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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
Saving Faith.

Two brothers went out one summers day
to amuse themselves upon the green hillside.
They chased the butterflies and the bees |;
they plucked wild flowers and padded in the
bubbling brook until the sun had begun to
descend in the west, and then they lay down
to rest upon the grass. After awhile one
said, How far the sun has moved since
first we saw him in the morningp But"
replied the other, father says that it is not
the sun that moves" "O," reioined the
first, al will not believe that when | see it
different. saw the sun this morning over
there, and now | see IL yonder, and how could
it get there without moving 2" Father
says IL is the earth that moves, and you
know what he says is always true" But
| will not believe it is the earth that moves,
replied the first al do not see it move
This hill has been here ever since can re
member and how can the earth move if we
do not feel il ?" "Father says it," still re-
piled the other, "and what he says is always
true" These two children, my hearers, di-
vide the race between them into two great
classes, those who believe and those who do
not believe the Great Fathers Word. One
man says it is inconceivable that God would
deem man of such Importance as to send his
son to save him. The Christian replies,
"God says it, and it must be true Another
says, Even suppose Christ has come into
the world and died, I do not see how that
can save me-" The Christian replies, " God
says it can, and what he says is always
true" Another says, My sins are too great
to be forgiven, even through Christ" The
Christian still replies, "God says that through
faith in Jesus any man can be saved, and
what he says is true" To which of these
two classes do you belong2 Do you believe
this saying because it is Gods, or do you
not ? Remember, this is not merely some
thing which you may believe, it is something
which you must believe, else if you do not
you count God liar And is there any
greater insult gou can offer to the Most
High than that? Come, humble your
heart before him, never mind though there
may be great deal about this which you
do not fully comprehend. Let the fact that
God says it be enough for you. Take it on
his word, and "set to your seal that God is
true n-dd0tDh MonOd
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
Thr 1iresidr.
THE MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Sweet e'er the waiting world again
The Christmas bells are ringing;
And over weary hearts Of men
Ia poured the angels singing;
Their tender strain rebukes our strife,
Their peace allays our passion;
And as we heed their tones, our life
Takes on nobler fashion.
Oh men and women full Of care,
Abate your needless fretting;
Uplift to-day the voice Of prayer.
Your loss and gain forgetting;
Let praise and thanks, with Joy sublime.
Sweep far away your sadness
And simple faith Of chlldhood's time,
FIJI all your souls with gladness.
startled, In meekest pilgrimage
90 flnd the lowly manger,
And there, with shepherd and with sage,
Salute the gentle stranger,
The babe divine on Mary's knee;
WIN gift and sweet oblatlon;-
o, kneel and greet him loyalty,
The Prince Of earth's salvation.
And yet he needs not gold and myrrh,
To-day, our King immortal,
Who wide to every worshlper
Unbars the heavenly portal.
We please him best. to lone, oppressed.
Who hear divine relieving;
Who tell the weary Of his rest.
His grace ourselves receiving.
So, list with hearts by love prepared,
While Christmas bells are ringing;
who hath his feast with others shared,
Shall hear the angels singing,
And while they all the shining skies.
with rare surprise Of splendor,
Upon the humble soul shall rise
The day-spring soft and tender.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

unkept one-we utter the hasty or exag-
gerated word, or think the un-Christlike
thought, or feel the un-Christlike impa-
tience or resentment. But even IL we have
gone 30 far as TO say, "Take my moments"
have we gone the step farther, and really let
him take them-really entrusted them to
himP 1t is no good saying take" when
we do not let go. How can another keep
that which we are keeping hold of So let
us, with full trust in his power, first commit
these slippery moments to him-put them
right into his baud-and then we may trust
fully and happily say, "Lord, keep them
for me Keep every one of the quick series
as it arises. l cannot keep them for thee I;
do thou keep them for thyself."
Frances R. Hauergal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

father and mother must agree in their policy
of government and methods OF education
that fathers must bear an equal share with
the mothers in training children; that the
husband and wife must avoid disagreement
on the subject Of religion, especially in the
question of attending church. No matter IL
personal preferences be strong, one or the
other should yield, that children may have
no occasion for religious skepticism because
parents differ about triaes, and that the
Christian religion may be given the highest
vantage ground of power over the young
mind
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

KINGMAN Morris WAy.-After he began
his public ministry one could rarely spend
five minutes in his company without being
drawn, in the most simple and natural way,
into religious conversation. "That man is
true Christian said one merchant to
another, as Mr.. Mott left his counting-room
one day. :" He came here on a matter of
business. but before we had talked long he
was asking me If | were Christian, and
urging me to become one at once" The
young minister had learned the art-for it
is an art-of religious conversation, and
could introduce the subject of religion so
naturally that men were not repelled, but
attracted by his unaffected earnestness.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
FROM THE
NEWPORT (Vt.) EXPRESS.

DR. uRAsS.-we desire to call the attention of all in
valids to the advertisement of Dr. Urann, from which
will be he is to visit Newport again In justice
the Doctor and for the benefit Of the suffering unsolicited
cannot refrain from alluding several remarkable
he has effected in this place. Mrs f.. b. Shaw
ten months confined to her unable bear her weight
upon her feet Mrs Leonard Field, for
invalid and Miss Maria Daggett for four years unable
walk have, under his treatment, been restored health,
be walking out every day and able perform
light work. 1t no humbug and refer to the parties
thus restored to corroborate statements.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
FROM THE
PORTLAND (Maine) PRESS.

WONDERFUL CuRg.-Many OF our readers will remember
Miss Mary Marson, who has gone about with
crutces for the last six years. She sustained
jury to the kneeou about eight years ago while getting
upon railroad car Chronic Inflammation ensued. and
she obliged to beake herself to cuches During these
eight years she has been under the abes phys
clans but has been afforded little relief -Four weeks ago
Dr. Urann took her case in hand and in weeks time
she had thrown away her cru,ches was enabled to
walk without their aid. Since time she has been
steadily improving and walks long distances every day
without Inconvenience fatigue 1t wonderful cure
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

THE Brooklyn (New York; Advance, a
monthly magazine which devotes consider
able space to educational matters, offers to
send copy of that publication free for one
year TO any teacher Of Browns Grammar
who will parse the words in the following
sentence without contradicting in the pars-
ing OF one word what he has said in the pars-
ing Of another;
John knew James to be the man"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
Educational peparfinfnf
Conducted by w. W. AINswoRTH. Calais. Vt.
THE SCULPTOR BOY.

Chisel In hand stood sculptor boy,
With his marble block before him;
And his face lit up with smile OF Joy
AZ ian angel dream passed DER him.
lie carved that dream on the yielding stone
with many sharp incsion;
In heavens own light the sculptor shone-
lie bad caught that angel vision.
scuptors Of life are we. as we stand
With our lives uncarved before u.s.
Waiting the hour, when. at Gods command,
Our life-dream passes DER us.
Let us carve II, them on the yielding stone,
with many a sharp inclsion;-
Its heavenly beauty shall be our own
Our lives, that angel vision. Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24
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Containing Certificates and References from al
most every town in Vermont, as thousands have
been cured by him after being given up as
hopeless. 1871
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-24

ArOTICE,-The annual meeting OF the stockhOldes Of
~ the Montpelier National Bank, Montpeer, Vermont.
will be holden at their banking rooms Tuesday, the
Thirteenth day OF January, 1880, at two O'clock
for the election OF directors the year ensuing and
for any other business that may before them.
CHARLEs A. REED, Cashier.
Montpelier, w., December sth 1878. li-22
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07
Iiss Pallas Eudora Won Blurkey.

Miss Pallas Eudora Won Blurkey,
She didn't know chicken from turkey;
High Spanish and Greek she could
fuently speak,
But her knowledge Of poultry was
murkey.
She could tell the great uncle Of Moses,
And tho dates of the Wars Of the Roses,
Aud the reason Of things-why tho In
dams wore rings
In their red, aboriginal noses!
Why Shakespeare was wrong in his
gramm-r,
And the meaning Of Emerson's
"Brahma;'
And she went chipping rocks. with o
little black box
And small geographical hammer.
She had views upon co education,
Aud tho principal needs of the nation.
And her glasses were blue. aud the
number she knew
OF the stars in each high constellation.
And she wrote in hand writing clerky.
And she talked with an emphasis
jcrky,
And she painted on tiles. in the sweet.
est Of styles;
But she didn't krow chicken from
turkey!
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07
By TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

COTTON, Sept. 29-Two boys. aged
ten and four years. respectively. sons OF
Mrs. Poole, who lives on q ranch dear
this place. were playing with a re.
yearling calf, this morning. when the
elder threw RATA and caught the
younger around the ankles, and then,
il q spirit Of mischief, tied the RATA
to the anim,l's tail. The calf became
frightened. and ran several times
around the enclosure, dragging the lit
tie fellow after him, and injurin9 him
so severely that he died . few hours
afterward.
NEW YORK. Sept. 29-Tbe London
Saturday Reoiem announces that the
new Governor of California. who was
formerly a Baptist minister. probably
profited by ~ outrageous attempt Of
one OF his opponents to murder him On
the evening Of his election; but it is
satisfactory to find that the more respec-
table Of the two regular parties still
control the State.
The Paris Figaro. commenting on
recent affair in San Francisco, says that
political struggles had brought into
antagonism Rev. Kalloch, the candidate
of the Workingmen's party at the next
election, and Mr.. DeYoung. editor Of
the Chronicle, who supported Mr. Bilks,
the candidate Of the Republican party.
Recent large purchases Of Pacific
Mail stock are based upon statements
that the Indebtedness Of the company
is being rapidly reduced. and its finsn-
cial condition is consequently greatly
improved.
Iowa CrrY, Sept 2o-Rising, Of Ten
nessce who, on Saturday, shot Cash
Bell colored, without provocation. upon
being taken TO jail, said that old Abe
Lincoln had freed seventeen OF his
fathers slaves; that no meant to kill
the niger and hoped he would die;
that he had killed several niggers down
South and nothing was said about it.
There is much Indignation against Rls-
ing, as Boil was general favorite. and
is likely to die. Rising also shot at
tho officer who arrested him.
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 29-Mrs. Gov.
Sprague's trustee wasrefused admission
t. Canonchet today by Sprague. al.
though accompanied by an agent Of
Chatf.e. Trustee of the Sprague estate
The object of the visit was to make an
inventory Of the property in the house.
that rs.Spragus might indicate what
she claimed as hor personal property.
LONDON. Sept 20-The hop crop is
tho smallest since 1860 The blight is
general throughout Kent. Sussex and
Worcestershire. There are moderate
stocks Of yearIings and old hops re-
naming in brewers hands but there
are few Offering in tho market. A con-
siderable importation from America
and tina Continent is probable.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. 90 -Intolli-
gence has been received from Beurnis
that during a reconnaissance near Geot
Tekpe, on tho 2Sth August. thu Rus
slams encountered large masses of Tekpe
Turcomans, strongly eutrenched, who
made desperate resistance. The Rus
slams for six hours cannonaded posi-
ton occupied by thirty thousand Tekpe
Turcomans. In the evening the Rus
SLAMS obtained possession Of the outer
entertainments. aud at night the enemy
fled, losing several thousand. The Rus
slams lost seven officers and l19 soldiers
killed. and 16 officers and 23S soldiers
wounded.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07

At matrimonial hur,aa lately
opened in Vienna tho ladies pay fee
and are required to attend for two hours
daily. Men call and are introduced.
Women who possess accomplishments
IRE requested to play the piano and are
examined with regard to their sen,i-
ments and acquisitions. One visit
sometimes settles case. but more are
often paid, The ladies have the rrivi-
lege Of rejecting candidates withou. be-
ing subjected to additional fees during
the period for which they have paid.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07

A gentleman having mouatcd for the
first .ime a pair Of eye glasses. al old
friend remarked: so you have come
to Eyeglasses at last!' We'll. yes-l
pn, them on occasionally" was the re-
lily. Eyes beginning to fail. Ell Z"
No, not a, all. My eyes are jus. as
good as they were when was boy:
bat don't think the light is As good. +"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07

A veteran observer says that ladies
In crossing a street get one-third over.
see team approaching. and the driver
trying to pass behind them. then inva-
riably :urn around. and unless the dri-
yer Is quick. will throw themselves
under the horses. lfthey would go on
or stand stili they would be safe, but
they will turn back. Watch them and
see for yourself.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07

A Massachusetts, woman Was so ical-
Gus Of her husbands first wife that when
he died she refused to allow him to be
buried beside him. She remarked 70
the undertaken at the funeral:-"I
ain't agoin' to have tina. woman leanin
GU J.m's arm a. the resurrection day,
if can help it. you bet"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-07

She's beautiful. amiable, witty. re-
fined, full Of music poetry and feeling
but shes married. Talking Of such
being II like owning . ticket 10 lot.
terry that is already drawn.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
How Farmers Are Svindlel.

The Corning Journal learns that a re-
sponsible farmer in the town of Canton,
Steuben county, recently became a vic
tim of the springfield swindlers to the
tune of $3.50. He accepted the agency
for the sale of the beds, and signed an
agreement to that effect, which agree
ment, in few days more, turned up in
the hands of a third party in the shape
of a promissory note for the amount
above stated. We are beginning to lose
sympathy for men who permit them
selves to be feeced in such a manner.
and the farmer, who is too penurious to
take newspaper, or too dull of compre-
hension to profit by the frequent warn
ings which are to be found therein, is
served exactly right when he is made to
realize the truth of the adage that . a
fool and his money are soon parted. !" A
very cute swindling dodge has been prac-
ticed on farmers in some parts of this
state. A sleek fellow calls at farm
house for dinner, and on paying for it,
asks the host to sign receipt, SO he
could show his employers what his ex-
penses have been. The receipt is pre-
pared in such a way that the signature
is made on paper underneath thin
paper on which it is written, and the
lower sheet of paper is note for 800;
or some such matter, which the swindler
sells before he gets out of the neighbor-
hood; and thus a piece of thin, transfer
paper and principles of law which holds
the innocent purchaser harmless, is used
todecelve very successfully f,gg. sr4t,gae
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
The Holy Spark in Woman's Heart.

H.
=" Michael is good enough man when
he is sober, your Honor but when he gets
drunk he, is very ugly Then she re-.
lated how he drank up. all of his money
and came to her and said he had a job in
the country, but had no money to get
out. there. arShe pawned her shawl for a
dollar and gave him the money and he
started off The next morning, he re
turned home very drunk and his money
all gone. He abused his wife because
she had noimore money, and seizing their
three-year-Olde child, beatit with his fsst
until its head. and face were a mass of
bruises. a g II, see that he don't do SO
again for awhile, remarked the, Court,
and Mrs. Bohan Interrupted With" All,
thank Your Honor.'" but when Justice
Wallace continued, pa4 $50 fine, which
means one hundred. daysina Bridewell,,"t y
that poor, weak lame suffering, little
woman fairly gasped with astonishment.,
She had not contemplated her Michael
as, an inmate of the House of Correction
The tears forced their way to her Ieyes,
and in very pitiful tones she pleaded for
Michael. Please, don't be hard on him;
he didn't mean to do it; Just forgive him
this once, Judge, and know he will do
better Please try him just once"
|" Mo-" said the Court, '"he must have a
/ lesson. Let him stay out there few
days, and then come here and we will get
him out. and he will be thankful to you
for his release" "Oh, please keep him
here, and then can come and see him
and cheer him up.sl Let him stay here
for a day or two and then let him go.'i
The Court was immOvable, however, and
fine, she could not get Michael lou out. 7 aG T
think can get $25l for what things 1
have,Dl she said. 5l % tluoa 94s}sl,ai
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Terrific Powder Mil Exefosjon.

News from Loveland, Ohio, states that the
powder mill of j. w. King, on the line of the
Little Miami railroad, exploded with such
force that the shock for distance of seven
miles was like that of an earthquake. "A cor
respondent to the Cincinnati Conmerciat says !:
The first explosion took place in the grinding
mill, followed in a few seconds afterward by the
blowing up of the dry-house. The two build
ings were blown to atoms, and their inmates,
three men, who were engaged in manufacturing
the dangerous compound, were literally torn
into shreds. The head of John Simmons was
found ON the opposite side of the Miami River,
while Pastor, the other individual who was at
work with Simmons in the grinding depart
mont, has entirely disappeared. Not single
vestige of his remains at this writing has been
identified. In the dry-house at, the time OF
the explosion was a man who had worked for
the firm but short time. No trace
of his remains have been found. The
theory has been advanced that it was
caused by frictien of the machinery in the grind
ing department, which was likely the case.
The mills turned out about 225 kegs of powder
daily, and it is more than probable that there
were 200 kegs on hand at the time of the ex-
plosion. Nothing but large black spot re-
mains to mark the spot where the buildings
mer toned stood.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Infanticide in India.

Infanticide lis still common in India,
Notwithstanding the efforts of a special
judicial, department created to suppress
it. Only girls are murdered, The IN
FAINT is destroyed in the room when it is
born, and then it is buried under the
floor of the same room,s On the thir-
teenth day the village priest calls, and
cooks and eats his food in the same room
This is considered a burnt Offering and
by this act the priest takes all the sin of
the murder upon his own soul, and the
family is free from it. ,As,soon as the
baby is born its mouth is filed with the
milk of the shrub dseiipids gi9dntrd, and
then it is plastered over with mud. Res
piration is impossible. Il When fthe first
girl baby is, wrenched away in, this
brutal manner, the mother cries and
groans good deal, but after she has lost
two or three she gets Sused to it, and
makes no resistance After the murder
and burial, and burnt offering, the
parents again occupy the room and re-
ceive guests in it as usual ~ The re-
quirement of a dowry in order TO marry
off a daughter is the chief reason for the
practice. 4 ttsa ,a t -txl,- lss7 st4 Z , s.y,s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-09
Putting Plants to Sleep.


The idea of subjecting the remarkable
Sensitive plant to the action of
anesthetics was natural, and several ex-
periments of the kind are recorded, the
plant having been placed in yapors of
ether or chloroform. Recently M. Arlo-
ing has made some interesting Observa-
tions of the effect of chloral, chloroform
and ether presented for absorption by
the roots. The pots were sprinkled with
aqueous solutions of these substances,
then covered with care to prevent escape
of the vapors. After Absorption of chloro-
form or ether, one notes primary and
secondary effects; the former are phenom
ena of excitation similar to those arising
from mechanical irritation, and compar-
able to those in animals when an@sthe-:
tized. They occur successfully from the
bottom to the top of the stem. In thirty
to sixty minutes the common ipetieles
(or leaf stems) straighten and the leaflets
separate, beginning from the top Of the
stem; but the plant is now found to have
lost its sensibility. The secondary effects
consist of elimination of the an9sthetic.
The sensibility often does not return for
one and half or two hours. Chloral
does not act anasthetically on the sensi-
tive plant. These observations afforded
Mr.. Arloing an opportunity of ascertain
ing the velocity Of liquids in the stem
and branches of plants under strictly
physiological conditions, whereas past
experiments on the subject have been
made with withered or mutilated plants.
If the leaves are in good state, the COM
mon petioles bend down suddenly and
successfully from below upward in the
plant as the absorbed chloroform reaches
them. Hence, knowing the dimensions
of the plant, the velocity of the chloro-
formized water in the stem and primary
petioles can be easily calculated.
Within the stem, the velocity is modified
by the state of the tissus and foliage, the
temperature, etc. it Yas found, in diff
ferent cases, at the rate of O.9O metres,
222m., 2.40m.. 2.76m. per hour. The
velocity increases from the base to the
top of the stem in the ratio of to LIS
or 1.5O, and it is IL times to twice as
great in the petioles as in the stem. The
time of absorption by the roots was
found to vary from-2 to 81 minutes.