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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Temperance with a Crank.

Virginia beats Maine and Massachusetts,
in the temperance reform, leaving those
states out of sight in the race. They have
a machine which goes with a crank and
sounds gong which is made to kill two
birds with one stone. In the first place it
is to promote temperance, and in the second
place it is to pay the state debt. All this is
to be done by the simple turn of a crank at
every saloon, bar-room, and drinking place
of every denomination in the old common
wealth. The inventor is DIR. Moifett, and
the invention is a crank which is turned by
the bartender every time he sells drink,
the turn of the crank sounds gong, so that
every body about is to know, and each turn
registers another to the drinks already sold,
like gas meter the number of cubic feet
of gas consumed, and the tax gatherer comes
around once a month and receives two cents
and half for every glass of ale or lager
beer. This tax is doubled for the consumer,
who not only helps pay the state debt, but
pays a tax equal in amount to the bar
keeper. The law is strictly enforced, and
that it is a temperance measure is sufficiently
certain from the fact that all liquor dealers
bitterly denounce it, A remarkable thing
about this arrangement is that everybody
can know the extent of the business done by
every one of the tipping shops and hotels
and saloon bars, and very easily can see by
comparison of the books of the collector Of
internal revenue with the record of DR..
Moffett's crank arrangement, whether the
rumseller extends his liquor with water or
other fluids. The name OF Alotfett is not SO
popular in bar.rooms, although it is at the
state treasury, where it is estimated that his
continuance will grind out and wiring out
eight hundred thousand dollars year.
Another curious result of this new invention
is that the bar-keeper can not knock down "
on the profits of the proprietor. There is
the registered number of sales, and he can
have no profit but his pay. Public sentiment
is in favor of the law, it is said, although
not the public sentiment of bar-rooms. 1t
does not seem actually TO lessen the amount
of drinking, especially by the regular old
customers. 1t would be a remarkable result
if we should get our great lesson in temper
ance legislation, not from Maine or Massa-
chusetts, but from Virginia; not from license
or prohibition, but from the turn of crank,
- Erchanqe.
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Tempted, but Saved.

"This is the place" said his father, and
they turned in at a wide door, and stood
within large counting house There were
dozen other men and boys, and H soon
found his place among them but could think
of nothing, only gaze in bewilderment at the
magnificence on which his eyes rested.
His father must return by the evening
train. He took him aside and said My
son, be obedient, obliging, civil, and respect
full be attentive TO business, be trustworthy.
You are now to form character for life, and
perhaps fortune too. Above all, remem.
Der your motto Thou God seest me-
II promised he would, and kept his
pledge for it was impossible for him to for
get it, then at least. He followed as closely
as possible his fathers advice, and gained
the esteem of his equals and the confidence
of his superiors. He rose step by step till
he occupied most responsible position.
But he was not to live always stranger
to temptation. His position put the enemy
in his way. At any moment he might have
laid his hand on hundreds or thousands of
pounds and walked away with it, AT first
he reproached himself for permitting the
thought OF such coveteousness TO enter his
mind; but the temptation grew stronger
and he grew weaker. The plans by which
before him. They formed themselves with
out mental effort. The tempter of souls
was after him.
Gradually the project became the tyrant,
and he submitted TO it as its slave. Every
thing arranged itself with the incest har-
mony and precision. The evening was set ;
the money counted. He could lay his hand
on it in moment. Through all the pre-
vious day he was fearfully tried. He APP
peared happy and pleasant, but then there
would arise the uncalled-for sight. AT last
| the fearful moment came. All the others
had left. He remained under the pretence
of finishing some business. He walked to
the vault and swung open the heavy door. AS
he reached out TO grasp the money, it fell
| from his fingers as if it had been a bar of
red-hot iron. He cried aloud, " o God of my
mother save me from this crime
And God did save him. In uttering the
prayer he had passed the crisis He re-
placed the package of money, closed the
vault and repaired at once TO the house of
the president of the bank, related to him
all that had TRANSFERRED, and begged to be
dismissed from his position.
The president was a good and wise man,
and promised that he would keep the matter
a secret, assuring him that his confidence in
him was not destroyed and that he would
keep him in his place.
He went back to his work with deep
sense of his own weakness, but with firm
reliance upon the grace OF God as his only
true safeguard, and with a more abiding
sense than ever of the great truth, "Thou
God seest me-"
1t is many years since this occurred. 1t
is lesson from the life of an experienced
banker; but with some notifications it is
the history OF the temptations that besei
scores of boys and young men in city life
May the result be also the history Of every
one who is tempted to take money that is moi
his own.-Baptist Weekly
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Applied knowledge.

If the students of an agricultural college
all lived in the neighborhood oil the nstitu-
ton, and spent their spare afternoons, holt
days and vacations on the old homestead,
there would be much less need that agricul-
tural colleges should be endowed with farms,
and that the students should work upon
Them both for instruction and the bodily
exercise to keep up the muscle that farmer
must have, or he cannot hold the leg of a
kicking COW with one hand while he milks
with the other"
The argument of those college professors
who don't want the bother" of a farm, and
who therefore don't believe that farm is
necessary, is that all we want of college is
to teach the theory, or, as they say, the
principles, of farming, and let the student
get the practice afterwards. But this is the
great error of educators, and it shows a
woeful lack of observation on their part
All experience proves that the only prac
ticable way to instil principles into the
mind so that they will stay there is to illus
trate and enforce them by frequent applica
ton to practice under varying conditions
such as, in agriculture, the farm alon,
affords. For the lack of applying mathe
matics to practice, our collegians have u
learn their lessons all over again in the
counting-room, before they can earn theil
living as accountants; and in the field, befor,
they are accepted as surveyors or engineers.
In fact there is such positive recognition
of this difficulty in most lines of applied
knowledge, that young men receiving educa
ton for the army aud navy are drilled fo
years in all the manual exercises of thei
profession. Medical students could neye
pass an examination for their degree unless
with the theory of medicine and surgery
they had studied, in the dissecting room
and hospitals, the practice of the work an,
business they are to engage in. The col
lege teachers have learned that their en-
cheering students cannot obtain situation
unless they have had field practice and
good deal of it, Aud so it must be wit
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efor Me ponna.
LEARNING TO PRAY.

hbAN'A'V ~ hh'
ny MARY x. popeR.
hheeihs iai' w ."e t"'hs"' gray
Ills cheek was on his mothers knee,
His little bare feet half hidden,
His smile still coming unbidden,
And his heart briInful Of gee
"''' " AUS" -" "'"e"5 '"P'
hardly can say my prayers
don't feel Just like praying;
want to be out doors playing,
And run all undressed downstairs.
o''' ''' ''v "VNo', " ". s"iae" "o'
And Sammy Is swinging, guess.
Oh, everything Is so fine out there,
I want to put II all in my prayer;
DO you mean can do 1t by yes2
,,.,
"he" say 80" my 'ne' Wo'" ior "o'"'
IL seems 10 lhe vs. II hopouy nearui
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Light Wines.

1t has been fayorite idea with some that
the use of light wines and lager beers and
ales, as beverage, would promote temper
ance by leading people to drink these instead
of stronger liquors. Great Britain tried the
" beer remedy 10y encouraging its sale and
use, and the result is that the s. beers have
largely increased the CONSUMPTION of stronger
liquors, and fearfully increased intemper-
ance among the English people. More re-
Gently California has tried the experiment
OF encouraging the manufacture and use of
light wines. "The result u.s." according TO
the San Francisco correspondent OF the Bos-
ton Journal that the Calitornians not only
drink more rum and beer, but also more spirit
Gus liquors than any other portion of our pop
ulation." The same correspondent says that
"some of the California hotels have provided
drunk rooms for those customers VINO have
become so intoxicated as to become help
less" A sniiter OF Bourbon" adds the
writer, " is preferred to Champagne" show
ing that the use of wine and beer usually
causes an appetite which calls for some
thing stronger. The use of opium in Cal
ifona is alarmingly on the increase, We
should as soon think of training child to
be virtuous, 10y inviting him TO enter the
outer circles OF vice, as to train him to be
temperate by giving him cider, beer aud
wine.-ReiigiOus Herald.
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Bur when we are dealing with drunkards,
or are combating the dreadful drinking habit
that is dragging so many young men down
from their high estate, we go for all means to
sdre. To Mr. Murphy, using moral suasion
and the yet unknown power of human sym
patty TO raise the fallen or restrain the
tempted, we say, God speed To Mr. Moody,
leading men to the Christian life of temper
ance, we say, God speed To Neal Dow,
educating public sentiment 10 the point OF
enactihg and enforcing restrictive law, we
extend the same sympathy aud support.
But those who won't help TO save men except
in their own way-and especially those who
maligu other methods-we commend TO the
rather personal remarks OF the Nazarene
Reformer, directed to certain classes, not yet
extinct whom he designated as Scribes,
Pharisees, and hypocrites. Golden Rule.
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Glen eaduerfisemrnfs.
SW ORN EVIDEN CE
The Joiioring Cure Is probably The most
remarkable eror Effected Jy any med
teal preparation for ne trent
ment of Cotarrh;

Gentlemen - hereby certify that have had Catarrh
for years, and for the last six have been terrible
head pains the temple dizzy spells weak and pain
full eyes swollen and liberated onss hard and constant
consumption. My head ached ali the time The matter
accumulated so rapidly In my head and throat that could
out Of bed seemed to ME. Mt the point of suffocaon
SSiose lie mncS " INV throat and head before being
able TO sleep again For period Of six years my ton,
sis were liberated and much infamed that could
with difficulty swallow I finally consulted eminent
SURGEON IN regard TO AZ operation on them but AZ ms re-
ton in my throat caused by the poisonous matter dropping
down from head had trrRted and tnhamed lungs
that ! conehed incessany-a deep hard cough Mean
80 that lost flesh grew pale and showed every symptom
reached this stage or about six months ago began tense
Of sANFoRD'S RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRil. After
dose seemed TO clear my head Ihad not known TO be
for YEAR, II seemed gradually to arrest the discharge
soon reduced the Inflammation and swelling Of my ton
sls 50 That they soon ceased 70 trouble me ne soreness
ceased my OF seeing and Of hearing completely
restored and every SYMPTOM Of disease ha, had reduced
FoRDs RADICAL CURE ron CATARRH.
have been thus explicit because, druggist, have
great deal Of suffering from Caarh and hope to
convince many that this Is great remedy.
am familiar with the treatment Of Catarf as prnctised
by the best physicians, and have consulted the most emn-
about my have used every kind Of remedy and
pas and have While Following the se taken great carr
Of my general health but obtained relief encourage
BosfoS, February %, 1878. GRO =. DINsMoRE.
suFFoLK, IS. FEBRUARY 49, 1875.
Then personally appeared the said George f. Dmsmore
scTibed Is true Before me-
SETH j. THOMAS, Justice of the Peace.
Each package contains Dr. sanforis Improved Inhan.
For sale by all wholesale and retail Druggists throughout h
United States and Canadas. WEEKS n POTTER
General Agents and Wholesale Druggists Boston, Mass,
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Keeping BOYS on the Farm.

Because many farmers are naturally anx-
ious to retain the old homestead in the family,
and discuss with interest how to keep at
least one of the boys there to succeed them,
some are disposed to ridcule them and to
do so successfully they assume that the
desire is to keep all the boys on the farm,
whether they have a taste that way or not.
This is absurd, and we know of no farmer
who takes the ground which these writers
combat upon They have to set up straw
man of their own, so as to show their skill
in knocking it over.
We confess to warm sympathy with this
wish to keep such boys on the farm as are
likely to make good farmers. We think it
is a good omen that the elder men in our
business are thinking of this thing, and we
believe they will not have to think long to
hit upon the true cause why smart, ambitious
boys so often leave the homestead. Get rid,
brethren, of the notion that farming is a low
business, or needs to be a small business, or
can be carried on with success on a small
capital of brains or knowledge. Keep good
stock, buy good effective labor-saving imple-
ments; don't skin the farm and put the
| money in the bank, but show your own faith
in agriculture by liberal, judicious invest
ment of your profits in developing the pro-
ductive power of your land. Read, your
selves, and encourage the boys to read, by
providing an abundance of good books and
papers. Let them go around little, and
see the cities and their markets, and espe.
cially the good farms and the stock of sue.
cessfu farmers Don't be afraid of the
"big ideas it will put in their heads. We
all need to have Our ideas enlarged Sym
pathize with their aspirations for progress
and improvement, tempering their enthusi
asm with your judgment, but not killing il
by sneers and contempt Be, in short a
good man, good father and a good farmer
and the only trouble will be who may, moi
who must, stay upon the farm. Above all
don't bear too hard on the grindstone"
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the agricultural students, and until it IS so
farmers cannot and will not have the conf
dence to send their boys to a long and costly
course of merely theoretical study, no matter
how good in itself such course may be.
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Farms for Sale!

SitOO for 100 farm, good buildings, stone wall
fences 800 barrels apples In cut % tons hay, 20
acres wood and timber sugar orchard u miles from vii
age, Plymouth, y. II. 500 down. balance To suit.
S22OO.-Forty- acres, miles from Lowell cuts IS
hay 100 apple trees 50 vines " heavy
wood, timber, rather extra buildings ne shade trees
very pleasant pace. $500 cash; balance to suit.
~45OO.-One hundred and seventy acres, miles from
Nashua, near depot choice lntervae land cuts IS
tons hay fine apple orchard plenty of pears and peaches
bushels Strawberries last 100 grape vines large
pasture. 30 wood and timber good buildings, milk
sold at door Extra bargain terms easy.
For full description Of $50 farms, send for L0r Real
Estate Journal Thomas H. Elliott, proprietor, Is Central
street. Lowell, Mass. H-3l
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cWew e7dperfisemenis.
NoTICE U. s. INTERNAL REVENUE
Special Taxes.

Under the Revised Statutes Of the United states Sections
5S2 1881 jls and J29 every person engaged In any bust
ness avocatun, or enlOyment which renders him liable
TO special tax Is required to procure and place ana Keep
cOHspcuOHsiV IN his esfdhheuf place Of business
STAMP denotng the o said special tax for the
special tax year beginning May l,sis Section Iii Re
vsed statutes, desgnates who liable 10 special tax
RETURN as prescribed on Form IL IL also required w tdu Of
every person liable to special tax above Serere penal
ties prescribed for Noncompliance with the foregoing
requirements for continuing In business after April 30
1873, without payment of tax. .
Application should be made TO l. =. DANA, Deputy Col
lectoT Of Internal Revenue, Montpelier. 2I2saal32
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TINS is what Wendell Phillips says, in his
own peculiar way Let snow be found on
my sidewalk sixty minutes after il has
stopped showing, and policeman presents
himself at my door with instructions but
will the same policeman, or any other, inter
iere with the rum-seller, not FAR removed
Not bit OF it,
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CONSUMPTION!

FRON ELDER H. h, GTLMAN, 4 MINISTER or
THE GOSPEL ~ GLOTER, W.
have been troubled for several years with difficulty
OF The heart and ungs have applied to several physicians
Tor hep ana have tired almost every remedy recommended
without receiving any assistance, but had ieen growing
weaker and weaker until hearing Of WISIAH'S BALSAM
OF WILD CHERRY about q year since, commenced
using II with immediate relief II has not only restored my
lungs To sound state but an entirely relieved Of the DIFF
nculty disease Of The heart have hesitation say
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Wistar'S BaIsam
Wistar's BaIsam
of Wild Cherry!
of Wild Cherrv!
FROM BENJAMIN WHEELER. STATION AGENT
At SOETM NnIALSTnN. Mig.

IS most severely afflicted with hard dry cough,
with It's usual accompaniment Of night sweas, completely
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purpose, had given all hopes Of had
also my friends AZ this stage of matters was prevailed
upon, through the influence of ueghbOr to WISTARS
BALSAM. though with belief whatever lis truly
derful curative properties and before using bottles the
effect almost agca. My cough entirely LETT me, the
night sweas deserted me. hope once more elevated de-
pressed spirits. and had attained my woned strength
and ygur Thus has this Balsam has often been
marked by with the above facts In this
vicinity literally snatche me from the You at
liberty 10 use this for the benefit Of tile afflicted"
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