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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
Evenings nj Home.

remember in our seminary days our lady
principal began little talk TO us, one morn
ing, in this way
Young ladies. ! am going to make you
all clairvoyants. In that state you know YOU
can see things not present to the eye. Now,
then, you are all back in your rooms look az
your study tablcs--are books, papers, pens
aud lux in place See your wash stand, do
you see unemptied bowls ? Now look up to
the top Of your stove pipes, do your clairvoy-
ants eyes see any dust ? Take look under
the bed, are there any rolls Of lintP Open
your closet doors, do dresses, hat and cloak
hang on their hooks are boots and rubbers
set mp clean and tidy; are the shelves in or
der Shut your closets, and look again
well around the room. Does il look as
though YOU flew out and left your chairs any
how, when the chapel bell struck p
Now, dear young folks, as We gather
around the evening lamp, suppose ! make
you clairvoyants aud ask yon tie same ques.
tions. How did you leave your own rooms
this morning How have they been through
the day, aud how do you expect to find them
when You retire tonight Carpet swept,
chairs, stand and table in order, curtains
evenly looped, or evenly rolled, and bed 50
smooth and even that it will seem good to
from day to day, tells the story Of The char
actcr Of its occupant.
Well" say the boys that does very
well for the girls. The girls take care of
my room; | wish they would be az nice as
! that" Boys, did you ever think how much
work it is for your sisters or your mother TO
keep all the rooms nice every day? We'll,
that is their business" To be sure it is, but
you can help them great deal il you will.
How very easy for you when You spring out
of the bed in the morning, to draw the bed
right back smoothly upon chair at the foot
and when YOU leave the chamber, how easy
to open the sash. Then when the sister
comes she finds the room and bed aired, and
all ready for her to fix nice" All, but
! how many boys leave their bed in q snarl
( and tangle, aud perhaps have worn dirty
boots up the stairs, too
! But there is little introspection | may
ask YOU to make this evening, not connected
/ with tidy rooms so much as with tidy hearts
and welLkept tongues. Boys, who of you
have spoken cross or unkind words to your
sister or to each other to-day? Who has
been unwilling TO rest mother by tending
the baby Who has felt fretted, when
asked to help about some work or chore
Girls, who has said, o, | can't" when little
uIollel vi Histei mas aShcu YOU " iiSe sh"cf
to give a string, to find toy, to come and
play Wen, as you think OF it, and the lit
tie monitor within says, "Wrong, wrong
do not shrink from going and saying, al am
sorry spoke cross to you to-day" or, am
sorry did not help you when you wished.
| viii next time"
Because these little confessions are won
derful helps to start right again, ard Won
derful strengtheners of family aife tion.-
| Prairie Farmer
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

On, why do not Christian men and women
oltener retire thus from the world and be-
hold Jesus and be with Him II is, with
too many of them toll toll all the day; yex-
alton Of soul and WEAKNESS Of body and the
same round renewed the next day and the
next; while they are too weary aud careworu
TO look Mt their Lord in His Word, except it
may he for little while in His house and
on His day, when even then they are like
the disciples on the Mount, too heayy-eyed
TO catch more than glimpse Of their Mas
ter's glory They lose much who live So.
II is eating Of the tree of life daily 10 come
to Jesus in Ills Word to hear His voice, to
have His holy thoughts make entrance into
our souls. 1t is ike stepping from midday
heat and sweltering toll into the rest of a
cool room, thus to withdraw awhile from the
the world into the presence and love of our
Lord. Though we are compelled to live
and labor in the world, we may withdraw
from it in thought and heart awhile, and be
in the better world with God and Christ and
the glorifed; yea, even more than this, for
while We work, and are surrounded with
evil and hear words Of evil, we may shut the
doors Of our hearts upon all, and be for little
while with Christ lleholdmg Him if it be
only in glimpse Of Ills glory, purifes, per-
fecis aud blesses. We want, ike a man toll
ing in a noxious atmosphere, to lift mp our
heads, now and then, and catch a breath ofth
pure air of heaven, or we suffer and perish.
Think, o child OF God, by what little step
you can leave the world behind and be in
thought with Jesus; and how blessed is the
influence of communion with Him; and
seek to be oftener in IFS enjoyment. In a
short time, Jesus aud things divine will be
everything to us, and all in this world that
so engrosses and harnesses us, will be as moth
ing-yea, but one short hour may make this
great change. Let us not pass away to en-
ter upon things eternal as to those entirely
new and strange to us.-Rer. IT, H. Leris.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
Stick TO II.

Nine persons out of ten ignore the golden
secret OF content they are constantly striy-
ing after something different from that they
e"ISy. %s do no, d.0rooote ,0terDri.e. bnt il !,
the habit Of constant change that we pro-
test against--the habit Of shifting from one
pursuit 10 another.
There are thousands Of almost penniless
and disappointed men, picking up a preca-
rious living at the very extremity OF life, be-
cause they have, in the course Of their exist
ence, tried hundred different things, and
abandoned all, in turn, simply because they
did not succeed at once.
To few men it is given to do more than
two things well. There is scarcely any pur-
suit that ii followed out with a singleness
OF purpose, will not yield rich return.
Select some useful occupation, siick 10 Il,
and success may crown your efforts at last.
Choose it aow--make no delay. Don't waste
your time and your strength, and your OPP
portunities by always meaning TO do some
thing--do a. Only weakness comes Of in
decision.
Why, some people have so accustomed
themselves 10 this way OF dawding along
from one thing to another, that it really
seems impossible for them to squarely make
up their minds to anything.
They never quite know what they mean
to do next, and their only pleasure seems to
consist in putting things off as long as posi-
bic, and then dragging slowly through them,
rather than begin anything else.
Don't live single hour Of your lie with
out doing exactly what is 10 be done In it, go
ing straight through it from beginning to end.
Work, play, study, whatever it Is, take
hold at once and finish II up sqnarely and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
One Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago, there were no dis
putcs about the irnpolteness Of street car
drivers. One hundred years ago, people did
not enjoy the inestimable pleasure of growl-
ing about gas bills. One hundred years
ago, England was not very far behind the
United States in all that goes TO make ma
ton powerful and progressive. One hun
dred years ago, a young lady did not lose
caste by getting her hands wet in dish
water, or rubbing the skin off her knuckles
on washboard. One hundred years ago,
the physician who could not draw every form
of disease from the system by tapping vein
in the arm, was not much of a doctor. One
hundred years ago, farmers did not cut their
legs off with inowiug-machines. One hum
dred years ago, mothers did not worry over
disordered sewing-machines. One hundred
years ago, our fathers did not light their
pipes with matches, but carried fire in their
pockets in the shape of piece of punk,
piece of steel and flint. One hundred
years ago, public officer or other citizen
could not steal enough to make the act re-
spectacle, aud insure the actor prominent
position in the "f first circles" One hun
dred years ago, the condition of the weather
on the lst day of January was not telegraphed
all over the continent on the evening OF De-
cember 3lst. Things have changed. One
hundred years ago, people did not worry
about rapid transit and cheap Transports
ton, but threw their bags of grain across the
backs of their horses, and uncompainingly
went to mill" One hundred years ago,
every young man was not IN applicant for Il
position as clerk or book-keeper. One hun
dred years ago false teeth were not con
sidered preferable to the original grinders.
One hundred years ago, time and tide waited
for nobody, and now nobody waits for time
or tide. One hundred years ago, kerosene
lamps did not explode and assist women to
shuttle Off their mortal coil. One hundred
years ago men did not commit suicide by
going up in balloons and coming down with
ont them
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VOL. 71.--3624. NO. "a.

cleanly; aud then do the next thing will =
ont letting any moments drop out between.
II is wonderful to SEQ how many hours
these prompt people contrive to make of n
day it's as II they picked up the moments
that the dawdlers lost
And II you ever find yourself where you
have so many things pressing you that you
hardly know how to begin, let me tell YOU a
secret take hold Of the very first one that
comes 10 hand, and you win find the rest
all fall into file, aud follow after like com
pany Of well-drilled soldiers aud thougll
work may be hard to meet when IL charges
in squad, it is easily yauquished when
brought into line.
You may have often heard the anccdote
of the man who was asked how he accom-.
plished so much in his life.
+" My father taught me, vas the reply
" when | had anything to do. 10 90 anddoh u
There Is the secret--thc magic word " Now.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
COuntriIied.

. Country homes All, yes Remember
them, young man and young woman from
the country, when next you hear that aiiiict-
ing phrase whispered behind your back :
" He, or she" IS so "countriied all be-
cause your shoes are not tighter than the
skin OF your feet, because your gloves will
button, and your clothes are made for com,
fort Remember, then, what country homes
of the right sort mean. They mean cleanli-
ness and quiet. Room 10 live your own life
and think your own thoughts. Immunity
from a thousand aches and pains, that haunt
your city friends, and, consequently, longer
and happier life. They mean plenty OF blue
sky and all the sunshine you want aud free,
sweet winds and pure waters, and a world OF
other lovely things, for which the city eau
furnish no equivalent. Think OF these
things, and perhaps you won't mind so much
being called " countrifed."
But this being outwardly oountrihed
(when the term is well deserved), which has
so much to do with everybody's reprobation
Of the epithet, is not thing which comes
exclusively Of living out of the city. 1t is
simply one form under which bad taste, or
want of taste, of intelligence, of n sense of
the fitness of things, manifests itself. lie
who exhibits bad taste in the country, will
not change his nature by going to the city.
The vulgar are alike vulgar in all places
and amid all surroundings. There are as
many opportunities for cultiyating true re-
iinement in the country as there are in the
city. II all hinges upon persons own de.
gree of intelligence and self-respect A true
gentleman is neither country-bred nor city
bred. Both are cosmopolitan. But there is
no such sticlSler for good taste in externals
as nature You may read her lessons at
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

8" 20 to Belefontaine,' said q wealthy
father, aud weep at little Eddie's grave
aud come back truer and better man. less
earthly and selfish and grasping. | know
that grave in my heart is turning me TO a
Christian life" So our theme utters itself
in counsel and comfort. Children pass
away, our choicest blessings occasion onr
severest trials. But our severest trials, in
turn, by Gods goodness, open the way to
our most blessed consultations and hopes.
The gates are left ajar, and great spiritual
good flows out where our feet may enter in.
Much is taken from your homes, O how
much, in these deaths but God brings back,
If you permit Him, more than lie takes, and
will not leave YOU comlOrtless. Is 1t well
with the child IL is well. Then let it be
well with you. Turn your thoughts above
the perishing things that are seen TO the
bright immortal home, and think of the beau
| tiful years of Gods love. Paint the to-mor-
row Of death, and see your little one trans
figured there. Draw brightness of color
| from the future to relieve the gloom Of the
present and let a living Saviour be your
| hope and comfort Does small white
! grave lie far back through the checliered
years All the fairer then may be the Wis.
| ion of the angel spirit. The meeting may
be soon, if you are faithful child of God
You will not clasp in your arms the same
little one sou lost, with no development OF
stature and intelligence and love. What q
ministering spirit now is the child You laid
with sighs and tears, under the daisies.
! Nni A q child shall we behold hrr,
! For when with rapture wild
In our embraces We again cnfnld her
She Will not be q child
Rut a fair maiden In her Father mansion,
Olnthed with celestial grass,
And beautiful with the souls expansion,
shah We behold her face.
Day after day think what she Is d0n.
In those bright realms OF air;
Year after year her tender steps pursuing
lehOld her grown more fair.
/ --Rer. q L. Gaad.N. D. ..
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

WAsnlNGroN socErY.-As an illustra-
ton Of The strain of Washington society
upon the purses and characters of its dTo-
tees, it is related that the wife Of we'll
known member Of that society, Who does not
possess large fortune, has the habit OF Wis
iting fashionable stores, on the afternoon
Immediately preceding fashionable party,
when she selects some elegant article of
wearing apparel or jewelry, has it sent to
her residence for further examination and
consultation with her husband to be re-
turned or paid for the next day. She wears
the article thus selected to the party, and
then sends it back to the store. This
method of preserving caste in Washington
society is well known, and yet the woman is
honored because of her ambition TO move in
the first circles" where crime Is nothing,
but clothes everything.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
The Ceutaur Liniment, White Wrapper

uiIi cure nlemaatan Neurlsn. Llmhag' ,oIAic takrd
breasts SORE Sipplas. Frosted Feet Chubams sweliins-
sprain. and amy ordinary FLEsH. BoNE OR MUSCLE
AtLMENr
We make uo precuso that ue article wAl cure Cancet
rtore loot bouc- or give health 30 vhiskoy soaked car
ea.., Dat n Fll amss u,iHee Inflammation and alla'
pain.
u wu cvtar the iol-on 0i hles and stnss. and hea
burns or soalds without a Palsy, Weak Bark
Cako Breasts. Earashe. Tooihaehe iteh AMI Cuiane0l'
fmpuons readily yield Go D., treatment
Henry Baok. OF Ada llariln county, Ohio, says. M'
wife has had Rheumatism fuI Eve years no rest. no sleep
ould scatces wak ihe aogf She now completely
cured by the use of Ceniaur Lunent We All feel thank
nd io yon ami recommend your wonderful medicine 20 al
fricnds,"
james 1iunl, of Llne.yic. Ohio. says Ihe Ceniam
Eminent cured my Neumlgia."
Alfred Tush. oi Newark, writes send zoe one dozer
bottles O., expires The Linmcui has saved uiy leg
want to distribute H,H etc.
The ssic ~ This f.nincni j ncTcgsIns npidy.
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Ghoire c9flisrrHauy.
ror the Waterman.
TIE OLD IIOME.

" Y u " " " " ~
nf iiRs, A. O.. stnoSo.
When my hcnn b weak and weay
when dnrt days ot sorrow come,
When the world looks sad and dtct,
Ihen miss my dear Old home.
Miss old friends love tho best.
Miss that perfect peace aud rest,
Found only ln the old home nest.
Btignt days, when " the burdens lighter.
When liie's current smoother flows,
when The world looks faher. brighter
Evet back my heart SIN gocs,
All many poor lone hearts to-day,
Like mine look sadly back and pray,
Ond bless " the old home Tar away"
When In ihe pleasant, days vi spnse,
clad naturc's heart reIoicesi
heat The gay birds sweeily sing
And listening To Their yoires
To myself sadly say.
How sweet the birds VIII sing iu-,lay
Afumd the old home ftr away.
~ the DAYS n summer siadness
When ulo world Is fun VI gieo.
U'Dl me then come Thoughts of -adues.
Then miss the old foof-troei
Beneath ns rool shade. far away,
mlfs the little ones at play
Mis- The scent Of now nown hay.
wheu autumn. hearing golden shcl,,es
Comes, rcwauiing toll and carc;
Whon an the hins win autumn ifnso-
Nuo blushmg. flushing, every wherc,
Then think " other days
pf ir.s with autnma leaves ablaze,
And children making bright houque's
When winters fcsii,r days are hcre
Day. o. rraer, g'oi viii, and mlrth
mIss the OLD homes goodly cheer,
Mis-. the bright glow un The hearth,
Mis-. the loved ones passed away,
Dear young faces bright and vty,
Aud oidcr ones with locks of gus.
Gu h's flight time changes all things,
lleeiing mot ouf veal OF woei
Wiih oihcr changes that he brings,
Many drar old hoinrs must gni
And mB old home b. mine 900 move
strange chldren play arouni The ioor
Wherein, dear on.. have played before.
Vet Cd. earth. dearest spot 90 me
passed my hamhest days
On ih.. loved home 'neaihi iis old riof-ifce,
And around hs headh'- bright blaze.
l'u not forget tee, old home, never,
Nansht from thce shdl thi. heart set,r,
Though thoo art lost to noe forever,
there is prepared fnr us above.
i.s euu Father. tender care,
An si,disa home uf peace aud love
Let us strive 20 enter there.
They need not there the sun. bright rays
Go,r glory make, their perfect iHy.
AMI ilr will wipe our tears aWns.
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CAsro casio A

Dr. Samuel Pitcher OF Hyannis, Mass eXlelilnenled IN
his private practice for twenty years TO produce eonp-
uon hat would have the properties Of Castor OH without
' unpleasant taste and gripping effect.
His preparation sent for near and far TIL hnaly ne
gave the Of Casora, and put II up for sale II u
very wonderful effects particularly with the dsoIdere
-tonlaphs and bowels OF children 1t assimilaies the
food cures sour stomach and wind collie regulates The
bowels, eNpels and may be rolled upon IN Group
IA pleasant effective and perfectly safe eathartic
remedy superior Castor on cofdals and Syruns II
does not contain alcohol, and Is adapted to amy age
by regulating the stomach and bowels OF cross and
sicSly children they become good natarrd aud healthy
They can enjoy sleep aud mothers have rest Tue Cas-
tora put up at the Laboratory of j. n, hosF CO.. q
hey Street New YORK. N-'-H
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

Tnr failure of the Bank Of the state of
New York is attributed to oyerdrafts to the
extent of some eight hundred thousand dol
lars. 1t is said that Mr.. Patrick, yicepresi-
dent Of the bank, owes it two hundred and
thirty thousand dollars, secured by real es-
tate alleged TO be worth half that amount.
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MoaI md Religious.
Prom the CHRONICLE
OMNIrREsENCE.

ny rArL rAsrEoN.
! lnyk toward heaven and see the stars
Buried In blue. 80 far they iie
Within The ocean VI The SKY.
hat when Nights somhre hand unlans
The portals Of their JOS, II passe. on
Through useless years, without bound,
Unknown, uufclt tnheard the sound
OF starlight undrnowlng sum
J. God, the MAKER of the spheres,
Thus far from me7 Must ! be- taught
% see Him In what lie has wrought
Doth love demand unllghted year-2
Must God beHeafh creation flow,
A. starlight undcrnoweth suns
The distant and the higher run
Vmelt forc'cr In lesser glove
NlN' Iur before the earth was made.
stanleht had fallen Ia iis place.
Err was born. Gods tender grace
Had lighted AN the gloomy grade.
Thou. Father. ciuuiprcseut ant,
Thy love beneath thy kindness Ice.
And with the darkeming " The stie-
Tho golden currents fov apart
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CONsIlMpTIoN CAN DE CURED

by timely resort TO this standard remedy as piVN'" ny
hundreds " testimonials II has receligd . ., r,,,.v
None genuine unless sgne BUTTS on we M'nll,. 1l
FIFTY Cents ami One Dollar a bo''e "Ns' ''''''
much the cheaper. -. ,t.ss
sETH ", ,FowLE SONS Propretors' Bosion, ma Mas
Sold by dealers generally. o'"e'"'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

81 kNow WHERr liz i GolNG."--
When Philip Henry, the father of the cele-
brated commentator, sought the hand of the
only daughter and heiress of Mrs Matthews
in marriage, an objection was made 10y her
father who admitted that he was a gentle
man, scholar and an excellent preacher
but he was stranger, and they did not
even know where he came from" True,
said the daughter, who had weighed well
the excellent qualities and graces of the
stranger, " but know where he is going, and
should like 10 60 with him" And they
walked lfe's pilgrimage together. How
honored would that reluctant father have
been could he have foreseen that his laugh
ter would be the mother Of Matthew Henry
And how different would be the worlds es
innate of men, il they were judged less by
their origin, and more by their destiny
There is one pride of family highly commend
able there is another pride OF family ineifa
bly contemplate.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29

How JEsus Draws MFN.-Dr. Pdyson
once, in the process of a revival at Portland,
gave notice that he would be glad to see any
Young person who did not intend to seek
religion. Any one would be surprised to
hear that about thirty or forty came, lie
spent very pleasant interview with them,
saying nothing about religion till, just as
they we're about to leave, he closed a very
few plain remarks thus; Suppose you
should see coming down from heaven very
fine thread, so fine as to be almost invisible,
aud it should come and gently attach itself
to you. lou knew, we suppose, it came
from God. Should you dare to put out your
hand and thrust it away? Now such a
thread has come down from God this after
noon. You do not feel, you say, any interest
in religion. But by your coming here this
aftemoon God has fastened one little thread
upon you all. 1t is very weak aud frail, and
you can easily brush it away. But will you
10 so ? No; welcome it, aud it viii enlarge
and strengthen itself until it becomes q
golden thread to bind you forever To God OF
love. - Tie ippeoi.