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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Fascination Of Life in Washington.

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can;tal instinct with the official and social
I;fs that centers about the seat Of Govern.
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s;ngnlar charm which disposes one To linper
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Waking TO See the Glory.

Sand when they were awake, they saw
his glory" But think how near they were
of missing it The great Master had taken
these disciples to the mountain for the very
purpose of showing them as much as they
could bear upon earth of his heavenly glory.
lie went to pray till the bright hour should
come, and, oh, what pity, these three men
went off TO sleep, and perhaps never heard
a word Just to have heard that one prayer,
what would we have given? A wonderful
prayer it must have been, for in the midst
of it, heaven came down his soul to greet"
As he prays, that ineffabe change creeps
over him. The man Christ Jesus puts on
the radiance of his divinity. Three saints
from above came down to hold heavenly
converse. That one rare and never-to be-
repeated display Of TRANSPORTATION in mortal
sight, during his earthly life, is going on,
aud Peter, James and John asleep We
grow impatient. Will they never wake up
How shall we ever know of that wondrous
scene, aud get some of the glory and the
lesson of it in our own souls, il those earthly
creatures slumber ont But the mercy
comes at last, and we thank God, and so do
they, that it was not too late. The sublime
pageant had not passed by. "And when
they were awake, they saw his glory" We,
less favored, or more to blame, we should
say, too often let our opportunities pass for
witnessing some God-prepared vision, and
get never a glimpse because we are heavy
with sleep" Nature, aside from her every
day beauty has her TRANSPORTATION days in
every season. But perhaps we are busy
hurried, worried, letting our aesthetic senses
slumber, while we lift not our eyes over the
fair earth and sky. Or, we only notice
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Ghe yume Grrlf.
MY MOTHERS PICTURE.

How many times, as through the room hasten,
Without thought OF other days at all,
l lift my eyes and straightway am standing
Before her picture hanging on the wall.
Almost It seems her pleasant voice ia calling,
And am fiin to answer, " Yes, hear"
All earthly sounds shall be TO me as silence,
II you will speak, mother, mother dear
No answer comes hush my breath TO listen
But still the eyes, with patient, steadfast gaze.
Look into mine they pierce through flesh and spirit
bow my head and blush beneath their rays.
For she Ia wise with wisdom that appalls me,
The solemn secrets Of the grave she knows;
And high DER me by Gods own hand uplifted,
Through wondroua ways Of his own heaven she goes
Beyond all change, and safe from times mutation,
And grieved no more by earth's forlorn complaints,
Thou pictured face dim semblance Of my mother
How dost thou look among the crowned saintsY
80 fart 40 far once II faintly called You,
Or laughed. or wept you were 80 quick 10 know;
All else might fail, my mothers love was certain;
Now, dying cen, your touch must forego.
Thou there, here. and know not what spaces
Beyond the graves green width divide us two,
Nor Of the times, uncounted and unmeasured,
That must go DER me ere look you.
But shall hnd you am coming, mother
Sometime. somewhere, when his great will ia done,
And ! am ut to stand once more beside you,
To your high place shall have leave to come.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Mnra1 and ReHginns.
MY WORK.

"AH members have not the same obfcs."
l could not do the work the re,persd did,
or bind the golden sheaves that thi"kly fell :
But could follow by the Masters side,
And watch the marred face love 80 well.
Right in my path lay many ripened ear,
which would stoop and gather joyfullyi
did not know the Master placed them there
"Iandsful Of purpose" that he left for me.
could not cast the heavy fisher net
l had not strength or wisdom for the task
SO on hesunlit sands, with spray drops wet,
sat, and earnest prayers thick and fast
pleaded for the Masters blessing where
My brethren toiled upon the wide world sea-
or ever that knew, his smile so fair
Came shedding all Its radiancy on me-
l could not Join the glorious solder-band'
never heard the ringing batte-cryi
The work allotted by the Masters hand
Kept me nj home while others went to die
And yet when victory crowned the struggle long
And spos were homeward brought. both rich and rar'
lie let me help to chant the triumph song,
And bads me In the gold and Jewels share.
o. Master dear the tiniest work for thee
Finds recompense beyond our highest thought;
And feeble hands. that work bnt trembingy.
The richest colors In the fabric wrought.
We are content to take what thou shalt give,
To work or suffer thy choice shall be;
Forsakng what thy wisdom bids us leave,
Glad in the thought that we are pleasing theel
london Christian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Healthy Homes.

In an address before the sanitary congress
at Craydon, DIR. Richardson of London gave
a few golden rules for securing health
at home First, he would put sunlight
Whether your home be large or small, give
it light Not only was the mind saddened
in home that was not flushed with light,
but sunlight was of itself directly useful TO
health. The practice Of placing sick people
in dark and closely curtained rooms was
alike peruicious to body and spirit aud,
moreover, he had found by experiment that
certain organic poisons analogous to the
poisons which propagate epidemic and con-
tapious diseases were rendered iunocuous
bv exposure to light. If it were good to
make all possible use of sunlight, 1t was
equally good to make as little use as possi-
BILE of artificial light. Artificial lights so
far had been source OF waste, not only Of
the material out of which they were made,
but of the air in which they were burned.
In the air of the closed room the present
commonly-used lamps, candles and gaslights
robbed the air of part of its vital consttu-
ent, and supplied in return products really
injurious to life. Gaslght was in this re-
spect most hurtful, but the others were bad
when long kept burning in confined space.
The fewer hours after dark that were spent
in artificial light the better, and this sug-
| gested, of itself, that within reasonable
| limits the sooner we went to rest after dark
| the better. 1t was of the greatest import
ance in healthy home to let every person
have separate bed, and the clothes should
| be light and warm. As the bedroom was
the room in which one-third of the whole
| life was passed. that ought to be the room on
which most trouble after health should be
bestowed. The rule followed was the re-
verse of this. The bedroom should be SC
planned that never less than four hundred
cubic feet of space should be given to each
occupant, however good the ventilation
might be. The walls should be colored
with distemper or with paint, that, like the
silicate paint, could be washed three or foul
times year. The windows should have
nothing more than blind and half muslin
curtain. The floors should have carpets
only around the beds, without valances iron
the beds. The furniture should be as sim
pie aud scanty as possible, the chairs free o
all stufiings or covers that could hold dust
Of all things, again, the room should b'
kept clear of all vestments not in use
From time to time fire should be made il
every bedroom that free current OF at
mospheric air might sweep through it iron
open doors and windows. Dry scrubbing i
by far the best mode of cleansing the floor
An equal temperature of about sixty de
srees Fahrenheit throughout the house,
free access of air, and, above all, dry air.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Why Boys Don't and Should Learn Trades

There is conspiracy among societymen
all over the country to keep American boys
out of the useful trades, and industrial edu-
cation is thus under the ban of an out
rageous despotism which ought to be put
down by the strong hand of the law 1t is
thus seen that while the common school nat
urally turns the great multitude of its at
tendants away from manual employments,
those who still feel inclined to enter upon
them have no freedom TO do so, because a
great army of societymen stand firmly in
the way, overriding employer aud employed
alike. The public hardly needs to learn
that the result of the indisposition and in-
ability to learn trades among American boys
is about as disastrous as eau be imagined.
1t is found that in the prisons, almost uni
versally the number of criminals who never
learned trade 10 those who are skilled
workmen is as six TO one The army of
tramps who have infested the country for
the last two years is largely composed of
men who have had no industrial education
whatever. These men who beg at our
doors are mainly men who never learned a
trade, and can handle nothing but a shovel.
A New York clergyman, possessing a large
family of boys, recently declared from his
pulpit that he intended that every lad of his
family should learn some mechanical EN-.
ployment, by which, in AN emergency, he
could get living. He was right. 1t is in
the emergencies OF life--it is when men find
themselves helpless and without the power
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Who Shall Pay |!

1t is objected to the civil damage law,
which has been under sharp discussion in
the Massachusetts senate, that sit is bad
law, because it provides for punishing one
man for an offense committed by another"
But isn't any law which deals with accesso-
ries and accomplices open to the same OBJ
lection The theory of the civil damage
law is, that those who conduct and profit by
the liquor traffic should be held liable for its
consequences. We have not much faith in
it as a barrier against the sale OF liquor for
greed on one side and appetite on the other
will overcome any prudence based on un-
known chances. But as a salutary restraint,
and especially as helping to put the wretched
traffic under the ban as dangerous and dis.
reputable business, the law ought TO stand.
rhe injustice possible under it is not com
parable with the dreadful wrongs against
suffering wives and dependent children,
which are perpetrated every day by grog-
sellers. Experience has shown that the law
is not used as an engine of oppression. The
average American jury can be trusted with
even rumseller's rights. There is, how
ever, question whether the state should not
assume the responsibility for a traffic which
it licenses for money. 1t would tend to
bring home to the people the nature and
consequences of the business in manner
more convincing than all the temperance
harangues. There is nothing like tax levy
to search out the true inwardness of the av-
erage careless voter. Property now pays for
the pauperism and crime caused by strong
drink but it is in so indirect manner that
the real Significance of The levy is lost. Let
a few heavy bills for direct damages be
added to the budget, and voters would be-
gin to inquire whether the traffic "pays !
and anything that "don't pay" in this
country, stands a good chance to go down
Why shouldn't the state be responsible for
the acts of men to whom it sells monopoly
of liquor dealing, after certifying to their
"good moral character ?" 1t looks little
too much like Sinking the consequences for
the state to grant the privilege, receive the
pay, protect the monopoly and then expose
its agents to penalties for doing what 1t has
authorized them to do.-Golden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

of earning money-that they slip into crime,
and become the tenants of prisons and pen
itentiaries. So the American people must,
sooner or later, be driven to the establish
ment of industrial schools. To learn how
TO work skillfully with the hands must be
come part of common education. Rich
and poor alike should be taught how to
work, for it is quite as likely that the rich
will become poor as that some Of the poor
will become rich and that is and always
must be, poor education which fails to
prepare man to take care Of himself and
his dependents in life. We understand
what TO do with criminals. We con6ne
them and set them to learning trade,
especially the young criminals. The reform
schools never leave out the element of man.
ual industry. Why is it not just as legit-
innate TO teach the virtuous how to take care
Of themselves without crime as it is the
vicious.-J. G. Holland.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Mistaken Identity.

DIR. G. s. Robinson, in his new book,
=" Studies in the New Testament" tells the
following story A single incident of the
visit Of Mr.. Moody to New York came TO
my knowledge at the time give it in
substance as related to me by one Of the
parties mentioned in it. | think IL is quite
true. 1t seems that a gentleman accus.
toned TO attend the great assemblies at the
Hippodrome had invited one of his busi-
ness associates to go with him to the meet
ing and hear the evangelist speak. After
the service was over, on the way home, he
inquired Of him how he liked the SERMON
The answer was all he could have wished.
al believe" said the man with his manner
full of unmistakable enthusiasm, that il
the regular ministers would preach as that
Moody does they would have half the town
running after them 1t is grand to listen to
the voice of such representative OF the
people, no matter if he is ignorant aud un-
educated. But in the churches the big
scholars get up, and they are so stiff and so
starched and so cold that there is no use in
going TO hear them" Surprised at such an
amount of information concerning the hab
its of metropolitan clergymen on the part OF
one who, as he supposed rarely saw any one
of them to know him, my informant in
quired calmly, Where do you usually at
tend church p And the reply came as he
expected, 90, am one Of the outsiders, as
you call them; | have not been in pew
for many year" But then he went on to
say that he respected religion, and all that
he rented a sitting for his wife in the church
on the corner of - street and - Place
Z" But why do you never go with her ?" per
sisted his friend Because, as | said, they
are all so prosy and stiff; if knew min
lister in this town who could preach ser
mon like that we heard just now, | would GO
five miles every Sunday to listen to him !
More amused than amazed, his companion
turned on him with single quiet remark
"Well, L" then, you had better try it next Sun
day for Mr.. Moody was away to-day, anc
the man you heard in the Hippodrome wa
your wife's pastor, Rev. DR.. B of th'
church on the corner of - street and -
Place"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

we lose the beatific view of that beaming
countenance which shall inspire us to do
aud suffer unto the end, and which it iss
worth more than life TO have seen. And
tell us, ye who pray and watch for souls,
would not the Christ come into our com
munities with Transforming power upon
great numbers II we, each individual in our
churches, would oftener, yea, even once in
our lives let Jesus lead us into a high
mountain apart to be transfigured before us,
while we should keep awake long enough to
see his glory2 If we can only see it we eau
tell others we shall even catch little re-
Election of IL on our own dull faces, which
those about us noticing, will want to see the
glorifed Saviour, too. Shall they, with us,
miss of the glory because we are not awake
-Cbrisfian Mirror
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

The following letter proves
that BRIGHT'S DISEASE,
in its worst form, is durable

Messrs. H. H. Varaer 6 Co., Rochester, ~
Y-GENrIEMES Having ESCAPED death from
Brights disease by the use of your Remedy,
feel IL a duty. not only to acknowledge my
gratitude to Won personally. but also to bring
nv case before the public and have those who
are suffering similarly to Judge whether med-
cine not prepared nv the "regulars will cure
the frichtful malady or not
In the summer of 1872 was first taken i'll,
with svmptoms which. | was informed. were
those of Brights disease. | went to Marquette,
Michigan and called to nv aid physician of
noted ability. After remaining a considerable
TINA pnder his care found M mprovement,
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s"'n'ne on '',''o'.'o" ', Wv ~.
Declat oil Paris, and renamed under MS care
fifteen months lie used IN my case what Is
known as the caroohc treatment ana theh every
method which the most sclentlhc men oi the
profession on the continent were known 10 EN-
ploy. No improvement being apparent, the ser
vices OF DIR. B., a gentleman OF equal eminence'
were next solicited. Seven months oil careful
treatment by this kind gentleman brought me
to the beginning of the most aggravated symp'
toms of the disease. With swollen limbs, dis
ordered liver, impaired digestion and serious
Irregularities of the heart proceeded to Man
chester, England, and for five months my case
baied the skill of DIR. Roberts, one of the ablesi
men OF his profession In England, anu autno'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

A YOUNG LADY's DREss-Curious di
reotions for young ladys dress Let youI
earrings be attention, encircled by the pearls
of refinement. Let the diamonds of your
necklace be truth, and the chain of Chris
tianity. Let your bracelets be charity, or
namented with the pearls of gentleness
Let your bosom-pin be modesty, set with
compassion. Let your finger-rings be atfec
tion, set with the diamonds of industry
Let your girdle be simplicity, with tasse
of good humor. Let your garb be virtue
your drapery politeress. Let your shoes b'
wisdom, secured with the bucklet of per
severance.-Baptist Weekly.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

TRUE HArPINEss.-The most common
error of men and women is that of looking
for happiness somewhere outside of useful
work. 1t has never yet been found when
thus sought, and never will be while the
world stands, and the sooner this truth is
learned the better for every one. III you
doubt the proposition, glance around among
your friends aud acquaintances aud select
those who appear to have the most enjoy
ment in life. Are they the idlers and pleas
ure-seekers, or the earnest workers. We
know what your answer will be. OF all the
miserable human beings it has been our for
tune or misfortune to know they were the
most wretched who had retired from useful
employment to enjoy themselves while the
slave at his enforced labor, or the hungry
toiler for bread, were supremely happy in
comparison.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31
Drudge. Mothers and Lady Daughters.

Every one blames the fine-lady daughter
and pities the poor drudge-mother. The
daughter sits in the parlor, in nice clothes
and elegantly arranged hair, dawdling over
novel, or chatting with companions or
friends. Her mother is toiling in the
kitchen, or fretting her soul in the vain at
tempt to reduce her pile of mending,"
and at the same time look after tumbling
baby. The mothers face is worn and thin.
Baby has pulled her hair askew She still
wears the old dress that she put on in such
a hurry at half-past five in the morning
when baby woke her from weary sleep
She is tired She is always tired She is
tired on Saturday, and she is tired on Sun
day she is tired in the morning, and tired
in the evening; she goes to bed and gets up
tired. 1t is hard not to be angry with the
daughter, we confess. She can look in her
exhausted mothers face, and know how
much work there is to be done and never
willingly put forth hand to help her.
Nay, she is going out to tea this evening,
and will come to her mother TO have her
dress adjusted for the great occasion. She
casts much of the burden of her existence
upon the too generous heart that she does
not appreciate, aud never once feels the i'm
pulse to give the aid of her youthful strength.
In all our modern WOrlu tnere is not du ug-
ler sight than this, no, not one. 1t is but
natural to throw the blame of it upon the
daughter. "Heartless wretchl" we have heard
such girl called by indignant acquaint-
ances. She is to be pitied, rather. When
she was little child, all lovely and enga'
ging, her mother said to herself, She shall
not be the drudge was She shall not be
kept out of school to do housework, as |
was. She shall have good time while she
is young, for there's no knowing what her
lot will be afterward.' And so her mother
made her young life long banquet of de-
lights. Rough places were made smooth
Tor her; all difficulties were removed from
her path. The lesson taught her every hour
for years and years was that it was no great
matter what other people suffered, If only
her mothers daughter had good time
She learned that lesson thoroughly and a
| frightful selishness was developed in her
Her eyes may fall upon these lines. If SO
we tell her that people in general will make
no allowance for the faults of her bringing
up. They will merely say, See what a
shocking and shameful return she makes
for her mothers indulgent and generous
| care "-,Selecfed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-31

We MUST HAVE SLEEP.-l would keep
better hours" if | were boy again that
is, would go to bed earlier than most boys
do. Nothing gives more mental and bodily
vigor than sound rest when properly ap-
piled. Sleep is our great replenisher, and
II we neglect to take it regularly in child
hood, all the worse for us when we grow up,
If we sit up late, we decay aud sooner OF
later we contract a disease called insomnia,
allowing it to be permanently fixed upon us,
and then we begin to decay even in youth
Late hours are shadows from the grave
J. 4. Fields