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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
" MustV In Training,

Formerly, discipline was the great feature
If not, indeed, the only feature--in the
training of children. There was a time
when children were not allowed to sit in the
presence of their parents, or TO speak to them
unless they were first spoken to, or TO have
a place with their parents at the home table,
or in the church pew; when the approved
mode Of teaching was a primitive and very
simple one. "They told child to learn.
and if he did not. they beat him" The
school-days of children were then spoken OF
as when they were under the rod" But
that all is in the long past. For century
or more the progress of interest in and at
tenton to the children has been steady and
rapid. And now the best talent of the world
is laid under contribution for the little ones.
In the provisions of song and story, and pic.
lures, and toys and games, as well as IL
school buildings, and school appliances, and
school methods, the place of the children IL
foremost. At home they certainly do not hest
tate to sit down when and where they please.
or to speak without waiting to be spoken to.
Now that this state of things is, on the whole.
a decided improvement over that which IL
displaced we do not have doubt. Yet
there is always danger of losing sight OF
me important truth in the effort to give new
and due prominence to another. Hence, We
call attention once more to the value of ju-
dicious discipline in the training of children.
Children need to learn how to do thing
which they do not want to do, when those
things ought TO be done Older people have
to do great many things from a sense OF
duty. Unless children are trained to recog-
nize duty more binding than inclination,
they suffer all their lives through from their
lack OF discipline in this direction. Children
ought to be trained to get up IN the morn
ing at a proper hour for some other reason
than that this is to be " the maddest, mer-
riest day in all the glad new year" They
ought to learn to 90 to bed at a fitting time
whether they are sleepy or not. Their hours
of eating, and the quality and quantity of
their food, ought to be regulated by some
other standard than their inclinations. 1t
is already seriously questioned by competent
teachers if the kindergarten system is to
meet every necessity of childhood training
in study. There must be place for tasks
as tasks, for times of study under the pres
sure of stern duty, in the effort to train the
young to do their right work properly. 1t
is not enough to have children learn only
lessons which they enjoy, and this at times
and by methods which are peculiarly pleas
ing to them. President Porter has said, in
substance, that the chief advantage of the
college curriculum is, that it trains a young
man to do what he does not like to do, at a
time when he would not wish to do it, be.
cause he must do it, and do it just then
Any course of training for a young person
that fails to accomplish this much, is part
of Il sadly imperfect system.-Sunddy Schoo
Times
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Seierf MisreHanw.
SUMMER.


10 lazy summer, swarhy, In the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts upon the hills,
swathing her limbs In hazes warm and dun,
Hwhefc splendois into dusky spendors run,
And sutry glory all the heaven oerhlls.
Not vhite dimple stir amid the corn
not a low ripple shivers through the leaves;
Since. wrapped In gold and crimson CLEANS unshorn;
Came, flashing through the east, the regal morn
No throated twltterings gurpe round the caves
Flooded In sunny silence sleep the kline:
In languid murmurs brooklets float and flow;
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them iasmined honeysuckles twine,
And close beside them sun flowers burn and blow.
Amid the growing heat lie me down,
And into visions swarms the NOTED airi
Cleans up before me many famous town,
Piilared and crested with a rrgal crown
outshimnefing In an orient purple glare.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Shopping.

People talk of the pleasures of shopping,
We never could see it in that light. Few
women have sufficiently strong health to en-
dure with comfort a weary days tramp from
store TO store while they supply the wants OF
the family, indicated by the long memoir
andum with which they go armed; conse-
quenty they become jaded, tired and con-
fused, and good deal OF money is often un-
wisely spent aud good many foolish aud
unsuitable things bought. Women fire.
quently suffer unjustly the imputation OF
extravaganza simply because they do not
systematize and plan their buying. To say
nothing Of the other perplexities of shop
ping, it is really no easy matter to make
ones selection from the almost infinite va
riety of materials and colors spread before
us, of that which shall be seryiceable aud
suitable, as well as becoming. Take, iol
instance, the purchase OF II new dress We
start out at the beginning of the season with
the intention of buying certain materia
at certain price, but As we examine The
army of "new goods and "latest styles,
we find perhaps, that it is quite out OF The
market, and our taste must be " educated
up TO the prevailing standard, and We arr
| sure to come home with something very dis
similar TO that which was in our minds el,
when we began our expedition. Even u
| buy a simple calico dress is u matter of mort
importance than IL seems. Oi these print
which are nothing TO us now, the one which
we shall choose will henceforth he ldentiiir,
with us, aud become u part of our history
IL will improve our personal appearance, an,
give us aud our friends pleasure, or II vii
be unbeeoming, aud so give an uniavorab
Impression OF US 10 others, ior a tasteful o
an Ugly garment impart, TO u9 more or les
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Spreading the Tidings.

One of the grandest passages in old classic
poetry is the one in which representation
is given of the manner in which the tidings
of the fall of distant city were conveyed to
another with which it was at war. This was
done by lighting signal fires on successive EN-
inences; and the poet describes how on the in
slant the flames rose in the evening sky and
the glad news passed from hill to hill, from
isle to isle, from promontory to promontory,
from cliff to tower and mountain Steep till
the shout that arose in the streets of Argos
announced that their king was victorious
and that great Troy had fallen at last. The
Lord Jesus Christ expects that we shall keep
burning our signal fires that we shall be
like a succession of watchers stretching from
Calvary, the scene OF his triumph, to the
end of the earth. He would have us, in
this night of the worlds darkness, trim our
beacon fires, and shine forth in the earth,
declaring the glorious conquest once achieved
on Calvary, till the glad sound reach south
to Africa, north to Siberia and Lapland,
west over the wide sea and down through all
the Americas from Greenland's icy noun
tain's to Fuegian shores, and eastward till
the shout shall burst from the lips of eman.
cipated India, aud the voice of jubilee bt
caught up by the millions of China, aud the
sound shall ring through every isle of thu
great Pacific, till re-echoed by Norfolk Island
and Australia with all her gold.-Dr. A. N
SornerriHe
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
The Secret OF a True Life.

DIR. Arnold, OF Rugby, gives, in one of his
letters, an account of sanity sister. For
twenty years, through some disease she
was confined to kind of crib; never once
could she change her posture for all that
time. "And yet" says DIR. Arnold, and
think his words are very beautiful, 81 never
saw more perfect instance of the spirit of
power and love out of sound mind. In
tense love, almost to the annihilation of sell
fshness daily martyrdom for twenty
wears, during which she adhered to her
early-formed resolution of never talking
about herself thoughtful about the very
pins and ribbons of my wife's dress, about
the making of a dolls cap for child-but
of herself-save as regarded her improving
goodness-w wholly thoughtless enjoying ev-
erything lovely, graceful, beautiful, high
minded whether III Gods works or mans,
with keenest relish inheriting the earth to
the very fullness of the promise; aud pre-
served through the very valley of the shadow
of death from all fear or impatence or
from every cloud of impaired reason which
might mar the beauty of Christs Spirits
glorious work May God grant that |
might come but within one hundred degrees
of her place in glory" Certainly such a
life was true and beautiful. But the radi-
ance of such life never cheered this world
by chance. A sunny patience, a bright
hearted self-forgetfulness, a sweet and win
ming interest in the little things of family
intercourse, the divine ustre of Christian
peace, are not fortuitious weeds carelessly
flowing out of the life-garden 1t is the in
ternal which makes the external. 1t is the
force required in the atoms which shapes the
pyramid. 1t is the beautiful soul within
which forms the crystal of the beautiful life
without. There are exquisite shells within
the seattle shell of the nautilus, many
chambered, softl, carved, pearl-adorned,
glowing with imprisoned rainbows. There
are ugly shells within the sea-rude, dirt
colored, unsightly clam shells. But the
shells are as the fishes are within. To them
is given the power of extracting out of the
same sea the beauty and the grace, or the
dullness and the rudeness. So life will ever
be what we make it-nautilus shell or clam
shell. If we would have our life true and
beautiful, then we must be true and beauti-
full. There is no other secret. How can we
be thus ? There is Scripture which an
swers the question: behold | stand at the
door and knock. If any man will hear my
voice and open the door, | will come in to
him and sup with him, and he with me.
II we want our hearts the residence of Christ
we must become Christly, But we must
make them his residence. We can not hap
pen into Christlikeness.-W Wdtchmdn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
VOL. 72.-369O. NO. 80.

"Yes, and they were married, and lived
hanny ever after" cried Cissy. "Go on"
There was once more that piteous look
upon Cousin Kate's face, seen only by me
but II passed off, and she went on.
:" No, Cissy, they were not for the poor,
handsome young prince had enemes-cruel
bitter enemies-who slandered him, and
said that he had made false keys, and
opened the treasure chest of great man.
and stolen away his gold and precious
stones"
ooh !" whispered Cissy, now deeply inter
ested
"And." continued Kate, they took the
poor prince, and there was a great trial, and
though he declared he was innocent the
wicked people who slandered him and bore
false witness against him prevailed and
the great Judge said that he was TO be cast
into prison, and wear heavy chains, and be
kept there for twenty-one long years.
"Oh !" cried lii.
Eyes" said Cissy, know; and then the
simple young girl who loved him, went and
unlocked the prison gates, and struck off
his chains and set him free"
"No-no," cried Cousin Kate, and her
voice altered terribly, so that was alarmed,
though | could do nothing but gaze up in
hht niiu ldCt DtibIt lllt, lOT HOW CndDRp
came over it. No." she cried "the poor
girl could do nothing but sit and weep, and
feel her broken heart beat-beat-bea in its
own prison, wearing itself out, till-tli she
died. and-Oh, Frank Frank what have
we done that we should suffer this p
leaped up TO throw my arms round her,
while my sisters shrank away alarmed; for
Cosgin Kate turned away from us WITH
bitter wall, buried her face in her hands,
and threw herself half over the arm of the
old garden seat sobbing in a Wild hysteri-
cal way, such as | had never seen. Kate,
dear Cousin Kate" sobbed but even AS |
spoke there was hasty step on the gravel,
the bushes were dashed aside, and the shadow
of a tall man was cast over u.s."
Kate-darling he cried, catching her
in his arms, as | was thrust rudely aside,
am innocent and free"
She did not hear him, for she gave faint
gasp and sank back insensble.
We three girls were almost stunned but
we saw the tall, thin, pale looking stranger
hastily lift poor Kate from the seat, and lit
orally run with her to the house. while we
followed more slowly.
AS we reached the porch it was to meet
papa RAINING out, and in a short time he re-
turned with the doctor. But this doctor
was the wrong one; the right one had come
to us at the garden seat, and it was his
words that brought dear Cousin Kate back
to life, and in the course of a few months to
health.
For Frank Roberts was reinstated in the
government office from which he fell-in
higher post, one which gave him the conf
dence of the higher officials while the man,
through whose treachery poor Frank had
ifarqH a and a half hafnrp 1ia1
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Visiting the Afflicted.

Our Master blessed the poor his faith led
him among the lowly of the earth. He did
not undertake to do his work by proxy, but
he came himself and associated with men in
their low estate; visited them and talked
with them, comfoIted them, fed them when
hungry, healed them when sick, and thus
not only ministered blessing to those who
were in temporal need, but also bore our
sicknesses, carried our sorrows, and was
made perfect through suffering" and now,
"touched with the feeling of our iufrinities, -
he knows how to sympathze with those that
are in trouble and distress. And he sends
his disciples to be his representatives in
works of mercy on the earth, and teaches
them that 1t is more blessed to give than to
receive. As he was so are we in this world
and to those who sit in sadness, solitary and
distressed to the poor, and to them that
have no helpers to those who say in their
despairing hours, There is no God and no
helper" he would have us go, and with the
warmth of Christian friendship, and the
sympathy that is born from above, prove to
them that God still lives, that Christ still
loves that there is blessing and mercy in
store for the lost, that there are hearts that
feel for their sorrows and eyes that weep for
their woes, and that they have but to enter
into the fellowship of the family of God to
find welcome and blessing more than we can
tell which shall crown their earthly lives
with abiding JOY and fit them for the eternal
bliss of the world that is to COME The
THr;sy;ou
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MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1877.

invisib armor, against which temptations
to repine and murmur fall harmless. Put on
patience against your hungry hope, BE
patient with yourself. You are full of faults,
and your life abounds in blunders. DO not
lash yourself sore with self-debasement.
Some confidence in yourself is needful TO
your success. Be patient with God. 1t
seems almost irreverent to counsel you so.
And yet you know that even against God
you have cried out in your impatience.
Your garden did not bloom in season, or bear
fruit in abundance, and in your heart you
said, "God will never reward me according
to my works. He has flowers for others and
even for the ungodly, but me he leaves in
want. When shall my turn come :" Be
patient. He has one time and you have
another. Your time is when you desire ;
his time is when you can use. He sees your
day of real want; you see only the hour OF
capricious wishes For him and for you
there is abundance of time. His years shall
not fail, nor will yours. You can afford to
wait. Be patient.-M Mehoiist.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
BE Patient.

Be patient with your friends. They are
neither omniscient nor omnipotent. They
can not see your heart, and may misunder-
stand you. They can not know what is best
for you, and may select what is worst.
Their arms are short and they may not be
able TO reach what you ask. What il they
also lack purity of purpose and tenacity of
affection; do not you also lack these graces Z
Patience is your refuge Endure, and in
enduring conquer them, aud ii not them,
then at least yourself. Above all, be patient
with your beloved Love is the best thing
on earth, but it is 10 be handled tenderly,
and impatience is nurse that kills 1t. BE
patient with your pains and cares. We
know it is easy to say and hard to do. But
dear child, you must be patient. These
things are killed by enduring them, and
made strong to bite and sting by feeding
them with your frets and fears. There is nC
pain or care that can last long. None Of
them shall enter the city OF God. A little
while and you shall leave behind you tn,
whole troop of bowling troubles, and forge
in your first sweet hour OF rest that sucl
things were on the earth. BE patient viii
your deferred hopes. The heart is sick, NJ
doubt, but sick hearts must take the toni
of patience. All that is worth hoping io
will come to the Christian. The hope itsel
is put iu peril by the impatence that weak
ems and prostrates your strength. Here
also, you have no better resource thai
patience. You will reach next year just a
soon by taking il quietly; the end OF you
preparation for hfe's work-your apprentice
ship or college course--will come OF itseli
The end of all your labor is not far beyond
and need not be sighed for or inpatient
expected. Clad in patience, you walk in a
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04

TIRED OF LIFE.

o there are moments when long to go,
when this llfe's burdens seem too great to bear;
Ny feet are weary Of this hard, rough way,
And disappointment meets me everywhere.
o for that land where tears may never fall,
Where earthly sorrows seem Ms dreams all past,
Where grief and disappointment may not come
And weary hands and feet may rest at last
But stop! What right have to this sweet rest7
May laborers ask their hire ere they have earned,
or cry for rest when for themselves they've wrought
And earnest labor for the Master shunned9
What Ia 1t makes my feet so tired and sore2
Is 1t from running swift to do his Will
or from long hard chase for gllttering drops,
That my cherished treasure-cup may nll9
Hands weary Is 1t from the tears they've wiped
Or pointing many TO the living wayY
or are they weary gathering flowers that fade,
Or grasping Joys and hopes which will not stay?
Whence doth this grief and disappointment Gomez
sit that men will put my Lord to shame,
or has proud self been overthrown and baked
In some dear plan for ease, or love, OF fame3
o, self has been my end my aim, my god
No wonder that cry or rest and peace;
But dare hope the heavenly rest to gain,
when wearied out In such cause as this?
o let me turn and learn to prize my life,
Because for Jesus may spend 1t all;
And count the longest. hardest life but short,
And all my grief and sorrow light and small.
Then. when I've labored through the heat and cold,
And brought my sheaves In patience at his feet,
Then may lay my head upon his breast,
And know the laborers rest 80 full and sweet.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Building without a Plan.

Walter on his way to school, stopped in
front of lot which seem-d to be graded
for building, just as load OF lumber was
being deposited upon the spot. "What are
you going TO build here, Mr.. Gracey :" asked
he of the builder, who was standing by.
:" am going TO put up building, Walter y
What kind OF building is it to be, sir p
81 don't exactly know yet" " Are you
going to build barn 7" "Don't know yet
Walter, what it is to be-" well, that it
queer Mr.. Gracey. How do you know you
have bought the right lumber if you don
know what you are going to build 2" II
Mr.. Gracey was in earnest with Walter, h,
must have been very foolish builder. AnC
yet there are many young people who art
getting ready TO build just like Mr., Gracey
They grow up without any aim, forming
habits without any model, and so have ii
after-life but mass of bad habits and I
record of wasted opportunities. Have al
aim, and work hard TO reach it, Never buil'
without plan.-Sunday-schooi Visitor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-04
Poor Girls.

The poorest girls in the world are those
who have never been taught to work. There
are thousands OF them. Rich parents have
petted them; they have been taught 10 de
,plse labor, and depend upon Others for a
hvlng, and are perfectly helpless. If mis-
fortune comes upon their friends, as 1t often
does, their case is hopeless. The most for
lorn aud miserable women upon earth belong
To this class. 1t belongs TO parents TO pro
tect their daughters from this deplorable
condition. They do them great wrong II
they neglect it, Every daughter should be
taught 10 earn her own living The rich as
well as the poor require this training. The
wheel of fortune rolls swiftly round-the
rich are very likely to become poor, and the
poor rich. Skill TO labor is no disadvantage
to the rich, and is Indispensable TO the poor
Wel-to.do parents must educate their daugh
ters to work. No reform is more impera
tive than this.--Seiected.
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Punctuaiity.


We admire punctuality, and We can have
but little patience with those persons who
are so regardless of it, even in little things,
as to continually break their word under
the impression that 1t is of no consequence,
it will all be understood, and amount to the
same thing in the end as many often say,
to excuse their everlasting habit of being
false to their word, There are some people
who seldom or never do as they promise.
They habtuate themselves to promise any
thing and everything, without the least
thought of fulflment, We could name some
persons OF this sort who in other respects
are worthy people but they cannot com
mand confidence, because their word is not
regarded. We can mention young men OF
promise who are constantly losing ground
with other acquaintances, solely by being in
attentive to their obligations and promises in
little things. man will soon ruin himself
III this way. In all business transactions, III
all intercourse with friends, in all engage
ments, let all do exactly as they say-bC
punctual to the minute. That is the way Il
make other people so, and to make then
trust us.-!Seiected
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!Ghe Dome Circle.
THE HARDEST TIME OF ALL.


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fs the hardest time Of all.
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