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within their reach useful and instructive
books, and show by example as well as by
precept that she appreciates them and the
pleasures Of home will be purer and sweeter
to every member of the family, and the chill
dren will seldom have occasion to seek even
ing amusements away from the charmed
circle of home. II has been truthfully said,
"a good book is the best of company" and
the earlier we introduce our children into
the society of good books, the greater will
be the benefit derived from them; and the
stronger will be their attachment to the
social circle around the evening fires, and
there will be less danger of their seeking
diversion in the society of the idle and
vicious. But if you neglect to make home
happy, and to furnish entertainment for the
intellect, be assured that the restless desire
of the human mind for some new thing"
will frequently attract "those boys" and
girls, too, away from home in search OF
Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Right Spirit in Giving.

1t was manifested recently by an octoge-
marian deacon of IA Congregational church,
when in sending his annual contribution OF
one hundred dollars to the American Sun
day-school Union, he said " confess with
shame have hesitated about this, because
of heavy losses but am resolved that
will not hold back from Christ and his
precious cause, and from the little ones. "
1t was manifested by Christian Presby-
terian lady, when in sending her thirteenth
annual gift to the same society, she wrote
Z" believe we are all much poorer than we
have been, but we must not begin our re.
trenchment with the generous Giver of all
we possess We can all afford to do with
less personally, and not suffer for, as a
general thing, we are a profuse and luxuri
Gus people, and it will not harm us to be
more prudent and self-denying."
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eMoraI and Rrligions.
THE UNATTAINABLE.

In dungeon Of stone am valid around,
with fetiers Of iron my limbs are boundi
valnly I seek for n ray Of light,
But my eyesare wrapp'd in the pail Of night.
Faln would I soar TO the realms Of day,
And plant my feet on the starry way;
Fain would pierce to the central throne,
And make my pant to the Great Unknown.
Fain would fathom the gloomy past,
And scatter the shadows the ages cast;
To the ontmost bounds Of the future fly,
And know the DEGREES of Destiny.
would probe the recesses Of Natures heart,
The breast Of the universe rend aparii
Iwould take my stand on the highest star,
And scan the horizon near and far.
on the gates of Heaven I'd warfare wage
And upon ts battlements spend my rage;
Nor ever ia rest from my eager strife,
TIL knew the meaning Of human life,
Till knew the meaning Of human woe,
The whence we came, the where we go;
Til learn'd the riddle whose answer lies
Enwupp'd In eternal mysteries.
Alas I am hcre,-l know no more;
Alas I am bnund,-I may not soar;
Alas I am blind,-I cannot seei
And the riddle Of life is unread by me.
All surely my spirit shall sometime know
The things which II vainly seeks for now;
All surely this heart shall sometime bide
In peace, and its yeamings be satisfied. Select
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
What TO Teach Our Boys.

Teach them self-reliance; teach them to
make fires; teach them how to saw and split
wood; teach them every day, dry, hard, prac-
teal common sense; teach them how to darn
stockings and sew ON buttons; teach them
to eat what is set before them and he thank
full teach them how to black their boots
and take proper care of their clothing; teach
them how to say No." and mean it, and
Yes" aud stick 10 it, teach them to wear
their working clothes like kings teach them
that steady habits are better than riotous
living teach them that the further one goes
beyond his income the nearer he gets to the
poor house; teach them not to have any
thing to do with Incorporate and dissolute
young men, or with idle or frivolous young
women.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Health.

Health is the harmony, balance, and we'll
proportioned action of inr umerable organs,
iibres, nerves, MUSCLES bood-vessels, mem.
branes, of which most men know compare
lively nothing. And casual arrangement
in some minute cell, which we cannot dis
cern, and of which we never heard, may be-
gin the work of destruction that will lay the
strongest in his grave. A tiny nerve so
slightly wounded that the microscope can
not detect the injury, will rack the whole
body with agony. Who of us can look
within the complex frame and discover the
first faint flush of an inflammation that is
soon to become hectic burning on the
cheek. and a consuming fire in the lungs
Who can trace out in some subtle vessel uu-
consciously ruptured the elements of dis.
ease and dissolution We 90 forth exult.
ant, and quicken our blood by the glow that
health pours through our limbs, and yet we
find. in the very freshness of the air. ordi-
narily so invigorating, check of some vital
function, and date fatal illness from the
chance breath of north wind. day
closed without suffering should be to us an
affecting witness of Gods loving care. And
we should wake each morning with some
thing of the emotion that new gift of life
would call forth. It is really God who gives
us health. To his inHowing energy we owe
the vigorous muscle, the strong arm, the
firm tread. Through his all-quickening aid
do we find the air balmy, mere motion pleas.
ure, occupation attractive, society cheering,
and our common existence a continual Joy.
DO not let health generate self-relance Re
ceive it and use it gratefully as Gods gift
Young man, abuse not and waste not in ex-
cess, that should make you blush, this di-
vine blessing To you, let the elastic step
the bloom on the cheek, the bright eye, the
smooth brow, aud delight in fresh existence
speak of God the giver Thank him for
health. Consecrate it as his trust to inuo-
cent enjoyment, manly effort, social useful
ness, and preparation for an honorable and
holy career.-Reg William 4. Claiming.
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VEGETINE!

ALL DISEASES OF THR BLooD-If YEGEfINE will re-
leve pain cleanse purify such diseases restoring
the patient perfect health after trying different physicians
many remedies, suffering ior years, Is 1t not conclusive
proof II you sufferer you can be cured? Why Is this
medicine performing such great curesY 1t works In the
blood In the circulating fluid. II can truly lie called the
Greaf Bood Purifier The great of disease origin
ates in the blood and medicine that does not act directly
upon II, purify and renoyate has Just claim upon
uublic attention.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

The RELIGIOUS TRAMp.-rhe religious
tramp is found in every community, and
every minister will recognize the picture.
lie is sometimes nominally attached to some
particular church, but more often processes
a broader fellowship with the church .ur i
versal. If he has membership in any one
church it is not because he expects to wor-
ship with them or TO help them, but because
church membership gives him a reader
recognition. The church which has his
name will usually receive less attention from
him than any other in the place.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

The TRuE lIELp.-The Christian goes to
the Bible in time of WEAKNESS and trouble,
His daily toll has fatigued him, his spirit
shrinks. lie takes up his Bible, and as he
peruses some glorious truth of revelation his
soul is refreshed and his heart made glad,
Some painful inilicton of providence has
come upon him; black cloud OF sorrow
God bring light and life into his soul. lie
sees on almost every page the assurance,
The eternal God is thy refuge, and under
meath are the everlasting arms"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
What n Book Can DO.

An old Puritan doctor wrote a book, years
and years ago, called the Bruised Reed, y
which fell at the right time into the hands
of Richard Baxter, and brought him under
the influence of the enlightenng power Of
the spirit of God. And then Baxter's nrr-
istry was like the sun in his strength, and
he wrote book called "The Call TO the
Unconverted.' which continued to speak
long after Baxter himself had ceased to
speak with human tongue. That "Call TO
the Unconverted went preaching on until
IL got into the hands of Philip Doddridge-
prepared by his pious mothers teaching
from the Dutch tiles of a mantel-piece, with
very quaint scriptural stores-and it was
the means of enlightening him to a broader
knowledge and richer faith, and deeper
experience of the things of God. And then
Doddridge wrote book called "The Rise
and Progress of Religion in the Soul which,
Just at a critical period in his history fell
into the hands of William Wilberforce who
wrote book called Practical Christianity" !"
which far down in the sunny Isle of Wight
fired the heart of clergyman, who has at
tanned a broad and wide reputation, and
most deservedly too--for who has not heard
of Leigh Richmond ? He wrote the simple
annal of Methodist girl, and published it
under the title of "The Daryman's Daugh-
ter" and into how many languages that has
been translated. and been made of God
power for the spread of the truth The
same book on Practical Christianity went
right down into a secluded parish in Scot
land, and il found there young clergyman
who was preaching gospel that he did not
know, and it instructed him in the way of
God more perfectly, and he came forth a
champion valiant for the truth upon the
EARTH until all Scotland rang with the elo-
quence of Thomas Chalmers. Look at it..
Not flaw in the chain. Richard Gibbes,
Richard Baxter, Philip Doddridge William
Wilberforce, Leigh Richmond and Thomas
Chalmers-is not that apostolic succession =?
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LEARNING TO READ.-Among the count
less yagares and crueties of parental despot-
ism, none is fuller of harm than the sense
lers" At the time when the little ones are
still aglow with the first ecstases of bud
ding life, parental despotism thrusts dead
book in the child's face, with the peremptory
order TO read Reading should not be
taught the child, therefore, before his taste
for independent work, his appreciation of
his own powers, his faith in his own re-
sources, are sufficiently strong To enable him
TO resist the charm of morbid fancy il
should not be taught before he can make use
of it for legitimate purpose of the art
and it should be taught him, though in ever
so narrow limits, with constant reference u
these purposes The Nep Education.
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VOL. 73.-37O6. NO. 2.


DO you know my sweetheart, sir2
She has fed and gone away.
I've lost my love; pray tell to me
Have you seen her pass to-day2
Dcwy bluebells are her eyes;
Golden corn her waving hair;
Her cheeks are of the sweet blush-roses.
llaveyou seen this maiden fair2
White lliesare her neck, sir
And her breath the eglantine,
Her rosy lips are red carnations;
Such Is she, this maiden mine.
The light wind is her laughter.
The mnnnurng brooks her song;
Her tears, so full Of tender pity,
In the clouds are borne along.
The snnbeams are her smiles;
The leaves her footsteps light;
To kiss each coy flower into life
Il my true loves delight
] will tell ye who she IL,
And how all things become her.
Bend down that may whisper,
My sweeiheart's name is-" Summer"
Chambers Journal
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VEGETINE!
WILL CURE CANKER HUMOR.

RocKPoRr, Mass. March 81, 1876.
mr. Sierens; Sir;-Last fall my husband got me two
bottles OF your vEGETISE to take for Canker llumor,
which have had In my stomach for several years took
it, and the result very satisfactory. have taken
good many remedies for Canker IIunor, and none
seemed 10 help me but vEGErlNE. There doubt in
my mind that every suffering from Canker llumor can
be cured by taking yEGErINE. It gave good appe-
lite, and felt better in every respect.
Yours with respect, MRS. ELIZA ANN POOLE.
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GOOD name is like precious ointment; it
filleth all around about, and will not easily
away for the odors of ointments are more
durable than those of flowers. TMotson.
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There are two modes OF establishing our
reputation-to be praised by honest mea,
aud to be abused by rogues. 1t is best,
however, TO secure the former, because it
will be invariably accompanied by the lat
ter Cotton.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

IT is not until we pass through the fur
mace that we are made TO know how muel
dross was in our composition.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

TmFRE is no sin that we can be tempted to
commit, but we shall find greater satisiae-
ton in resisting than in committing
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Gentleman's Wardrobe,
AII-wooI Pants, to order, $500,
DEAL ESTATE and Personal Property a
ATCTTON

will sell at public auction, TO the highest bidder,
Thursday, November st, ls7 ten ocloek the fol-
lowing described property, belonging the bankrupt estate
OF u. D. Haskell, situated In the of Calasi One
wooen mill, with all the machinery necessary to carry
the business In all s branches including good Of
cards carng wool for rolls also all the machinery
To manufacture wopen yarns. said factory u Ia
good repair and ready for and has control Of of the
best water powers In Northern Vermont. There will also
be sold AT The time the formerly occupied by
the said Haskell and the building known the old Union
Store used ns dwelling ghouse also the balance Of the
stOck goods In the store, consisting part OF casimerea
flannel wooden yarn, read -made clothing groceries, etc.
Also 20O-galOn kerosene oil safe, AMI good
e-prUof Also all notes and previously
paid due the said Haskell estate, will he sold To the highest
bdder pay and not have your credit impaired by
forced sale auction The Will commence above
stated on Thursday November ls which day all the
real will be sold rst The sale will be continued
Friday, November 3D. when will he sold the oil safe, iron
safe of scales barrel Of Wet India mOnsses,
stoves groceries, etc. In lots suit parties In business
The sale of goods In the Will he continued
day ObtOber GOTH and Saturday October 2Ith. usual
Is. T.. WHITE, Assignee.
Calais October 18th, 1871. O5-0T
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DOARDERS.-The attention Of any In want Of nice
ID rooms hrstclass table and good accommodations, 4.
invited To the Holmes Block opposite the Post-oce,
Gently known as the Central House, which will be opened
by the undersigned May lst as boarding House. Very
pleasant and desirable suite and SINGLE furnished
and unfurnisled The house having been thoroughly
vated, re-papere painted etc. offer pleasant and
clean Boarding House. where hoarers may enjoy the
forts of home and at prices TO correspond with the times
soft MRS. TRUE.
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e Cabot Carriage Company prepared to all orders
for their extensive line OF
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J,INE CARRIAGES FINE CARRIAGES
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We have Just received and receiving goods from
New York and the different mills which
reuresent. suitable
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yEGETINE thoroughly eradeates every kind OF humor
and restores the entire system healthy condition.
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Divided After Many Years.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
One day, three or four weeks ago, a
gamln, who seemed to have no friends in
the world, was run over by vehicle on
Gratiot avenue and fatally injured. After
he had been in the hospital for week, a
boy abont his own age and size, and look
ing as friendlcss and forlorn, called to
ask about him and to leave an orange.
He seemed much embarrassed, and would
answer no questions. After that he came
daily, always bringing something, if only
an apple. Last week, when the nurse
told him that Billy had no chance to get
we'll, the strange boy waited around long
er than usual and finally asked ifhe could
60 in. He had been invited to many
times before, but had always refused.
Billy, pale, and weak, and emaciated,
opened his eyes in wonder at sight of the
boy, and before he realized who it was,
the stranger bent close to his face and
sobbed:
"Billy, can yc forgive Teller? We
was allus fighting and I was allus too
much for ye, but I'm sorry! Fore ye die
won't ye tell me ye haven't any grudge
agin me?"
The young lad, then almost in the
shadow Of death, reached up his thin white
arms, clasped them around the Others
neck and replied:
"Don't cry, Bob-don't feel bad! I
was ugly and mean, and I was heaving
stone at ye when the wagon hit me. If
yell forgive me III forgive you, and I'll
pray for both o. us!''
Bob was half an hour late the morning
Billy died. When the nurse took him 10
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That Small Bow.

From then. Y. Correspondence.
The various diseases which attract bow
hood are worthy Of study. When man
is sick be just takes to his bed and saws
no more about it. If he is very sick he
is very calm, placid and tractablc. He
takes his medicine without a murmur
and sips his chicken broth with becoming
gratitude. If he is only little ill he is
harder to take care of than half a
manageric. He can do more grumbline
and find more fault without cause than
the most ambitious hypochondriac could
hope to put into life time. But boy
is generally taken with alarming, if moi
fatal symptoms at about half-past eight
a. m, when school opens at nine. The
fond mother looks at his tongue, feels OF
his head to see if it is bursting with fever
and then tells her husband to drop in al
the doctors on his way down, and ask
him to hurry lest he be too late. At ex.
actly nine o'clock the boys pulse grows
steadicr, and there is calmer look in his
eyes. The extreme lassitudc which be-
tokens typhoid has passed off and by tho
time the boys in his class are wishing thai
they had been smart enough to have thu
same fever he is sitting by the rivert
brink and putting worm on the hook
BoyhoOd is peculiar.
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the shrouded corpse he kissed the pale
face tenderly and gasped:
"D-did he say anything about-about
met"
He spoke Of you just before he died
asked IT you were here" replied the
nurse.
"And may go--go to the funeral?"
"You may"
And he did. He was the only mourner
His heart was the only one that ached
NO tears were shed by others, and they
lett him sitting by the new-made grave
with heart so big that he could not speak
If, under the crust of vice and igno
rance, there are such springs of pure feel
ing and true nobility, who shall grow
weary of doing goode
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Scent in Dogs.

A writer in Chambers Journal tells a
very interesting story Of how dog in In
dia found his way home through the aid
of keen scent:
Many years ago, when in India, had
hound of a kind of cross breed, which
in India is known as the Polygad. These
dogs are unsuited for coursing, but make
splendid companions for long and rapid
journeys on horseback, being able to go
great distances without fatigue, and car
ing little for heat. Phakree, (beautifuD
for such was her name, had been my COM
panion for years, and during the time was
seldom out Of my sight. When she had
become old and unable to keep pace with
me in my gallops, I parted with her to a
friend whom she seemed to take q great
fancy to-, and who then resided on the
Mahableshwur Hills. My own station,
Poonah, lay about eighty miles east of
Mahableshwur, and is separated from the
hills by three ranges Of lofty mountains,
which, in those days were covered with
dense jungle. On the day of nv depar
turc cautioned my friend to keep Pha-
kree securely chained for some days so that
she might not follow me. On this occa-
sion-for had been on the Journey once
or twice bcfore-I left the main road and
selected an unfrequentcd bridal path for
my route, in order that might enjoy the
beautiful mountain scenery through which
it led.
I had reached Poonah, and had been
there several days, living in my tent, when
one night ] was reused by the bowling of
a dog under my bedstcad. I struck a
light, when, to my astonishment, there
was Phakrce, with a collar round her neck,
and few links of chain hanging to it.
A letter I received the next morning, gave
me to know that she had broken loose
and run away, and that, although he had
made every search for her, she was no.
where to be found. He regretted that we
should never sec her again. She had been
four days on her journey; and her fam
ished condition, and the numerous wounds
she had on her, showed the privation she
had undergone, and the treatment she
had received from the dogs of the differ
ent villages through which she had pass
ed. The poor creature had no doubt
scented me the whole distance, for had
she followed or accompanied any one, she
would have been cared for. We never
parted again.
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@ANDNOTHER. GRAY.

Faded and fair, in her old arm chair,
sunset gliding her thin whitc hair,
Silently knitting, eits Grandmother Gray;
While on my elbows beside her lean,
To have, and to do, II can, some day.
You can talk 50 to Grandmother Gray;
She doesn't laugh, nor send you away.
l sec, A. Hook from the window seat,
A house there yondcr, across the street,
With fine French roof and fresc0ed hall ;
The deep bay windows arc full of flowers;
They've clock Of bronco that chimes the
hours,
And . fountain-I hear it tinklc and fall
~. Mhe ,; the doors are ~, Spe r.. mean say
money viii bdy it," says Grandmother Gray.
There's y low baroucl,e, all green and gold,
And pair Of horses Us black as jet,
I've seen drive by-apd before I'm old
x:Atuinout like that hope to get: :
*Aow'they; prance and shine in their harness
What fun twould be if they ran awayr'
Money will buy: thcm," says Grandmother
Gray.
To:morrow, | know, great ship sails
Out OF the port, and across the sea;
Oh! to feel in my face the ocean gales,
And the salt waves dancing under nc!
In the old far lands of legends aud lay =
llong to,roam- and shall some day." NJ
Money will do il" says Grandmother Gray.
And when, like me, you are old" says she,
And getting and going are done with, dear,
What then, do you think, will the one thing be
You will with and need to content you here:
"Oh, when in my chair have to stay,
Love, you see, will content me-" say
THAT money won't buy" says Grandmother
Gray 49, -e ~.
And sure enough, if there's nothing worth
All your care, when the years arc past
But love in heaven, and love on Garth,
Why not begin where YOU II end ut last?
Begin to lay up treasure to-day,
Treasure that nothing can take away.
Bless the Lord!" says Grandmother Gray.