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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
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pyu "a ptAup
Two years ago student pano'
we echhoeu 'h" mountain heEh,'
And through an awful night
A night that seemed 10 be as long
Asis the darkness drear
That settles on the Fsauimaux,
And lasts for half a year.
NY iriehu' "aa' ever tnou 20 fash'
vi reason so bereft'
OF civilization left.
And on some dreary moun,ain-top
orin some dismal wood
Hast starved thyself on bread and cheese
To give the MOSQUITOES food2
NO need 70 teh' thou knowest we'll
beyond a single DOUBT
In simply camping out.
Thou knowest, too. how rough our path.
How rougher still looked we.
How many million feet in height
That mountain seemed TO be,
hough ana oOsuucted was tine course
Ana steep the way we tron-
That upwards leads toward God.
The grandest. noblest heights in life
Are reached by atrong endeayor.
And he who fears the stress of toll
Must keep the lowlands ever.
me apor past we reacn at last
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24

The world is a looking-glsss, and gives
back TO every man the reflection OF his own
face. Frown at it, and it will turl and look
surly upon you laugh at it and with it,
aud it is pleasant, kind companion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24

Our system of thought is often only the
history of our heart. Men do not 80 much
will according TO their reason as reason ac-
cording TO their will.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
House for Sale or Exchange

two-story wood house in Wisconsin, In small village
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad Rent amounts
so per month when all rented Any Orange
Washington counties wishing make exchange viii ad-
dress EPHRAlM PIERCE, West Randolph W., immedi-
atey. and give price and description of their
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY,
St. JOhnsbnrY. VT.

~. OIlllS DuIVs L.
Rev. Homer 4. Fuller, A. NJ, Principal,
Teacher Qf Latin, Greet, and Mental Science
CHARLES +. PUTSEY. A. NJ,
Teacher Of Latin. Greek and History.
SOLOMON H. BRACKETT, A. NJ,
Teacher Of Natural Science, and Higher Mathematics.
MISS L. JENNIE COLBY,
Teacher Of Latin, French, and English Literature.
MISS MARY E. CUMMINGS.
Teacher Of Mathematics and English.
MISS MARGARET MONTGOMERY,
Teacher Qf Geometry, and Moral Science.
MADAME EMMA MARIE.....,.,...Te Teacher Of French,
MISS oRRIs PADDOCK Teacher oI fnsirumeHtai Music.
MISS TIRzAH NJ GUY Teacher Of DrdpiE0.
This school offers facilities for College Preparatory.
and English and Scientific training, unsurpassed in north
ern New England One hour given to each recitation.
Expenses moderate First term begins the last Tuesday in
August the second, the hBt Tuesday Wednesday in
February. For Catalogue. etc. address the Principal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
New eldvertisen,enfs.

$40 TO $1,000 ISxEsThP IScsl sSIhs make, a wa Sol
tunes every MONTH Books free explaining everything
Address BAXTER & co, Bankers
71-s u wall Street. New York.
DHOTO VISITING CARDS.-A perfect Photo
Il graph Of yourself, and your name neatly printed
12 Round-comeied Gilt-edged Cards for IS post
paid 25 for s00. Send your photo with order, and ii will
be returned with cards, Sample cents. Address
hA-N UNION CARD Co. Mnnineller VI
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24

AoT well at the moment, and you have
performed good action TO all eternity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
VISITING CARDS, .wrS.1l ,,Si Ss.Il

PAID address u flne white or tinted cards, with
printed upon them for only % 50 Is cents
25 for 10 cents Agents rdHfed. Full outfit of samples
etc. Is cents postpaid. We have 400 varieties making
the largest assortment in the state Address
UNION CARD CO., Montpelier Vermont.
(Ofira opposite Posi-Ofice.D 6-if
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
UNION MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company.

Tie members OF the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany hereby notified that the annual meeting of the
will be holden the office OF the company Ia the
OF Montpelier Wednesday, the 18th day of October,
1873, O'Clock In the forenoon for the election of
the ensuing, and for the transaction of
any other business which may legally come before the
meeting. a. &. BkOWN, secretary.
Montpelier. w. September 5, 1873. OiO6
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
Taxes for 1870

notice, In the wATcmMAS & JouRSAL Counting room.
every afternoon, Tuesday excepted, from two to five
o'clock, to receive said taxes -
9l-tf c. Il. PUTNAM, Collector.
100 SCRAPsBOoK PICTURES, 10 cents; one
INV hundred Transfer Pictures ~ cents; two Stereo
scopc Views, 10 cents four siNbyeg Chromos, cents
three sghtbyten Chromos, 10 cents three Card Photo
graphs 10 cents; forty Filtration Cards, 10 cents. forty
Transparent Cards, 10 cents hundred mixed Foreign
Stamps 10 centsor the entire lot tor 70 cents post paid
sl-tfA Address II. f. sLAYTON, Montpelier Vt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

Because, DEAR" she answered,
Il do not want You to come for the
next week, and l am anxious that
you should have sufficient work to
anticipate as well as to keep you
busy. L can trust you to be Il good
boy, John?"
= think you can, ma'am," l an
swered. almost sobbing.
IF | should see your mother,
my dear boy, before long, what
shall I say to herr"
Then / knew all, and my grief
had no bounds. 1t is NO use to go
on. She died two days after"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25
"THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH"
IN HUMBLE PROSE.

Under the spreading chestnut
tree the village smithy stands; the
smith Il mighty man is he, having
been twice elected to represent his
ward in the town council. His hair
is crisp and black and long, and to
all appearance hasn't been combed
since his mother used to comb it for
him when a boy. His face is like
the tan; but it wouldn't be so much
ike it If he would wash it once in a
while. His brow is wet with hon
est sweat, and, as intimated above,
1t is about the only thing it ever is
wet with. Week in, week out, from
morn to night, you can hear his
bellows blow, and you can also hear
the blacksmith blow louder than his
bellows, about the unheard of num-
Der of horse shoes lie turned out in
an hour, on wager of $4,000.
You CAN hear him swing his heavy
hand-hammer-Longfellow calls it L
"sledge," but in this our distin-
suished friend is little off. 1t is
the helper that swings the sledge.
We are not Il little surprised that
MIR. Longfellow should make such
Il mistake us this regarding IL bust
ness to which he was apprenticed
and which he honored for many
years. But we digress. Children
coming home from school look in
ut the open door. They love to
hear the bellows blow and see the
flaming forge; but what they most
love to see is the village blacksmith
wrestle with q three-year-old colt
he is trying to shoe. They love to
catch the burning sparks that fly
like chatf from threshing floor;
but great Lucifer, you ought to
hear the little cusses when they hap
pen to catch one! He goes on Sun
day to the church and sits among
the boys, to keep them from throw
ing paper wads at the parson. He
hears his daughters voice singing
in the choir, and it makes his heart
rejoice, but it makes other peoples
blood run cold, for she eau sing
any better than the average village
chorlSter.-EX.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

A Western exchange says that
striped parasols have taken the
place of striped stockings. To
which New York paper replies ms
follows: I'VE don't believe it. The
idea of IL woman holding a striped
stocking over her head to KEEP off
the sun, and wearing parasols on
her - Oh. no, We don't believe
the story"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

BUr.-"Gentlemen of the jury, !"
said an eloquent Chicago advocate,
"you have heern the witness swar
he saw the prisoner raise his guh;
YOU have heern him swan he saw the
flash and heerd the report; yon
have heern him swar he saw the
dog fall dead; You have heern him
swar he dug the bullet out with his
jack knife, and you have seen the
bullet produced in court; but whar,
gentiemen-whar, | ask you, is the
man who saw the bullet hit the
dog?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25
POWER OF KINDNESS.

''There is one chapter in my life's
history that 1 have always kept
locked in my heart" said John Havi-
land, as lie faced the little group in
the parlor; s'but tonight ] feel it
my duty to open it for your inspec-
ton, and I do it for the love Of q
.woman-for the love of a woman
who made me what [ am worthy to
be-the husband of good woman"
"Why, John" said Mrs. Havi-
land, softly approaching-her babe
still held tight to her bosom-"you
brighten me-"
Lets have the story" said the
rest Of the group, certain that some
thing good might be anticipated;
and John commenced, at first a lit
tie timid, but gaining confidence as
he proceeded.
"When 1 first came to New York,
at the age of twelve years, to seek
my fortune, I can say that l was a
precocious chap, without danger OF
being accused of an unusual degree
of self-appreciation. | was quick
to learn everything, the bad as well
as the good. My employer used
profane language. 1 picked up the
oaths he dropped with natural
ness that surprised even myself.
The boys in the ofiics all olewed
tob lcco. This was little the hard
est job | ever attempted, but after
weeks of nausea and indescribable
stomach wrencbings, [ came off
victorious, and could get away with
my plug a day with the best of EN-.
"One afternoon | was sent with il
note from my employer to house
in the upper part of the city. |
hadn't anything to read. but I had
plenty of tobacco, and with that |
proposed to entertain myself during
the two or three hours I must spend
in the passage. For some distance
l cd not notice who was beside me
in the car; but by-and-by a lady
said, very softly and PLEASANTLY;
"Would you please be more care
full, little boy? I am going to a
party this afternoon, and should
hate to have my dress spoiled"
Il looked into her face. 1t was
the sweetest I ever saw. Pale,
earnest and loving-to my boyish
heart it was the countenauce of an
angel"
"What did you say to he,?" i'll
terrupted Airs. Haviland, her bright
eyes filling with tears. as she saw
how the memory Of this beautiful
woman affected her husband.
Say! There was very little l
could say. l think all ! did for
some time was to look.
Il managed to dispose of the to-
bacco, however, and wiped my
mouth very carefully, Ill CT which
I felt certain she saw and mentally
commented upon.
Have You Il mother. little b"y?'
she asked, in the same sweet voice
"No ma am." | answered, and l
felt my throat filing mp, and knew
i must swallow mighty fast to keep
tom sobbing.
lyon have Il father, then, | sup
poee," she kept Oh.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

Sufferers are compelled to take
life easily, whether they will or no.
Two men thus afflicted were ut
work at forge. The iron was red
hot and placed on the anvil, when
the first one said: John, s-s-strike
it h-h- hard"
The other answered "Jim,
wh-where shall l hl-hi-hi-hit it,"
mo m-m-matter, now, its got
co-co-cold," was the reply, and the
bar Was put into tue forge again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

Beautiful things are suggestive
OF purer and higher life, and fill
us with mingled love and fear.
They have Il graciousness that wins
US, and an excellence to which we
do reverence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25
"No, ma'am; no father"
Brothers and sisters"
''Neither, ma'am."

Brothers and sisters?"
Neither, ma'am."
"Then you are alone in the
world?"
"All alone, ma'am"
How long has your mother been
dead?" and the dear woman looked
away from my face, and waited till
| could speak.
1.-TWO Years" I answered.
"And You loved hel?'' came next.
Dearly" WAS all | could say.
She was silent for moment, and
then she said SO sweetly-oh! 1
shall never forget it
"And what do you think yonr
dear mother would sav-how do
Won think she would feel-to know
that her little boy was guilty of such
a disgusting habit as that?" point
ing to the tell-tale quid which l
vairly tried to hide beneath the
seat
81 must leave now" she con-
tinued, but here is my card. and,
if You will come to me most any
evening, l shall be glad to see you,
and perhaps we can be OF some SER
vice to each other."
"She gave me her little gloved
hand, and to my dying day l shall
never forget the sensation of that
moment. / could not bear to part
with her; without her / felt that |
could do nothing-with her could
grow to mans estate-a man in the
truest sense Of the word. From
that moment tobacco never passed
my lips.
CAS- soon as could summon the
courage l called upon the lady.
Well do | remember how my heart
beat as l waited i'll the elegent par
lor for her to come down. and how
awkward / felt as ] followed my
guide to her private sitting room
She got at every point in my life,
and before / babe her goodbye it
was arranged that I should spend
two evenings of each week with her,
and study, on the occasion, just
what she thought best.
"No lover ever looked forward to
meetings with the mistress of his
heart any more ardently than | did
to these meetings with my friend.
Il grew careful of my personal
careful of my CONVEX
sation, and strove in every way to
be worthy Of the noble friendship.
Two years passed in this delightful
manner-two years that made me.
My friend not only attended to my
studies, striving also all the while
to SOW the right kind of spiritual
seed. but she procured me situa-
ton with friend of hers, where l
remain to this day. Nobody but
God knows what | owe this woman.
During the last three months of
those two years I noticed that she
grew constantly pale and thin; she
never was betrayed into speaking of
herself. Sometimes, when | would
ask her if she felt worse than usual,
she would reply:
ooh, no! / am only little tired,
that is all
"One evening she kept me by her
sofa much longer than was her Gus
tom, while she arranged lessons
and laid out work, it seemed to me,
for months.
why SO much Tonight" I in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25

Miss Calino goes for the first
time to view the sea at Dieppe. At
her departure for home her sister
recommen1 Is her to carry back
some sea water in a bottle. She
goes down to the shore and fills her
vial with water. Better not fill it
up like that, missy" said sailor,
"bekase it being low wafer nov,
when the tide rises it'll burst your
bottle" Miss Calino, quite con
WINGED, pours out half the water and
departs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-10-25
AFRAID OF BEING KISSED.

a man was walking along one
road and woman another. The
roads finally united, and the man
and woman, reaching the junction
at the same time, walked ON from
there together. The man was car
rying large iron kettle on his
back; in one hand he held by the
legs Il live chicken, i'll the other a
cane, and he was leading a goat
Just as they were coming to a deep,
dark ravine, the woman said to the
man: I'm afraid to 90 through
that ravine with you, it is lonely
place, and you might overpower
and kiss me by force"
eff you were afraid of that" said
the man, you shouldn't have walk
ed with me ut ali; how can | posi-
bly, overpower and kiss you by force.
when have this great kettle on my
back, cane in one hand and live
chicken i'll the other, and am lead
ing this goat? 1 might as well be
tied hand and foot"
Yes" replied the woman, ''but
if you should stick your cane into
the ground and tie the goat to it,
and turn the kettle bottom side up
and put the chicken under it, then
you might wickedly kiss me i'll spite
of my resistance"
Success to thy ingenuity, oh,
woman!' said the rejoicing man to-
himself; Il never should have
thought of such an expedient."
And when they came to the IA
vine he stuck his cane in the ground
and tied the goat to it, gave the
chicken to the woman, saying,
Hold it, while L cut some grass for
the goat" and then, lowering the
kettle from his shoulders, imprlson
ed the chicken under it, and wick
eddy kissed the woman, as she was
afraid be would!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06
Order Of Publication.
IN NACATI0N.l
William Bailey, plaintiff,
Vs.
Lemuel S. House, dcfend't>
! Audrain Circuit Court, Feb. 10, 1879,

NOW, at this day, comes plaintiff,
~ by his attorney, and files his pc
tition. verified by affidavit, alleging,
among other things, that said deten-
dant is a nonresident of the state of
Missouri. You, said nonresident de-
PENDANT, are therefore hereby notified
of the filing of said petition. the OBJ
ject and general nature of which Is to
enforce a lien on the following de-
scrlbed real estate, situate In Mexico,
Audrain county, Missouri, t0-wlt :
Block five in Broadwatcr's addition,
for the sun of $425.S 80 from February
18th, 1878, and unless YOU be and ap-
pear at the next regular term ot this
court, to be begun and holden at the
CITY of Mexico, on the first Monday
in June next, and plead to said petit
| ton the same will be taken as con
fessed and Judgment rendered accord
ingly.
II is further ordered that q copy
hercofb be published, according to law
in the Mexico LEDGER, q newspaper
printed and published in the city OF
Mexico, Mo.
4 true copy. Witness my hand as
500. clark and seal of said court,
SEAL affixed at ONCE IN Mexico,
*....* this. 25th day Of February,
1879. JAS. CARROLL, Clerk.
S. NJ. EDWARDS, Atty for Plff. Asa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06
ALASKA.

For sometime the settlers in Alaska
have been destitute OF protection.
Since the withdrawal Of troops from
Sitka, they have been at the mercy
of the savages that surround their
settlements. The latest accounts
represent their situation to be critical
in the extreme. Not long since two
Indians murdered one James Brown
while he lay asleep, plumber being
their only motive. The williams were
captured and sent to San Francisco
for trial. This has eXasperated their
friends who now threaten TO extirpate
the settlers. These, at last accounts,
were living behind barricaded doors,
armed to their teeth and ready to re.
sist assault. For all that is known,
however, they may have been massa-
cred. Her majesty's cutter, Os-
prey, has gone to their assistance
and other vessels will follow rs soon
As they can be sent.
The troops withdrawn from Sitka
were transferred to an island in San
Francisco Bay at the instance of the
Alaska Commercial Company, whose
policy it has been to keep emigrants
out of the country, so as to enjoy a
monopoly of the business Of catching
seals. One by one the checks on
this company have been removed,
and now there are neither agents mol
troops to interfere with their opera
tons.
Since the exclusive right Of taking
100, 900 seals annually was conferred
upon this company, the Govern
l ment's income from that fishery ha
amounted to about $796, $50 yearly
Alaska cost the country $1,000, 600
and the compsay's paid up capital
q S373,046.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06

WHEREAS, Bryant @. Barkwell
w and Sarah Barkwell, his vile, by
their certain deed of trust, dated
April 4th, 1873, and recorded II the
Recorders office OF Audrain county,
Missouri, in book IN" Oh page 1874,
conveyed to w. r. Mcbride, as trus-
tee, the following described real
estate, situated in the county of Au-
dram, State of Missouri, to-wit The
northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of section t~hirty-siX, town.
ship tifty-one, range eleven, the said
conveyance being made to secure the
payment of a certain prOmissory note
therein described and, whereas, de-
fault has been made in the payment
of said note and interest now, there
fore, at the request of the legal holder
of said note, | will, on
Monday, the oath day of March, 1879,
between the hours of 9 O'Clock, a. ~,
and 3 O'Clock, p. m, of said day, sell
said real estate at public auction, to
the highest bidder. for cash i'll hand,
at the east door of the court house,in
the city of Mexico, Audrain county,
! state of Missouri, to satisfy said note,
interest, and cost of executing this
trust. W. II MCBRIDE,
Trustee.
Mexico, No, Feb. 90, 1S79-tds
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06

NOTICE is hereby given that letters
IN Of administration upon the estate
of Tiios II. Williams, deceased,
were granted to the undersigned ad-
ministrator by the Probate Court of
Audrain county, bearing date the
Goth day of February, 1879.
All p"r-on~ having claims against
said estate T. required to exhibit
the same To the undersigned for allow
ance within one year after the date of
said letters, OF they may be precluded
from any benefit of said estate, and if
such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date of this pub
LEGATION, they will be forever barred
W +. REED,
Admir- estate 7. II. Williams. decd.
MeNico. No Ecb'v y. 1879. IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06

NOW, at this day, comes plaintiffs,
~ by their attorney, and on their
motion it was by the Court ordered
that order of publication issue for
Joseph l.. Gaines, and the unknown
heirs of w. ID. Roberts. You, said
defendants are hereby notified of the
filing of their petition, the object and
general nature of which is to obtain
a decree of Court to the following
described lands situate in Audrain
CO., state ofMo., to-wit: The north
east quarter and thirty-seyen acres
of the north part of the southeast
quarter of section four, township
Gfty-twO, range eight west. and the
south half Of the southeast quarter of
section thirty-three, township fifty
three. range eight west ; and unless
you be and appear at the next regular
term of this court, to be begun and
held at the Court House in the city
of Mexico, on the first Monday i'll
June next and plead to said petition.
the same will be taken as confessed
and judgment rendered accordingly.
1t is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published according to law
i'll the Mexico LEDGER, a newspaper
printed and published in the city of
Mexico, Missouri.
y true copy. Witnes my hand as
........ clerk, with seal of said
SEAL court, affixed at Office in
~ Mexico. Missouri, this 25th
day of February, 1879.
JAS. CARROLL, Clerk.
G.. 1. QUISENBERRY, Atty for Pins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-06

Henry Larimor., of Galloway, re-
marked during his canvass last fall
that he would be worth $40 per day
in the Legislature to his constituents.
He now spends two days out of q
week in Fulton in auctioneering off
stock. We suggest that he pay the
county $40 for this loss of time.
Bot really we don't think any of his
constituents will ever ask him for the
$40. Reason: don't think he owes it.