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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
Keep tho Body Erect.

An erect bodily attidue is of vastly more
importance to health than most people gen.
orally imagine. Crooked bodily positions,
maintained for any length oftime are always
injurious, whether in the sitting, standing or
lying posture, whether sleeping or waking
To sit with the body leaning forward on the
stomach, or to one side, with the heels eleva-
ted on a level with the head, is not only in
bad taste. but extremely detrimental to
health. 1t cramps the stomach, presses the
vital organs, interrupts the free motions of
the chest, and enfeebles the functions of the
abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact,
unbalanees the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly humpbacked,
or severely round-shouldered, by sleeping
with the head raised on high pillow.
When any person finds it easier to sit, or
stand or walk, or sleep in a crooked position
than straight one, such person may be
sure his muscular system IS badly deranged
and the more careful he is to preserve q
straight or upright position, and get back tc
J nature again, the better.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
Humor in the Family.

Good humor is rightly reckoned most
valuable aid to happy home life. An equally
good and useful faculty is sense of humor
or the capacity to have a little fun along with
the humdrum cares and work of life. We
all know how it brightens up things generally
to have lively, witty companion who sees
the ridiculous points of things and who can
turn an annoyance into an occasion for laugh
ter 1t does a great deal better to laugh over
some domestic mishaps than to cry or seold
over them. Many homes and lives are dull
because they are allowed to become too deep
ly impressed with sense of the cares and re-
sponsibilities of life to recognize its bright,
and especially its mirthful side. Into such a
| household. good, but dull, the advent of a
witty, humorous friend is like sunshine on a
cloudy day.
While it is always oppressive to hear per-
sons constantly striving to say witty or funny
things, it is comfortable, seeing what bright
ener little fun is, to make an effort to have
some at home. 1t is well to turn off an i'm
patient question sometimes, and to regard it
| from humorous point of view instead of be-
coming irritated about it.
"Wife what is the reason / can never fin
a clean shirt2' exclaimed good but rathe
| impatient husband, after rummaging some
time all through the wrong drawer.
His wife looked at him steadily for mo-
ment, half inclined to be provoked, then
with comical look she said
II never could guess conundrums; / give
it up"
Then he laughed, and they both laughed,
and she went and got his shirt, and he felt
ashamed of himself and kissed her, and then
she felt happy; and SO what might have been
an occasion for hard words and unkind feel
] ings became just the contrary, all through the
| little vein of humor that cropped out to the
surface.
Some children have a peculiar faculty for
giving humorous turn to things when they
are reproved. 1t does just as well often
times to laugh things off as to scold them off.
Laughter is better than tears. Let us have
little more of it at home.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
Love of Children.

That is a bold person who willingly con-
fesses so fragrant fault in his character as
an absence from his composition of the love
of children. For that love has become uni
versally recognized as necessary ingredient
of worthy character, as, in fact, something
by the absence of which one is indeed I'M
natural, and, so to say, monstrous. Owing
to this fact, it is very seldom that one admits,
even when feeling it, that children are a
nuisance, and more generally people consider
it wise to pretend interest and affection
whether it is genuine or not. OF course, as
everybody knows, the polite person, the
electioneering man, the woman with an OBJ
iect to gain, always begin by kissing the
children; and the behavior of many young
ladies in regard to the matter was long ago
caricatured when they were represented
crowding around the nurse who brings in the
baby to the christening, and asking, as if
with innocent ignorance and a Renaissance
of kittens and puppies, if the dear little thing
can open its eyes yet.
But there are many people who honestly
think they do love children, and would be
nightly indignant if told that they deceived
the selves; that children annoyed them, and
were on the whole rather disagreeable than
otherwise to them. These individuals do love
children for little while, as an amusement
when they have nothing else to do, and to
caress when the child is sunny and pretty
and sweet and clean. But let the child be
ugly, and it does not attract them; let it be
neglected, and of dirty face and it repels
them; let it scream, and they can't for the
life of them see why people should bring
their children on journeys, or to church, oil
into the drawing-room, or at the table-ac
cording to the situation of the particular an
noyance at the moment.
But they who surely and absolutely low,
children do not stay to see whether their face
and frocks are clean and pretty or Moth
child is lovely thing to them under all tn
masks of the dust of which we are made, tn
soil, the wear and tear; they do not muc
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
Woman.

/ detest the talk we SO often hear about the
relative excellences of the two sexes-about
the superiority of one and the ineriority of
the other, To me the idea that woman
wants only "clear stage and no favor
wants training and education, and suitable
circumstances, in order to develop so as to be
able TO cope with him in the struggle of life
to me such thought is utterly repulsive
The great charm of woman is that she Is
diverse from man; not man in the lower
stage of development. She is the complete
ment of the man; her nature. her disposition,
her powers, supply what is hacking in him.
The two together make a complete orb; apart
they are only segments of the circle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
LOVES YOUNG DREAMS.

Oh. let them laugh at Loves young dreams,
Who have grown worldly-wtse;
Those sweet, bright dreams, so rosy-nueo,
Earth seemed paradise.
We love them yet, the most Of Us,
Disown it though we may,
And strive to Danish thoughts OF them
Far from our hearts away.
The one bright ray to many lives
In Memoryss casket CLEANS;
The Jewels treasured then and now
Are Loves sweet, happy dAms.
Then let young hearts dream fondly on,
Nor strive to rudely wake;
Oh, may they ne'er the bitter cup
of blighted love partake.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20

would not deprive life of single grace
or enjoyment, but would counterfeit what
ever is pernicious in whatever is elegant. If
among my flowers there is snake, l would
not root up my flowers, but would kill the
snake.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20

Kindness, II nothing stronger, should in
duce anyone to use DR.. Bulls Baby syrup
for the relief Of the diseases oof babyhood
Price, Is cents.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20


That was long ago, and everybody but
Tim and his mother have forgotten the little
boy who loved red roses Almost, but not
quite, for only the other morning I was sit
ting in the public gardens watching the busy,
chattering sparrows, when 1 overheard a
queer conversation. Some little ragged boot
blacks were summing themselves on the other
end of the bench, counting their mornings
harvest of pennies and chattering quite as
briskly as the sparrows till at last one said:
"But when it comes to bein' real good; the
goin' to Sunday-school and keepin'
straight along all the week kind; lookin'
after the little fellers and SEEM that nobody
don't steal their brushes and punch their
heads; yes n standin' treats to the little
fellers on rainy days; never sayin' bad
word before them, and keepin' 'em under his
eye all the time, that's Tim, and guess the
reason is-don't you remember?-the little
un."
Yes, they all remembered, and thought SO
too; and l thought, as 1 listened, of the
blessed, beautiful promise that the dear Lord
has made to those who are loving and gentle
to little children, and that if Tim always re-
members, and tries hard to be good, patient
and tender in this world, that in the world to
come, somewhere very near the threshold, he
will find his little one waiting for him, when
his work on earth is done.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19
Mortified, February 18th.

How YOUNG MEN SHOULD DHGNK,-
As there is ut present so much being said
in regard to style, or rs some one has fitlv
expressed it, rs the life, bread and meat of
mushroom aristocracy we would be pleas.
ed to give few stylish hints to the young
nun who thinks he must have his i" social
glass First, if young men wW drink
liquors, we insist that they do it gracefully
Secondly, easily and safely. Many nc.
complished bartenders have their risibli
lies excited to degree dangerous to prop.
or saloon decorum by the fearful and awk-
ward manner in which upstart green 'uns
lake their toddy, 10 say nothing of the dan
ger of strangulation by starting horn of
brandy down the wrong way. We think
this method will be the best one to follow,
rs we have seen good results from faith
full trial. 1t may come little awkward
ut first, bat practice makes perfect, :"
you know, and the habit once formed, of
doing the thing gracefully, will save you
from u world of rldicule, rs we'll as from
the many evils which crazy temperance
people are always charging are sure to
follow drinking: Stand up straight, like
man, your left side 10 the bar; taking the
glass neatly and firmly between the thumb
and forefnger of your right hand, letting
the little finger drop down to near the bot
tom of the glass, swing the glass in IL
plane exactly corresponding with the top
of the bar, until it is precisely before you.
Just then throw your head back little,
push the chin forward. SO us to leave the
throat in Il full, open, easy position; COM
press the lips tightly, draw full breath
through the noslrils and with II graceful
curve raise the glass until the rim is within
about four inches of your chin. Now is
the supreme moment. Just here stop u
moment, turn your eyes upward, think of
your kind, loving mother, and open YOUR
hand instead of your mouth! If any one
laughs, it will be an insult which your no.
BILE manhood should resent by never goino
there again. n.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

Influenza is on the wanc in Bratlleboro, ami m,
hoped the scaretfcver scare has reached It's zenith
rhe public school teachers have resumed their
duties, and most of the children have rcluuei IN
heir schools. One of the nr,t physicons pro
nounces the last days.of January more sckly than
for any similar peric within the last halEallolen
years.
The little village OF Vernon has recently mai
revival, at which seventy conversions were made
Charles n Davenport of Bia,llcboro ia confined
to his house from overwoIk
The town of Brattlcboro pail SO, }33 for The sur
port OF the poor last year.
son oil Willard Ingram, of BratucboIo, died he
18th, from the effects OF an injury which he received
| recently, while choppnS at south De.rlslI Ma,a,
Gould Hubbard of WcathersGrll, de suddenly
Of heart disease wn'lo milking his cows recently
He was "A years old
The Observer Gays the death II s.. L0Gis j.
Lorenzo Richmond, Jr., Formerly Of Woodstock,
! was not by suicide, but WIS clused by the auil.
dental discharge Of pistol, which he kept under
his pillow, the ball passing through the pillow AMI
lodging in lis brain blli1g him ,rstartlr Hc wa
a graduate of Dartmouth college IN l,Io, ani a
member of the st Louis bar.
| The physicians of Bethel and adjtceEt t0wb'
have formed an organic 'tog under the name d
| the White River Medical Society, wiLn Dr., W, L
| Huntington, Of Rochester, az presaIeH',
Nathan Murphy, the Wet Hu,D1b lad wnj
recently committed suicide, it 8 said to haze been
| made insane by reading the current ph.ic AMI
Gravelin literature.
The annual report of Bratllcboro shows that tie
amount OF uncOlected taxes exceeds 500.
convention ofcolored mea has been called at
| Nashville, Tenn, May for consultation as to the
political and social welfare Of Their race
Tho New York Times thinks that The 1illen Pre-,
CRANE in New York is 10 unite The two wings oftNe
party and nominate the present state 3crs next
fall.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

1t looks to the Tribune more like Tilden
and Thsrman than any other combination
Among the proposed appropriations by
congress for rivers and harbors. are Sl5 .
600 for Burlington and $4,000 for Swan.
ton.
A bill now before the legislator of
Wisconsin contains n provision for punish.
ing tramps, under certain circumstances
with whipping.
Hon Henry Clark, OF Rutland, has been
appointed to complete the work of edtino
the memorial volume of the Vermont
Centennial Celebration in 1877, in place of
the late c. X. Williams, ESQ.
A greenback editor in Maine wants the
doors OF every school house nailed up until
the people have revolted against John
Sherman's financial policy. Nothing GER
tainly would help the greenback party
more than to abolish education.
IL mas been mooted question whether
cigar dealers had right to remove oovers
from cigar boxes while the cigars vet
remained in the box and were for sale
Green B. Raum of the revenue department
has decided that pending the sale of a boy
of cigars. the cover may be removed and
placed uuder the box. This will be CON.
venient to those who expose their cigars
for sale in cases.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19
BOSTON MARKET.

FLOUR-ls in fair demand at steady prices, sales
OF western supertne at $3a3 % y Dbl common
extras at 81 750i %; Wisconsin extras ut - OJG
45l; Minnesota (including choice bakers brands!
~ 80; Winter wheat ohio anu Michigan AZ
~ !3a5 25i Indiana and Illinois IS 0UdG; ST. LOUIS
500 at - Patent Minnesota and Wisconsin at
20 5Ods %, per Dbl spring wheats, and S6d7 81 for
winter wheats. Southern Flour Is scarce and quo
| tations merely nominal.
GRAlN-Corn Is quiet, but steady, we quote
new mixed and yellow atIsd50e T. DushGl Ous
are In moderate demand at 35t}5c for No. amt
extra white, Si0-c for No. g. and .!a33c Tor No.
white and No. mixed Rye is selling at 60d!1i
per bushel. shorts are selling at SIS 5JGl5 -
ton; Fine Feed SIS GOALS 10 and Nj ,dllHgs SO
oil pcrto
PROVlSlONS.-POrk Is in steady demand. witb
sales at ~ OOd9 90 r Dbl for PRIME l0j0tt II 90
Tor mess, and $l2 0Od - 20 for clear and eAua
ciear. Beef Is quiet but steady, with sales vt
~ I9dll OO y Dbl for mess and extra mess, and
p oOn l. 20 for family. Lard Is irman at 7d1''c
ID for Boston and Westcrn,. Smoked Hams are
selling at 7hW SIC v h, lor city and Western.
p b.
PRODUCE Butter Choice lots ME in steady
demand but other grades are dull we quote chaicd
creameres at 2sd30c; choice New York and Yer
mont Diaries at 22a2jc; and medium at ia l6c per
ID Cheese is held at 1G0c V to Tor lair to choice
qualify.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

To those interested in iee-poatiug: A
first-class ice boat running on smooth ice,
handled by an experienced yachtsman.
will travel at the rate of sixty miles an
hour with the wind blowing at the velocity
of only fifteen miles per hour. Strange
but true.
The cause of woman suffrage has been
making substantial progress Of late. The
Christian Onion proposes rs an intermedi-
ale measure the granting of the franchise
to woman upon school, license and police
questions generally, in which women have
Il special interest, urging that the larger
suffrage will follow in due time.
LIBERAL BEQUEsr TO A CHURcn.-The
late James Williams of Castlelon left IN
estate valued at fifty thousand dollars, in
which he gave his wifo life interest, and
at her death it is to go to the Baptist
church ut IIydeville (Castcton).) The
church has been so poor that for number
of years no service has been held there,
and it has never had settled pastor.
The large and increasing number OF
sales of the Cooley Creamers prove that
they are all that is claimed for them.
Only 10 or II diaries used the Creamers
in 1876. Now over 1900 diaries and
creameries have adopted them. The
Higgins sweepstakes of $3.50 and the
Ashton sweepstakes of 1925 for best butter
made in United States or Canada sailed
with Higgins salt and Ashton salt, were
both taken by persons using the Dreamer.
Dairymen will do well to examine into
the fact before purchasing their supplies.
At Bennington, Sunday morning, the
mother of Michael Coney arose to replen
ish u wood fire, which the family usually
kept through each night, and II coal of fire
| unobserved was caught in her night dress,
and rs she went to sleep set the bed in
flames. Mrs. Co(fey on being awakened
ran out Of doors and toward the river
'Aoi uhueoulCi pun Suctl lllc lllolHeIp atu III
rescuing her the daughters clothes took
fire and both were fearfully burned. Mrs.
Coffcy died Monday morning from the re-
suit of her injuries, and her daughter is
not expected TO recover.
The DIPHTHERIA At PLANFIEID.- Mr.
Stephen Spencer, aged forty five years,
died at Plainfeld, of diphtheri., February
18th, after an illness of eight days. lie
was a son n-law of Deacon Gales, and
had assisted in nursing those sick in the
latter'S family. lie leaves il wife and -four
children. the youngest "A year old. He
had been county commissioner of Wash
ington county the last two years, was
chairman of the committee of the Con.
grrgational society, an excellent citizen
and man Of enterprise. intelligence and
much usefulness in society. He will be
greatly missed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19
Probate Court.

HARVEY rlLDEN. Judge. MA. CHASE D..
The following business was trab ,,,'.,' 1,
in the Probate Court of the Djs,r;,. w !.
Washington during the two weeks oD1;- "
February 18th. 1879;
Feb. 4. Simeon Pratt's e,t,ta-
missioner's report returned. NJ, IN \,
Ayers Observation-Disclosures acco,,., a.
ferred 10 March 4th. b. y. Tyler's e.,a rs
-admihisiraticn account allowed '''''
Feb. 8. G. L. Bancroft's csta,o-,....
referred for probate 10 February PAN VIII
Feb. G. j. +. Thurston's cs,,,a
ministration account allowed and 5cc w.
made.
Feb. Z. J. b. Tompkin's guardf.n,bi,
guardian account allowed. VIM Y
Lilley's Observation-Disclosures accom-, "
ferred to February 2Sth. Silas Wheel.
estate commissioners report relnpod
Feb. 10. iona n. Davis es,ale-an,,,
cation for license to sell real estate r sF.'
red to March LIST.
Feb. IL. r. K. Keith's esIa,e-ad,;.
istration account allowed and deer.
made; Z. p. Jewett, II. W. llea,on an9
Geo. G Shepard, commissioners Of dbl.
ion. VIM. Cummings estaJe-commi,s--
er's report returned.
Feb. u. S. ii. and II. o. Sturtevor,
guardianship-Sarion Sturtcvant, gua,5
ian.
Feb. IS. Susannah S. Tabor's es,aa-
will referred for probate TO Much 18Th
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

GOOD TEMPLAR ITEMs.-Mr. BRYANT
spoke at Hartford the 12th. Mortified tn e
18th, Moretown the 18th, Middlesex the
18th and notwithstanding his enfeebled
bodily condition did good work at al
these places, Mt Mortified three were
initiated after the meeting aud ut More.
town seven. At Hartford and Middlesex
his health would not permit work bevon(
his speech, and no effort was made to init.
late.
His line Of work for the week is Willis
ton, Monday The 18th, Ilinesburgh, Tue, day
the 18th, Jericho Corners, Wednesday tn,
10Th, Cambridge, the Goth. Watervlle, the
2lsl, and Jacksonville the 22d. After
that he goes into franklin county under
the direction Of J. c. Leslie, and works
there and in Grand Isle until the 9th Of
March, when he speaks before the White
River Valley. Union at North Polnfret.
FRANK PLUMLEY. G.. w. S.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

A deceased Brattleboro manufacturers
who, it is said, had numberless pecuniarv
perplexities during life, is shown, THROUGH
his administrators. to have been the posses.
sor OF quite large sum of money, which
long before his death he had deposited in
one of the local banks subject to check
He seems to have entirely forgotten the
fact, however, and consequently lost all
use of the money in his business.
The following is the holiday calender
for 1879: Washington's birthday, Feb. % =.
Shrove Tuesday, Feb. %; Ash Wednes'
day, Feb. &c; first Sunday in Lent. March
2; st. Patrick's day. Monday, March II.
Palm Sunday, April 6; Good Fridav
April IL; Easter Sunday and Monday
April Is and IA; Rogation Sunday, MAJ
10; Ascension day, Thursday, Nav %.
Decoration day, Friday, May 50; whit
Sunday and Monday, June and Q: Trin'
ity Sunday, June 8; July 4th, Fridav.
Christmas, Thursday, Dec. IS.
AN OBSTINATE ToorH.-An eccentr;o
gentleman of lIubbardlon has been tronhll
ed of late with terrible toothache. Ia
tried everything he heard of that was y
cure. and some things biside; and he soon
made up his mine that he would stand il
no longer. So, taking piece of wnxeJ
end Che being something of a shoemakerl
he made slip moose and lassoed the tooth
He then fastened the other end to his foot
and tried by slowly pulling TO bring ibs
molar out, but it was no go. Then he
tied tho end on a hook above his head
and climbed on a chair, calculating to
step off suddenly and take the tooth bv
surprize. Calling on his spouse to cnt
him down in case the tooth did not come
he carefully stepped down. The pain was
so great he called loudly to be set free
Our friend had by this time got desperate,
md taking some Is lbs. of iron, he attach
cd i to the tooth. and bracing his head
against tie ed.post dropped the iron
Feeling in his mouth for the tooth, he dis.
covered that it still remained with abont
,wo feet of tho broken waved end. He
,ays next time he will bring it.-Rutland
Inquirer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

An eighteen foot tly-wheel in the Bir-
mingham iron and steel works, weighing
eighteen tons, burst ut New Haven, Conn
February llth, damaging the building and
machinery $1,000. There were several
narrow escapes of employees.
The Boston Jour7laES report of The
meeting of Rutland railroad hondholders
in Boston last week says that Mr.. William
d. Soher made some inquiries of Mr..
George b. Chase respecting the wafer
front in Burlington, which was included
in the sinking fund, and asked if that
water front WAS sunk or still sinking. Nv
statements made by Mr.. Chase he (Mr
Sohier) had been induced to invest in the
securities Of the company, and he looked
upon Mr.. Chase rs the cause of all b;s
miseries. An episode of II personal char.
acter, involving tho veracity of Mr.. Chase.
followed.
The Boston IraOeler well says that the
talk about cheap Chinese labor is mere
wind. "On the Pacific railroads and
canals. and in some of tho meanest offires
of labor, such us white men can hardly be
hired to perform, ALI Sin has worked for
small pay. BuI. IL is nonsense to repre-.
sent him us invading every branch of
business with II lower tariff of prices. As
he gets accustomed 10 American life, he
largely assimilates to its habits, especially
in the matter Of charging for his labor.
Tho Chinamnn, like every other kind of
man may be relied upon not to take n
dollar day if he can get two. In proof
of this, we may ask if anybody knows II
Chinese laundry in Boston where the
weekly wash is done at lower figure
Than by the native competing laundriesp
We believe not, and in many cases the
Chinese charges. by comparison with
native, are higher"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

1t seems that the surgical operation
which DR.. Goldsmith performed upon
Chief Justice Pierpoint and which wa.
proclaimed with such flourish of trump.
els by tho Rutland Herald, was the re-.
moval of wart from the judges nose.
The Ohio democratic papers remind
eastern democrats that they must either
" seek an immediate combination with the
greenback party or be disgracefully dc.
feated next fall"