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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18

II was my duty. sir, TO carry home the
child. ! am glad have found you 80 soon.
! think ] may still get 10 Arnheim IN time"
so you want to go to Arnheim to ace the
king Z" said the gentleman. "That's very
lucky. We are just going TO drive there
You can sit on the box"
or course Pet had not the slightest oh
lection. While the horses were being yoked,
the gentleman led him 10 the farmhouse,
and gave him glass Of milk and large bnn.
Soon the carriage was ready. What
luxury Pet never sat so high in his life
And what speed The horses flew over the
road.
They scarcely had driven half an hour
when they overlook the two boys, just en-
tering Arnheim.
"IIalloo how do you do, Fritz and An
dries ?" cried Piet, waving his cap.
The lads looked up, but the carriage drove
straight on, under all the flags and wreaths.
That same evening, in moonlight, three
boys again walked along the road between
Arnheim and Dieren.
"Did you see anything ?" said Fritz TO
Andres.
"Not thing" answered Andres. "There
was such crowd that | could not even see
the kings carriage, and am SO hungry that
| cant help chewing my tongue"
$50 am l." said Fritz. al had to stand
all the time behind farmer who was yard
above me. Did you see anything, Pet 2"
" saw everything" said Piet; "the king
and the guard Of honor the dragons and
the royal carriages; in short, everything. |
remained sitting on the top Of the box, and
the gentleman every now and then handed
up some cakes to me. And look here, he
has presented me with this silver watch"
Fritz and Andres looked at each other and
were silent. | wonder what they thought
now. Let us hope that PETS good example
was not lost upon them.-Peep Show.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
A PprnjciOus Habit.

Thousands who have at first had no liking
for drink are led by treating to take their
first glass, so pregnant with evil thousands
straight to ruin. Every community can fur
nish long lists of names of those who have
fallen victims to habits of intemperance en-
gendered by this practice. With some it is
a favorite way of cloaking over their love of
strong drink. Many who drink heavily
under the excuse of treating would be saved
from drunkard's death if they found that
tipping had to be done alone. In some
cities anti-treatng associations have been
formed, and good many men who are not
teetotaers have resolved TO never enter a
public bar for the purpose of taking drink.
These are both excellent movements, and
such as workers in the cause of temperance
might well endeavor to forward. Either is
a step in the right direction and the pro
gress made in the war against intemperance
is not so rapid or great that step forward,
however small, can be lightly regarded. So
fully do the sellers of intoxicating drinks
appreciate the effects of treating" that it
is quite common to hear landlords of coun.
try hotels invite all hands " to take some
thing" the intention being, as the said
landlord would say, :" to start the thing
The chief objection of many to giving up
drinking altogether is the place treating
holds in social life. With very many il
treating were put stop to there would be
little difficulty in avoiding the use of drink
altogether, as there would he so little other
| temptation
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
Who Murdered Willie?


Mamma, what are you thinking about 2"
said Ernest TO his mother one day, when she
did not answer one of his many questions,
but appeared lost in deep thought.
al am thinking about who murdered
Willie" said his mother.
"Who was Willie2 and who murdered
him? and why did they murder him ?"
were questions asked all in one breath.
"Tll tell you all about it, Ernest, If you'll
promise not TO say how, how what, what ?
but hear me patiently to the end of my sad
tale"
Ernest promised. and his mother pro-
ceeded with her little history. thus:
There is little green grass mound in
the churchyard of village on the hills
where the stone quarries are. The little
fellow that now lies in that grave was the
sweetest and best beloved boy in that rude
place. He was the son of poor but de-
cent woman, whom you know very well.
She had other children, who were all very
dear to her: but she had none so lovely as
Willie.
lie was the flower of the flock" she said.
Indeed he was so gentle, and affectionate,
and obedient, that all who knew him loved
him. One day he was sent to the stone
quarry with the hnner of man who was
working there, and when he got there, one
of the men gave him glass of ale. lie
might as well have given him glass Of
poison. Poor, simple child O had he
known that ale was poison "a poison of
double, deadly power, destroying both body
and soul BIT poor Willie had never been
taught this. His father had been drunk.
ard, and had killed himself with drink, and
yet-can it be believed 2-Willie's mother
had never told him there was any danger in
tasting; and so the poor, unwarned child
tasted that glass of ale, and it was his last
As he was returning from the quarry, he
felt the poison running through his limbs,
making them tremble at first, and then bow
beneath him. 80 he got on the shaft of the
cart, with which he was going back to the
village. They were expecting him at home,
and wondered why he stayed so long. Little
did they think that they should never hear
little Willies voice again, nor see his little
feet running on every message required Of
him, nor kiss his ruddy cheeks, nor comb
his faxen hair. And little did Willie think,
when he drank that glass of ale, that he
would never again reach the village green-
nor see his brothers and sisters-nor gambol
with his playfelows-nor nestle in his
mothers bosom more. He had not long sat
on the shaft before his head began to reel,
and the trees seemed to go round and round
and the fields seemed going up aud down.
The cart went rafting on over the rough
road, then JOLT jolt, over large tree which,
as Willie could not steady himself, threw
him off! Again the broad wheel jolted
Crash 1t had crushed little Wilie's head
Poor murdered Willie. The curls, and the
blue eyes, and the dimpled mouth, and the
rosy cheeks, were all crushed in the cart.rut
There lay one of the many victims of strong
drink Strong drink murdered Willie
And now, my dear children, stand and
vow, as Ernest vowed .over the memory OF
Willie, to taste strong drink
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A More CHASTITY Foe.

Why should the loss of life be so terrible
in India and China, and here be so lightly
passed over? Better, a thousand times bet
ter, is it for nation to lose eight thousand
of its population per month through famine
than though drunkenness. To the sufferers
in the one universal sympathy and com
miseration is extended--to them no door of
mercy beyond this is closed, and dark and
mysterious as the dispensation may be, we
can trust that God will, in his own time,
and in his own way, bring good out of evil.
Surely it cannot be that this great country,
with its many gifts, its noble, generous
heart can continue TO succumb to the deadly
ravages of such foe. 1t would be less
ignoble fate TO be crushed by some mighty
conqueror. The nation overpowered by a
strong arm may regain strength and rise
again, but if she sinks beneath the weight
OF her own vices, she sinks to rise no more.
The time has gone by for either ignoring or
trifiing. The deepest interests of our nation
are at stake, aud knowing this, many are
watching tremblingly the advancing foot
steps of the ghastly foe,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
The Value Of knowledge.

It is a curious thing to observe how touchy
some farmers are at anything that may be
said about the need of better education
for the farm; and it is also curious to note
the "human nature" (depraved) which is
displayed by some editors in picking up
anything we may say on the subject and
putting il in as bad light as they can be-
fore their readers. Well, we can afford to
stand it quite as well as they can afford to
do it, While it may tickle few vulgar
minds, it wins no respect from any generous
nature. What we have said and shall say
again as we have occasion upon this subject
is not said out of disrespect for our fellow
farmers, and all those whose opinions are
worth considering know it. On the con-
trary it is said in the true spirit Of honor for
our noble art and all those who worthily
pursue it. More than that, it is said out of
the depths of our own individual experience;
for we can truly say that had we known ten
years ago what we have learned by hard ex-
perience since, and can now tell others in a
few easy lessons regarding one single branch
Of our farming, we could easily have been
worth several thousands of dollars more than
we are. And we believe that every thought
full farmer has similar experience. If this
be so, is it not possible by proper schooling
to start our young men and women in agri-
cultural life with store of elementary facts
and principles that will save them years of
cropping for the light in matters vital to
their prosperity? We think so and for
that reason we demand, and shall continue
to demand, better schools for the industrial
classes-schools in which labor shall be
honored and intelligent industry fostered
and made strong for the race of life.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18

"THE fact that Vermont dairymen do not
get the best prices for their butter" says
the Record and Farmer, is not always the
fault of the butter. Much of the butter
sent TO market from this state is as good as
can be made anywhere. But it is frequently
put into the hands of commission merchants
in large lots, and the best culed out and
sold for high price; the remainder is sold
for ordinary butter, and the producer gets
only the price of common average butter
for the whole, if he gets even that. Some
times excellent butter is not put up with
sufficient care and does not sell well for that
reason. However nice the article, if it does
not reach the consumer in good condition, it
will not bring satisfactory price. If it is to
be kept for any length of time before or af-
ter being sent away, the tubs should be
filled to the surface of the butter with clear,
strong brine, and cloth spread over its
surface and upon the cloth layer of nice
dairy salt. 1t should then be placed in a
clean, cool room.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
The Hard Times.

The prolonged pressure of the hard times
is directing earnest and profound attention
to the causes of their origin and continuance.
1t is hopeful sign that here in Great Britain
so many thoughtful persons are considering
the waste caused by the increasing use of
intoxicating liquors. The power of the
economic argument against ardent spirits
is overwhelming AMI unanswerable. The
Bishop of Manchester, England, recently
preached on the causes of the depressed
state of trade, and in plain words told his
hearers that when they prayed for return
of prosperity they should try in some measure
To deserve II, or not TO be wholly unworthy
of il and then referred TO the gross incon-
sistency OF the English people complaining
of the depression of trade, when they last
year spent il42,0O0,O00 (S7l0,000,0O0) on
Intoxicating drink, II these are hard times
for some, it is not for the public,houses
The curse of drunkenness, he said, was
spreading like a leprosy everywhere, and
days of prosperity would not come back t.
England till ii had become a sober and in
dustrious land Christian Weekly.
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For the Vermont Waterman
Biblical Questions for the Children.

What token that Canaan was fruitful
land did the spies bring to Moses?
2-What woman was noted for her devotion
to her mother-in-law2
3-what king purposed to build house Of
worship, but WAS directed by God not to do so?
4-What king ate grass like an OK?
5-where in the Bible is it stated that the
people had mind To work?
6-What were the names Of the twelve dis
ciples whom Jesus chose2
(which of them were with him when he was
TRANSFORMED
s-Where was Jesus when n woman poured
precious ointment on his head?
9-What child was called OF the Lord three
times before he understood who was speaking?
1o-IIow long did the children of Israel wander
in the wilderness?
We have received answers to the Biblical
questions in the WATCnMMAN of May 7th,
and CHRONICLE of the same week one from
Evelyn l.. Fuller, Mortified, and another
from lnez +. Culver, Royalton, the latter
only twelve years of age. The first sent
correct replies to all the questions the
other, to all save the third and fourth. The
following is list of the correct answers
log, King of Bashan, on account of his
weight
2-IIerod, because he believed John to be a
prophet.
3--Hezekah, King Of Israel.
Ale furnished five barley loaves and two
small fishes To feed the multitude
5-Naaman, the Syrian
6-John.
mime hundred and sixty-nine years.
S-Zacheus the publican.
"a pillar Of cloud by day and pillar of fire
by night
1O-Enoch walked with God and was not for
God took him
We are glad that two of the children have
shown their interest by replying to the first
questions We hope many times that mum.
her will send answers to these, to Box 81,
Waitsfield VT
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
Beneficial, Noxious and Doubtful Birds.

DIR. Thomas, of Illinois, in his recent En-
Genealogical Report, gives the following list
of useful and noxious birds and those of
doubtful utility to the horticulturist
Birds that should be Observation-Disclosures
titmice (chickadees), warblers (small war
bling birds found on trees and in gardens),
kinglets (ruby-crowned and golden-crowned
wrens), nuthaches and creepers (black, white
and BROWN, wren, martins (swallows), vireos
Cgreenlet, tanagers, fnches, song sparrow
chipping sparrow, field sparrow, clay-colored
sparrow, black-throated bunting, indigo bird,
cardinal grosbeak, ground robin (chewink),
black birds (crow, bobolinks, meadow lark
and others), all the fy-catchers Gncluding
king-birds and pewee), cuckoos, nighthawks
(goat suckers and whip-poor-wills), swifts
Chimney swallows), all the woodpeckers ex-
cept the yellowbellied Sphyrpicus rarius--
(known in central and northern Illinois as
the sapsuckeD, and, perhaps, the large red
headed Observation-Disclosures erythroce-
phalus-plovers, prairie snipe (prairie plo-
vers), quail.
Destructive birds.-Cedar birds, Balti-
more oriole Changing bird), larger owls,
hawks, and the yellow-bellied woodpecker
(sap-sucker of central and northern Illinois).
This species is distinguished from the other
small woodpeckers by its pale yellowish
breast, large patch of black upon the
upper part of the breast the throat of the
male is bright red, and that Of the female
is white; the adults, both male and female,
have the top of the head also red.
Birds of doubtful utility.-The following
are birds whose habits are not sufficiently
known to justify full recommendation, and
whose habits are sometimes beneficial and
sometimes injurious: Notwithstanding
the common robin, cat bird, hooking bird
brown thrasher, wood thrush, tawny thrush
and hermit thrush. Shrkes-includng the
great northern shrikes and white rumplet
shrike (butcher bird), Savannah bunting
crow, blue-jay, red-headed woodpecker, saw
whet owl, screech owl, horned lark, orchard
oriole and pigeons
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Iarirnlfnral Deparfirrnf.
Tn. HosK,Ns, Agriculture, Editor.


In the farmhouse porch the farmer sat,
with the daughter having cosy chat
she was his only child and he
Thought her M fair "a n girl could be-
wee BIT Jealous the old man grew,
II he fancIei any might come to wooi
His one pet lamb and her loving care
He wished with nobody eiseto share.
"rhere should be two Of you, child" said he
"There should be two TO welcome me
when come home from the field at night
Two would make the old homestead bright
There's Neighbor Gray with his children four,
To be glad together. Had one more,
proud old father ia be- my dear,
with two good children TO greet me here"
Down by the gate meath the old elm-tree
Donald waited alone and abe
For whom he waited his love-call heard.
And on either cheek the bushes stirred.
Father" she said, and knelt her down,
And kissed the hand that was old and brown
FEATHER, there may be two, II you will.
And I-your only daughter st!ll.
"Twoto welcome you home at night,
Two to make the old homestead bright;
land somebody else" 81 see"
Said the farmer and whom may somebody bc2"
Oh. the dmples in Bessie's cheek.
That played with the bushes at hide-and-seekl
Away from his gaze she turned her heaA
zone Of Ncighbor Gray's children" she said.
"H'mw said the farmer; make II plaini
Ia Il Susan, Alice or Mary Jane7"
Another kiss on the aged hand,
10 help the farmer to understand 90
"H'mw said the farmer; yes, see;
II Ia two for yourself and one for me-"
But BESSIE said, There can be but one
For me and my heart till life IL done"
-Hdrpers Weekly.
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True Words from a Great Man.

The following words were true when ut
tered, and always will be true. They were
spoken by Lord Chesterfield in the English
House of Lords, more than one hundred
years ago; Luxury, my Lords, is to be
taxed, but vice prohibited, let the difficulty
in the law be what it will. Would you lay
a tax upon breach of the Ten Command
ments Would not such tax be wicked
and scandalous Would it not imply an
indulgence TO all those who could pay the
tax ? Vice, my Lords, is not properly to
be taxed, but to be suppressed Luxury or
that which is only pernicious by excess,
though not strictly unlawful, may be made
more difficult. But the use of those things
that are simply hurtful in their own nature
and in every degree is to be prohibited
None, my Lords, ever heard, in any nation,
of a tax upon theft or adultery, because a
tax implies license granted for the use of
that which is taxed to all who are willing
TO pay for it. Drunkenness, my Lords, is
universally and in all circumstances an
evil, aud therefore ought not to be taxed,
but prohibited"
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VERMONT wATCMAN JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 49, Is

rant farmers, hesitate about placing the
Agricultural College upon substantial and
self-supportiug basis, not discerning the i'm
mediate benefit it is bestowing upon agri-
culture in the state and out of IL, and not
being able to realize the immense advantage
which will be conferred hereafter upon the
whole commonwealth"
How pitiful is this spirit, and how little
ground does IL furnish for the claim that the
"culturc of our colleges is "liberal" in
its character. To overlap and smother an
industrial college at its birth, or to starve it
to death in infancy, is hardly characteristic
of benign mother"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-18
knowledge and PIeuro.PneumonIa.

The Springfield Republican, discussing
the cattle-plague, says: I" The increase and
spread of these contagious among farm ami
mails magnify the necessity for greater at
tention to veterinary science. The farmer
must not only study his soils and manures,
but his cattle and other stock as we'll" And
yet the Republican has been the contemptu-
Gus enemy of special agricultural education
from the beginning, and if it regards any
institution under the name of an agricul-
tural college with complacency, it is in the
exact degree in which it does not give in
struction in those branches of knowledge
most nearly related to agriculture. II has
always steadily opposed the appropriation
of states money to the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College, ridiculed its instructors,
and spoken contemptuously of its work. II
this had been done because and only so far
as that institution failed in its duty to agri-
culture and the farming class, we should
have had no fault TO find. But the fact is
that the Republican is edited by graduates
Of literary colleges, and the jealous spite OF
all such against the breaking of their mon.
opoly by the spread Of liberal knowledge
among the masses" shows itself contin-
ually in its columns. As Mr.. Goodman says,
in the New England Farmer, "class prejudice
is blighting in its bitterness, and the col
lege-bred men look down upon the institu-
ton created to raise up near their level the
toiling masses in the same spirit with
which the students of their alma mater fail
to recognize the Aggies, who may, in the
land and water paths Of life, o'erleap them
in the race, as they have, when put to the
test, walked or rowed away from them In
the encounters Of sport. When Papin, the
great French scientist, navigated his steam
boat on the river Fulda, half century be
fore Fulton performed the same feat, thu
Jealous boatmen burnt his vessel, and com
PEELED him to flee for his life; and when tn,
prospect Of lighting London with gas wa
first preached, Sir Humphrey Davy ridicule,
the idea as preposterous showing how par
allel the lines OF ignorance and mental great
ness run, when controlled by prejudice. Il
the same spirit our so-ealled educated mel
merchants, manufacturers, aud many ign,
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Temperance.


For Christ's sake, touch II not. that sparkling wine
Harmless to yon, perhaps, yet Christians hear
Thousands nre drinking II who drink ihcit DEATH
And hearts are breaking to whom they are dear;
Hearts that have watched. with agony untold.
Their loved ones going to drunkard's grave,
win spirit, soul and body ruined, wrecked
Like shattered bark engulfed In oceans wave.
OF nil the woe our earth has ever seen,
Can there I've greater than the slow decay
Ofhopcs we cling to through the weary years.
While poison works with slow. relentless sway?
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IT is folly to keep old sheep. They should
be turned off to the butcher while they are
in their prime. 1t does not take half as
much to fatten them. When they get old
and thin, in order to put them in condition
to slaughter, the whole superstructure must
be rebuilt Four sets Of lambs are all eve
should bear; this will bring her five years,
and this is an age when, with little extra
care, she will round up to fine carcass.
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EIGHTY thousand pounds of eggs were
shipped from Omaha to San Francisco last
month. Allowing eight eggs to the pound
there were six hundred and forty thousand
eggs, and valuing them at the low price of
ten cents per dozen their cash value was
S5.333.30.
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In is better to be doing the most insignif
cant thing in the world than TO reckon q
half IN hour signi6cant-GOethe.
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OF H. A. Carleton, In Marshned This Stallion was raised
from the old George collamer and clifford Morgan
horse Ia In fair flesh, of good proportion and weighs
thirteen hundred pounds. \. A. CARLETON.
Marshned, VI, June ., 1873. so-s5
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New Iherfisements.
MEDICAL HOME and RETREAT
INXAIIDS.

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Brain Sickness, Spinal and Nervous Diseases Paralysis
Epilepsy, Hystera, etc., etc.. 208 shawmut Avenue,
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3-3ll Resident Physician.