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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
High Etiuuette.

If fine manners are naturally associated
With rank, the supposition would be that
the higher the rank, the finer the manners
1t would then follow that the guest of honor,
who was also the stranger would take pre-
cedence of all others. 1t is therefore be-
wildering to learn that when the Prince OF
Wales recently gave dinner to General
Grant, the distinguished guest brought up
the rear of the procession to the dining
room. We are but Doors in etiquette; yet
if the Prince of Wales had been the guest
of honor of the President of the United
States, he would not have been permitted
to close the march to dinner: aud he would
have preceded not as prince, but as guest !;
tor it would be equally true of untitled Mr..
Bright or Mr. Gladstone as of prince.
Courtesy is poor thing if it cannot dis
pense, upon due occasion, with the rigidty
of ceremonial forms. 1t is rumored that
the American Minister in England was long
absorbed in the task of arranging General
Grants invitations, so that he should not be
apparently insulted by being treated at en-
tertainments given in his honor with less
consideration than any other guest. This
is hardly credible to an unsophisticated
American, because he cannot comprehend
either that an English gentleman should
offer or an American gentleman accept such
situation. The rules of really good society,
whether titled or untitled, are everywhere
the same in regard to certain essential
points, and it is pity if they are violated
in the house of a prince. To invite an un-
titled man into titled company, upon an
occasion OF pure ceremony where titles de
terinine precedence, is to invite him TO go
behind. If prince gives dinner in honor
of All untitled guest, he is bound to honor
him chiefly, and he invites the company
merely to help him render the honor. II,
therefore, it be true that the Prince of
Wales gave dinner especially to General
Grant, and permitted the greater part of the
company to precede him to the table, Gen
eral Grant should quietly have left the house,
and all the more if, as is constantly said,
etiquette aud forms are real things to Euro
pean society. For if that be so, the signifi-
cance OF the situation was that an Ameri-
can without title, however illustrious,
however honored at home and the especial
guest OF the OCCASION is not to be recognized
as the equal of titled people Probably, il
the story be true, General Grant was not
troubled but if English gentlemen are re-
quired by etiquette to acquiesce in so fla
grant discourtesy, they are greatly to be
pitied.-HdTper's Mdqdzine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19

lilies the housewife generally reserves all com
plants and vexations of the day for re-
hearsal at the board, aud the children are
suppressed by that aggravatng maxim,
Children should be seen and not heard"
or cold water is dashed upon their attempts
at cheerfulness by the atrocious command,
" Let your victuals stop your mouth |" Let
us revise the Darwin theory and progress
backward y until we turn again to sponge
and polypii, before we degenerate into this
system. But we digress Eight o'clock is
reasonable breakfast hour for all concerned.
Then there Isl still ample time for the children
to get to school, and if we have worked an
hour or two previously our appetites are so
much the sharper, and we are ready for
rest. Genteel society would deem it a hard.
ship to breakfast before ten, but this paper
is not addressed to them II is another alb
surdity to eat our heartiest meal in the
middle of the day, perhaps when the work is
but half accomplished and the mind en-
crossed by many cares, under the prevalent
prejudice of MONDAY dinners. Mind aud
body must both assist in heathful digestion,
and digestion in turn reacts upon mind and
body in a sort of cooperative arrangement,
so that after hearty meal nature demands
siesta. If we satisfy the inner man " to
repletion after the cares of the day are laid
away, when we feel with Longfellow's village
blacksmith that Something accomplished,
something done, has earned nights re-
pose" then comes a quiet season of blissful
languor, when mind and body, too sluggish
to labor, can only peacefully enjoy. For
these and other reasons a midday lunch is
most expedient, which can be made very
substantial if desired, and with but little
trouble, with cold meats, hot drinks, ETC.,
and dinner at five o'clock or thereabouts.
We are aware that many ladies who do their
own work complain that under this plan
they can never be dressed up" in the after
noon. Yet dinner is the same whenever you
eat it, and if it be in good taste to dine at
noon in calico, why is it any worse to do so
live hours later ? With plenty of such pro-
tectors as sleevelets and aprons, which are
so easily slipped on and off, one may always
be presentable at any time of day, and ac-
cording to our notion a lady who does her
own work is always suitably attired at home
to receive the chance caller in a neat, we'll
hitting dress of calico or other wash goods.
1t does not follow that she need be a souch
because her dress is plain aud in accordance
with her business her collar may be i'm
maculate, her bows and boots of the fresh
EST, and her hair as smooth as the ravens
wing, and the "eternal fitness will be main
tained.-Golden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
Hints on the Care Of the Eyes.
ny DIR. $. N. BURNETT.

There can be no doubt that faulty arti-
fetal light is one of the most productive
causes Of certain class of injuries to which
The eye can be exposed The two sources
Of trouble with the ordinary artificial lights
,re--frst, that they are not pure white, and
secondly that they are unsteady The first
lefect is found in all artificial lights except
the lime, electric and magnesium the sec.
ond especially in candles and gas. The vel
lowness is, in a measure, counteracted by us.
ing, in the case of lamps and gas, chimneys
Of a violet or blue tint, and the Pickering of
the gas may be obviated largely by employ
ing an Argand burner. All things consd.
cred, a German student-lamp furnishes the
most satisfactory light The next best is
gas with an Argand burner. The chimneys
Of both may, as above suggested, be advan-
tageously of light-bue tint The position
Of the light in relation to the body is OF
great importance. If shade is used on the
lamp Or burner Gt should, by preference be
of ground or milk glass, never of colored
glass;, the light may stand directly in front
of the body, and the work be allowed to lie
in the light under the shade, which will
protect the eyes from the glare in the flame.
If no shade is used the back should be
turned to the source Of light, which ought
to fall over the left shoulder. The same
rule applies in the management of daylight.
In this case the light should come from be-
hind and slightly above, and fall directly on
the work. whence it is reflected to the eye.
1t should never fall directly in the face.
The light in the room during sleep is also
not without its influence. As rule, the
room during sleeping hours should be dark
and in particular, care should be taken to
avoid sleeping opposite a window where, on
opening the eyes in the morning, food OF
strong light will fall on them. Even the
strongest eyes are, after the repose of the
night, more or less sensitive to the impress
sion of intense light. The eyes must have
time to accustom themselves to the stimu-
lus. Attention should be called to the in
furious effects that sometimes follow read
ing on railroad cars. On account of the un-
steadiness of the page, reading under these
circumstances is exceedingly trying to the
eyes, and should never be persisted in for
any considerable length of time. During
convalescence from severe illness the eyes
are generally the last to regain their lost
power. Especially is this the case with
women after childbirth, and too much care
cannot be taken to put as little strain upon
the eyes as possible at this time .--Scribner's
1fq0dzine
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
Not Another Step.

"Come back, come back Don't take
another step, John Morton, or you will go
down into the river" strong, loud voice
called out in startling tones.
glanced TO the opposite side OF the river,
and saw two or three boys standing upon a
huge rock that extended out over the water
from the steep bank. One boy was very
near TO the edge of this same rock, and it
made me dizzy to look at him. He was evil
IDENTIFY trying TO see how near he could go TO
the edge.
"Come back, say !" the loud voice again
repeated, and then | saw man hastily ap-
proaching. Don't you know that it is un-
safe to venture out upon that crumbling
rock Z" the man went on, as the venture
some boy stepped back. He was only just
IN time, for the rock suddenly broke in two
and more than half OF it went down, into
the deep, rushing river. The boys were
thoroughly frightened, and John Morton's
face was very white, as he saw the great
danger to which he had been exposed.
81 did not think that Just our weight
would break that old rock, he said
"lt is not a very good plan to venture
into such dangerous place" the man said,
who had seen the boys just in time to save
them. "There are good many soft rocks
in this world, and danger where we caunot
see it," he continued, as he turned away
from the boys.
witnessed all this upon the opposite side
of the river, aud the words "not another
step" rang i'll my ears, | thought if the
many young men, standing upon the rock of
intemperance, that always reaches over the
gulf OF ruin, would listen to the voices call
ing, " Not another step" and fall back
as quickly as did John Morton, they might
be saved. But many of them are strangely
blinded to their danger, and so are suddenly
plunged into the gulf below, in spite of the
voice, " Not a step further. Banner.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
Beautiful Hands.

As young friend was standing with us,
noticing the passers-by, very stylish girl
went on her way rejoicing.
"What beautiful hands Miss - has ~
exclaimed our friend.
What makes them beautiful ?" Why,
they are small, white, and exquisitely shaped.
The fingers taper down delicately, and there
is a roseate blush OH the tinger-nails."
SIS that all that constitutes the real
beauty of the hands Is not something
more to be included in your catalogue of
beauty, which you have not enumerated, to
make the hand desirable ?"
What more would you have Z"
Are they charitable hands Have they
ever fed the poor ? Have they ever carried
the necessaries of life to the widow and the
orphan Has their soft touch ever soothed
the irritation of sickness and Gained the ag-
onies of pain Do the poor bless those
rose-tipped fingers as their wants are sup
piled by them
Are they useful hands Have they been
taught that the world is not a playground,
or theatre of display, or mere lounging-
place? Do those delicate hands ever labor
Are they ever employed about the domestic
duties OF life-the homely, ordinary employ
unents of the household ? Or does the owner
leave all that to her mother, while she nour-
ishes her delicate hands in idleness
" Are these modest hands Will they per-
form their charities or their duties without
vanity Or do they pander to the pride OF
their owner by their delicacy and beauty
Does she think more of their display than
of the improvement of her intellect and
character Had she rather be called the
girl with the beautiful hands, than TO re-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
When and How TO Eat.


OF course ones hours for eating must de-
pend largely upon the occupation OF the
head of the family, yet habit, after all, regu-
lates our customs more than the demands of
work or trade, or the demands of employers.
In the true home-which is not merely a
place to stay in-the table should be sort
OF domestic altar to which every member of
the family, great or small, brings daily his
special Offering OF brightness and peace.
Then, for at least small fraction of every
working,day in this busy, restless world,
should every annoyance be laid aside quar-
rels forgotten and stormy tempers quieted,
and each should shine at his best in cheer
fulness and love, being so contented to sit
down together at the same board that
whether it is spread of the fat of the land or
with only dinner of herbs," it is almost
sacramental feast Heaven preserve us
from that family where the 4" head " sits
down 10 the table in his shirt-sleeves, and
the mistress OF the house with sleeves rolled
up; where the children are either unruly or
ill-mannered, or are compelled, by severe
ideas of propriety, TO sit IN constrained
silence, and cram down unquestioningly all
that is placed before them. In such fam
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19
Sing More.

Cultivate singing in the family. Begin
when the child is not yet three years old.
The songs aud hymns your childhood sang
bring them back TO your memory and teach
them to your little ones mix them alto
gether, to meet the similar moods, as in after
life they come over us so mysteriously
sometimes, Many time and oft, in the
very whirl of business in the sunshine and
gaiety of Fifth Avenue, amid the splendor OF
the drive in Central Park some little things
wake up in the memories OF early youth -
the old mill, the cool spring, the shady tree
by the little school-house-and the next in
stant we almost see again the ruddy cheeks,
the smiling faces, aud the merry eyes of
scboolmates, some gray-headed now; most
:" lie smouldering in the grave" Aud anon,
/" the song my mother sang springs unbid-
den TO the lips aud soothes and sweetens all
these memories At other times, amid the
crushing mishaps of business, a merry ditty
of the olden time pops out its little head,
breaks in upon the ugly train of thought,
throws the mind into another channel light
breaks from behind the cloud in the sky, and
a new courage is given to us. The honest
man goes singing to his work and when
the days labor is done, his tools laid aside,
and he 10 on his way home, where wife and
child and tidy table and CHEEKY freside
await him, he cannot help but whistle or
sing The burglar never sings. Moody
silence, not the merry song, weighs down
the dishonest tradesman, the periidious
clerk, the unfaithful servant, the periured
partner,-HdRs Journal
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Old-FashiOned Furniture.

There is one fact that people who are
given TO collecting oldfashioned articles OF
any description would do well to remember,
and that is that there were Just as many and
as bad workmen fifty one hundred and two
hundred years agoas there are to-day. Then,
as now, there was some good work and a
deal that was bad. Because an article hap
pens to be old is no proof of its merit. The
major part Of old.iashioned furniture, selling
as such in the market to-day, is bad in con-
struction, inartistic and worthless for the
purposes of modern housekeeping more
over, much of it, especially the china and
brasses, is counterfeit. Never was the folly
OF fashion more marked than in the present
mania for collecting old-fashioned things sim
ply because they are old-iashioned things.
However the fashion began--possibly in the
vulgar ostentation that followed the war,
driving people of retirement to the other
extreme of living-it has lasted an uncom-
monty long time. For the past ten years
the secondhand dealers and junkshop keep
ers have done tiourishing business. They
have their agents out all over the country,
rausacking out-oi the-way corners in search
of anything old-tashioned, and some Of the
dealers seud to Europe for their goods. 1t
makes very little difference, they say, what
is sent back. Ii it is old it sells readily.
Much Of this trade is of a confidential ma
ture. Some persons are ashamed to ac-
knowledge what they have sold, and Others
what they have bought Moreover, a curl
Gus feature of this fashion is the aid it af-
fords people desiring to lay claim to a re-
spectacle ancestry. For this purpose moth
ing is more suggestive than set of mahog-
any chairs with leather seats in ones din
ing-room. A brass-lnounted chest, or a
spinning wheel in the guest chamber pro-
vokes inquiry as to its history. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
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nR. NJ. l.. KENsINGToN, the Reliable
OPTICIAN,

Is the person from whom You should buy your STECTA-
Giles, The lenses OF DR. kenslngton's spectaees are
ground with great the OF each lense being d.
reoty opposite, which render them nearly free from
substances aud prsatc lights. DR.. kensngon
the old adage to be true that honesty The
policy and that straight forward system of doing business
n productive of beneficial results than systematic
system OF deception fraud, which characterize so many
travelling quaoks and petty bn preteniious dealers And
proudes claim To consideration and continual patron
IL from the fact that my Oldest patrons warneal
friends and wond beg leave to state that no self
red Optican afTagatng 10 myself the title while know
nothing Uf the science but who thoroughly understands
the of refracon and accommodation, and the science
OF lSt and vlsionheIeiQTe ADJUST with the fst pair
seleced Spectacle which VIII not only render perfect
vision, but Will be perfectly congenia 10 the eye.
BEWARE OF lMpOsrERs and travelling chaTlatans.
have no agents. p9-0Z
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CIR Dome Circle.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-19

No doubt it is hard work to keep up your
church in these times but then it is good
work, and that ought TO be a sufficient set
off for the hardness of it. Ii you can see
how your church can be dispensed with with
out loss TO the community, then you may in
good conscience relax your efforts. Ii your
church is light, a restraint teacher a
call to repentance, and II beacon of hope TO
dying men--as it ought to be--then no hard
ness or straining of muscle can be too severe
You will keep that light burning while
there is a drop of oil to be had lor its lamps,
-MehOdist
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A uorIoN SALE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE.

There win be sold at public auction the residence Of
william Bruce, Dr. In Worcester on THURSDAY, TnE 2ITH
INSTANT, commencing nt ten O'Clock, A. NJ the following
described property, 10 wit; Twenty cows two
Old steers ten twoy yeasod heifes three yearngs eighty
sheep ana lambs ten horses five colts hogs eighteen
pigs Ten pairs Of work harnesses, three single harnesses,
ten ses fouf tWohorse wagons two buggy three
carts one Sleigh one nowingmachine, hoserake one
tedder one threshng machine two plOws two hatrows,
one rel OF JeNe milk pans, lot OF milk pans and
other farming tools and utensils Also quantity of block
wood, and some groceries and store goods.
7. =. PlTKIS, Assignee
Montpelier, September II, 1871 O0-O2
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CoRINTHIAN White Bronze MONUMENTS
Superior to Marble or Granite

For cemetery purposes moulded and zine
equal In thickness and strength Ia bronze atuay In styles
and prices 10 meet the and demands the
people; By special process every monument Is trans
formed into sparkling and clangeless beauty, resembling,
yet superior IN tone TO- the finest granite Warranted not TO
absorb the from become green but To
retain their beauty for ages samples may seen full
particulars gwen, by calling At ou residence, Berlin
AARON BANCROFT ,,.,,.
CHARLES l. MARSH, Hte"'s'
Mont peler, August q, 1871, 1924
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nAIRYMEN TAKE NoTIcE.-E. NJ sIaylo
IARMrRs, MuruAL.-NolIce /. nereny rIyen lhn

GSOARDERS.-Thc attention of any In OF nice
ID rooms, hst-cass table and good accommoda tons
invited TO the Holmes Block opposite the Posl-olee
Gently known the Central House." which will be opened
by the undersigned May lst as boarding House, Very
pleasant and desirable suite and single furnished
and unufnished, The house having been thoroughly
vaed repapered, painted etc, we offer pleasant and
clean Boarding House, where bOarers enjoy the
forts Of home and at prices to correspond with the times
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Railroad Gine gable.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINEl
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
on Monday, July 10th, 1877

Trains Going South and East
Leave Montpelier at 800 A. NJ, Las p NJ, 7.S5 p
Nj, and 915 +. NJ
MaiI-eayes ST. Abans at 100 A. NJ Montpelier at 800
NJ, for Boston, New London Springfield, New York and
intermediate points.
Day Express Leaves R9uses Point tat 10 l9A NJ Mon,
l2l5P Montpelier at Las for Boston via Lowell
White Mountain Expressal s9raioga sBrngs
NJ, arriving at Montpelier at 4.S5r.M
Mixed Train leaves ST. Abans at $40 p. M, arriving al
Montpelier at 755P.M.
Night Express From ogdensburg Montreal, st. Al
bans and Bqilngtog eeves M9nipelier a. sl5 p NJ
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going North and West.
Leave Montpelier at 3.2O A. NJ, $40 A. NJ, IL 20 a,
NJ, 335 p. M, and 5.17 p. NJ.
Express Mal,5esves Boston via fitchpurg at ~ {2O An
sprinsneld at 500 A. NJ. Monpeier % al ss5 p NJ, for
Burlington, st. Aibans, Montreal and osdensburg
Accommodation Train-Leaves Northneid at 800 a.
Montpelier at 6O A. NJ, for Burlington, ST. Albans,
Rchiord' St Johns, Rouses Point and Montreal
Miyed-Leaves W R. Junction A. $50 a M ~ Northhed at
Saratoga Express-From the White Mountains, leaves
Montpelier al 4 20 ndarrives At sar9toga Springs
irving In ST. Albans at 200
Accomm odation Train--Leaves white River June
lion at 35 p. NJ Montpelier at 57 p. Me- for Burling
ton and st. Albans.
Night Express Leaves Boston via Lowell at $50 ?. NJ,
springseid al 500 p NJ Montpelier at $50 A. NJ for Bur
ngon, st. Albans, Montreal and Ogdbg and the West.
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at g2 NJ and PIP
PM, and 445r.M.
Trains leave ST. Albans for Sheldon and Rcord 500
Sleeping attached to Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and Spring
Drawing Room cars on Day Express trains Mon
Through tickets Chicago and the sale at the
principal stations.
st. Aibans, Vt, July a. ISL.