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day he weeps over his folly, sincerely
promising amendment. His heart is,
in the main, right; but his evil habits
terribly afflict him, and his brethren
too. Well, what shall be done with
himq o! salute him in Christ Jesus.
And here is another. In honesty, in
attire, in food, in speech, he is John
Baptist. He has one great aim-it is
to tell men their sins and save their
souls. He has spoken very plainly to
one man about his wicked life. He
has fearlessly told one woman that her
tongue ran too freely. He has said to
one of the brethren, "You judge harsh
ly.n He candidly told one brother that
his prayers were not edifying; and it
was true. He warned sinners to flee
from the wrath to come. He never
minced matters. Yet he was humble,
took reproef in good spirit, seldom
fell into the same fault second time,
and greatly loved good people. He
loved their Saviour very much. Well,
says Paul, salute him.
In the church was young Nehemi-
alb. He wept at the desOlations of
some part of Zion. He was grieved for
the affliction of Joseph. He wept and
prayed, and formed his plans; but they
were far in advance of the ideas of
many others, even of some of the best
men. He had to endure scorn and
Islander and threats. But he went on.
People did not know him. They
thought him too Jealous. Some said
he was extravagant. But, when he had
accomplished his good purposes, the
church admired him. Well, salute him.
And there was one who had a dread
full melancholy at times. He said he
lived in the mud and OOze of Acheron.
Sometimes he was as happy as lark.
Sometimes his feet were like kinds
feet. Always he loved purity and
prayed for holiness but he often feared
that he had sinned beyond forgiveness.
Well, salute him too.
One poor brother sinned openly and
grievously. The church fully sustained
the elders in reproving him before all.
At first he was calcitrant; but a better
spirit came over him. He confessed
his sin with many tears. He walked
softly before the Lord. He made all
the reparatiOn he could. He humbly
asked forgiveness. Well, salute him
too.
Yes, salute every saint, because he is
saint. He has been redeemed. He
shall be sanctified wholly in soul, body
and spirit.
Salute him because he is in Chris
Jesus. He is.your brother; the child
of your Father-GOd the son of you
mother-Jerusalem. If you shall be
saved by Christ, so shall he. If you
shall see Jesus and be like him, so shall
he.
Salute him often, for temptation be-
sets him daily. He has a great fight
of Affections. His adversaries are many
and diligent and venomous. They are
trying to work his ruin.
Salute him cordially and lovingly.
The case demands more than civility.
Let him know that he has your good
wishes, your hearty prayers, your
Christian confidence. Don't treat him
as though you cared not for him. And
do it all in a Christian manner. Let
it all be done as in Christ Jesus.-N. Y.
Observer.
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Next to August---WhatP
BY REV. f. A. RAND.

BY KEW. r. n. RAND.
Next to August will come work for
the most of us. September may mean
vacation for some, but, as a rule, the
absentees will then be back in their
places, the tagging wheels of church
work will begin to turn busily again,
and all the machinery of Christian ser
vice will be spinning with an energetic
hum. May it be our aim to have a
place in this varied work :! every
year as l grow Older" says Frothing-
ham, "a new sense comes to me of the
responsibility that is upon every man
and woman to do something, however
little, in any way that is possible for
them to dO-something to rectify what
is going wrong, to make straight what
is crooked, to sweeten what is bitter,
in our social condition" That state
ment we stretch so as to cover all our
duty to our neighbOr. May we respond
to it, and resolve that every faculty
shall be a servant for Christ, to travel
on His errands with tireless feet.
But in all our activity for souls, this
one thought may be fittingly impressed
upon us, to remember the words of
Christ, "FOr without Me We can do
nothing" In this is the charm of the
bugle note that stirs and leads to victO-
ry. Keep close to the Master. May
His presence fill all our vision ahead so
that we shall see "only Jesusw
This will insure steadfastness of
movement. After August will come ac-
tivity. The trouble will be to maintain
and continue the activity. We never
see tagging soldier who keeps close
behind his earnest chief, but we do see
tardy gait when the captain is suffered
to get ahead and huge gap opens be-
tween the officer and the men. Close
behind our Great Captain do we need
to march. That insures permanence of
movement, steadfast activity in all the
work of the Church for souls.
An old man in prison told Christian
worker that he once thought he "saw
Jesus" "but OH" he mOurnfully adj
ded, 81 looked away p 1t may be our
fault in our service that we look away
and lose sight of the Master. 1t is when
we look away that our movement is re-
tarded and our activity damaged. A
company that loses sight of its captain
will not make very permanent progress.
Close up, close up, soldier of the Cross,
may you walk after Jesus!
This, too, will ensure success as well
as permanence of movement. Difficult
ties will be surmounted when Christ is
just ahead. One dark night of the win
ter storm, prince, with his servant,
was pushing through the deepening
drifts. The master goes ahead, and
the servant successfully follows, plant
ing his feet where the master has first
broken through the snow. No one can
tell how serious the difficulties may be
that shall accumulate. like huge winter
drifts right across the pathway of our
work. But the master goes ahead.
May we walk close behind Him Walk
ing in His footsteps, we shall surmount
every difficulty.
The new year of work is before us,
and August vacations are over. We
need an activity where we shall keep
moving on, where we shall move on tC
victory. Closer up to Christ, then
faithful old soldier, may you walk
closer, closer yet !-ZiOn'S Herald.
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ReliainHs Readins.
For Christ,s Sake.

He that Ioseth his life for my sake
shall find it. Matt. 10: 80. 16: 25.
Every one that hath forsaken houses,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, OF
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for
my names sake, shall receive an hun
bred fold, and shall inherit everlasting
life. Matt. 10. %. Mark 10: %, 30.
Luke Is: 49,. 80.
Blessed are We, when men shall bate
you, and when they shall separate you
from their company, and shall reproach
you, and cast out your name as evil, for
the son of mans sake. Luke 6: %.
If ye be reprOached for the name OF
Christ, happy are ye. l Peter a: IA.
For unto you it is given in the behalf
of Christ, not only to believe on him,
but also to suffer for his sake. Phil.
I:29. VA
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Salute Every Saint in Christ Jesus.

Such is the language of Paul in clos
ing his Epistle to the Philippians. 1t
strikes me with force. Surely, it is
beautiful. Some of them were Jews,
and some of them Gentiles some of
them had been abominable idolaters,
and some had once justified the cruel
fixiOn of Christ: at this very time some
of them were poor, ignorant of many
useful and important things; some
were in bondage to heather masters
many were in a very low social posi-
ton, and all had their trials and temp
tatiOns and discOuragements. Every
one of them was imperfect and needed
more grace
1t is easy to suppose that among
them was one poor brother with clumsy
talents. He did not converse well il
his mother tongue or in any language
He was awkward in company and con.
versation. He hardly ventured to ash
a question. If others would talk, b.
good word that he understood. Blu
he was of feeble mind, very little cul
tivated; yet his life showed that h
loved holiness and labored for purit,
of heart. Well, says Paul, salute him.
Then there was poor, timid, ner
vous sister. She had no natural cour
age. She trembled at the shaking of
leaf or the hooting of an owl. She wa
afraid of her own shadow. A barsI
word upset her. But she loved truth
She would not deny Christ. She ofte
showed great weakness. She as ofte
showed irmness that surprised he
brethren. Well, says Paul, salute her
And there is that brother naturaIl
SO hot and hasty, so rash, so headlon,
who is constantly getting into troubl,
which he might have avoided. He or
seven times day; but seven times
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What Beer Drinking Leads To.

The President of the Brewers Con-
vention, in session at st. Louis on the
9th ult., congratulated the members of
the convention and the people of the
country that the consumption of beer
for the past year in the United States,
amounted to 8, 473, 36l barrels, and they
could reasonably hope that the con-
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sumption for the ensuing year would
fully reach 100000 barrels. In con-
nection with this fact we cite the opln-
ion of DR.. CrOthers, editor of the Quar-
terly Journal of Inebriety, who, writ
ing as an experienced physician and
scientist, and commenting upon the in
clination to substitute beer for the
stronger alcoholic liquors, as advocated
by DIR. Crosby and others, declares that
their theory has "nO confirmation IN
the observations of physicians and
chemists where either has been used
for any length of time" He affirms
that ''the constant use of beer is found
to produce species of degeneration OF
all the organism, profound and deep
seated.n He adds: sin appearance
the beer drinker may be the picture OF
health, but in reality he is most inca
pable of resisting disease. A slight in
jury, severe cold, or shock to the body
or mind will commonly provoke acute
disease, ending fatally. Compared with
inebriates who use different forms of
alcohol, he is more generally diseased.
The constant use of beer every day
gives the system no time for recupera-
ton, but steadily lowers the vital
forces; it is our observation that beer
drink in this country produces the very
lowest forms of inebriety, closely allied
to criminal insanity. The most dan
gerous class of tramps and ruffians in
our large cities are beer drinkers. 1t
is asserted by competent authority that
the evils of heredity are more positive
from this class than from alcoholics.
If these facts are well founded, the re-
course to beer as a substitute for aleo-
hol merely increases the danger and
fatality following"
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Estates.

STATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DIsrR,cr
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Or s.
St Johnsbury, within and for said district Ge IN
10th day of August A. d. 1879. vi 'he
~, An instrument purporting to be the last win o,
testament of frankie Parker, late of Barnet "a
bn us5Grlct deceased, being presented to CONF
for Probate: W '"oiein named
Is ofGered by said Court that all persor.
of aid CnITt en- be notified to appear at a session
=; S 81 E E1rS 70 Se holden at the Probate OH
~ ~ ,s1o S IN the 18th day of September
AGAINST the J Pr sUw cause if any they may have
purpose it is further order. said WIN; for which
record Of this order be Pubhed three Weeks ;o t
Gess1veSiy IN re ene SCaledon,n, printed at St
hearing. "PPolhteu lOi
By the Court Attest
HENRY FRENCH. Pooio+o,
A true copy of Record, Attest, ''siS'er
96-96 HENRY FRENCH Recis.o,.
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ARE YOU GOING WEST ?

Tickets sold to all principal points in the West,
leaving st. Johnsbury by Special Train in first
class cars with special frst-class Montreal to
Chicago without change, with guide to accom-.
pany the party. Baggage checked through in
Bond. Save money and time and go with Harvey
For full particulars, call OF address
A. C. HARVEY,
Western Land and Ticket Agent,
st. JOhnsbury Vt
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1EARvH PAJMER,S ESTATE

d. . 4.
INI The subscribers, having been appointed h,
the Honorable Probate Court for the district q
Caledonia, Commissioners to receive, examine AMI
adjust all claims and demands of all persons ADAMS
the estate of Mary H. Palmer, late of Mater
ford, in said district, deceased, representa-
insoivent, and the term of six months from the iii
day OF August, 1879, being allowed by said Court
to the creditors of said deceased, to exhibit and
prove their respective claims before Give
notice that will attend to the duties of our an
pointment at the dwelling house of Luther Hem.
ingway, in Waterford, in said district, the
10th day of Sept, and 18th day of February next
at one o'clock in the afternoon, on each of said
days.
W. NJ. HOyEY, }Comm,r.
95-97 A. B. GOSS, "onni IS
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- - "a WEEK in your own town and Nv
VlB capital risked. You can give the
u "a - business a trial without expense
HIH III The best opportunity ever Offered for
~ - - those willing to work. You should
try nothing else until you see for
Yourself what YOU can do at the business we Offer
No room to explain here. You can devote all your
time or only your spare time to the business. and
make great pay for every hour that you WORK.
Women make as much men. Send Tor special
private terms and particulars, which we mail free.
IS Outfit free Don't complain of hard times while
you have such chance. Address Ii. HALLEIr
& CO. Portland, Maine. tJunesO
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BUILDING MATERIALS

For sale, timber, jOice, boards, clapboards and
laths, cedar and spruce single, doors, windows,
blinds, mouldings, brackets ladders, hardware for
building, lime; paints, wall paper and everything
necessary for building L will not be undersold or
9nderbid by any one that will pay 100 cents on inc
dollar. Give me your plans and let me I96 ana
you will not have any more trouble about it, Blinds
in the white, painted, trimmed and hung to or
der For want of space, / will not name the bull
dings that have built, being over ~ IN number,
mostly dwelling houses: stores, and horse barns,
scattered all over this village. So my references
are all the leading business men and the men L
have built for in this town. deliver lumber and
material to all parts of the city.
Thanking my numerous friends for their liberal
patronage, L am prepared to do all kinds of
work by the day job at prices to suit the times
will furnish all the materials for building or not
as desired by parties wishing to build take Jobs
from the bottom of the cellar to the top of The
chimneys. Plans and specifications furnished when
desired. By being prompt and attentive 10 bust.
ness, hope to merit a continuance of your past
favors, and share of the public patronage
WANTED-Fifty thousand feet of clear dry
spruce, bass and pine lumber
Residence on Railroad street, opposite Portland
street.
st. JOhnsbury, March, 1879
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Customer-"What do you think of
the Bishops sermon on Sunday, Mr..
Wigsby 2" Hairdresser-"Well, really,
sir, there was gent a sittin' in front O.
me as lad his 'air parted that crooked
that couldn't ear word ~
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MIR - ATO 5000 A YEAR, or IS to $50 a
VhHH Eday in your own locality. No risk.
rMEIEVNbWOmend do as veil as men. Many
VBVV " make more than the amount stated
above. No one fail to make money fast. Any
one can do the work You can make from 50 cts.
to 81 an hour by devOting your evenings and spare
time to the business. 1t costs nothing to try the
business Nothing like it for money making ever
offered before. Business pleasant and strictly hon
Orable. Reader, if you want to know all about the
best paying business before the public, send us
your address and will send you full particulars
and private terms free samples worth IS also free;
you can then make up your mind for yourself.
Maine. tJuneS0
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Building Lots.

,o+s sitnotad on a commanding plateau, skirted
On two sides by the Passumpsic River and over
looking Railroad Street, sqmmerville Paddock's
For heantv of scenery and healthfulness of To-
cation this Situation is 1nrivalled Those desiring
homes will never have better opportunity t fOl
most reasonable terms No fancy prices asked
Lots will be sold at prices ranging from S2SS &c
S450 If j. L.. PEhhINo.
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GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
w. J. BRAY, Contractor and
Builder.
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED To.

Having worked at building for fourteen years.
and being contractor and builder for the last six
years, have worked and built from the plans and
drawings of L. Packard architect of this place and
having built good share of the best buildings
outside of the Fairbanks in this place, my work
and close attention to business has gained for me
the reputation for doing the most and best work Of
any iObber and builder in this place. can build
builder in the place, for keep good carpenters,
masons and painters, so that can have the work
all going at once. am better prepared than ever
before, having all the appurtenances for hosting
moving, repairing, re-mOdeling and erecting bull
dings of every description. As my business is in
creasing every year, 1 am bound to give satsfac-
ton in work and prices, and do good share of the
building in this place.
keen all LINDA of
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n - - "a MONTH guaranteed s12 day at
VOHEE EhOme made by the industrious. Cap
M.1EHIH ital not required we will start you
money faster at work for us than at anything else.
The work is light and pleasant, and such anyone
can 90 right at. Those who wise who see this
for themselves. Costly Outfit and terms free. Now
is the time. Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money. Address TRUE & CO,
Augusta Maine tJunesO
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j. MI. KIM BALL.
1ER Eel

No Admission at the Door.
All who will may come and examine my stock,
consisting of
Watches, Eye Glasses,
Clocks, Stationery,
Jewelry, Blank Books,
Silver Ware, Toys,
Gold Pens, Opera Glasses,
Spectacles, &C.
Fine watches carefully examined and repaired in
the best possible manner.
Don't forget the place to buy Rogers
KniUeS, dc.
Goods cheerfully shown to all.
BROWNS Block, Main ST., ST. Johnsbur>
j. M KIMBALL.
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JERSEY STOCK
FARM FOR SALE.

The subscriber wishing to change his location
and business offers for sale his farm in Wheelock,
Caledonia County, Vt, containing one hundred
good heavy growth of wood and timber land, on
which is six hundred good sugar trees Cuts for
in one-half mile of the village; buildings and
fences good, and in good repair with the best of
running water to house and barns. Will sell stock
and farming tools with farm if desired Possession
given Immediately. A part of the purchase mon
ey can lay for term of years, secured by mortgage
on the premises.
WILLIAM CHASE.
Wheelock March 1s 1879 73tf
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DA UCHY'S ADVERTTSENENTS.

AGENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest
Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduy
ed 80 per cent. National Publishing Co. Phiadcl
phia, Pa. 96gl
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A GOOD FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.

Situated in Burke, two miles from Burke Hollow
four miles from West Burke and Depot On a
good travelled road summer and winter. Said farm
contains two hundred and forty acres of choice
land good apple and sugar orchards; cuts from
seventy to eighty tons of hay, buildings and fences
in excellent repair running water to house and
and tools with the place. A greater part of pur-
chase money remain on the place. secured by
mortgage if desired. Possession given at once.
WILLARD BUNDY.
Burke, Caledonia Co, vt, Mar. %, 1879 74tf
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e The deadly poison of sewer gas
has had two victims in Springfield,
within week. A beautiful child of
one of the best families died of diphthe-
ria, and it turns out that the disease
can be accounted for in no way save
that it had in it's play made mud pies
in heap of sand which had been raised
out of sewer and carelessly left lying
by. Still later, an attractive young
wife and mother has died of the same
disease, contracted, there is not the
shadow of a doubt, through inhaling
the gases from the cellar and surround
ing soil, which had become saturated
with waste from a stopped-up drain,
and drinking the water of a well con-
taminated from the same source. Ex-
cept in this matter of sewers and neg
lected drains and cess-pools, Spring
field is one of the healthiest cities in
the United States.
~ A plucky young woman on a
sleeping car passing through Union
City, Ind, the other night, drew a re-
volver from under her pillow and forced
a scamp who had tried to enter her
apartment to make an abject apology
on his knees before the awakened pas
sengers. The practical conductor, fear
ing the girl would shoot, seized her
arm and pointed the weapon up. The
apology still went on, however, and
the wretch was kept on his knees for
full five minutes. He then made haste
to stink off, dress and move into for
ward car as quickly as he could. The
young woman proved to be the daugh-
ter of a wealthy st. Louisian, and the
man is thought to be a resident of
Cleveland.
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HIS BOOK ON RUPTURE
DR.. j. A. SIBERIAN

Office 43 MIX St, Observation-Disclosures GIN
251 Broadway, N. Y.
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GLEMN'S SULPHUR SOAP
THE BEST
Don't fail to get it, Sold by all Druggists. g4-yI
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
The UOg-Days.

Dog-days is a term for which we are indebted to the ancient Thebans, who first cultivated astronomy in Egypt, and determined the length of the year by the number of risings of the dog-star, or Sirius, At the season of the year when this brilliant star rose with the sun their combined influence was supposed to be productive of presidential heat and all manner of baneful influences. There fore the Egyptians watched the con- junction of Sirius and the sun with mingled feelings of hope and fear, for it foretold to them the rising of the Nile, and was ominous of fruitful crops or devastating droughts. Their dog-days extended from the 4th of August to the 14th of September. The rising of Sirius. however, has been so accelerated by the procession of the eqinoxes during the
 assage of more than two thousand years, that the corresponding conditions for the ancient dog-days would include them within the 3d of July and the uth of August. It will be readily seen that our modern dog-days have no connection with the rising of Sirius or any other otdi, poo'tuSO ho CiIht'lIohI u'test CfiH De based upon stars whose positions are always changed by the falling back of the equinoctial points. The dog-days refer to particular kind of weather, which marks about forty days occurring a month after the summer solstice, and based entirely on that epoch. They simply retain an ancient name, as in many other instances, without retaining its significance. It may seem strange that Sirius, which is seen overhead in midwinter, should be associated with the heat of summer; but it must be re- membered that this star is overhead in midsummer in the daytime, though, like the other stars, invisible on account of the sun.-ProUide,sce ( R. I.) Journal.