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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Reforms in women's Garments.

Conventions for the consideration of radi-
cal changes in the shape and modes Of wear
inc garments intended for women and fe-
male children do not appear to impress the
public mind favoraby. The failure pos
sibly arises from the fact that many of the
women and nearly all Of the men engaged in
agitating the reform are propagandists Of
Of aer irrelevant notions which have not so
vital a claim upon the attention of women
as the subject of reform in dress should un-
doubtedy have. The question of % fashion
ing garment that it shall be supported by
the body with the least tax upon the strength,
and be least hurtfu to the health, is not
visionary "ism." II is, therefore, very much
to be deplored that it should be entangled
in any way by either men or women with
any sort Of doctrindire preaching or preachers
with which a majority of sensible domestic
women are sure to disagree, and perhaps to
hold in adherence. The reform desired
would certainly be great boon to female
humanity, but it will never make material
step of progress until it is totally separated
from all the disturbing notions with which
it is generally complicated. The present
style of dress for women and female children
is utterly and mischievously defective. We
do not now refer TO apron-fronts," or pull
backs" or "panners," or anything com
monty understood by the word "fashion :
but TO the style which compels the garments
to be suspended from or supported upon the
body in most unnatural ways. The weight
of mans dress is borne upon the shoul-
ders. The burden of every garment he
wears, except that of his hat, stockings and
boots is upheld upon that part of his body
best adapted to carrying the weight. 1t Is
lust the opposite with the weight of the gar
ments worn by women and female children.
With them the burden falls mostly upon
the hips and loins, literally dragging down
their strength and greatly damaging their
health. Men, who have greater muscular
strength than women, carry the load of their
dress supported from that part of the body
where the burden is felt the least women,
who have less physical strength, carry the
weight of their garments supported from
that part of the body which must inevitably
make the weight most burdensome and ex-
hausting. Look at porter bearing Sara
toga trunk He walks away lightly with the
great mass after he once gets it on bis Shout
der. How far could he go if he had it
swung from his hips Yet it is precisely
such an inversion of the natural way of
bearing a burden that is brought about by
the prevailing style of garments for women.
The real reform proposed is not question
of short " Bloomer skirts or of masculine
trousers, but of such mode of nearing gar
ments as will not wear away strength and
health and life. If the majority of women
do not like the leadership of those who hold
public conventions on the subject, they should
consider the matter earnestly in their private
circles, and thus extend the area of free
DOM" as the anti-slavery champions used tc
say Philadelphia Ledger
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Fashionable Women.

Fashion kills more women than toll and
sorrow. Obedience to fashion is greater
transgresson of the laws of woman's nature,
greater injury to her physical and mental
constitution, than poverty and neglect. The
slave-woman at her tasks will live and grow
old, and see two or three generations of her
mistresses fade and pass away. The washer
woman, with scarce a ray Of hope to cheer
her in her tolls, will live to see her fashion
able sisters die all around her. The kitchen
maid is hearty and strong, when her lady
has to be nursed like a sick baby. 1t is a
sad truth that fashion-pampered women are
almost worthless for all the ends of human
life. They have but little force OF char
acter they have still less power of moral
will, and unite as little physical energy.
They live for no great purpose in life they
accomplish no worthy ends. They are only
dol-forms in the hands of milliners and
servants, to be dressed and fed to order
They dress nobody they feed nobody; they
instruct nobody; they bless nobody, aud
save nobody. They write no books; they
set no rich examples of virtue and womanly
life. II they rear children, servants and
nurses do all, save to conceive and give them
birth; and when reared, what are they ?
What do they ever amount to, but weaker
scions of the old stock : Who ever heard
of fashionable woman's child exhibiting
any virtue and power of mind, for which it
became eminent Read the biographies
of our great and good men and women. Not
one of them had fashionable mother. They
nearly all sprang from strong.minded women,
who had about as little TO do with fashion
as with the changing cloud,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Centaur LinimentS!

Tho lame bc hcalei and ulc wounded made whole
We know just what te Ceniauf finment- viii d. They
wil not mend broken bones cure Cancer, but they
will extract soreness, allay pain rheumatism and
larger range Of flesh, bone and muscle ailments, an any
article ever before discovered.
Scientific sk beyond The effects Of these re-
uarkable preparations. Chronic Rheumatism OF
many years standing Neuralgia. Weak Back Fever Sores
Weeping -sincws, SeaiIca, Caked breasts, Distorted
joint. sprainei Limbs OF the worst kind, curel by
ihe white Centaur Liuimeui.
q wlu destroy the pain. and heal without scar. az
ordinary Burns and scaids. i viii extract the poison OF
Bites aud snes and the frost from Frozen Limbs 1t Is
very eoacou for Earacho, Toohache Itch and Cutane-
Gus Eruptions.
sr. Josiah westake. Of Marysvile Ohio, writes For
year my Rheumatism has been bad that have been nm
able stir house. The nfst three bottles OF Cen
taur Lninent enabled 10 walk wshout my cFutehes
am mending rapidly, think youI lAnlment simply a
marvel.
c. H. Bennett Druggist Rock Prairie, Mo. says Cen
taur Lnment sells better and gives The best satisfaction Of
anything IN the market"
What the Centaur Lniment has done ior others VII DO
for you Iiis handy, li Is reliable aud IL is cheap.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
,MoraI and Ren. ans.
HE oIvrrm ms BELOVED sLrr-

A little child rests on bel VI pain,
with an aching head aud throbbing brni
a feversh flush on the soft cheek lies,
And wistfnl look In the sweet blue eyes,
As the sick child moans Now the slow hours creep
WIN the Lord not send to His little one seepw
And the mother nnoohed from the child's brow fair
The clustering lock- Of her golden hair
And muunufed "My darling cannot toll
But we know that the Father doth all things wcili
And We know that never creature In pain
Addressed prayer 10 Ills mercy in vain.
Time has no line that His hand may not sincothi
Iafo has no grief that His love cannot soothei
Aud the fevefed brow shall have rest at last,
In the healing shade from the Deaih-Cfoss cast.
Look up my precious one why shoudst thou weep
The Lord giveth aye to Ills loved ones sleep"
And the little one eazed with a glad snrpnse
In the loving depths Of those patient eyes.
Then l8tcd her lips for one long embrace,
And turned with a smile on her weary face.
And the mother smiled a. the early morn
Marked the deep peace on the childish form,
And cried aloud In her thankfulness deep,
"rhe dear Lord be praised who hath given her slccpN
Aye moiher-she sleeps. In that charmed repose
That shall waken no more 10 earth's pains and
For the Saviour hath gathered Ills lamb TO lie breast
Where never iifos storms shall her peace inoiesi-
Ilis dear love wiiled not that time should trace
One sorrowful line on that innocent face.
Others less favored, might suffer their share
OF the midnight toil and the noontde glare,
Others might labor. Others might weep,
But the Lord giveth aye 10 lis loved ones sleep"
Chandler Journal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
A Sensible Decision.

Some months ago, says writer, | met a
young English woman who came TO this
city to marry young man TO whom she
was aiianced in England, aud who had come
TO this country two years previous to engage
in business. She was to marry him at the
home of friend of her mother, with whom
she was staying During the time she was
making up her wedding outfit, he came to
see her one evening when he was Just drunk
enough to be foolish. She was shocked and
panied beyond measure. She then learned,
for the first time, that he was in the habit
of drinking frequently to excess. She i'm
mediately stopped her preparations and told
him she could not marry him. He protested
that she would drive him to distraction ;
promised never to drink another drop, etc.
" No" she said, 81 dare not trust my
future happiness to a man who has formed
such a habit. | came three thousand miles
to marry the man loved, and now, rather
than marry drunkard, | will go three thou
sand miles back again. And she went, and
thus proved herself wise and strong. Better
a thousand times dissolve the tenderest tie
than be liuked to the " body of death "a
loathsome, helpless drunkard, But how
many young women there are who would
falter, and hesitate, and yield, and put faith
in drunkdds sord How many have al
ready done so, whose throbbing hearts only
ceased their hopeless aching in the chilling
silence of the grave.-Neio York paper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

"But," he added, I" this must be put into
the ground by hand that has never been
stained by dishonest act My hand is not
clean, therefore pass 1t to your majesty"
The king took the piece of gold, but hesi
tated. Finally he said " | remember in my
younger days that have flched money from
my fathers treasury which was not mine.
have repented Of the sin, but yet | can
hardly say my hand is clean. pass II there
fore TO my prime minister"
The latter, after brief consultation, an
swered at were pity to break the charm
through possible blunder. | receive taxes
from the people, aud as | am exposed to
many temptations how can be sure that |
have been perfectly honest must give it
to the governor of our citadel"
d" No, no. cried the governor, drawing
back. Remember that have the serving
out Of pay and provision to the soldiers. Let
the high priest plant IT,"
And the high priest said You forget /
have the collecting Of tithes and the dis
bursements.for sacrifice"
At length the thief exclaimed Your
majesty, think it would be better for So
ciety that all five OF us should be hanged
since it appears that not an honest man can
be found among us"
In spite Of the lamentable exposure, the
king laughed, and so pleased was he with
the thief's cunning expedient, that he granted
him a pardon
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
God and Man.

II is said God measures the earth. Man
measures the earth. It's said God walks on
the wings Of the wind. So does man. In a
sense he has laid mis- master hand upon the
elements. 1t is said God weighs the hills in
scales and the mountains in balance. Man
weighs planet against planet, and in the hand
of Newton was the balance in which this
very world was weighed. You say, How
great is man So do |. But how little is
the greatest man, after all. Let him come
down from these heights where he has been
exploring let him come up from these
depths where he has been examining down
in the very foundations of the earth let him
leave that chariot of fire where by his ge-
MUS, he has yoked the powerful spirits Of
fire and water let him try TO do good works,
let him Try to do a good work, let him try
even to think good thought, and as Paul
says and fancy no one is prepared to gain
say him, he is not able, he is not sufficient
TO think even one good thought. Retaining
in his intellect very much Of the image of
God, man has lost it in his heart. He is but
the remains Of what he was. He is but the
skeleton of his former self. The tight bonds
of death and sin devour him, and leave not
much more of him, in a sense, that the dogs
left of Jezebel. Go see this cursed woman,
and bury her, she is kings daughter" and
when they went they found nothing but the
skull, and the feet, and the palms of the
hands
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Humorous Waits.

TnE verses love to steal while
weigh" are supposed to have been written
by grocer given TO short measures.
My dear wife, | wish you would try to
keep your temper" My dear husband, l
wish you would try to get rid OF yours"
CuRRAN was once asked by one of his
brother Judges, " boy see anything ridicu-
lous in this wig ?" Nothing but the head"
was the reply.
A Miss TANNER. who recently married a
widower named Hyde with eleven children,
says she has given up tanning, and is now
dressing Hydes
An .inseetologer has discovered that the
best time 10 examine the wonderful archi-
lecture of the hornets nest is after the hor-
nets have moved out.
Ak Irishman having been told that the
price of bread had been lowered, exclaimed,
THAT is the first time ever rejoiced at the
fall of my best friend y
An Irish soldier, pretending to dumbness,
was discharged. He in short time after
wards enlisted in another corps, and being
recognized by an old comrade, was ques-
toned how he learned to speak "By Saint
Patrick" he replied "ten guineas would
make any man spake.'
RURAL female beauty alighted from the
stage coach in front of a hotel the other day.
when piece of ribbon detached itself from
her bonnet and fell into the bottom OF the
carriage. "You have left your bow behind"
said lady passenger. "No, | amt; he's
gone a-fshing," innocently replied the rustic.
DuRING town meeting" last March
the question of equalization OF school money
was being discussed. One old gentleman.
in the course of the debate, exclaimed in
great heat "Why, Mr.. Moderator, the
money is not equally divided. In district
No Z they have sixty-seven dollars and only
one scholar-one bare little girl and no more.
Now, sir, what should be done in such q
case ?" There was pause for moment,
when a chap with pipe in his mouth at the
back of the room bawled out take the
money and buy her some clothes"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Dress for Children.

A lady correspondent of the Pr0ridence
Journal, travelling in Canada, thus breaks
out into admiration of the sensible way that
English people dress their children 81 was
particularly struck with the English children
on board, dressed so much more appro-
priately than the American children-the
girls in loosely fitting woolen dresses, short,
leaving the limbs untrammeled by skirts I;
thick shoes aud stockings; no hounces, fur
bellows, sashes and pull-backs, which render
children's dresses, in the states, such compl-
Gated affairs that their mothers have no time
for anything but making or experimenting
them. When will American mothers learn
to dress their children with simplicity, and
not after the last fashion plate 2 This
know is a conundrum hard to answer, so
pass on. The boys, even quite large ones
had on short pants and long stockings, reach
ing above the knee, while the older portion
of the male sex were dressed in every va
riety of fabric and head-gear."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
Lacking Life.


Walk through the British Museum, and
you will see all the orders Of animals stand
ing in their various places, and exhibiting
themselves with the utmost possible pro
priety. The rhinoceros demurely retains
the position in which he was set at first the
eagle scars not through the window, the
wolf howls not at night every creature,
whether bird, or beast, or fish, remains in
the particular glass case allotted to it; but
YOU all know well enough that these are not
the creatures, but only the outward sem
blauces of them. Yet in what do they differ
Certainly in nothing which you could read
ily see, for the well stuffed animal is pre-
cisely like what the living animal would
have been and that eye'of glass even ap-
pears to have more of brightness in it than
the natural eye of the creature ITSELF yet
you know well enough that there is secret
inward something lacking, which, when it
has once departed, you cannot restore. So
in the churches of Christ, many professors
are not living believers, but stuffed believers,
stuffed Christians. There is all the external
of religion, everything that you could desire,
and they behave with a great deal of pro
priety, too they all keep their places, and
there is no outward difference between them
and the living, except upon the vital point,
the life which no power on earth could
possibly confer. There is this essential dis
tinotion, the life is absent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
The yellow Centaur Liniment

worth ~ weight in gold to owners of horses and mules
The LAimenl has cured more sprained, swocnied Ring
boned and Called Horses Ia three years than have all
the Farriers IN the country lts effects are simply
wonderful.
We have thousands upon thousands Of certificates as
strong the following
My horse lame for year with ieiloek wrench
An remedies utterly failed to cure, and considered him
worthless until commenced the use of Cenaur Linmen''
which rapidly cured him. heartily recommend 1t.
"REV. GEO. ". FERRIS,
"Manorvnlc, sohohare county. n Y
" Dear SWss-I have used your Cenianr lniment In my
family and hnd 1t be- OF great value. Please send me
two dollars worth, one tor the mules and horses
"RILEY sICKLEs.
" Falls station, Wyoming county Pennsylvania
ltmakes very little difference what the ease is"he'he'
u be Wrench sprain. Pol-Evn Ringhone. Scratches OF
lameness Of any knd-tie effects arc the same Livery
men, stage proprleors farmers etc, should never be WIN
the Yellow Centaur Lnment. It is sold everywhere
and warranted In its effects
Laboratory of j. u. Rose A Co.,
46ssg ,6 DEY ST., NEW YoHK
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

A MAN who loses property and yet gains
in patience, in business caution, in courage
and especially who learns the lesson OF re-
lance on God--cannot be said to have
failed. As God measures results, he mas
made magnificent success, although he
stands stripped of his last dollar. Many men
fnd their manhood for the first time when
their houses and their lands and their money
are taken from them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

PERSONAL DEALING.-The late Caesar
Malan, of Geneva, met, on one of his visits
TO Edinburgh, with the poetess Charlotte
Elliot. He complimented her on the beauty
of her poetry, and mentioned several lines
and verses that delighted him. lie then
said, " But do you know the All-beautiful ?
or, to be plain, do you know Jesus Christ as
your Saviour 2" She owned that she did
not But the question led her to serious
thought. She embraced Jesus as her Saviour;
and she wrote that beautiful hymn which
peace" just as am without one plea"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
0rn1pfrdnrr.
OUT OF THE TAVERN. rrc.

FROM riiK GERMAN.
out ot The tavern I've Just stepped TONIGHT
street you are caught In very bad plight,
Right hand and left hand are both out Of place
Street you are drunk, 'tls very clear case.
Moon ts very queer dgurc you cut
one eye Is staring while tother Il shut.
Iif@y' ] sen and you're greatly 10 blame
Ola rs You are, 'tls terrible shame.
Then The street lamps what q scandalous sight
None Of them soberly standing uprigW.
Rocking and staggering why, on my word.
Each OF the lamps il drunk a. lord.
All In confusion, now isn't Il odd7
am the only thing sober abroad.
Sure were rash with this crew to remain,
BETTER go into Tie tavern again.
w y KreHiHg Polt.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20
CHE Domr GnrIr.
BABY DIED TODAY.

Lay the little limbs out stfaight;
Gently tend the sacred clay;
sorrow-shaded h uur fate
Baby died to-day
Fold the hands across the breast,
soaa when be knelt 10 prayi
leave him TO his dfeamiezs rest
Baby died to-day
Voice. whose pRttllng infant lore
Was the music Of our way,
Now IL hushed forcvermorc
Baby died to-day
Sweet blue eyes, whose sunny CLEANS
Made our waking moments gay,
Now can shine but In OUT dreams
Baby died to-day
stll a smile Il on hls face.
nut II lacks the Joyous play
Of the one We used to trace
Baby died to-day
Give hi- lips your latest Kiss
Dry your eyes and come away
in ia happier world than this
BABY lives to-day
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

The religion of the gospel calls us both
out of the world, and into the world out of
it, as to its principles and maxims and tenn.
per; into it, as a field of labor and a sphere
Of usefulness, where we are TO be dilligent
in business, to relieve the distressed, to
teach the ignorant, TO reclaim the vicious,
and to do good TO all as Christ did.-Jdy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

BELIEVE THE BEsT,-lie who thinks bet
ter of his neighbors than they deserve, can
not be a bad man, for the standard by which
his Judgment is formed is the goodness Of
his own heart, 1t is the base only who be-
lieye all men base, or, in other words, like
themselves. Few, however, are all evil.
Even Nero did good turn to somebody, for
when Rome was rejoicing over his death,
some loving hand covered his grave with
flowers. Public men are seldom or never
fairly Judged while living.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

ing underlying these apparently far.reaching
promises ? II there be God, such as is
revealed in the Scriptures and in nature,
then prayer is the only reasonable thing for
man, and the promises only family describe
the possibilities in IVdtcimdn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-20

EVERY man takes care that his neighbor
shall not cheat him. But day comes when
he begins to care that he do not cheat his
neighbor. Then all goes well lie has
changed his market-cart into chariot Of the
sun EmerSOn.