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The Grumbler.
HIS lcsA.

His coat was too thick and his cap wSs too thin
he couldn't he quiet, he hated din;
He hated to write, and he hated to read.
He was certainly y ~ much injured ind ed
He must study and work over hooks he de-
tested,
His parents were strict and he never was
rcstrd;
He knew he Was wregeh' As wretched could tie,
There Was NO one 30 wretchsdly wretehed as he.
HIS NaHari,y.
His farm Was too small and hs taxes too big,
He vas selfish and lazy. and cross as a pig
His wife was too silly. his children too rude;
And Jus, because he Was uncom monty good,
He never had money enough or 10 spare,
He had o,hing at all 1T 10 eat or 10 wear
He knew he Was wretched As wretched could be,
There wAs no one 80 wretchedly wre:ched IS he.
Has 0d Agy.
BE anas he has sorrovs more deep than his
fears,
He srnmbles to think he has grumbled for
years
He grumble~ 10 think he has grumhled away
His home and his fortune. his hte's little day.
But. alas It's too lAte-iti Is no use to say
That his eyes are too dim, and his hair is too
gray.
He knows he L. wre,ched az wretehed can be,
There IS no one more vretehedly wre'ehed than
be.
-Dora Goodals (.en years old.
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Ashes Of Roses.

IGrown people often write in sympathy with
children, but here is little poem by child
written in :, mpAthy wth grown folks J
Soft on the sunset sky
Bright daylight closes,
Leaving, when light doth die,
Pale hues that minghng lie
Ashes Of roses.
when loves warm sun is set,
Loves brightness closes;
Eyes with hot tears are wet,
In hearts there hnger yet
Ashes OF roses
-EIGiHs GOolGie (,airtesn years ODD.
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Poems by Two Little American Girls.

lS Nicholas MosaEiHs.l
Elaine and Dora Read Goodsle, the two sis
ters rome Of whose poems are here given, are
children ot thirteen and ten years Of age.
Their home, where ther infancy and oh'li-
hood have been passed, is on large and 'so'
lated farm. lying upon the broad slopes of the
beautiful Berkshire hills of western MassA-
ehusetts, ana is quSintly called Shy Farm
Hre, in a a nple coua,ry lfA divided he
tween books and nature, they began, slmcst IS
soon as they began to talk, to express in versa
what they saw and felt rhyme and rhyme
seeming % come by instinct Living largely
out-of-doors, vigorous aud heAlthful In body
as in mind, they d-Aw pleasure and instruction
from all about them.
One Of their chief delights is 20 wander over
the lovely hills and mead aws adjoining Sky
Farm. Peeping into uossy dells, where Wild
flowers love 10 hide, huatiaE the early aroutns'
the queen hArc-ben. or the blue sea'iAn, they
lesru the secrets Of nature ard hese they
pour forth in soaS as SIMPLY and IS naturally
IS the birds sing.i
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Two Sides Of a Sentiment.

When two-year-cld Msy-Blossom
Gomez down in clean white dress
And runs TO hnd dear Antie
And claim her sweet caress -
Then Aunue takes up Blossom,
And her eyes-they glow and shine,
"oh, pretty Baby Blossom-h you we're oHIJ
mine 81
When Blossom, in the pantry,
High mounted on = chair,
Has nibbled at the icing
Until half the cake is bare
Then Auntie puts down Blossom,
And her eyes--they glow and shine,
"oh, naughty Baby Blossoui-if IL You we're only
nliat Z"
-Sr-ibner's Magas'sc,
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We have more pdwer than viii, and it
is often by way Of lexcuse to ourselves
that we fancy thlng are impossible.
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Great souls have wills; others only
feeble wishes,
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80 This IL the forest primeVaL
Saws Mr.. Emerson:

" Here once tho etnbAtlleu ihlnelH rHPvl
And arcd the shot heard round the world.
"Says 10, blackguard the premises
as much as you want to--it don't cost
Won cent Well, they went on drink
ing and pretty soon they got out n
greasy old deck and went TO playing cut
throat euchre at ten cents corner--On
trust | began to notice some pretty
Suspicious things. Mr.. Emerson dealt,
looked ut his hand, shook his head,
says:
".I am the doubter and the doubt
and calmly punched the hands, and went
20 shutting for a new layout Says
he,
",Tbev reckon III who leave me out;
They know not well the subtle whys
keep / pnss. Aud deal again
Hang'd il he didn't go ahead aud do
II too Oh, he was cool one. Well,
in about minute. things were running
pretty tight. but OF n sudden / see by
Mr. Emerson's eve that he judged he
had 'em. He had already corraled two
tricks and each Of the others one. SO
nov be kind of lifts a little in his chair,
and says
"'I tire Of globes and aces -
Too long the game is piAyedF
and down he fetched q right bower
Mr.. Longfellow smiles rs sweet aS pie,
and says:
". Thank.. thanks 10 thee. my worthy friend
For the lesson thou hast tAnghtV
and dog my cats, II he didn't down
with another right bower Well, Sir.
up Jumps Holmes, a-wAr-whooping, as
usual, and says:
"'God help them II the tempest swings
Tho pine Against the pAmF
and / wish may go to grass il he
didn't swoop down with another night
bower. Emerson claps his hand on hiF
bowie. I,ongfellow clasps his on his re-
volver and / went under bunk. There
was going 10 be trouble but that mon
\ atrona Holmes rose up, wobbling his
double chins, and says he: Order, gem
tlemen the first man that draws. III
Law down on him and smother him 2
All quiet on the Potomac, yoH bet you !
"fhey we're pretty how-come-you-so
now and thew begun TO blow. Emerson
savs' aThe bulliest thing ever wrote
was I" Barbara Frietchie. Says Long
fellow. 1T doesn't begin with my Big
low Papers" Says Holmes, Ny
Thanatopsis lays over 'em both.
They mighty near ended In a fight.
Then they wished they had some more
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-22
Neal and Pray publish religious books
in Brooklyn, N. Y.
SIGNS,

SIGNS.
People who still adhere to the look
at your.tongue- and-feel- of your pulse
doctor sometimes express not little Gu
riosity in regard to DR.. R. V. Pierce's
original method of distinguishing all
forms of chronic disease without person
al consultation. Some even suppose that
he accomplishes this through clairvoy-
ance. or some other species of profession
al jugglery. All this is rational methods
of science only. Says Comley. in his
Biographical Encyclopedia of New York
State, speaking of this distinguished
physician: ..He precieved that in each
of the natural sciences the investigator
proceeds according to system of signs.
The geologist in his cabinet accurately
determines and describes the cleft Of rock,
which he has never seen, from the minute
specimen on his table. And the chem
ist in his laboratory notes the constitu-
ents of the sun with the same precision
that he analyses crystal of rock salt.
The analogous system developed by DR..
Pierce in Medical Science is worthy of
his genius. and has made his name justly
celebrated. For full explanation of
this ingenious system of diagnosis, see
the Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, sent, postpaid. to any address on
receipt of one dollar and fifty cents.
Address the author, R. v. Pierce, NJ.
D., Buffalo, N. Y.
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THREE GOOD LESSONS.

Zone of my first lessons" said Mr..
Sturgis, the eminent merchant, "was in
1918, when eleven years old My
grandfather had a fine flock of sheep,
which we're carefully tended during the
war of those times. was the shepherd
boy, and my business was to tend the
sheep in the fields. A boy who was
more fond of his books than the sheep
was sent with me. but left the work to
me while he lay under the trees and
read. | did not like that, and finally
went to my grandfather and complained
of it. | shall never forget the kind
smile of the old gentleman as he said:
"Never mind, Jonathan, my boy, if
you watch the sheep. you will have the
sheep"
What does grandfather mean by
that ?" l said to myself. II don't ex-
pect to have sheep" My desires were
moderate fire buck worth hundred
dollars. | could not make out in my
mind what it was, but | had great conf
dence in him, for he was a judge and
had been in Congress in WashIngton's
time; so concluded it was all right,
and went back contentedly to my sheep.
After | got into the field could not
keep his words out of my head. Then
1 thought of Sundays lesson: "Thou
hast been faithful over few things, I
will make thee ruler over many things"
| began to see through it. Never you
mind who neglects his duty; be you
faithful, and you will have your reward.
~ received second lesson soon after
I came to New York as clerk of the
late Lysander Reed. A merchant from
Ohio, who knew me, came to buy goods,
and said, "Make yourself so useful that
they cannot do without you +" | took
this meaning quicker than did that of
my grandfather.
Well, 1 worked upon these two ideas
until Nr. Reed offered me partnership
in the business. The first moring after
the partnership was made known. Mr..
James Geery, the old tea merchant, call
ed in to congratulate me, and he said /:
"You are right now. have only one
word of advice to give you; be careful
whom you walk in the streets with. /"
That was lesson number three.
..And what valuable lessons they are p
Fidelity in all things; do your best
to your employers; carefulness about
your associates. These are the foun.
dation stone of character and honorable
success. ~
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-22

CoNFIDING PRAYER.-Prayer must be
confidential, for it Is the utterance of
one who has been brought nigh to God,
and taught to feel at home with Him
even in his holy habitation, yea, brought
to dwell with Him there. 1t is the
blood sprinkled upon the mercy-seat, and
round the walls of the sanctuary, that
gives him this blessed feeling of security
and confidence; and so long as that
blood is there, he sees that there is no
room for distrust and unbelief, That
blood which was sufficient to secure his
entrance, is enough to keep him there
IN safety and in joy; nay, to fill his soul
with the most entire and undoubting
confidence. His utterances are the con-
fdential utterances of child. His
whole intercourse with God is that of
one who has learnt to convey everything
straight to God, to consult with God
about everything, to tell his whole mind
and to pour out his whole heart before
him, not only as one who can trust ev-
erything to his paternal love, but as one
who feels that the things he prays fol-
are more Gods concern than his own
DR.. II. Bondr.
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AgritmltnraI department.
TOO LARGE FARMS.

The tendancy of American farmers is
to acquire an extent of land entirely
out Of proportion to their means Of i'm
proving it. Thousands of hard working
cultivators of the soil keep themselves
in a state of poverty and distress
through the insane idea of owning large
farms, or of spending their entire cap
ital in the purchase Of adjoining acres,
when those already possessed are unpro-
ductive through the lack of means for
their proper cultivation. Such an inju-
dicious course of controlling large areas
by men of limited means, is as though
an individual should buy a wagon for
service before he could command the
price of the horse to draw it; as though
merchant should invest his all in a
warehouse, show cases, counters and
signs, with nothing left to purchase a
stock of merchandise as though rail-
road corporation shonld expend its en-
tire capital stock and resources in secur-
ing the right of way, steel rails, sleep
ers and spikes, in the end finding itself
unable to obtain the rolling stock-the
engines, freight and passenger cars
ANY farmer, who, IN his ambition to
control large farm, devotes his entire
capital to its purchase, thereby enslaves
himself for many years, perhaps for life.
He is obliged to use his credit in the
purchase of cattle, sheep and swine,
paying far more than their cash value,
and without that choice of selection
which a well-filled purse will always
command; he is unable to ditch, drain
or fertilize his acres as his best judge,
ment would dictate, simply because he
has no means with which to hire the
necessary labor; he has milestone
around his neck, in the shape of in
creased taxes and care of long lines O
fences; he can only half cultivate hi
fields; his pastures grow up to brakes
and bushes; his buildings become di
lapidated; he is obliged to sell his crop
at the day Of harvesting without an.
opportunity of taking advantage of tn
markets.
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a1omth's Column.
VISIT TO A LONDON DOG-saow.

The bloodhounds were the fercest
and most sullen-looking of all, They
did not join in the general barking and
uproar. but kept their heads buried in
the straw. Once. as we were watching
them, away off in remote end of the
building. an acrobat began his perform
ance of walking on a rope and jumping
through rings, high up in the air. Then
these hounds suddenly lifted themselves
erect, and fixing their sharp eyes on
that little red and blue speck of a man
suspended in the air, set up a loud, long
unearthly howl, which all the other dogs
took up, and for a few minutes the
sounds shook the whole palace, like the
roar of all the wild beasts of the forest.
By and by four o'clock came, and
the owners of the dogs came in to take
them home. How glad they were to see
them They jumped up, rolled about,
licked their keepers hands and faces,
whining and yelping for JOY. One dog,
who had not been sent for, was jealous
to see his neighbor petted. He growled
at every loving caress, and sat snarling
in his corner, Disconnected and sour, till
he saw his own master, when he broke
into a howl of intense delight and
tugged furiously at his chain.
When the big hampers were brought
to confne the dangerous ones, and the
collars and chains were unfastened,
what rollicking, rushing time it was !
The glad creatures jumped and galloped
all the way to the station.
The train was full of dogs-they
were everywhere. Eager to be off, they
were hurrying up and down the plat
form. dancing about the ticket offices,
racing over trunks, for all the worlG
like boys let out of boarding school 60
ing home for the holidays.
We saw their impatient faces pushing
out of every car-window, their tails wag
ging out of every door.
A gentleman in our carriage ha(
two little mites of terriers in his over
coat pockets. 0ne, he said, was Skye
and the other Yorkshire, terrier
Little Skye was tired and sleepy, ant
showed just the tip of his nose and on
ear above the pocket; but little York
shire was perfectly wild with fun. H
had on a small brown blanket, boun,
with scarlet braid, which his maste
said was his new Ulster coat.
He began his pranks by putting hi
nose in Charley's pockets, looking for
shilling. Not finding one, the gentle
man sent him into his own coat poke
whence, after burrowing and tuggin
for a while, he came out with col
| OOsWOOA eCCeA, WnAOu nO HCAu kieL
and would not give up. His maste
said that when the dog foundsa piece {
money he went alone to the cake shol
and the baker would give him oak,
which he would run home with and es
up Immediately. being particularly fon'
of sweets. He was two years and
half old, ten inches long, with yellowis
hair, which hung in fringe over b
mischievous black eyes. He was elaat
as ball of wool, and looked very muc
like one.
But We had to part company
: Kings Cross Station, where his own
put him in his pocket again. and bat
|, US good bye. Laura Skeel Pomero
e st. Nicholas for Aprii.
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Debility and Nervous Headache.

Chronic. sick or nervous headache is
generally dependent on, or accompanied
by, impaired digestion, by which the
circulation and nutrition Of the brain are
deranged, and the nervous centres viii
ated. The Peruvian Syrup, by reinvig-
Grating the digestive powers, lays the axe
at the root of the tree the brain is duly
nourished. the nervous symptoms cease,
and the headache disappears. Sold by
all druggists.
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Father, l will" This is the most
wonderful prayer that ever rose from
our earth to the throne of God. No hu-
man lips ever prayed before. "Father.
l will :" and He wills that we should
swim in the same ocean of love with
Himself throughout eternity.-Anon.
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Mr. Barnum says no one can cheat
the Almighty. but great many people
think they have got bulge on the
other fellow, since the existence of He'll
has been disputed.
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THE ToAD.-This is a very useful
reptile, especially so to farmers and
gardeners. A recent writer says, all
that is necessary to secure their cooper
alton is to provide them cool and safe
retreats by day, convenient access to
water, and they will go forth to the
performance of their nocturnal duties.
without money and without price. F"
They are valuable exterminators of gar
den and field pests of the crop.
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Green peas are luxury, especially
when grown early-a luxury that the
owner of every garden may enjoy, and
yet there are but few to do so. To grow
peas very early the soil must be light
and sandy (not poor, and the location
warm and sunny. In sunny soil and
location l usually have green peas for
the table about the 1st of June. In
growing early peas nothing is gained by
planting too early. The 25th of April
is early enough in this latitude for
planting. | do this in the following
manner: After manuring and spading
up the ground, it is raked fine and
smooth, elevating it a little for the row.
and making depression between them
to draw f the water. | then plant two
drills to the row, five inches apart, leav-
ing a space between the rows of two and
half feet. The peas are covered with
two inches of fine mould. Should a
change in the weather for colder take
place, l cover over the drills with three
or four inches of fresh horse manure
and litter, and when a change to warmer
occurs in the weather, scratch off the
manure from the drills, being careful not
to break the young shoots of the peas,
which are probably coming through the
ground. The manure and litter keep the
peas and ground warm, and the peas
soon come up. Cultivate frequently
with the hoe, and draw up little mould
to the sides of the drills. When the
peas are about six inches tall, | give a
good hoeing and stick with brush pushed
into the ground along the outside of the
drills. In about two weeks after the
first planting, plant again, and con-
tinue the paintings at like intervals
until done.
sometimes grow two crops of peas
in one year on the same GROUND. The
rows for early or late peas should inva.
rlably run north and south, so as to lei
the sun shine on both sides of the row
The space between the tall growing
kinds should be three feet After the
first and second planting l put three
drills to the row, and cultivate and stick
the same as when there are but two
drills. When [ want to grow peas ex
ira l plant as first indicated, and SCI
long narrow boards, about FIVE inche,
wide, close on outside of the drills
putting little pegs in the GROUND
on the inside of the boards t,
keep them from falling inward. anc
bank up little on the outside of then
with the stable manure. and cover tn
box or trough thus formed by by II
glass. The boards must be level on tn
top; so as to allow the glass to lie dow
closely. This trough IS covered at nigh
and in stormy, cold weather, with strip
of old carpet, which are removed whel
the sun shines. When the peas hav
grown to the top of the trough, tn
glass and boards are removed, and tn
peas cultivated and stuck like the Others
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REMEDY FOR ScRAToHEs.-Take |
pint of fish oil ounce of verdigris |
tablespoonful of salt; heat well, and stir
thoroughly; then add 2 ounces of white
hellebore powder, and 8 ounces of sui
phur; stir as it cools. Then rub in
with end of the fingers, filling all cracks.
After day or two, wash thoroughly
with CASTLE soap. and rub nearly dry,
then fill all the hair, as well as the
sore. with dry sulphur. Use the salve
until all the scabs come off. when only
the sulphur need be used. If scabs
show again. use salve again. When
ever the legs are wet dry with sulphur.
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VEGETINE.

@M can make money faster at work for us than at
anything else. Capital required we will start
YOU. $l2 per day at home made by the industrious.
Men, women. boys and girls wanted everywhere
70 work for us. Now is the time. Costly outfit and
terms free. Address True Co., Augusta, Maine oil
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VEGETINE
ChiIIs, Shakes,
FEWER AND AGUE

TARBoRo N. c., 1878.
On. II. r. STEvRNs:-
Dear SRI feel very grateful for what your valua-
bic medicine Vegetine. has done in my family. wish
70 express my thanks by informing you Of the wonder
full cure OF my ALSO 10 let you know that Vegetine
is the best medicine 1 ever for Chlls, Shakes,
Fever and Ague My sick with measles in
1873, which left him with Hipjolnt disease. My son
suffered great deal OF pain. all OF the time; the pain
was great he did nothing but cry The doctors did
help him particle, he could not lit his foot nom
the hoor he could not move without crutches. read
your advertisement In the Louisville Courier-JOur-
nal" that VegetIne was great Blood Purifier and
Blood Food. tried one bottle, which was great ben
eft He kept on with the medicine. gradually gaining.
He has taken eighteen bottles In ALL and he is COM
pleey restored 10 health walks without cruches OF
cane. He 10 twenty years OF age. / have younger
son, fifteen years Of age, who Is subject TO Chis.-
Whenever he feels coming on, he comes in takes
a dose OF Vegetne and that is the last OF the Chill
Vegetine leaves bad effect upon the system like
most OF the medicines recommended for Chils.
cheerfully recommend Vegetlne for such complaints
think II is the greatest medicine in the world.
Respectfully, MRS J. W. LLOYD.
vEaETIxE-when the blood becomes lfeless and
stagnant either from change Of weather or Of climate
want OF exercise. irregular diet or from any other
cause the VEGEEINR will renew the blood, carry on
the putrd humors cleanse the stomach, regulate the
bowels and impart tone OF vigor TO the whole body
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-22

1t is the same With oysters in
church-fair stew as with young people
in love-two are company and three are
crowd
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Children are always wishing them
selves older: the aged wish they we're
children again.
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The value Of this remedy must not be overlooked
SYMPATHETIC DISEASES,

Each rackngeof SN'-FNcD'S RADICAL CURE
contains l'r. Saiifo; TAP ~ lnhaling Tube,
with fu' directions for u il all cases. Price
FL 90. ~ wholesale II sail druggists and
dealers e''nut III Unit I-Stltes and Canadas
WEI q POTTER. General Agents and Whole
sale DI ugg.sts. Bns. on. M..ss
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VEGETINE
FOR
DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUSNESS,
AND GENERAL DEBILITY.

BERNARDsToN. MASS, 1873.
We, the undersigned having used Vegetine take
pleasure In recommending II TO all those troubled with
Humors OF any kind Dyspepsia, Nervousness. or Gen.
eral Debility II being the Great Blood Purifier. Sold
by r. L. Crowel Sons. who sell more Of II than all
0-- 1870 MRS, L. Y. PERKINS.
MRS n W. SCOTT.
JOSEPHUS SLATE.
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NOTICE.

THE SUBSCRIBER TAKES THIS METHOD
INFORM ALL THOSE WHO OWE HIM. THAT
CONSIDERATION OF THIS NOTICE BE sHl
FEEL AT LIBERTY ON AND AFTER MAY
1878. TO PRESS SETTLEMENTS AND COLL
TIONs. AND SHALL DO so. FOR NECEss !
CoMPELS.
E. o. RANDALL
West Glover, VT, March rs. 1878. 12f