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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31

Nobody ever repented OF eating too
little, was the sage remark of an old gen
tleman on the verge Of ninety, next 90 whom
the writer had the pleasure of sitting no din
ner the other night. The host was pressing
him to take more, and urging him in the
usual phrase, Why. you have scarcely eaten
anything" Now it is 10 be assumed that
the old gentlemans words indicated one of
the by-ways 10 good health, along which he
had travelled through his long life, and 10
which he owed his present remarkably hearty
condition; so IL was suggested 10 him inter
negatively, that he had always been a small
eater Yes he answered, ever since
was two or three and twenty up TO that
time ! was weakly fellow enough, and
used to make the great mistake OF trying 10
eat and drink as much as ! could in the
hope of becoming strong. All my friends
and the docter backed me mp in my error
but fortunately ! found il out IN time. and
knocked oit'-as our modern slang has it,
more than half my usual amount Of food and
Stimulants. gave up the idea OF making
myself strong and merely stroye TO make
myself well, aud So was contented with eat
ing just as much as ] could digest and no
more. OF course il took a little time and
experience to discover the precise limits.
'p"iA H'N hlNIA ilt Eoiutu RUE Oi al
ways leaving of with an appetite, because
never began with one, but 10y pcrsistently
ering on the right side got hold of one OF
the great secrets OF life-the secret of know
ing when one has had enough. and after a
year or two used TO find myself keenly
ready to eat at meal time, and 10y degrees
actually acquired am appetite. Then, once
found, never destroyed it, but always de
terminedly rose with the feeling that should
like to eat more. Naturally the temptation
Tor while grew greater as my digestion
grew stronger but was firm did not be-
have ungratefully to my stomach, and i'm
mediately presume upon its increased pow
es 10y overlooking it. did not live to eat,
but only ate 10 live and behold me have
no need to be very particular as to what !
eat, even at my time Of life; have only to
be careful not to eat too much"
Here indeed, is the secret OF great deal
that is amiss with many Of us. We are in
the habit Of eating too much, more than our
digestive powers can tackle, and whatever
Is not assiInilated is more or less poisonous
The system becomes overcharged and gives
any latent tendency to disease within MS
every facility for developing itself The
question is not so much what TO eat, as what
quantity to eat; and nothing but a sharp
lookout kept by ourselves upon ourselves.
can give us the Ymsiey's Moga-iae.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31

feeling which clothed those bright days with
sunshine and joy. Mary could not rest un-
til she had told her husband all her heart.
aud how she longed 10 be 10 him all that
wiie could be, keeping step with him in his
intellectual growth, as well as sharing in the
houors which it brought him.
10 you remember" she said, "the letter
IN which you asked me 10 be YOUR wife
committed IL TO memory at the time. and
since ! have been here il has all come back
to me, especially the PASSAGE YOU would be
companion for me We could spend our
evenings in beautiful readings, in mutuals
communings with the master.spirits of the
world We will spend them 20 when we
get home, won't weF
And they did. Whatever annoyances
came to Mrs. Merwin in the management of
her household. or 10 Mr. Merwin In the con.
duct Of his business during the dav, was
not permitted to mar the cheerfulness of
their evening. reunions. When he came
home exhausted by unusual labors, the quick
eye of his wife read in his face and man
ner the need Of his spirit, and by reason Of
her perfect sympathy with him, she knew
Just how 10 soothe and restore him. Dr. IL
he found her depressed aud weary on his re-
turn, he too, extended the hand Of ready
'fWlaulN' gentle iOfbearance aud cheery
words. The club was forgotten for the fire
side the crochet and embroidery needle
were forgotten. and yet the children grew as
last, were as rosy aud gay as when their
loving mother arrayed them in garments
covered with choice needlework. Though
silver begun t. mingle with Mrs. Mcrwin's
chestnut tresses, and crow-feet traced them
selves on face no longer young, Mr. Mer-
win declared that every year but added to
her personal charms, and made her thou
sand-iold more dear to him than ever. And
thus, like the asymptote lines, ever approach
ing, never to meet, they are going hand in
hand 10 where, though there may be a brief
parting, they shall live and love forever
more Psychological journal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
MONTPELIER, w. WEDNESDAY, MAY 81, 1876.

Christian people have lost their teeth. They
can take down the "sincere milk Of the
Word, but the strong meat coniounds them.
For this reason many churches can not stand
the stout gospel Of repentance and iudg.
ment to come. They prefer religious pap,
Cruel panado, aud thickened milk" Why
Because they have lost their teeth. Oh, for
a reformation in moral dentistry pulling
out OF the roots aAd stumps which poison
the souls breath, and the setting in Of
nice clean, white set Of molars, incsors and
bicuspids. We shall not have generation
OF healthy Christians until we improve the
church's power Of mastication.
There are some persons for whom we wish
as great misfortune as happened TO the owner
Of the teeth last Sabbath night in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle. They are the persons who
do nothing but bite and devour others. They
come to church TO chew up elders deacons,
and ministers-hymus, and prayers, and ser
mons If all these carniverous worshipers
should lose their teeth, we should say, " Good
for them" The trouble is that they have
the tooth Of SANDER and abuse piyoted so fast
IL will not fall out. The Internal dentistry
sticks Their teeth are as strong and sharp
as when they ate up the first Christian.
They never clean their teeth, and never lose
them. If all those who have these vile in
cisors should drop them on their way to
church, the aisles would be strewn with the
lost dentals. But no. While the truth goes
down they continue to show themselves all
around in the grinning chops OF death.
Now il we learn all this from the dental
discovery Of last Sabbath night. will 10 not
somewhat pay the owner for his temporary
priyation Meanwhile we hope that from
all readers the day may be far distant when
the grinders cease because they are few!
-fhrisiian al lp0rt
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31

weep over it as If il were a tomb and some
viii laugh over it as II it were joke; but
two must stand by IT, for It is fate, not fun.
This everlasting locking Of their lives. And
now, can YOU who have queencd it over 50
many bending torms, can YOU come down at
last to the frugal diet Of a single heart
Hitherto you have been a clock. giving your
time 10 all the world. Now YOU are a watch
buried in ono particular bosom, warming
only his breast marking only his hours, and
ticking only to the beat of his heart-where
time and feeling shall be in unison until
these lower ties are lost in that higher we'd
lock where all hearts are united around the
great Central Heart Of ALL Hoping that
calm sunshine may halow your clasped
hands, sink silently into q signature"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
The Love Of Christ.

There are two ways Of teaching by pre-
cept and by example. Teaching by pre-
cept says Climb up the mountain - teach
ing by example says Place your foot where
lput mine, and follow me-" Teaching by pre-
cept is common 10 saints and philosophers
teaching by example is the high prerogative
of the saints. Teaching by precept begins
with the understanding. and may reach the
heart teaching by example begins with the
heart, and can hardly fail to reach the nm
derstanding. Our Lord Jesus Christ used
both methods. Line upon line, precept upon
precept, here a little and there q little, as
men could hear it; bat side by side with the
precept lie gave the example, and all through
His life lie enforced Ills precepts by the elo-
queuce Of His conduct, until at last lie
gathered up all into one appeal when lie
stretched out His hands upon the cross.
Jesus Christ, with His hands outstretched,
appeals to the sense of what lie has done
for us. Why is He there Not for any
demerit Of His own, not only or even chiefly
20 teach us virtue He is there because
otherwise we must have been lost; lie Is
there to reconcile us 10 God lie is there
because He had taken our nature upOn Him.
and IN this capacity lie must suffer the
punishment which, in virtue Of the moral
laws 10y which the universe is governed, is
due 10 sin. Il is in obedience 10 no ar
bitrary will that lie is there but as the pa
rent represents the family, SO lie suffers as
the parent for the child aud as we claim
a share in His representative nature, SO we
have 10y faith our share in these representa-
tive acts, and He ratfes our participation
by His grace and by His sacraments. Thus
when lie suffers we suffer too, when lie dies
we shall share His death That is the I'M
yelling Of the heart Of the ll-Mercful which
it was one Of the objects Of the Atonemeut
to perform.
Thus when Jesus Christ stretches out His
hands on the cross He says by this silent
but expressive act, Come unto me all We
that travail and are heavy laden" This is
the appeal Of the most tender, the most prac-
tical. and the most disinterested love Most
tender it was, for surely greater love hath
no man than this, that he should lay down
his life for his friends" But 1t was also
most practical it was love in deed and in
truth, not merely in profession and feeling
but after the fashion Of all true love, lie gave
Of self, and the best that self can give, even
His lfe. But it was also the most disinter-
ested love, because to Him we can give
nothing We have not first received Canon
TdfIy1
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Wish OF the Heart.

Wn orn yorv ant iO IO0l ur0n mani srI,er.
fciollv~ tbat i wa IooL AT lis oct;ons as If
they yenresented hin, ne If tbev were the
80 Yan MI, a9 ,-"l az, IA he an
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Tba s.oi ,a,,. ~ ,,a,, ~ lie ,5ssir, tbe act,
,'ai 5;"7 ,,I nf h;s boart II ron can
osoor, ,rLat man ;shes Won can meas.
nro b;s lie Wv" " can ,n," ,ys;Tb bin to a notch
"a tna,, -,, ;,bat Nn na ,;.5 and tbs reason
a,,d y. Ia ,a,, i',i' ne accurate,
Tbara i ,I NOT reist;"n IN RI in resnect 10
,,I;. Yr o,'ot G ,aa.nrod hy tIis mia
IIa,o H. !. bnshand and bere il yyife Nav
,rea, i, :, ,Sot ,ba, ,y;sh tnyarJ eacb otber
T. tbe botto,n tbongbt of hat man Iovoitv
70 ,bot pe SrC,T won,anq Docs he % really r;I M bsy
hann;ness9 Z docs be t,nlv desire 10 make
her her 'ife' iifo uith lin N blessed oneq As he
" ~
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
4 Saving wife.

Mr.. -, a merchantuow residing in Liv
erpool, who formerly lived in rather an ex
trayagant stvle. was in the habit, every
Monday morning, Of giving his wife acertain
sum OF money for table and other household
expenses of the week he never mentioned
his business TO his wife, aud she. deeminp
him sufficiently capable of attending To his
own affairs never inquired into them. About
fifteen years after their marriage, through
some slight mismanagement and the rascal
ty Of his confidential clerk, Mr. -, sud.
denly broke, aud his fall was mentioned.
sympathizingly, on Change, and ike all
such matters-therc all sympathy ended.
The merchant kept the affair a secret and
the first intimation his lady had Of il was
10y paragraph in the Tunes Shortly after
dinner was over, on the day of the discovery
of the startling fact Mrs. - requested her
husband to remain in the parlor for q few
moments, as she had something to say to
him. She then left the room, hurried up
stairs, and shortly afterwards returned with
a splendidly bound Bible in her hand.
Handing it 10 her husband, She said
4" George, after the day Of our marriage YOU
gave me this precious book, as a token Of
your love, and as a rich fountain to look to
precious TO me; and, as your brow looks sad
to-day. ! now return it TO you, that you may
CLEAN from it some consolation in the hour
Of gloom She then left the room.
The merchant opened the book carelessly
and bauknote fell ont Of it, lie picked it
up and glanced at its FACET was five
pound note lie opened it at the first page
and continued to find fiye-pound note be-
tween every few leaves, till he arrived at the
commencement of the Book Of Revelations
lie was sayed-could again commence bust
ness, and had capital of three thousand
pounds TO commence with. lie rang the bell
"a servant appeared.
Request your mistress TO come to me i'm
mediately," said the merchant
The lady obeyed, entering the room with
something between tear and a smile.
Kate Kate Where did YOU procure
all this money 2"
lis the weekly savings Of our house
hold expenses for the last fifteen years" >"
was the modest reply. Every week or so
put a five pound note ont OF the bountilnl
supply which. you gave me into our Bible
bank, that when a day Of trouble came upon
us, we should have something to save rs
from the wolf"
But why put it in the Bible, Kate 2"
Because it is good bank, and one which
will not suddenly break" replied the lady.
lou are an angel Kate" cried her de
lighted husband. claSping her 10 his heart
And so she is. Does any one doubt it ?
There are thousands OF such angels, despite
the raiings of our miserable, women-slan-
dering bachelors English EfcLange.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Finished and Folded Up."

" There, that is finished and folded mp, and
! am heartily glad 70 said Bertha, as she took
off her little thimble, and laid on the table a
pretty blue muslin dress, on which she had
been busy for several days.
Is it well done, too D" asked practical
Aunt Mabel.
Pretty well done Tor ne. auntie; mother
says improve in dress-making."
That is encouraging. Now, Bertha do
you know that something else of yours is also
finished and folded up this evening >"
What else can it be, Aunt Mabel ?
This is the only piece of work have had
to do this week, unless it is that tidy.
do not expect TO see the end of that these
six weeks"
" Still you have finished and folded up
something gfarmore important than your tidy,
or your dress, eyen something that will not
be unfolded again for ages, perhaps and yet
you will see it again with every line and fold
lourday's history is done and gone from your
keeping. You may remodel the dress ii it
does not please you, but you cannot change
one jot or little of the days record"
Aunt Mabel had the fashion Of dropping
these seed thoughts, which often grew into
strong vigorous plants in young hearts
What has the record been 2" asked ler-
tina OF her own heart as she thoughtfully
laid away the blue muslin. As, little by lit
tie, she tried 10 go over the hours, there was
much She would gladly have changed it she
could.
81 wish | had spoken pleasantly TO Ned,
when he wished me to help him with his
flag. 1t would only have taken me min
ute or two; and he was first sad and then
veNed with my crossness. 1t is too bad
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Lost Teeth.

1t is usual, after assemblages disband on
the Sabbath day, to find in church stray
gloves, fans and pocket-handkerohiefs but
last Sabbath, after the audience had gone
from one of the Brooklyn churches, with
which we are most familiar, the sexton
picked up a set of false teeth. The facial
misfortune caused considerable merriment
on the part of those who heard it. We I'M
mediately set ourselves to account for this
strange resignation of beautiful dentistry
Perhaps the sermon was dull, and in the
process of gaping, the owner of the property
dropped this part of his face Perhaps some
one during the hymn sat aud sang herself
away, all but her teeth. But the more We
guessed, the less we knew. However we be
gan TO moalize, and could not in the cir
cumstances help but think how people in
church lose all their teeth, so that instead
of masticating the truth, they swallow it
down in chunks, and then go about with re-
ligious dyspepsia. Doctrines need TO be
chewed and assimilated. But multitudes OF
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Centaur LinimentS!


These L.amsnis aas simply ne vunder of ue world.
Their efforts air ue ic., than marvellous, yei there are
some things which ihs $3.50 uHi DO. They wM mot earr
cancer mend ur0ken honr- tai they viii always aly
pain. They have .iaishiene hugers, cured chronic Ileu-
mailsin OF years sandns and taken the pam from
teuiole burns end .als, ulrhhas never leen dome by
ans other article.
The white Iluiment be- fof tle hum4u ftm.y. %
wli drive Rheumatism. seHt0i ant NeuraIan from the
system cure Llmhaso. rmurHus. Palsy Itch and inssi
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aud fsei aul M poison OF bites aud sting- oi ,cuo-
nlu- reptile. t t-lHdn.s aWrin-. ani alleviate. Ialn of
every hnI
for spriiNs op bruises t 5. fr most potent renNN ever
discovered Ihs teutalf Lnnueut B used with great
emeacy fof sore Throat. Toothache Caked breasts.
Larchc and Weak Haek Iie following but sample
of numerou. ir.f1ronss
"IsrItsA lIHur.
JtirtEa1s Cos $40 Ind, hat -t is.1.i
"I thuk tng iuiy to Inform sou That iive suffered
much With swollen feet and chords have mot uern
free from these .sellugs In eight years. Now am
perfectly we'll thanks to me ceutaur imlmet The
Iinimcnt ought Go be- arplri warm
EENJANlS BROWN"
Tho proof ). ne tdal % 4 reliable, t is handy % j.
cheap. end eyers family should hnve i.
To ihe sck and bol-adten, he halt and lame, 90 me
wounded and sore we say, Come and he healed
To the poor and distressed who have spent their money
f0r worthless meicues bottle of Centnur Liniment
VIII he glvcl IS .ihuut change.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31

\ YorNG clergyman, at the first wedding
he ever had, thought il was a very good
time to impress OH the couple before him the
solemnity of the act. Z" hope, Dennis" he
said TO the man. you have well considered
this solemn step in life" 81 hope so, your
riverence," answered Dennis "lt's very
important step you're taking Mary, said the
minister. Yes, sir, know it is" replied
Mary, whimperingi "perhaps we had bet
ter wait awhile" Perhaps we had, your
reverence" chimed in Dennis. The minis
ter, hardly expecting such a personal appli
cation of his exhortation, betook himself 10
a more cheerful aspect OF the situation and
said les, of course, its solemn and inn
portant, you know hat it's very happy
time after all, when the people love each
other. Shall we 60 on with the service "
Yes, your reverence" they both replied, and
they We're soon made one in the bonds OF
matrinonyi and that young minister is now
very careful how he introduces the solemn
view OF marriage TO timid couples.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31

Who was he? Turn to the fourth chap
terof First Chronicles. 4 dry list Of names,
in one Of the dry places that we so often
skip, Yet even here there i. instruction
in righteousness" There are n few little
comments on Jabez, if YOU viii have ii so,
Just little oasis in the desert. ,Iabez was
more honorable than his brethren .labez
called ON the God of Israel f" " And God
granted him that which he requested"
Just so among us to-day; little oasis
now and then in the level desert Of our ex-
istence, IN the humdrum of business, in the
commonplace social life. What makes it
so Prayer, Now and then a merchant
more honorable than the rest, who follow
the common worldly business maxims now
and then statesman more honorable than
his party and now and then Christian of
eminent piety and great literature, whose
praise is in all the churches Why this
chronicle, shining out above the common
events of to-day Prayer There is only
one way of getting honor and blessings, and
keeping them when they are gotten, and en-
joying them when they are gotten; that way
is prayer. Business men, don't leave the
house without prayer. Workmen, sharpen
your spiritual weapons before you sharpen
your tools. Farmers, pray to be made fol
lowers Of Christ, before You begin to follow
the plow. Then the distinction and the
happiness Of Jabez will be yours. If a man
is in honor, and safe in honor we may ex-
pect to find also that he prays the two facts
are warp and wool of the same cloth.
Daniel stood before kings, and Daniel
prayed three times day Elijah was
mightier than Ahab and went up to face
the King of kings. in one of his royal char
lots of fire; and Elijah was a man of like
passions with us, who prayed. The Mussul-
man who falls down in prayer at the sound
of the noon bell in the minaret, may teach
Christians. If the hurry of the street, the
hustle of the house, should give place at
times to spiritual prostration, there would
be gift from God to men of even greater
honors and earthly blessings than those for
which they are struggling. Not only, not
FIRST in the assembly, but in the closet, " let
us pray. y.'-idcdHce.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
EdncatiOn and Temperance.

In his address before the Congressional
Temperance Society, the Hon j. II. Seeye
said Every well-wisher of his race looks
and longs, and hopes, and strives for some
means to lift the weight of this curse from
the world and we here, all of us, doubt not,
will Join in any steps which might lead us TO
such goal. do not believe that the day
we look for is to dawn from advancing edu-
cation. \ sound education is Of incalculable
worth-good schools are priceless; but edu-
cation, in itself considered, has never proved
itself a source Of moral reform. It has often
perhaps always, il we look at it compre-
hensiyely-had its birth in some moral i'm.
pulse; but education has never made men
moral, and it is a great mistake, as the
whole history Of education will show, if we
suppose it able to change the deep-seated
moral tendencies of the human mind.
q" But besides this general defect, there is
special bar 10 hope from education in the
case before us; because while intemperance
is not a vice which is confined, by any
means, 10 the uneducated classes but is
found with fearful frequency in halls of
learning and with men of intellect and cul-
ture, yet when thus found it has a hold which
education, instead Of relaxing, actually seems
to confirm. think | am not Mistaken
appeal to your own observation TO confirm
the remark-that educated men who become
victims of intemperance are harder to reach
and reform than the uneducated who have
fallen into the same vice. Education in
stead of tearing out this tendency, only sends
its roots down deeper into the soul. II may
render its power more subtle; it may make
It's manifestations more rehned it can very
easily deck it with garlands woven from
muglf and and an.stal raintatnrrs Int u
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@oraI apd Reliaious.


SONG.
'N'-hiuc violet eve 40 bright.
i"osins upward to seek the light
ll''e you brought from The bending blue above
word from Him whose name b. LoveP
Lh'le brown bind. on leafy irce
Pouring your song Of ecstasy,
Wore you touched by the sweep ~ sii auoal'. ,inc
And'aughi the melody yon .ineq
b'wdfop trembling on leanet green.
hnlant In summer mornings sheen
Have you caught from the rainbow that .unns the
throne
or Christ oui Lprl, one ui of His oWne
"'arih, that do-i echo deep aud sweet
lh' Truth once heard at Jesus feet
oW Loid is gone and whittier We know.
Vet breatlies Ills voice in all below.