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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Little Things.

There are times when ones heart is heavy
as lead and the tears are close to the lashes
and yet there is no actual reason for any
sorrow; no calamity has occurred nothing
has happened of which one could tell. Ac-
cordng to the Judgment of any observer you
ought to be perfectly happy. You find it
necessary TO assume as much of the look and
air OF happiness as possible, and this only
makes you suffer more. If you were ques-
toned closely you would say that the world
was very sad place, and that we were often
dreadfully disappointed in people; that you
never could calculate on anything earthly,
and that, after all, what did any one know
about the next world ? You could not ex-
press your ideas or your feelings. You could
scarcely tell yourself what had happened.
A look, word, some slight, unexpected
action-merely an expression on somebody 3
face, has done it all. 1t is not to be put
into words, yet the trouble is as real as
though you had lost fortune or broken a
bone. Often it is as terrible as anything
that death itself could bring. Actually, il
is the death of love or friendship killed
by one of those "little things that, like
the poisoned daggers hidden in the old rings
We read of, are deadlier than broad'swords.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
The Church and its Symbols.

In heaven the outward and the inward
church shall absolutely correspond; but
here and now the church may be so set
upon her symbols and her regularities that
she shall fail of doing her most perfect
work and living her most perfect life. The
Christian may be SO bound to rites and
ceremonies that he loses the God to whom
they ought to bring him near The oon.
gregation may be so jealous for its liturgy
that it loses the power of prayer. The church
at large may make so much Of its apostolic
ministry that it loses the present ministry
of Christ himself. Here it is certainly true
that no symbol is doing its true work unless
it is educating those who use it TO do with
out itself, if need be. The Christian is mis-
using his rites aud ceremonies, unless they
are bringing him more personally and i'm
mediately near to God. The congregation
is not using its liturgy Alright if it is getting
more and more unable to worship, except iu
Just that form and order; aud the church is
suffering, aud not thriving by her ancient
ministry, if she is making it exclusive and
mechanical, and calling none the ministers
of Christ who have not her ordination.
Everywhere the letter stands for the spirit,
aud to give up the letter that the spirit may
live more fully, becomes from time to time
the absolute necessity of the living church.
-PhIliDs Brooks,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
vEGETINE
For Cancers and Cancerous Humors.
A Doctors Certificate.
READ IT.
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Mr.l N. n. Stetasi
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FROM Rose CaHcer my right breast, which grew very
rapidly and Al my friends had up to die. when
heard your medicine, NEGEllNE recommended for Can.
or and caHeer0as Ham0rs. l commenced to take IT, and
soon found myself beguing TO feel beteri health and
spirits bOih iet the benign Influence which 1t excited and
~ few mouths from tls lime commenced the Of the
NEGEllAE, tile Cancer elnlc out almlt hodlly.
CARRIE DkFoRRESr.
certify that am personally acquainted with Mrs De-
Forrest, and consider her one vi very best
DR. 5. II. FLOWERS.
All Diseases of the Blood If vEGErlNE will
relieve pain. purify and such disease
ing the ptet to perfect he i trying derent phys
Cans many remedies suffering for yeArss IL con
elusive proof II you sufferer you be cued? WI,
Is this melcile performing such great II works Ia
the blood. In the circulating uid II truly ealle,
the Grtaf Bio0d ParWer. The great OF dlseas
originates In the blood; and madine that does not &C
directly upon IT, to purify and enoyae has any Just
upon public attention.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
VOL. 74.-3SO1. NO. 45.

know not how will live cut in two from
you my child beloved .N.I
Zone day sit, knit, knit knit, for my
bread, and sudden fell on my soul q great
peace from God about you. hear no voice.
l sees no light but only Gods peace
Then ! know II is well with you; that you
have friends, and work, and his smile on you
shine. All care 60 10 the winds, and have
now wings for fly up to Gods home, and
thank him, for he has hide my Selma, be-
loved, under his wing That the blessed
day OF all days. It's sun never set, and all
time am happy for my child.y
Here Selma paused, and looking at her
mistress, said Perhaps that day come
two times to your door, and God say TO you,
Take her in" -
No matter whether it was that very day
or not, Selma. lie sent you here, and |
thank him for it. That was my work to
comfort the heart Of stranger, and yours
TO relieve me of a load of care and of work
which could only lay off on common
hands. BE hopeful and faithful and before
long we will bring the dear mother over the
sea, and she can trust and pray, and knit,
KNIT, knit here as well as there" said the
lady.
Let us be careful how we send. the
stranger, or any applicant for honest work,
from our door. We may thus thrust away
both the work and the blessing which God
designs for us.--1he Christian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Does Her Own Work.

Does sheY What of itY Is it any dis.
grace Is she any less a true woman, less
worthy OF respect than she who sits in silks
and satins, aud is vain OF fingers that never
labor? We listened to this sneer few
days ago. aud the tone in which it was ut
tered betokened a narrow, iguoble mind, bet
ter fitted Tor any place than a country
whose institutions rest on honorable labor
as one of the chief corner-stones. IL evinced
a false idea of the true basis of society, OF
true womanhood, of genuine nobility. 1t
showed the detestable spirit of caste, OF rank,
which certain class are trying to establish
"a caste whose sole foundation is money,
and Is the meanest kind of rank known to
civilization. Mind, manners. morals, all
that enters into a good character, are OF no
account with these social snobs !; position in
their stilted ranks is bought with gold, and
each additional dollar is another round in
the ladder by which elevation is gained -
EtehnnDs
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

NORTHERN PAcIFIc.-The Springfield
Republican speaks a highly encouraging
word fol this great enterprise, which is now
being 80 vigorously pushed by President
Billings. 1t says; "The time is not far
distant when the Northern Pacific railroad
will make good all the early predictions of
the enterprise. When its line was pushed
to Bismarck it ran through unoccupied
lands the road is now threaded with vii
lagos, aud the number of passengers carried
in the first quarters of 1877, 1878 and 1879
has nearly doubled in each succeeding year,
beginning with four thousand two hundred
aud ninety'eight in 1877 aud reaching nearly
seventeen thousand in 1879. The sales of
land along the line of the road by the rail
road and government i'll 1878 amounted to
two million acres, and it probably reached
three million acres i'll the year ending June
Both, 1870. The crop returns from thirty
four settlements show that this land aver
aged thirty-two aud one-half bushels of
wheat to the acre and foity-two and one
half of barley. The construction of the
Northern Pacific is in progress this season at
the rate of mile day, aad is expected to
reach the Yellowstone river in two years."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Religion and Culture,

The grand defect of our education, after
all, is its secularization. We are leaving
God out of our culture. Too many of our
colleges scramble for a reputation, and put
men in the chairs of instruction with refer
ence to mere ability and popularity, and
without regard to pety, or even to acqui-
escence in the fundamental doctrines OF
religion. And the young man who acquires
goddess culture is not usually made more
cheerful by it. He is taught to think about
the great problems of life, but not to solve
them. He carries with him heavy doubt
Of his Immortality. He looks on nature a,
fabric of mingled beauty aud detorinity,
as a scene over which no supreme intelli-
gence presides, as a series of battles in
which the strong destroy the weak. When
an apostle said, " Having no hope, and with
out God in the world" he recognized the
union of atheism and despair which all sub.
sequent experience has demonstrated. Let
us keep the Bible, the Cross, the Heavenly
Father, in the center of our system OF cul-
ture, and we shall have happiness where
now we produce only gloom.- Watchman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

RARE CAsE.-A Lake George letter de-
scribes an amusing mistake made by clelk k
at one of the hotels on the lake. lie had
observed the devotion of man of sixty TO
a woman much younger, and believing that
an intrigue was going on accosted the old
gentleman very rudely, intimating that such
proceedings were not allowed there. The
man of sixty flsw into passion threatened
to chasti,e the impudent fellow, aud made
a grand scene The sequel proved that he
was the woman's husband, aud had been for
over ten years. The clerk humbly apollo
gzed he expressed his profound regret, but
added that his mistake was natural enough
Asked aiterward to explain, he said he had
noticed that a patron of the house had
while sitting on the piazza in the evenings
repeatedly put his arm around his feminine
companion, bent down aud kissed heI
warmly; and in his clerical Judgment that
was not the way husbands were in the habit
of treating their own wives.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

The REAsoN.-The Boston Herald well
says No farer country greets the eye Of
the westward-boupd traveller than is to be
found within the borders OF the great state
Of Missouri, great territorially, but not
otherwise. 1t is land of noble landscapes,
lltimbered and wate ed, but the emigrant
train rushes through this fair land to deposit
its living freight of sturdy men and women
upon the mouotonous plains of western Kan
sas. Why is Missouri passed by as if ii
were desert Because the state has been
cursed by slavery, which has left the people
stuck fast in the ruts of Bourbonism. Nc
lberty-loving man wants to dwell among
them. You know when you have reached
Kansas by its prosperous, clean and well
built towns and villages. A few hours be
fore you were passing through dilapidated
communities, seemingly worn out and hall
abandoned. Even enterprising Mis,ourians
pack up and sail westward on their prairie
| schooners''
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
What We DO.

What we do for Christ, not what we say
about him, is ths one only prev ailing weapon
left To US in these times. We need not
write less books to advance. our religion, but
we must plant more missions. Professors
aud critics, masters of sacred rhetoric and
logic, speaking from their chairs of learning,
are important helpers; but, as the tide
runs now, they are not to be compared with
missionaries OF the cross standing fast in
their lot along the shifting skirnish-line
between the Christian aud the heather
worlds, or with godly men and women who
take up Christ's work among the poor, the
sick, the forsaken, the outcast-and for the
simple reason that, while the others are All
alyzing and describing the Masters will
these are doing it. The kingdom OF God is
always stronger In its doers than in its say
ers.--The Missionary.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Silent Influence.

1t is the bubbling spring that flows
gently, the little rivulet which runs along
day aud night, by the farmhouse, that is
useful rather than the swollen flood or war.
ring cataract. Niagara excites our wonder,
and we stand amazed ut the power and
greatness OF God there, as he "pours it from
the hollow OF his hand" But one Niagara
Is enough for the continent or the world
while the same world requires thousands
and tens OF thousands OF silver fountains
aud gently flowing rivulets, that water every
farn and meadow and every garden, and
that shall flow on every night with their
gentle, quiet beauty So with the acts OF
our lives. II is not by great deeds, like
those OF the martyrs, that good is to be
done-it is by the daily and quiet virtues OF
life, the Christian temper, the good qualities
Of relatives aud friends, and all, that is TO be
done.--Aiber Barnes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

A IlERMIr.-One of the islands on the
Maine coast, near Squirrel Island, has a sad
story to tell. 1t is Inhabited by hermit.
Twenty years ago. he resided in Boston, was
rich and prosperous, doing a large aud
thriving business. He had happy family
"a wife and three children. His wife died
insane. Then followed his children, one
after another, to the grave. Next his prop
erty took wings, and he was left quite
alone in tbs world, aud poor. Blow after
blow was too much for him to bear, and he
sought one of the loneliest places on the
Maine coast, where he might spend the re-
,nainder of his life in solitude.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
The Home Girrle.
sxrARArpos.


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Avail grown ap between tistwos-
N feoBmg. thick wall, though MI unseen;
Nonef fSew when the ast stones were laid.
Nor how The wall was built, ween;
And 20 their lives were quite apart,
Although they shArth one beard, one bed
Acareless eye saw nareht amiss,
Yet each was to the other dead.
He, much absorbed IN work and gain,
Grew soon unmindful OF his loss;
A hard indifference worse than hate
Changed loves nne gold to worthless dross.
She suffered tortures all untold;
Too proud to mourn. too strong to die
The wall pressed heavy on her heart;
Her white face showed her misery.
= such walls are growing day by day
'rwixt man and wife. twixt friend and friend;
Would they conld know, who lightly build,
How sad and bitter ia the endi
careless word, an unkind thought
slight neglect. a taunting tone.--
Such things as these before we know,
Have laid the wallis foundation-stone.
--Sprfpqfeld Republican
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Mind In Nature.

The rational look OF the world is denied
by no QUE. Eyes look us II they were made
10 see with. Legs look as ii they were
made TO walk with. The nutriliye appa-
ratus looks as if it were made to keep the
body in repair. The lungs look as ii they
were made 10 aerate the blood and the
blood aud blood-yessels look rs IL they were
made with an eye 10 their actual function.
Aud in general, science everywhere assumes
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Faith and Feeling.

Emotion is, in the nature of the case,
transient. You fnd yourself in high state
OF feeling. You enjoy it; you want to
keep it up you try 10 do so. But feeling
never comes by trying. You fail. While
the feeling is al flood you suppose you have
much faith; when it is at ebb, you suppose
you have little. Neither the flood nor the
ebb proves anything. You should neither
be exhilarant because OF feeling, nor de
pressed for lack OF it. Feeling no more
proves the existence Of religious life than
the sparkle OF the sun on the snow proves
growth in the grass beneath it. The corn
needs night aud darkness as much as sun
light. Life is the test OF faith.-C Christian
IL..1...
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

stood beside my window one stormy winter day
And watched the light white snowfakes nutter past;
And saw, though each one wandered It's SILENT sep.
arate way,
They all sank down upon the ground at last.
80 men must lie down, too" said,
When life Ia past"
From out the se-same window, when soft spring days
were come
watched the fair white clouds that sailed the blue.
Could those bright pearly wonders far up In heavens
high dome
BE the old wln,ry snow-banks that knew
80 men shall one day rise again"
whispered I" tool"
Caroline Leslie, in Sunday Afternoon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

BUFFALO Commercial Adoertiser Ohio
farmers are bringing loads of wheat to
market every day, and getting dollar a
bushel for tin greenbacks, worth one hun
dred cents gold. As the Democratic orator,
feel bound TO convince these prospelous yeo
men that they are really ruined, aud ought
to be miserable Instead OF happy, and ther
to prescribe a dose Of Ewing aud rag money
as the sole remedy, IL is not strange TO Learn
that the Democratic canvass in that stat,
drags little" 4"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

WHAT WE SHOULD CARE FOR.


IL matters not where ! was born,
Or n my parents were rich or poor,
Whether they shrank at the cold worlds scorn
Or walked In the pride Of wealth secure;
But whether live an honest man,
And hold my integrity nrm In my clutch
tell you, brother, plain as am.
II matters muchi
IL matters little how long stay
In world Of sorrow, sin and care,
Whether In youth I am called away,
Or live I'll my bones and pate are bare;
But whether do the best can
To soften the wave Of adversity's touch
ON the faded cheek Of my feilow-man,
II matters muchi
II matters little where be my grave,
Or on the land or on the sea,
by purilng brook or meath stormy wave,
Il matters little or naught 10 mei
But whether the angel Death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touch,
Az one that shall wear the victor's crown,
II matters much
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

NEW Yogg Herald; "Tbe greenback
question is, we trust, near its end. The SUI
preme court will have TO decide, at the Oc-
tober term, whether or no congress may is
sue legal-tender notes during peace; and
with this decision the greenback question
will cease to be bone OF contention. Ii
the court declares such issues constitutional,
which is hardly possible, the Greenbackers
will no doubt carry a bill for large issues
il, on the contrary, the court shall hold such
issues unconstitutional, the question must
drop out OF politics"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY
St. Johnsbury, VT.

Rev. Homer I. Fuller, A. NJ, Principal,
Tedeher u Latin, greek. aud Ueniai Science
CHARLES L. rUrNEY. A. NJ.
Teacher Of Latin, Greek and Hisforv.
SOLOMON H. RRACKErr, A. NJ,
Teacher Of Natardi Science, and Higher Mathematics.
MISS l.. JENNIE CoLBY,
Teacher Of LltiR, French, and English Literature.
MISS MARY +. CCMMINGS.
Teacher Of Mathematics and English.
MISS MARGARET MONTGOMERY,
Teacher Of GeometrV and Moral Science.
MADAME EMMA MARIE........... Teacher Of French.
MISS oRRls PADDOCK, Teach r Of Indrameaiai Music.
MISS rlRzAH NJ GUY Teacher Of Draring.
This school offers facilities college Preparatory
aud English and scenthc training, unsurpassed In north
New England. One hour gwen TO each recitation.
Expenses moderate. First begins Tuesday In
August; the second. the rst Tuesday Wednesday in
fernrry. For Cataogue etc. address the Principal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

As the light which illuminates our atmos-
phere and gives brightness To our dwellings
aud vision to every eye is from the sun,
and is dependent on its rise aud motion
every day, 80 we and all our mercies, and
all our strength, for every day and hour Of
our lives, come from God and are dependent
on him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

AUGUSTA Chronicle I'VE welcome our
great senator home again, and no man Ia
more worthy OF an ovation. Senator Hill
in Washington is the pride OF Georgia aud
the South as an intellectual lord Of the
mighty city where intellect is centered ill
abundance."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Montpelier Union School
Abb
Washington Co. Grammar School,

School Year begins sErrEMBER lsT, 1873 under the man
asement OF W. W. PRESCOTT, A. b., as Principal as
sisted 10y competent corps Of teachers. Courses OF
study-Engllsh, Classical and Scientific. TuionTo resi-
dents Of Montpelier Union District free; non-iesdents
Eve dollars per term. For further information apply 10
M-0l 7. G. rnlNNEY, Chairnan Of Committee.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Wafrhman & gnnrnaL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1870.
Improvement in Steel Manufacture.

The wonderful advancement made OF late
in the proceso of manufacturing steel is
well illustrated in the case of the great sus.
pension-bridge between New York and
Brooklyn. Of course, in SO large a structure
1t is of che utmost Importance to use the
lightest material that will give the requi.
site stiffness, so that the desirability of the
use of steel in the place of iron for the floor
beams and trusses had long been recognized
Yet year ago, when the contract was first
advertised, the state of steel manufacture
in this country was not such as to give the
engineers Sufficient confidence to warrant its
use in so important structure, and so the
specification called for iron. Political diff.
fculties necessitated an entire suspension of
the work during the winter. Meanwhile so
much improvement has occurred in steel
manufacture that confidence in its use is
thoroughly established, and this spring, in
the reimbursement Of the contract, the
plans and specifications were adapted TO
steel. The bid of the Edgemoor Iron Com.
pdnN was oO-lOu CtnJS lOuuu, anu
amounts to about Si6s,000. 1t was sup
posed that the difference between the price
OF iron and steel would amount to 100000
or more, yet the lowest bid for steel ex.
ceeded last years bid for iron by only about
$4,000. These facts are very significant as
indications of the progress and prosperity
of the country. The state of its iron.trade
is one of the surest indications of country's
commercial health; and now, everywhere,
new furnaces are going into blast, aud new
rolliug-mills are starting operations, giving a
very encouraging outlook. Again, if in a
years time we can make such improvement
in SO important a branch of manufacture as
steelmaking as to reverse the decision of
the country's best engineers regarding its
use, what may we not expect in the future
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
VEGETiNE
Is Recommended by Physicians

VALLEY SfREAN,
QUEENS COUNTY, LoSC ISLAND, n. VI
M. H. h. Sferens!
DENR SRI take the pleasure OF writing you small
certifcaie concerning VEGErINE prepared by you.
have been sufferer with the Dyspepsia for over for,y
years and have had the ChrORic Darrhad for six
month and have tried most every tn given up Il
die, and did expect to live fton day 10 day, and
ply ysician could touch my raw Your NEGE1lSt
recon- nended TO DySpepsa. com nencel using 1t
and continued doing So aud am we'll woman hnd
restored to perfect health. All who ced with th
terrible diseise would kindly recommend for the
benefit Of their health and 1t Il excellent blood purifier
by DR. 4. Is. foRBEs, M: D., for
MRS. wM. H. FORBES.
vegetine.-when the blood becomes iifeless and stag
nant either FROM change Of weather Of climate. want
exercise irregular diet from any other cause the VEG
ErINE will renew the blood carry OH the purd humors
cleanse the stomach regulate the bo and impar toni
Of vgoT 10 the whole body.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

A GENTLEMAN in New Orleans was agree
ably surprised To lind plump turkey served
up for his dinner, and inquired OF his ser
want how it was obtained. "Why, sir" re-
piled Sanbo, =" dat turkey has been roostlng
on our fence tree nights 50 dis morning
seize him for de rent ob de fence"