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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
SUCH IS LIFE.

Away back in memory's halls hangs a
picture yet undimmed, though years have
come and gone since the days long ago
when first knew the reality. An old
brick school-house, formerly church,
with its broad doors and great arched
windows, their buff curtains futtering
lazily in the summer breeze, forms the
principal feature. A back ground of
hazy, purple-green hills, and just to the
right n group of grand old walnuts,
where daily we held our noon picnics,
and wove wonderful garlands to decorate
the yellowed walls of the old school
room, and in front the great gaping
ditch, which in marvelously-short
space of time would swallow up the
whole school after the bell tapped for
recess but to me the dearest feature of
all was the broad old Mississippi in the
distance, rolling along in majestic grand
eur, its sparkling wavelets catching the
suns brightest beams, and throwing
them back into the old school-house
with redoubled brilIiancy. From my
seat near the window / think | never
tired of watching its bright waves glim-
mer and CLEAN through the swaying
green trees. Here, gentle reader, it was
that first knew Ethel Raymond, tiny,
fair-haired girl of perhaps my own age,
always clad in the same pure-white dress
blnn gill, wo;st With low noci, onJ short
sleeves sett;na Of bar fo;r childish hnou'
tv thouob sadlv ont of niaco in tho
jnstv old scbooj,room no Was tho con.
erol on;n;on from, tbe numerous nm
tnrned noses and s,,nnreosoJ 't;tter of tbo
little calico.clad domsels whose monners
were not nearly 90 rosnectoble 90 tbo;r
somewbst.faded oorments How lona
II seemed till recess that first morning
and when # came how we all bonded
off tn "onr grove " rs we called tbe wal.
nnts 70 snrround Mat Rronson who
with an air Of snnerior knowledoe hal
informed no tbot tba now.comors Ivod
";nst down NV ber bonse y consanuentlv
was sunnosed 70 know ali obnnt tbem
at s,pects tbev must ba owfnl rich 70
dress sp fne Of scLool " t;m;dlv enc,
rested 1;,tin K;ttv EJwa,a, 90 soon , %
We woro sottloJ '
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Too NJ anu n,a m0 $50 ovor thara tbo o,ber
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
Mans Age,

Few men die of age. Almost all die
of disappointment, passion, mental or
bodily toll, or accidents. The passions
kill men sometimes, ever suddenly.
The common expression, chokcd with
passion, has little cXaggeraton i'll it ;
for, even though not suddenly fatal,
strong passions shorten life. Strong
bodied men often die young; weak men
live longer than the strong; for the
strong use their strength and the weak
have none to use. The latter take care
of themselves, the former do not. As it
is with the body, so it is with the mind
and temper. The strong are apt to
break, on, like the candle, to run; the
weak to burn out. The inferior animals
which live temperate lives have generally
their prescribed number Of years. The
horse lives twenty-five, the OK fifteen or
twenty, the lion about twenty, the dog
ten or twelve the rabbit eight, the
guinea pig six or seven years. These
numbers all bear a similar proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow to its
full size. But man, of the animals, is
one that seldom lives this average. He
ought to live hundred years, according
to physical law, for five times twenty are
one hundred but, instead of that, he
scarcely reaches on an average four times
his growing period the cat six times
the rabbit even eight times the standard
of measurement. The reason is obvious
man is not only the most irregular and
the most incorporate, but the most Ia
borous and hard worked Of all the ami
mails. He is also the most irritable of
all animals; and there is reason to
believe, though we can not tell what an
animal secretly feels, that, more than any
other animal, man cherlshes wrath to
keep it warm and consumes himself with
the fire of his own secret reflections. -
Albany Journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
The Ant.

An ant, three-eights of an inch long,
carrying burden of one-sixth of grain,
moves at the rate of one mile in eleven
hours. The weight "a small one, com
pared with what they can carry is eigh-
teen times their own. They compare
with a man five and half feet high,
weighing one hundred and forty pounds,
carrying weight of two thousand five
hundred pounds at the rate Of one hun
bred and seventy-six miles in eleven
hours.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16

PROF. ARNOLD says: "The assertion
is often made, and many people believe,
that water washes out the flavor of the
butter but it only cleanses the butter
of the buttermilk, sugar and milk acid
which may adhere to it, just as clarity
ing sugar removes from it the foreign
matters which modify its true flavor.
The flavor of butter consists of fatty
matters, which do not combine with
water, therefore cannot be washed away
by it. The effect of washing upon the
keeping quality Of butter depends upon
the purity of the water with which the
washing is done. II the water contains
no foreign matter that will affect the
butter, it will keep better for washing
the buttermilk out than by kneading it
out"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
A Fat Dog,

People who have no regard for truth
are sometimes not very happy in their
choice of lies to gain point; and after
they have told the wrong one, it is gen
orally too late. The Kennebec journal
revives the old story of the boy who
brought the dog-skin to the tanner to
sell:
"Was he fat dog?" asked the man of
leather.
"Yes."
"Was he very fat?"
eyes"
elbow fat was he?"
"He was the latest dog I ever see.
"Well, my boy, if he was SO very fat,
his hide is lot worth any thing"
Come to think of it," returned the
boy, 81 don't know as he was so very
fat. after ALL"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
"You have great deal Of dust here in

"YoU have great deal Of dust here in
San Francisco" "Ya-a-s," drawled the
hotel clerk; ~ suffer from it myself.
"Weak eyes?' inquired the stranger.
"No, Sir "Your lungs are Affected
them" "Not much!" yawned the CLERK.
ain what way then do you sli'fer from
the dust?" asked the somewhat surprised
Australian. '.By hearing about sixty
times am hour every fool who comes IN
here say, 'You have good deal Of dust
here in San Francisco?"--San Franz
cisco News Letter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16

THE best food for fattening fowls is q
mixture of boiled potatoes mashed in
skim milk, with Indian meal added.
Feed this warm two or three times a
day. and at night one feed of whole
corn. Keep the fowls in warm, dry
coop. Too much light is not advisable
for rapid fattening. If the fowls are in
fair order, in ten days of feeding as pre-
scribed they will be fat enough for mar
ket.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
AT THE MASQUERADE.
BY CARRIE v. SHAW.

Yes, we will go to the ball,
You and and the rest.
The winds seem quiet for all,
The heavens are at their best.
The day has been gray with rain,
And throbbing with mem'ries old,
That always come with their pain,
When skies are so wan and cold.
But, now thdt the clouds are fair,
The storm is still in my breast;
Well go with the maskers there,
You and and the rest.
You needpOt search for q mask
No one will guess it, dear,
So handsome and calm-I would ask
And defy them, to guess your fear.
Gilbert IL solemn and wise,
A wonderful role for him,
But sight of his happy eyes
IL making your own grow dim.
All roses of rcd and white,
THERE'S love and innocence, too,
he pale ones choose tonight,
and leave all the red for you.
D'Anglee is waiting the while,
think we are dressed to 60;
Sweet Jessie and JUNE smile
Through masks Of carmine and snow.
And now the winds are still,
And the skies are at their best,
Wen go to the dance on the hill
You and and the rest.
masked for the night,
Whirl In confusion around;
Smiling and testing and light,
Music and revelry's sound.
Flowers and garlands 30 sweet
Scatter perfume as they pass,
And vice and innocence meet
Alike In the glare Of the gas.
Hearts with their burdens Of care,
Souls with their burdens of sin,
Masked, with their faces 80 fair,
Wait for the dance to begin.
And You, with your fear-tossed soul,
And the roses over your heart,
Play out your pitiful role,
And dance till the sad notes part.
With eyes 10 serene and calm,
You stand where the red flowers glow,
And hold the blossoms Of balm
With petels Of perfumed snow.
But mist is before my sight,
AID turn my hower-wreathed head
From glimmering blossoms white,
And flashing Of roses red.
For like to the laughing lips
That under the rouge are white,
Your heart in its dark eclipse,
Lies under the roses light.
And the snowy petcls that shed
Their fragrance ever my brow
Seem cold and white like the dead
To the hearts grown chillier now.
But Gilbert tires of the dance,
Jessie and JUNE are here;
D'Anglee is ready, perchance,
The music is ending, dear.
30 let us go with the word,
The masqueraders are through,
And the eyes Of the stars are blurred
With tears of the perfumed dew.
All, see how the planets stare!
There's Saturn all white and cold,
And Mars with his reddish glare,
And Venus Of xanthic gold.
They smile with questioning light
To throw down the roses red,
Tear Off the blossoms of white,
While fragrance and beauty are dead.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-16
Light, Not Noise.

One of the members of the bar in Sara
toga, who thoroughly enjoys a good joke,
relates the following, and applies the
moral to himself: He was counsel in n
case before Judge Pratt, referee, and
during the progress of the trial became
little bit noisy, as he sometimes does,
when the Judge looked up and said to
him: "Mr. -, did you ever hear Of
the man who was lost in the woods during
thunder Storm" On being answered
in the negative, the Judge continued:
"a man, in attempting to pass through %
piece of woods, lost his way, apd while
he was in that predicament n fearful
thunder storm came up. The woods
grew awfully dark. The roaring of the
wind and the crashing of the thunder
were terrific. The man was frightened
and started to pray, but, not being used
to that business, said: 'Oh, Lord, give us
little more light, and little less noise!
I don't mean you, Mr.. =" added
the Judge, but the audience supposed all
the time that the Judge did mean him,
and now that he thinks of it himself he
inclines to that opinion also.
The moralist of the Cincinnati Gazette
is the least bit disguised. He says
"There is high standard of morals OF
the Ohio River steamboats,. Under this
code Nelson, who died in Paris few
days ago, and whom fashionable women
crowded the theaters to see, was put
ashore for conduct unbecoming woman.
And now Bernhardt is coming, and fash
ionable women are expected to crowd the
theaters to see her, who is the mother o
four children born ont of wedlock. Sucl
is life 1t has since turned ont, how
ever, that the Mr.. Compton with whom
Miss Nelson was charged as being in
discreet, was her lawful husband, they
having been secretly married. So Mis-
Nelson was right after all.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

MIA Sallohs Consumption Cure yea
car cure yourself Il, has established the
tact that Consumption can be cured
while for Coughs, Bronchitis, Whooplug
Cough, Aslbms, aad al diseases 81 Throat
And Langs, tis absolutely without sn
equsi. Two doses win relieve your child
OF Group, Il i pleasant 10 take and per.
fceily harmless 10 the youngest child, and
no mother can afford 60 be without it.
You eau use two thirds OF 3 bottle and "
what we sAy IA not trne we wih refund
The price paid, Price 10 cts. 80 cts. and
tI.0o per bottle Ifyonf Lungs are sore
or chest or back Iatae use Shiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold b. Wait g. Hard, MAnehes.
ter and Factory Point, VT
Have you Dyspepsia, are you Consii.
paled, have yoa Yellow Skin, Loss Of
Appetite, Head Ache, II 20 don't fail 10
use SHlLOH'S SYSTEM YITALZER.
II IL guaranteed 20 religyc you, aud will
you continue to suffer when you can be
cured on such terms as tbescP Price 10
cts. and rs cts. Sold by Walt & Hard.
Wells Persian Perfume "HACKME.
TACK" is rich and fragrant. TRY Il,
Sold By Walt e. Hard
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

-oa Tksrsasy shsraoor Fsbfaary
sgh.. sbasi slxiy rslsiFes ana itlsoas
sssemhisd Al tbs ressaeses "a Mr.. add
Mrs. Q A. ShermAs 70 wisnsss TIE mar.
rsAgs 81 thsir eldest aaaKhssr. Faaais b
g Chsrlrs Dfvw, or Atlantic Ctr. Love.
TIE osrsnosT wtsr~siormsd BY Rev Or.
Iauo bert 81 fF.N. After The usaal con.
Eraiais;iaas, refreshments were served.
Thsy lsn Friday aorping ior Alantie.
CITY. Tia iailswlBs ia partial ass o.
he pFessoas Mrs.. Albert Rarss, two
chair ldia M snd Mrs. C. A. shsr-
Haaa, 80 5rssBbaek; DR.. J. Il. 6ulld,
80 geld piece; CAuis Nj Cofwin, silver
frat dith, Jas "a Carwls, psffamery
bottles Mr. aaA Mrs ID Drsw. fve 80
god p'eees Mr. ard Mrs Jesse Shermtn.
oliver s1gu bowl G Allyu, sllyet
pickle dlsh; Miss Hoyoks. two ehirs
eups ard tacefs; Or ard Mrs A. n
Lambert, iuo ehinA bfosd sBd milk
bows Nj ssd Mrs. y r. Noyss, pair
silver vases; Mrs. Albert Sherman
complete works Of Alice and Phoebe
Cary; VIM. sbsrmln. act silver tea
spoons Mr.. and Mrs. r. S sherman,
silver caster; kate Leonard, cake basket,
Mr. and Mira. Squire Shermso, spoon
holder s. d. Sbepardsou, bracket lam
bcrqals,E b, b. Barton, silver pickle dish !;
Mrs. q. W. MARTA. ornsmoa,ed pallet
Or r.. W Carpenter, doI !, silver knives;
Carrie d. Eddy, silver jewel case, satin
iined, cover gold ilusd; Chas. W. sher-
man, two silver salt spoons; Mr.. aud
Mrs. Geo. FarweIl, clock ]. c. Dadley
gold liued butter dish; Mr.. aud Mrs,
X. b BsAitie, silver pickle dish; Mary
D, Burton, lamp mat and Cowpers
poena, Ars, Jeanette Burton, dog. ,
napkins; G. Z. Moore, two towels;
Misses Flora aud Hattie Dole, silver nah
knife; Mr.. aud Mrs. s. 5. sherman, dor
silver ,teai knives, pearl handles; John
Pelibone, cake basket; ChAs. II. Sherman,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

twenty two pound otter was killed
At Waterford, the other day.
Nine towns 10 CAledonla county have
abolished their liquor agencies.
J D. Condolce. Of AndoyeFs has been
hned so and coss for cruelty beaiing
bic horse. ~
The North PownAi manufacturing
company has made voluntary advance OF
~ per cent on weavers' wsaes.
Mrs. Nancy Mcmahon, OF Stowe, aged
lo5 years, wss buried Friday.
The losses by Ere 10 Vernon, daring
the month Of January were sSl 300.
Monlpelisr's debt is sl49 1876 sos re-
duelion OF slla4S from last year
Tabors cheese factory at DAnby, with
an adjoining house and barn.. was barned
recently.
HydepArk has voted to refund lie bond
ed debt at rate OF interest not 10 exceed
8 per cent aud to pay $1,000 OF the prin-
cipal annually. s
Among the delegates at the state con.
ventIon at Montpelier, Wednesday, were
Is state senators, a quorum OF that body,
and some OF lie officers.
Prof. Henry Fairbanks owns the orig.
'nal Fairbanks scale, brought from Eng
land by Jonathan Fairbanks in the
Speedwell IN 1858.
The Brstteboro town offlcisls report
that the whole expense for support OF the
poor in 1879 was 81 1857, including o., 03s
for aid to families not at the lewn farm.
The total liabilities Of the town, including
the $1,000 subscription to the narrow
guAge railroad, are SIS, 900
Its reported that the New London
Northern railroad intend completing the
narrow gauge line TO South Londonderry
at once, the contract for iron having
already been made. The gauge is not yet
fully determined upon, bat It IL believed
that ono OF three feet will be temporarily
adopted.
The Republican convention In the Sec
ond district, is to be held April 7th, and
in the Third district, probably gu the first
Wednesday in May, at Hydepark. The
Stale convention for nominating govern
or, lieu governor and treasurer, will be
held In Burlington, June 18th.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11
N.m nlnn.l Mlll IN

sad - Spring hiss come, you need 70 take somc
kind 81 blood medicine. Now II yeur sktn is
yellow. pimpias come out on yonr face and back.
eyes duh, iccl bAtou- take one or two bottles %
On. sAwES's NEw Boon RENFnY, and Won viii
be surprised 8, the change, You will flesh Up,
cheeks viii become red eyes bright what you
eat win taste right 10 fact you and all othore
should take blood Remedy in the Spring. Ask
for On. SAwESs' NEW BLooD REMEDY, 10 We know
II IL reliable and viii do as We say or money re-
refunded. For sale by WAIT 4 Ham. Price 81
per bottle. 45
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

To all who are suffering from the errors
and iudiscretions OF youth, nervous weak.
ness, early decay, loss OF manhood, &c,
| win send recipe that will cure you,
FREE or CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by a missionary in South
Americs. Send self.addressed envelope
to the BKy. JosEPH t. IEMAN, Station d,
New York CITY. 35ly
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11
The Violate Bel

The Violate Heit Co., Marshall, Mich.
win send their celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts to the afflicted upon so DAYS
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write TO them
without delay.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

The general opinios IL that the resi-.
dence OF Orls Loomls wn set on fire.
james Bradshaw Of Albany, N. Y,
hiss been 10 town on a visit the last week,
Wages for farm hands in this section
for this season rangeI'rom sl4 to sis per
month.
"A few persons have been getting
property insured in this vicinity the past
week.
"A party OF % couples were in attend
ance at the residence OF William Leach
last week Tuesday evening.
Another donation tor the benefit OF
4. L, Walker is announced at the Metho-
dist church on Thursday evening this
week.
The town meeting passed of quietly
with the following result: Moder-
ator, Il. 5. Lane; Clerk and Tress.
urer, Fayette BIakely; Selectmeu. A. W.
Wilcox, Walton Blakely, Merritt Jones
Constable and Collector, Il. /. Vail; End
Constable, FIorus johnson; Overseer Of
Poor, Selectmen; Listers, David FArrer,
DIN Paris, Fiorus johnson; Law Agent,
l.. johnson; Superintendent OF Schools,
Il. ! Vail; Grand Jurors. G. II. Nelson,
Frank Winchester; Tax, 25 cents on the
dollar.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

Sherman Il Co., Marshall, Mich, want
an agent in this county at once, at q sala.
ry OF 800 a month and expenses paid,
For full particulars address as above.
271v
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

"THE BEST COUGH MEDICINE In the
World" The Old Vegetable .Pulmona-
~ Batsam. Cutler Bros. Il Co.. Boston.
Small reduced to S5c; Large, 81.
273m
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11
COOLEY DREAMER
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, IL

Ht requires NO m ilkroOm.
It raises all OF cKogm between.
mflkings. e~w
Il affords better ventiInsien.
~ requires less labor.
II ~ more. GhOr0ughay made .
u IL cheaper, and gives better sat
isfanton than any other way OF setting milk.
BUTTER MADE BY THIS SYSTEMS uN-
H1CELLED IN ITS KEEPING QUALITIES.
send for "Daifymanr giving full particulars
CaustOn.-The wonderful success OF the
Cooley Dreamer has driven other milk setting
apparatus from the market; and Inscriptions
persons are now endeay0nng TO reap part OF
Its benefits by Offering for sale cfeameries that
draw milk from under the cream which in
tins particular, infnnges on our patents
We have already commenced suit, and all
parties are cautioned against using such.
VERMONT FARM MACHINE Co.,
bellows Pals, VI =
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

BAxrER's MavpKAKN BrrrEas vii care
al hllsous Diseases. sod sveryv hers
., Is 0tt. per bottle Try Is.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

me boss remedy for strains tnd gals
o. horses j. nNHr 4 JoHNsaS's ARyicA
ANp On LENgAaENr. Good Ter man aud
beast. kelm
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

Mr. Jouathan Deaisan Was 90 FRI
day sppoln,sd Supervisor BY The Towu
Board, 1, being decided BE-. tsete wss no
lega Supervisor Of che toEa.
e Reynolds daughter who was 50
severely injartd recently by school boy
il no, expected 70 recover.
DIR. Lock wood, Il il said" owns 9
goat that IL covered with wool like a
sheep.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

-Towa ot1ssr Moderator, ". J.
Hsmll.oa Clerk AID Treasurer ". b.
Ras3ails sslccsmsn W s, bsnsieT, 4,
A. PrpvAn, c. " smlgh; Listers II.
weo50oek. Timo Rayet. Anson Wood.
yard Coaslsals asa Csliecior G. n.
Westward: Tows svperinissdsus W.
J fiAmlltou, LAw ARsns J y Barber
OVsrsssr 81 Peer w. 5, BehilsY; Grand
juror David snfdsr; Auditors T. y.
Hoyl W r Hoyl, john Barber Tax
50 ccnis.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

MAEcu Wrps Tbe sua Ben oaangts
aud hiEh wiaas Which prevail q Marea
nske tvottle 81 powNs ElS2E 2lwayt
nteessAfy 10 base a h&pd. Il i : sata
enrt fcr Hn8aVu colds ana az lasg de
casa.