davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
How Would You Advise !

Were young man to come to you, mod
crate drinking Christian and say, " | am
nov starting out in life and would like ad-
vice from those older than myself. What
had better do, join the teetotallers, or join
in the fashionable circles that tip the social
glass ?" You would probably tell him one
OF three things "To live while he lives, i"
and enjoy the convivialities OF life to join
the total abstinence party, or to do as he
pleased. The first would certainly involve
the possibility of his being drunkard, the
probability OF his being fashionable tippler,
getting only little tight now and then,
and the certainty of his spending good deal
of his money, toorSe than MrOwn array, and
his setting bad example TO others. The
second would surely direct his feet in path
OF safety from drunkenness, the prolific
cause OF crime, and be more likely To throw
him into good society. The third would
show such an indifference on your part for
the young mans welfare, that you could
not have the face to profess the Christian
religion, should you give it, Then it would
come to this; be teetotaller, or a moderate
drinker
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Two Short Prayers.

A Scotch minister, in his frequent jour
neys, always sought to say some words of
Kindness and Christian love in all places at
which he called One night he arrived late
at a small country inn, where he was to rest.
As was his custom, he asked the landlord if
he would call his family together for united
prayer before they went to bed. The land
lord did not object, and when all were as
sembled the room was quite full.
" Are all here ?" asked the minister.
"All," said the inn-keeper, "except our
little ktchen-maid, and she is too dirty and
too ignorant to be with us
Before he went to bed the minister said &:
" | should like to say word to that poor
girl. if you will allow me-"
The landlord thought he had rather
strange visitor in his house, but not wishing
to resist any further, he led the way into
back shed where the girl was busy washing
up dishes.
The gentleman found that she was indeed
ignorant and dirty. Before he left her he
said 81 wish to teach you very short
prayer; if you will learn it and promise to
use it every morning, | will make you nice
present when | come again" The girls
eyes beamed brightly at this, and she gave
promise.
ii want you to kneel down and say to
God every day, Lord, show me myself "
The girl said this short prayer over and over
again till she had learned it, and then gave
the promise that she would use it every
morning.
Some months passed and he was once
more at the same place. lie asked the
landlord what had become of the little
kitchen-maid. "Why, sir, she has been in
quite a poor way since you were here, and is
now very ill., The minister asked to see
her, and found her in nook under the
stairs. When he spoke to her, she told him
how she had kept her promise. 81 have
asked God to show me myself, but do feel
| am SO wicked; oh, what will become OF
me Z" The good man tried TO comfort her,
aud spoke about Jesus, the Friend of sin.
ners, who had come TO seek such as she felt
herself to be- 81 have now another short
prayer to teach you" said he, (which you
must also use every day, and it is this Lord
show me thyselt. After brief visit
they parted.
Several years passed, when one day a
| young woman, neatly dressed, called upon
| him, and said " You do not know me, sir p
"No; | do not. Have ever seen you
before Z"
10 you not remember, she replied
teaching two short prayers to poor kitch
en-maid at country inn p
"Oh, yes, | do remember; can you tel
me anything about her Z"
"Sir," said the young woman, | am thai
maid. | was in great trouble about my sin,
when last saw you, but the Lord has hearC
my prayer, Teach me thyself.' He ha'
also blessed me in my place and work, aud
praise his holy name. have now a frenC
in Jesus. have wished to find you ou
that might thank you, and tell you how
much owe you for your kindness"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Daughters.

An intelligent writer says " 1t is not pos
'ible to over-estimate the advantages which
would result from men in trades and profess
'ons allowing their daughters some partic
ipation in the work of their daily lives
What girls want is larger observation of
the world and a deeper knowledge of human
nature. There are few of our merchants
and manufacturers and professional men
who could not largely avail themselves of
the services of their educated and competent
daughters; and if such services could be
rendered generally available, it is not too
much to say that wider and more fertile
social life would arise for mankind. Mems
occupations would in no sense be pre- udiced,
while women would at once find that outlet
for their faculties for which so many of them
have been so long striving. A certain re-
'ponsibility would increase their sef-reli-
ance. A capacity for earning would remove
their sense of dependence, and definite oc-
cupation would bring forth health and cheer
tulness, and the larger experiences of life
would give force and completeness to their
mental characters,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
The Foundation Of Truth.

Yonder thunders Niagara. In the dis
tance CLEAN the great lakes, not five of them
only, but twelve, a chain of lakes extending
from the Arctic Sea to the mouth of the st.
Lawrence, the Great Bear, the Great Slave,
and Athabasca, and Winnebago being the
upper end of the silver and golden ribbon
stretching across the colossal breast twice
washed in the blood of our beloved America.
Now, suppose should lose my guide-book
to North America, would the map of North
America change? What if the book we
call the Bible were to be discredited, as it is
in no danger of being? What if the theory
of inspiration, which hold in high and
severe form, were to be given up, would
religion evaporate in human affairs | carry
a guide-book to Niagara and the great lakes,
and it may he shall lose it, but have not
the slightest fear that the plan of North
America will change when my guide-book is
lost. Revelation is only the sun rising upon
the landscape of the nature of things, and
the sun reveals, but does not create, the
landscape. Religion will stand on the ma
ture of things as long as it is known that law
is universal, that the soul is made on plan,
and that therefore we do know by strict in
duction that the fractioness action of the
human faculties is the only natural action,
for it is the only action in harmony with
our environment. We must not allow our
selves to be thrown into tremor by fear that
the inspiration of the Bible is a truth that
will be given up. To-day the Bible is read
in two hundred languages of the globe.
To-day more money is spent for it than in
any previous age of the world | do not
know single infdel book over hundred
years old that has not been put upon the
Boston infidel book worth reading. One or
two of Theodore Parkers books went into
second edition, but in this country there
never appeared a second edition of the col
lected works of Theodore Parker. That one
fact is sufficient proof that they are not
man is a sopher.-Joseph Cook.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Always One Way.

"She was always one way" said a lady to
mother the other day. They were talking
Of third, who was not, for God had taken
her. Do you know that this is very high
praise indeed Could it be said truly of
most of us To be always one way, and
that way the truthful, the cordial, the amia-
bic way, how lovely it is Compassed about
with nfirmities, feeling irritable because
our heads ache, or our digestion is wrong
OF we have overworked, most of us are often
not what we would like to be. We try the
patience and the love of those about us
Only that affection is the most loyal thing
in the universe, some who live with us would
be alienated by our variations. 1t might be
monotonous to be always one way if it
we're way of stupidity and utter matter-of.
factness, A dead level is tiresome. And
yet who would not give a great deal to feel
sure that after awhile everybody could use
that little sentence as descriptive OF course
which had been ever full of blessing to all
whom it touched ?-Seiected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
The Thin Edge Of the Wedge.

A few years ago, before the death of the
late Mr.. Mark Lemon. the wellsnown editor
of the London Punch, the writer had the
| pleasure of travelling with him on the rail-
way from London Bridge to the Three
Bridges station on the Brighton line. Mr..
Lemons request to the inspector, "Let us
be alone" secured the compartment to our
selves. This led to much frank and inter
esting conversation between MS. After va
rious topics had been discussed such as inn
proved dwellings for workingmen, the better
education of the poor, etc, the writer re-
marked:
"There are many good things you have
furthered, Mr.. Lemon, by means of your pen
and the shaft of ridicule, but there is one
thing in which you have always been on the
UrOng side"
"What is that 2" he eagerly asked.
You seem never to have lost an oppor.
tunity of throwing ridicule on those who de-
sire to uphold the sanctity of the Lords day
and who earnestly labor to prevent what
you and others wish to see in this country,
viz. continental Sunday"
Feeling deeply in this matter, I spoke
warmly, and expressed my belief that he
and others who sympathizcd with him on
this subject We're seeking to bring about a
state of things in our country which would
in the end be most disastrous to our national
welfare, and especially prove one of the
greatest wrongs ever inflicted on the work
ing classes. Mr.. Lemon replied with much
trankness
Well, now, you speak very plainly; but
| like to hear a fellow do so when feel sure
he is honest and believes what he saws
although | differ from him. Go on am
listening"
The writer continued: "On this question
| believe the workingmen of this country are
sounder than most Christians. and then are
wide awake to the fact that if the barriers
which surround the Lord, day in this country
are broken down, ultimately they will have
to do seren days work for six days PAY"
With a smiling face Mr.. Lemon said
" Now | will make a confession to you which
have not made to Others Some time ago
got up petition in favor of the opening
of the British Museum on Sundays, and sent
it into our printing office for the men to
sign, when judge of my astonishment the
foreman came to my room and said, IF you
please, sir, do you press for the signing of
this petition for unless You do the men
had rather not sign it, What in the world
do they mean by that. Why, it's for their
benefit that we want museums opened on
ouiudNS' hei, sir, repHeu tne FOREMAN,
the men think that would not be the end of
tit would only be the hin edge of the
cedge, and that before long workshops
and offices, and all kinds of places, as well
as museums would be open on the Sun
day, too Now" added Mr.. Lemon, "the
petition was never signed. The conduct
of the men made a strong impression on
my mind, and | honestly acknowledge it
furnishes a strong fact for your side of the
question"
From the day of our interview until his
death never heard of Mr. Lemon having
penned an unkind line against the promoters
of the better observance of the Lords day.
Parish Visitor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

Men are apt to take too narrow a view of
the influence of Gods word in the world.
Neither the Bible nor all its preachers give
full expression to what is technically called
the ministry of the word" Any broad
conception must include all those enlighten-
ing, convincing and conyicting influences
which flow from the history and revelation
OF Gods dealings with man. The Bible is
indeed the source and head of the Christian
ministry and Christian influence, but it does
not give full expression to that ministry and
influence, any more than the spring in the
mountain gives full expression to the river,
OF which IT is the beginning and first cause
Consider how many books the Bible has
given birth to, and what vast influence
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

BETWEEN THE LIGHTS.

A little pause in life while daylight fingers
Between the sunset and the pale noonrise,
when daily labor slips from weary fingers,
And soft gray shadows veil the aching eyes.
Old perfumes wander back from fields of clover
Seen In the light Of suns that long have set;
Beloved ones. whose earthly toll iAover,
Draw near, as II they lived among us yet.
Old voices call me, through the dusk returning
hear the echo Of departed feeti
And then ask with vain and troubled yearning,
What Is the charm that makes old things 80 sweot2
Must the old joys be evernore withholden?
Even theirmemory Keeps me pure and true,
And yet, from our Jerusalem the Golden,
Cod spcaketh saying, make all things new."
" Father" say &" the old must stni be neareri
stlae my love- or give me back the past
Give the fair old earth, whose paths are dearer
Than all the shining streets and mansions vast"
Peace peace the Lord of earth and heaven knoweth
The human soul in all its heat and strife;
Out Of his throne no stream Of Lethe Howeth,
But the clear river Of eternal life.
lie gveth life; aye, life in all ts sweetness
Old loves, old sunny scenes will he restore;
Only the curse of sin and ndincompleteness
Shall taint thine earth aud thine heart more
Serve him in daily work and honest living,
And faith shan lift thee 10 his sunlt heights;
Then shall psalm Of gladness and thanksgiving
FIJI the calm hour that comes between the lights.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Light at Evening Time,

The novelist wrote rs follows: "The old
post-chaise gets more shattered at every turn
of the wheel. Windows will not pull up !;
doors refuse to open and shut. Sicknesses
come thicker and faster; friends become
fewer and fewer. Death has closed the long,
dark avenue upon early loves and friend
ships. | looked at them as through the
grated door of a burial-place, filled with mon.
uments of those once dear to me. | shall
never see the threescore-and-ten, and shall
be summed up at a discount" All that is
not cheerful sunset of splendid literary
career. At evening-time it looks gloomy,
and the air smells of the sepulchre. Listen
to the old Christian phianthropist, whose
inner life was hid with Christ in God. He
writes: g can scarce understand why my
life is spared so long, except it be to show
that man can be just as happy without a
fortune as with one. Sailors on voyage
drink TO friends astern' till they are half
way across and after that it is friends
ahead With me it has been friends ahead
for many year" The veteran pilgrim was
getting nearer home. The Sun OF Right
eousness flooded his western sky. At even
lug time it was light-Dr Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

How TO SAVE TME.-There are many
ways in which a busy woman may save what
is more valuable to her than any other com
modify, viz. time. One is, never leaving a
room in confusion at night. The family sit
ting room presents an appearance of cheerful
disorder when the circle breaks up for the
evening Take few moments then to lay
the books straight on the table, set the chairs
IN their places, gather up threads and patches
from the floor, and put newspapers in the
wall pocket. Every living room should be
provided with waste basket for odds and
ends of paper, scrap bag for bits of thread
and ravelings, and a wall pocket, or two of
them, for letters and papers. 1t is much
pI-asanter in the morning to come down to a
neat and tidy room than to one which re-
minds us by its disorder that work is never
done,-ChriStian at Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Does Alcohol Make Men Work Easier

Dr. Parkes, in some experiments on Il
soldier TO establish the use OF alcohol as food,
gave strong, healthy man only water for
three days, and kept him digging in earth rs
hard as he could. The mean number of
beats per minute was sixty-six. The sol
dier then worked three days with the addi.
tion, daily, Of twelve ounces of brandy. Dur
ing the period the pulse beat seventy-one
times minute. The amount of work done
was about the same in each instance, and
the excretions did not differ much To find
out whether the man worked on brandy
with more ease than on water, he was asked
to nUte his own feelings. lie commenced
with the belief that he could work better
with the brandy, and ended with AN entirely
opposite conviction. During the first two
days, he said, the brandy, he thought, gave
him spirit to think he could do more; but,
when he came TO do it, he was less capable
than he thought. On the third day he was
hot aud thirsty, had palpitaton, was obliged
TO stop frequently becau'e his breathing
was not good" lie could hardly refrain
from throwing down his spade and stopping
work
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
Fruits and Health.

DIR. j. L Snodgrass delivered an address
at the August meeting of the Potomac Fruit
Growers Association on the subject of fruit
culture in its relations to health. lie said :
" come now TO consider fruit trees and
other fruit bearing growths as yielders of
medicine, food and diet to man. In relation
TO the tirstnamed use of fruits propose to
say but little, although more than a quarter
of a century of medical practice and obser-
vation may be supposed to have left me not
altogether unprepared for an intelligent ap-
probation of it, because | understand one
Of our members, now engaged in the prac
tce of the profession from which have ne.
tredDr. McKim) will follow me not only
in the discussion which am endeavoring
to point, but with paper specially treating
thereof. Passing over the alkales, so nee
essary to the health and strength OF man.
and which the delicious fruits that our as
socates OF the Potomac Fruit Growers AS
sociation SO abundantly supply, | now call
attention TO the acids resident III fruits. 1t
is for these our great debt is owed to the
fruit trees and the vines that cover and
adorn our orchards and vineyards and gar
dens. First of all name maiic acid, so
named from malum, apple, to which the
healthiness of that standby growth is so
largely due. But not only in the apple is
malic acid found. 1t resides in all our sour
fruits, in company with tartaric aud citric,
aud sometimes oxalic acid. 1t is to tartaric
acid the grape owes its dietetic and medical
value. | say medical in allusion to the So
called grape cure relied on i'll Spain and
France, and of which, whether depending
most on the fruit or the climate, have this
to say-that it is a fact that inyalids have
been restored by the use of grapes alone as
they have been by peaches and apples and
other fruits, mainly because of their neutral
izing effects upon the alkaline matter where
with meat and vegetable eaters sooner or
later find their systems clogged and their
elimination by the emunctories impaired II
not destroyed. But it is To the citric acid |
am prepared to yield the chief praise, The
earliest of the acids that come To cheer aud
bless in the lemon OF the Gulf and the straw
berry of the Potomac, too much cannot be
said in commendation OF its proper use in
either health or disease, as the medical men
present will bear me witness. 1t is this
which gives such Alternative power to the
straw awberry--that fayorlte fruit OF the masses,
OF which old lzaak Walton quoted the say
ing, in moment Of ecstacy not born of his
beloved rod and line " God doubtless could
have made better berry, but doubtless God
never did"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

Tue TRUNDLE-BED.-The balmiest sleep
we ever experienced was when we were nest
ling in the old trundle-bed with curly
headed brother Just turned out of the parent
nest 10 make room for a new customer. But
trundle-bed dreams were soon at an end, for
when the new customer came we were
crowded out OF the trundle-bed to make room
for the next that was turned out of the
parent nest, and so they kept alternating for
years, until we were turned out into the wide
world. Oh where are the little heads that
we have kissed a thousand times DER, as they
nestled in the old trundle-bed Some OF
them have grown old and gray, aud Others
are resting upon their everlasting pillows in
widely separated lands We are always sad
when we think of the old trundle-bed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

OUR WoRps.-There is a short and rapid
passage between the heart and the mouth /;
il is out of the abundance OF the heart that
the mouth speaketh; our words, as rule,
are reflection of our state OF mind. When
the tapis turned, the liquid which flows will
be that which the vessel contains. We know
the nature OF the metal by the ring which it
gives, SO our words must partake of the state
of our minds. 1t is our words which declare
our character aud determine our destiny
for the Great Teacher asserted, "By thy
words thou shalt be justified, and 10y thy
words thou shalt be condemned" If, there
fore, gratitude for Gods mercy, and trust in
his faithfulness, predominate in our hearts,
we shall sing and give thanks.-Bdrdsiey.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

A GRAVE magistrate was sitting at the
table between two coxcombs, who took it
into their heads to attempt making him the
butt of their rdicule Gentlemen" said
he, plainly perceive your design, but, to
save unnecessary trouble, must beg leave
to give you just idea OF my character, BE
it known to you that | am not precisely a
fool, nor altogether knaye, but, AS you see,
something between both"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

HEAVEN a loME-GATHERING.-l Heaven
will not be like a strange place. but like our
home from which we had been detained
for we shall see, not strangers, but old, IA
miliar faces; aud faces never by us seen
before will be known instantly by us, by
that law OF subtle, spiritual recognition by
which spirits know each other everywhere,
even as they know and are known instantly
OF God and heaven will be, in its sights
and sounds and greetings, home-gathering
to us who enter it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

OppoRruNIrIEs.-The are few men who
would pass through gold mine, having full
permission to carry away with them choicest
specimens OF its choicest treasures, who
would not make good use of such an oppor-
tunity. All along the highway OF life, God
is setting before each traveller opportunities
TO be and TO do, which are far more valuable
than the richest treasures of gold or gems
which earth oilers. These opportunities are
so many open doors which lead to the treas
ure houses of God, prepared for all who seek,
and offered TO all who ask.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17

To STop NosE BLEEDING.-for bleeding
at the nose the best remedy, as given by Dr.
Gleason, is a vigorous motion OF the jaws, as
ii in the act of mastication. In the case Of
a child, a wad of paper should be placed in
its mouth and the child instructed to chew
it hard. II is the motion of the jaws that
stops the flow OF blood. This remedy is so
very simple that many will feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been known to
tail ia a single instance even in very severe