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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-13

SOMEBODY'S MOTHER.

The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill Of the winters day;
The street was wet with a recent snow,
And the woman's feet were aged and slow
She stood at the crossing, and waited long,
Alone, uncared for, amid the throng
OF human beings who passed her by
Nor needed the glance Of her anxious eye.
Down the street. with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of school let out"
Game the boys, like flock Of sheep,
Hailng the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman 80 old and gray
Hastened the children on their way,
Nor offered helping hand to her,
So meek, so tmid, afraid to stir
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
Should crowd her down in the slippery street.
Al last came one Of the merry troop
The gayest ladde Of all the group
He pause beside her, and whispered low,
IN help you across, II you wish to co."
Her aged hand on his strong arm
She placed and so, without hurt or harm.
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were hrm and strong
Then back again to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content
" Shes somebody's neither, boys, you know.
For all she's aged and poor and slow;
"And hope some fellow will lend hand
Tohelp my mother. you understand,
II ever she's poor and old and gray,
when her own dear boy Is far away"
And somebody = mother" bowed ow her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she said
Was, God be kind to the noble boy,
Who Is somebody's son and pride and JOY w
--Harpef's Weekly.
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The Pope and the King.

Pope Plus y. and King Victor Emmanuel
were for many years open enemies-at least
the public policy of the King was in direct
antagonism to the policy of the Pope. The
King took the possessions of the Pope and
quietly annexed them to his own. The
Pope was helpless, but he launched his
spiritual maledictions at the King. They
stood apart though living almost within
stones throw of each other, and to the pub
lie they seemed to be deadly enemies. But
when the King came TO struggle with death
the Pope was most anxious and directed
that the sacraments should be administered
to the communicated man. What the
Pope meant has been much debated by those
at distance. 1t seems to have been as
much of a mystery in Rome. DIR. Prime,
of the New York Observer, is spending the
winter III Rome, and he writes home in the
following strain: "rhe King was a good
Romanist, but the Pope read him out of the
church, and so the King and the Pope were
now at war. But the Pope was sick and
likely to die, and the King sent daily, and
often two and three times a day to learn
how the Pope was getting on. 1t was said
in Rome, and it is probably true, that the
Pope and the King we've not enemies, ex-
cept on paper and before the world. 1t is
certain that the King had the offices of the
church administered to and for him as regu-
larly as he desired, and, as an excommuni-
Gated person, he could not have had this
privilege had it been against the will of the
church. There was some secret understand
ing between the Pope and the King, and let
ters frequently passed between them Per
haps they had private interviews in the
palace of one or the other The King lived
in the Quirinal and the Pope in the Vatican
palace. While the Pope was supposed TO be
dying we met the King riding in an open
carriage on the Pincio promenade. He was
the incarnation of high living his face was
almost purple. We met him again, and the
third time, and every time we saw him the
more florid was the face of the King. Within
a month the King is smitten with mortal
sickness. Now the physicians are at his
bedside night and day. The kings of all
Europe send messages of inquiry. The Pope
is anxious and is among the inquirers. The
last sacrament of the church is administered
to the dying. The King is dead not yet
sixty years old, the King is dead" The
Pope is dead also They have met in the
world of spirits, The kingdom of Italy aud
the Papacy still survive, and their attitude
TO each other is unchanged. Is the minol
farce also to continue-the show of king
under the ban of the Vatican, but supplied
privately with all the spiritual comforts
which the open accommodation is sup
posed to deprive him of ?-Presbyteridn.
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Christianity and Tipping.

Charles Jewett, NJ. d., contributes the fol-
lowing to the National temperance Adro-
cate: +" Whoever minges much in the So
ciety of Christian people, not only in cities
and larger towns, but in rural districts as
well, and converses freely with Christian
people in relation to the great plague and
curse of the land, iutemperance, will soon
learn that very considerable portion of
them do not regard the drinking of liquors
any liquors containing alcoholics ma
hini in Sc, an evil of itself. Hence they do
not regard the sale of liquors as something
to be suppressed, even where it is clearly
understood that the liquors are to be used
as drink by the healthy. Such parties
may denounce liquor-shops, saloons, or tip
pling-shopS so as to be reckoned, II possi-
BILE, among the active friends of temperance
but, with their notions or opinions concern
ing alcoholic liquors, they are manitestly
inconsistent in so doing If there be moth
ing positively wrong in the drinking, only
when it is carried to excess, there can be
nothing wrong in the selling, only when the
sales are made to parties who drink to eX-
cess. A decent regard Tor consistency re-
quires that such parties should defend mod
Grafton in selling as well as moderation IN
drinking. One would suppose that such
dilemma would induce them at once to re-
view carefully the ground on which they
stand, the opinions they have entertained.
Let such parties step into liquor-saloon or
bar-room where they are not known. and
where, consequently, their presence will i'm
pose no restraint on the parties present, and
see young men walk up to the bar and swal-
low their drink, scores of them, it may be,
in the space of single hour, and then let
them ask themselves the question, whether
such course, habitually pursued, tends to
good or evil They are under solemn obli'
cations as Christian men to consider that
question. If there be danger to the young
or to the middle-aged in such conduct-ii
as all observation shows, a very considerable
portion of those who thus indulge will
thereby contract vicious and ruinous habits
and become active agents of mischief i'll the
the whole thing is evil,
and all who knowingly and in any measure
support the system which involves the con-
tinued existence of drnk-shops and tippling
are violating every principle laid down in
the New Testament for the government OF
human cou6uct"
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The Valley of Humiliation.

John Bunyan says very truly that the
valley of humiliation is a difficult valley for
a pilgrim to get into. 1t has a bad name,
which IL does not deserve, aud there are
many who will avoid it if they can. But
when one contentedly goes down into il and
tarries there, he finds with every advancing
day increasing peace. 1t is pleasant val
ley, and very fruitful, too, for flowers and
fruits abound. There men have found
pearls, and have heard the voices of angels
Lilies are thick, and the shepherd boy, who
wears more of that herb called hearts.
ease in his bosom than he that is clad in
silk and velvet, is heard singing
" He that Is down needs fear no fall
lie that Is low no pride;
lie that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide,
We wish that all our readers would fall
in love with this valley. Pitch your tents
within it, for it is bright, sunny spot, and
the winds do not blow roughly. You will
live happy life, and useful one; and the
smile OF God, which is better than the ap-
plause of men, will forever rest upon you,
DO you not often get weary, dear friend, in
the long and constant struggle TO become
somebody in the world 7 Perhaps you are
trying to get certain position in society, or
trying 10 keep certain position which you
have already gained. The struggle is a
hard, and, it may be, a vain one. Oh, this
frantic effort 10 keep up appearances 7"
Why do you spend your life for naught :
DO not hate ohscurity as though it were a
sin but retire from the social gaze, if need
be, without murmur II the little world
OF which you formed q part ceases TO chat
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The Common End.

Some believe that the Bible commands
total abstinence, Others believe that total
abstinence is required by the law OF love,
though not specifically enjoined Each side
believes in the duty of total abstinence, aud
each for good aud sufficient reason. Is
there any need that they should suspend
their warfare against intemperance to war
upon each other. Some are more accessible
to economical than to religious motives, but
the use made OF the lower is not denial of
the higher motive Each is in place. If all
who are agreed on the common end, for
equally legitimate but not the same reasons,
we're TO work as one body, it would have a
power before which nothing could stand
WafchDidn.
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cMoraI and Religiuns.
MY WORK.

] come to thee, Lord, for strength and patience
To do thy will.
Help me. o Father, In this world Of duty
My place to Ill.,
I may not go and labor In thy vineyard
Where, through long hours
Brave and patient women toll. and from thy presses
The red wine pours.
My work at home lies with the olive branches
1hou'st planted there.
To train them meekly for the heavenly garden
Needs all my care
| may not in the woods and on the mountains
Seek thy lost sheep;
At home little flock Of tender lambkns
'Tis mine 10 keep.
Thou siyest To thy servants each our lfe-work
No tmmpet-toue
win tell the nations, In triumphant pealing
How mine done.
But twill he much IT, when the task IL ended,
Through grace from thee,
give thee back undmmed, the radiant jewels
Thou gavest me. Selected.
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RLEY MAysrIELp,s estate. +

Probate Court, held Montpelier, In said District,
the 26h day OF February, A. d. lsis
The Account of Ira Richardson's late Executor of the last
VIII and Testament OF Riley Mansfield. late Of Fay sto
in said District. deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and partition
OF the estate of said deceased whereupon, is ordered
by said Court. that said account and said Application
be referred thereof To he held at the Probate Of
flee, In Montpelier the 18th day of March, \. d. 1875
for hearing and decision theicOn And further ordered
that notice hereof he given To all Interested by pub
lcon of the three weeks succssively In the Yer
mont Watchman Il state journal, newspaper published
at Montpelier previous 10 said time appointed for hearing,
that they appear at said time and place, and show
cause II any they have, why said account should not
be allowed, and such decree made by the CourtAtet,
2I-26 HARVEY TILDEN, Judge
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Ghf Dome Gnrlf.



The rooms were vacant and lonely,
And with a sadness oppressed.
As Though the guests and the laughter
hau le'' 'ileie V"sue u,le,''
',e mai 'i'so '''"''o va
'"o u''''' ''',''s W. 49, ,','
""' '',s s""Y,',"' i,,'r, 80 ,''-.' :"
''' '''' O'''' ''''' s''''
prescience of loss and absence
Seemed lowering over all.
And even the pictured faces
hooSeu or,oN,"' VI, wy wan
7"'uoW VI ""'e' ~ ',o''"s
on Tue UPS oi .N,'e "y'
"nhe iSycne siN''e'' "''''" '"' '''''''
r"' u'' "'''e """ s'"' """''
Then gathered I'M all the blossoms
That brought To the winters day
The visible presence of summer
IN p'nShns uIlu'u "'i"y
ana carrier Tue iras'al' ".'S"'
Ihat opened on hlrtn anu 7ohs'
10 tle pcsScu slo' III '"e e,"''Y","
where 'he 'iiiu'eh nave '''n ~ ''"k'
Where they sleep through the weary seasons
Touether-ln oniet rest
NV boy in his brave young beauty,
VINO 'oNe" "'e' y, ai'' ."s uo'''
anu sno' Wy Wv ." ''''a' ,i'- u-'''''s'
ine NY VI a,i "y n'e'
VINO went 70 'no o"''V.' > uoso"
'"'o"'"e" w "'"O'o u '''"'
stood by the graves snow covered
And cried In my grief. alone.
'. DO Won know am near hearts dearest?
you near NY 'o'eu, my own
'.n 20" ,oos "on' s''' "apl9 "''''"
rlo" "'i '"' e"''o' "i'" '''''.'
ou u'e o''o"u's '''''''' WIZ D''' ''"'
'"'s''' ''''' '"''
81 weary for you, my darlings
In sadness my life endurcs,
No other lips can give kisses
~, 80. ,'''' Nv ',''7'',s .1.. ,o'
- - -. -. ,'.,.''',.'
o,.l,",, - % .'...',F',,.s.
,, -, ,,,,si ,,'.
No sound came back from the chamber
OF darkness under the snow.
My voice could not break their snmberi
:. Have nItv' O God. I nray tbeer'
Icried IN NV sore sore mead.
:. m, ssnd IN ms, sorl so,,e comfort,
soneh hsalin, for ,younds mat bleed
My days are heavy with anguish,
And dark as the graveyard mouldi
mourn for the lambs thou hast taken
rkuo,y ,yas ali nnvortbv
of teentny tbe,n in my care.
I'm, b.,n me-for al, my sorro,v
Il greater than can bearr
No sound broke tile pitiles' silence
But the cold winds hurryng by'
heaven
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ter about you, what does it matter The
smile of God and the appreciation of good
conscience outweigh the babble of mankind
SO If you have not strength of wing to fly
to the topmost branch, then rest upon a
lower branch and chirp as gaily as any bird
OF richer plumage which looks down upon
you from loftier perch.-Methodist
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IeaaI Mofirss
CURTIS ESTATE.

n tOMMlSSlONERS' NOIltE.
The subscribers having been appointed by the Honorable
Probate Court for the District of Washington, Commission
to receive examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of Harvey Curtis late
Of Warren said District deceased represented nsol-
vent, and the months from the 5 day of Feb
ruary 1878 being allowed by said Court To the creditors
Of said deceased to exhibit and prove their respective claims
before Give notice, that Will attend to the duties OF
appointment at the dwellnghons of Wilson Ayerll,
Warren in said District the 3lt day Of March and
18th day of August next at ten o'clock in the forenoon
each of said days
NORTON L. DICKINSON,l Il ro,,,,ss,,,ors
Warren. February 90 A. d. ISIS 2j-26
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ARBUCKLE's ESTATE.

II sIATE Of VEKMONT, UlSITlcI OF WNsTlngI0n, IS.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and for said Dis
trict, on the 25th day of February, A. u. ISIS;
An instrument purportng to be the last Will and testament
of Benjamin ATbucke, late of Berlin In said District de
ceased being presented othe Court forproate II Is ordered
by said Court that all persons concerned therein he no
tined appear session Of said Court, to he held at the
Probate Office In Montpelier, the 10th day Of March,
A. d. ISIS, and show cause, they may have, against
the Probate Of said will for which purpose II Is further
dered that copy the record of this order be published
three successfully In the Vermont Watcman state
journal, printed Mt Montpelier previous 10 said time ap
pointed for hearing. BY the Court Attest.
24-6 y. a. CHASE, Register.
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'"'' JOSEPH l.. BUTLER.
The Wife,s Statement.

HARwIcn, Mass, September "a, 1873
r.. STEVENS
Dear Sir-I feel must say word about the VEGE-
TINE. The physicians said had many complaints they
did not know what to give me- They said had bad
humor, and had the kidney complaint, the liver COM
plant my heart very weak, and don't think there is
any who suffered with the piles than did The
physicians all said 1t for 10 take medicine
could not live through the month Of May. truly think the
YEGErlNE has saved my life, and my ncgbors say that
the VEGErINE has really accomplished wonderful cure
in case, and tell every whom 1t Is the best
medicine In the world. Yours, very thankfully,
MRS. j. l.. BUTLER.
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DON'T Be Ashamed Of II.


Judging by the pains taken by certain
class of people to hide from their friends
the fact that they are poor, one might sup
pose that to be short of funds was some
thing far worse than a crime. Now this
trying to keep up appearances and do as
Others do, whether it can be afforded or not,
has become the bane of society, and, like
what is called mimicry among insects, pro
duces nondescript race very difficult to de
fine or assign to its proper place in the order
to which it evidently belongs OF course,
we are not advocating the exposure of
mans business to everybody with whom he
comes into business or friendly relations !;
but we do hold that he has no right to pre-
tend to be better off in worldly goods than
he is in fact; for to do so is a deception
which is but another name for dishonesty
10 be sure, it is hard TO deny ones self the
luxuries of life, and resolutely turn from all
expensive pleasures. But it must be done
if wealth is to be regained. There is a
pleasure in self-denial that majority of our
people never experienced, and it comes in
most gloriousy, and is extremely satisfac-
tory to the one practicing it, when he can
say, :" ! owe no man, and at the same time
has a hundred dollars in his pocket; but,
wanting some article costing two, he refuses
TO purchase until, through sef-denial, the
other hundred is obtained IL requires some
courage to adopt such a system of living
and dealing, but il has this as recommen-
dation--it is perfectly safe aud honorable.
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LET all professed Christians remember
for the memory will start them as the bugle
note on the morn of coming battle rouses
the solder--the terribly truthful words Of
him who realized the hight and depth, the
length and breadth of the awful ruin rum
works in the SOUL when he said Z" No drunk
ard can inherit the kingdom OF heaven
Golden Rule.
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VEGETINE!
RELIABLE EVIDENCE

MR. II. r. STEVENS
Dear Sir will most cheerfully add my testimony To the
number you have already received In favor Of
great and good medicine, yEGETINE, for do not think
enough be said in ts praise, for troubled
thirty years with that dreadful disease Catarh, and had
such bad coughing spells that II would though
could never breathe any apd YEGErlNE has cured
me-and do feel to thank God all the time that there
good medicine as YEGETNE and also think II Of
the best medicines for coughs aud weak sinking feelings at
the stomach and advise everybody take the YEGElIN
for can assure them Is one OF the best medicines
ever MRS l.. GORE
Corner Magazine and Walnut sls, Cambridge, Mass.
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"ULDAH ALDRICH'S ESTATE.

In Probate Court holden at Chelsea the 2lst day of
February, \. ID. 1875;
Hon Chester Dickey, Administrator of the estate of HUI
dab Adrich, late Orange, in said District, deceased,
makes application said Court for license sell all Of the
real estate of said deceased, representing that said sale of
the would be beneficial to the heirs Of said estate. and
all parties concerned therein Wereupon Is ordered by
said Court that said application under consideration
and be heard the 2lt day OF March, A. d. s7s, at the
Orange County Hotel Chelsea amt 1t Is further ordered,
that all persons interested be notified hereof by publication
OF notice OF this application and order thereon three weeks
successfully IN the Vermont Watcman & State journal,
printed Montpelier before said time of hearing that they
may appear said time and place and II they cause,
object thereto by the COurt.-Attest,
WILLIAM H. NICHOLS Judge.
A true copy of recor,-Aitest,
A-26 WILLIAM H. NICHOLS Judge.
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SEMINARY. BARRE, VT.
WHAT is ACCOM OMPLIsHED BY
VEGETINE!!

vEGETINE will the blood, give tone to the stom-
ach the liver to its proper action stimulate the kid
neys enable them to perform the functions deyov
ing upon them, carry of the putd hnoTs. regulate the
bowels and restore the whole system working order
This precisely what VEGETINE does and this
way through which II has accomplished many
derfu cures may be by the following unqueston
able evidence
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WHAT sho oe do with all the grain
that is now required for distilling :" " Feed
the drunkard's wife and children with il !.
they have gone hungry long enough"
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LITTLE Johnny has peculiar views as to
original sin. One day he was about to be
punished for some misdemeanor, when he
pleaded :" II wasn't me- mamma, dear; il
was the bad man." Well, Johnny, / am
going to whip the bad man out OF YOU"
" All, yes, but that will hurt me q precious
lot more than IL viii the bad man."
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Raihoad !Gime gable.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing on Monday, Jan. 2Ist, 1878.

Trains GoinD South and East.
Leave Montpelier at g07 A. NJ, g 10 =. NJ, T. 40 =.
NJ, and go p. NJ.
Mail-Leaves ST. Albans at 100 Montpelier at 9O7 A.
NJ. for Boston, New London, Springfield, New York and
intermediate points.
Day Express-Leaves Rouses Point at lO30A. M, Mon
treal ataO0 A. NJ, St Abans at 1910 Burlington at
1880 M Montpelier at2lOP NJ, for Boston via Lowell
Mixed Train-feves st. Albans at $40 Montpelier
at7.tOP. NJ, for Nouhheld.
Night Express.-From ogdensbup Montreal, 81. Al
for Boston via Lowell N Ftchburg Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going North and Vest
Leave Montpelier at 800 A. M, 9. 10 A. NJ, II. 90 A.
NJ, 4.05 P. NJ, and 555 r. NJ.
Express Mail-Leaves Boston via Fchburg at 80 A. NJ
Springfield at 500 A. NJ, Montpelier at 4.05 p. NJ for
Burlington, St. Albans Montreal and ogdensburg
accommodation Train-Leavees Nortlaell at 500 4.
M, Montpelier at $40 A. for Burlington, St. Abans,
Richford, St Johns aud Rouses Point.
Mixed-Leaves W X. Junction at 500 A. NJ, Northned at
lO45 A. NJ. Arrive at Montpelier at ll25 A. NJ.
Accommo Leaves Montpelier at llO0 a. NJ, for
Burlington. St. Albans Rouses Point and Rchford.
Accommodation Train--Leaves white River june
ton at 40 NJ Montpelier at 555 p. M for Burling-
ton and ST. Albans.
Night Express-Leayes Boston via Lowell at $50 p. NJ,
via fttchburg ut 500 ?. NJ, New York at 800 ?. NJ,
Springfield at 500 =. M Montpelier ut 320A NJ, for Bur
lngton, St. Albans, Montreal and Ogdbg and the West.
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at s32 A. NJ, and 1918
andi2bP p. N. Returning leave Barre at 10 A. Mand OO
p. NJ, and $40 Pm.
Sleeping attached Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and SPRING
nels, and New YORK via Troy.
Through tickets for Chicago thest for sale at the
principal stations. -
st. Albans, VT, January 49, 1878.
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Wew e7drerisenlenfs.

$40 TO $1,000 make HRs forianes Il M;., Every r month
Book sent free explaining everything Address
1880 BAXTER & CO., Bankers, Wall ST., n. Y.
II LIBERATION NOTICE.-1his Is to certify that
have given George H. Cheney, his time for the
remainder of his minority, and will claim OF his wages
pay any debts of his contracting after this date.
HENRY CHENEY.
Barre, Vt. March g, 1873. aj-27