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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
English Home Life.

About the first impression that English
life makes on the stranger is that it is shy
of intrusion. English homes are addicted
to getting as far from the highway as they
may, and, when they must needs stand near
1t, of throwing up a screen of high hedges
and stout gates between them and the
tramping world. Perhaps the gates some
times seem little slow in opening for the
offices OF hospitality. But doubt whether,
for all that, q choicer sort of hospitality is
characteristic OF any other people. Once
inside an English home you are made TO feel
very much at home. You are expected TO
go and come, indoors and out, as it suits you,
Your hosts, on their part, do not think it
necessary to apologize or explain If their
every day duties make it needful for them
to leave you by yourself, now and then, on
the lawn or in the library. There is no
conspicuous effort TO entertain" you--no
airing of best parlors, no dressing in better
clothes, no extra spread, apparently at din
ner. But there is no lack Of care to make
your stay pleasant, of attention that is much
better for not being obtrusive Another
impression which the typical English home
makes is that there is no straining to keep
up the highest style that ones income win
warrant. So long as furniture is serviceable
IT matters not how old-fashioned il is. There
is no disposition TO tear away an old house,
merely because IL is old, or TO spend money
in changes simply for the sake OF moderniz,
ing IL. The owner shows you the old fire.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The Sunny Home.

know room where the sunshine fingers,
and there is breath of summer aud mign-
onette in the air whenever | think of il.
There tired man comes home and throws
off overcoat and hat without looking to see
what becomes of them. There is broad
table in the light, strewn with papers and
magazines, women's work, with litter of
rose leaves dropping over them from CEN
trail vase. There is wide sofa of the days
of the Georges fresh covered in chintz, with
ferns and harebells for patterns, and tired
man goes down there with a great ruffled
pillow under his shoulders and opens par
GELS and letters, dropping them on the floor,
as the most natural place for them. A girl
has been painting, and water.colors and
papers lie on side table, Just as she left
them to rush for an impromptu ride. /
have never been able to discover any disar-
rangement OF the household economy by
this flight. Somebody left a shawl on chair.
There will be nothing said about it at
breakfast next morning. There are no laws
here against playing with the curtain tassels,
no regulations as to how often the snowy
curtains may be put upor left down. They
do not last the season out, crisp and speech
less as the neighbor's do across the way, but
the only consequence is they are oftener
new and clean. There is nothing very fine
about this house, but things are removed
oftener and look brighter than they do in
other houses. The chairs have no particu-
lar places, and anybody feels at liberty to
draw the sofa out when it pleases him.
There is no primness about the place. II
there is grass on the lawn, it is meant TO be
walked on, and the geraniums are fonded
and petted and caressed as if they were
oh;1Irap nn Hpotu tbara 10 N at
| ism in green leaves and growing flowers de-
rived from the earth's heart, that makes it
good to handle and feel them? This house
is known as the place where one dares to
breakfast. There is no ceremony of waiting.
Coffee and cakes are put where they will be
hot; the table is cleared TO suit the house
keepers convenience, and small one set for
the late conner. Nobody lies awake at night
till the light ceases to shine under your
chamber door, if you want to sit up and
read a volume through There is an un-
written law of convenience for the house.
hold which regulates better than any Code
Napoleonic. And the benefit of allowing
people to be law unto themselves is, that
they are much better natured about it when
they do obey. There is indulgence and re-
pose in this lovely home, and a great deal of
time for things which most people cut short
AN hours play with the children, right
down good chat with a neighbor, day of
letter-writing once fortnight. Disorder
does not imply dust or soil Of any kind It
means "leave to be i'm most cases, think.
ing of people more than things. Order is
simply harmony of few notes. Disorder
is the Towering, branching melody of one
theme-and that theme, indi Tiduality.-
Southern Churchnsan.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The True Basis Of Church Union.

Controversies seldom bring people to-
gether. The sharper the dispute, the wider
grows the separation. But when some great
need of suffering men is allowed to have
full force of appeal, differences of opinion
are forgotten, and men come together in a
common sympathy. Nothing unites people
in heart like engaging in the work of re-
lieving the need of Others. Let city be
devoured by fire, let region be swept by a
tornado, or inundated by flood, or smitten
by plague, and antagonists in religion and
politics hurry to work together for their re-
lief. The more deep and hearty their sym.
pathies for the needy, the more completely
are their differences forgotten. The south
and the north stand side by side to minister
to the sufferers by yellow fever They are
one, just so far as they are engaged to re.
lieve their fellow-men. But what needs can
appeal to men with such persuasive force as
those which the church of Christ aims Ia
satisfy Its idea is divine philanthropy
II aims TO heal the sick, to feed the hungry
to deliver those bound by appetite, to allie
viate wretchedness. But it does more L,
seeks to save the whole man. When mer
engage with all their hearts in this work
the highest point of enthusiasm is reached
They become one in Christ Jesus. Nothing
tends to bring men into unity of thought
like unity of spirit Prejudices melt away
in the warmth of a common love for souls
A teachable spirit takes the place of self
sufliciency. Men whose hearts are deepl,
moved by the needs of others see eye TO eve
and are drawn together because they ap
proach a common center,-Christ the
Saviour of mankind. IL these words NEE
the eye of any one who is grieved at the diff
ference which separates the churches, W.
remind him that they will not be made ;
unit by fault-fnding or contepding. Bu
the closer he enters into sympathy with
Christ in seeking to save men, the more ef
fectively does he work for the union of al
believers in him.-Goiden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Safety From Drowning.

The Sheffield Telegraph of England says
that the Rev. w. Cowell Brown, Wesleyan
minister of Sheffield, has patented an inven-
tion which appears to be simple and prac-
tical means Of lessening the number of
deaths by drowning. A chemical prepara-
tion is inserted in a portion of the coat
waistcoat, or dress. 1t does not add TO the
weight, or in any way alter the appearance
of the garment The preparation is inserted
between the lining and the cloth in the
case Of a coat, it is placed on each side of
the breast and up the back. The moment
man falls in the water the coat initiates, and
he cannot keep his head under the waves.
The invention has been practically tested at
the swimmiug-bath of the Sheffield Bath
Company. First, two small pieces of linen,
with part of the preparation inserted be-
tween the folds, were thrown into the water.
The linen instantly inflated so as to form a
miniature cushion and fioated about the
bath. An attendant of the company then
put on coat, with the preparation inserted
in it. He first went under a shower BATH
where he was thoroughly drenched, to show
that initiation would not take place under
the ordinary circumstances of shower.
Under the shower-bath the coat did not
alter its proportions in any way whatever.
The attendant then took header" into
the water. He re-appeared at the surface
almost instantly, and the coat promptly in
flated. Entering part of the bath deep
enough to take him up to the eyes, he could
not touch bottom at all, and the water
scarcely reached his chin. By struggle he
dived partially beneath the surface, but
came up again instantly. Divesting him.
self of the garment it ioated about the
bath until it was taken out. The inventor
then attached a piece of lead weighing
three pounds to his appliance, which pre-
sents the appearance of short, light sleeve,
or lining and threw it into the water. The
sleeve on touching the water instantly ex.
panded like small bolster and fioated
about the bath well out of the water, sus-
tanning the lead wait till both were fshed
out. The experiments were as interesting
as they were successful. The inventor
states that his apparatus, which would
simply form an additional lining inserted in
portion of the garment, would sustain
person in the water as long as he could pos
sbly endure the exposure. For forty-ive or
fifty hours it would be effective for It's pur-
pose. In the event of person losing con.
sciousness, the lining in the back would
form kind of bed, and that in the breast
pair of pillows, against which his head
would rest.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Seeing God.

We do not suppose that God has body
to be outlined by the eye. We do not think
he has form that can be seen as he goes to
and fro in the earth. 1t is not easy to think
of God as having the attributes of person.
Yet it is not impossible to conceive of him
as our father and benefactor and not asso-
ciate with him personality of mind, heart
and presence? Every person is conscious
that God sees them; how few see him In
nature the dullest eye imagines that it be-
holds God; but the skepticism of the mind
asks if it is anything more than the laws of
nature. Doubtless God is back of all law
but can he be seen as we see friend Now,
we do not think it necessary to look God in
the face, to take him by the hand, to outline
his body with the eye, to see him. A child
comes home from school. Its mother is not
in sight, but as it goes from kitchen to cup.
board, from sitting-room to chamber, the
child sees evidence Of its mother. It does
not ask for her, or listen TO hear her voice,
The atmosphere of home says "Mother is
here" So it is in seeing God. With the
man whose heart is pure, God comes to him
in the daily experiences of life, and the
man in thought converses with him. God
enters his home and finds it ordered in love
There is vacant seat at the table for one
of Gods poor. The bird in its cage tells
such man of Gods goodness and the old
shade tree in front of the house, as its leaves
fall in obedience to some unspoken com
mand, declare to that man him whom NOR
tai eye hath never seen. When we are like
God, then shall we see him. "Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they shall see Cod
Golden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Declivity OF Rivers.

A very slight declivity sutices to give the
running motion to water Three inches
per mile in smooth, straight channel gives
velocity OF about three miles an hour.
The Ganges, which gathers the waters of
the Himalaya Mountains, the loftiest in the
world, is, at l,S00 miles from its mouth,
only about 800 feet above the level of the
sea. and to fall these 800 feet in the long
course the water requires more than a
month. The great river Magdelena, in
South America, running for 1000 miles be-
tween two ridges OF the Andes, falls only
800 feet in all that distance; above the com.
mencement of the 1000 miles it is seen de-
scending in rapids and cataracts from the
mountains. The gigantic Rio de la Plata
has so gentle descent 10 the ocean that, in
Paraguay, 1000 miles from its mouth, large
ships are seen which have sailed against the
current all the way by the force Of the wind
alone-that is to say, which, on the beautiful
inclined plane of the stream, have been grad
ually lifted by the soft wind, and even
against the current to an elevation greater
than that Of our loftiest spires.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The Value OF Your Name.

The man who will indorse fraud is a
fraud, and this no matter whether he ELL
dorses it knowingly or ignorantly. The man
who knowingly endorses that which is wrong
is deliberate and Intentional fraud, while
the man who endorses that of which he
knows nothing is no less fraud, for he is
himself deceived and deceives others. He
who will endorse that of which he knows
nothing, as if he did know and understand
something about it, will need TO look about
himself and see what excuse he is to make
when ali indignant public shall demand of
him an explanation. The world reeks with
frauds and villainies and defalcations. In
church and in state in secular corporations,
benevolent institutions, and religious socie-
ties, this leayen of fraud is working and
it is usually accomplished through the
agency of honest, wel-meaning people who
do not partake of the gains of iniquIty and
are not conscious of the crimes that are
being perpetrated under cover of their inhu-
ence. Trustees endorse everything as right,
when in fact everything is wrong. Treasu-
rers are allowed 10 do as they please, and no
one searches their accounts to the bottom.
Agents ialsiiy, or destroy, or lose their books
OF account, aud persuade excellent, careless
men to say that everything is all right
Perhaps some stipendiary or beneficiary OF
an institution, residing hundreds or thou
sands OF miles away, and having no possible
means of INVESTIGATING the state of affairs,
publicly announces that everything is cor
rect. Finally funds are called for, deceptions
are unmasked, the bottom falls out OF the
whole corrupt arrangement, money gathered
with the greatest endeavor and consecrated
To the holiest uses is found to be squandered
and wasted regulations are ruined respect
able men are disgraoed, and all who have
aided and abetted them; and even the
church OF God, the sacred cause of religion,
aud the name o! Christ itself share in the
stencil and infamy which these iniquities
have caused. Those who for the sake OF
temporary advantage have endorsed the in-
| stitution which gave them help find that
their resources are cut off, and that they are
forced TO come down TO the realities of pov-
erty and hard times, until honest men shall
satisfy themselves that they have found men
of vigilance and integrity TO whom they
may entrust their benefactions. Changes
come, cliques are demolished, parties are
demoralized, close corporations are over
turned, and men who trusted in them find
that they have leaned on broken reeds, and
share in the calamity of q common wreck,
1t is safe and righteous rule to endorse
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
School Suffrage for Women.

BY the new law of New York, women may
vote at the eleven thousand district school
meetings TO be held in that state on the 10Th
of next October. Every mother whose child
has attended the district school eight weeks
or more since October 10, 1S70 every wo-
man with whom a motherless child lives
which has so attended every woman who
owns taxable house or land in the district ;
every woman who hires taxable land, house,
or part of taxable house in the district !;
every woman who works land on shares ;
every woman who owns fifty dollars worth
of clothing or furniture, not required for
daily use every woman who owns stocks,
or bonds other than those of the United
States, or has money in bank or other per-
sonal property to the value Of fifty dollars
or more-if she is native of this country
or is a naturalized American citizen or has
since October 12, 1874, declared her in
tention to become such, is entitled, under
Chapter TX. of the laws of 1880, TO vote at
the school.meeting of the district wherein
she dwells. She is at liberty to vote for
school trustees, district-clerk, tax-collector,
and librarian; to vote on questions of taxa.
ton and on all matters before that meeting.
If her vote is challenged, she has simply
to swear it in and under Section l3 of Title
VII. of the general school laws, if she does
so, her vote must be received. 1t is not
ueedful that women without children at
tending school shall have paid taxes it is
enough that they are liable to pay.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15

place around which his family have gathered,
and the little window out of which they have
looked for half dozen generations, with
more pride than he could take in the costliest
or finest facade Of modern build. To be
comfortable as he goes along is duty that
stands much higher IN the middle-class Eng
lishman's creed than to make show of his
money. As his idea Of comfort involves
good deal of cooking and other service, he
keeps twice as many domestics as an Amer
ican family with the same income would,
and lives in only half as snowy a house.
This was the best explanation discovered
for the manifest fact that English mothers
have the advantage of American women, in
the same grade of life, both in the matter of
robust health and daily leisure. They are
loyal, usually, to the example of the Queen,
and raise large families. One soon gets
accustomed, in sauntering through the
London parks, to the sight of the baby
carriage which holds two little ones with a
difference in their ages Of only twelve
month or 30. But there is no effort to keep
them tricked out in fine clothes. As for
running every time little chap bumps his
nose or twists his fists in the younger ba-
by's eyes, the English mother begins early
to teach her progeny to make the best Of
such things.-Good Company.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Jumping the Rope.

While jumping the rope is not objection
able in moderation, no girl or boy can jump
against time, or compete with another to see
who can jump the greatest number of times
without stopping, and not receive perma-
nent injury. In an essay on popular GUS
toms on public health in the recently pub
lished annual report of the department Of
statistics of Indiana, DIR. j. w. Hervey of
Indianapolis lays great stress on the danger
of this practice. None, he says, is more in
furious; and in illustration of its evil eff.
fects he mentions case of real occurrence
in that city. The patient, girl of twelve,
was dead when he reached the house. He
says "On inquiry | found that she had
jumped the rope at school few days before,
five hundred times. Think of five hundred
rushes of blood upon the little heart in quick
succession No wonder | had to make the
certificate of death Emboli, or clot in the
heart, caused by overhead and jumping
straight up five hundred times
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
Don't Slander.

A woman writes of Mrs. Hayes As
much is said and written about the temper.
ance principles of our presidents wife,
would like to present another phase of her
character, as an example for the women of
our land to follow. During an acquaintance
with her for the last twenty-five years,
have never heard her speak i'll of any one.
once asked her how this came about, that
she was so guarded in this respect, when |
knew she was tempted as much as any one
to use her tongue to the detriment of others.
She said in reply, that at night, before going
to sleep, her husband would say to her
Now, have we said anything against any
one to-day p I know this is entering the
privacy Of the home-circle Of the long ago
but as she is now in such a conspicuous
place, cannot forbear to use my knowledge
for the general good. She herself may never
think Of possessing this trait, and may not
remember this remark of hers to me but
years have not eifaced it from my mind"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
The Deserted Lamb,


Walking Though my field on winters
morning, | met with lamb, as | thought
dead, but taking it up found it just alive /;
the cruel mother had almost starved it to
DEATH put it into my bosom, and brought
it into my house there rubbed its starved
limbs, warmed it by the freside, and fed it
with warm milk from the COW. Soon the
lamb revived; first it feared me, but after
wards it thoroughly loved me. As mostly
fed it with my own hand, so it followed me
wherever went, bleating after me whenever
it saw me, and was always happy when it
could frisk around me, but never so pleased
as when would carry it in my arms. Jesus
is a shepherd, the shepherd of souls and Of
him it is said, " He carries the lambs in his
bosom, and gently leads those that are with
young" II you desire to love Jesus read
the blessed book, the Bible; there you hear
such things of the love of Christ to poor
ruined sinners as hope will melt your eyes
to tears, and your hearts into love.-Roo-
land HW
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-09-15
How to Look at 1t.

In all specific service for Christ there is
much of dry detail to be attended to, which
may be counted wearisome and ignoble
when it ought to be looked at as glorious
and ennobling. In recent address to young
clergymen, DIR. c. j. Vaughan calls atten.
tion to most suggestive antithesis in the
original form of st. Paul's words to the
Thessalonians, BE not weary in well do.
ing" The kalos and the kakos of the Greek
there are the " beautiful " and the I" base -
so that the injunction might read: "Wax
not base in your beautiful life" Bring not
down to mere drudgery that which is a ser.
vice divine. Think not of this visiting of
the sick, of this attending on hospital or
missionary society committees, of this lead
ing of prayer-meeting exercises, of this pre-
pairing of sermons, of this writing of news
paper articles, of this teaching in the Sun
day-school, as a tedious and perfunctory SER
vice; but look at it all and always as repre-
sentative work for the King of kings and
the Lord of lords. 1t is this nobler and
diviner way of viewing every duty to which
a servant Of Christ may be called that is il.
lustrated by the old writer who has said
" If two angels were sent down from heaven
to execute the divine command, and one was
appointed to conduct an empire, and the
other to sweep street, they would feel no
inclination to change employments." He
whose work is only for itself and for him
self, will find his best work drudgery. He
who lives and labors lovingly for Jesus, will
make all drudgery divine.
Forenoon. and afternoon, and night.-forenoon.
And afternoon, and night forenoon, and-what
The empty song repeats itself. No more?
Yea, that Is life: make this forenoon sublime
This afternoon psalm, this night
And time Is conquered. and thy crown Il Won"
-SHnddg- School Times.