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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Lifting up the Cross.


Mr.. Moody has said that the fifty-third
chapter of Isaiah is his system of theology.
As far as the Old Testament Scriptures are
concerned, that chapter is the richest in its
unfoldings of redemption. But no twenty
verses in the Bible seem to US to contain
such body of divinity" as those which
are to be found in the third chapter of John.
There we have human depravity, regenera-
ton, the work of the Spirit, the love of God
in providing redemption and the great core.
truth Of the atonement by the cross-all
presented from the lips Of the Son of God
himself. The Sermon on the Mount was
Chrst's great discourse-his resurrection of
Lazarus was his great miracle-his interces-
sion for his church on the night of his be
trayal was his great prayer--and the talk
with Nicodemus was his great converse.
tion. Good Christianity means cross-bear-
ing. Good preaching means cross-lifting.
And l." said the blessed Redeemer, "if
be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men unto me-" This does not refer to his
exaltation, but to his sacrifcial death. When
he told Nicodemus that the Son of Man
must be lifted up, he predicted his own cru
ciixion, aud defined the great single pur-
pose of it 10 be this" Whosoeyer believeth
in him shall not perish, but have everlasting
life" How unwarrauted is the assertion OF
some Unitarians that Jesus preached only a
divine system of morality, but did not teach
the atonement or salvation by his cross =
Reu. r. /. Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Chances In the City.

To sum up what the city man really feels
in regard to the coming Of his country ac-
quaintance to the city, it would not be far
from this, viz;
First-The chances for wealth are as great,
practically, in the country as in the city,
and the expenses of living and the risks Of
disaster much less.
Second-The competitions of city life and
the struggles to get hold of business and sal
aried work are fearful. No man should
come TO the city unless he knows what he is
going to do, or has money enough in his
hands to take care OF himself until he gets a
living position or becomes satisfied that he
cannot get one. Even to-day, with the evi
dences of renewed prosperity all around us,
there are probably ten applications on file
for every desirable place, and no man living
here could help friend to place unless he
could create one.
Third-That the social privileges of the
city may be greater, while the opportunity
for social distinction and the probabilities
of social consideration are much less than
they are in the country.
Fowh-That 10 many respects there i:
nothing in the city that can compensate fol
the pure pleasure of country scenery, and
country life and neighborhood associations
FUh-That city mans dream of the
future, particularly if he ever lived in tbs
country, is always of the country and tbs
soil. lie longs to leave the noise and figh
all behind him, and go back to his country
home to enjoy the money he may have won
DR.. Holland in Scribner.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

THE lines Westward the course of en-
pire takes its way" etc., were written by
George Berkeley, an Irish philosopher, who
was born in 1854 and died in 1853. He was
educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and
wrote several famous works. Having formed
the plan of establishing college at the Ber-
mudas, he, after long delay, obtained aid
from the government of England. 1t was
in anticipation of the happy result of this
scheme that he wrote the stanzas, "On the
Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in
America" in which occurred the above.
mentioned lines.
We will not attempt to decide the legal
point at issue between "teacher" and her
superintendent, or to say which method the
courts would sustain, because to foreten a
courts decision is the one thing that is be-
yond the power of Omniscence." 1t may
safely be said, however, that whichever would
have been the legal method prior to the pas
sage of the act of 1866, would be the legal
method STILL for section four of that act
reads: Nothing In this act snail be so con-
strued as to affect any existing laws relat-
ing to banks and banking institutions, nor
to notes and contracts existing before the
passage of this act"
THE humming for which our correspon'
dent could find no satisfactory cause was
doubtless produced by bees after honey
dew" sweet substance found upon trees
and sometimes sprinkled upon the surface
beneath them. By some authorities it:
origin is attributed to insects, while Others
hold that insects have no agency in the mat
ter, but that it is thrown off by leave;
"always upon the upper surface" though
the cause has not been determined. "Dry
weather is most favorable to its production
it is readily washed off by rains, aud has
been observed to reappear upon the SAINT
tree several times in succession
The salary of the various army officers i,
| az follows.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
The salary of the various army officers is

The above is the salary for the first five
years of service. After five years it is in
creased at various rates according to the
number of years the ofii,er has been in
service.
AUTHORITIES differ as to whether there is
or is not ga mound or prominence of any
kind to mark the spot where Lots wife gave
the fatal backward glance" Different trav-
elers give different versions of the story.
Lieutenant w. F. Lynch, commanding the
United States government expedition sent
out in lSi7 to explore the Dead Sea and
surrounding country, asserts that pillar is
there to be seen the same, without doubt,
to which the reports of the natives and OF
travellers refer. But that this particular pill
lar, or any like it, is or was that into which
Lots wife was transformed, cannot, OF course,
be demonstrated. The lieutenant describes
it as lofty, round pillar, of solid salt capped
with carbonate Of limestone, standing at the
head of a deep, narrow chasm. The upper
or rounded part is about forty feet high
resting on a kind of oval pedestal, from
forty to sixty feet above the sea level. II
slightly decreases in size upward, crumbles
at the top, aud is one entire mass Of crystal
lization. A prop or buttress connects il
with the mountain behind, and the whole is
covered with debris of light stone color
It's peculiar shape is attributable to the
action Of winter rains. Lieutenant Lynch
as is the case with most travellers who have
visited the spot, gives no credit to the repre-
sentations that connect this pillar with
Lots wife, though Montague thinks tina,
she, while lingering behind, was over
whelmed in the yielding soil which formed
the shore, and thus became the model ol
foundation for this extraordinary column,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Political Economy.

That we, as working people, need to
be more familiar with the principles of po.
itcal economy, will hardly be questioned
by any who but glance at the record of the
past decade. Concerning this subject it
cannot be said, as of that in the above ar
ticle, that we have no books upon it; that
excuse will not answer. The trouble is the
other way; there are too many. DIR. Chaplin
of Beloit College has lately written concise
work which cannot fail of being extern
sively used, and with excellent results among
the older scholars, or read with profit in the
home. The author presents the subject
simply and clearly for the study of young
people who have learned something of the
power of language and are beginning to
think aud reason for themselves. The sub
ects now agitating the public mind are dis
tinctly treated, not in a partisan way, yet
with view to establish sound opinions
Thus the relations of capital and labor, the
distribution of profits the principles and
usages of taxation, the functions of money
and credit, the uses of banks, and the de
mand of modern civilization for more free
.fRsr PRINCIPLES OF PoLTIoAL ECONOMY
| by Aaron l.. Chaplin, d. D., President OF Beoii
] College. New York; Sheldon and Company.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Valentines Day.


Saint Valentine, according to some writers,
was bishop; according to others, pres
byter, who was beheaded at Rome in the
reign of Emperor Claudius, 270 A. d. Wheat
ley says that Saint Valentine was man of
80 admirable character and so famous for
his love and charity, that the custom Of
choosing valentines upon his festival took
its rise from thence" Others derived the
custom from birds being supposed to choose
their mates on that day; others from prac-
tice prevalent in Rome at the festival of the
Lupercala during the month of February,
when, among other ceremonies, the names
of young ladies were placed in a box, from
which they were taken by young men as
chance directed. The pastors of the early
church, finding it impossible to uproot this
pagan ceremony, changed its FORM 1t was
the custom on the eve of February 14th,
Saint Valentines day, to have the names Of
a select number of ladies put into box
together with the names of an equal mum.
ber of gentlemen, and thereupon each drew
name, which for the time being was called
his or her valentine. In the early days
presents of glovef, jewelry and other ar
tices of toilet were common as valentines
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
The Origin OF Machine.Made Pens.

Joseph elliott, the fret to employ ma
chinery in the manufacture of steel pens,
was originally maker Of buckles and other
steel toys, working alone in garret in Bir-
mingham. At this time he was engaged to
a young woman in his own rank in life,
whose two brothers were working in about
the same style as himself, on handmade
pens. elliott thought he could better the
process, and worked secretly in his garret
until he had made press and other appli-
ances, by which he could make twenty times
as many pens in day than was possible
under the old methods. lie found ready
sale for them aud soon the demand outgrew
his power of production. At this iuncture
agreement was made to his proposal that
they should marry and work together, little
dreaming of the ultimate issue of their en-
terprise In after years Mr.. elliott used to
tell how on the very morning of his marriage.
he began and finished a gross of pens
sold them for s742s., before going to church.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Elegance and Love.

never saw a garment too fine for man OF
maid there never was chair too good for
a cobbler or a cooper or king to sit in
never house too fine to shelter the hu, man
head. The elements about us, the glorious
sky, the imperial sun, are not too good for
the human race Elegance fits man. Bur
do we not value these tools for housekeep-
ing little more than they are worth, and
sometimes mortgage house for the ma
hogany we bring into it 2 had rather eat
my dinner off the head of barrel, or dress
after the fashion of John the Baptist in the
wilderness, or sit on block all my life
than consume all myself before got to a
home, and take so much pains with the out
side that the inside was as hollow as al
empty nut. Beauty is great thing, but
beauty of garment house and furniture are
tawdry ornaments compared with domestic
love. All the elegance in the world will not
make a home, aud would give more for a
spoonful of real hearty love than for whole
ship-loads of furniture, and all the gorgeous
ness all the upholsterers in the world can
gather.-Dr. Holmes
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
The Tireside.
THEIR ANGELS.

heir angels do always behold the face Of my Faith,
Ii Ia In heaven"
My heart IL lonely as heart can be,
And the cry Of Rachel goes mp from me,
For the tender faces unforgot
OF the little children that are not
Although, know,
They are all in the land where shall go.
wart them close In the dear old way;
Bnt life goes forward and will not stay.
And he who has made II has made II right
Yet miss my darllngs out Of my sight;
Although. know.
They are all In the land where I shall go.
Only one has died. There Ia one small mound,
violet-heaped. IN the sweet grove-ground;
Twenty years they have bloomed and spread
Over the little baby headi
And oh know
She IL safe In the land where shall go.
Not dead only grown and gone away.
The hair Of my darling Ia turning gray,
That was golden once In the days 30 dear.
Over for many and many year.
Yet know-1 know
She's a child in the land where shall 60.
My bright brave boy Is a prave-eyed man.
Facing the world as a worker can;
But think Of him now as had him then,
And I lay his cheek to my heart again,
And so, know,
shall have him where we both shall 20.
ont from the Father and into life;
Back to his breast from the ended strife,
And the finished labor. hear the word
From the lips Of him who was Christ aud Lord.
And know, that 80
II shall be in the land where we all shall go.
Given back-with the gain. The secret thi,
or the blessed kingdom OF children IA
My mothers arms are waiting for me;
fshail lay my head on my fauics'a knee.
For 80. I know,
I'm child myself where shall go.
The world Is troublous, and hard, and cold,
And men and women grow gray and old
But behind the world Is an inner place
Where yet their angels behold Gods face;
And lol we know,
That only the children can see him 40.
-HrS. 4. D. T. Whnnel
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Zeal for Souls.

A traveller one dark night was journeying
towards a deep, rapid river, crossed by a
bridge, which had been swept away, but he
knew it not. A man met him, and with a
careless air asked, "Are you aware the
bridge is gone ?" "No; do you think it
is p" 40, heard SO" said the man in the
same Indifferent manner; "you better not
go on" Deceived by his hesitating and
careless way, the traveller proceeded. Soon
another man met him, and called out in
alarm, "Sir, the bridge is gone" |" 40,
yes," replied the traveller; az heard that
story, but don't believe it, as it was told in
careless tone" "But it is gene /" ex-
claimed the other 81 knop it is gone, for
barely escaped being carried away with it
myself" The traveller was convinced, and
turning about saved his life. So the danger
to mems souls may be pointed out with
such careless and Indifferent air that they
will not realize the danger. They may be
warned with so much of earnestness as 10
arrest and turn them from the sinful road to
the path Of safety.-Spwgeoa.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

teous nor honorable; in other words, IL is
most unmannerly. We have known remark
able men, living for years under the blight
of their familiarly.used first names--men
whose fortunes would have been made, or
greatly mended by removing to some place
where they could have been addressed with
the courtesy due TO their worth, and been
rid forever of the cheapcning processes Of
familiarity. How can man lift his head
under the degradation of being called Sam"
by every man, young and old, whom he may
meet in the street How can strong
character be carried when the man who
bears it must bow decently to the name Of
"Blly ?" -.Scribner's Md11zine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
VOL. 75.-3S26. NO. 1S.
A FOLDED LEAF.

A folded page old, stained and blurred.
found within your book last night.
did not read the dim, dark word
I saw in the slow-wanng light;
So put II back and left 1t there.
A. II In truth did not care.
All we have all a folded leaf
That in Times book Of long ago
We leave unread; a half-relief
Falls on us when we hide itso.
We fold II down, then turn away,
And who may read that page to-day
Not you, my chlld nor you, my wife,
who ait beside my study chair
For al have something in their life
That they, and they alone, may bear
A trihng lie, q deadly sin.
A something bought they did not win.
My folded leaf how blue eyes gleam
And blot the dark brown eyes see;
And golden curls at evening beam
Above the black locks at my knee
All me that leaf ia folded down,
And aye for me the locks are brown.
And yet love them who ait by,
Ny best and dearest-dearest now.
They may not know for what sigh,
What brings the shadow on my brow.
Ghosts at the best; 40 let them be,
Nor come between my life and me.
They only rise at twilight hour;
SO light the lamp and close the blind.
Small perfume fingers in the flower
That sleeps that folded page behind.
So let It ever folded lie;
Twill be unfolded when die
Ta..u al
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

international trade, have prominent place
as topics of present. practical interest. lie
avoids the advocacy of one side or the other
of disputed questions; but in the last chap
ter positive opinions are expressed on the
issue between protection and free trade,
partly as an example of the application Of
principlesto topics of the day and partly to in
dictate the present strong drift of both pbilo.
sophical and practical economists on that
ouaatiop
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
Educational DrparfmrnL.
Conducted by W. W. AINswoRrH. Calais, VT.
NIGHT.

Mysterious night when our nrst parent knew
Thee, from report divine. and heard thy name
Did he not trembe for this lovely frame,
This glorious canopy OF light and blue7
Yet meath a curtain Of translucent dew,
Bathed in the rays Of the great settling flame
IIesperus. with the host OF heaven came,
And 10 creation widencd In mans view.
who could have thought such darkness lay concealed
Within thy beams, o sun or who could find,
while fly and leaf and Insect stood revealed,
That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us bllndY
why DO we, then, shun death with anxious strife9
II flight can thus deceive, wherefore not fe2
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

A LARGE portion of the Algerian Sahara
lies below the level of the Mediterranean.
This is especially the case in the parts oc,
cupied by the Schotts, name applied to
the beds of dried-up lakes. By cutting a
canal across the narrow isthmus lying be-
tween the head of the Gulf OF Cabes and the
Schott El-Djerid, the sea would pour into
this tract, and form an extended inland sea.
Mr.. Roudaire, the engineer in charge of the
preliminary surveys, estimates the cost Of
the work at twenty million francs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

"WHAT does your husband do2 asked
the census man. I" He amt doin' nothing
at this time of the year" replied the young
wife. ais he pauper ?" asked the census
man. She blushed scarlet to the ears.
Law, no !" she exclaimed somewhat in
dignanty. ave amt been married more'n
six weeks. s."-Buriinqion HapkeNe.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

A PROFESSOR at Cornell, lecturing on the
effects of the wind in some western forests,
remarked ain travelling along the road,
even sometimes found the logs bound and
twisted together to such an extent that a
mule couldn't climb over them, 80 went
snu,l
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

SMALL things often have a greater effect
ON the average mortal than large ones for
q practical illustration Of this axiom, Just
place your forefnger on therear bay window
Of an excited hornet
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

A PLAINFIELD undertaken from the EN-
erald Isle, stopped boy whom he was pass
ing in wagon one day recently, with the
question Sonny, can you tell me where
the dead woman lives"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11
An Old Kentucky Letter.
ny o. O. W.

Examining old letters of thirty years ago
came upon one received by me from a gen.
tleman of Kentucky. The handwriting, if
anything can be shown from that, and the
style, spelling, etc., indicated that it was
written by business man, who probably
represented the delightful public sentiment
of that gallant commonwealth. The occa-
sion which called out the letter was bust
ness note sent to the New York Express,
then Whig paper, drifting rapidly toward
the Democracy, among whom it finally
landed. My letter was private one, writ
ten by postmaster, and contained a re-
buke for the pro-slavery attitude of that
paper. 1t was breach of good manners
for James Brooks to publish it, but it fur
nished him a topic of discourse to which a
reply was made. Our Kentucky friend saw
the published letter, and as my readers will
see, was enamored of it. Here it is:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11

-, KENTUCKY Feb IL, 1851.
"Dr. Sir II see in the N. Y Express Of the 7th
inst a very foolish & insulting letter from your
corrupt and sinfH person, and now congratulate
you upon the safe delivery Of such wonderful
production, and do hope your head is not cracked
for Matching such n letter. nor your month sore
Tor speaking the same, nor your hand palsied for
writing such abominable & helsh sentiments
II you should ever honor old Kentucky with your
loathsome person, you will no doubt find some of
our colored 'gemman and ladies anxious to
give you welcome reception, and also some of
our citizens would give you coat Of Tar and
Feathers. Please answer this question, II you
are married, is your wife black, mulatto, Indian
or white?'
How long the writer, whose name I do
means of knowing. As the entertainment
to which he invited me was not very at
tractive, at least not enough so to tempt me
to undertake so long and so expensive a
journey. didn't go. If alive, perhaps the
gentleman's estimate of slavery now may
not differ much from mine.
1t will be pleasant change, if ever real
lied, when the people of all sections, look
ing back upon that dreary and deplorable
past, shall rejoice together over the grave of
the buried monster. If the politicians were
not continually and recklessly raking over
the dying embers of sectional animosity,
some of us might live to realize the sweet
dream of an emancipated brotherhood of re-
couciled citizens of a dear and common coun.
| try--of united and reconstructed states
with no lines of invidious territorial dis
| tinction.