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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Dinners In the Old Time.

The dinners OF all times have bad com
petent historians As Sir Walter Scott has
furnished sample Of feast in the days Of
King Henry H., so has Swift given repre-
sentation, sufficiently accurate, probably, of
one in the days of Queen Anne In that
authors complete collection Of polite and in
genious conversations, we have a sort of pho
tograph of the breakfasts and dinners "par-
taken of" to use a term suited to the oc-
casion, by the bon-ton of society at the com
mencement of the eighteenth century. The
former mctl was simple enough, consisting
only Of tea, breadand-butter and biscuit,
though one of the party took share of
beefsteak, with two mugs Of ale and
tankard of March beer as soon as he got out
of bed /; but the latter is remarkable for its
picturesque profusion. Oysters, sirloin of
beef, shoulder of veal, tongue, pigeon, black
pudding, cucumber, soup, chicken, fritters
venison pasty, hare, almond.pudding, ham,
jelly, goose, rabbit, preserved oranges, part.
ridge, cheese, and sturgeon, are all mentioned
as ingredients of the feast, and appear to
have been eaten in the order in which they
are set down. The drink consisted of claret,
cider small beer, October ale, Burgundy,
and tea The consequences of this feast
upon the guests are not mentioned by .he
Dean of st. Patrick's. Authors are not
invariably so reticent. Gray, for instance,
after relating the particulars of dinner at
which Dr. Chapman, the master of Magdalen
College, Cambridge, distinguished himself,
closes his account in the following sympa.
thetic fashion: Z" He has gone to his grave
with five fine mackerel Qarge and full Of
roe) in his BELLY CornhW Magazine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Money aud MatrimOny.

1t has become prevalent sentiment that
a man must acquire his fortune before he
marries; that the wife must have no SYM
pathy nor share with him in the pursuit of
tin which most of the pleasure truly con-
sists aud that the young married people
must set out with as large aud expensive
an establishment as is becoming to those
who have been welded for twenty years.
This is very unwise as it fills the community
with bachelors, who are waiting TO make
their fortunes, endangering virtue and pro
noting vice; it destroys the true econ
omy and design of the domestic institution,
and it promotes idleuess and inefhciency
among females, who are expecting to be
taken up by fortune, and passively sustained
without any care or concern on their part.
1t is thus many wife becomes not help
mate" but a "help-eat."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
The e1ireside.


I do not think that could bear
My daily weight Of woman's care.
lit were not for this
That Jesus seemeth always near,
Unseen, but Whispering In my ear
Some tender word Of love and cheer,
To Ill my soul with bliss
There are so many trivial cares
That no one knows and no one shares,
Too small for me to tell
Things een my husband cannot zee,
Nor his dear love upift from me.
Each hours unnamed perperity
That mothers know SO well
The failure Of some household scheme.
The ending OF some pleasant dream.
Deep hidden in my breast
The WEAKNESS Of chlldren's noise,
The yearnlng for that subtle polse
That turneth duty into Joys,
And gveth inner rest.
These secret things, however SMALL
Are known 10 Jesus, each and all,
And this thought brings me peace.
I do not need to say one word,
He knows what thought my heart hath stirred.
And by divine caress my Lord
Makes all It's throbbing cease.
And then upon his loving breast,
My weary head Ia laid at rest.
In speechiess ecstacyl
Until It seemeth all In vain
That care, fatigue, or mortal pain
Should hope to drive me forth again
From such felicity Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
VEGET|NE!
Superior 10 Any Family Medicine !
Doctors Gave Her Up!
Vegetine Cured Her !

MONTREAL, +. O., October %, 1872
Mr.. H. r. STEvgSs-D Dear Sir:-About fifteen Year, ago
troubled with SerofaiOus Humor which settled on
my lungs and brought II cough. consulted 1--WE
OF the best physicians In Boston, but they gave up
treating said there hope OF cure and they
could do nothing for friend who had used
vEGETINE In his family recommended me to try It, l
procured three bottles and before finishing the third bottle
found myself entirely cured and had not another attack OF
scrofula for nine years. After that period had to get
some more vEGErINE, but 1t quickly restored me 10
health again and have not had third attack. am sixty
years old and since becoming aware OF the virtues Of
your medicine have given to my children and grand
children and have recommended 1t to friends The re-
invariably all that could he desired. Pre-
vious to my first trial OF the vEGETlNE, had cancer
removed and scrofulous broke but
have appeared and believe superior TO Of the
Family Medicines In use. MARIA J. KIMBALL.
vouch for the above statement In every particular
and consider vEGETINE the best family medicine now
In MOSES KIMBALL
Husband of Maria j. Kimball.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
The Equality Of the Sexes.

The true entranchisement of woman, that
is the recognition (by herself as well as by
the world, in the full development of her
capacities, is the greatest gain to civiliza-
ment has its excesses, and the gain has not
been without loss, "When we turn to
modern literature" writes Mr.. Morley,
" from the pages in which Fenelon speaks
OF the education of girls, who does not feel
that the world has lost sacred accent
that some ineffable essence has passed out
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
More About the Number Nine.

j. NJ. H., Kokomo, Indiana, kindly sends
the following interesting item in addition to
what appeared in our issue Of December
10th, on "The Number Nine" The sum
OF the digits Of consecutive products of the
other numbers, unlike those Of nine, de-
crease regularly by such number as
added to itself makes nine. To illustrate
8 < IS. SX2 p 10, and r ~,
one less than the in the first product, and
z 4 2, the multiplier, 90 Again; K 3
= "a, and 9 4 - 6 and + 3, the null
tiplier, are 0. SIX - 80, and 8 2=5,
and 8 %. Consecutive products of
s decrease by /, and are o. Products
of decrease each time;
7~4=2s; 2+S=
7%5=35; 3+5=
7%6=42 4+2=
7x7= 40; HOB
and l + "a, 2 less than the 8 just be-
fore it.
Similarly, consecutive products Of de-
crease each time those of decrease 4 ;
decreases regularly by such fixed number
as added to it makes o. Apply the prin-
ciple to any number at random s < 6l3
- 1904 the sum of the digits and
IS. s K GA = 1912; the sum Of the
digits is 10, ! 4 6 = 7, l less than before
4 x 6l3 = 1921 the sum Of the digits is
,se and 6=7. 7 < GA = 429s; sum
~ digits Il 23 aud 2 r 9.sre 8, . less thar
the sum of the dgits of the previous product
Examples might be multiplied indefinitely
l don't know whether this is original o.
not. do not remember Of ever seeing i
before. don't suppose it is, however. Cal
any one tell me where it may be found
Again explain the meaning and origil
Of orders in Enumeration as I've never see
1t explained or else have forgotten where
| say each figure shows how many time
the following figure or figures have bee
used before in commencing at / and coun
ing, /. e. repeating the nine digits over an
over, to this number For instance w
J count 0, l, 2, 8, 4, s, 6, 7,S, 8, 0, l, 2, 3,
etc. but the second and . must be di
tinguished from the first and 2; hence "
put before each to indicate that we hay
used and . once before, and they becon
: IL and II. Thus 90 and "a indicate that
and have been used twice before; once
3 and and once as l3 and IA. So 13t
shows that 8 has been used 1876 times;
has occurred 13 times before, and 365, on,
! before.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

WASTE OF LIFE.-No man should do more
work OF muscle or of brain in the day than
he can perfectly recover in good nights
rest. Up to that point exercise is good, be-
yond is waste of life, exhaustion, and decay.
When hunger calls for food, aud fatigue de.
mands rest, we are in the natural order, and
keep the balance of life. When we take
stimulants TO spur our iaded nerves or excite
an appetite we are wasting life. There are
wrong and mischief in all waste of life. A
man should live so as to keep himself at his
best, and with true economy, To eat
more food than is needed is worse pt Icy
than tossing money into the sea- II is a
waste OF labor and waste Of life.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Educational Drparf,nrh
Conducted by w. W. AINswoRrH. Calais, VI.


what pleasant memories cluster round
These volumes old and worn,
with covers smrched and bindings creased,
And pages thumbed and tonl
These are the books we used to con.
and poor brother win.
When we were boys together
In the school.house on the hill.
Well recall the nights at home,'
when side by side we sat
Before the nre, and DER these books
Indulged in whispered chat
And how when father chded us
For idling time away.
Our eyes bent to the task as though
They'd never been astray.
The old-time proverb scribbled here,
The caution TO beware.
"steai not this book my honest friend.r
scrawied roughly here and therei
The blurs. the blo,s. the luncheon spots,
The numberiess dogs ears,
The faded names. the pictures,
And, alas the stains Of tears
All take me back in mind to days
When coudless was the sky.
when grief was 40 short-lived
smiled before my tears wers dry.
when next to fathers angry frown
feared the awful nod
That doomed me, trembling, 70 advance.
And bow beneath the rod.
How bright those days Our little cares.
Our momentary fears,
And cen our pains, they vanished
with burst Of sobs and tearsl
And every Joy seemed great enough
r.. A.y. ait.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
vEGETINE!
One Package in Powder Form
Cured Scrofula!
How to Reduce Your Doctors Bills!

IS BREMEs ST. EAST BosroS, Mass. Sept. 80, 1879.
MR. H. X. srEvESs-Dear Sir;-My little daughter
Stella has been afflicted long time with Seroaia suffer
ing everything employed different physicians in East
Boston, but they helped her bought Of your
POWDER FORM vEGErISE and my wife stepped it and
gave to the child according the directions, and we were
surprised In ortnights time how the child had
gained flesh strength. She gaining every
and cheerfully recommend your remedy to be TIT
best we have tried
Respectfully yours, J.T. WEBB.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

towns in many respects. 1t is amply pro-
vided with easy and cheap conveyance to
all parts of the city. II is regularly laid
out, most of the streets at right angles
Market street is the Broadway" OF the
town. Quite portion of the city and
that part next to the bay is built on land
made by filing into the bay The business
tone of the city seemed to be good.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
VEGETINE!
Neuralgia, Kidney Complaint and
Rheumatism Yield to vegetine

BowERY BEACH. Me-. November s, 1879
Mr.. II. r. srEvESs- Dear Sr!-for twenty years my
wife was great sufferer from Neuralgia and within that
time has tried great many Kinds OF medicine. but
ceved no bsnent until she took the yEGETINE and since
taking has received much benefit she takes great
pleasure In recommending II to all suffering from Neural.
ga Kidney complaint.
For many years have been great sufferer from Rheu
matam and have found anything that gave the
relief that vEGETINE has. Therefore take pleasure In
recommending II to any one suffering from RhesmaSm as
being one OF the best blood purifiers In use.
REV. A. COOK,
Member OF the Maine Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07


From San Francisco our course led us by
the way Of the Southern Pacific railroad to
Redwood. 1t is the county seat of San Mateo
county, thriving town. 1t was named from
the great quantity of redw ood which growson
the coast range, on the west, In the vicinity OF
Redwood are some of the finest drives, parks
aud private residences in California. Fair
Oaks, small station four miles from Red
wood and thirty miles from San Francisco,
is surrounded with parks, gardens, orchards
and large dropping oaks, near which is
Menlo Park, where reside score or more OF
millionaires, including j. G. Flood, ex'Gov-
ernor Stamford, NJ s. Latham, Albert
GRANGE and many others. San Francisco
bay extends along on the west. And the
great broad-branching oaks which grow in
profusion in this vicinity add much to its
beauty With the natural attractions of
this locality, its easy access to the city
Zone hours ride) makes it desirable for
residents. Redwood was the terminus OF
my travels south and west. l found Cal
ifornia very interesting and wonderful
state to visit. But for home | think
should fail 10 find attractions superior 10
those afforded in our New England.
A. DwIsELL
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

: a. Elegant Cards. so prettiest styles, with name,
DO 0c. Bamps taken. VIII. Moore. Brock poIt. n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The quantity of cotton consumed in
1878 was fifty-four times greater than
l779.
It is estimated the st. Gothard tunnel
will augment trade between Germany
and Italy tenfold.
Our market reporter informs us that
"there is a remarkable downward ten.
dency in lamp -wicks on Sunday night.
Narration Independent.
1t is illegal in England to sell crabs
measuring less than four and one-half
inches across the back, and persons sell
ing them have lately been punished.
A commission appointed by the
French government to decide as to the
disposition to be made of the Tuileries
has agreed to restore the palace and con-
vert it into museum.
A mau who undertakes anything and
gets left at his own game catches tar
tar. The boy who climbs to the top
shelf in the pantry does so with the ex-
pectation of catching tart or two.
Anxious Engineer" asks us how he
may "learn to write WELL" Write it
WE'LL, my son. There may be those
who write it with one | but the best
authors double the final consonant.-
Grip.
PRUDENT LOVER.
| The thrush in the thicket is singing,
The lark is abroad on the lea,
And over the garden gate swinging
A maiden is waiting tor me.
She will wait till she's weary, I'm thinking,
| Though eager l am tor the tryst;
She will wait till the bright stars are blinking,
And sigh for the kisses she miss'd.
| ID, L lo+ Sc 81 md
\ very ill-tempered old churl,
And L am not the sort of canary
To be kicked for the love of girl.
-.Andre,os' BGsar
A teacher asked a bright little girl:
"What country is opposite us on the
globeP" Don't know, sir,' was the
answer. "Weli, now," pursued the
teacher, eff I were to bore hole
through the earth, and you were to go
in at this end, where would you come
outP" "Out of the hole, sir" replied
the pupil, with an air of triumph.
A party that moved last Saturday
hung a Brussels carpet on the clothes
line for an airing, and a goat came
along and ate couple of yards of 1T be-
fore he made the discovery that It's
flowers were not natural. The re-
marks of the owner on making the dis
covery are not printable.-S Sat111ayStde
Press.
A downtown man went fishing the
other day, and returned with three
small trout. He carried them through
the street boldly, and when asked il
those were al he caught, frankly ad
mitted that they were. The neighbors
gave him pleasant surprise last night,
and presented him with the beauti-
fully carved motto, An honest fisher
, man is the noblest work of God. y
NeoU HaUen Register
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-09
Changes of Life.

Change is the common feature of So
ciety-of all life.
The world is like a magic lanter, or
the shifting scenes of panorama. Ten
wears convert the population of schools
into men and women, the young into
fathers and matrons, make and mar for
tunes, and bury the last generation but
one.
Twenty years convert infants into
lovers, fathers and mothers, decide
mems fortunes and distinctions, convert
active men and women into crawling
drivelers, and bury all preceding gem
erations.
Thirty wears raise an active genera
ton from nonentity, change fascinating
beauties into unbearable old women,
convert lovers into grandtathers, and
| bury the active generation, or reduce
! them TO decrepitude and imbecility.
Forty wears, alas! change the face OF
all society. Infants are growing old,
the bloom Of youth and beauty has
passed away, two active generations
| have been swept from the stage of lite;
names once cherished are forgotten,
unsuspected candidates for fame have
started from the eXhaustless womb OF
nature.
And in fifty years mature, ripe nifty
! years-a half century-What JremeF-
dous changes occur. How time writes
her sublime wrinkles everywhere, III
rock, river, forest, cities, villages, ham,
lets, in the nature OF man and the des-
tinies and aspects of all civilized So
ciety.
Let us pass on to eighty years. anc
what do we see in the world to comfort
us? Our parents are gone; our children
have passed away from us into all parts
of the world to fight the grim and des
perate battle of life. Our old friends
where are they? We behold worlc
of which we know nothing and to which
we are unknown. We weep for the
gen erations long gone by-for lovers
for D arents, for children, for friends il
the grave. We see everything turnec
upside down by the tickle hand OF Tor
tune and the absolute despotism o
time. In word we behold the vanity
of life, and are quite ready to lay down
the poor burden and be gone
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-09
How to be Independent of Dry Weather,

We have lived in the Arkansas val
ley for nearly nine years. From the
first we have been of the opinion that
this country will, eventually, support
in abundant prosperity dense popula-
tion, who will produce from the soil
crops not excelled for yield or certainty
in any part of the world. The soil is
Of surprising fertility, the lay of the
land is admirable and the temperature
is of the mean between the cold of the
North and the heat of the South
most favorable for grains and fruits.
The only thing wanting is regularity in
the supply of moisture.
Some expect that this will correct it
| self, and when good rain comes assert
that the seasons are changing, growing
more rainy. The experience of last year
and this have almost dissipated this
theory.
What then is the remedy for drouth
THERE'S abundance of water at short
| distance below the surface. The wind
| is willing to work for nothing and to
raise to the surface an unlimited amount
of it. 1t remains for the ingenuity and
skill of man to harness the wind to the
work, and Oapply the water judiciously
to the soil. Some say this will be i'm
practicable and expensive. Expensive
it may be. but it is not impracticable.
In Holland they have emptied lake;
and even sea in order to cultivate the
soil at their bottom. Constant vigilance
is necessary to keep the water out. Yet
all is done at profit.
Less expensive will it be to irrigatC
the plains of Kansas, than to dry tht
lakes and seas of Holland. The lakes o
Holland were not dried in day, neithe,
will the Arkansas valley be irrigated il
a day, but by preparation beforehand
and the accumulation of supply o
water on the surface to be in constan
readiness when needed, the long DIR,
spells will be deprived oftheir power t.
ruin the prosperity of the country.
How is this to be donep
We should say, select the highes
point on the land sought to be watered
with plow and scraper make heav
dirt wall around large basin; keep
wet with windmill and water elevs
tor; feed your hogs in this pen for fey
weeks and let them wallow the entiT
{ surface so as to make it hold water
| plant cotton wood cuttings all over til
dirt wall, then let you windmills devot
the winter and spring to filling up tn
: bas n. By the time the water is needle
for the crops in the spring, the watC
: will be warm and fit to apply. A
/ these supplies of surface water are il
5 creased greater amount of moistul
t will be found to exist at all times in u
air.-SterltI1g (KGfa.) Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-09
How Drinking Causes ApOplexy.

1t is the essential nature of all wines
and spirits to send an increased amount
of blood to the brain. The first effect
of taking a glass of wine or stronger
form of alcohol is to send the blood there
faster than common, hence the circula
ton that gives the red face. 1t in
creases the activity of the brain, and
it works faster, and so does the tongue.
But as the blood goes faster to the brain
than common, it returns faster, and no
immediate harm may result. But sup
pose a man keeps on drinking-the
| blood is sent to the brain so fast in
large quantities, that in order to make
room for it the arteries have to charge
themselves; they increase in size, and
| in doing so they press against the more
yielding tiaccid veins which carry the
blood out of the brain and thus dimin-
| ish the size of their pores, the result
| being that the blood is not only carried
to the arteries of the brain faster than
is natural or healthful, but it is pre-
vented from leaving it as fast as usual
/ hence a double set of causes Of deatl
/ are in operation. Hence a man may
drink enough of brandy or other spirits
| in a few hours, or even minutes, tC
| bring on a fatal attack of apopleAy
This is literally being dead drunk.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-09

Isl ow much the heart may bear and yet no
break,
How much the flesh may suffer and not diSl
question much if any pain or ache
OF soul or body brings our end more nigh.
Death chooses his own time, till that has come
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife
Each nerve recoiling from the cruel steel
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering
life;
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal
That STILL although the trembling flesh be
torn
his, also, can be borne.
We see sorrow rising in our way,
And try to fee from the approaching ills
We seek some small escape, we weep and
pray,
But when the blow falls, then our hearts
are still
Not that the pain is Of its sharpness shorn,
But yet it can be borne.
We wind our lite about another life;
We hold it closer, dearer than our own
Anon it faints and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving us stunned, and stricken and aione
But, oh, we do not die with those we mourn;
This, also can be borne.
Behold, we live through all things, 1aniue,
thirst,
Bereavement, pain, all grief and misery
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On sould and body, but we cannot die,
Though we be sick and tired and faint and
WON;
Lo, all things can be borne.
-ELizGbeth yfkers .filcn.