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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-23
A Sensational Murder in RUSSIA.

The Moscow papers state that great
sensation has been caused at Moscow
by the murder of u boy in n policeman's
hut. The boy had been sent by his
master, an inn-keeper, to change n
twenty-five ruble note, and while on
the road displayed it TO policeman
with whom he was familiar. The latter
invited him to enter the hut, and closed
the door after him. Half an hour af-
forward, the inn-keepcr, Morozoi,
alarmed mt the absence of his boy, sent
out some men To seek him, and with
very little difficulty they traced him to
the polceman's "bootka." The door
they found fastened, but the window
they pushed open. and then the dread
full sight revealed itself Of the boys
headless trunk lying on the table, and
the policeman concealing the head be
meath the flooring. 0ther policemen
were speedily summoned to the spot,
and the gorodovoi, with his hands still
stained with blood, was taken before
the district magistrate, who ut once
committed him for trial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-23

Two Journalists, sicillian and d
yeapolitan, lately fought duel near
Ma pies with pistols. The principals
were posted al distance 81 fifteen
PAGES. and no fewer than eight.and.
twenty shots were interchanged, but
not one 81 them took effect. The
seconds at last stopped the duel and
declared honor 10 he satisfied.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-23

THE Lake Champlan "sea serpent
has appeared earlier than usual, three
reputable 81. Adams men having seen
it the other day while they were out
fishing in row-boat. The water was
thrown thirty or forty feet high, and a
dark object rose 10 height of ten or
fifteen feet, but before they could get
near enough TO distinguish the monster
fully il disappeared.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-23

LEADyILLE produced more silver last
year than any county in the state.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-23

THE Texas bone trade has suddenly
doomed up into great importance.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Iron for Flowers.

Any person who cultivates only few
flowers in pots or on grassy lawns, or on
spacious parterres, may readily satisfy him
self of the exceedingly useful part the proper
materials play in the production of beauti-
full flowers. Even white flowers, or roses
that have petals nearly white, will be greatly
improved in brilliancy by providing iron
sand and unleached ashes for the roots of
growing plants. Ferruginous material may
be applied 10 the soil where flowers are
growing or where they are to grow, by pro-
curing supply of oxide of iron in the form
of the dark colored scales that fall from the
heated bars of iron when the metal is ham
mered by the blacksmiths. Iron turnings
aud iron filings, which may be obtained at
most machine shops, should be worked into
the soil near the flowers, and in a few years
it will be perceived that all minute frag-
ments have been dissolved.-Ladies' Floral
Iobitsf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Less Of the Bad Desirable.

Not only do our newspapers offend by the
publication of the vile details of great
crimes, but also by picking up and spread
ing abroad little scandals, little unpleasant
nesses in society, little bits of gossip that no
sensible or honorable person wishes to know
or would suffer himself TO repeat. Much of
the space of many weekly papers and of not
q few dailies is devoted to matters of this
description. The tittle-tattle of the neigh
borhood that is not only silly but poisonous
in the extreme is gathered and served up in
as appetizing a manner as possible for the
entertainment of the whole community. If
woman behaves ndiscreetly, the fact,
more or less embellished and sufficiently dis
guised to whet the appetites of the gossips,
is likely to appear. in print the next day. If
a man commits 'an error Of which he is
pretty sure to be ashamed, and concerning
which he would be glad of the indulgent ST.
lence of his neighbors, there is no mercy for
him he will have chance to read the
record, good deal magniied, in the local
column.
Domestic infelcities, with which the
public has no business at all, afford material
for spicy items; business complications are
worse complicated by unauthorized reports
concerning them; little troubles in the
churches which those who have the care of
their interests are doing their best to com
references to them in the newspapers. Some.
times, when the details of these small scan
dals are not given there are little hints and
innuendoes that serve to put all the prurient
and meddlesome noses in the community on
the scent for indecency or mischief. y" A
certain unmarried professional man is said
to be more intimate than is proper with a
certain married woman" in a locality that
is named. "The skeleton in a certain house
in Ward Blank is likely TO get an airing
nrettv soon" "Tbere Is nrospect of a row
about the music in one of our churches,
and so on What excuse or iurisdiction can
there he for the nnblication Of snch items
as these {? who is nrofted bv reading
them? What interest of Intelligence, OF
morality, of decency. is promoted by spread.
inc ohroa5 these miserable details III ooss;nY
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Will lie Succeed i!

In nine cases out of ten, mans life will
not be success if he does not bear burdens
in his childhood. If the fondness or the
vanity of father or mother has kept him
from hard work; if another always helped
him out at the end of his row; if instead of
taking his turn at the pitching off he slowed
away all the time-in short, if what light
fell to him, and what was heavy about the
work to some one else; if he has been per-
mtted to shirk, until Sinking has become a
habit, unless a miracle has been wrought,
his life will be failure, and the blame will
not be half so much his as that of his weak
and foolish parents. On the other hand, if
a boy has been brought up to do his part,
never allowed to shirk his responsibility, or
to dodge work, whether or not it made his
head ache, or soiled his hands, until bearing
burdens has become a matter of pride, the
heavy end of the wood his choice, parents
as they bid him good-by may dismiss their
fear. The elements of success are his, and
at some time and in some wav the world
will recognize his capacity Young FOLKS
IHnrIT
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

The cooperative principle in education
is nowhere seen TO better advantage than in
the family. The girl is strengthened aud
viyi6ed by the bat and ball, the oars, the
bow and arrow, or the skate, as much as is
the boy, and she needs, and her family need,
the sparkling vivacity which only outdoor
amlsements can give; but the girl who has
two beds to make has not 80 much time for
recreation as the boy, who uses, but who
makes none. The care OF one room for
each would be a happier adjustment. At a
school which lately visited, the boys, un-
der the care of matron, We're taught to
make their beds and to keep their rooms in
order. They showed no incapacity for the
work. Their clean beds with white spreads
were as well made as though done by their
sisters. Neither boots, stocking, jackets,
shirts nor collars were on the floor for some
body else to pick up. What has been done
by matron with a large number of boys
could be done by any mother with her sons,
not only with positive advantage to them
but with justice to their sisters. No' long
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1879

manufacturer offered petition, with true
prayerfu unction, for faith and grace and
strength and charity, and for thorough
cleansing from all moral and spiritual de-
formity, that found n response in many
hearts and brought the tears to many eyes.
The next day the entire community was
electrified by the news that Colonel Rogers
had failed, and assigned his property for the
benefit of his creditors. All who had been
present at that meeting the previous even
ing recalled the now ruined manufacturers
prayers, and said that the poor man must
have been passing through fierce mental
struggle at the time.
He met Uncle Jerry Phillips in the street
that day, and taking him by the hand, said,
Z" am as poor as you are this afternoon,
Uncle Jerry. have thrown off the hump
of anxiety, remorse, and sin,' but | am
weak from carrying il so long And al
though did not realize it before your most
opportune words of last night, | think had
been looking in all directions for the main
chance in business so long that | was getting
to be cross-eyed myself.
"Now, Uncle Jerry, want you to pray
that may become as rich as you are, for it
was your talk at that prayer-meeting that
prompted me to make the move | have. |
had my plans all perfected by which | was
to fail successfully in my business, that is,
to make a compromise with my creditors,
offer to them certain per cent. of my in
debteduess, and go on again. But instead
of that have turned over everything to my
principal creditor, who will carry on the
business BY doing what | have, | am en-
abled to pay every cent | owe. | could not
bear the idea of eternal poverty Uncle
jerry"
al hated to speak,, said the deformed
little man. " It is always cross for me, and
it was more of cross last evening than
ever, because heard some girls gigglng
about me when | came in. But something
kept whispering, Get up and tell them
that you are not so poor and forlorn as you
seem; so | spoke the words that the Lord
gave me."-American Messenger.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

since met iudicious mother who had re-
solved to abate the nuisance of careless,
wasteful and expensive servants, and instead,
to ask of each member of her household,
sons and daughters alike, sufficient contri-
button to the days work to complete all
which the daily necessities of the family de
manded. She had tried the plan for sew
eral months and had found it TO work ad-
mirably. Her own care had lessened in
proportion TO the increase of family enjoy
ment. The household aid given men will,
of course, find its complement in that Of
fered by women in the field, the workshop,
or the office. In families trained to mutual
helpfulness, the girls will plant corn, rake
hay, or transact as important business as
faithfully as would their fathers or their
brothers.--Se Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
An Open Secret.

| will give the secret of our happy married
life. We have been married for forty years.
My bride was the belle of New York when
| married her, and though / loved her for
herself, still lovely flower is all the lovelier
poised in an exquisite vase. My wife knew
this, and true to her genuine refinement has
never, in all these forty years, appeared at
the table OF allowed me to see her less care
fully dressed than during the days of our
honeymoon. | presume should not have
ceased to love her had she followed the ex-
ample of many others, and, considering the
everyday life of home necessarily devoid Of
beauty, allowed herself to be careless of such
small measures as dressing for her husbands
eye; but love is increased when we are proud
of the object loved and to-day am more
proud of the beautiful wife, with her silver
hair and gentle face, than of the bride whose
loveliness was the theme of every tongue
SeIecfe1
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Elegance of Home.

! never saw a garment too fine for man
or maid there never was a chair too good
for cobbler or a cooper, or king to sit
in never house too fine to shelter the hu-
man head. These elements about us, the
glorious sky, the imperial sun, are not too
good for the human race. Elegance fits
man. But do we not value these tools for
the housekeeping little more than they are
worth, and sometimes mortgage a house for
the mahogany we would bring into it ?
had rather eat my dinner off the head of a
barrel or dress after the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness or sit on a
block all my life, than consume all myself
before | got to home, and take so much
pains with the outside that the inside was
as hollow as an empty nut Beauty is a
great thing, but beauty of garment, house
aud furniture are tawdry ornaments com
pared with domestic love. All the elegance
in the world will not make home, and
would give more for a spoonful of real
hearty love than for whole shiploads of fur
nture and all the gorgeousness that all the
upholsterers in the world could gather
Dr. Holiness
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Why / Give.

give because it does me good to do 50.
am conscious of the worldlness of my
nature; but giving helps to soften and break
down that worldliness, and quicken some
what the latent sympathies and emotions of
my being.
give because giving is the very genius
and spirit of the world The sun gives, the
cloud gives the air gives, the flower gives,
the day gives, the night gives--all nature,
indeed is ministry ever giving-and shall
| withhold ?
| give because | am always receiving.
God is giving to me every hour of every day,
in thousand different ways and forms, and
surely it is small NATTER indeed, that /
should give back little again to him.
| give because in so doing | set useful
example to others. feel that every Chris
tian is bound to be pattern to others around
him. Liberality for Christ is grace sadly
lacking in the religious community. If by
my example | can help to enlarge it, | am
bound to do so; therefore give.
give because giving brings a blessing.
Even in this life it does so. The liberal
soul shall be made fat. Aud in the life to
come who can tell the splendor of its reward
/ give because it is the injunction of the
Bible. God enjoins it; Christ taught it
the apostles commended it. Let two sentences
suffice at is more blessed to give than tc
receive;" "The Lord loveth cheerful
giver. Canadian Independent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
As Thy Days.

The grace which God gives is for the real
occasions of life. To forget this is to make
the whole of our moral and religious life
morbid and unreal. For man to ask him
self deliberately on his wedding morning
whether he is so resigned to the will of God
that he is perfectly prepared to consent to
his brides immediate death, is preposterous
folly. The grace he needs just then is the
grace to make him heartily grateful to God
for the new brightness and joy which have
come TO him, and grace to enable him to
treat his wife with the chivalrous devotion
she has right to claim, and grace, while he
loves her with what seems all his heart, to
love God still better. If we have honestly
accepted the will of God as our supreme
law, we shall receive strength from God to
do Gods will and submit to it as occasion
demands. When God sends us work he
sends us strength to do it; and when he
sends us trouble he sends us strength to
bear it. For troubles which we imagine
for ourselves, and for work we imagine fol
ourselves we must go for strength to oul
imagination-not to him.-Reu. II. W. Dale
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Advice to Newly Married People.

Preserve sacredly the privacies of your
own house, your married state, your heart.
Let no father or mother, sister or brother,
ever presume to come between you two, or
share in the joys and sorrows that belong to
you two alone. Build your own quiet world,
not allowing your dearest earthly friend to
be the confidant of aught that concerns
your domestic peace. Let moments of alien
alton, il they occur, be healed at once.
Never, no, never, speak of it outside but to
each other confess, and all will come out
right. Never let the morrows sun still find
you at variance. Review and renew your
vow-it will do you good, and hereby your
souls will grow together, cemented in that
love which is stronger than death, and you
will become truly one.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
One Of Mr.. Lincoln's PARALLELS.

AT the entertainment given under the au-
spices of the Hebrew Young Mems Associa-
ton, on Sunday night, Rev. Dr. Sold, rabbi
OF Hanover street synagogue delivered
lecture on Abraham Lincoln, in which he
related quite number of short anecdotes
concerning the great man. DIR. Sold said
that MIR. Lincoln had the most remarkable
faculty for solving difficult problems by tell
ing simple little stories or parallels. He
compared him to Alexander the Great cut
ting the Gordian knot, for he would unravel
the most intricate question by the sword of
his keen and incisive wit. 1t was not Mr..
Lincolu's nature, he said, to argue point,
but when persons would come to him with
complaints he often gave them his views on
the subject in short and comprehensive
parable. As for instance, some gentlemen
from the West had called at the White
House, and had been harranguing Mr.. Lin
coin in an excited manner about the omis-
sion and commissions of the government.
He heard them patiently for time, and
finally said Gentlemen, suppose all the
property you were worth was in gold and
you had put it in the hands of Blondin to
carry across the Niagara Falls on a tight
rope, would you shake the rope while he was
passing over it, or keep shouting to him,
Blondin, stoop a little more, Go little
faster 2 No, am sure you would not. You
would hold your breath as well as your
tongue, and keep your hands off until he
was safely over. Now, the government is
in the same situation, and is carrying across
a stormy ocean an immense weight; untold
treasures are in its hands it is doing the
best it cam don't badger it keep silence,
and it will get you safely over"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
The Daughter at Home.

Do not think that because there comes TO
you no great opportunity of performing a
wonderful work, you will let the thousand
little ones pass you unimproved. 1t is no
small thing to be tine joy of the domestic
circle, the one whose soft touch and whose
gentle, fifty spoken word averts disturbance
and disagreement, conciiates the offended,
and makes alien natures understand each
other. 1t is no small thing to possess the
happy tact which makes people pleased with
themselves, and which insensibly urges peo-
pie to appear at their best The young wo-
man who is gifted with this grace of touch,
this swiftness of sympathy, and this beauti-
full unselfshness, may not have fair face,
nor trim figure, but she will be endowed
with dignity more winning than either
Bible Banner.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

When parents see their children quick.
witted and able TO "set the table in
roar" not rejecting "whereunto this
may grow" they are often delighted and
nourish by their approval the dangerous
gift. There needs be with such minds all
the more diligence to impant love of
truth, to instill the fear of loving and max
ing a lie-the beauty and dignity of a
character truthful in word and act - at
once, in season. have in mind now, one
of lively imagination and quick inventive
powers, who was admired and petted by
parents and friends, never reproved, the
beautiful gift of imagination not cultivated
in a right direction, but unframed, until
that child came to habitually subvert the
truth, and it is a difficult matter to decide
if it is now capable of telling the truth. o
" horrible pit of miry clay"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Mora1 and Religiuns.
CRY OF THE HEART.

oh that mine eyes might closed be
To what concerns me not 10 see;
That deafness might possess mine ear
To what concerns me not to hear;
That truth my tongue might always tic
From ever speaking foolishly;
That no vain thought might ever rest
Or be conceived within my breast;
That by each deed, and word, and thought,
GLORY may to my God be wrought
Hut what are wishes2 Lord, mine eye
ON thee Is fixed, to thee | cryl
Wash. Lord. and purify my heart,
And make II clean In every part
And when It's clean, Lord, keep It, too,
For that Is more than I can do.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
A True Lady.

was once walking short distance be-
hind a very handsomely dressed young girl,
and as looked at her beautiful clothes |
wondered if she took half as much pains
with her heart as she did with her body. A
poor old man was coming up the walk with
loaded wheelbarrow, and just before he
reached us he made two attempts TO go into
the yard of house, but the gate was heavy,
and would swing back before he could get
in. "Wait" said the young girl, hurrying
forward; "l'll hold the gate open" And
she held the gate till he passed in, and re-
ceived his thanks with a pleasant smile, as
she passed on. She deserves to have beau
tiful Clothes" thought, " for a beautiful
spirit dwells within her breast"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

j. G. EMERY is now ready
with his Spring stock of new
CARPETS-very extensive
in amount, and of unsurpassed
excellence in quality, beauty
of design and coloring-mak-
ing it altogether one of the
most desirable assortments
ever offered in this market.
And the prices are not the
least attractive feature, being
lower than ever before. La
dies and gentlemen are in
vited to an examination of it,
as the goods will be cheer
fully shown.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

CHRISTIAN love, most characteristically
so called, has its roots in an infinite depth
of divine tenderness, and for its fruit, broad
streams of human pity and grand deeds of
human kindness. Platonc love is more
contemplative aud artistic; Christian love
more practical and more fruitful; the
one is the luxury of an intellectual imagin-
alton, the other the appetite of moral en-
thusiasm. Professor Biackie
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

In nine cases out of ten our fears are
groundess. You know when we look at
any dark place it seems very black, but when
we are in it there is generally some light.
AS thy day is, so shall thy strength be !"
and "Aly grace is sufficient for thee" We
are TO have strength for each day as it comes,
not strength to-day for next Winter or next
year.-MethodiSf.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

II you would relish food, labor for it be-
fore you take it, if enjoy clothing, pay for
it before you wear it; ii you would sleep
soundly, take a clear conscience TO bed with
u.--Frdnkiin.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

TnE promise of salvation is not to those
who respect, or admire, or defend, or proclaim
the Lord Jesus Christ, but TO those who be-
lieve in him, walking in the obedience of
faith in the path of righteousness.
senqer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

TnE greatest evils in life have had their
rise from something which was thought of
too little Importance TO be attended to-
Bishop Butler,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Seierf MisfeHanp.
SPEAK KINDLY.

How softly on the bruised heart
A word Of kindness falls,
And to the dry and parched soul
The moistening tear-drop calls;
Oh II they knew, who walk the earth
Mid sorrow, grief and pain,
The power a word Of kindness hath,
'Twere Paradise again.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

BELOVED, God meets those who are in
the way of duty; Satan meets those who are
out of it.-Iidringion Epans.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11

Our Millinery and Small Ware Departments repete
with seasonable goods that will be sold ueru cheab