heads.
No sooner said than done. Before any
one could prevent it, Rusticus had seized the
line and given it tremendous tug. The
consequences were Mt once obvious three
shrin whistles were heard, half dozen
brakemen ran TO their posts, and the train
came to a stand-stil with a suddenness that
startled half the passengers with astonish-
ment, and caused every man next window
10 hoist it and look out to see what was the
matter.
In few minutes the conductor, red an
excited came foaming into the ear TO know
who pulled that bell-rope.
Here, mister, this way I'm the man, "
shouted the offender, drawing all eyes upon
him.
I" You !" said the conductor, " and what
did you do it for p
"'Cos | wanted some water
Wanted some water 2"
" Sartain wanted the water boy, and
my pardner here in the seat said I'd better
ring for him, as we do at the hotel, an so
yanked the rope. win he be along soon ?
An, by the by, what on arth be you stop
pin for 2"
The shout of laughter that greeted this
honest confession was too much for the con-
ductor, and he had to wait till he had got
his train under way again before he ex-
planned the mysteries of the bell-rope to his
yerdant customer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28
Don't Quarrel.

People talk Of lovers quarrels as rather
pleasant episodes probably because they
are not quarres at all. She pouts he kisses
llc frowns; she coaxes. 1t is half play, and
they know it, Matrimonial quarrels are an.
other thing. | doubt seriously il married
people ever truly forgive each other after the
first falling out. They gloss il oyeri they
kiss and make up; the wound apparently
heals, but only as some of those horrible
wounds given in battle do, 10 break out again
at some unexpected moment. The man who
has sneered, and said cruel things TO sen
sitive woman, never has her whole heart
again. The woman who has uttered re-
proachcs to q man, can never be taken TO his
bosom with the same tenderness as before
those words were spoken. The two people
who must never quarrel, are husband and
wife. One may fall out with kinsmen, and
make up, and be friends again. The tie OF
blood is q strong one, and affection may re-
turn after It has flown away; but love, once
banished, is dead and buried thing. The
heart may ache, but it is with hopelessness.
II may be impossible TO love any one else,
but it is more impossible TO restore the old
idol TO its empty niche. For word to, for
a sharpening Of the wits, for n moments
self-assertion, two people have often been
made miserable for life. For, whatever
there may be before, there are no lovers
quarrels after marriage.
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MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY,, JULY %, 1876.

Then again, TO the aged matron, sons aud
daughters, with their families, are ahcdys
children. No matter If they all reach the
age Of threcscore and ten years, she cannot
realize that their judgment natures with
their years. She counts and numbers all
her years, but only the first score of theirs.
And a knowledge obtained from books or
observation is Of but little account in her
estimation; experience, long tried, must
surely be the best teacher. But the expert
ence Of one is the experience of all, in a
greater or less degree. So, If one desires TO
be treated kindly courteously and consider
ately, when other than her own offspring
shall lay claim TO her motherhood, let her
apply the Golden Rule :-Tredi your h,is-
bdnds mother rdh the same difference you icish
70 receire from your sons rys.-RTal Ncc
Yorker.
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Ghe Uome GnrIe.



Dear little shining head, at rest
So TRANQUILITY 'gainst mothers breast,
Would could kaow the coming years
whch need. must bring thee smiles aud tears,
And throb Of Joy, and Thrill q life.
And hope and fear and weary strife,
nlmmlng mayhap, thc,e dear eyes lleii,
Scanning with care this snowy brow
Might Leave thee free from sn's dread hllsht,
And pure and undecided ~ now.
Ny baby
Dear little hands, 40 frsn and weak,
Lovingly pressed to mothers check,
Would could know they shall 10 frcc.
In the far. coming time 10 ie.
FROM anght that may dsne OF stain,
From lust of power and greed " shin;
Earnest and patient. true sni strong,
To aid the right, and right the wrongi
Reached out 10 comfort and 10 save
Wherever weakness need, a stays
Wise. gentle fearless, loving. brave,
fei all uusuliicl NJ io-day,
Ny baby
Dear little feet tha, reStiess run
From morning light 10 set " sun.
Unwearied through the iifcions DAY
Of mlmic toll and childish play,
On when far past youtii's sunny lsle.
And baby sports no more besuiles
May wise ambition wing them stil
And snocd them on Der vale and hill;
And genius dr,. grow warm snd bright,
A shield, = comfort, delights
And noble deeds crown all Thy 1cnH.--
Tin thou shalt fail into thy rest
A. calm. and void of troublous fear,
As now, asleep on muther's breast,
Ny baby
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28
How Saint Paul Looked.

Some years since the pastor of a New
England village church adopted plan to in
terest the members of his flock in the study
of the Bible. 1t was this At the Wednes-
day evening meeting he would give out some
topic TO be discussed on the ensuing week,
thus giving week for them to study up.
One week the subject was st. Paul. After
the preliminary devotional exercises, the
pastor called upon the deacons 10 "speak TO
the question" One Immediately arose and
began TO describe the personal appearance OF
the great apostle Of the Gentiles. He said
Paul was a tall, rather spare man, with black
hair and eyes, dark complexion, bilious tenn
perament etc. His picture Of Paul was a
faithful portrait of himself lie sat down,
and another pillar of the church arose and
said think the brother preceding me has
read the Scriptures to little purpose, il his
description of st. Paul is a sample of his
Biblical knowledge. st. Paul was, as UNI
derstand it, rather short, thick man, with
sandy hair, gray eyes, fiorid complexion, and
a nervous, sanguine temperament" giving,
like his predecessor, an accurate picture of
himself. lie was followed by another who
had keen sense of the ludicrous, and who
was, withal, an inveterate stammerer. lie
spoke as follows "My bre-bre-brethren,
have nev-never fo-found in my Bible much
ab-a-aout the p-per-personal ap-pe-pearance
of st. P-a-paul But one thing is clearly es-
tablished, th-that is, Saint P-a-paul had an
impeachment in his speech" The effect
can be magined.-Seiecfed.
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Raihoad Zines.
CENrRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE.
Summer Arrange


Leave Montpelier AZ s5i a. H. l5j p. M and 01or,N
MAIL TrAis leaves So Aihtns ut $50 connecting at
Whte River junction and bellows Falls with ttans of
Hnston Worcesicr cic.i at White River Junction, with
trains On ua pussuuslc faioad 40 South Vernon for
smingneld and Sew York. ai Sew London. with steamers
bar rSrnfss lc1vcs Montreal at 005 No st. Johns nj
lOlh a. A., OglcnshuF at bQi a, u st. Albaus ~ 1900
~, arriving 10 Boston Via Lowell nt 9.li y. ".
Ninhr lNthf-a lea!e. ofien.bnfg AZ lito r ~, Nom
No. connecting White River Junction mud bellows Fails
with trains f0f Boston and Worcester etc. arfivng at Hu.
on at sm 4, ", AZ south Vernon. with imns for Spring
hed and NDW A0ik. arriving n Sew hofi at 1880 o. 81.
TRAINS 0ofNu NoBrH ANp WEST.
Leave Mcup.leratags AN. 500 AM. ags aud 51or. "
hkY EXrHfss leaves -nn via Lowell % sou w. ior
nurnson, Alhans, Montreal oo. arriving in Montreal
~ aU D.. nni lcn'nrs W 200 A. Me- making connec-
Mtu rnArs fof uarn.tan and st. AIans leaves Boston
fli luHr no ZOO A. u ti IaHlfu0r ani ihhlf4 90 40
A. Dc. springfield 90 500 us Sew London nl 500 a. 49,.
snuu Nanon 20 1000 A. ~, Fellows fah OF li.is o. 49,
White River junction ni ls5 = ~ ntI fhE in 80 mans a.
Hli POO connecting with trains flr Montreal and Ogious
burg Trains leaving Boston Via Ichhurg ~ 100 A.
n, and Springfield at sNo A. No. connect 40 White River
ACCOMMODATION 1nAts lei,es Nolihhed at 40 A. ~,
hlthni 90 tsu NJ Huntington % W. A. ~ - Ahhns ~
lil g. w. fnf 81 Johns and ai WV y ~ tof oNl.hspuis
Nieiif LNrhtss lcaNer south vernon AZ lVp1 y. ~
receiving rusfrnuers from Connecticut River railroad,
eay,ug Sew York a. 2@ a. spngneld ai ~ o r..
over Cheshire raiiraad leaving Boston 90 $50 connect
ns white Ntt Junction With tuln leaving Boston At
sdor fof Hudnrton 49, Ahans. M9nifeal. eie alfiy-
b. connecting Nltn Grand fuuh ralfay fHf ihc Wet
Hirng-taa attached fo Nsl lXrusa Trains running
htvreu Montreal and Boston aud Montreal ana 7itng-
nrawns-romn ON pal txircss tulus between Mon
ihGa56 tis. for Chicago and ihe West for sale at the
J. w HOBART. General superintendent
si Aihlns. May l4. lsl5.
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A DOGS DIscRIMISArIoS.-l was once
frequent visitor in a physicians family
where there was Watchdog who had grown
old in their service. Whenever l took tea
with them, he would linger near my chair.
ready to accept any fayors. lie was espe-
oially fond OF cake, which he would eat
freely from my hand, though he would not
touch it, II offered by any member of the fam
lily. on asking the reason Of this partiality,
found that during fit Of sickness, not
long before, they had frequently given him
his medicine in the form Of pills, concealed
in morsel Of cake. As one after another
Of the household administered this dose, he
conceived q seated mistrust Of them all, and
would accept no dainties from them. His
faith in mankind, in general, had not been
shaken, however, and he would unhesitxt-
ingly eat from the hand Of stranger.
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TnR SpIDEn.--Professor L. S. Morse says
"Only the female spiders spin webs. They
own all the real estate, and the males have To
live q vagabond life under stones and in other
obscure hiding places. If they come about
the house so often as to bore the ruling sex,
they are mercilessly killed and eaten. The
spiders skin is unyielding as the shells Of
holsters and crabs, and is shed from time to
time In the same way, to accommodate the
animals growth. II you poke over the rub
bsh in female spiders back yard, among
her cast-oif corsets you will find the jackets
OF the males who have paid for their sociality
with their liyes-trophies of her barbarism,
as truly as scalps show the savage nature OF
the red man"
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VOL. 7O.--35S0. NO. Al.

Joy Of two faithful hearts. They lived long
and happily together; thirty-four years
longer did he prosperously guide the Affairs
Of the colony then died his wife surviving
him several years. She was well educated,
refined, and much beloved, and did much in
assisting her husband IL .he improvement Of
the rising generation, and was sincerely la
manted when she died.--Baifimore Elocu-
fiopfsy
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28

PuRE AND IMrURE.--Girls, in treating
dssipated young men as equals, do wrong
they can scarcely realize. Such men should
be made to feel that until they walk with
correctness and honor to the paths of right
good people stand aloof from them. Girls
who respect themselves will not be seen with
such men, and will decline to receive them
on the familiar footing of friendship. II is
mistaken kindness TO poultice when caus
tic is needed, and am inclined to think
that little sharp decision on the part OF
the girls of to-day would 60 far to correct
the general looseness OF morality among
young men, IPoman's Journal.
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woLr RrS. by Elijah Rellosg. Lee 4 Shepard Boston.
This volume is one Of Mr.. Kelloggs celebrated
Forest Glen /" series, for children, and this vol
ume has decided value over and above the mere
story element, in that its scene is laid in connec-
ton with the old French and Indian War Of the
last century, and so has bearing upon centennial
times 1t also develops, among other things the
peculiar relations existing between the Quakcrs
and The Indians, and the influence Of the former
over the latter as well as the stern processes by
which the boys Of that day were trained into the
hardy and robust men which they became For
sale at Phinneys.
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Srlrrf sMisfeHanp.
A NAMELEss GRAVE.

ny u. ". ioN0rrtiOW.
" soldier N the Union mustered out"
Is The Inscription on an unknown grave
AZ Newport News, beside the salt soa-wage,
Namclr.s and dateless sentinel or scout,
shot down In skirmsh. or disastrous fout
Of battle when the loud artillery drave
Its inln wedges through the ranks of brave
And doomed batallious storinlng the rciouM
Thou unknown hero, sleeping by the sea
In thy forgotten gravel with secret shame
! feel my pulscs beat, my forehead burn.
When remember thou hast given formc
Al that thou hadst. ny vcry name.
And can give thee nothing ln return.
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Porrt Az RrsoHrs AND How To REACH TnFN BY John
B Bacheldef. Al Lee & shepards i-iS Franklin sifvc
Boston.
This youme--a gazetteer rather than guide
book-will show the peculiar attractions of Ameri-
can summer resorts, the best routes OF travel 10
reach them, and the features OF interest and
beauty by the way. All grades of travellers, from
the pedestrian and cnmperout TO the pleasure
seeker at the summer haunts of fashion, will find
this book an excellent friend to aid them in select
ing their resort, by pointing out the peculiar
features Of each locality and will increase the an
tcipatory pleasures Of the vacation tour by its de
lightful descriptions Of scenes and enjoyments
which the sojoum seeks in the largest measure
to enjoy. The variety OF resorts herein described
will enable each tourist to find tho place and sur
roundngs most congenial to his tastes and pc
culiarties, and from the extremes OF mountain,
forest, plain and sea-shore surely each will find
his own desires gratifed. Even 10 us, who stay
at home this book is invaluable, for in our reveries
its reading almost sniacks of reality, and the en-
joyment we have drawn from it il moro than its
value. For sale at Wilder's.
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TnH EAnLr KNas W NoEw4r. ALso AZ Kss.r os IuE
roHruafIs or JouS KNOX. BY Thomas Carlyle. New
York Harper & bfothers
Nothing that Carlyle does is to be neglected,
and these sketches Of Norwegian heroes, called
kings. are good reading albeit there Is some Car
lylese in the style The critical essay on the por-
traits Of John Knox H. on the whole, the best part
Of the book Take this specimen: " scathing
Purianism well considered, seems 10 me distinctly
the noblest and completest form that the grand
sixteenth century reformation assumed. We may
say also that it has been by far the most fruitful
form; for in the next century it had produced En-
glish, Cromwellian Puritanism with open Bible In
one hand. drawn sword in the other, and victo-
Tious foot tramplins on Romish Babylon that is
TO say irreyocably refusing to believe what is not
a fact In Gods universe but mingled mass OF
self-delusions and mendacities in the region Of
chimom So that now we look Tor the effects not
n Scotland only, or ia our small British Islands
only, but over wide seas, huge American con
tinents, and growing British nation in every zone
Of the earth. And, in brief, shall have to admit
that John Knox, the authentic Prometheus Of all
this, has been most distinguished son Of Adam,
and had, probably physiognomy worth looking
at" For sale at phinneys.
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BLrRnFARps KEvs, and Other Stories by Miss Thack-
cry. New York Harper Brothers.
The other stories are "Riquet la ilouppe,
"Jack and the Bean-Stalk," "The White Cat
Set out here in fno type and paper, thoy will be
| gladly welcomed by the numerous lovers OF Miss
Thackerys writings, as they richly deserve to be.
| For sale at Phinneys.
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