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childish faces raised TO ours expect always
to find the same love and interest there,
dear mothers, as much as in us lies, let us
not disappoint them. II is easy to he a Joy
ful mother of children when the spirit is
light and step free, when nerves are steady
and strength sufiici, nj for the burden but
how hard to be patient when weakness and
PAIN come upon us, you know full well. Yet
treading in our Masters footsteps, if we en-
dure to the end, we shall be rewarded
Said little girl, after her mothers death :
"When think of my mother, see her face
as saw it on Saturday noon when was
only ten years old. She was not at all well.
and we had no help in the kitchen that day.
so all the Saturday baking had to be done,
the house cleaned and dinner prepared for
hungry husband and children. win and
were playing in the dining-room, and thought
lessly cut papers all over the hoor-little
bits, hard to sweep up, hard to pick up.
heard the door open and saw her look of
surprise that the room she had left so tidy
should be in such disorder. expected, and
knew we deserved a reproof, but she smiled
like an angel, it seemed to me-and said,
you'll have just time to pick up the pa
pers before father comes home. Let me see
if you can do it while | set the table Just
then fathers step was heard All tired
out, mother? 2 he asked, anxiously. 'Oh,
NOT she said, with that same bright look.
I've strength enough to work long time
yet for husband and children, and love TO
do it, Do You think we did not appreci-
ate the love, patience, and courage that spoke
through the pale face and weary voice?"
Take heart, mothers Your little ones
see more than you think they do. Your
own spirit is being impressed upon them by
a surer more lasting process than that by
which the sun stamps your face and form
upon paper. And while your little ones
note the quick, impatient word, the slightest
deviation from the truth, they see also your
justice, your gentleness, your long suffering
and live over many times in their own lives
what they caught from you in forgotten
moment.
And for their sakes | sanctify myself"
Christ said. May we not most reverently
apply the words to the little ones whom he
has given us, remembering the blessed assur-
ance, 'lnasmuch as ye did it unto one of these
little ones, ye did it unto me ?"-Interior
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" Life a Failure"

When DR.. Lyman Beecher was pastor in
Boston, he had many conversions at his
church, especially of young men. One who
had been anxious for some time, and had at
tended several inquiry meetings, being asked
on one of these occasions how he was getting
on, replied that he was in the dark, and had
received no light DR.. Beecher having
learned the nature of the young mans bust
ness, said TO him, d" Do you think you can be
a rum-seller and get to heaven God will
never bless you in such business. You
must renounce it, or you can never become
a Christian. For your souls sake, abandon
it. You must quit it or go to hell" These
words went to his heart He attended one
or two more inquiry meetings, and was no
more seeking to become u Christian. 1t was
a turning point with him. He concluded
not to give up rum-seling. Some time after
this, a pious relative wished to see him on
the Sabbath, and called at his residence, but
he was absent. A friend of his went to his
store, and hearing some one inside, knocked
several times at the door and obtained adj
mittance, only to find him busily engaged,
on the Lords day, in drawing liquors and
arranging for their sale during the week.
He apologized for being thus occupied, by
saying, " he had so much on his mind he
could find no other time to attend to it,"
He was absorbed in his chosen business,
seemingly forgetful of God and eternity.
lie was an energetic man, and in his nefar-
GUS traffic accumulated a large property.
Some who were well acquainted with him,
and were inquirers at the same time, became
devoted followers of the Saviour, and by
their ability did much to promote the cause
of Christ. They frequently tried to impress
on him the Importance of something better
than worldly goods of treasure in heaven
of a life consecrated to God, but without eff
feet. In the latter part of his life he was in
"A state of unrest, and keenly felt his want
of preparation for heaven. lie acknowledged
that his life was a failure. He expressed a
decided conviction that those, however poor,
who were serving God, We're richer than he
with all his wealth and that it was of the
highest Importance to begin life by beconl-
ing Christians. His last illness was of short
duration he was not aware of the nearness
of death till few hours before he breathed
his last. When his speech had failed him,
his countenance showed great mental dis
tress, even anguish and despair. He passed
away, and gave no sign of true repentance
or faith in Christ Young man, it may now
be turning point in your history Re-
member some opportunities occur but once
mistake then is a mistake for life and for
eternity, Hear the voice of the blessed Saw
iour: "Seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness" Say not, to-mor-
row | will do so, but make the required sac
rifice at once, and devote your heart, your
influence, your life, to Christ, Seek him
while he may be found "-Zion's Heraid.
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Humorous Waits.

Why is beefsteak like locomotive on
oug Journey Pit is not of much account
Without its tender.
The Cincinnati Commercial says the book
question of the day is whether Southern
Europe will be bound in Russia or in Turkey.
PROFESSOR PRocToR says the earth is
growing larger. We are glad to hear it,
saws the Ddnbny Ne,cs, ior real estate has
,hrunk fearfully in the past three years.
Ex-TREAsuRER SPINNER is the most sue
cessful fisherman in Florida The secret of
his success is said to lie in the fact that he
uses his autograph for bait, and the fish
imagine it is a new kind of a worm.
The Massachusetts, papers are discussing
the question, May cousins marry ?" The
burlington Hdnteye replies; 1--WE don't
see why a cousin hasn't as good a right to
marry as brother or an uncle or a son or
sister,
EXTRACT from letter from Atchison,
Kan; "The grounds tremendously dry here;
the big rain of last week did not reach the
ground the grasshoppers stood on their
mind legs and drank the water as fast as
1t fell"
AM willing to rock the baby while vim
min folks are boiling soap; | am reddy to
kut rags to work into rag carpets they kan
keep me hunting hens eggs, or picking
rreen kurrants; or | will even dip HANDLES
or kore apples for sass, but won't churn.-
Josh Billings.
81 WILL give aud bequeath." said Pat in
his will "to my beloved wife, Bridget all my
property without reserve to my eldest son,
Patrick, one-half of the remainder; and to
Dennis, my younger son, the rest. If any
4 II. =. 4
in sweet Ireland"
"R,pnrp" said a farmer IN his tonsor
:. now corn;s oheap Won ought to shave for
half nrice" Cant Mr.. 'iones " said the
nam If ragors 81 really onrht to charge
more, for when corn's down the farmers
mako sncb lone faces that have twice the
round 10 90 over"
wv" W., ~ 71,r, IS haa = . don,n had .. ,,o,
s ~ sTa' ., o1u ha 70 uo"n d uau .ohoai wa,
'saeu oa o'''S 0oa ~ 1t;e @ ho~ assr t 10 NV
Ia hmn'sIod,,o ;nsta~t,, rsiseJ his hand
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A "Reminiscences Of Washington.

A needy sailor, with wheelbarrow of
shells, accosted the general on the street, and
holding up a number of conch shells. i'm
pored him to buy them. Washington lis.
tened with sympathy to the story of his
'uiferings and want, and kindly replied that
he would buy them if he could in any way
make use of them. Necessity perhaps sharp
ened the sailors wits, and he promptly sug-
gested that they would make lovely buttons
for his velvet coat. The general doubtless
smiled at the ingenious proposal, but agreed
to try them, Carrying home his ocean
treasure of pink shells, he sent for button
maker to know if he could make anything
useful out of the pretty playthings with
which he found himself encumbered. The
workman replied that he could make the but
tons if he could find an instrument sharp
enough to pierce them. Washington would
have nothing useless about him, and so the
shells We're delivered to the manufacturer,
who in due time returned them to him in
the shape of concave buttons. little larger
than a quarter of a dollar, with silver drop
in the center, hiding the spot where the eve
is fastened beneath The President then
astonished the republican court by appear
ing in a coat with pink conch-shell buttons
sparkling on its dark velvet surface. Eighty
years ago, it seems, fashion ruled in the
hearts, or rather over the costumes, of men
and women, just as it does now-for Captain
Lewis bears testimony that conch-shell but
tons Immediately became the rage. The
shell venders' and button makers fortunes
We're made by the generals passion for util-
izing everything that came into his pos.
session.-Scribners Monhly,
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Praying In the Night-Watches.

am not surprised at Dayid's praying to
God in the night-watches at his rising from
his bed, and ascending to the roof of his
house, and when the mighty heart of the
city was still, and the mountains round about
Jerusalem We're sleeping in the calm brill
fancy of an Eastern night, that he should
gaze with rapture on the sky, and pour forth
such beautiful psalm of praise as When
consider the heavens, the work of thy fng-
ers," etc. The night is more suited to prayer
than the day never wake in the middle
OF the night without feeling induced 10 com
mune with God. One feels brought more
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Not a Hindrance, but a Help.

1t is worthy of our note that eminence in
the Christian life does not hinder, but rather
helps us to eminence in any one point in the
life that now is. If "a person were to give
his attention to two or more worldly pur-
suits, he would i'll II measure, perhaps, fail in
both; but he may be a good physician, or a
skillful farmer, and none the less so because
he is good Christian. Nay, there is no
honest calling in life in which a man will
not be helped to eminence by true and deep
piety. Everything good grows in the growth
of religion. Let "a man of business work on
Sundays, neglecting religious duties, and his
broken health will tell him his mistake or
from over-eagerness in grasping at gain, let
loss after loss come upon him, and he will
be taught that the moderation which the
gospel inspires was needful for him. Many
worldly man may say, at the close of life
that he has gained nothing by neglecting
religion. The Christian physician may say
" | might have been eminent in mere pro
fessional matters without piety, but doubt
whether | should have been so successful
certainly not so happy" Every one who
has truly sought to serve the Lord will
acknowledge that godliness is profitable fol
all things, for the life that now is, as well as
for that which is to come.-C ChWchman.
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Ghe Dome GnrIe.


BY WIFE.
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OF Rest in Heaven,

Out of the slowly gathering dusk of an
evening in May there came TO my ear the
sweet, clear call OF the thrush. could not
see the bird, nor the bush on which he had
poised himself, nor the nest hidden deity
among the branches where his mate was pa
tiently brooding. All of the singer was
hidden from my view but the song, like a
silver trumpet-call, came ever through the
twilight, bringing to my ear wonderful
sense of peace. Till the stars came out, at
intervals heard the music of the thrush, a
thing glad, yet mysterious, At last it ceased.
So, dear friends, as we go on our way to the
heavenly land, we come often to twilight
spaces, shut in by the gloom of bereave.
ment, unpervaded by the sunshine of Joy
And sometimes, in the shadowy hour, we
hear angel songs, and, sweeter than angel
songs the voices of dear ones who testify OF
the neyer-tailing grace of God, and we are
comforted. The thrush is pouring out its
love-song in the dusk, and we are filled with
hope, for we know that we are going to tn,
light, to the land of beauty, song and never
fading bloom Christian al Work.
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Trmpranrf.
For the Vermont waichman.
WILL 1T pAN2
ny LAURA BRIGHAM BoYcE.

ny LAURA BRIGHAM BoYcE.
'rls question we ponder, whate'er we would do
BE IT business or pleasure, for profit or play
Before we embark In enterprise new,
We wish to be sure II Is going 10 pay.
And we count moi the man over witty or wise
Who fritters his substance labor away
In a Wild speculation or bold enterprise
Before he is the Investment piN pay.
All yes we wise in such frivolous things
To reckon up shrewdly the profit and loss;
TO cent per cent and the gain that II brings
We know what will pay in the worlds current dross.
But In things Of more moment we're not all wise;
Persons often observe Of young men who're too gay,
Let them their wild OATS and they start In surprise
Should you ask IL the crop would be likely to pay.
Whatever ye SOW, that ye also shah reap"
Is truth that is potent to-day;
wild oats are a crop you will wish to keep
Don't sow them, young man. for they never will pay.
If tempted to taste the inebriate's glas
Daily not with the poison, turn boldly away
Too much 1t will cost II you drink 1t, alasi
Far more than you eer will be willing to pay.
II will cost you your time your honor and wealth,
Reputation and friendship too will decay
II VIII rob you OF reason, Of pleasure and health
This Is only part OF the price you must pay
For the demon who Turks in the dark, cleaning bowl
Relentless, Unsuitable where he holds sway,
Demands of his victim the he Qfhis soul
Such a terrible price are you willing to pay?
Does the rum-seller think he counts up the gains
OF a traffic unholy, for day after day,
There Is question-it needs the pains
10 prove that his business most surely rW pdyl
All yes it ciH pay, as we reckon such things.
II will I'LL up his Golfers with gittering gold,
But a conscience accusing reproaches and stngs,
II has not by chance with his whiskey been sold.
Ills wealth is accursedl Ills the price Of mems blood,
Each gold piece may prove to be price of a soul!
He made slippery paths where they an would have Stood
And lured them to ruin and death by the bowl
when he stands before God and his great judgment seat,
while his victims confront him. fearful array,
From Judge who's omniscient his sentence to meet,
VIII he then think his business is that ria pdpi
All. then shall the binding scales fall from all eyes,
And they shall he opened to see in that dap,
That the true and pure-heartcd alone are the wise;
That goodness, not gold, Is the thing that will pap;
That the lowest one who hath abored to
His fellow from sin, degradatiOn and shame,
Though his form may in poor pauper's grave
Shall bear In Gods kingdom well honored name
Not alone yet by bread shall humanity live;
II we trust in gold it shall surely betray;
But he who the cup Of cold water shall give
To one thirsng SOUL he shall find it riH pdy.
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CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing on Monday, May 18th, 1877.


Trains GoinD South and East.
Leave Montpelier at $40 A. NJ, 9 10 and o 20 p. Nj.
Mail-Lcaves st. Albans at 100 A. NJ Montpelier at $40
NJ, for Boston, New London, Springfield New York and
intermediate points.
Day Express-Leaves Rnuses Point at 1880 A. NJ, Mon
treal atgO0 A. NJ St. Abans at 1910 r NJ, Burlington ni
R40P. M Montpelier at 2.l0 T.. NJ, for Boston via Lowell
Mixed Train Leaves ST. Albans at $40 p. arriving
Montpelier at S.l0P.N
Night Express-From Ogdensburg Montreal, st. Al
bans and Burlington leaves Montpelier at $50 p. NJ.
for Boston via Lowell Ftchburg, Springfield New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Goin0 North and West.
Leave Montpelier at 10 a. NJ, 610 A. NJ, 3 45
p. NJ. and 600 =. NJ.
Express Mail-Leaves Boston via Fitchburg at 7S0
via Lowell at 500 A. Nj, New London at 5eO A. NJ,
Springfield at 500 A. NJ, Montpplier at 345 Nj, for
Accommodation Train-Leaves Northheld at SIS A.
NJ. Montpelier at 6l0 A. NJ for Burlington st. Albans,
Richford, 81. Johns, Rouses Point and Montreal.
Accommodation Train Leaves White River June
tion at Lao NJ, Montpelier at 500 r. NJ, for Buring
ton and ST. Albans
Mixed-Lcaves W r. junction at $50 a. NJ Northneld at
il.00 A. NJ. Arrive at Montpelier ut l2OO NJ.
Night Express-Leaves Boston via Lowell at $50 p.
via Fitehhurg at $50 ?. NJ, New York at 800 p. M.
Springfield at 500 =. NJ, Montpelier at 3l5 for Bur
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at 50 and l225 r. NJ
andil0P Returning, leave Barre ats 25 NJ, and l2
p. NJ. and $40 =. NJ.
Sleeping attached Night Express trains running
between Montreal and boston, and Montreal and Spring
field, and ST. Alhans and Troy.
Drawing Room cars on Day Express trains between Mon
treal and Boston.
Through Chicago and the for sale tht
principal stations.
wv. HOBART, General supt.
St. Albans VT. May u, 1871.
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The Evening PRAYER.

Mrs. Elliott was a busy woman, but she
was never too busy to put her darlngs &c
bed herself, and to hear them say their even
ing prayers. No matter how many engage
ments were pressing on her time and care
she always gave the little ones their own
happy hour after tea. do you think
mamma dear" said Jessie one evening
that Jesus hears my prayer, when so many
other children are praying to him at the
same timer | should think he would grow
confused, and not know which little voice
was talking to him" What answer did
Mrs. Elliott make to Jessie's question -!
Does anybody wonder Well, she said this
Dear little Jessie, when you call me in the
night, even if am half asleep, know which
one 1T is who is in want of mamma. Though
| may be tired or sick, it is not a trouble to
me to rise and go to the bed, and find what
it is that my child wants. Jesus is more
tender than any mother can be. And he is
never weary, and there is no little lamb in
all his flock whom he does not know from
every other. He calleth his own sheep by
name and leadeth them out. And he loves
to listen to every real prayer and he always
has time enough to hear it. When you
have any trouble or have done wrong and
are sorry, or when you do not know what to
do or which way to go, then always tell
Jesus Yes" said Jessie, " | like to hear
Aunt Nancy sing;
Nobody knows de trouble see,
Nobody knows but Jesus"
a." said Roy, "prefer the hymn mamma
loves
One more days work for Jesus,
One less Of life for me-
al like them BOTH" said Clara "but bet
ter than all is the old hymn which papa so
often gives out in church:
Jesus, lover of my SOUL"
There are days when the Elliot children
are naughty, when they lose their temper, OF
say impatient words, or forget to perform
their tasks we'll. But when evening come,
the raveled threads of the day are all knit
up and as they pray they learn how sweet
and comforting it is to tell everything to
Jesus, to confess sin, to thank him for his
love, and to trust to his care. May we all
know for ourselves the same blessedness !
Chiid'S IVord.
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eMaraI and Religiuns.



ro, mo io,o ,heo ,,ore NV Saviour.
Lame. vet nat alone with thee,
wi, ,,,on lao mo noar c,unnnion2
wit thou OF commune WIN mef
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va,",,,,,,, | .,,ar ,,,a a.. !, ,,o,her
Bends her suffering child aboveT
1vho,, ! r.od thu hahn and counsel
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,vn, ,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,o.,, n,und toward ,hee
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Literary Taste in Children.

know two little girls, aged seven and
four, who, quite unconsciously, have made
the acquaintance of some of the writings OF
our best poets, and find great delight in
them, and are learning to appreciate good
things in perfectly natural, child-like way.
The oldest was very nervous, excitable
child; it was almost impossible to quiet her
to sleep, and she was very wakeful at night.
When she was about three years old her
mother began reading to her at bedtime
some of those pretty little pieces of poetry
for children, such as are found in so many
collections, like Hymns and Rhymes for
Home and School, "Our Baby" and the
like, and found the rhythm so soothing to
the child's restless nerves, that she commit
ted several to memory to use when the book
was not at hand. She kept the little book
or newspaper scrap in her work basket, and
when she was holding the baby or could do
nothing else, she learned stanza or two.
She soon had quite collection at her
tongues end, and now it is part of the bed
time routine for mamma to repeat one or
two. The little rollicking four-yeai old, a
perfect embodiment of animal life and spir-
its, generally calls for Tennl sons "Sweet
and low, wind of the western sea-" while
the older one is charmed by Mary Howitt's
pretty ballad of Mabel on Midsummer Eve :"
sweet, pure, good English all of it.
watched the older child, as she stood at the
window beside her mother one wild Novem-
Der morning, looking at the dead leaves
whirling in the wind, while the mother re-
cited to her Bryant's lines, The melan-
choly days are come" 1t was almost as
good as the poem to see the child's gray
eyes kindle with appreciation as she eagerly
drank i'll the words. One can see the inhu-
ence of this culture in the little songs they
make up for their dollies-a jingle and jar
gon, of course, but interspersed with remem-
bered lines from their "little verses" aud
having withal good deal of rythm and
movement about them. Their ear has been
educated to a certain standard of apprecia-
ton, just as German children, who grow up in
an atmosphere of good music, find delight in
harmonies which are hardly understood by
our less cultivated American ears. OF course
you must carefully select beforehand to suit
the childrens minds, and must explain sim
lies and allusions.-From Letters to a
TouD1 Mother" Scribner for March,
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ALL the events of life are precious to him
who sees in everything the hand of his
heavenly Father. No wind can blow wrong
no event be mis-timed no result be disas
trous. II God but cares for our inward aud
eternal life, and if by all our earthly expe
riences he is unfolding it, and preparing ioI
its full aud perfect disclosure above, then
nothing can beial us but prosperity
Mdtthew Henry.
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OUR country has one hundred and forty
six thousand saloons, one hundred and tween
ty-eight thousand schools, and ffty-four
thousand churches, influencing its millions
Z" What shall the harvest be 2"
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A SHEEP may slip into slough as well as
a swine. The difference is, that the sheep
breads a fall, and speedily rises from it;
while it is a habit with the swine to be un-
clean, and to love the same condition the
other abhors.