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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
The Tongue.

The tongue is the instrument by which
should be expressed high and ennobling sen.
timents but it is oftener the vehicle by
which is expressed blasphemy and guilty
thoughts, which are so disgusting to the
ears of refined and reverent men and women.
There is no misery so frequent and so dis
tressing as that occasioned by the ungov-
erned tongue-a tongue which is "unruly,"
and master. True, there are many cor
ners at every turn in life against which we
may break out in impatience, but this is the
very thing against which we are to guard
How often is it the case that men give way
to passions and use language which after
ward they are ashamed to acknowledge.
Therefore, say that the government Of the
tongue is thing of the greatest Importance;
upon it depends our present and future
happiness. How often do we see man slay
his fellow man because of some rash words
by which he was offended, and the muir
derer depart with the blood of his brother
upon his hands, which scarce eternity shall
make to fade. No battlefield has presented
victory so lasting and so hard to be won
as that of governing the tongue. The
tongue-the power of speech--is one of the
greatest blessings to mankind, and, like
many other blessings, may be made curse.
God did not give us tongue to slander our
brother, or to " bear false witness against
our neighbor," but it was designed, rather, to
bless Let us, therefore, endeavor to gov
ern our tongue.-.Selected.
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A Worthy Charity.

The Golden Rule, Boston, says; "A part
of the excess of the apple cropin this region
is being turned to account, thanks TO the
practical piety of Mr. Moody, the evangelist
In noting this surplus some weeks ago we
spoke of it as pity that the poor boys of
the city couldn't get at the orchards for few
days. But as this was impracticable, we
are glad to know that the apples are coming
to the boys Before Mr. Moody left North
field for Baltimore he wrote to Rev. Mr..
Wadron, our city missionary, to send up
hundred bags for the Northfield farmers to
send back filled with apples. The bags
have been returned and the apples dis
trbuted. One missionary sent the names
of six families too poor to buy apples, in
which are forty-one children. Another mis-
sionarv tells of children in his district who,
perched on fences and sitting on door-steps,
have been watching for the arrival OF the
fruit. Mr.. Waldron will forward twenty
five, fifty or hundred bags to any person
who will have them filed, and he knows
just where to send the apples. The Fitch
burg aud Vermo 1t railroads make no charge
for the transportation, and doubtless other
roads would render the same favor. With
apples rotting in the orchards, and yet sell
ing in the city stalls at prices that keep
them out of the reach of the poor (thirty to
fifty cents a peck,) this new amendment to
the law of supply and demand should receive
every encouragement.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
The English Bible.

Who can estimate the blessing which the
dear old English Bible has bestowed upon
the English-speaking nations and upon the
world No other version of the Scriptures
has been so widely or so reverently read ;
and it is estimated that in our time the two
Bible societies of England and America
send forth more copies of the English Bible
than are printed in all other languages
combined. The touching tribute of DIR. f.
W. Faber, after he became Romanist, to
"the uncommon beauty and marvellous Eng
lish of the Protestant Bible may be quoted
at lives on the ear like music that can
never be forgotten like the sound of church
bells, which the convert hardly knows how
he can forego. Its felcities often seem to
be almost things rather than mere words
1t is part of the national mind and the an
chor of the national seriousness. The mem.
ory of the dead passes into it. The potent
traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its
verses. The power of all griefs and trials
of man is hidden beneath its words. II
is the representative of his best moments
and all that there has been about him of soft
and gentle and pure and penitent and good
speaks to him forever out of his English Bi
bic. 1t is his sacred thing, which doubt has
never dimmed, and controversy never soiled
1t has been to him all along as the silent
but oh how ineligible, voice of his guar
dian angel, and in the length and breadth ot
the land there is not Protestant, with one
spark of righteousness about him, whos'
spiritual biography is not in the Saxon Bi
| ble."-Selecied.
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Patchwork.

In pleasant room, full of bright sunshine,
little girl is 81 ting in her rocking-chair,
sewing as fast as she can make her chubby
little fingers fly. Around her are scattered
pieces of cloth of as many different hues as
Jacobs coat of old, while in her lap she has
numerous scraps, from which she takes one,
now and then, joining it to those she holds
in her hand. Very often she stops, and with
a most expressive frown rips out some un-
lucky stitch that has gone astray by the
means of her own tiny fingers; but never
discouraged, she sews on, and il we may
Judge by the smiles that come and go over
her dimped, baby face, she is thinking how
nice and warm her dolly will be kept through
the cold winter, by the quilt she is so busily
making.
We look again, and instead of the child,
we find young girl of about eighteen sum
mers. Her surroundings are very much like
those of the little one and her thoughts are
also straying into the future. 1t must seem
very bright and beautiful to her, for there
is such a happy look on her face, of which
we catch glimpse now and then and her
eyes are full of tender light, as she sews
on. We wonder what she is so busily EN-.
gagged in, and if we should ask her she would
say "Why, do you not know that, accord
ing to the good old country custom, we must
have at least dozen quilts before we have
house of our own p
Now, as we look once more, very great
change is seen. Instead of the bright little
child or the happy young girl, we find an
old old woman, bent over by the cares and
sorrows OF three-score years and ten. She
holds in her trembling hand bit of patch
work, aud, as she looks at it, tears fill hel
eyes; then, as if by magic, gentle smile
finds its way over her furrowed face, an6
she sees in the far-away past little gir
sitting in her armchair, sewing so fast or
her dolly's quilt then the young girl witt
her happy face; and as her thoughts come
back to the present. she lifts her heart il
thankfulness to him who has arranged the
patchwork of her life so wisely, putting &
bit OF sorrow here and there, making th'
happy days seem happier and better for thu
contrast, and who she trusts will say in tn,
great hereafter, "Well done, good and faith
| lul servant, ,"-.Selecfed
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To men wb have this divine yearning it
may become IN absorbing power 1t deter
mines the wok Of their life. They are not
idlers in thevineyard, nor do they sefsbly
appropriate is fruits they see the sunlight
OF Gods Wed, and walk in it, and value
human aids oily so far as they remove the
obstructions of this light; they have APP
pretended tIr very heart Of the gospel, and
hence are depted to the accomplishment Of
the great ain of the gospel and they know,
through the pirit which guides them, that
the glory of tie church and of God is pro
NOTED in seeling and saving the lost.
Wherever his yearning is healthy, IL re-
ceives its noarishment from the gospel and
its impulse fom the Spirit. As the object
Of this yearnhg is to win souls, it strives TO
furnish itsel thoroughly for the accom-
plishment ofthis aim. AS it is divine, it
is thoughtful and prayerful, and earnest,
and tender, and sacrificing. 1t is the most
essential element of the missionary spirit.
And it is this yearning that makes Chris
tians and churhes.-Lmherdn Evangelist
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Our Children and the Wicked World.

A little boy of five years is shut away from
the wicked world by the loving care OF Ia
rents and friends, in order that he may grow
up free from the faults and vices that infest
society-a model OF all the virtues. 1t is
proposed that he shall receive his education
entirely by private instruction, until he goes
away to college. No playmates are allowed
him except such as are approved by his
parents-"good children, of course. dc
not know exactly how this plan will work
but feel sorry for the child, aud sorry for
his parents. am afraid they believe in the
"white paper" theory-that each babe is
like sheet of pure white paper upon which
the parents may write just what they please,
50 that his character at maturity may give
the exact impress of their efforts TO train
him. Now, have never had any of this
"white paper to deal with. Neither have
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
Taxation OF the LiQuOr-Trafllc.

The PRINCETON Reviep for September, which
presents varied and interesting table Of
contents, contains thoughtful and very sug-
gestive article upon Taxation of the
Liquor-T Traffic" from the pen of the Hon.
r. c. Pitman, of Massachusetts,. Judge
Pitman argues that a traffic which " makes
bad citizens and poor laborers eau offer no
financial compensation to the state worth a
wise mans consideration" and arrives at
the following conclusion ave are com
PEELED, then, to the conclusion, that the taxa
lion of the hquor-trafhc offers no effective
regulation of il that ii held out as a meas
ure of reform it is delusive, aud stands in
the way of better legislation; aud that in
itself it has the double vice of being op-
posed to the better moral instincts, and OF
being operative as bribe to pervert the
public conscience"
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VOL. 74.-3759. NO. 3.

seen any. have seen children who were
certainly negative enough TO pass as blank
paper. 1t might seem that you could do al
most anything with them, for you could
easily twist them around your finger" 30
to speak; but you could never make any
thing really good or great of such children.
1t is my belief that, instead Of coming into
the world mere blanks or sponges, those
children are all heirs of human nature, with
its untold capacities both for good and evil.
have never seen two alike, even in the
same family. The natural dispositions are
various, and different temptations effect
them variously. 1t is, indeed, a wicked
world into which they have come but it is
the world in which they must live and do
their work as men and women. II is a very
important part OF their education that they
should learn the ways of the world--not
that they may practice all its arts, but that
they may have some idea of what they have
to deal with, and be prepared to Judge wisely
in practical affairs.-Fdih Rochester.
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Railrnad !Gime GABLE.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
Commencing on Monday, September 3Oth 1878.

Trains Going South and East.
Leave Montpelier at 900 A. NJ, 200 P. NJ, 9.25 p.
NJ, and 1880 P. N.
MaiI-Ieaves st. Abans at 100 A. NJ, Montpelier at sOe
NJ. for BOSTON, New London Springfield New YORK and
Intermediate points.
Day Express Leaves Rouses Point at 1890 A. NJ Mon
treal at 800 A. NJ st. Albans at l2l5 Burlington
l23hP. NJ, Montpelier at ZOO p W., for Boston via Lowell
Mixed Tran-fetve. ST. Albans at $40 p, NJ. Burlington
at 1905 p NJ, Montpelier at a2s P. NJ, for Northheld,
Night Express From ogdensbmg, Montreal, 81. Al
for Boston via Lowell or Fchbufg, Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going North aud Vest.
Leave Montpelier at 3. 3.25 A. NJ, g. 10 A. NJ, 11.OO A.
NJ, 40 p. NJ, and 5.55 =. NJ.
Day Express-Leaves Boston via Fitchburg at 730 A NJ.
via Lowell at SEQ a. NJ, New London at SEQ a. NJ.
Springfield at 500 A. M, Montpelier at $40 P. NJ fo
Burlington. ST. Abans. Montreal and ogiensburg.
on At l35 p NJ, Montpelier at b55 p. NJ, for Burng
ton, Rutland and st. Albans.
Accommodation Train-Lcaves Northneld at 500 A
NJ, Montpelier az $40 A. ", for burlington Rutland
st. Abans, st. Johns and Montreal
Mixed-Leaves W. r. junction at $50 A. NJ Northneld al
1910 A. ". Arrive nj Montpelier at ll3O AN
Accommodation Train-Leaves Montpelier at 100
An tor Burlington Rutland, ST. Albans. Rouses Point
and Richford
Night Expres--Leaves Boston via Lowell at $50 P. NJ.
via ftchbufg at 500 ?. NJ, New York at 300 ?. N.
Springfield at 500 p Montpelier at 325 A. NJ for Bur
hngton. St. Abans. Montreal and ogdhg and the West
Trains leave Montpelier Barre at $50 NJ and l2li
and425P Returning, leave Barre at 40 a. hand lO'
p. NJ, and $40 M
Sleeping ears are attached Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal Spring
hes and New Yok via Troy, and paror to Day Ex-
press between Boston and Montreal.
Through tickets for Chicago and the West for sale at the
principal stations RpsAk eens5s srS MaDrser ySD
st. Alhnns. VT, September 2s ls7s
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Bar Association.

An adjourned meeting of the newly formed
" Bar Association of Vermont was held at the
grand jury room in the Court House, Wednesday
forenoon. The attendance was about one hun
dred, and all seemed to regard the " association
as necessity.
The committee to prepare constitution re-
ported that the object Of the association was to
cultivate the science of jurisprudence; to promote
reform in the law to facilitate the administration
Of justice; to elevate the standard Of the legal
profession; to cherish fraternal spirit among its
members, and to perpetuate their memory" The
constitution is quite lengthy, and seems well
guarded against the admission Of unworthy mem
bers.
The following list of officers were elected
President, f. j. Phelps Of Burlington, yice-Presi-
dents George W. Harmon of Bennington; Ros-
well Farnham, of Bradford and John L. Edwards
of Newport; Managers, Edward J, Phelps ter
oficiol, Wheelock G. Veazey of Rutland, William
johnson of Woodstock Guy C. Noble OF st.
| Adams and William p. Dillingham; of Waterbury
| Secretary, Hiram F. Stevens OF st, Abans; Treas
urer, William G. Shaw of Burlington; Committee
| on Admission, I. +, Woodbridge of Yergennes
| A. B. Gardner OF Bennington, II, c. Belden OF St
Johnsbury, b. b Smalley of Burlington, G. n. Dale
of Island Pond, Henry G, Edison of st. Abans, p
X Gleed of Morrlsville, J. W Rowell OF West Ran
dolph, Walter d. Crane OF Newport, f. J, Ormsbet
of Brandon, S. c. shurtleii OF Montpelier, T.. L
Waterman of Jamaica and W. c. French o
Woodstock; Committee on Professional Conduct
Daniel Roberts OF Burlington, James NJ. Tyler o
Brattleboro and c. II. Pitkin of Montpelier; Com
mittee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, Georg'
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The Sick-Bed.

God sometimes explores us by sickness.
From other misfortunes we can run away,
but fiat on our backs, pain in the head, in
the heart, in the limbs, we cannot run away,
No school, however well endowed, however
supplied with faithful instructors and pro-
fessors, can so well teach you as the school
of sick-bed. People wonder at the pety
of Edward Payson, and Richard Baxter and
Robert Hall How did they get to be so
good 1t was sanctifed sickness. You
think you are of great deal of Importance
in commercial circles God now shuts you
in the sick-room. You do not know how
business eau go on without you. Lying on
your pillow, you hear the runbling of the
wheels and the shuihing of the feet Just as
before. God says | am searching this
man by every cough, by every chill, by every
restlessness, by every pleuritc twings, by
every neuralgia paroxysm, 10y every night
sweat, by every exhaustion, | will search
him through aud through. Selected.
He who has moi known adyersity Ia hut
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How not to Keep Warm.

One way not to Keep warm is to drink
freely OF hot drinks. Another is to keep
the pores OF the skin closed and eat more
than can be digested sit much of the time
over a hot furnace or by hot stoye wear
tight boots, tight shoes, tight garters, tight
corsets, tight gloves, bundle up with heaps
of warm clothing; wear mufilers around the
neck, extending to the ears avoid breath
ing the cool, fresh air take wine or bitters
before eating eat enough to require pill
to aid digestion; sleep under twice as many
clothes as is required to keep yo' comfort
able; exclude fresh air from your sleeping
room while you are in bed Follow these
suggestions and you will be as tender as q
tropical plant, aud will " take cold so dread
full easy that you will not know when or
WHARF
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In Re GEORGE y. GREELEl, Bhnkfupi-
In the District Court OF the United States for the District
Of Vermont
Notice hereby given that petition has been ned In
said Court. by GEORGE y. GREELEY, of Waterbury,
In said District duly declared bankrupt under the Act Of
Congress March "a 1867 for discharge. and certificate
thereof from a his debts and other claims proyabe under
said and that the 5h day of Nov ISIS. at nine O'Clock
NJ before the Hon. Hcyr H. WHEELER, Judge Of said
Court the United states Court Rooms in burlington, Is
assigned for the hearing of the same when and where all
creditors who have proved their debts and other persons In
interest may attend, and show cause II they have why
the prayer of said petition should not he granted.
Dated at Burlington, on the 18th day uf October 1873.
IA II. gMALIEY. Clerk
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In Probate Court held Montpelier In said District on
the Plat day of October. A, ID. 1875
Edmund Pope Administrator OF the estate OF Hosea
Kathan, late OF Norhed, In said District deceased pre-
sents his administration account for examination and al
lowanoe and makes application for decree Of distribution
and partition Of the estate OF said deceased Wereupon, II
ordered by said Court that said account and said application
be referred 20 session thereof TO be held the Probate
Olce In said Montpelier, the llh day November, A.
1878 for hearing and decision thereon And Is further or
dered that notice hereof he all interested
by publication OF the three weeks auccessyey In th
Vermont Watehmnn state Journal, newspaper pub
lshed at Montpelier previous 10 said time appointed fol
hearing that they may appear al said time and place
show II they have, why said shoult
moi be allowed, and such decree made.
BY the COurt.-Attest,
$3.50 HARVEY rILDEN, Judge.
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ERED L. ELY's ESTATE.

The snhscrbe having been appointed by the Honorable
Probate Court the District Of Washington, Commission
receive, and adjust all claims and demands
OF all against the estate Of Fred L. Ely. late Of
Sorihed in said District deceased and all claims exhib
tied In o thereto. hereby give notice that will meet
for the purposes aforesaid at the office of Nichols VIII
lams, Northed the 9Th dav of November and 2lst
day of March next, from ten o'clock NJ until -four
O'Clock each of said days and that six months from
the 18Th day OF A. ID. 1875 ia the time limited by
said Court for said creditors present their claims to
for examine tiOn a"d allowance
Dated Norheld. this 5th day Of September A. ID. 1873.
J. G. B. THAYER, tcomnissioners
5I-5g G. ID. WILLIAMsI ( COMMISSIONER
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c9infres in 1ankrnpfrp.


THIS Is 10 gre notice. That on the 9Th day OF October A
ID. ls7s, Warrant in Bankruptcy Issued against
the estate Of HECTOR +. BRITT, Of Cabot, in the
County Of Washington and state of Vermont, who has
been adiudged bankrupt on his creditors petition that
the payment Of debts and delivery OF property
belonging to said BANKRUPT to him. or for his use and
the of property by him, forbidden by law:
that meeting Of the creito of said bankrupt TO prove
their debts and to choose assgnees OF his
estate will he held at Court of Bankruptcy to he holden
the office Of Heath Carleton In Montuelier In the
County Washington and State Of Vermont before JoHS
L. fpw ESQ Register the 2ah ay of October, a.
ID. 1873. at ten o'clock A.. GEORGE L. FOSTER,
United States Marshal Messenger.
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DETsEy KATHAN's ESTATE.

II
In Probate Court held Montpelier said District on
the 2lst day OF October. A. ID. ISIS;
Frank plumey Administrator Of the estate Of Betsey
Knthlm, late of Norihheld in said District, deceased
presents his administration examination and
allowance aud makes application a decree OF dstrihu-
ton and rtiuOn Of the estate Of said deceased Where
upon Is ordered by said Court that said account and said
apple tOn be referred to session thereof he held at The
Probate Oce In said Montpelier the IN day Of Novem
ber A. D. 1875 for hearing and decision thereon And it Il
further ordered that notice hereof be given all
interested, by publication Of the three weeks
svely In the Vermont Waehman state journal,
paper published Montpelier previous TO said time ap
pointed for hearing that they may at said time -n'
place. and show cause any they may have, why said
count should moi be allowed and such decree made.
By the CouTt.-Atiest,
$500 HARVEY TILDES, Judge.
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ALMIRA NYE'S ESTATE,

IN IUMMTNSTUNE ETtN' NUT1IE.
The undersigned. having been appointed by the Honor
able Probate Court for the District of Washington CUnms
soner examine, and adjust all claims and de-
mands Of all persons against the estate Of Alna Nye late
of Sorhheld. In said District, deceased. and all caim-
exhibited In Offset thereto hereby notice that will
for the purposes aforesaid tile office OF H. Carpen
ter. In Northfeld the first Monday of March and nst
saturday OF April next, from o'clock ?. NJ until four
O'Clock each Of said davs and that six months from
Court said creditors present their claims
animation and allowance.
Dated Nohhed this 9Th day Of October A. ID. 1873
J. b. RICHARDSON, L c,,,,.t,.,o,o..
57.5e a. W MANHAM, COMMISSIONER