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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
81 Don't Like To-"

Little Ben was always saying, Z" don't
like to- when told to do anything which did
not please him.
One day his mamma said, Now, my dear
little boy if you will tell me all the things
Won don't like, will not ask one of them
if that seems wise"
Ben smiled all over, from the curls on his
forehead to the little round dimple on his
chin as he replied, "Well III tell you, dear,
kind mamma. don't like to 60 to bed.
don't like to % to school. don't like to
come in from play when the dark comes.
don't like to be washed. don't like-to-
go-to-church- guess ! don't. | don't
like 10 learn my Sunday-school lesson. |
don't like to eat oatmeal and drink milk. /
don't"
"That will answer for don'ts now tell
me what you do like, and we will see what
is best for YOU said Ben's mother
Well,' cried Ben, laughing aloud in his
Joy, dear, good mamma | like to sit up
till the company all go, and the big folks go
10 bed. like to play out of doors all the
time, in the light, and in the dark, too. |
like 10 play-just little, easy-on Sunday,
too, and study Mother Goose aud The
Three Little Bears instead of my lesson
paper. | like TO eat cake and candy and
ice cream, and drink coffee for breakfast.
| | like 10 have my face washed and my hair
brushed Thanksgivin' and Foth July, and
to have my own way all the time, and"
There, Ben, that will do. My little boy
would very soon be like wild Arab child,
worse than the young gypsy that you saw
| for / think his hair is brushed and his face
washed more than twice a year. ! should
soon have a dirty, wrinkled old man, suffer
ing for sleep, and crying with dyspepsia,
and heather, instead of my sweet, clean
little Ben Boys would not play with you,
or ask you into their houses Papa would
say, Go away, child when you climbed on
his knee, and ! am sure even your own
mother could not let such a child creep from
his crib into her clean bed at daybreak, as
you now do, No, no, Ben, you are too young
to do as you Ike, and must be happy
cheerful boy, aud obey your parents in all
things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord, s.
said the mother
81 guess So replied Ben, putting his arm
aronnd his mothers neck and kissing her
/ lips and cheek,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

And. by the same process, calling a Calls
tail leg makes it a leg. Ono would sup
pose this critic TO be a competent botanist,
who undertakes 90 correct Fuller; but in
fact, he Is $50 ignorant OF the very elements oi
the science AS 90 mconsciou.ly follow a
typographical error OF the R'ua', and call
Rlw Tcnenaia Rus reneaia, not only In the
extract but in his own comments.
But after incorrectly sticking ON the use
of a common name, our friend raises row
with a correspondent Of the Country t''ahe.
man over some fine points Of chemistry
(wherc he befogs himselD, and then excerpts
to the use of the word phosphate ~ as APP
piled to a superphosphate. A smac is not
an ivy. however much IL may be called 500
but supcrphosphate Is phosphate, just as
red apple is am apple. Even chemists
drop the prefix in ordinary conversation and
writing except where its use is necessary to
prevent error which it was not in the case
taken. But as his first quoted criticism
showed ignorance Of elementary botany, so
his second shows equal ignorance Of primary
chemistry The writer in the Country GEN
dcmon begins a sentence III soil has q
supply Of phosphate" and his critic iu-
terpolates the parcnthesis [does the writer
use superphosI of lime aud phosphate
as Synonymous ~" Any tyro in agricul
tural chemistry understands that uo soil
naturally contains particle Of supcThos-
plate of lime, and that when a supcrphos-
phate is artifcially applied to a soil it is in
a few hours changed to a hi or monophos-
phate, the excess of phosphoric acid uniting
with the lime, magnesia, iron rothcr bases
present in the soil WHO'S this that dark
eneth counsel by rords calom tnor'edgc F."
awe thank thee, jew, for giving us that
word Z"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
Two Girls aud Decoration Day.

"Tomouow is Decoration Day" said lit
De Fanny Granger to her intimate friend,
Mamie Allen. wish could carry some
flowers TO my dear papa's grave
Where is he buried ! asked Mamie.
90, way OFF in Tennessee, ever and ever
so far away from here Mamma says his
grave win be covered with flowers, but some
body else will put them there and she cried
when she said so.'
Mamie was silent a moment, and then she
looked up with parking eyes;
am tell You what we viii do She said.
You know the poor soldier who was buried
in our cemetery
"Yes," answered Fanny. 81 remember
him very well Nobody knew his name, or
anything about hini aud it seemed such
pityi
well, lets go and gather wild flowers,
aud cover the poor fellows grave. Perhaps
your papa will know about IT, and be glad"
I'm sure he would he glad, and it's a
splendid idea. Mamma will let me 60, |
know
The soldier that Mamie meant was left at
the village station one June morning, the
summer before the war closed. lie was
dying, and the conductor of the train left
him IN the hands of the station agent, for the
travelling
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

This is the way good many boys get
into difficulty" they get a-going and they
cant stop The boy who tells lies began at
first 10 stretch the truth littlc--to tell a
large story till he came out ms a full
grown liar
Did you hear about the young man steal
ing from his masters drawer lie came
from the country promising boy But the
rest of the clerks went to the theatre and
smoked, and he thought he must do so, too.
lie began thinking he would try it once or
twice. lie got a-going and couldn't stop.
lie could not resist the temptation when he
knew there was money in the drawer, lie
got a-going he will stop in prison.
Some young men were. some years ago, in
the habit of meeting together in room at
the public house, ito enjoy themselves =
TO drink and smoke. One of them, as he
was going there one evening, began to think
there might be danger in the way. lie
stopped and considered moment aud then
said TO himself Right about face lie
dropped his cigar, went back to his room,
aud was never seen at the public house
Six of the young men followed his example.
The rest got a-going, and could not stop till
they landed, most Of them, in n drunkard's
grave. Beware, boys of the first cigar OF
chew of tobacco. BE sure, before you start
that you are in the right way for when
you are going down hill, it is hard to stop
/ One night miller was awakened by his
camel trying to get his nose into the tent
1t is very cold ont here" said the camel
" only want TO put my nose in"
The miller made no objections.
Soon the camel asked to have his neck in
then his feet, and meeting with no opposi
ton from his master, he soon had his whole
body in. This was very disagreeable tc
the miller, who complained of the camel,
conduct
"lf you don't like it you can 60" an
swered the camel; "as for me, | have go
possession and shall stay you can't get rio
Of me now"
/ Boys, this ugly camel represents the eyi
habits and little sins which, if not confirm
ally watched, creep into your lives unawares
/ The dram, the quid, the cigar, get hold of O
boy or young man, and say to him, "lou
can't get rid Of me"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
A Critieasier.

A recent issue of Boston contemporary
contains two columns Of cayilling over II
series Of extracts from other papers, in
which, as might be expected, the criticised
party is nearer right, in every instance, than
the critic. The points made were all unim-
portant, and for the sake OF making them
the editor takes exactly opposite grounds Of
exception in succeeding paragraphs. Thus,
he criticises the Ruai Ner Yorker for say
ing that the RLH Toxicodendron, poison
sumac, commonly called poison ivy, is not
botanically al ivy, but a sumac. Because
botanical writers give the common name this
astute critic declares that they authorize IT,
and that consequently the plant is an ivy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

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Through NOTES aud sos'aincii
When down they hulietedi john
With such o. breezy Nmu
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To stop whs gne-ses Wien
hf thankful with me. john.
That We were children then
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v-fs, tf,e t-rs,t doors VIM, ot,.n,gi wide
Artau tho SCENT. Of June
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

MALE CoRS-ln most corn fields there will be
seen In the spring, among the young corn, white
stalks these become greenas they grow, and very
like the other corn, except that they bear no ears
Many such stalks would be useful In a corn field
as Il Is believed the pollen from the iassel fcrtil
lies the other corn. More observation Is needed Ia
this matter. ~ Correspondence Vermont tarma.
Certainly, and we trust the writer will
pursue his observations until he discovers
that erery well developed stalk Of corn in a
field bears both male and female flowers, the
first upon the tassel and the second on the
cob. lie win then know something about the
subject
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

"Ihe secretary Of the New Hampshire Board u
Agriculture In the MopMiV Buiieta for May, just
received, says the Board viii make a collection
Of Nac Hampshire Grasses rs soon ~ the season
will admit and send them TO the international
exhibition at Philadelphia Samples may be for
warded to the Secretary at the state House
Will the Secretary inform us what he means 10y
Ncit Hampshire grassesY Are the new species
or varieties, or both, such ~ are peculiar tu the
Granite State and not elsewhere VIII Secretary
Adams inform ms and greatly oblige several
inqurors concerning these New Hampshire
grasses he proposes to send 10 Philadelphia Tor
exhibition Boston Cdiicdior, May y.
Secretary Adams, Of the New Hampshire
Board OF Agriculture, says, a learned writer has
said that duing thunder shower nitrate Of am
monia falls which on coming in contact with the
soil becomes carbonate, and is volatile. but plns-
ter II placed on the soil previously, holds IL.
Does the Secretary ndorse this learned mans
statement ~ Boston CUiiitdtor, May ~
"The New Hampshire Agricultural Report foi
1875. and Volume in the series is printed aud
will soon be ready for distribution To members OF
the state government for 1870 town clerks, public
libraries and agricultural societies. VIII The
Secretary send rs two copies and greatly oblige|
-- Boston CUtirdt0r, May n.
The secretary of the New llampshir,
Board of Agriculture very often speaks, il
his Bulletin, Of New Hampshire corn and New
Hampshire potatoes, and indeed Of very
many crops as New Hampshire" crops
Now re would like 10 inquire Of the Score
tary what he means by New lIampshir,
grains, etc. Are they new species, or va
rieties, or both ? Secretary Adams will
greatly oblige, if not several inquirers, a
least one by a categorical answer to this i'm
portant question.
And while we are about it, we see tina
Secretary Adams in his report for 1877
prints a paper by learned man, in which It'll
said that cultivated land like stock, shoul
be well fed" Now, does the Secretary il
dorse this learned mans statement That
what we want to know. And, by-the-wa,
will Secretary Adams be kind enough
send us an extra copy Of his report, as a r.
ward for our insolence above? We shall /
greatly obliged
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

A WISE CAT.-Col. Stuart Worthy, an
English officer, tells the following story of a
cat whose acquaintance he made during the
Crimean war; after the French troops
had taken the AIalakoii, | was sent into it
on duty, and found an unhappy cat bayon-
etcd through the foot and pinned to the
ground. | took her to my tent; she was
carefully tended, and every morning taken
TO the doctor TO have her wound attended
TO- Four or five days after | was too i'll one
morning TO get up, and puss came and
scratched at my tent door. took no notice ;
but not long afterward the doctor came to
say that mine was wise cat, for she had
come TO his tent and sat quietly down for
her foot TO be examined and have its usual
bandaging She was watched to see what
she would do the next morning; but she de
clined wasting her time scratching for me-
and went straight TO the doctors tent and
scratched there. She was a very affection
ate animal and il was absurd to see her fol
me all over the camp with her tail carried
stiff in the air"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
agricultural lrparfmrnt
y. ". nosNINs. I.dIlor.


tV-Atl COMMUNICATION for ths department should be-
sent to The agricultural editor, whose ros-oeo q. New
mort Vermont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

BUTrALoEs GUARDING A BoY.-There
was Malay boy near Singapore who was
employed by his parents in herding some
water-buiialoes, liz was driving his charge
home by the borders of the Jungle, when a
tiger made sudden spring, and Selling the
lad by the thigh, was dragging him OFF,
when two old bull buffaloes, hearing the
shrek of distress from the well known voice
of their little attendant, turned round, and
charged with their usual rapidity. The
tiger thus closely pressed, was obliged TO
drop his prey to defend himself. While one
buffalo fought and successfully drove the
tiger away, the other kept guard of the
wounded boy. Later in the evening, when
the anxious father, alarmed came out with
attendants to seek his child, he found that,
although the herd had dispersed themselves
to feed, two OF them were still there, one
standing over the bleeding body Of their
little friend, while the other kept watch on
the edge of the jungle for the return of
! the tiger
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

All necessity OF ioune, io Washington TO secure nat
en aud the usual sei delay there O.. here saved nyeior
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
A MEXICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS
II. II. EDDY,
Solicitor Of Patents for Inventions,
TRADEMARKS, OR DESIGNS.
NO 70 STATE ST. OPPOSITE KmnY ST.. BosroN

After am extensive practice of upwards Of Unity year,
continues to secure patents iu DE United States also n
Great Britain, France ami other foreign countries Ca,es
Specifications As-mnents aHd a plpris Tor Patents "a
ecuied on reasonable teuus. with dispatch. Researches na
TO determine The validity and utility Of Patents Of lnysn
lions, and legal and other advice rendered In all matters
touching the same Copies Of the claims Of any patent fur
nishei by RENTING doliaf Assignments recorded In
Washington
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07

"i regaui MI fdy aa QUO of the msst carats and pf
cfffH pfariluHeis with whom hate had onf1l inter
course. CHARLES MASON Com'r Of ratents"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-11-04

Fifteenth-To abolish the system OF letting
by contract the labor Of convicts in our pris-
ona and reformatory institutions.
Slxteen+h-To secure for both sexes equa
pay for equal work
Seventeenth.-The reduction Of the hours Of
labor to eight per day, so that the laborers
may have more time for social enjoy ment and
intellectual improvement, and be enabled TO
reap the advantages conferred by labor-savIng
machinery, which their brains have created.
Eighteenth-To secure legislation provid-
ing for the assessment and collection II mon
les required TO prosecute wars from the
wealth Of the nation, -on the principle that
il the government possesses the right 70 draft
the poor mans body for purposes VI national
defense, it has an equal night ~ appropriate
the rich mans Accommodations under the same
conditions and in order that such debts as
that which now Expresses the people, may
never again be entaied upon ourselves and
our posterity.
Nineteenth-To prevent, BY all lawful
means, the practice now III vogue W insu ing
the aid Of the military whenever OF where
ever TIE tOIling masses refuse % submit TO
the arbitrary unjust demands W aggregated
wealth or unprincipled employers-by whio h
the men enlisted az the nation defenders be-
come the nations oppressors
Twentieth establishing BY Govern
ment Of a just standard 81 distribution
to labor and capital, BY providing a purely
national circulating medium based on
the faith and resources OF the nation, is-
sued directly to the people, without the in
PREVENTION Of any system Of banking corpor-
atoms, which money shall be legal tender
in the payment Of all debts public aud pri-
vate, and interchangeable at the option ~ the
holder for registered Government bonds, bear
ing rate Of interest not ~ exceed 3 65-IOO
per cent, subject TO future legislation by
Cong ess
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-11-04

Illinois Independent Platform.

Resolved, That the Prose---...--. - ~.
tivnal life imperatively demands that every
American voter shall attend with care to all
primary nominations and elections of com Pc
tent and honest men H. all offices IN the grit
u the people
Resolved. That we demand the immediate
reform Of abuses in the civil service through
which the patronage W the government u
dispensed IA a reward fOr partisan serices,
rather than with regard To the public r4ces-
stiles
Resolved, That we are in favor vi improv-
ing and perfectlng the navigation ri our
lakes and rivers and water connections, as
soon as II can be possibly done
Resolved, That we demand the repeal ot
the specie resumption aud national bank
lc :, and the subs tuition NJ legal tender
paper money for the national bank cir
culatipn; the pertecting VT me
tary system based upon tn faith and resour-
ces Of the nation aud adapted To The demands
4 legitimate business, which mUn ey shall te
legal tender ia payment NJ an debts, pul liz
and private, duties ou imp rts included tcx-
| eept that portion Uf the interest and princi-
pal II the present public debt that is by the
express terms II the law creating IL made pay
able inmetaihc money!, iris money 20 he in
| Interchangeable at the option uf the holders
with registered government bonds bearing a
rate Of interest not exceeding 3.O5 PER cen
/ per annum
Hesoiroi, That as the tendency of much NJ
the legislation Of Congress has been % en-
nance the value Of the interest hearing bonds
of the government and 70 depreciate the val
ue n the equally sacred obligations issued
70 the people as their circulating medium, We
demand Ia All future legislation equal aud
exact justice 70 All classes
Ecsolred. That we demand the rtservinl
Of the public lands, the heritage nj the PEG.
pie, for the actual settler, not another acr,
TOR railroads OF spectators.
Rssoired. That we demand the abfogatior
Of all laws that IL not bear equally upon
capital aud labor, the removal Of unjust tech
nicahties, delays ana determinations Nh the
administration Of justice, and the adoption u
measures providing f.r the health and safety
Of those engaged ia Eiir,rs, maluiactuin.
and building pursuits
Resoic,d, That the right ~ the Legislature
to regulate and control the railroad. an,
other corporations ny the State must w Vim
dicated. established aud maintained a. a.
essential OF the State government.
| ResDfred, That demand a reduction o.
all public expenditures to the end that Tux
alton may be reduced to the lowest posslbl
| limits
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-11-04

are III duty bound 10 vote for him
On the other hand, | am in favor Of reno
netizing silver by resto ing the silver dollar
Of 37lt grains of pure silver as the unit Of
value, and legal-tender for auy amount
whatever-what j. was before the passage OF
the act Of 1873.
2nd. l am in favor of the repeal Of the act
providing fol resumption of specie payments
l-t January, 1879. First because | regard it
as standing menace to all new business en-
terprises, and as highly detrimental to the
general business interests of the country.
Second because it authorizes and under its
operation every dollar Of the legal tenders
Cor greenbaek) now IN circulation viii be con
verified into interest bearing bonds and de-
stroyed, fast as they come into the Treas
ury after lst January. 1879.
Bird. | am in favor Of substituting for the
national bank circulation full legal tender
currency issued directly to the people in the
payment of the debts and current expendi-
lures of the Government This currency to
he lnterconvertible at the option Of the
holder with Registered Government bonds
bearing an equitable rate Of interest, not to
exceed 3.65 per cent per annum.
Now, Il your views accord with mine in E.
spect to these questions then can fairly rep
resent you. and if elected will endeavor to the
best OF my ability to faithfully discharge the
trust committed to my keepn 2.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-11-04
TEXTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE FIvE-rwENTY BONDS

"When the bill was on its passare. the
question was expressly asked at the chair
man Of the Committee of Ways and Means,
and as expressly answered by him, that
only the interest was payable in coin. -
Thaddeus Stevens.
''lf the bond-holder refuses to take the
same kind of money with which he bought
the bonds, he is an extortioner and a re-
pudistor. John Sherman.
''We should do foul injustice to the
Government anu r. the people of the
United States, after we have sold these
bonds on an average for not more than
sixty cents on the dollar, now to propose
to make new contract for the benefit of
the holders. 20. p Morton.
"a SHAMELESS FRAUD"
"While our present monetary system,
which is shameless fraud, continues, the
poor man will become poorer, while frau
dulent money brokers and bank note
manipulators will absorb the products of
labor. Hon. +. Hughes Of Pennsyl.
vania.
AN AMERICAN SYSTEM OF FINANCE DE-
MANDED.
81 am convinced that when true Ameri-
can system of finance is adopted, which
shall put all that circulates as money en-
tirely and exclusively under the control
OF the Government, making it receivable
for all dues and debts, employment for all
the working classes, and prosperity for the
whole country will be the natural and per-
manent result Peter Cooper.