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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-07-26

wished - III Is easily Obtained, all tllc DcsI
druggists and groccrs keep it.
Roses bloom in summer only, but DR..
Schlcy's Cough Syrup will keep the roses
of Health ever on your checks. 1t never
tails. Grandcst remedy for all Coughs and
Colds of every kind. Only 20 cts.
THE Emmitt House Emmtsburg, under
the management of Mr.. Chas. Smith, is
meeting with much success this scason.-
And well it might for Charlie is II very
clever and accommodating landlord.
SEVERAL railroad strikers, SO rumor
says, passed Sunday in this place. They
had better not attempt anything of that
kind along the line of this road or Gus
Hahn's big club might be brought into re-
QUESTION.
Mr.. G. Mottcr, the States Attorney
for this county, was some days ago quite
sick at the residence of his father ut Elm
mittsburg, in this cou ty. He has rccov-
cred and can now be found at his office.
A contemporary paper says: "lf you
would keep your children in good health
give them plenty of fresh air. Nowadays
children put on So many airs of their own
that il is impossible to giv" them fresh
one every day.
THOSE strikers, as they arc termed,
and notice of which appears in another
column, turn out to be prldlrrs of table
cloths, linen &c. Nothing like a little bit
of sensation in quiet place and they GER
,oinlv created it. All right boys, no harm
done.
Our public squire on Saturday evening
presented Il sccrc which, to Il stranger,
might have led them to believe that the
railroad strikers had adjourned from. Bal'l'
more TO this place. Ii was crrtaiAlv \ very
lively time but the TROOPS were not calico
out
WORK has again been resumed on the
building of Mr.. Joseph White short dis
lance from this place, near The turnpike
The building will BE- rapidly. pushed for,
ward by the contractor Mr. rom Shaw and
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o..n,,,1;,,s
OUR townsman W. Al. Lynn, residing
ON East st., dug for wnt'l Iii the rear of his
house last week and struck il, without
much digging or boring 1t is said t. he
Of cd quality lie also has a dwarf
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"tR Rocky kIhEr correspondents III
forms us '''a' r'o'' ANA ""'"''''' may nc
expected da'lV on '''e Eh"''''NoaF% ram
road. II Snch - '"' case Mart SrAd up
Tor oar p"u'r I"'rr, nj wen guarantee
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MEN arc at WORK III some 81 '1c hci"h-
boring counties collecting money FROM far
VIII" own patent hay forks rIlmh@ the
FORK I" be an infringement "n a patent
owned hVIhrm, I.ODk DNl iDr Them ana
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TEMPERANCE MEETING.

There will be Tempo rance Mass Meet
ing held at the Moravian church Friday
evening next, July -, Addresses will he
delivered by the various ministers Of the
town. BY order Of the Ministerial Asso-
citation of McChaniCStoWn.
AN excursion TO Chimney Rock last
week proved rather disastrous to tie OK
cnrsioniss as they have all been more or
less lame ever since their return. The result
Of the expedition can be told in few
words. They did not get to the rock at
all, but landed on Wolf Rock, wolc ont
their shoes, tore dresses, Ne, and came
home badly crippled MP. Better take an
experienced guide next time.
MAERIAGE.--On Tuesday last, the mar.
rial e Of Miss Ncllic NJ. Stokes, daughter of
the late William Stokes, and grand-daugh-
ter of benjamin Fizhugh took place in
this city at the Episco pal Church. The
tortuante Young gentleman who secured
the heart and hand, Of this beautiful ami
accomplished young lacy was Nj. Gee. II.
Stokes OF Chicago LH'*cu.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-01
rOwbeating.

In almost every church there are a few
persons who seem to be actuated by the des-
picable spirit of rule or ruin. If the min
lister does not preach, visit, or conduct the
different meetings according to their liking
if the church varies in its discipline or pol
ity from their way of doing things, they set
themselves against the majority with de-
termined spirit that plainly means to brow
beat all Others into their ways. They will
never let up until the church becomes pas
sive or the minister, wearied by little perse-
cutions, takes himself out of the way. The
necessity for the abundance of grace which
was promised the apostle who suffered with
the thorn in his flesh, is fully realized in
such an experience. We have wondered
what purpose such persons serve in the econ
omy OF grace, unless il be that patience may,
through their ugliness, have its perfect work
1t is not ours to judge of their Christian
hope, but we caa sympathize with Spurgeon
when he said of such, that he would rather
live an eternity with them in heaven than
one day on earth.-Golden Rule.
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Religious Duty.

Many persons have an idea that they are
free from religious duties until they agree
to be bound by them. They think that at
tendance upon worship, the support of the
church, the avoidance of Improbable amuse-
ments, and the maintenance of high Chris
tian character may be binding upon the
acknowledged Christian, but they do not APP
ply to the irreligious man, especially the
avowed skeptic. But moral obligation is not
created by contract nor does it depend upon
belief 1t requires no contract to bring
man within the range of Gods physical laws.
Disregard of the laws of health is punished,
irrespective of the ignorance or disbelief OF
him who disregards them. Strychnine
would kill, even though the victim did not
believe in the power of poison or the fact OF
death and so of the civil laws. 1t requires
no contract to obligate man to obey the
laws of the state. He may be ignorant OF
those laws; he may refuse to obey them
he may deny their existence yet they biud
him, and for their violation he is Justly pun
ished. And so of the moral laws it requires
no contract to bring man under their au-
thority. By the very nature OF his being he
is under authority. There can be no eva
sion of the laws by which God carries on
his moral government. They must be
obeyed or disobeyed Among those laws
are the duties pertaining to the church OF
Christ The divine law, which lays these
duties upon every one. is an eternal fact !;
and neither its existence nor its power Is
in any way affected by mems belief concern
ing it.-Standard of The Cross.
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What He is Now.


At the battle of Antietam aud South
Mountain colonel was wounded--his arm
fearfully shattered-and he was borne from
the field by his brothers and a private sol
der. They carried him across the country
a long and tiresome distance, every step
of which was torture to the sufferer, TO
the house of Maryland Union farmer.
Then came the ubiquitous Yankee surgeon
with his glittering knives and cruel saws,
aud made hasty preparations to amputate
the ailing member. The farmer vehernently
protested, declaring that the man would die
if the arm was cut off. The surgeon in
sisted that the patient would die if the arm
was not taken off, and the colouel's brothers
coincided with the surgeon. But the deter
mined old farmer dispatched his son on his
heetest horse across the fields to the other
side of the mountain after his friend and
neighbor, country physician, and a rank
rebel. When the rustic Esculapus arrived
there eusued long contention with the
Yankee newer of bones over the sufferer, but
the result was that the arm was saved, and
after some weeks of careful nursing, the
colonel galloped off to join his regiment, a
comparatively sound man. He subsequently
became Governor of Ohio, aud now fills the
Presidential chair.-Tribune.
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ScOwling.

Do not scowl; it spoils faces Before you
know it your forehead will resemble a small
railroad map. There is a grand trunk line
now from your cowlck to the bridge of your
nose, intersected by parallel lines running
east and west, with curves arching your
eyebrows; and oh, how much older you look
for it. Scowling is habit that steals upon
us unawares. We frown when the light is
too strong, and when it is too weak. We tie
our brows into a knot when we are think
ing, and knit them lightly when we cannot
think. There is one consoling thought about
these marks of time and trouble-the death
angel almost always grasses them. Even the
extremely aged, in death, often wear a
smooth and peaceful brow, thus leaving our
last memories of them calm and tranquil.
But our business is with life. Scowling is
kind of silent scolding. 1t shows that our
souls need sweetening. For PHYS sake let
us take sad-iron, or a gladiron or smooth
ing-tool of some sort, aud straighten these
creases out of our faces before they eau
become indelibly engraven upon them.-Er
aminer and Chronicle.
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MONTPELIER, W.T., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1877.

ago made, aud every member of the family
went directly to their own quarters. 1t was
vastly interesting to see this process OF ex-
portation. All over the house was heard the
ring of young voices, rising now and then
to shout, as the explorers came upon some
rooms or minor arrangements which pleased
them. Here was a room for every one. and
each ones room was built for the occupant.
Little Miss Ruth had her quarters next to
mamma's, so snug, so safe, with little bureau
and little chairs, and couch for Dolly.
And the older ones had grander rooms, and
more complete arrangements for their graver
tastes. My half column would not hold the
recital of closets, and inches, and windows,
and all the other nice things in this house.
Then our young explorers went outdoors
to examine the grounds, drives, walks, and
outbuildings. Here were clumps of trees
with the centers cut out, and benches built
inside, making the most delightful and
cunning arbors. There again was a swing,
and here a jogging board and there see
saw, and so on, until the children were IN
doubt whether to call indoors or outdoors
the incest.
After curiosity had spent itself, evening
came on, and the wood.fre was lighted on
the hearth. As the family sat in the light
of the blazing sticks the youn est child ex-
pressed her miud and told her thankfulness
by saying, "Why, papa, how could you think
of so many things Every thing is just as
we want it."
This expression gave sudden flirt to that
fathers thoughts, and his mind flew away to
our new home in the skies, which God has
built for his children. IL was enough TO
melt his heart to think of the many mansions,
and each one fitted for its occupant.
Like the children mentioned, we do not
think much about the home above, and we
have a very poor idea of its arhitecture and
of its furnishings And no doubt when we
get there we will be astonished and de-
lighted. We will go about looking and
wondering, and exclaiming, every now and
then, How our Heavenly Father has thought
OF everything in fitting up our home We
wanted to be happy and here is everything
to make us 80. We wanted rest, and every
thing is restful We wanted to be pure and
holy, and heaven is just this We wanted
to be near our blessed Saviour forever, and
so the Lamb is the light thereof. We
wanted to be sure of never firing in the em-
ployments OF heaven, and here there is end
less variety of occupation and enjoyment.
We wanted to be near our dear ones who
were called before us, and here we find our
selves right among them, with one home one
song, one joy.
God is our Father, and so he knows ex-
actly what we want He has all riches and
power, and so he can afford to provide every
thing we can possibly need. No matter
whether we can fancy ourselves i'll heaven or
not no matter whether we can imagine
what sort of place it is. 1t is enough for
US to know that God means to make all his
children happy in heaven, He will spare
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-01

were raised, at an estimated loss OF fifty
cents bushel, and therefore ought to be of
good quality. His pork is estimated at
twenty cents a pound, and chickens at three
dollars pair.
Beecher last year raised about fifteen
thousand bushels of onions on his Peekskil
farm. They cost him one dollar and fifty
cents bushel, according to estimate, aud as
the market in the city was one dollar, any
Que can see how much he made. Beecher
can send beef 10 the market at sixty cents
pound and can raise oats at as low a mark
as two dollars a bushel. His butter is reck-
oned at one dollar and twenty-five cents
pound, and his eggs are seventy five cents
dozen. He cleared forty thousand dollars
by lt curing last winter, and if he maintains
such an income he will be able to continue
farming.
Cough lectures five times week, his fee
being two hundred dollars. He has farm
in Worcester, which at one time contained
one hundred and seventy-fve acres. He has
no children, but his expenses are very heavy
and, to bring matters in snug shape, he
sold part of his land, and reduced the farm
to one hundred and twenty-five acres, which
is as extensive as his income will admit. A
few years ago his wife, who was a Yankee
girl, undertook to raise fancy fowls, which
some say are very profitable. She got up
very nice variety, and at rather reasonable
expense, for the Shanghais did uot cost
more than seventy-five dollars a pair The
Cochin Chinas were little cheaper, and
bantams could be rated at from twenty-five
to forty dollars. After stocking the place
with these rare birds, Cough, it is said,
found that if they were 70 be kept up he
would be obliged to lecture on Sundays
as well as on week days to make living.
When it costs fifteen dollars to winter a
chicken man needs good income. The
system was therefore changed the fowls
were abolished, and regular crops were tried
with decided success. As long as Coughs
rye does not cost more than six dollars per
bushel, and tae other crops are kept at an
equally reduced rate, his present income will
enable him to live in very decent manner.
There is nothing like farming life for
men who have plenty of money.-Rochester
DeDOcr0I
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Railroad !Gime gable.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINEl
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing on Monday, July 18th, 1877

Trains Going south and East.
Leave Montpelier at 800 A. NJ, Las p NJ, 735 P
M, and 915 +. NJ
Ma7Leayss s. A6sps at 100 a. NJ MSStpeier e. so
intermediate points.
Day Express Leaves Rouses Point at 1895 A. NJ, Mon
ll6Pn Montpelier at Las NJ for Boston via Lowell
White Mountain Exprress-Leayss Ssraloga sgrings
atslO A. NJ Rutland At 1910 ?. ~ Burlington at 2t5 p.
NJ, arriving at Montpelier at 4.35P.M
Mixed Train leaves st. Abans at $40 P. arriving al
Montpelier at I.55 NJ.
Night Express-From ogdenshurg, Montreal 81. Al
for Boston via Lowell or Fltchburg, Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going Worth and West.
Leave Montpelier at 32O A. M, 6. 10 A. M, II. 20 A.
NJ, 335 p. M, and 5.17 P. NJ.
Express Mail-Leaves Boston via Ftchburg at 80 A. M
via Lowell at 500 A. M New London at SEQ a. ~,
PrnGeld e sVS a. NJ MSnpeeT G a. sSS NJ for
Accommodation Train-Leaves Northield at 500 A.
s Montpelier st SIC A. NJ for Burlington 81 Adams
Mixed-Leaves W. R. junction at $50 A. NJ Northneld
ll.OO A. NJ. Arrive at Montpelier at l2OON.
saratoga Express-From the White Mountains, leaves
at 625 This train connects at Essex junction,
living In St Albaus al 200 pm,
Accommodation Train-Leaves white River juno
ton at 80 Montpelier at S.l7 P. NJ, for Burling
Night Express Leaves Boston via Lowell at $50 p. NJ
Springfield al 500 ?. NJ Montpelier at 92O for Bur
lngion, st. Albans, Montreal and ogdbs and the West
Trains leave Montpelier Barre at 6s2 and l2l5
and355 p NJ Returning, leave Barre at 1lO A. handl.OO
Pm, and AS pm.
Trains leave ST. Abans sheldoA and Rchfor at 500
Sleeping are attached Night Express running
between Montreal and Boston and Montreal and Spring
Drawing Room bay Express trains between Mon
Through tickets Chicago the west sale at the
principal stations. -
st. Albans, Vt. July H. ls77.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-01

MONTPELIER, VT, july b, 1870
Editors Of Vermont IVatchman Il have
received letter from an eccentric aunt. who
is visiting in Boston, and, thinking it might
amuse your readers, send you COPY
type-setters might rebel at sight Of the
original;
THE Huh, July, 1877.
M Dear Nese Susan Il spose you'll be
glad to hear that I've arriv all right, and am
pretty comfortable, thank you. Darter Me-
hitable (they call her Hetty here) is well
and so is John Prudence and Ebin Saun-
ders, they're here visitn' to. It's a queer
place. I'm glad | don't live here all the
time. They call this a quiet street, but
should call it rattle.te-bang corner for such
a noisy place | never did get into.
It's so different here from what it is in
Hardscrabble CHATS what good many call
the place where live, you know that Jest
pinch myself to see if I'm myself. The
1uietist place I've ben in was on the top of
Bunker Hill Monument, fur, if you'll be-
lieve, I've ben clere to the top, and there's
two hundred and ninety-four steps. Ebin
md Prudence they went, and Mehtable and
John. Prudence didn't seem to be very well
posted on history, fur when she come along
10 stun. and John said" This is the spot
where Warren fell" | heard her whisper to
Ehin, "Where did Warren fall from ?"
Why" seq he, d" He fell from the top OF
the monument, of course, you little goosy
Where else could he fall from ?"
| was afraid John would hear them talk.
Of course alters knew where Warren fell
from, but if hadn't, wouldn't have asked
and exposed my ignorance.
I'll tell you, it was no wonder he died.
fur that monument is two hundred and
twenty feet high, and it must have Jared
him terribly. Ebin said he hit on that stun,
and that's what killed him. told 'em I'd set
right down on that sacred spot and wait till
they come down, but they persisted upon my
gon' up, so went. | was pretty tired when
we got tu the top, but it was splendid lookin'
off, all over Boston, and Charlestown, and
Cambridge, and lots of places. It's nothn'
but a stun tower, with Sits in the sides at
every broad stair, and four bigger holes in
the top. John said the corner.stun was laid
by Larfyet, June 17th, 1925, and relaid in
1927. It's built of Quincy granite. The
foundation goes twelve feet below the sur
face, and it's thirty feet square at base, and
fifteen at top.
After we come down into a sort of office
like, John showed us the Prince of Wales
name and the names of what is called his
suit" John called 'em "autografs," and
said they writ 'em in big book there was
there, and the folks had 'em cut out and
framed. He said we must all write oul
names in the book, so we did. took paneS
to have mine writ nice, cause, if ever come
mere agin, | expect to see it framed, and
hangin' right side of the princes But
must stop writin', and tell you more about
the Hub some other time. Excuse all the
mistakes you find in this. Give my love to
all. Ever yours, JERUsHA H.
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Our New Home.

All winter long our house was building
far away in Vermont. Letters came almost
every day from the superintendent. Often,
at the table the children heard discussions
upon various questions of architecture and
convenience. But these young listeners
gave little heed to details, and they seemed
content with the general notion that a very
nice home would be ready for them before
the summer.
AT length the spring came, and we reached
that crisis in life, ever to be dreaded, a move.
Boxes, without number, were piled upon
carts, and several railroad cars We're filed
with the vast accumulation OF household
treasures.
The journey ended, our children and ser,
wants swarmed out from the carriages and
began to explore the new home. Each room
was appropriated according to the plan long
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VOL. 72.-3694. NO. 42A
THE LITTLE WOMAN.


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-, I,,- ,,y u'i, , ""' ia',
OF Juno's stately air.
Those mighty danes, with redoubted names,
May erst have held their sway;
IT'S the little woman--bess her heart -
who rules the world to-day.
~" "e, "iii'u' "i''so'i'e' chi'uhNe "a's
., "'' "'"'' "iue7s s'n'
Her wisdom wit and wiles
She mocks the pride and sways the strength,
She bends the will of man
As only such despotic elf
A little woman-can.
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90. "''Vs ISM
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V EGETINE d!

The following letter from Rev G. W Mansfield formerly
pastor Methodist Episcopal church, Hyde Park and
At present settled Lowell convince every who
reads his letter of wonderful curative qualities vEGE
TINE thorough cleanser and purifier OF the blood
HYDE PARK, MASS, February Is, 1876.
Mr.. H. II. sTEyESsi Dear Sir-About ten years ago my
health failed through the depicting effects of dyspepsai
nearly year later attacked by typhoid fever in Its
1t settled my back, and took the form OF
gathering had two surgical operations by the best skill
the state but received permanent | suffered
great pain AT times, and constantly weakened by
profuse discharge also lost small pieces of bone differ
ent times.
Matters ran thus about years, till May, 1874
when friend recommended me 10 TO your Office, and
talk with you the virtue of yEGETINE. did and
by your kindness passed through yOn manufactory noting
the ingredients etc. by which your remedy produced.
BY what saw and heard gained confidence In
YEGETlNE.
commenced taking soon after, but felt from its
effects; still persevered and felt II benehting
me In respects. Yet did the results desired
till had taken 1t faithfully for little than year,
when the difficulty IN the back euredi and for nine
months have enjoyed the best of health,
have in that time gained twenty-five pounds Of flesh,
being heavier than before in life, and
more able to perform labor than now.
During the past few weeks had scrofulous swelling
as large my fist gather another part Of my body
took YEGETINE faithfully. and 1t removed II level
with the surface in month. think should have peen
cured Of my main trouble sooner had taken larger
Doses after having become accustomed to It's effects
Let your patrons troubled with scrofa kidney disease
understand that takes time to cure chronic diseases and
If they will patiently take yEGErINE, IT w in my judg
ment, cure them. Yours very truly,
| ts4-sseow) g. W. MANSFIELD,
| Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Eyarts, Beecher and Cough.

1t has been of late proposed to raise by
public subscription enough to enable Mr.
Evarts TO hold the office of secretary of
state without damage TO his private inter
ests, One of the features in any such meas
ure would be to abolish the Vermont farm,
which is said to exhaust the best part of his
income, lie has seventy head of cattle, two
hundred sheep, sixteen horses and twenty
five swine. The extent of land is eight hun
dred acres. Last year two hundred tons of
hay were cut costing the proprietor not
much more than double the market price
More than two thousand bushels of corn