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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
A Terrible Picture.

Alcohol, said DR.. Logan, in the course of
lecture recently delivered, does not get
into the circulation the same way as food
does; 1T passes from the stomach to the
liver, from the liver to the heart, from the
heart to the lungs, aud back again to the
heart, and thence through the circulation,
which carries it to every part of the body.
lie explained how alcohol increases heat in
the system. small quantity, say about
an ounce, will send the blood to the capil-
laries on the surface, and there increases its
heat but If the quantity is increased and
continued, the capillaries are kept distended,
lose their power of contraction, the blood be-
comes stagnant in them, and the result is a
shivering cold. Hence the temperate man
can endure more cold than the intemperate
man. His blood is in healthier condition,
and he more readily RECEIVERS from disease,
medical or surgical. He said that one who is
in the habit of drinking Immoderately soon
falls into i'll health, suffers from loss of
appetite, sick stomach, furred tongue and
offensive breath. His limbs become tremu-
ous, his face dull aud expressionless, his
.yes red and watery; tubernacles appear upon
the face, and his nose becomes brilliant,
oottle-shaped. His stomach becomes covered
With inilamed patches, its lining becomes
'oftened and thickened, and filled with
ropy mucus that forbds digestion and in
iuces dyspepsia. His liver becomes dis
eased, first enlarged, then reduced in size,
hardened and irregular in shape. Its sur
face is covered with elevations from one
quarter to one-half of an inch in diameter,
resembling hobnails. Hence it is called
hobnail of drunkard's liver from its resem-
blance to the soles of hobnail shoes. In
line this condition obstructs circulation in
the liver, leads to dropsy, enlargement of
the spleen, constipation, dirty skin, yellow
Eyes, loathing for solid food, and still
stronger desire for stimuants. He may
live one to two years, but once these condi-
tions issue his days are numbered. But it
affects the brain as well as the stomach and
liver. For the brain alcohol has special af-
6nity. 1t first causes congestion, then
shrinkage, thickening of the membranes,
and deposit of small crystals in the walls
Of the cells. 1t disturbs the circulation,
brings on irritation and consequent derange-
ment, sleeplessness restlessness, nervous
ness He is affected with delusions. He
sees rats, mice, serpents, demons, and looks
behind curtains, chairs, tables, beds. for
imaginary foes lie becomes a raving ma
niac, and an inmate of the lunatic asylum.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10

EIGHTEEN SoNs.-A Tennessee cores
pondent says "Rev. Daniel S. Heton,
Baptist preacher of Roane county, is eighty
eight years old, aud is active as most men
at fifty. He recently walked three miles to
give testimony at the county seat and re-
turned the same day. He says Il can sight
arihe-gun as well as | could sixty years ago,
and can bring squirrel nearly every time,
and only for slight tremble of the hand
would not miss one shot in a hundred In
reply to the question, 'On which side were
your sympathies during the late war p he
replied: Il was always a Union man. l
had sixteen sons in the Union army and two
in the rebel army, and my sympathes were
with the Union by fourteen majority. When
asked if he knew which of the boys were
right, he said, know which | think was
right, cap'n. There were fifteen majority
in that ar family including me. | holp the
boys on the Union side.' lie has been twice
married, and is the father of twenty-four
children. He served in the war of 1912, but
draws no pension. 1t is said by the ex-sol-
diers that he did good service during the
war by aiding Union soldiers to communi-
cate with their families when they were in
the rebel lines, and in many other ways"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
True to the Life.

Mr.. Cough tells the following story
knew a man who was startled with a face
peering out at him from the wall he went
up to it and wiped it out and stood back
again, and still it was there he went up to
it again and wiped it out; and stood back
it was there yet. His very hair seemed
to stand with horror as he went up to it, and
with terrible blow of his fist struck the
wall and left it marked with blood. He
stood back again-it was there; and went
and beat, and beat till he had broken the
bones in his hand, with beating out that
which was palpable to him; and yet he was
conscious, and the consciousness thrilled
through his frame with horror, that it was
but phantom of his Imagination. Let a
man suffer that six days and six nights let
physician sit by his side and tell him,
Now, sir, if you drink again, you will suf
fer it again" "But, doctor, will never
drink again, doctor, the thought is too ter
rible | shall never suffer it, | will never
take drink again" Aud once more healthy
blood comes in that mans veins, and in the
emphatic language of Scripture, he :" seeks
it yet again." and again he is brought down,
again he endures it all, aud again the physi-
clan sits by his side. "You remember that
which told you :" "Yes." If you drink
you will have it again and do not send for
me, for you will die" Doctor, will never
touch it again" Aud yet he rises from his
couch in agony, seeks it again, and again he
is brought down, and his shrieking spirit
flies in disgust into eternity from the body
so fearfuly and wonderfully made by God
He knew all the way along it must be So
Such is the terrible slavery of intemperance
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
Spiritual Dependency.

Active devotion TO Christs service is a
cure for spiritual despondency. The faith
faculty gets numb by long inaction, just as
a limb becomes numb and useless If it is not
exercised. The love-power grows cold if it
is not kept fired up. When faith and love
both run low, the soul easily falls into an
ague fit. What you need is to get out of
yourself into sympathy with, and down
right efforts for, the good of others. When
a despoDdng Christian came to old DR..
Alexander for relief the doctor urged him to
prayer. 81 do pray continually" "What
do you pray for ?" The young student
said, al pray that the Lord would lift upon
me the light of his countenance.' "Then,"
replied the sagacious veteran, go now and
pray that he will use you for the conversion
of souls" This was on the principle that
man who is in danger of freezing will keep
himself warm by pulling Others out of the
snow. Jealous workers for Christ seldom
drift into the region of fogs. They are too
busy to nurse doubts, and the exercise of
their graces keeps them in a glow.-Dr. T.
l.. Cuuler.
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VOL. 75.-3S17. NO. 9.

imperishable. We think we have forgotten,
until some breath Of circumstance, or some
touch of incident, suddenly removes the dust
oil years, and the writing is plain" He
went, upon one occasion, patriarch of
seventy years, TO visit his mother, who was
still living. past ninety. She did not know
The man, but she remembered her boy and
she would gaze steadfastly at him with her
mildly-beaming, faded eyes, and then walk
with feeble step TO the wicker-gate where he
had played more than three-score years be-
fore, and call softly in the true mother-tone,
Enoch, lad, it's time to come in p And
then she would chide or praise children
that had been dead for fifty years, and talk
blithely with invisible guests, speaking
names and making illusions that were all
strange to two generations present, but
which the old man recalled from the dim
past of his own boyhood as those of their
ueighbors, and relating to her daily life so
long ago. The experience of seeing the dead
past live again, as the white-haired mother,
bending under her century Of years, talked to
the boy he once had been, made upon his
mind an impression of the deathlessness Of
memory that he sought to convey, as his
ripest wisdom and choicest counsel to the
young and careless. The season for mem
ories-the holiday time of the year and of
the hearts approaching. Without being
in the least morbid, or in any way too Sc
rious-minded, may we not all proftably con-
slider what sort of a record memory is max
ing for us ? Will our pleasures stand the
test of being lived over in the mind ? Are
our friendships noble and free from selfish
ness Are we living too much to our
selves, and emitting from the conduct oi
our lives the divine rule of service fol
others Are we doing good as well as be
ing good A joy.bringing memory is above
the risk of loss, and beyond the reach Of
| time.-lSelecied.
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physician, but they that are sick | came
not to call the righteous, but sinners to re-
pentance." How gracious the purpose
You see the physician in the home of suffer
ing, where the filth of disease is on every.
thing, and contagion has poisoned all the
atmosphere. The pallor of death is on every
countenance, and the meanings of distress
fill the ear. The physician is man of cul-
ture, of high social standing, and of such
wealth as renders it entirely unnecessary
for him TO be there for the sake of gain.
Why is he there2 A gracious purpose took
him there among the sick to heal them.
Why should he go to the we'll, to the strong,
living in homes of purity and luxury, TO do
works Of healing? They do not need heal.
ing. 1t would be no place for gracious pur
pose. They have no need The sick have
that. Hear it, sin-sick soul The righteous
have no need. The gospel need not concern
them. They need not criticise it nor trouble
themselves about it. They might as well
let 1t alone. They have nothing TO do with
it. But how gracious the purpose of Jesus,
who seeks the sinner to heal him lie came
to our home with its atmosphere of death,
and he did only what the Great Physician
could do-he entered the grave and laid him
self down in the tomb with us, so that
when he should rise we might rise with him.
Gracious purpose Gracious act And
when scoffers inquire with taunting tone
why Christ died let the reply be made,
"What is that to you who have no need :
lie died for sinners. Why trouble your
selves about it 2" But let the burdened
soul bear it. "l came not to call the right.
eous but sinners to repentance" Glad news
Blessed word The gospel for sinners Let
the righteous keep hands off from its prom
ised gifts. Let them have no concern about
it, whether it be true or false, wise or fool
ish. 1t is nothing to them whatever it be
Does it not seem strange that men who claim
to be without need of the gospel should evel
be bothering their brains about it Proud
boasting man, what is it to you though the
| gospel be untrue and sham tits not ad
dressed to you. 1t does not call you if you
are what you claim to be. 1t is for the sin
ner Let then, the sinner claim its graciou
promises. Weary soul, it does call to you
and reveals the gracious purpose of Jesus il
coming to us. Why doubt its graciou
promises when they are addressed to you
and only such as you? Hear what it says
:" | came not to call the righteous, but sin
ners to repentance. Presbyterian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
What We Need.

When go to the house of God | do not
want amusement. want the doctrine which
is according to godliness. want to hear the
remedy against the harassiDg of my guilt
and the disorder of my affections. want
TO be led from WEAKNESS and disappoint-
ment to that goodness which flleth the hun
cry soul. | want to have light upon the
mystery of providence; to be taught how
the judgments of the Lord are right how /
shall be prepared for duty and for trial !;
how may fear God all the days of my life,
aud close in peace. Tell me Of that Lord
Jesus "who his own self bore our sins in his
own body on the tree Tell me of his I" in
tercession for the transgressors," as their
" advocate with the Father" Tell me of his
Holy Spirit, whom they that believe in him
receive, to be their preserver, sanctifer, COM
forter. Tell me of his chastenings, their
necessity, their use. Tell me of his pres
ence and sympathy and love. Tell me of the
virtues as growing out of his cross and nur-
tured by his grace. Tell me of the glory
reflected on his name by the obedience of
faith. Tell me of vanquished death, of the
purified grave, of blessed resurrection, of
the life everlasting, and my bosom warns.
This is gospel these are glad tidings to me
as a sufferer, because glad to me as a sinner.
DR. John ~ Mason,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
MemOry-Making.

That view of life which makes of this
world simply an arena for money-getting,
aud the other view which makes OF heaven
mere bank of deposit for treasures which
neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal are
alike ignoble. What or where heaven is,
even those who talk most familiarly con
oerning it do not know. But there is no
warrant in revelation or reason for believing
that it exists for us apart from our charac.
ters and capacities. We must take heaven
with us, If we wish to find it. lmperishable
treasures are not accumulated to our credit
in distant locality. To follow the figure,
every man opens his account in the next life
with the deposit he takes with him. In this
view OF it, the business of making memories
is about the most serious in life. Nobody
yet knows enough OF the laws aud the nature
of mind to affirm with confidence that the
memory is perishable-that man ever for
gets. lie may not recollect-he cannot say
that he does not remember. A venerable
man whom we knew would repeat some story
or line, and say, with his sad, sweet smile,
81 have not thought OF that before in sixty
years" "The tablets of memory" he was
wont to say, are Of brass, and the record is
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
"SOmething Gives Way"

A Christian woman in a town in New
York desired to obtain a schoolhouse for the
purpose of starting a Sabbath-school, but
was refused by a skeptical trustee. Still
she persevered, and asked him again and
again. g" tell you, Aunt Polly, it is of no
use. Once for all, say you cannot have
the schoolhouse for any such purpose" al
think am going to get it," said Aunt Polly.
"I should like to know how, if do not give
you the key?" al think that the Lord is
going to unlock it, "May be he will"
said the infdel "but can tell you this
He will not get the key from me-" "Well,
| am going to pray over it, and have found
out from experience that when | keep on
praying something always gives way" Aud
the next time she came the hard heart of
the infdel gave way, and she received the
key. More than this, when others opposed
the school he sustained her, and great good
was done for perishing souls. Something
gives way" Sometimes it is mans will,
and sometimes it is the man himself. Some
times there is revolution, and sometimes
there is funeral. When Gods Spirit in
spires prayer in a believing Christian
heart, Omnipotence stands ready to answer
it. Something gives way"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10

The Boss " BooM."-The Albany Journal
says Philadelphia has raised her hand to
high heaven, and standing in that impress.
i've and significant position, has remarked
that her reception of General Grant shall
make all former receptions rendered to that
popular gentleman pale their Intellectual
fires. She feels that the country expects
her to excel all her sister cities in this re-
gard, since General Grants grand tour
began at Philadelphia aud at Philadelphia
is to be brought to an end. The people of
the Quaker city have not yet made up their
mind precisely what they will do by way of
showing the general that he is welcome and
is to make himself perfectly at home. The
details will be arranged later on. just now
every man, woman and child is at work
marking out the general features of the
boom and kindling up the enthusiasm which
is to burst into consuming fame of hospi-
tality when Grant arrives. Whether the
glory of the centennial is to be eclipsed by
this social exploit remains to be seen.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
An Incident.

The place was Matthew's house. The oo-
casion was social meal Matthew had
made the great feast for the sake OF his
Lord, who had graciously called him to be a
disciple. lie was collector of customs,
aud so despised by those who thought them
selves holy through observance of the law
Many others, publicans and heathens, were
there too. 1t was company into which no
pharisee or scribe would have entered. 1t
was too low in the social scale, and thought
to be out of the pale of Gods church. And
yet Jesus, the Son of God, was tine chief
guest, aud the one for whom it had been
prepared. Strange to those naughty eyes
that Jesus, claiming what he did, should eat
with publicans aud sinners. Aud they at
tackled his disciples with the question, How
is it that he eateth and drinketh with pub
licans aud sinners 2" The taunting ques.
ton was known to Jesus, and he replied for
his timid and perhaps puzzled disciples
" They that are whole have no need of the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
An Equal Partnership.

A capable wife is an admirable and de-
lightful person, and prize for any man to
possess. A husband has no more business
to say he supports his wife than he has to
say he supports his partner or his clerks.
All good wives render full quid pro quo
in the partnership of the house, even though
they do nothing but make it pleasant and
meet their husbands on return from bust
ness with SMILE A young woman by vir-
tue of fine education aud natural abilities
is able as teacher to earn, sag thousand
dollars year. A young fellow asks her to
relinquish this and join him in founding
home, her part of it being, perhaps mainly
to stay in the house and overlook the house
keeper. She may consent to do so with the
most happy results both to herself and him !;
but one essential element in her happiness
must be that by so doing she does not place
herself in position that shall create pain
full sense OF dependence. There is no high
spirited woman who can endure without
pain such an attitude, yet there is no rightly
constituted woman who does not, under the
right conditions, enjoy having all her tenn
poral wants supplied aud of being cared for
and protected. 1t is her natural destiny.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
DECEMBER 10, 1879.

found themselves surrounded at the black
board with groups of little ones who were
learning how to read almost without know
ing it;-learning how to read, in word,
exactly as they had before learned how TO
speak, not by rule and rote and by piece
meal, but altogether and by practice. The
hours of school were kept diversified the
fact was recognized that little children were,
after all, little children still, and that long
confinement was irksome to them. A play
table and toys were furnished them, and
from time to time the exercises were stopped
that all might join in physical movement.
That this system was harder for the teach
ers,-calling upon them at all times to ac-
lively throw themselves into the instruction
of their classes, to interest them and TO
keep the school room, as it were, in motion,
all this goes without saying. But, on the
other hand, while more exhausting, it was
also far more inspiriting. The drudgery of
the alphabet was gone,--so was the listless,
drawling instruction there was sense OF
constant activity in the occupation, which
gave to the teacher consciousness of in.
dividuality and perceptibe pride of call
ing. She felt, in fact, that she was doing
something in new way, and doing it un-
commonly well.
The effect produced by this changed
school atmosphere on the children was, how
fever, the point of interest. 1t showed itself
in the way least possible to mistake-going
to Schoo! ceased TO be home-Sick tribuidtion.
That this should be so seems opposed both
10 chid-nature and to all human experience
and yet that it was so admitted of no denial.
The children actually went to school with
out being dragged there. Yet the reason Of
this was not far to seek. The simple fact
was, that they were happier and more
amused and better contented at school than
at home. The drudgery of the impossible
primer no longer made infant life miserable
The alphabet was robbed of its terrors, and
stole upon them unawares while the mos
confounding thing to the members of the com
mittee was, that in hearing the primaries
read not a child among them could repea
its letters, or even knew their names unless
perchance, to the teachers increased trouble
they had been taught them at home.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10

TEACHERS can spend few minutes extra
time, If such they ever have, in no better
way than by reading aloud to the school
some interesting story or bit Of information
from newspaper or magazine, asking the
scholars to note mentally the facts and re-
produce them in the grammar class in writ
ing, where the mistakes of every kind can
be talked over. The school will enjoy it
and at the same time be writing COM
position" without knowing it, a task than
which none other connected with the school
room is clothed in more hideous garb Or
better still, il the old well-thumbed reader
can be thrown aside and some sprightly
newspaper can take its place. Take all in
all, it would be difficult to find for this
better than the Youths Companion. 1t is at
tractiye with bright stories aud artistic H.
lustrations, aud is always instructive, CON
tanning information on all kinds of subjects
we like to know about. Try 1t a few weeks,
teachers, and let us know the results.