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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
The Sleeper,s Position.


Position affects sleep. A constrained or
uncomfortable posture will often prevent
repose. Lying flat on the back with limbs
relaxed would seem to secure the greatest
lest for the muscular system. This is the
position assumed IN the most exhausting dis
eases, and it is generally hailed as token
OF revival when patient voluntarily turns
on the side; but there are several disadvan-
tages in the supne posture which impair or
embarrass sleep. Thus in weakly states of
the heart and blood vessels, aud in certain
morbid conditions of the brain, the blood
seems to gravitate to the back of the head,
and to produce troublesome dreams. In per-
sons who habtually, in gait or work, stoop,
there is probably some distress consequent
on Strengthening the spine. Those who have
contracted chests, especially persons who
have had pleurisy and retain adhesions of
the lungs, do not sleep well ON the back.
Nearly all who are inclined TO snore do so
when in that position, because the soft pal
ate and the uvula hang on the tongue, and
that organ falls back so as to partially close
the windpipe. 1t is better, therefore, to lie
on the side, and in the absence of special
chest disease, rendering it desirable to lie on
the weak side so as TO leave the healthy lung
free to expand, it is well to choose the right
side, because when the body is thus placed
the food gravitates more easily out of the
stomach into the intestines. A glance at
any plate of the visceral anatomy will show
how this must be. Many persons are deaf
in one ear, and prefer to lie on one side (;
but, if possible, the right side should be
chosen, and the body rolled little forward,
so that any saliva which may be secreted
may run easily out of the mouth, il not un-
consciously swallowed. Again, sleeping
with the arm thrown over the head is to be
deprecated; but this position is often as
sumed during sleep, because circulation is
then free in the extremities and the head
and neck, aud the muscles of the chest are
drawn up by the shoulders, and thus the
expansion Of the thorax is easy. The chief
objections TO this position are that it creates
tendency to cramp and cold in the arms,
aud sometimes seems TO cause headaches
during sleep, and dreams. These small
matters often make or mar comfort in sleep
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
HumOrsOme Waits.

A CHEERFUL way of looking at things is
a great boon to any man, and there is a
cheerful outlook for every one who seeks
for it. These verses may be reduced to a
philosophy which will be helpful to any con-
dition of life
Beside straw stack sat a tramp
A jolly tramp, and wise
Who, while he patched his tattered coat,
Did thus soliloquize:
at seems sew sad that my loan life
Doth ever downward tend,
And rags me into wretchedness;
But still I'm on the mend
"And when needle little cash,
make no loud laments,
But by a straw stack sit me down
And gather In my rents.
AN exchange hastens to inform us that
Queen Victoria drinks her tea out of a sau-
Ger. Glad to hear it; always supposed that
she took up the teapot and drank out Of
the "uose."
VERY innocently an Irish newspaper con-
cludes its account of an imposing ceremony
" The processiun was very fiue, being nearly
two miles long, as was also the prayer of the
Rev. Mr.. McFadden."
"Tms," said an agricultural implement
dealer, expatiating to an old farmer on the
merits of new machine, " this is patent
corn-planter." Aud, putting it down, he
planted it on the old granger's corn, and
raised an acher on the spot.
A BosToS man had sixty-fve dollars
stolen from him. A week afterwards he re-
ceived a letter containing twenty-five dol.
lars, that read " stoled your money. Re
morse naws at my conshens and | send you
some OF it back. When remorse naws again
I'll send you some more"
GENERAL LEE asked straggler one day,
whom he found eating green persimmons
if he did not know they were unit for food.
" I'm not eating them for food, General"
replied the man; lm eating them to draw
my stomach up to fit my rations"
"You seem to have no gentry in your
country" said an English girl to an Amer-
can girl, as they voyaged together over the
sea. "What do you mean by gentry ?"
"Why " mean people who do no work, aud
whose fathers never did any" "Oh, yes
we have plenty of them in America, but we
call them tramps !"
The rustic whose gingerbread is annually
stolen by the elephant was at Barnum's cir
Gus the other day, and when the appetizing
comfit was snatched from his hand he shook
his fist at the huge thief and yelled, while
the tears coursed down his cheeks "Darn
yer, ye double-tailed fool, give that back
here or I'll knock your two front teeth down
yer old throat"
THERE is no printers strike in Chicago,
but the papers there have serious provoca-
ton. One of them was recently made to
alude TO "the holy of holies as "the baby
of babies" and another referred to the
panc-strieken citizens of Memphis as " the
prairiechicken citizens" This is almost as
bad as the work of the telegraph in sending
Taylor's Heart of Leal can this be dy-
ing 7" over the wires as Heart OF Lead
can this be lying 2" or the New Haven paper
which, in publishing sermon, made the
clergyman cry "lst there no barn In Gull
ford 2"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

CoNCIsELY STATED.-We find in Har-
per's Weekly simple statement of the So
called Fraud issue," which the Democrats
have so industriously tried to convert into
party capital. Briefly it is this Louisiana
had state law authorizing returning boards
to throw out the vote of any precinct that
was unfair either through fraud or intimida-
tion. Both were practiced to an astonish-
ing degree. The returning boards, there
fore, threw out the votes of several parishes
and this gave the Republican electors ma
jority. The Democrats demanded that the
rejected ballots be counted and Republicans
pointed to the state law and the evidences
of fraud and intimidation. The Democrats
also picked flaws in the honesty of the re-
turning boards. Here was difficulty for
which neither the constitution nor the laws
provided a remedy. The electoral commits.
sion was devised and by it the matter was
decided and the decision ratified by congress
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
Gems OF Thought.


hestS nls leet On wave ana snOft,
And our eyes grow dim with watching,
And our hearts faint at the oar,
Happy is he who heareth
The signal Of his release
In the bells of the holy city,
The chimes OF eternal peace.
On, how rare it is to find a soul still
enough to hear God speak.
ALONG with the helping hand there should
always go helping sympathy.
To BE able to bear provocation is an ar
gument of great wisdom; and to forgive it,
of great mind.
How noislessly the snow comes down.
You may see it, feel it, but never hear it.
Such is true charity.
GoD is a sure paymaster. He may not
pay at the end of the week, month, or year /;
but charge you to remember he pays in
the end.
Coon intentions are at least the seed of
good actions; and every man ought to SOW
them, and leave it TO the soil and seasons
whether they come up or no, or whether he
or any other gathers the fruit.
In Cicero, and Plato, and other such
writers, | meet with many things acutely
said, and things that excite a certain warmth
OF emotion but in none of them do | find
these words "Come unto me, all We that
are heavy laden, and | will give you rest"
AN arrow, if it be drawn up but little
way, goes not far, but, if it be pulled up to
the head, flies swiftly, and pierces deep
Thus prayer, If it be only dribbled forth
from careless lips, falls at our feet. 1t is the
strength OF ejaculation aud strong desire
which sends it to heaven aud makes it
pierce the clouds.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
sMoraI and Reliaiuns.
JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN.

PUBLISHED by REQUEST.
Jerusalem the Golden,
languish for one CLEAN
or all thy glory foiden
In distance and In dream
My thoughts, like palms in exile,
Climb up TO look and pray
For glimpse Of that dear country
That lies so far away.
Jerusalem the Golden,
when sun sets in the west,
It seems thy gate Of glory.
Thou city Of the blestl
And midnight's starry torches,
Through intermediate gloom,
Are waving with their welcome
To thy eternal home.
Jerusalem the Goldenl
Where loftily they sing,
Ger pain and sorrow olden
Forever triumphlng
Lowiy may be thy portal,
And dark may be the door,
The mansion is immortal
Gods palace for his poor.
Jerusalem the Golden
There all our birds that few
Our fov ers but half unfolden,
Our pearls that turned to dew.
And all the glad life-mnsic,
Now heard no longer here,
Shall come again to greet us,
As we are drawing near.
Jerusalem the Goldeni
! toll on day by day;
IIeart-sore each night with longing,
stretch my hands and pray
That, midst thy leaves Of healing,
My soul shall fnd her nest,
Where wicked cease from troubling.
The weary are at rest.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

AMERICAN INvENTIoNs.-An English
journal gives credit to American genius for
at least fifteen inventions and discoveries,
which II says have been adopted all over the
world. These triumphs of American genius
are thus enumerated First, the cotton gin ;
second, the planning machine; third, the
grass mower aud grain reaper fourth, the
rotary printing press fifth, navigation by
steam sixth, hot air or caloric engine
seventh, the sewing machine; eighth, the
India rubber industry ninth, the machine
for the manufacture of horse shoes tenth,
the sand-blast for carving; eleventh, the
gaugelathe; twelfth, the grain elevator
thirteen, artificial ice manufacture on a
large scale fourteenth, the electro-magnet
aud practical application fifteenth the
composing machine for printers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

The labor depression in Great Britain
continues, and great distress is anticipated
the coming winter among the working clas.
ses of the thickly populated towus. The
streets of Ashton are crowded with unem-
ployed operatives, from eight to ten thou
sand being now on strike for an increase
of wages, while at other places thousands of
lborers are idle because of refusal 10 work
a. reduction. In various parts Of Scotland
also, the iron masters decline TO accede TO
the demands of their employees. and more
or less suffering will ensue in consequence.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY.
st. JohnSb bury, VI

Rev. Homer II. Fuller, A. M, Principal,
Teacher n Latin creek. and Mental Science.
CHARLES E. PUTNEY, A. NJ,
Teacher Of Latin greek and History.
SOLOMON II. BRACKErr A. NJ.
Teacher Of Natural Science, and Higher Adthendtics
MISS l.. JENNIE COLBY,
Teacher Of Latin, French, and English Literature
MISS MARY L. CUMMINGS,
Teacher Of Mathematics and EROiiAh
MISS MARGARET MONTGOMERY,
Teacher Of Geometry, and Moral Science
MADAME EMMA MARIE............ Teacher Of French
MISS oRRls PADDOCK, Teacher Of Instrumentai Music
MISS TIRzAH NJ. .GUY........... Teacher Of Dralsino
This school Offers facilities for College Preparatory,
and English and Scientific training unsurpassed north
ern New England. One hour given each recitation
Expenses moderate. First term begins the Tuesday
August; the second. the rst Tuesday Wednesday in
February. For Catalogue etc, address the Principal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
The Heavenly Jerusalem.

We use heaven TO denote a state in which
place and other circumstances may be com
pretended, but o, how much more All
goodness and all bessedness. All wrong
and suffering shut out forever. Let memory
and Imagination do their worst in multiply
ing images of evil, and in calling up before
the mind the forms aud occasions of dis
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

else the man can do Out in the country
what resources are there beyond shooting,
fishing, flirting and eating, except waiting
for the mail 10 hear the foreign or home
news, or watching the trains 90 past the dis.
tant station None at all for man educa-
ted only 10 understand shooting or politics
or gossip. We are shrewd and curious
enough about the affairs of every nation on
earth, even 10 the Antipodes We dig up
bits of old crockery, in our curiosity about
human affairs ages ago. Yet here is the sea
at our feet populous with peoples whose
names even we do not know. Here are the
woods, every tree vouble with myriad
tongues. Nations hem us in, swarm about
us silently, whose habits domestic life, wars,
likes and dslikes, are every whit as dramatic
and instructive as the dongs of our long.
dead savage ancestors. If you want to solve
for your boy the highest problems of mathe-
matics and government take him TO hol-
low tree which the wild bees have pre-. e.empted
and settled If you want to fill his mind
with the most forcible idea of innexible
order and system, show him the ways of the
bird on the bush beside him of the black
beetle rolling its yellow ball into the sun at
his feet. One days study of the citizens of
the dead tree BY the well, or the plants which
grow not yard from the farmhouse door,
of the layers Of rock in the railway cutting,
will open a world more wonderful and vast
to your own eyes than any outlook into
European diplomacy or American politics.
The general neglect Of the teachings of
nature by our educated classes, who are so
wide awake and eager for every other kind
OF teaching, is singular enough, but the most
singular point is its almost total neglect by
the religious part Of the community. Good
church-going people sit at home and pore
over David's Psalms inspired by Gods voice
speaking through the starry heavens, or the
storm'wind rushing through cedars, but TO
go out themselves and listen for that voice
aud its meaning in storm or starlit heaven
would be pagan profanity in their eyes. The
crowd, even the pious crowd at the great re-
ligions camps, go out into the wilderness,
just as the crowd did of old, to see man
clothed in soft raiment or reeds shaken in
the wind. But to the prophet who dwels
there-the power more than any prophet
who tells us of Gods order and eternal calm
they are both blind and deaf"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

OUR striving against nature is like hold
ing weathercock in ones hand as soon
as the force is taken off it veers again with
the wind.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
Raihoad !Time gable.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
Commanding Monday Santemhn[ 2. 1879.

Trains GoinD South and East.
Leave Montpelier at 11.i5 A. NJ, 710 p. NJ, and
1880 =. NJ
White Mountain Express-From Syracuse and Og
densburg, 81 Adams and Burlington, arrives at Mont
peler at s.2b A.
Mail-From Montreal st. Abans Burlington, etc. leaves
Montpelier a u IS 4. NJ, for Boston, New London
Springfield, New York and intermediate points.
Mixed Train-eaves ST. Alhans at 400 p. NJ, Burlington
at 800 P. NJ, Montpelier at 7l0 NJ, for Mortified.
Night Express ogdensburg. Montreal 81. Al
bans and Burlington, leaves Montpelier at 1880 r.
Tor boston via Lowell or fitchburg Springfield, New
Trains Going North and West.
Leave Montpelier at g. 30 A. NJ, S45 A. M, II. 10 A.
NJ, and 3,55 P. NJ.
Day Express-Leayes Boston via Ftchburg at 500 AN,
Springfield at 500 A. NJ, Montpelier at $50 p. NJ, for
Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal and Ogdensburg
. Accommodation TraIn-Leaves Northned Mt sac A.
~, Montpelier at Si5 a. ~, for Burlington, Rutland,
st. Abans, ST. Johns and Riohford
Mxed-Leaves W. X. Junction at $50 A. NJ NorthAed at
l0m A. NJ. Montpelier at II 10 A. NJ, for Burlington st.
Albans. Richford, Rouses Point, etc.
Night Express-Leaves Boston via Lowell at 100 p NJ
via fitchburg at 600 P. NJ, New York at 800 ?. NJ.
Springfield at 500 p NJ, Montpelier at $50 for Bur
lngton, st. Albans, Montreal and Ogdbg and the West
Trains leave Montpelier barre at 100 A. M $50 A.
N. and f30 PM Returning, leave Barre at 7.i5 NJ,
1920 A. NJ. and 500 M.
Sleeping attached Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and SPRING
press between Boston and Montreal
Through tickets for Chicago and the West for sale at the
principal stations. j. W. HOBART. General Supt.
st. Albans, Vt, September 90 1879.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01
Educational
Vermont Conference Seminary
AND FEMALE COLLEGE,

At M ontp elier, VT.
For both sexes. Boarding and day scholars. Fits for
college for business, for home usefulness. Eight
OF study. Thirteen professo and teachers The best
school of the kind in the state. Send for q cata-
logue j.. u. SOUTHwORTH,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

A CHEERFUL way of looking at things is
a great boon to any man, and there is a
cheerful outlook for every one who seeks
for it. These verses may be reduced to a
philosophy which will be helpful to any con-
dition Of life
The New York herald., 1879-09-27

-TIrTLTm u
The New York herald., 1879-09-27

m.rss' With Large e%Sn,a%ptss con and spsena,ive G de-
s%s scarcely supported The Weather
Ing the pas. few dss has been % VERY & iSs har
tsy de,srioated very large business was transacted
vance Of Id ID but Tsarsdays sSietsr tone induced
sd
tai. business was done At Irssd"ss prices Flour was
EXCHANGE
LIvERPooL. Sept. 20, 1879
srn steady at AS cat steady a.
s Is sa ss. a.
dsrs steady at ais Bssf-india ness none in the market
& 'ss n1Ss % N %
Eesn"conmon steady At Is 3d.; sns H% irmsr At
Ii Cd =. S,ss saoiss armsr 80:
w9sstospring No none in the market; spring No 2,
soa.Ssrn winter steady =. Sd corSAsissd dull :.
5s. So ceHcnseed oil-yeow American. none in the
Uae-spirits steady at2is. Cd.
In the Mncng lane markets there has not been much
fs sss Ssns confined to the "
maintained The public sales of Chinese tea have been
remain steady. Rice was rather better owing to up.
has ss eGrS n nns ss'n
selling full pySs =:
rates later s from q RE showing & re-
ruling in the early of the month but the
were moderate. 100
rs.rolsum isat for fine pale ale. American American
American lard closed at 4sf Soc 75c SO kos.
BREMEN Sept 26, 1879
Petroleum-rhe market is irregular Business IN spot
and October Is done y from marks 10 pfenngs to
marks in November marks 81 pfenngs and in jan
usry and February at marks 30 pfennigs.
FINANCIAL.
LONDON Sept 90 1879
The bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England to-
day shipment New York. The Standard in its
this morning that million pounds
sterling win leave Paris to-day Tor New York.
BERLIN, Sept 20, 1879
Tho the Imperial Bank of Germany shows
. deer rease in specie Of 4 sos 600 marks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-03
A Curious Story.

A letter from Milan relates that the
Baron Won K, an Austrian officer,
quilted his residence in that city in 1859
to join his regiment. Before going he
deposited with notary there will,
leaving all his property to person not
named in the document, and saying that
the notary or his successor would be
made acquainted with the name of the
legatee by person who would call and
identify himself by giving the particu-
lars of the will, which was not to be
opened until the testator's death. The
PERSONS name was then left with the no.
tary by the baron, who was subsequently
wounded at the battle of Magenta, and
died soon after. Before dying he re-.
quested the soldier who acted as his
servant to call on the notary and name
his heir, renting at the same time sun
dry documents to his care. The soldier
was soon after wounded in the face and
lost the power of speech. He could not
read, and was therefore unable to write
the necess airy information. On the news
of the baron's death his next of kin
took possession of his property, the no.
tary being unable to prevent them. A
woman named Eib, in Milan, and her
son, 26 years of age, lately found them
selves in great pecuniary distress, when
a dumb man called and presented note
with these words: 81 have made many
inquiries, and at last have found you. I
have learned to read and write, and can
make you rich" He then presented the
papers received from the baron, which
named his son by Nine. Elb as his heir.
The claimant called with the old soldier
upon the notary, and lawsuit is on
foot for the estate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-03
The Strawberry.

The following palate-tbrilling encom-
ium of the strawberry is from essays by
John borough s: "Locusts and Wild
Honey" On the threshold of Summer,
Nature proffers us this, her virgin fruit;
more rich and sumptuous are to follow,
but the wild delicacy and flip of the
strawberry are never repeated-that
keen feathered edge greets the tongue in
nothing else. Let me not be afraid of
overpraising it, but probe and probe for
words to hint its surprising virtues.
We may we'll celebrate it with festivals
and music. 1t has that indescribable
quality of all first things-the shy, un-
coying, provoking barbed sweetness. It
is eager and sanguine as youth. It was
born of the copious dews, the fragrant
nights, the tender skies, the plentiful
rains of the early season. The singing
of birds is in it, and the health and
frolic of lusty nature. II is the product
of liquid May, touched by the June sun.
1t has the tartness, the briskiness, the
unruliness of spring, and the aroma and
intensity of summer. Oh, the straw
berry days! how wildly they come back
to one! The smell of clover in the fields,
of blooming rye on the hills, of the wild
grapes beside the woods, and of the
sweet honeysuckle and spir@a about the
house. The first hot, moist days. The
daises and buttercups, the songs of the
birds, their first recklessjo]lity and love-
making over; the full, tender foliage of
the trees, the bees swarming, and the air
strung with resonant musical chords.
The time of the sweetest and most sue
culent grass, when the COWS come home
with aching udders. Indeed, the straw
berry belongs to the juiciest time of the
year,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-03
tell me are YOU anv relation to the MI.

tell me are you any relation to the Mi.
kept the young ladies' boarding
school at Flushing some years agoT !
replied that the gentleman he spoke of
was my father. He looked at me
moment and then, clearing his throat,
said: "My daughter went to your faith
er's school number of years; I suppose
you were too young then to remember
her." "You don't mean to say that you
are the father of-T' said I, men
tioning the name of the most popular
girl in school. eyes, l am her father.
She's dead now," continued he, swallow
ing lump in his throat. "She married,
and died a short time after. There
have been great many changes since
those days. suppose that you would
hardly know me-" did not recognize
him at once, but soon saw that the face
was the same, only the glossy black
beard and hair was streaked with gray,
the bright eyes had grown dim, and the
well-knit, prosperous looking figure had
bent beneath the load of years and
trouble. When first knew this man
he was one of the most prosperous mer-
chants in New York-a silk importer
and lived in fine style up town. A ras-
cally confidential clerk and hard times
had made way with all his money, and
now in his old days he deals out butter
and eggs, behind a counter in Third
avenue. Troy Times.