davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
IN Everlasting Refuge.

1. 81 d.. 4
- liz. II,is ~ "''' ~ ~
~, a W ii f tj,, -,
!" rs " ~ a. a. i'''i .'l..- o's
i'''o 49, i''S ''s,o1' . w. "'tD
sale' az l' I.I.,,. ~ 90 '','r - .l,
Wy ~ .'g ,','i'o" H", i,;a,l ~ ~ ir; "
TvIiy h1iy i"''' "''' 80 ''''' f''''''' ''''
INN, ~ ~ a.. .;.,..
nc NJ VI .''' '.'', ''' 'l9'' LIZ
eou9' anu ne '..s ~ 'i''.o l'',ii
sesS '.,e s"ee' i','ssl " hSl'V . "a,u IT,
.'s wy w., III -. -
ea1u y, - - 'Ie i'iIy IN; ~.
sSn'S ~ a. 49, "as'"is Ii,s - us
PIe' anu oeuuIn3 uU"i snil1 ~ ne1u Wy" "a a
quloA e"' - e'S.u '',o ~, o'en'n VI
prayer; 'SIl olte.'' III VI. niUie We az
inNiIeu anu rlseu ~ eoi''''. Du Uui "aSs u,'eo
lle l-1lu II" o'isi'lai - MOI. tu5 Ways
u.uo s'.e i-o'e Pan Dr. t'e =, IN 1i'", az
sin oi nl"ul u V"i I'.u''S' i'0" ~ an ol
nIe, a"s N'ou, 49, w. De'' =. ,' ;i, V - "'
l,"s w 80. -, az ;'S''
az ai,u Joy, ",'u Pe'o VuN y, V.'l L, !,
pIins ~ al 20 J r,' us, i"s, ~ 81 ' ,he,
1uo ill''l ',I,9''s ',; ;''i
tnougi 50 UI'eii lsS ,ee'e Si,5'su "iiu lo
sot.en y ii'' sun I''''os ,',.
Mai's 70 nei 'l,e'i I i' i 'iio. al 80 'f,'
is L''t - -, -. IA, ~, IL,
ni'nSv'i' "uV ,''n uc'I' So ~ "
meanly men treat bod, ana sun lie Is thelf
/ refuge and strength, very present help IN
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Peculiar Sorrows.

There is no sorrow that is peculiar to any
human being. In the myriad experiences
Of the human family the same scenes OF
trial, temptation aud aflliction are re-euacted
from year to year The unnumbered human
hearts, framed and formed IN all their deep
est sympathies by one creative hand, have
in them lines aud characteristics Of likeness ;
and the Joys and sorrows Of any heart may
iind their counterpart in hundreds Of thou
sands Of others. There hath no tempta-
tion taken you but such as are common to
man" Reproach, betrayal, bereavement,
aiflictiou, desolation, the breaking Of tender
ties, aud the sundering of loving hearts-all
these are hut the common sorrOws of world
that Is filled with pain, and sighing, and
tears. However much we may deem our
own condition exceptional and peculiar, or
however strange our Affections may seem 10
he, when compared with what has occurred
n cuf own narrow circle of observation, vet
those same experiences, taken up into the
broader circle that opens before the divine
mind, may be doubtless paraleled in every
point by the experiences of others around
US. But If there were a sorrow or a trial
which mortals had never known, yet there is
this consolation--our Master, our Leader
our Helper, was touched with the feeling
Of our ufrmities and was tempted in all
points like as We are, yet without SIM" He
has passed through this weary pathway, and
His footprints marked with blood, are every
where before us. We may come to Him
with tender and confding love, aud tell to
1 lin the story of our grief without hesita-
tion and without reserve. lie knoweth the
way we take lie watches us through every
fiery trial; lie sits as refiner of silver,
carefully watching that which is so precious
10 Him, until lie shall see His own image
reflected in the molten mass. May God
grant us grace to bear our peculiar trials,
and TO overcome in the conflicts that are ap-
pointed to us; that at last, having suffered
with Christ, we may reign with Him in
peace and joy aud blessedness foreyermore.
The Christian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
4 PitlabIe Fate.

" For at the last IL bitelh like a serpent
and stingeth like an adder does intoxi-
eating liquor Never have We been more
forcibly impressed with the truth Of this dec
laration than when, last week, we noticed
in Western paper the tragic fate OF Hon.
J. j. Talbot, Grand Worthy Chief Templar
Of the Good Templars Of lndiana-an elo-
quent advocate OF the cause, and Of a most
brilliant intellect. We made his acquain-
tance at the International gathering Of
Good Templars at Kentucky last May, and
heard him speak several times. lie was a
reformed man. and was obliged to fight hour
by hour with the terrible appetite for liquor.
lie had often fallen, but was as often re-
claimed-aud when we met him he was the
chief officer Of the Good Templars Of bis
state. In an evil hour he cut aloof from
his moorinrs 10 follow the lead Of the few
ambitious men on the other side Of the wa
ter, who at Louisville seeded from the or
der and now he is picked up in the streets
of indianapolis "roariug drunk and con
fined in the station house. tpon recovering
from his inebriation, inflammation Of the
stomach and congestion of the brain set in,
from which he died on the second instant.
He had been a member Of Congress from
Kentucky, and also a clergyman who had
presided over wealthy society in Kentucky
His struggles for the mastery Of his terrible
appetite for drink, a. he narrated them, are
q sad warning TO all TO avoid the quick
sands upon which his bark was wrecked
BridgioH Neics.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
4 Moiher's Influence.


Another instance Of a mothers powerful
influence is given in what an American
minister says Of his recent visit TO Stockwell
Orphanage, London. Y" There were five Spur
geous present, and all said few words.
The father, John Sturgeon, his two sons, j.
A. Spurgeou and Charles, then the two sons
Of Charles H., Masters Thomas and Charles.
IL was an interesting sight. After the meet
ing, Mr.. Spurgeon introduced me to his
father. and we conversed together, as we
walked about the grounds, for some consid-
arable time OF course / asked him Of his
family. He is sixty-six years OF age. lie
has eight living children. lie has spent his
life in the ministry. In the course of the
conversation he said, ! had been from home
great deal, trying to build up weak con-
gregations. and felt that | was neglacting
the religious training Of my own children
while ] toiled for the good of others. re-
turned home with these feelings. opened
the door and was surprised to find none of
the children about the hall. Going quietly
up the stairs, heard my wife's voice. She
was engaged in prayer with the children. |
heard her pray for them one by one by name
She came to Charles, and specially prayed
Tor him, for he was of high spirit and dar-
ing temper. listened said the old gentle
man to me, tearfully, listened till she had
ended her prayer, and felt and said, Lord
| will 60 on with thy work. The children
will be cared for"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Use all the Means.


Is it not almost time for people TO realize
that no one fundamentally is going to do
the coveted work effectively The reason
is evident enough. No one line of work will
suit all capacities, tastes and degrees OF tenn
perance intelligence. Then, again, different
arms Of service are Just as effective in the
temperance army as they are in the armies
of the state. If temperance workers, III
stead of cinging to the idea that all temper
ance work must be done in some one favor
ite line should set themselves to devising
different modes of work by which all classes
and dispositions in society could be reached,
they would soon see that these would work
harmoniously together, while that would
prosper most which met the needs of the
greatest number, and the workers would
come to regard temperance itself as the
prominent and desirable thing, rather than
any mere form of work, and that is Just the
state Of things we want aud must have be-
fore we shall have temperance largely sue
cessful. Perfect success implies that all
classes and all individuals be reached and
brought into sympathy with the work. IL
| that looks like a herculean task all the bet
ter, that is Just what it is, and correct view
NAV take out of some people the conceit that
they are going to do it all themselves. Earn
est workers, however, may be consoled with
the assurance that there are many desirable
degrees Of success short of the last.-Jmid
| Coleman, in temperance 1drOcdie.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Burning a Green Log.

The enemy trying to get real Christian
to commit some great sin, is like consuming
a green log with candle. Here the blaze
is perfectly harmless, as would be the temp
tation to sell our hope of heaven. But light
a mere shaving with the candle, and add to
that few more slivers, then few a little
larger-then add dry sticks of wood and
still larger ones, aud when these get to
burning well, put on the green logs. BE
sure and keep the small sticks on, and in
this way you may successfully destroy your
green logs or anything else In this same
way Satan can draw away the children OF
God, but he is wise enough to know that
there is no use in tempting them TO steal, or
murder, or even lie, the first thing but, like
Esau, they may be tempted over morsel of
meat, and so, perhaps at last sell their birth
right or fall into open and dreadful iniquity.
--Seiected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29


BOARD or HEALTH-At a hearing before the
special committee on sanitary affairs, on Tuesday
last on the bill introduced by Mr. Martin, of
Londonderry, to establish board Of health, Drs.
Worcester of burlington, Waugh of Fairfax,
and Brigham Of Montpelier, appeared and argued
against some of the provisions Of the bill. but
finally waived most of their objections, and
moved an amendment providing that all schools
OF medicine shall be represented on the board
This amendment, they deemed, ought TO receive
a favorable report from the committee, as il only
places practitioners of all recognized schools of
medicine ON an equality, and insures to homoo
pathc physicians legally what from their infe-
rior numbers, and consequent inferior influence
they might be deprived Of by the jealousy of
their more numerous brethren OF different schools
DIR, Butler, Of Essex, Of the committee. thonebt
the bill was well enough as II was lie was on
posed to bringing =" "lsms" aud "pathics" int the
board at all. The bill as 1t stood, he said, dis
eliminated against In favor Of no partlcnlar
practice, and the proposed change was, To say the
least, unnecessary. The Doctor spoke at some
length aud dscaimcd all intentions Of making
any inyidious distinction between the physlcIans
OF different practices, and thought that the con
! templated change In the bill was uncalled Tor
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
The Terrible Drink.


The late lamented Nice-President once ex-
claimed In this country, and in this age
of light and knowledge, we have an army OF
five hundred thousand drunkards An
army of half a million drunkards in Chris
tian America % Genial, amiable Charles
Lamb once uttered this most pathetic cry
d" The waters have gone over me. But out
of the black depths would be heard l
would cry out to all who have but set loot
in the perilous flood. Could the youth to
whom the flavor of his first wine is delicious,
look into my desolation, and be made to un
derstand what dreary thing it is when a
man shall feel himself going down a precl'
pice with open eyes and passive will, TO
see his destruction and have no power TO
stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanat-
ing from himself, TO perceive all goodness
emptied out of him, and yet not be able to
forget time when it was otherwise, to bear
about the piteous spectacle of his own sell
ruin could he see my feyered eye, feverish
with last nights drinking, and feverlshly
looking forward for this nights repetition
Of the folly, could he feel the body OF the
death out Of which cry hourly with fee
/ ble outcrv to be delivered, it were enough
/ to make him dash the sparkling beverage u
/ the earth in all the pride OF its mantline
temptation, to make him clasp his teeth
| Christian at Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
The Gates Of Righteousness.

"Open to me the gates of righteousness !
will go into them and will praise the Lord.
This is the gate Of the Lord, which the
righteous shall enter" Psalms xviii 10,
20. This was the language Of one whom the
Lord had chastened sorely, but had not given
over TO death, lie had called upon the Lord
in distress and had learned that it was bet
ter TO trust in the Lord than 10 put conf
dence in princes. And now, chastened,
afflicted and delivered, be desires the open
ing of :" the gates of righteousness that he
may go in and praise the Lord, There are
many gates open before the sons of men,
The gates Of pleasure, the gates of business,
the gates OF honor, the gates of sim the gates
of death, the gates Of hell all stand open or
ajar, and invite the footsteps of the way
faring to enter in. Though these portals
may seem fair and beautiful, yet many who
enter therein return no more, but 60 down
the path TO darkness aud death. "The gates
of righteousness may have little of pomp
or pretension about them, the eye Of the am
bilious may overlook them, the thoughts Of
the gain-seeking aud goddess may disregard
them, but the children of the Lord Most
High pray that "the gates Of righteousness "
may be open before them, and that they may
"go into them and praise the Lord" Gods
mercy has opened the gates Of righteousness
TO us. We who had been lost in the wilder
ness Of sin and sorrow, we who had no right
TO tread a holy path or enter hallowed
gate yet through the abundance Of divine
mercy, the blood of the everlasting covenant
and the death Of Him who purchased eternal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Centaur LinimentS!

The lame can be healed and the wounded made whole
We know just what the Centaur Lniments viii do. They
will mend broken bones o. Cancer, but they
Will extract alay pain, Rheumatism aud
LANCER OF hesh bone and muzle ailments than any
article ever before discovered.
Scientific skl 20 beyond the effects Of these
narkable preparations. Chronic Rheumatism Of
years standing Neuralgia, Weak Back Fever Sores
Weeplng-Sinews. sciaisa Caket Breasts, Distorted
Joins and spuned Lmbs of te worst kind cured by
the white Centaur Liniuent
It viii destroy the palm and heal without scar, all
ordinary Burns and sctlds II Will The poison
Bites and stng- and the ffost from Frozen Limbs II Is
very ocacious for Eache Toolhaohe, Itch and Cutane-
Gus Eruptions.
Mr Josiah wcstake Of MaDsyille, Ohio, writes For
years my Rheumatism has been bad that have been
able To str from The house. The INST three bottles Cen
taur Lniment enabled me 10 walk without my crutches
am mending rspdly. / think your Liniment simply
marvel,
C, II. Bennett, Druggist, Rock Prairie No, says Cen
Lnment aes better and gives the best satisfaction Of
anything the market"
What the Centanr nincnt has done for Others Il viii DC
for you. Its handy, 1t Is reliable and it is cheap.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Ghe Dome GnrIe.
THE OLD LOG HOUSE.


There's an old loz house on my father. ntrsn.
~" ''.,'S '"N .''''
''' u' '''''n '''' n'.''H "'f
." ''' "'' ~ "'"-' ON N'' l'i'
Hut foudiy think Of tiie hygpue a,v.
""''e' ""n ui"ehs's ana N''eis '''i
N"' "Hpp''' "'."' lh w. country m''''
" ''"'"'' '''"e' i'' V' near
Hui my father bulidei another homer
~ =" s''..','' 1'' t.'' 'iA
,.s.-,, -.
''' many
The rabbit and squirrel play hide-aud -ek
,,.', ,,..,'',,s,,. ,-.,.,
The twltiering swallow now builds Hs meat
on the rAftets going 10 decay.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

redemption for sinful men, there is opened
ca new aud living way F." by which we may
enter -" the gates OF righteousness" Blessed
are they whose feet take hold upon this
heavenly path. Blessed are they who, weary
of a life Of sin and sorrow and temptation
aud waywarduess, are knocking at 4" the
gates Of righteousness aud seeking to go in
land praise the Lord" And they who
enter there shall find their ways the ways Of
pleasantness, their paths full OF peace, and
shall reach at last the house Of the Lord, the
city Of the Great King, the home of all the
blest-IHc Christian
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

A Coon JoKE.-A letter from Norwich
Conn, to the Hartford Times contains the
following story, as told by George W. fnE
Ter, submarine diver, who is now in the
former city. "While performing some
work for Uncle Sam in one of the South
ern ports where it was customary for those
who supplied the market with early garden
truck to load their boats and row them
around to the wharf, it happened that one
day a burly negro loaded his boat with
watermelons, and had just reached the dock
where the usual number of loungers stood
watching the operations OF the diver The
negro, all unconscious of his situation, was
zealously endeavoring to dispose OF his cargo
when Fuller suddenly emerged, helmet first,
from the water, thrusting his goggled eyes
| and ugly head before the astonished oceu-
pant OF the boat, and, seizing one OF the
melons, Immediately sank. The darkey
with a yell and bound, reached the pier
and neither stopped nor turned until he
reached home with the tidings that de debil
had 'hscated de melons.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
Raikoad lGime Gable.
CENrRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINZ
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing on Monday, Sept. 18th, 1915.


Trains Going south and Fast
Leave Montpelier at 0.15 A. NJ, 1.55 and S25 4. NJ
Mail Leaves st. Abans ut 90 w. Montpelier at gl5
~. for Boston New London Springfield, New YORK and
intermediate points.
Inv Fxpr,ss Leaves R.uses Point nj sO0 A. NJ Mon
frsai atsO0 A. ~ ST. Al1ans at 1905 w. Burlington ~
i21Or.M Montpelier Al IS ?. NJ, for hostun via Lowell
Mixed Train-Ieaves s. Alhans ai 320 ?. arriving at
Montpelier Junction at I.5o Pm
night Express Ogiensburg At 1910 NJ. Mon
trenl al LOO " NJ ST. Albans at 6C5 o. M Montpelier At
s2s r. NJ, for Hoston via Lowell OF fithhufg Spring
neld. New YORK aud intermediate points.
Train, Going North and Vest
Leave Montpelier at 3aJ 4. NJ, go A. ~ II. 20
A. NJ, 3. 70 =. ". and 20 =. M
Express Mall-Levcs noston via rtchburg ai 80 A. w.
Via Lowell at $50 4, NJ Sew London AZ $40 4. w.,
Springfield at 500 A. ~. Montpelier n df1 f NJ. for
Burlington ~. Alhans, Montreal and Ogdensburp.
Accommodation Train-feavea Northheld at $50 A.
N, Montpelier at hN A. ~ for Burlington ~. Alhan.i
Rchiori .t. Johns, Houscs Point and Malone.
White Mountain Express Leaves MontIoierat a. n 10
A. n4 for Burlington and 81 Alhans
Accommodation Train Leave White River june
lion at l35 p ~, Montpelier at 523 D. H. Tor burng-
ton and 81. Alhans,
Night Express leaves Boston via Lowell At 500 p ~,
via fuehbufg at $50 y, NJ, New YORK at 200 P. ~.
Springfield NJ $50 D. NJ Montpelier NJ 1A NJ Tor Bur
hngton s. Alhans, Montreal and ogdbg ana ue west
Trains leave Montpelier Barre at $50 and 25r
amid Or w. Returning leave barre al 7d5 A. H. and l0s
p, ~, and $50 y.
spng cars are attached 10 Ng Express trains running
between Montreal and hg-ou, aud Montreal and spfng-
nels, and 81. Aihans and Troy,
Drawing Room caIs on ia, ESpr,ss trains teSeen Mon
Through tickets for chcaao and the sale at the
Jw. HoBART. General supt.
81 Abans VI September ~. isi6
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

A man was saving wood, yesterday after
noon, in a back yard. lie severed two sticks
as thick as your wrist, and then went into
the house. Mary" ho said 10 his wife,
" my country needs me there's no use talk
ing, we must go TO slaughter all these in
juns no true patriot can be expected TO
hang around wood-pile these days
"John," said his wife, II you fight injuns
rs well as you saw wood aud support your
family, it weud take one hundred and eigh,
teen like you to capture one squaw, and
you'd have to catch her when she had the
ague and throw pepper ia her eyes John
went back to the wood-pile, wondering who
told his wife all about him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

A GEM.-Sidney Smith cut the following
from newspaper and preserved 1t for him
self: "When you rise in the morning, say
that YOU will make the day blessed to a fel-
low-creature 1t is easily done; left-oif
garment TO the man who needs it, kind
word to the sorrowful an encouraging ex-
preston to the staying--triiles IN them
selves as light as air-wll do at least for
the twenty-four hours. And If you are
young, depend upon ii, it will tell when you
are old and il you are old, rest assured it
will send you gently and happily down the
stream Of time to eternity. by the most
simple arithmetical sum, look at the result.
Ii you send one person away happily through
the day, that is three hundred and sixty-five
in the course OF year. And suppose you
live forty years only after you commence
that course of medicine, you have made four
teen thousand six hundred persons happy
at all events for q time.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

A HARD TAsK.-I know that it is dread
full work 10 be bound to preach when one is
not conscious of the aid of the Spirit OF
God. II is like pouring water out of bot
tomless buckets, or feeding hungry souls out
of empty baskets. A true sermon, such as
God win bless, no man can preach Of him
self; he might as well try to sound the arch
angels trumpet We must have thee, o
blessed Spirit, or we fail o God, we must
have thy power, or every action we perform
is but the movement OF an automaton, and
not the acceptable act of living, spiritual
man.-.SpWQeOn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29
CastOria! |!

ua mistake TO suppose that Casoria Is not adapted to
n person, as well as children. They only need TO in
crease ,he quantity. But children have so many com
u,alnts for which Castora s adapied-lke Wind Collie,
sour stomach Worms, letter, Teething ana Group That
n il especially recommended fer them.
a,ac,s ara mare certain than Castor oil. II con
,.,ns mo aleobol and as pleasant to take as honey
II never grpe. ny regulating the stomach and bowels the
Caatoria coois the blood eSpela worms ana prevents
teyerishness quets nerves and produces hea neh
Of course children can sleep In quiet ana ho'he''
can rest. ,-,, ., ana.
ras,o IA by all physicians and nurses
ho have tried H. and It havnga rapidly increasing sale
IN prepared with great after the reoe OF d. saue
poher OF Massachusetts,, at the Laboratory OF d. D. hos'
A Co. ~ Dey Street, New York
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

Nor least among the attractions at the Paris
Exposition of 1873 will be the music. There will
be grand concert hall in which will be heard
orchestral music, opera, and oratorc. England
will provide a complete performance of one Of
HandeVs oratorios, under the conductorship OF
Sir Michael Costa and Germany will give speci.
mems OF iiandel's music Cavaille Coli will build
an immense organ, which he promises will excel
all other organs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-29

onicAdo woman has been the wife OF four
brothers She began with the eldest ten years
ago, when she was seventeen years ago, and he
died. She soon married the next younger and
after three years got divorce from him, and the
third was divorced from her after about the same
period OF welded life She Is now the wife Of tho
iourth' and they seem to live contentedly, posi-.
ply because there Is no hith brother for her tc
capture.