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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Line upon Line.

judge Pierce, of Philadelphia, in an aG
dress to the grand jury, declared that in tina
city there are about seven thousand taverns
or public drinking places, this being al
average OF one tavern to every one hundred
inhabitants, or, in fact, to every tweniy-fiy,
adult males in the entire city. He also de
clared that of forty-four thousand nine hun
bred and nineteen arrests in the city from
all causes during 1876, there were twenty.
four thousand five hundred and eleven, or
more than one-half of the entire number. for
intoxication or liquor selling. His careful
estimate of the cost of this traffic to
the public shows fully Sl,2OO,000 per an
mum Tor the arrest and conviction and pun
ishment of its victims in Philadelphia, in
addition to S2l 100000 squandered here in
the purchase of liquor by its consumers. In
the face Of these figures the words of Judge
Pierce seem none too strong when he says /:
sis it a wonder that when hard times come
there is so much suffering among that class
of our citizens whose hard earnings are
thus diverted from the savings institutions
to indulgences which are destructive TO both
health and happiness : But this deplorable
traffic comes freighted to us with greater
burdens than those which affect material
wealth. 1t brings in its train the broken
health and squandered fortunes of thou
sands; the signs and broken hearts of moth
ers, wives, sisters, and children ruined
characters and desolate homes widows aud
orphans, whose bitter tears are doubly bitter
when they remember the causes of this desc
lation. Is it not a wonder, then, that as
citizens having regard to our material in
terests, as men having sympathy with our
fellow-men, and as Christians having re-
gard to the highest moral interests of our
fellow-beings, we are so supine in our efforts
to relieve us of this great evil 2"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Stop and Think.

Yes, my drinking brother, why should
you toll hard and labor day after day, and
beside supporting yourself and family, pay
constant tribute to the rumseller Does
he give you warmth? No. Does he clothe
you =? No. Does he make your mind quicker
or keener No. Does he give YOU any
value for the twenty cents day which you
pay him, for the two dollars you spend
sometimes in a single hourp He will not.
Why then should you pay this tribute to
himl He is well fed, while your table is
meagre and scanty. His wife and children
are well clothed and often ride in their fine
carriage, while your wife stays at home for
want of clothes and your children go shah
billy dressed. You see him taking home a
fine brace of poultry, nice salmon, bar
rel of red apples. You can't afford it and
you must go without. He has fine house,
with garden and shrubbery, and you hear
the sound of music when his daughters play
the piano or organ. Your home is cheer.
less, poor, uncomfortable, and without mu.
sic or flowers. Why? Simply because you
are such poor ninny as to pay daily tax
TO support the rumseller, and he gives you
absolutely nothing in return. Save twenty
cents day. Keep that five dollars your
last spree cost you and put it into home
comforts. Home protection for you, my
brother, and let that home be your own.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
sc Bimeby."

! have little friend whom we all call
"Bimeby," because he always says "By-
and.by" when he is asked to do anything.
lie will get up by-and-by; he will learn his
lessons by-and-by; he will bring in wood for
his mother, or 60 TO the store for groceries
by-and-by.
A great many troubles come to him and
to bis friends from this bad habit of putting
off his duties, and not long ago it was the
cause of a very serious misfortune.
One morning when the ground was covered
with ice, little Bmeby's" mother said:
"Jack, | want you to sprinkle some ashes
on that icy place by the back door,
"All right" said Jack. am do it by
and-by."
"But you must do it right off," said Mrs.
Harris; somebody will fall there, if it is
neglected"
ayes, mother" and "Bimeby" started
off to get his sled that he had lent TO the
boy next door, thinking that five minutes
delay could not make much difference.
Just about that time Mamie, Jacks four
year-old sister, begged to go out and play in
the yard
at is so sidney out" she said, al guess it's
most like Summer. And mebbe shall find
Tower peeping up somewhere"
Poor Mamie She clambered down the
steps, laughing and cooling to herself, and
talking about the "fowers' But all at
once she uttered a loud cry of fright and
pain She had slipped upon "Bimeby's"
ice, and broken her arm.
Then came the surgeon TO torture the
little soft, fair arm, and long days of weari-
ness followed, days of great care and anxiety
for the household, and all because one care
less boy put off obeying his mother for a
few minutes.
One day when Mamie lay asleep, and
Jack sat sadly watching her, Mrs. Harris
said some very serious words to " Bmeby."
aft could take my choice" she said,
al would rather be blind, or lame, or de-
formed than to be under the control of the
habit of putting off. Such habit steals
away the very best of life; it mixes up our
work and our pleasures, till there is no good
result from either-tll we do nothing. And
| need not tell you that such a habit makes
endless troubles for all our friends. Think
| of the suffering you have caused your little
sister,"
The tears rolled down his cheeks.
al know you do not mean to make trouble
and sorrow added the mother, "but you al.
ways will until you learn to do every duty
at the right moment-that is, at the first
moment possible"
Bimeby" took the lesson to heart, and
his friends hope that they will soon have
reason to change his name to "Right-off."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Pave Your Way to Independence.

"Come, Charlie, want You to drive a
few nails in the shed for me-" said Nettie to
her brother the other day.
Charlie was splitting wood at the time,
and the father, overhearing the request of
his daughter, said;
"Why not drive them yourself 2"
"Because can't" she replied.
"Because you can't !" he responded.
"Why, your teacher says there is no such
word in the book. Come here and III show
you how to drive the nail"
With hammer in one hand and nails in
the other, he went into the shed, drove
few into the door, and then gave the re-
mainder to Nettie. She found it an easy
thing TO drive the nails, and felt quite proud
of her achievement in the mechanical art.
Now, my girl, that lesson makes you in
dependent. Some of these DAYS III teach
you how to drive horse, sharpen knife.
and white, too, without cutting your fingers.
Don't you let the doors creak on their
hinges for want of an oiled feather, or the
little children's shoes or your own shoes get
hard in the Winter time for want of little
grease.
"And as for you, boy" said his father,
turning to Charlie and his little seven-year.
old brother, "you ought to learn how to
make bed, sweep room, or sew on a but
ton. A little cooking will not hurt you.
Many beefsteak and fresh fish have
cooked in my day, and my mother told me
when was a boy that could beat any boy
making pot of coffee. There is no telling
what your lot may be, or where you will be
cast sometime during your life. The most
helpless people | have met with were those
who could do only one kind of work. All
you boys and girls should learn some one
thing very well and make that your depend
ence for living, and add TO it as much skill
as you can for it costs nothing to carry
knowledge, and it enables you to pave your
way toindependence." Presbyterian Banner.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Paid in Ones own Coin.

Peters mother died. After that he was
sent to his grandmother's, for he had
quarrelsome, fretful temper and his aunt
could not manage him with the other chill
dren. His grandmother dealt kindly and
patiently with him, and helped him to i'm
prove.
Peter now had new mother, and his
father had sent for him to come home But
he did not want to go. He felt sure he
should not like his new mother, and that
she would not like him.
"That depends upon yourself, Peter"
said grandmother "Carry love and kind
ness in your pocket, and you'll find no
difficulty"
"And the best of it is," said grand
mother, " if you once begin paying it out,
your pockets will never be empty, for you'll
be paid in your own coin. Be kind and you
will be treated kindly love and you'll be
loved"
al wish I could" said Peter.
All the way home he more or less thought
Of it. | do not know about his welcome
home, or what his father or new mother
said to him. The next morning he rose
early, as he was used at grandmother, and
came down stairs, where, everything being
new, he felt very strange and lonely.
However, in little while his new mother
came down, when Peter came up to her and
said
Mother, what can | do to help you 2"
"My dear boy" said she, kissing him on
the forehead, show thoughtful you are.
thank you for your kind offer and what
can ! do to help you, for I'm afraid you will
be lonely here at first, coming from your
dear, good grandmother"
Then he knew he should love his new
mother, and from that good hour Peters
pockets began to fill with the beautiful
bright coin of kindness, which is the best
small change " in the world. Keep your
pockets full of it, and you will never be in
want.-Presbvteridn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Remedy for Intemperance.

,r,, =,
Inc only saie ana sure remedy Tor TIE
crime oil intemperance Is the same as fr
any other vice-Cirists religion. We ell
u .s crime ana II should e
treated as such' Medical prescriptions ae
not suillcient. Moral Influences may 10
much good ana are TO be desired and wa,
colned. but many man mas been retormd
VINO mas not peen cured what an ,oppo'
l 1y lot cue Onlistlan ministry VINO a.
u ,; eson oaooath more tian twenty mi
. nons VI Peopie IN t,ils country, are thg
nany SiVe :" ."elr uu.y Iheir trumpeT
s,o ou,; give ho uncertain SOUND on I'M
q" ,rhn r.
a i he omIe.I VI property where grog-shon
are 1rsa ,ooa, ;1 snouiu pe calieu upon 10 VITA
uha~ oaiu P'oPerCy lio"i such use, a'l
I En,, o.as1 W peooe aoeo'ors Oh crip'
ran'aJ, " fon ;at, snou,u Know 'nat 'he ony
" TIC 10, incompetence Is Irdc.'cae ret'g'o''
,,ah oa',o -, ;oaeuoe W Onl,stlanity az
s SUN, says al, e,,,inen. wrl!er' .that tweny
yos,s ,eIoe .'1 ministry WIN DC oehihd I've
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Handling Butter.

Our correspondent, u. L. Jameson, sends
the following intelligent remarks upon the
above subject to the New York Examiner
and Chronicle:
At a farmers meeting in this vicinity the SUBJ
1ect OF sending butter to market to be sold on
commission was referred to. Two business men
present who had sent butter for the farmers stated
that il the butter forwarded was sold i'm
mediately upon arrival the returns were salts
factory; but If by chance it was not sold until
after two or three weeks, the butter was sold as
poor article at a correspondingly low price
These men advised selling to the dealers here at
home and receiving the money in hand, instead
of taking the risk of sending to be sold on COM
mission. There are several reasons why butter
that is good when it leaves the farm becomes Door
so soon. The brine which filled the tub around
the butter is all drained out, so as to get the true
net weight and thus the air is admitted Its an
pearance is injured by various inspections or ex-
aminations; the cloth that covers 1t and the salt
upon it become disarranged, and fail to protect
the butter from dust, and give it an untidy ap-
pearance. It becomes neglected and set aside for
more recent arrivals, and when at last it is sold
is for price five or ten cents less than it would
have brought the day of its arrival. Most of the
Objectionable features are only distasteful TO the
eye OF the consumer, and do not inure the quality
OF the goods
1t is desirable that the dairyman shall make
good article, and get it to the consumer in perfect
condition. 1t is desirable that commission mer-
chants be sSilful statesmen, make honest returns
to their customers, and handle goods intrusted to
them judiciously. II butter is to be kept, a clean,
cool room Is necessary, and If the butter comes in
the Vermont spruce tub it should be filled to the
surface OF the butter with clear, strong brine, and
cloth be spread on its surface and upon the
cloth layer Of nice dairy salt
A friend of mine sent large lot Of butter to
Providence, Rhode Island, and desired top price
1t was not sold. After several weeks waiting he
vnnf IN attn and 30 md md Ia L.,NNA Ia
cellar where coal and other merchandise was
stored, and the tubs backened and begrimed by
coal-dust but in the cool cellar the butter was in
good condition. He brushed and sandpapered
the tubs until they were white and clean. He had
the cloth that was upon the surface of the butter
washed and replaced, and powdered over with
nice salt then he sold it to the grocers in small
make as much poor butter as is sold in that grade.
Irasburgh, Vt, April, 1879 z.E.J.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Tipping.

There are men-and women, sad to say
by the ten thousand in this country who
would resent with indignation a charge that
they were drunkards, and yet are sowing
the wind that will "reap the whirlwind "
of their physical destruction, or of those
who follow them, just as surely as they who
indulge in open alcoholic excess One need
not be drunk to be drunkard, and thou.
sands annually go down to death the victims
of strong drink, who, their lives long, were
never thoroughly intoxicated.
What multitude of moderate drinkers !"
we have among us What a host of those
who habitually indulge in spirituous bever-
ages, yet never as to unfit them for business
or place them outside the pale of good So
ciety But do these realize that they are
storing up forces that will, in time, burst
out in disease, or so lessen the vital powers
that when sickness comes their chance of
recovery greatly declines, or that will entail
on their children pernicious results, physical
and mental, for generations to come.
We trow not. Surely, were it so, could the
perspective of century, with its mortality
records revealing results, direct and indirect,
of ancestral alcoholic indulgence be shown
them, they would start back in dismay, ap-
palled at the sequel of habit TO which they
probably attach the most trivial Importance.
Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Improvement of MerinOes.

We take the following from a notice of
the recently issued volume of the Vermont
Sheep Breeders Association Register in the
Country Gentleman:
As to the question of the real improvement that
has been effected by American breeders Of Spanish
Merinoes, the committee give some interesting
figures. Taking the weight OF secured ,oooi in the
fleece, in some cases as obtained by actual cleans
ing and in others by calculation from its washed
or unwashed weight, they cite an average yield OF
two pounds eleven ounces and a SIN III frac-
ton, on flock OF fifty-six head, in 1904; an in
stance OF four pounds and six ounces in Colonel
Humphreys flock; an average of two and one
half pounds in that of Consul Jarvis, the highest
going up to four and one-half pounds a case OF
six pounds on an Atwood ram in 1874, with an
average Of between three and four pounds; the
fleece Of Hammond ram belonging TO Baker &
Harrigan In 1865 that secured seven pounds, and
q ram of Colonel Stowells which Yielded in 1868
eight pounds one and one-half ounces, thoroughly
secured The average percentage OF unwashed
wool 10 live weight of the animal when shorn, in
five rams recorded In 1909 and 1910, was IL In
1864, Mr. Randall wrote that twenty-one per cent.
of unwashed wool to weight of animal was the
heaviest then on record. AT the Paris Exposition
last year, however, sixty-seven tieeces from YER
mont were exhibited, with regard 10 which full
details were recorded with great care and accuracy
The average age Of fleece was four days less than
year; the per cent of wool TO live weight of the
whole sxty-seven was %; of the best thirty % 2;
Of the best six 3O1, and Of the best single fleece,
1856. We have not space to carry these quotations
further-enough has been said 10 show that the
word improved" as affixed 10 the Spanish
Merino sheep Of the United States, is well de-
served, and that the improvement Is not an out
growth altogether Of the flush times of the war
although then much stimulated and encouraged,
but had been quietly going ON In previous years,
and has since been continued, in manner ex-
ceedngy creditabe to the breeders of Vermont,
as we think we may fairly say, without disrespect
t.,t I'm nd afulh alara
of New York, Ohio, Michigan and other Western
states
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Tenpranrf.
WHAT wuIsKEY DID FOR ME.


Kind friends, I'm glad to meet you here;
stand before you all,
A soldier who has served his time
with old King Alcohol.
I've stood by him through thick and thin.
Untii they called me sot,
And when for him sold my coat
This was the coat got.
fought for him, I bled for him,
As through the street I'd rave,
And when through him ! lost my hat,
This Il the hat he gave.
My boots were OF the neatcst 1t,
A fine as boots could be;
For him I gave away my boots.
And then he booted me.
My eyes were Of the deepest blue,
Nor lustre did they lacki
But now YOU see they both are red,
And one h also black
My nose was never beautiful,
hut still was not amiss;
Old Alcohol. he touched II up,
And what dye think OF thls7
He promised should courage have
For all the Ills Of life;
The bravest thing he made me do
Was beat my little wife.
lie promised he would give me wit,
And should ne'er be sad,
Instead Of which he took away
The little sense had.
The health and wealth he promised me
lie never, never gave;
But when he'd taken all had
found myself slave.
SO now III nght for him no more,
For woe is all his pay;
He's cheated me and lied to me-
III join the "sons" to-day; -lSeieete,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

IT is for the fathers and mothers of this
generation, by word and deed, to impress
upon the minds and hearts of their children
a full appreciation of the fact that moderate
habitual indulgence in alcoholic drinks is
not only subversive of the moral veal, but
that it is nightly destructive to the body
as well
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

If the potash in slate were in as soluble
and active a state as in wood ashes-which
is far from being the case-the ground slate
would be worth nearly as much for fertiliza-
ton as ashes. On light soils, which mostly
need potash, 1t would, if very finely ground,
prove a slow fertilizer in supplying potash,
requiring several years to be all dissolved
and made available to the crops. On SINH
lar soils, the sulphuric and probably the
magnesia would also either directly or indi-
rectly aid the growth of plants. G. d. S.
says that Professor Collier has given the
value of ground slate as a fertilizer at two
cents pound, or forty dollars a ton. But
this is a mistake. He says the ninety
pounds of potassa in ton is worth two
cents pound, or a dollar eighty cents ton,
which is wide difference. This estimate
of its value may be too low, and it may also
be too high, depending upon the solubility
of the potash in the slate, and this again
depends greatly upon the fineness of the
grinding. To make it most available it
should be reduced to completest possible de-
gree Of division. We suggest its trial. at
the rate of from six hundred to one thou
sand pounds to the acre, upon plants that
draw heavily on the potash of the soil, such
as potatoes, beans and clover. If applied in
alternate strips to the land the good it will
produce ought to make itself apparent on
all worn, light soils. Let the farmers in the
neighborhood where it is manufactured test
the matter and send us their observations
thereon. If a supply of potash equal to that
contained in average ashes can be supplied
t five dollars ton, we might afford to use
it, even if it were slow.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

UTMOST TAxATIoN.-O. e. Wait, Esq,
of Georgia, VT, says on this subject that at
least one-fifth of all the value of farm lands
in the state is covered by mortgages and
wrongfully taxed to farmers who do not
own them, except such part as is unincum-
bered. Also all other property, including
the mortgage notes, amounting to S7O,0OO,-
600, or ssO,OOO,OOO, of which only sl7,5OO,-
600 are taxed, leaving 100000 escaping
taxation altogether; thus unjustly imposing
upon farmers their present grievous burdens
Of taxation, and allowing the capitalists to
go comparatively free.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
s6or Me Nonna.


LITTLE FINGERS.
Busy little fingers,
Everywhere they go;
Rosy little fingers,
The sweetest that know
Now into my work-box.
All the buttons finding,
Tangling mp the knitting.
Every spool unwindingl
Now Into the basket
Where the keys are hidden;
go mischevous- looking,
Knowing II forbidden.
Then into mothers tresses,
Now her neck enfolding,
with such sweet caresses
Keeping on scolding.
Darling little fingers,
Never, never still;
Make them. Heavenly Fatheri
One day do thy will.
-Chiids 0rn Magazine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

SINCE 1866 the people of Kansas have
broken and put under cultivation over six
million acres Of prairie, have organized forty
counties and have built over two thousand
eight hundred miles of railway.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

MORE are drowned in the wine cup than
In the ocean.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28

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-ma
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, 1879-05-28
agricultural Drparf,rrnt
NIGHT ON THE FARM.

NIGHT ON THE FARM.
ny ANNA BorSToS AvERILL.
IT'S dewfall on the lonely farm,
The fiocks are gathered in the fold,
The dusky air Is soft as balm,
The daisies hide their hearts Of gold.
SLOW. drowsy, swinging bells are heard
In pastures dewy, dark and dim,
And In the door-yard trees n bird
Thrills slcepily his evening hymn.
The dark blue deeps are full Of stars;
One lone lamp In the hillside gioons,
A mile away. is red "a Mars;
The night is sweet with faint perfumes.
At bedtime In the quiet house.
Up through the wide, old rooms I go,
Without lamp; and not mouse
Il stirring. Loudly. to and fro,
The old clock ticks, and casterly
The ancient windows open high;
Here the suns kiss will waken me,
with bird songs yelling up the sky.