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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1880.

you may be led, If honestly dealt with and
earnestly regretted, which will not lift you
up to higher planes Of morals and virtue.
Penitence opens the doors of heaven. You
all have the marvellous power Of converting
evil into good. This gives the assurance
that God, who directs all things, works with
us when we seek in the right spirit to bear
our Affections with patience, to gain wisdom
from our mistakes, and TO wiring virtues out
of our errors. While men of science may
claim that they can trace the development
of the world from the lowest to the highest
forms of existence, there are no links BY
which the senseless monad can be connected
with the grand truth that men can thus con
vert evil into good. Let men of science
reason as they will, every truth they unfold,
every light they throw upon the past, all
that they teach us will make deeper and
stronger the conviction that worlds were
created by supreme power, that they are
governed by unlimited wisdom, that they
were designed to promote the welfare and
happiness of all beings who inhabit them,
that changes mean immortality, not destruc-
tion, and that all proofs Of an eternal past
give evidence of eternal future. We will
use the facts displayed not to teach us to
look downward, but upward, to reason from
nature up to natures God.-GouernOr Sey-
mour's Commencement address.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Teaching Boys to Write.

- . -
We believe that the whole OF this method
is a mistake, that there Is no single system
OF mechonlque Tor writing and that a child be-
longing to the educated classes would be
Taught much better and more easily II, after
being once enabled TO make and recognize
written letters, 1t were LETT alone, and
praised or chidden, not Tor It's method but
ior tne result Let the BOY mold MS pen as
ne likes, ana make MS strokes as he likes,
and write al the place ne nkes-hurry, oil
course, being discouraged-but insist siren,
uously and persistently that his copy shall
De iegioie' snail DC clean, and shall approach
the good copy set before MN, namely, we'll
written ietter, not ruocishy text on SIN
gle iihe' written as n0oouy put wriung'
master ever did or Will write to the world
end. lie Will make m9ddie at frst, but ne
VIII soon make a passable imitation OF MS
copy, ana ultimately develop a characteris-
Tic ana strong hand' whicn may be baa OF
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
The Holy Spirit.

The great reason we do not feel more the
power of Gods Word is, that Satan "catch-
eth away the seed sown in our hearts," We
cannot, without the Holy Spirit, " inwardly
digest" Gods Holy Word but alas we
are seldom enjoined to do so from the pull
pit. Hence it is, that while there is so
much profession of Christ, there are not
more true conversions. Shortly before my
ordination, more than fifty years since, I
heard the Rev. Haldane Stewart lecture on
the Holy Spirit, at Cambridge; and can
truly say, that while have known nothing
but Jesus for salvation, Ihave never preached
sermon, or written work, without dis.
tinct recognition of the Third Person of the
Holy Trinity. Never was time when it
was more needed, especially as Gods anger
against us, as nation, is so manifest
There is remarkable parallel between our
present state and large part of the first
chapter of Isaiah. May his anger be turned
away for the sake Of Jesus, our precious
and adorable Immanuel.-Rep. w. W. Rob
insOn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
A Great Preachers Poverty.

Jonathan Edwards fought hard battle
with penury in his last years. and was often
sorely perplexed to find food for his large
family. Dismissed from the church at
Northampton, Massachusetts,, over which he
had been pastor for quarter of century,
he removed to Stockbridge to labor among
the Indians. He was obliged to support his
family of ten children on mere pittance.
In this seclusion he wrote his treatise on the
Freedom Of the WILL" which is regarded
as masterpiece in theological literature.
So great was his poverty at this time, that
the treatise was written largely on the backs
of old letters and the blank pages OF pam
phlets, as letter,paper was beyond his means
Of purchase. His daughters, who were all
young women of superior mental powers,
made lace and painted fans for the Boston
market, that they might add something to
the family resources.-!Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Redeemed Sinners.

"Who gave himself for us that he might
redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto
himself peculiar people," What, thc.y
was his object To redeem us, to buy us
back from bondage, to save us by the pay
ment of a ransom price, not only from the
punishment of sin, but from its power, from
its love, from its pollution, from its foul and
hideous embrace, no less than from its sword
and from its chains. 1t was to set us free
from sin itself that Christ redeemed us not
from some sin, but from all sin not that we
should still remain, or afterwards fall back
under the dominion of the very tyrant from
whose power he redeemed us; not that we
should merely exchange one hard master for
another, or for many; no, he "gave himself
| for u.s." he laid down his life for us, he died
upon the cross for us, that he might re-
deem us from all niquity." Nor was this
| deiverance from sin as well as punishment
intended merely for our advantage, but for
his. He had an end to accomplish for him
SELF He died to purify us, not merely that
we might be pure aud therefore happy, but
also to purify people for himself; pos
session of his own, a church, body of which
he should be the head, a kingdom of which
he should be the sovereign. Over none but
purified and holy kingdom could he con-
descend to reign. OF none but purified
and holy body could he be the head. Justi-
fication would have done but half the work
for which Christ died; his end would not
have been accomplished if he had not re-
deemed us from iniquity as well as con-
demnation, if he had not purified people
for himself, for his own use and his own
honor; people in their measure like him
self, his own exclusively, his own forever,
his inalienable right, his indefeasible posses
sion, his "peculiar people. ."-J. A. Alexander.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

the friends Of the sick and the nurse. In
the earlier stages of disease, before the
peaches would be relished, nothing will be
found more acceptable and beneficial to the
stomach and more sure TO allay the fever
than carbonic acid water, which should be
procured in syphon bottles and kept on ice
If the weather be warm. 1t will be admis-
sible in all stages of the disease; and
peaches are to be allowed as soon as relished
by the patient, to be eaten from the hands
dd ibitum, skin pared or not az desired.
The only requisite is that they should be
fresh, being picked as near as possible to the
place where used. Fortunately typhoid fe-
yer is disease of the fall of the year. one
of its names being autuinnal fever-so that
peaches are generally obtainabe. l have
seen patients enjoy dozen or more day
with such relish and evident benefit that
am anxious others should know of it. Milk
is so important an article of diet for the sick
that it is worth while TO go to some pains to
make it acceptable to the patient 1t far
excels beef tea in its nourishing qualities
Where it is not borne in its raw state let it
be boiled, or incorporated and its presence
disguised with arrowroot, rice, corn starch,
etc. Many who imagine that they cannot
use milk without its making them "bilious F"
can easily prove their belief fallacious by
varying the form Of using the milk and tax
ing smaller quantities Of it at time
Christian Union.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Beauty Sleep.

Sleep obtained two hours before midnight,
when the negative forces are in operation,
is the rest which most recuperates the sys-
tenn, giving brightness to the eye and a
glow to the cheek. The difference in the
appearance of person who habtually re-
tires at ten O'Clock, and that of one who sits
up until twelve, is quite remarkable. The
tone of the system, so evident in the com.
plexion, the clearness and sparkle of the eye,
and the softness of the lines of the features,
as in a person of health kept at constant
pitch by taking regular rest two hours be.
fore twelve O'Clock aud thereby obtaining
the beauty sleep of the night. There is a
heaviness Of the eye, sa.lowness of the
skin, and absence of that glow in the face
which should be fresh in expression and
round in appearance, that readily distin.
guishes the person who keeps late hours.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Raikoad Tine Gable.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
Commenting on Monday, June 2Oth, 1880.
Trains Going south and East

Trains Going South and East.
Leave Montpelier at 8. 80 and Las A. NJ, 6.55 p
NJ, and II. 10 P. NJ
MaiI-From Syracuse and ogdensburg, st. Albans and
Burlington, leaves Montpelier at s55 A. M, for Boston
via Lowell.
Express Montreal, 81. Aibans, Burlington etc.
leaves Montpelier at As M, for Boson, New London,
Springfield, New York and intermediate points.
Mixed Train-Leaves ST. Albans at 800 p NJ. Burlington
at Mt4O M Montpelier at sos M, for Northhed.
Night Express-From ogdensDurg, Montreal st. Al
bans and Burlington, leaves Montpelier at lilo p.
for Boston via Lowell Fitchburg, Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going North and Vest
Leave Montpelier at 10 A. NJ, O. 20 A. M, 80 A.
M. 355 p. M. and 800 p NJ.
Day Express-Ieaves Boston Fitchbnrg at 500 NJ,
via Lowell at e.i5 A. NJ. New London at $50 A. NJ,
Springfield at 500 A. Montpelier at sos p M, for
Burlington, 81. Albans, Montreal osdensburg and the
west
Accommodation Train-Leaves Northhed at 6.l5 A..
M, Montpelier at $40 A. M, for Burlington, Rutland,
IT. Albans and ST. Johns.
Mixed-Leaves W. T. Junction at $50 A. NJ Northfeld at
1880 A. M Montpelier at 1850 for Burlington, st.
Albans, Rchford, Rouses Point etc.
Accommo odation Train-Leaves White River juno
ton at 2l0 Montpelier at 500 p. M. for Burlington,
st. Albans and Montreal.
Night Express-Lenves Boston via Lowell at 100
Springfield at 500 p M Montpelier at slO N for Bur
hngton, st. Abans, Montreal and Ogd'bg and the west
Trains leave Montpelier Barre at 100 $50 A.
NJ and 430 Pm Returning, leave Barre at 7.45 Nm,
1920 A. N. and $50. P. NJ.
Sleeping Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and Spring
field, and New York Troy and parlor to Day Ex
press between Boston and Montreal
principal stations. J. W. HOBART, General supt.
st. Albans, VT, June 20, 1880.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Ths Nome Girrle.


DO you remember. dear, the morp--
How fast the years have flown
When, down the path by the rustling corn,
You first called me your own2
We gathered wild flowers growing there,
Daisies and clover bloom;
And IA my curls OF dark brown hair
One sweet wild rose found room.
We've come, since then, so long way,
We know It will soon be night;
And we dlmly see, through shadows gray,
Our other home in sight.
The feet that bounded in life's spring
Have taken a soberer tread;
While the rose now blooming blooms to cling
On daughters SUMMER head.
Llfe's tree has been 40 rich with fruit,
Its vine 80 bright with flowers,
That when grief came we but waited, mute,
For the dawn of happier hours.
For the best of life Is theirs who take
Loves vow. to go side by side
All the tolling way, for loves sweet sake,
TIL the shadowy eyentlde.
And the tender clasp of dimpled hands,
And the lIsping baby y-tonel-
Ali who but mother understands
The life, almost her own
And, e'en though you remember well
The grave on the green hillside,
You know not how dark a shadow fell,
When our irst-born baby died.
But there must be night as well As day.
And shadow as well rs sum
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
A Door OF Usefulness.

Now there are scores of cultivated women
who might take up letter writing as their
companions take to water color painting OF
visiting among the poor; it is the natural
expression OF their powers, and we can think
OF no wiser kindness that such could do than
to take, here and there, younger friend or
relative, less fortunate in resources, and
make her the recipient of her long, leisurely,
helpful letters. Such correspondence, ex-
acting no equal response, but only the at
tention and heed of the receiver, might well
be priceless opportunity to both. From
how many a retired home there might go out
thus influences for good not to be measured
Into such work the mind could throw itself
with an ardor unknown to many even who
write year after year far listless public
Churchman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

THE SABBATH.

Oh. heart Of all the week
Whence strength and gladness flow
To beautify all other days,
And make their grsces grow;
In thee Is full supply
OF life-blood for the seven,
Thy heaithful pulses lift the weak
Nearer 10 God and heaven.
oh, fount Of pure delight
From thee such sparkling streams
Gush through the dryeat, dullest day,
That fair and bright II seems.
Thou waterest all the days
Thou freshest Of the sevenl-
And drawest from unfailing springs
which have their source In heaven
Oh, glorious sun Of days
Thy glad and steady light
Shines down the vista OF the week,
Through morning, noon and night.
No day so dark and sad
Though darkest Of the seven
But thou canst shed through all Its hours
The radiance Of heaven.
oh, heart Of all the week
Oh, fount 80 fresh and freei
Oh. glorious sun OF all the days
How cling our souls to theel
Cheer still our earthly way
Each day among the seven,
And let us never lose thy light,
But In the light Of heaven. Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
Walking With God.

The briefest biography ever written of
mortal man is given in the Bible, in single
immortal line "And Enoch walked with
God, and he was not, for God took him" Is
it possible for any of us in these modern
days to so live that we may walk with God?
This is a very vital question, of far more
importance than those other questions of
"what shall we eat, and what shall we
drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed"
which are constantly pressing upon us with
importunate demands Can we walk with
God in the shop, in the office, in the house
hold and on the street ? When men exas-
perate US, and work wearies US, and the chill.
dren fret, and the servants annoy, and our
best-laid plans fall to pieces, and our castles
in the air are dissipated like bubbles that
break at breath, then can we walk with
God? That religion which fails us in the
everyday trials and experiences of life, has
omewhere in it flaw. 1t should be more
than plank to sustain us in the rushing
tide, and land us exhausted and dripping
on the eternal shore. 1t ought, if it comes
from above, to be always, day-by day, to our
souls as the wings of bird, bearing us
away from and beyond the impediments
which seek TO hold us down. If the divine
love be conscious presence, an indwelling
walk with God By prayer Yes. By
reading the word Yes But not by these
only. They are nearest Euoch's blessedness
who have one rule for the closet, and the
same rule for the conduct. They who live
most lovingly, and love most constantly, ap-
proach closest to the heavenly ideal When
we dearly love an absent friend, the friend
is never absent. All pleasures, all delights,
all sights and sounds, still take on something
in color, sweetness and harmony, which
they would lack, but for the indwelling
| thought of the one we love. So to the de-
vout heart that can truly sing,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
To the Girls OF Wells College.

While urge upon your attention habits
which will add to your happiness through
life, must not withhold the fact that all Of
you will make mistakes, all will fall into
errors of thought or action, all will suffer
sorrows. At such times what an old man
and stranger says to you on this day may
be recalled to your minds and give you hope
and courage. There is no sorrow endured
in the right spirit which you may not make
the source of the virtues of patience, gentle
ness aud kindness to others, and these will
bring back blessings to yourselves. Nc
mistakes of judgment, il you will but learn
their lessons, which will not make you more
wise. No errors, no misdeeds into which
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

A wELL-KNowN firm of New York under
takers received singular order recently.
1t was to furnish rich cloth-covered casket
with velvet trimmings. All this was for a
dead dog belonging to a wealthy family up
town. The animal had been nursed and
taken care of for the past twenty years. The
dead animal lay in the casket, wrapped in
mantle of white satin, with silk ribbon
around the neck. The remains were taken
to cemetery close to New York, and put
into the family vault. Six carriages, con-
tanning the friends of the dog, followed the
remains to the cemetery. Christian InteHi-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

The editor of a newspaper that has
adopted phonetic spelling in measure re-
ceived postal card from an old subscriber
in the country, which read as follows; ~
hev TUX your paper for leven yeres, but II
you kant spell enney better than you hev
been doin for the las to munths you may jes
stoppit,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

al DIDN'T at all expect company today"
said lady to her Visitors, with not very
pleasant look; but l hope you will make
yourselves at home" Yes, indeed" replied
one of them, starting off; 81 will make my
self at home as quick as possible
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

Ar the first, wine sparkles and cheers at
the last it poisons aud maddens. At the
first it excites mirth aud song at the last
it produces sorrow and curses. At the first
it Is an affair of good feeling and fellow
ship; at the last, it is an affair Of feuds,
fighting and murder.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

"How do you pronounce s-ti-n-g-y :"
Professor Stearns asked the young gentle
man nearest the foot of the class. And the
smart boy stood up and said it depended a
great deal whether the word applied to a
man or bee. Go to the head, young fell
low.-Jounal of Education.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

A LITTLE girl in one of our public schools
the other day was parsing the word angel"
Coming to the gender, she stopped dismayed,
and asked her teacher If there are any men
angels in heaven.--Msridea Recorder.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

al SHALL find another channel for my ar
ticle," said the author of a rejected contri-
button. "That's right" was the answer Of
the courteous magazine editor; "the Brit
ish Channel would be an good place for it."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07
l see thee not, hear thee not,
Yet art thou oft with me,
And earth has ne'er so dear q spot,
4 uhara L meal with IlAa

there is never so much as a passing separa-
tion from the Lord. The help obtained from
him is real, constant, practical and sufficient.
1t is given just where we are, just when we
need it, and just when no other help would
serve our need. Christ said, 81 pray not
that thou shouldst take them out Of the
world, but that thou shouldst keep them
from the evil" Walk with him and you
will be kept Christian at Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

AN Irish painter announces in an Irish
Journal that, among other portraits, he has a
representation OF Death as large as life.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

CENTAUR LINIMENTS ; the
Worlds great Pain-Relieving
remedies. They heal, sOothe am
cure Burns, Wounds, Weak Back
and Rheumatism upon Man,
and Sprains, Calls, and Lame
ness upon Beasts. Cheap, Quick
and reliable.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-07

Being Of sound mind this sixteenth day OF June ls
Della Rogerson Clement do hereby leave hundred dol
lars to each of cousns and beqneath the residue Of
my property thirty thousand dollars Invested In the
Ingot mining company fifty thousand In the United States
bonds twenty thousand In the Fortune flannel mills and
Jewels the beloved niece of first husband John
Rogerson. DELLA RoGRRsos Of CrOftsborough, Maine.
For was stranger and ye took in hungry, and ye
fed me; sick and We nlnsterei unto me-"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-08
HAMILTON & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Dry Goods and
Plantation Supplies,
Nos. 5 and Z Texas Street,
Shreveport. La,

WE call attention to our COTTON SEED
w OIL FACTORY, with Carver & Cos
Improved Gins will guarantee satisfactory
yield and sample for the seed and one quar-.
ter cent per pound on lint produced from all
cotton sent to gin. Will furnish large sacks
and twine for transportation; also sacks and
Irvine for cotton seed, free of charge. Bagging
and Ties at market price. We also call atten-
ton to Cotton Seed Meal us a feed for cattle
and as q fertilizer, and will exchange same on
favorable terms for seed. vlSn42
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-08

Now, in the matter of Sunday
law, the question arises, to which
class of the commandments belongs
the one ordering the holy keeping
of the Sabbath Is it one of the
requirements af religion that coin.
eide with the requirements of good
government If it is, it should be
enforced by law, not because it is
the rule of religion, but because it
is rule of good government. Is
the keeping of the Sabbath necessa.
ry to the preservation of the public
morals and the maintenance of so.
cial order? If it is, it should be en-
forced by law, otherwise it should
not be. It would be difficult to show
that the commission on Sunday of
acts innocent in themselves, will
ruin society. 1t is often said, indeed,
thatSunday excursions, and the like,
destroy the sense of the sacredness
of the day. But it is not the prov
ince of the law to preserve the sa-
credness of the Sabbath, or of any,
thing else. That is the work of re.
ligion which it must perform with
out the aid of the law. The observ.
ance of the Sabbath cannot be en-
forced by law, simply because the
rules of religion command it. For
tunately, the laws of religion in the
matter of observing by rest and
worship one day in seven, so exact.
~ meet the needs of man, that there
is little danger that the Sabbath will
ever be entirely disregarded and be-
come as any other day OF the seven.
1t has come to be regarded as a TEN.
poral necessity, as we'll as divine
ordinance. But the method of keep
ing it, can be regulated by law only
within the limits, prescribed by the
requirements of good government.
No man or no sect of men can fasten
their method upon others by law.