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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27
Lost in the Woods.

1t was a bright summer morning when
little Emily set out with her little cup and
pail to pick some of the delicious raspberries
that were reddening in the shady hooks all
over the country. The black ones too, were
abundant, but those so ruby red were the
most desired.
"Now, Emily" said Aunt Ruth " be sure
not to go out of sight of the fences, then you
will be safe. But these great woodlands
stretch away down to Rock River, and grow
very wild and desolate the farther you go on.
If you once lose sight of the fence, you will
be quite as likely to take the wrong as the
right direction. Lost people generally do go
wrong Remember then, to keep your eye
on the fence, however engaged you get in
your berry-picking."
1t seemed very easy direction TO follow,
and Emily bounded off as gay as a grass
hopper and about as thoughtless. 1t hap
pened that berries were not as plenty as she
hoped. If she had been abroad an hour
earlier she would have Jared better 1t is
usually the early folks that get the best pick
ing all along through life There are some
excellent remarks upon early rising in the
Book of Proverbs, which it would be well
for you all to learn, or at the least to read
carefully.
As Emily's pail filled rather slowly she
concluded to extend her walk further than
the long meadow. She had the day before
her, and she thought she should be ashamed
to have Aunt Ruth see her poor success.
She clambered over the fence, as the Der.
ries seemed the thickest in the woods, and
searched diligently among the bushes in the
fence corners. She came at length to fine
waving briar, beside half-decayed log in
| ~ "a t,l, b,I tl,f 4
and, overjoyed, she sprang to her task OF
stripping it of its dewy fruit. This trophy
| turned her attention wholly to the bushes in
the woods, and the line of fence was very
soon forgotten. The little pail was full, and
she set it down at the foot of a great sugar
maple, until she should fill her cup. What
was her terror, on looking aronnd to find
that her landmarks were all gone. She had
strayed into the deep wild wood and was
lost-lost. At first she thought she could
easily find her way out, but the longer she
Travelled the more her spirits sunk.
The sun began to go down the western
slope, and weary, weeping little girl still
journeyed on, forlorn and hungry. Her little
pail was still at the foot of the maple, so she
could not even make lunch of the berries
if she had any heart for them. What would
any Christian child, or one that had been
best with Christian training do in sucl
trouble? She would kneel down and pray
to God, in earnest. 1t would be no mere
form in such a case. That was Just what
Emily did and God sent her help speedily
Old Norman, the Newloundander, cam,
bounding aud crawling through the bushes
and the glad little girl followed him safely
to her home, God can send help by ever
the humblest of His creatures, when Hi,
children cry unto Him with the whole heart
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27
The OualIty and Sale Of Butter.

Hon. John Shattuck, Of Chenango County,
y. Y, leading dairyman Of that county,
who has been distinguished throughout that
state for the manufacture of fancy butter,
read paper recently before the Farmers
Club Of Chenango county on the Manufac-
ture and Handling of Butter" lie pointed
out the losses to the dairymen from failure
or neglect of producing frst-class article.
A COW that yields two hundred pounds Of
butter that is sold at five cents per pound off
from the price Of frst-class article, will
make difference in the receipts Of the for
mer of ten dollars. Now, on twenty COWS,
the loss Of ten dollars per COW is two hun
dred dollars, and on fifty cows the loss is FIVE
hundred dollars. This tells the story very
plainly, and points to the reason why dairy
ing is often of little or no profit to the far
mer. Mr. Shattuck touches another point
in regard to purchasing lie urges a more
careful discrimination on the part of buyers,
and thinks they are to blame for not buying
butter strictly on its merits in the country,
the same as in the city II one mans butter
is worth forty cents and another but thirty
five cents per pound, let the proper difference
be made, and thus dairymen will be made
to feel the Importance Of improving their
product lie urges also, the plan Of letting
butter so upon the market when it is fresh
and in its best condition, putting it into
consumption as it is wanted and where it is
wanted. And he says truly, that medium
grades are worth more while fresh than they
will be after standing through the season
while the practice Of sending butter to mar
ket while fresh, or as soon as made, thereby
letting it go into consumption, has tendency
to create better margin for the fail make
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27
Manual Education for Hand Workers.

The GALAXY for September has an article
ON kindergarten schools, from which we
make the following extracts =" A late cir
cular issued by Mr.. Steiger to various prin-
cipals of schools and enlightened public men,
has called forth great deal of information.
The first comes from the head of a firm of
engravers, in Springfield, Mass. The pro
prietor has been used to having large num-
bers of men in his employ, engaged in nice
mechanical work, and finds in the gener-
atty great lack OF gumption,' or of easy
adaptation to new mechanical pursuits. He
had, it appears a training when boy re-
sembling that of Froebel, being encouraged
by his father TO do things, and has found
it marvellous help through life. lie has a
darling scheme, which he hopes to realize
some day. 1t is to start large workshop
in his town, with about fifty ork-benches,
machines, and sets of tools to hire out the
same for a small sum to school-boys by the
year, having u skilled mechanic in attend
ance to help the young learners and teach
them how to do things The Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction in Maryland
endorses the kindergarten against the pres
ent schools, and adds emphatically The
education Of the future must help our young
people 10 oork, not to live without working
The principal of the Ohio Central Normal
School says The hand, the head, the heart
you have it :; and remarks on the crowd
of so-called educated men who discourage
young persons from labor, to their ruin
The Superintendent of Public instruction
in Minnesota tells Of professions overstocked
in town of six thousand people, twenty
doctors, thirty lawyers, young ladies at hom'
despising labor, aud floods of letters pouring
in upon him daily, with the query, Can you
help me to a position in the public schools
On the other hand, the New York City Su
perintendent of Public Schools, champion
of the old system, asks Are not the mechan
ical faculties to be educated through the in
tellect, or how 2 In that question we see
very curiously exemplifed the limits Of scho
lastic education, for the writer is entitled t.
inscribe A. NJ after his name. The an
swer to it comes from the very next letter
and strikes the nail fair on the head w
should not forget that there can be nothing
worse or more useless in this life than stu
pid, unthinkiug workman, or an unpractica
philosopher "
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knowledge" aud "Science."

There is nothing that can't be quibbled
about by a confirmed quibbler, especially
one who thinks that quibbling is criticism.
No general statement can be made-not even
such statements as that " light and darkness
are not the same or "two and two make
four but a quibbler will pick flaw in it.
Thus it is with tour contemporary" The
Scientific Farmer takes as its motto this sem
tence "Soence is knowledge, scientific is
knowing; just that and nothing more and
the Scientific Farmer is right. Scieniia is the
Latin equivalent Of our old English word
kno,cledge, and the classical writers have
simply auglicized scieaiia into "science.'
That some have proposed ard desired tc
limit the latter, in its application, to "classi
fed knowledge" is true. But this, if ac
cepted, must yet always be secondary to the
general meaning of the word, which is
taorlcdge-" Just that and nothing more
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Vermont Farms.
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OF IRAsBURGH


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corn stalks-and the last thing at night,
about eight ears of this cooked corn to each
cow
v, AZ. u,o =.
"na' aoN"n'"so mas 'i'9 i'e'"oi ~
saves husking, shelling carrying TO mlll' toll
and perhaps other waste of time. With
this cooked corn tbe farmer can work in
-. ~ - ,a,.., ILL. al H. III,
quile io' VI ooa'so iouue' anu nave MS
stock do well. The corn IS so thoroughly
dgested that none is seen in the manure.
Mr.. JIfford prefers Devon stock. and has
n,,.....ll..,.l III, 49,, II AZ nm,
us'u '''.''s" '''' Jun ''V'' 80 4'i' ian .
oil Burke Tor two years past lie has avery
fine lot of yearlings, and at this date august
sth) has seventeen calves so good that ten
dollars oooh "a oskod far tbsr, Fourtaen ot
u''''''' V''O'
these caves were tleu III one Sheui 10 lohS
hay rick, in about the order of their age
They were better than ordinary calves
Ty,o FRO steers ,yara in n nasture near NV
W So -, t'''S' y
ana one slA-weehs-oiu iat can, Oh ABOUT t"'
hundred pounds weight. lie has only seven
teen cows. | had seen in his pens a large
hoo and aya nigs that would wa;ob an,
nom noSSnds each. I began 10 wonder how they
pore'' Ca Mot da7rymen denend nnon Mill
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27
Intemperance.

When men say that a person is "intem-
perate," they mean that he drinks too much
wine or strong drink, and is damaging his
body by doing so Now the Bible teaches
us to honor our bodies, There are several
texts that teach this, but we ought to have
sense enough to do it, even if the Bible did
not tell US to. The body is the house of the
soul the apostle calls st our earthly house.
When | talk TO you speak to your soul and
not to your body; but we honor fine houses,
and no house is so wonderful as our body.
1t is a sin to dishonor our body, We have
no business to put anything into it that will
hurt it, When we put liquor into our bodies
it makes us excited, takes away our minds,
and makes as do great many things we
shall be sorry for. Let us read In the
twenty-third chapter of Proverbs, from verse
twenty-nine to verse thrty-fye, and see what
the Bible says about drinking liquors.
Apples Of Gold
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which were almost inaccessible and were
not reached by the hordes Of Huns, and
other northern barbarians, which had laid
waste the greater portion of the Roman pos
sessions. They continued to be nourished
there by the Moors, who were very much adj
vanced in arts, and further on were found
there as the Spanish Merino. So that the
Spanish Merino which we now have, if not
the only, is at all events by far the most i'm
portaut relic that We have to-day which has
come down to us from Greek and Roman
material civilization. We have here direct
inheritance from the material wealth Of the
Old World civilization"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27
Antiquity Of the Spanish Merlno.

The following, from the pen of j. l..
Hayes, in the Lire Stock Journal, will be
read with interest "The Romans wore
nothing but WOODEN goods. They had no
cotton; they had little linen, which was
worn as material Of luxury; they had no
care, and some of their richest possessions
were in sheep. But there was one breed of
sheep which they cultivated with great care
and by that system of selection which Oar
win speaks of as the-source of the perfected
forms Of our domestic animals. 1t was
called Iarentine sheep, from Tarentum,
city of Greek origin, situated at the head of
the Tarentine gulf. The fleece Of this sheep
was of exceeding fneness it was of great
delicacy, and the prices paid for it We're
enormous. The sheep were clothed in cold
weather to keep them warm and the result
was that they were very tender, and their
wool was very fine. They were product Of
Greek civilization transmitted down to the
Romans. Columelia, the great Roman agri-
culturist, says that his uncle, residing in
Spain, crossed some of the fine Tarentine
sheep with some rams that had been i'm
ported from Africa and the consequence
was that these animals had the whiteness of
fleece of the father with the fineness of fleece
of the mother, and that race was perpetuated.
Here we see an improvement Of the stock,
an increase Of strength and productiyeness
given to the fne-wool sheep of Spain. AT
that time the sheep Of Spain were of i'm
mense yaluei for Strabo says that sheer
from Spain, in the time of Tiberius, Were
carried to Rome, and sold for the price of Q
talent Zone thousand dollars) head, In thu
time Of our Saviour, thousand dollars was
given in Rome for a Spanish sheep. When
the barbarians inundated Italy, these fine
wool sheep were all swept away but the,
remained In Spain. They were cultivated
by the Moors In the mountains Of Spain
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-27

A VoRACIoUs WHALE,--As the crew of a
Footdee fishing boat were hauling their nets
on board at the fishing ground, about thirty
miles off Aberdeen, in Scotland, the other
day, a very large sized whale--a fnner -
made a rush at a heavily stocked net, and
swallowed part of it, along with an immense
quantity of herrings which were sticking in
the meshes, The somewhat indigestible
mouthful seemed to make the whale rather
uncomfortable, the monster looking as if it
was about to choke but the fishermen in
the boat managed TO tear off bit of the
net, and the whale soon disappeared with
| the rest.
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.for Me Uonna.
THE LITTLE BLESSING.

Ina cory corner,
safe and snug and warm,
Lies O little birdlina
Sheltered from the storm.
Not a winged creature
In hnl plumage shown,
But tiny spirit
From the Fathers throne.
Little, shining forehead,
white and pure and fairi
Little wavy trosses
OF bright sliken hair.
1.-the pcorly eyelIds
shading eyes of blues
Little smiles and dmrlcs
Little mouth so true.
Liile rosy fingers
Reaching for ihe neht.
Catching at each shadow
Passing ont Of sight
And mother singing.
Soft and low and sweet
Father, keep my darllnW
Guide his little feet.
Many steps, and weary,
IN his path may be;
Lead him gently, Father.
To his home and thee"
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ny MRS. NE. BrIrs,
Merfily dance the sunbcams,
over the npcninr corni
Mprtily dance the sunbeams,
over the meadows shorn.
The barns are crowded with clover,
The fields are golden with wheat
who sowcih with love my darling
Flndcth a harvest sweet.
Gally turned the fuuow.
Galy scattered the seed;
sang with the robins, saying
81 am working for sweet loves neei. 7
Nou crooned TO the dreaming baby,
My heart 10 the melody beat
Who soweih with love, my darling.
Findeth a harvestswec
Mcrrily dance the sunbcams.
Merriiy goes the day.
stoutly swing my sickle,
And feel like q boy at play.
For night will bring you 10 meet me,
We shall kiss In the golden wheat
Who rcapeth with love, my darling,
Findeth the harvest sweet.
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Washington Rev NJ. ATWOOD, Sutton Mr., II. IIAMlL-
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EDDIE, chap of three and one-half years,
was sent TO the corner store to get two
wicks but he got into the store minus a
knowledge of what his mother wanted. The
kind keeper, to help out the little fellow, who
began TO cry, began naming several articles,
and at last mentioned the herb thyme.
"That's It'll exclaimed he "somfng about
time. fink she told me to by fortnight"
Buy fortnight Why my little man, a
fortnight is two weeks" "That's iii "
calculated the little messenger, in high gee,
"mamma told me to get two wicks-two
lamp wicks."
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Dr.. r. r. Spaiding Sir IL had the scatca in my back
hip and thigh. very bad indeed and could hardly
walk ride had been troubled with it for years and
tried many kinds OF ninents and plasters without any
material benent. applied to you December sth 1915
tried your NEW ZEALAND RHEUMATIC PLASTER,
and cured In a short time, / have done more work
than for years before. close thanking you
good you have rendered me. j. NJ. CONELL
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UNRFHi ' 10 oIHTNII ~ I7IN,
DR.. ?. r. Spaldiag, Dear Sir3Feeng grateful you
for the benefit you have rendered by your treatment
with the New Zealand Plaster wish to your
dt that you have cured me Of rheumatism my hands,
shoulders and knees which swollen very badly indeed
and very advised with many Of best physicians
In this and other places but they could give
agement Hut saw you here day IN January, and
you said you could did not believe you could
but concluded to try and In about week began to
gain hope those who suffering Will ava themselves
of your treatment Respectfully yours, JOHN PAINE.
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"MAMMA, don't you want some nice
candyY" said shrewd little child. "Yes,
dear, should like some" "Then If you'll
buy some, I'll give you half llsped the
polite girl.
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Steam Mill.

large and convenient budings Thy-nye Horsepower
Boiler twenty feet by four diameter two sixteen
inch hues' ana chimney ninety feet high; Lane PSin
BROCK circular saw with Cutter Edge and Slab Saw
Planning Machine, in fair condition; Mil House one and
one-half story and convenient II preferred he would sell
any part Of the above described property 10 suit purchasers
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F0Tm of $50 here's

of lage pasurage and wood land Of good proportion for
farm when VIII cut thirty tons of hay and keep ten or
twelve cows and team he will sell acres of land to
include Mil and Mil House, will sell all the timber OF win
divide the same TO suit purchasers lots as foows Six
seven acres one hundred sxynye acres or as near
the different lots will measure outs he will sell The En-
CINE and Boiler At
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Hair Remover!

This standardartloe Is compounded with the greatest
Its effects wonderful and satisfactory as ever
II restores gray and faded hair Its youthful color
It removes all eruptons itching and dandruf and The
scalp, by It, use, becomes white and clean
by its tonic properties the capillary glands to
their normal vgor preventing badness and making the
hair grow thick and strong
AZ dressing nothing been found so cfectua or de-
slrahe.
Dr. A. A. Hayes State Assayer Of Massachusetts says
it, consider 1t me best preparation for m intended pur-
poses"
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Hours of Attendance at once From A. NJ. to
tP. NJ, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. REMEMBER
THE TIME