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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09

Each package contains Dir. Sanfords Improved Iual-
ing Tube, and full directions for in all cases. Price
slO For sale by all wholesale and retail drurrists
and callers throughout the United States Canaa
WEEKS POTTER, General Agents and Wholcs .lc
Druggists. Boston. Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09
IMPORTANT ! LETTER
From a Distinguished Physician.

NO single disease has entaed more suffering or has.
~ tened the breaking up of the constitution than
Caarrh The sense OF SMELL of TASTE of sight of hear
ing me human voice, the mind, one or more and some
nes All yled to Its destructive influence. The poison IL
distributes throughout the system attack every vital
force and breaks up the most robust of constitutions
ignored because but little understood by physi-
clans, lmpotenty assailed by quacks and charatans
uosc suffering from 1t have little hope be relieved
ot u ths side OF the grave. IL Ia time then that the
popular treatment Of this terrible disease by remedies
Nthln the reach of all passed Into hands once COM
potent and Trustworthy The new and hitherto untrcl
method adopted by Dr. Sanford in the preparation Of
rs lthDlCAL CURE has won my hearty approval. | he
eNe IL likely 10 succeed when all the usual remedies
@ because it strikes at the root Of the disease viz
me dc,dUlet blood. while 10 heals the liberated mem,
nrane hy direct application to the nasal passages Its
action IL based on certain fixed rules, and unless tho
vital forces are too far exhausted, must in the great
majority Of cases, effect cure.
NoBscoTT BLOCK, So. FEANrSGnAM, oct. !, isIi
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
The Light on the Waves.

The following is the eloquent conclusion
OF Dean Stanley's sermon preached in New
York and printed in The Tribune: "May
close these remarks by an illustration
which once heard from the lips of rough
seafaring man-one of few survivors of a
great shipwreck which took place some
years ago in the Bay of Biscay As
soon as those who had escaped from the
sinking vessel found themselves in the small
boat in which they had taken refuge, in the
midst of the raging sea, they found their
chief danger came not from the solid mass
i've sweep OF waters, but from the angry
breaking waves which, from time to time
descended upon them, and against which
every eye and hand had to watch with una.
bated attention. As the shades of evening
drew on, so the survivor told me. their
hearts sank at the thought that in the dark
ness of the night it would be impossible to
see those insiduous breakers, aud that sooner
or later they would be caught and ingulfed
by them. But with the darkness there
came corresponding safety. Every one of
these dangerous waves as it rolled towards
them was crested with a phosphorescent
light which showed its coming far off, and
enabled the seamen to guard against it as
carefully as if they had been in the full
light OF day. The spirits of the little crew
revived, and those who, from time to time
the towards and desperadoes among them
were for turning back to the ship, were
guided by these corruscations through the
night, and in the early dawn they caught
view OF distant vessel, by which they were
at last saved. Mark that crest of phosphor-
escent light. On the top of these breaking
pillows is the light of divine grace, the
N IN MOI aata af 1 Al
darkness of this mortal life, and on the
wave Of this troublesome world, our per-
plexities and dangers and grefs bring with
them, or may bring with them, their own
remedy. On each bursting wave of disap-
pointment and vexation there may be the
grace of heavenly light which reveals the
perils, and shows the wave and guides us
through the roaring storm. Out of doubt
may come faith out of grief may come hope,
and to the upright and godly disposed there
rises light from darkness. With each new
temptation there may come way to escape
with each new difficulty there may come
some new explanation As life advances it
does indeed sometimes seem to us as a ves-
sci going to pieces, as though we were only
fragments of a broken ship or of solitary
skitf on the wide waste OF waters, but so long as
our mortal existence lasts we must not give
up the duty of hoping. The sense that kept us
back in youth from all Incorporate gladness
that same good instinct forbids unprofit-
able sadness. We must persevere until the
morning breaks. That speck on the distant
horizon may be the vessel by which we will
shape our course. Forward, not backward,
must we steer. The speck becomes mass
and the mass becomes ship. Have pa
tience and perseverance, and believe that
there is still future before every one, and
so we shall at last reach the haven where
we should meet"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
Light the Candles.

Whatever opinions men may have as to
the time of the coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ, there can be but one opinion among
Christians as to the Importance of being
found in that day as faithful servants, doing
the work the Master has given us to do.
This was never more clearly and forcibly
illustrated than in the incident often re-
lated, and always with good effect. The
10Th of May, $780, was remarkably dark In
Connecticut. Candles were lighted in many
houses, the birds were silent and disap-
peared, and domestic fowls retired to roost.
The people Were impressed by the idea that
the day of judgment was at hand. This
opinion was entertained by the Legislature,
at that time sitting at Hartford. The
House of Representatives adjourned the
Council proposed TO follow the same ex-
ample. Colonel Davenport objected, "The
day of Judgment he said, "is either APP
proaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is
no cause for an adjournment; if it is, |
choose TO be found doing my duty. wish,
therefore, that candles may be brought" 4"
This was the attitude in which Christ
warned his disciples TO be found There is
no need OF anxiety about it; he who is
prepared to live is prepared TO die and to be
ready for death is to be ready to meet the
Lord. Watch, therefore, for ye know not
the hour when the Son OF Man cometh.-
Observer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
For the Vermont Watch
Educational Value Of Labor.

The plan Of the worlds education lay in tn,
vast mind of the infinite God"
What broad field for thought. When
We walk abroad in the beautiful sunshine
and away over the green fields, everywhere
made lovely with silvery streams and sing
ing birds, words fail TO express our admira
tion of the infinite wisdom of great and
all-wise Creator All the industry of man.
kind is educational both for body and
spirit. This life is only a school-time, and
many are the lessons TO be learned. Every
implement of labor, from the crooked stick
which turned the first furrow TO the latest
improved sewing machine, is an open book
for the education of mankind. Little by
little, step by step, through industrial activ-
ity, great amount of thought growth
and development of mind are produced.
Man asked for bread and cloth, and in get
ting these grew wiser and beAter. The
mills invented to grind the corn, the looms
to weave the cloth, the sewing machines to
make ready for use, do more toward filling
the head than the purse. Man asks only for
the material result. God gives him at the
same time spiritual Development t,-some-
thing he thought not of, Different kinds of
industry have different effects upon the
mind. The phonograph at present, one of
our latest discoveries, yet in its infancy, is
one of the thousand of wonderful things
brous hit to light by great perseverance and
study, from the dark and hidden depths of
natures well-filled chest. The more com
plicated the instrument which the man
learns TO master, the more thought required
therefore the greater power it develops.
We seek after improvements for their ma
terial use, but the all-wise Being uses them
for our spiritual benefit, thus making the
desires and progress of the human mind
serve his infinite designs. 5. NJ. Il.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
A Good Sermon.

"That was a good sermon, was it not,
that we had last Sunday Z" "True for you,
yer honor, an iligant one. 1t done me a
power of good intirely." "Im glad of that.
Can you tell me what particularly struck
you What was it about Z" "Oh, we'll"
scratching his head, al don't rightly-not
just exactly know. l-a-l. A where's
the use in telling lies. Sure don't remem-
Der one single 'dividual word OF it, good or
bad. Sorra bit OF me knows what it was
about at all" And yet you say, it did you
power of good 7" :" SO it did, sir. I'll
stick to that 81 don't see how" swell
now, yer honor, look here. There's my shirt
that the wife is after washing and clean
aud white it is, by reason OF all the water,
and the soap, and the starch that's gone
through it. But not a drop of em all
water, or soap, or starch, or blue--has stayed
in dye see. And that's Just the same with
me aud that sermon. It's run through me,
yer honor, an it's dried out of me, but all
the same, just like my Sunday shirt, rm the
better and the cleaner after TT Chambers
Journal. U.I
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 90 1878

cessities to the parents ear, of merely ask
ing, once day, that he may have food, and
guidance, and sympathy sufficient for the
days need. Indeed, he sees no need of this
general petition. The less supposes the
larger. Andit Is this constant Interchange
OF askings and answers that most effec.
uvely knits the hearts of parents and chill
dreh together, and molds the young life and
character.
| would not our prayers often gain some
thing II we, too, were more specific when we
come with our communications to our
Father 1t would surely tend to beget an
intensity OF desire to closet more freely lust
those special personal besetments. those and
gratitude whose absence we so often mourn
If we took TO the particular neiehborhood
necessities those individual and family
causes of thankfnlness, of which a little
thought would make us most conscious. In.
stead of merely praying that you NAV be en-
abled to lead life of helpfulness to your
fellow-men, pray that you may recognize
and improve all opportunities for being
helpful to your invalid sister, your rolickinq
boy, your neighbor across the street who Is
out of work, your hired man whose careless
ness is so trying you. In addition to pray.
ing for all who are holding up the standard
OF the cross in heathen lands, pray espe-
cially for that missionary who was present
IN your last prayer meeting, or whose letter
you read in the last paper. That zeal for
missions is deepest and broadest which
rooted first in the interest taken in some
special field. Prayer for missions is likely
to follow the SAME law
Often it would give new interest aud profit
to your family worship if your prayers there
were more specific; that quick tempered
Charley maybe so helped by the Holy Spirit
that he shall not speak a hasty word all day
That Ruth may bear bravely her disappoint-
ment In not being able to make her expect
ed visit; that God would comfort the Door
family i'll the next street whose baby died
the other day; that the magistrate NAV deal
wisely with the tramp suspected of setting
fire to the factory yesterday Give thanks
for any specific blessing of which you have
been specially reminded; that Jamie did
the Christian thing when some BOYS tried to
pick quarrel with him last night; that a
drinking neighbor has signed the pledge.
You were reading Across the Dark Cont.
nent," aloud in the sitting-room last evening.
Let the thanks of your little family circle 90
up for the spirit in which the intrepid Stan
ley took up the great work which the diving
Livingstone laid down, with the prayer that
good men may be found to carry the gospel
into the wilds of the dark continent.
Perhaps some of these little things seem
at first thought too trifling to be taken up
in prayer. Is anything that concerns her
child too trifling for the mothers attention
Are these things of less consequence than
sparrow's fall, smaller than the hairs of the
head which God counts "In everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiv,
ing let your requests be made known unto
God. - Christian Weekiy
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
MoraI and Reliaions.
ABIDING WITH GOD.

Let evtry one, whate'er his calling be,
Therein abide with God" 80 wrote OF old
Saint Paul to them at Corinth, and to me.
With loving speech tonight that truth was told.
had grown weary with my strifcs and cares
And mnrmured DER the service Of the day,
Wherein had forgotten unawares,
That thus still might honor and obey
" Abide with God" Would might ne'er forget,
That evermoro may with him abide.
What matters how OF where the stamp Is set,
Or what the furnace where the gold Is tried
so that the metal has the sterling ring,
SO that the likeness Of the King is shown
Gods coinage still, that 10 the soul may bring
Such wealth as merchant princes have not known.
In market places where the is swift,
And competluon on temptation waits;
In quiet homes where unseen currents drift
thousand petty cares through open gates;
Let each and all whate'er the calling be,
Therein abide with God from break Of day
Til set Of sun they shall his purpose see,
And serve him In his own appointed way.
SO let me see and serve, and thus abldei
Not simply patient, or at best content;
Not with eye-service, In which, love denied,
In rounds Of duty solemn days are spent.
Give me, Lord, JOY that is divine
Touch thou my lips with constant themes OF praise;
Since, having thee, all things need are mine,
Whate'er my lot, whatcer my length Of days.
-Epouoefi.t
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
WON ALL THE PRIZES

We have space here TO mention only one Instance out o
many The butter sae with Higgins salt took all the pre
niiHHs at the fair Of the Northwestern Dairymen's As
sooation, held In Chicago last year These were the woo,
Creamery" Of Huntley, Ill., first premium of slO0; I'm
Booth Creamery " of Salem wis., second premium OF SIS
the Houston Creamery" Of Pleasant Prairie WIS., hir,
premium Of siOi and the Booth Dairy first premium fo
dairy butter s5O-leaying only the inferior premiums o
s25 SIS and SO for dairy butter to be taken by all The
other brands OF salt combined.
1t may be Interesting dairymen to know how the tw,
leading brnds-1Iiggns and Ashton's-are made and wha
the difference Is between them We wish we had the sr.,s
to reprint entire the letter Of Mr. r. Il. Thurbera enel
Of the firm of H. X. II. f. Thurber Co., New YORK;
TO the Ame1cdn Grocer but be content give few
extracts fromit After describing the scenery salt
works. he says;
Before proceeding describe the usual process of salt
making perhaps ought to state what salt mine is In
strata OF solid salt rock and il supposed that ex
na s dr under & great part Of The county Chesre The
low TIE surface and + about w feet thick. Then
q salt rock reached this twice ihe Thickness Of
e upper strata and OF better quality being
saile strata also varies much, and rule the best Is
shaft is sunk until rock ss Of ~ ssaeory S snaiy s is s
reached and then is worked the same as coal mine
worked by being blasted in The same WayTeeaiar pIar
OF salt considerably larger than Lots wife fancy are left
as supports for the roof, but The salt solid homo
geneous that there less danger than coal and these
visited The air III this salt mine also much better
@ 1eg pure diy and cool Ascending again to the surface
Is shipped Us Is when raised fom the mine direct to Den
srlnnate against refined sal where is refined for use
some Is crushed as soon raised the mine used
IN It's natural state for agricultural and manufacturing
purposes and more Is refined and used for various purposes
turel in the Cheshire salt district however, Is made Gy
pumping up the water which has with the
Strongly lpregnated with saline matter. Iu this way
OF the earthly and insolube remains ground
@ nn e M ~ hhlaomred turns out pure and white As
Il, ,a ~ ' G ,,un Wy ABOVE description ot dnefences
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
MORE PROGRESS.

Not satisfied, however, with this great progress MIR
iggin Determined II possible 10 obviae the objection which
hhd been trnthfny urged against all English salt viz thai
there less pan and that tile grain OF tht
salt was also that 1t required crush. and
sfed to obyate these defects before using for daryna
purposes. fanscale is imey sediment contained 10 \
forms on the bottom of the evapoating pans, un
equal expansion viii occasionally break and become I'M
corpoated with the salt In breaking the mouds OF dried
salt with mallet usually done, course the mnlle
into small particles, which IL is impossible entirely pct
out by hhnd and in order TO obvate this defect ggu
invented ana patented machine by which this clumsy
detective hand process Is entirely dispensed with Each
grain Is disntegfaed separately, leaving IL and ene,
without Jumps, and by carefully sitting by
every atom Of pan-sce Is removed and the salt is left soft
Ter, cheese or table Unlike any other salt Higgins salt
VIII not form In hard Jumps, and II by long Keeping H
should set" slightly IN the bag light blow jar will
fray dsniegfate the particles and lump which may
This Is not true OF salt which has been ground, ii will
then cake hard. and this his always great oh
stacle to using finely ground salt The graa
O the Hggn Eureka salt and It's entire freedom foni pan
and the few who did appreciate superor,
OF his Prize Medal Brand" which equal In all respects
and IN some superior 10 Ashons, acknowledge that
Eureka superior to anything they seen IN The
salt line Notwithstanding the cost OF the manufacture o
the Eureka Salt IA fully one-half than that OF an,
other brand In the market, its price Is higher ASH
Ions As remarked by salt dealer not long since Every
thing about the Eureka Is Of Tst-cass quality the sr
being pure white Irish linen, while those Of the Ash
ton brand, unlike their former good quality have
brown jule warp lining, which for towcng othe
household purposes will not last one-hnlf long
iggin. Unless the quality both Of the salt aud sack
proved 10 the old standard all the money which Messrs Aou
Ion Co. putting into II Will the people
Unite. States are too Intelligent not 70 mark the great fall
nary Liverpool salt and pay twice much II is wort
supply because the bag Is stencled with the Ashton brand
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
Specific Subjects OF PRAYER,

We can never be thankful enough that that
Incompatible prayer which Christ taught
his disciples begins with Our Father" 1t
is our warrant for bringing all our needs TO
God in the simplicity and with the conf
deuce OF little children. The baby puts up
its scratched finger to mamma for the
kiss that so magically cures the hurt, aud
mamma is as glad to give the kiss as to re-
l.eye its greater necessities. The child
brings every specific pleasure and disap-
pointment, prosperity and desire, to the par
ent, the broken knife, the pretty valentine,
the aching TOOTH the torn sleeve, the pleas
ures OF the picnic, the petty slight of a play
mate, the failure in examination--as sure
that these will command the fathers sym.
pathy as will in after years the love affair or
business venture on which the fortunes of a
lifetime are 10 turn. The child would mar.
vel at the idea of bringing only general ne
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
No Time.

No time TO mend your dress, but W hen
the little hole catches on nail and beco mes
a great rent, then you will have time to
mend it, and it will be an hours ork
while five minutes would be enough for the
little hole. No time to pull up that weed,
but when your garden is full OF weeds you
will find you must exterminate them, and
will toll in the hot sun for whole day. No
time to teach that little child of yours, to
give it habits of ueatness and show it what
is right and what is wrong No time
All but will you have time enough in the
after years to bewail your forgetfulness of
that little immortal soul entrusted to your
keeping We all have time for twenty
things day which we do not do, busy as
we may think ourselves.