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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21
Silent Preaching.

A changed young man, who had been wild
aud thoughtless, was asked whether it was
any sermon or book that had impressed him.
He replied "a lived in the same house and
ate at the same table as J. Y.
There was sweetness in his disposition, a
observation-disclosures, holy aroma about
his whole life and demeanor that made one
feel that he had source of comfort and
peace and happiness TO which | was a
stranger. There was daily beauty in his
life that made me ugly | became more
and more dissatisfied with myself every
time saw him and though, as said, he
never spoke to mo on the subject of religion,
till ! myself sought the interview, yet his
whole life was constant sermon to me. He
was living epistle,' speaking by action SO
clearly that ] could restrain no longer, and
30 became an altered man." Emerson says
Thou knowest not what argument
Thy life to another's faith hath lent"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

LITTLE THINGS.

We call him strong who stands unmoyed-
Calm as some tempcst-bcaten rock
When some great trouble hurl- Ia shock;
We say Of him, his strength Is proved
Butwhen the spent storm folds its wings,
How bears he then llfe's little things?
About his brow we twine our wreath
Who seeks the battles thlckeat smoke,
Braves flashing gen and sabre-stroke,
And SCOTS at danger, laughs atdeath,
We praise him til the whole land rings'
But Is he brave in little things?
We call him great who does some deed
That echo bears from shore TO shore
Does that, and then does nothing more;
Yet would his work earn richer need,
When brought before the King OF kings,
Were be but great in little things.
We closely guard our castle gates
When great temptations loudly knock,
Draw every bolt, clinch every lock,
And sterniy fold our bars and gates;
Yet some small door wide open swings
At the sly touch Of little things.
| can forgive-'tls worth my while
The treachorous blow, the cruel thrust;
Can bless my foe as Christian must,
While patience smiles her royal smile;
Yet quick resentment iercely slings
Its shots Of ire at little things.
And can tread beneath my feet
The hills Of passions heaving sea,
When wind-tossed waves roll stormiy;
Yet scarce resist the siren sweet
That at my hearts door softly sings,
Forget, forget life's little things"
But what is iifeY Drops make the sea;
And petty cares and small events,
Small causes and small consequents,
Make up the sum for you and me
Then, oh, for strength to meet the stings
That arm the points OF little thlngs
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21
MisrrHaneons.
THE WISDOM OF SPIDERS.

Two spiders-so the story goes
Upon living bent
Entered Westinghouse one day,
And hopefully were heard TO say
Here we shall have at least fair play,
with nothing to prevent"
Each chose his place and went to work,
The light web grew apacei
One on the sofa spun his thread.
But shortly came the sexton dread.
And swept him of, and 80, half dead,
He sought another place.
IN try the pulpit next" said he,
There surely ia prizei
The desk appears 80 neat and clean,
I'm sure no spider there has been;
Besides, how often have seen
The pastor brushing aies."
lie tried the pulpit, but alasl
His hopes proved visionary;
with dusting-brush the sexton came,
And spoiled his geometrio game
Nor gave him time nor peace to claim
The right Of sanctuary.
At length, half starved, and weak and lean
He sought his former neighbor,
Who now had grown 30 sleek and round.
lie weighed the fraction Of pound,
And looked as II the art he'd found
OF living without labor.
" How Ia it FRIEND" he asked, that
Endure such thumps and knocks.
While you have grown so very gross2"
" 'rls plain" he answered /" not a loss
I've met since first spun across
The contribution box"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

SCIENCE AND WoRsHIr.-Dr. Prime says
was nightly amused by the remark that
DIR. Butler made at Yale College last week.
lie was speaking OF the folly OF quarrels be-
tween science and religion. when scien-
fists want me to stay and argue with them,
say TO them, in the words of the prophet,
Abide ye here with the ass while go yon-
der aud worship"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21
Raihnad Time gable.
CENrRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
Commencing on Monday IDLY 18th, 1880.

Trains Gofng South and East.
Leave Montpelier at s. 80 and 1t.45 A. NJ, 6.55 p
M, and lilo p NJ
Mail-Ffom Syracuse and ogdensburv, st. Albans and
Burlington leaves Montpelier at $50 A. M, for Boston
via Lowell
Express Montreal, st. Albans Burlington, ETC.
leaves Montpelier at Has A. M. for Boston, New London
Springfield New York and intermediate points.
Mixed Train-feaves st. Albans Mt 320 burlington
nj 40 ?. NJ, Montpelier at B55 p M, for Northheld.
Night Express-From ogdensburg, Montreal, st. Al.
bans and Burlington, leaves MONTPELIER at lilo NJ.
for Boston via Lowell or Ftcibufg, Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains GoinO North and West.
Leave Montpelier at g. 10 A. NJ. $50 A. M, 10 30 A.
M, 3.55 P. NJ. and 900 Z. NJ.
bay Express-Leaves Boston Fitchburg at 500 A. NJ.
via Lowell at si5 A. NJ, New London at 500 A. NJ.
Springfield at 500 A. NJ, Montpelier at 3.55 P. fol
Huntingdon st. Albans, Montreal, ogdensburg and the
west.
Accommodation Train-Leaves Northneld at s35 A
Montpelier at $50 A. NJ, for Burlington Rutland
1t. Albans and ST. johns.
MxedLeaves W. r. Junction at $40 a. NJ, Northneld al
1880 A. NJ, Montpelier at 1850 A. for Burlington, st
Albans Rlchford, Rouses Point, etc.
Acconin odation Train-Leaves White River June
ton at 2lO p NJ, Montpelier at 500 for burlington
st. Albans and Montreal.
Night Express-Leaves Boston via Lowell at 100 p NJ.
Springfield at SOC P. Montpelier at $40 A. for Bur
lngton 1T. Albana, Montreal and Ogdbg and the West
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at 100 A. H., $50
~ and $50 Pm. Returning, leave Barre at 745 NJ.
1910 A. M and $40. f.M
Sleeping attached Night Express running
he5 and New York via Troy and paror TO Day Ex
press between Boston and Montreal.
tickets for Chicago end The West for sale at The
ST. Albans, VT, July 10, $780,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

ACTIVE workers have courage and hope
because they daily see their work taking Of
feet. They that never work never think
they can do anything, or that anything can
be done by others. Let every Christian con
secrate himself to be fully Gods servant
and tarry in the place of private prayer till
"endued with power from on high" then
can he teach transgressors Gods ways, and
sinners shall beconyerted unto him.-Bu6diO
Christian Advocate.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

In his current expositions of Scriptures,
an old Scotch minister had his own way
which may not have been peculiar way
of dealing with passages hard to be under
stood. lie would say "No doubt, my
Christian brethren, there is great difficulty
here, as the commentors are agreed upon
that so let us look the difficulty boldly in
the face and-pass on !"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

AT recent Woman's Suffrage Conven.
ton the only new thing uttered was by one
speaker, who said that womans sphere had
been bounded on the north by her husband,
ON the south by her baby, on the east by her
mother-in-law, and on the west by her maiden
aunt they now propose TO enlarge it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

"WnAT is the worst thing about riches :"
asked the superintendent. And the new
boy in the bad class under the gallery, who
only came in last Sunday, stood up and said,
Their scarcity" And in his confusion the
superintendent told the school to rise and
sing Don't be weary children"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

slow came you TO fail in your examina-
tion 7" asked the tutor. al thought
crammed you thoroughly" Well, you see"
replied the student, "the fact was you
crammed me 50 tight couldn't get it out"
, 1880-02-11

bent and defended the Governments TO-
reigo policy.
Paris news states that NJ. Paul Broca
has been elected q Life Senator;
The death 10 announced Of III. Adolphe
de C~assagnac.
New York. February 9Th.
Flour per barrel, st. Lawr. brand, $3.50
Meal, best BrandywiDe. per barrel. s34 tos.
Heavy Ness Pork. per barrel. $l2a.
Crystals per b.. " to $50.
Sugar / Fair to good refining rer ID, 70
English Islands Molasses cer gallon % to 32cts
Gold, Par.
Exchange New York and London, 4.S24.
London. February 9th.
(Dem. Crystals per cwt. FL. Is. I'd.
Sugar ( Muscoyado. do ssl Is. Cd.
<Olayed Havara ,. NJ u, 81 IS. Cd. afoaa
Demarara Rum per gallon Is Gid. in bond.
Trinidad Cocoa per cwt. ga 81. Cd.
Consols eS4 to :.
Bank of England Rate Of Discount, 8 p. cent
Liverpool Cotton Middling Uplands =.
3 per cent Rentes 10 Paris, $3.50
, 1880-02-11
THE ST. LUCIA CENTRAL
FACTORY.
1.-THE T0ice.-St. LNeiG.J

We are inclined to wait patiently for the
course of events in connection with TINS
institution, especially as the season TOT
sugar making is only about to commence;
but the report Of The small USlne III Ma'tl-
nioue. which was placed before the share
holders last month, and wEicn we have but
recently had an opportunity Of reading, has
proved too much for Our eGnanimlty. we
hasten to lay before our readers a summary
of tho report 10 which we refer. IL Is That
OF the st. Simon Usice, and tho tlgures
which it gives us are well calculated 10
raise in our minds tue idea that the olncIaA
statement %(emanating from the Official ID.
rector in England) made to the Members OF
the Legislative Council on the End De-
cember last was of an ineXcusable nature
in it's principal features and that 1t VIII no
yerv difficult when the accounts afe pub
Eshed, for the Directors to satisfy the long
suffering Shareholders. Ii may not be su-
perduous TO recall to the notice of our read
ers what was said on the occasion in ques-
ton. The Administrator after referring to
the late call on Preference Shares said
(qnot.ag from the Official Directors letter.
that the materials fer the preparation OF
the annual Report on the working CT the
Factory had not yet been received, but
that from information already received
there was no fear of loss in the working OF
tho Factory for this year (1879). 1t was
expected that it's expenditure would not
be above the revenue, as at one time, ana "
was anticipated that with a fair crop and
an average market the results of the sea-
son Of next year would give a balance OF
receipt over expenditure, sc. &c. MI.
Moffat very properly characterized this
statement as t~lamentable,n and mentioned
the case of q Factory in Martinique which
with a capital of 100000 had been paying
dividends of 20 per cent. The Factory the
Hon'ble gentleman alluded to, is the one
the report of which we are about to lay
before our readers. 1t has a capital Of
$50, 0G0, and has declared for the year
1879, a dividend of over 80 per cent.
Let us for a moment compare the st.
Lucia Factory with that of st. Simon.
The former was started with a capital of
E10O, 900. 1t had the. unusual advantage
of being exempt from payment CT interest
during the period of construction. This
liability was taken up by the colony. But
the concern had a stone T0und its neck
which crippled it from the first. and that
was the systematic mismanageMent with
which it was afflicted down TO a very recent
period. By Encouragement we do not
wish to be understood as referring to the
shortcomings, if any, of the different men
who have been at the head of the Factory.
That would be unfair, for they were mana
gers but in name. Mr.. Murray in the first
instance was sent away TO crafty some
private pique. His dismissal evidently
was illegal, or it is not likely that he would
have returned. Mr.. Bsrclay was sent away
because the Directors were bound to rein
state Mr.. Murray, or pay heavily for their
failing to do so. And lastly Mr.. Murray
was obliged finally TO resign because be
, 1880-02-11
E Ct RIA III S.
ST. THOMAS STATION.

states that the experiment OF importing
fresh meat from Australia, which has bean
watched with interest, has proved success
ful, q cargo having arrived In London IN
good condition.
The Count de st. Waller 10 visiting Pa
ris for the purpose of discussing with M.
de Freycinet the reason OF the increase OF
the German Army.
New York, 9Th February.-Mr. Glad
stone has delivered q speech at Liverpool
inM sapport Of Ramsay's candidature for
that borough. in which he sharply crisi-
cised the Governments policy. The Mar
quis of Harrington also supports Mr.. RAN.
say, but disavows any connection with
the Home Rulers.
Tas Protestant and Catholic bishops
have united in denying Mr.. Parnell's accu-
sation against the Mansion House Commit
tee of misnsiag the relief fund.
In Bombay 40 Irish relief fund has been
started.
The "Times' predicts that the forthcom'
ing Queens speech wilt refer chiefly TO Al.
gaaulstan, South Africa, aud the Irish els
tress'
London, 4th.-The stock Of sugar at the
-four home por,s on the 31st ultimo wac
145, 1000 tons against $4,000 for the cor
responding period last year.
New York, 9th February.-Ths British
Parliament was opened yesterday by the
Queen 10 person.
The Lord Chancellor read the Queens
speech, the substance Of which is IS iOl.
lows =
Her Majesty's relations with foreign
Powers are satisfactory. A convention
has been concluded with Turkey for the
suppression Of the Slave trade.
A fitting punishment has been inflicted
on Csbul for the massacre of Her Majes-
tvs Envoy and it is intended that the pfin'
ciples heretofore governing relations with
Aighanistan shall be maintained.
The uprising in Basutoland has been
suppressed, aud it is proposed to extend
confederation to our African colonies.
Referring TO homs matters Her Majesty
regretted the serious deficiency il the irish
crops which has called fer precautions
against famine by the distribution Of food
aud fuel and the stimulation of employ
mont and labor.
The approval of Parliament is asked in
cases where powers granted hsve been
exceeded.
Bills will be introduced charging the
powers of land owners and simplifying the
sonyeyancing of land.
Her Msjesty's reception was most en-
thusiastic.
10 the House of Commons Sir Stafford
Northcote, Chancellor of tia E~xchequer.
gave notice Of bis intention to introduce
Irish Relief Bills.
IL the course OF the debate several Irish
members criticised the ineficiency of
the relief afforded to Ireland.
The Marquis of Harrington ceDsured
the foreign policy of the Government and
their silence regarding both the prolonga-
ton OF the present Parliament and the ex-
eeutions which have taken place in AZ
ghanistan.
Sir Stafford Northcote replied criticising
the attitude of the Liberal party towards
the Home Rulers.
Ia the House of Lords, Lord Granville
deprecated the principles of Home Rnle,
and advocated . local Government Reform
= Measure.
The Earl of Beaccns6ald defined Irish
Home Rule as tantamount to d~lsfnenbef-
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Brick Church.

Crops of cotton and corn are very
promising in this part of the coun
". During the dry weather in
June our farmers lost no time in
preparing their lands for the rain
when it did come; hence, their
crops were in fine condition to re-
ceive the refreshing showers of last
week. We have had fine season
and are very thankful for it. Sat
urday afternoon we had a very hard
rain, attended with hail and con
siderable wind, hut ] have heard of
no serious damage done by either,
although some of our peach trees,
which were heavily loaded with
fruit, were blown down. Nearly all
If our peach and apple trees are
and farmers would do
well To relieve them of the surplus
fruit. This can be done by keep
ing the faulty fruit pulled of and
feeding it to the hogs. abe gorms
are thus destroyed and their APP
pearance next season prevented.
Our oat crop has been ruined by
the rust and will be almost an en-
tire failure. German milleE as not
very promising. This has been a
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County Court.

Court met Thursday, with the
following Justices present: j. l..
Jones, chairman, w. j. McNeeley,
Carey Gilbert, w. J. Howard, Will
liam Malone, r. d. Reed, G. H. It'd
well, w. Fl. Alternately, w. F. Alex
ander. j. R. Bumpass, Epperson
Tarpley, S. w. Butler, A. w.
Moore, L. G. Baugh. B. F. White,
McLin Marks, I. o. Alternately,
John G. Alternately, John w.
Lowell, Joseph 5. Wilson, John
w. McLaurine, L. p. Moore. w. A.
Beaver, S. N. Told, John c. Dick
ey and Jacob Nj. Bass.
William Pinke:ton, Thomas w.
Barber and r. z. Collins were elect
ed officers to wait on July term of
Circuit Court.
An appropriation OF $600.5O was
made for the pay of tax assessors.
G. W. West resigned his position
as back-tax collector, having about
completed his work.
The appropriations for various
purposes were comparatively small,
probably not exceeding $1,000.
Following is the venire for the
July term of the Circuit Court:
District No. l, H. B. McNeeley and
w. C. Lowe; 2, John E. Gilbert and
Frank Ross; 3. j. G. Gilbert ana
W. j. Howard; 4, Thomas o.
Daugherty and j. +. Marshall: 5,
r. d. Reed and L. t. Carter; 6, w.
H. Fogg and John @. Massey; Z,
Tillman Harrison and w. G. Nc
Cord; 8, w. S. johnson and James
t. Marks; 9, A. j. Lewis and II. L.
Patterson; 10, F. NJ. Kersey and d.
g. Erwin; II, w. E. Mccoy and
Newton G. Eslick; II, Nathan
Wood and Ben Moore; ID, Tillman
Matthews and r. j. Carvill; IA. t.
W. Willcoxon and j. ID. Davenport;
Is, Joseph F. Wilson and D. b.
Garrett; I6, A. b. Hall and t. P.
Moore; II, j. B. jackson and j. F.
Clark; Is, S. n. Todd and A. j.
Douglass; 10, j. e. Dickey and
Robert Chapman; 20, Willis NJ.
Stevenson and G. w. Elder.
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Generous Jim.

Facetious Exchange.
Gen. Garfield's treatment of his SOL
diers was always thoughtful and tender.
He would arise at O'Clock in the
morning in cold weather and go out to
see if the boys were comfortable, and
frequently paused in his lonely rounds
to tuck their blankets under them.
"Thank you, sir" they would say, with
tears in their eyes; "this reminds me of
my boyhood days and my good cid
mother" His desire for their comfort
robbing himself to serve them. On one
occasion when there had been no arri-
val of supplies for several Indictment
days, he was taking his regular morn
ing walk and discovered a man with
only one boot on. "My poor fellow"
he said, his eyes filling with tears, "the
United States government is to be
gravely rebuked for permitting this
shocking outrage; here, take this" He
relieved his left foot of the leather
thereon, tossed the boot to the suffering
soldier and limped on, singing a psalm.
IL happened TO be a bad morning for
comfortleSs soldiers, and in about fifteen
minutes Gen. Garfield suddenly awoke
from his psalm and his reflections to
find that he had nothing on him but his
sword and gold finger-ring. He was
reminded of the fact by the wall of one
OF his soldiers who happened to be
swOrdless. General" said the unfor-
tunate man, u havn't had a sword
since | have been i'm the service, and
am in urgent need of one, do assure
you. If l don't have a sword in ten
minutes, what with my bad cold and
the hard-heartedness of my military
superiors, feel that shall die" "Bless
my soull'' exclaimed the general, put
ting an end 70 his reverie, "this rs a
serious case indeed. Lob, well, take
it along. Use il, my fine fellow, in de-
Tense of your country, and may heaven
bless you. IL think I'll 90 back TO
headquarters at once. These patient
sufferers IL be asking for my scalp
next"
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TuskEaEE, ALA, July Is, 1878

DIR. G.. j. MoFFETr-Dear Sirius
tice to you demands that / should give
you my experience with your excellent
medicine, Teethina. Our little girl,
just thirleen months old, has had much
trouble teething. Every remedy was
exhausted in shape of prescriptions from
our family physician. Her bowels con-
tinued to pass off pure blood, and burn
ing fever continued for days at a time.
Her lie was almost dispaired of. Her
mother determined to try Teethina, and
in a day or two there was a great
change-new life had returned-the
bowels were nearly regular, and, thanks
to Teethina, the little babe is now doing
well. Yours, etc. d. w. MCIvER,
Ed'r and PrOp'r Tuskegee Gala News.
For sale by Grigsby & Anderson,
Druggists. may6-3m
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HancncI, and TiIden.

NEW YORK, June 30.-General Han
cock having expressed a desire to call
informally upon Governor Tilden, the
general, Senator Wallace, of Pennsyl-
Yania, General Franklin, of Connecticut
and Mr.. Henry Watterson,of Kentucky
met this morning at the Gibson house
by appointment, from whence the party
repaired TO the well known mansion il
Gramercy park, and were received anC
entertained by Governor Tilden with
cordial hospitality. General Hancock
accepted an invitation to pay an early
visit to Greystone. The feeling between
the two is represented to be exceed
ingly cordial. No one was present eX
cept the gentlemen named, and the in
tercOurse was unceremonious and un'
restrained
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SALE

r. r. Reed, Admir-, Va Sarah A. Maultsby
and others.
DURSUANT 10 n decree of the Honorable
L County Court. in the above ca1se, rem
dered at the June Term thereof, 1850, l will,
On Saturday, July 17th, 1880,
at the courthouse door in Pulaski, sell to
the highest bidder, on credit of months,
free from the equity of redemption, CERTAIN
tract of land belonging to the estate of
Thomas A. Maultsby, decd, bounded on the
north by the lands of J. G Massey, south by
Geo Ballentine, east by Wash. Griffin and
on the west by c. Fl. Tfdwell. Said lar d is
situated in the 18th civil district of Giles
county, and contains about
IS -ACRES-
Notes with good security required, and
lien retained on the land for the purchase
money.
jun24- st P. Il. EZELL. Clerk.
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The Heir of the Soldier Vote.

New York Truth.
This paper was in favor Of the nomi-
tion of General Grant-not because he
was republican, but because he was
and is the greatest living American,
and the ablest man to fill the office of
president now on this continent. When
Grant failed to secure the nomination,
Truth was for the next best man, no
matter who he might be. He turns out
to be Hancock, and Truth is for him
from now until the Tuesday in Novem-
Der when he will be elected president of
the United States. As between him
and Garfield, there is no possibility of
hesitation for any honest man. Han
cock was the better soldier, he was the
better civilian, he will make the better
president.