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risks IL Dcs Mnlnes and Davenport In. MIN"
!ea'; and nd - Il TIL ".l Mln Ri Kn,,srs aI }y,, G.y,
from Springfield, l'nna, Joliet, Peoria, and
nther cities IN Illinois arc constantly. OH |
the street. suspect that, most OF these
H's5 II sasl 'a of s esc ss paces @ W ast pd etsrne s
effort WIS r!nfo t., cover lines In the new
elevator In Afinneapols Mt 10 cents below the
local tariff; md It partially succeeded: just
fiow IL Wv viii SCI in toward This City. Tere' @ afe
NUMEROUS brokers hero who. have Il large
country business, and, nins times In ten,
their rates aro direct "cuts" upon the rate5
at llotne.
AN EN0L1sn wEAKL1Nu At wonK.
:. II is wisely provided BY tie laws Of New
York and Massachusetts that Whenever 4
foreign company sets foot OIL their shores, It
s1al coneislon precedent s, dGoslt e. 81 WIN te
sSfss s e2nts III {; GsS ssSn5 ses
Consequently the people of Cltcago are as
much protected by the deposits Of silcl, com
panlcs n New x9fk ts as r peoHis o. t,s
Ing statements 10 be fled which must show
n certain amount of capital untinpaircd, Gtc:
Recently an Engllsh company, Of Of doMDtfutt
wise iaws md deposits. IL is tho
Staflordshlre Insurance Company. Of llAnley,
l.I!Rlantl. us lentl1NnELe[S !Iavc becn caitlu-
lislied at Washington, y. c., where no stale.
lnent IL required. and fran whence pollclcs
are being ISSUED broadcast all over the land.
Its American Mnilag..r ls ar active, energetic
man, who does ~ business . entirely by ;,, snr
agents, d0inE n back-.loo1 business for New
York, are fllllnE up the Company Will! har!
risks ,t w"nJ 'nake eygll ,I,rntful James
se Sp e}a 5Git St yS Sa'15I5S p k2oss ss ss Ps'S
about S;,oo, 600. It could not comply witllany
stringent Suite law, and hns no american as-
sets beyond the premiums In the llaiHis Of Us
assets will be Kept down at n low ebb. Ev..
erythlng will be- swimming until losses set
III, ard then the Statl0rdshire will have test
which Its pollcy-holders will do well 10 watch.
THE MO F1lsE IN ST. PAUL.
The big blaze which consumed tho cstab-
Gerston l. Co., Of st: Paul, list sunday even
Ing, was the occasion of considerable talk
among the ,tlrc-lnsMranco companies Of this
city the next day, The FIRMS INSURANCE e. Wns
&s Kennedy, under. Instructions from st:
| Paul; and these lively gentlemen succeeded
III giving them the suin Of sl5o, GOO outside Of
St Paul, including $4,000 IN Europe. The
ed IN adjuster. There WIS al first a Willing
among tbs English Offices, lest they Ind
lnrger lines than .,Sns reported; put ~ the
Maln they escaped so luckily that they felt Ct
one in tic Minneapolis Mills two years ago,
hn8 mOttgnged tho receipts Of companies
| from Minnesota business for couple OF
years to come, and hence tho people of that
surAnce-rates.
| THR LOCAL uuslyERs.
As mentioned in the beginning OF this letter,
tie rates til the dry-gUots district are firm
arc plastic IS new putty The most cotlmon ION
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In 1874 he WIS rent,nlnntcti upon rlntlhrf!'
n.lorstng tbs Atltnlnistratt0n Of tiel. Grant,
II Il recommendation nf q tltlrtl term. AZ
Llle pills lle WIS defeated by Snfn!lcl ]: Tt!-
lcM tapplauscl BY \ lnnynrlty "f M'3l7, in!l.
,atlnR change ct iGs,M ~ ~ l. t,io i s!,nrt spa:e @
|ority OF :,l3is. In 1911 tic Kepnblicnns
were divided 1Inn the EHhlcGt of u @ Third
Term for den. Grant, anl Mt tattn, Den!o-
.najority Of 4,iV. I.l!e Republican ntn]of'ty
III Ohio III 1s5r was 81 ,aGs. 1t ls74 tha Dem
ocratiG 1naInrity WnS .S1. n lSIs iis'laiia @ W.;
ggnys z Gen. Grant II 900 ma}9rlty: In lss4 t,ie
Dengcrats by 4 majority OF l7,@A. illinois
h,ooo, mn! In 1s73 1t was carriet! by the DEM
oera,si EsW a JSrssy r. ,s7 ye @ H. IN ls t
eaisli,ia!et i3,&H majsrity nEalust i prti-
noll,ced friend Of tic t!!lr.l term. Massa-
cl,.setts gayc {irant III 1s;2 54,sl3 iinalnrity.
nid elected 0nst0!l Dem0cra1 Governor:
Il Tie III ti?stsri II ta Il Iss''s is 81 SGT e 10
United States Senate kctnaN, nf New York;
Wallace, Gf rennsylya.in; Aicl}nnnlH, or
lntlEn'ta;. Tliurmli,, Of Ohio; md ltandgpl,,
al,a, and illinois gave tepublican, najorl.iss
State elections Of 1871 tho same states gayo
MI aggrGgnte Democratic majority Of l4l,UO
Xrkansas, connscticnt, intiana, Missouri,
atnia were j!epu! !,'ean States. 4 short tinee
thereafter VIRGINIA, Texas, md Mlss1sslpPl
sas ts}ss srs ss M sass% 'ssan Is fS
sec, anil Texas became Deinucratic. UufinE
his sec1nd term tho other eight States were
lost To tho Republican party. IT. Gen. Grant
e Ss sseafa fouft 10 Il |' to eur fe, I en @ "a a
II he be free from anlbitIo,A the r,,lo q
safely Is broken, anu sotne ambitious hero Of
tie future Will accomplish what i!e ieit n,l.
Sne @ FsqSsffs aIa SScr fn oer " yly eoSio suppose
TI1E PngcEpENTs OF THE 1s0SApA1srEs.
When tue First Napoleon returned 10 Paris
from his earlier campaigns IN ltnly aliu AUS
trin, We ar9 told tint Ills progress WaS m ull-
interrupted triumphnl procession: Ilo WINS
Gt S S n 5 asnyor fce n' cnneora o.
ncons history tells US l1e received Ills bound-
less hoMnrs with nlt-beconlng modGrnti2ll.
Tho congratulatcry utt[resscs OF TINT dny
nnonn4 with 2nissgI OF tvdi s sft s
III the midst ut this popularity he,, too. no.
acnted himself from the political lntrIgucs Of
I'nr1s Oil q pretended conquest Of Egypt null
Syria.
From the conquest Of tho Pyramids he re-
First Consul Of tho llepubl!c: In less tl1nn
t,rre years from tho Tine 0f his election by
tho ballots Of FREQ but grateful glitl tiener-
nus people, lio Was proclaimed Gonsitl ioT ,i,
Senate; aMl this basn surrender of y
lnt!on's freedom wns suncti9nel by
3,000, 200 Of voters, who cl.ecretl with irantlc
gfe rs tey a dso{i!s ss!teta 9 a bs'l9t tcres St
'l't "f tl'eir owi. siayery. Ills rcnalning work
was casy. Territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WIS
the tempting huit held out to the FRENCH peo-
pie, Tits would yIiolate tho I'reatysot Amiens
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y tho father Df tlls Country. wa nre willing
e a.!mlt TINT he deserved them but THAT he
uvwo1rrr or WHAT jim HAS.
1,ut cuafne, m tl,aoo co,,sinrotn,a i, ia no,r.
fuiy syidc,t tint % Ir lnrKo i,,tmber 1 r d ot our
party irfsn,ls 1 mtatsialct Il BY .a iistfnguishcti
fn1hi. "1 ao SPITE o. gMa S,atn f!r,,nr ~
r"nr,n ~ ~ , nfo .GssS ,"na ,hfs
iccSsIo,, n at,.sr % a,ar so1rn, nroitst aGatnst
thfir !' !Setlsn:. r.. "'',a ,,,. w..
nation coainIts n % te VI pafty o 10 I'D tletense Of
a nn1sctss we aIe aTe " wy ~ M
Adminlssraton @ Gssa1,s iae"riorated s In'o the
19u ~ IL 10 eSs asoan} po 1s se IT. ev IN
thir term Il nrnt,'st Tia si,irit at tle Const-
tato 49,, r. "9 by se ~ ts w2 drsed ne u
fornniton. "'o
IN Washington's example VIC haye m In,
terprclntIon by what IL known ia tho Fedora!
party. In tho examples of Jefferson, and |
Madison, and Monroe VIC hnve m fnterprcta- |
example of Gen. Jaekson wo hire MI Inter
probation by the modern Democratic party.
si1,- JErrERsoN's VIEWS
on t1ia subject arc well known, but, as they
r. 9ha aft1Hs WI 10 e&cusco lo' reproducing
amin tSr,n,notton In Tim services Of tho
Chief Magistratc be not. liked BY the Consti.
,"o II ~ {suprnEa rss y IN iae cronn for
itfn n,,i ,asary M sva Inv ,asfty tint tirgrl,.
critics I Into % nm Inheritance. believing tl,at n
affffs1iina}se aorf 4in;s Rsct that With pro.
,lmcra t1a srcntst s,,in nf hnri,i1css Il, nlft1-
KIM. iii II ti,tv t., do no nj Which sinll
cssnHtinlly tm,mirt1nt prii,ciple, and should
,,nwjlijugjy III tho person who, tllsregartltng
the solnl precedent SGT by M !llnstrl0.ls pre-
I'll atntt1I ftfr11a1 thH frat Pxnr1lk1A 0f
prolongatlon beyond tho second term OF
Office"
At another TING he SAID: '. reason nnO
experience tell us tll"t ule Cslcf y T. Mag'stmte
elected.
"The power Of removing every fourth YEA, y,
by q vote OF tue people Is p9'Wer tney VIII
s1sss S sSiTFfIss Il sy @ Wo o{ ho MG5s
THESE ruEcEpEsrs
hovc. ao far. fppn Of sueh authority that no
;artv s,ns ventitruti to Iisregurtl them. Tho
f,v IL rif # Inv IN n tl I,cmrts IN ~ n tie coiisceccs
ar o. n' ths Nmerien,l ri mn neopie. ''o'~'00
III the tlliri place, this nomination involves
r. apsonte W.. sarIenaHr 81 In1assis WITT He1
IN ~ i2c5 III tit ~ Mnmcstton ~ n sccfssnr ia l:rr.
Grant ,sns tiisrttsstI In tba several Republc.
M ts State &C; comyet,iiol,s. yet,IiSM - 'll '
Gen, CNmpbeil, u lending member OF the
i,,T rcsolntinn. VII Which Wa received with eli
;IH,,sostic ;iH "m,,,n,,sn. was WAVE ~
"Ti,ut tha it,,i,,st aspcrsions atte,nptctl 10
be maie upon @ the character of TIC l'resItlentt
},.rensat,ai ossrrtinn nf n desire upoI, his
,,ort =, anc,ra " ,,n,utnotinn for n fhr.l tarn,
pSa wlhot fonMslatiol. in fnct mi Unjust re,
Election upon tho patriotic character OF tho
President, and all
v,o hovo honored a ~ i'm a viii % thcr confidence
W, M.p ~ @ .i ,, ,,tfnrit, in',v n1,,i RAM,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
For a Minister.

When he rises in this place and utters the
prayer of this congregation, may his utter
ance be with sanctifed lips. When he
stands here and breaches thy word, may he
have the testimony OF good conscience that
he shuns not to declare the whole counsel of
God. When he takes his place at the bap-
tismal altar or at the table of his dying
Lord, may he have a broken and a contrite
spirit. When he walks from house TO house,
may he be stable and strong in guiding the
thoughts and shaping the characters of pa
rents and children. When he has sought
out such as were wandering from the fold
and in danger of being lost upon the noun
tains, may he so administer rebuke as not
to forget mercy, and so remember mercy as
not to fail in administering rebuke. Let
him bear in mind that the sheep going astray
belong to the flock for which the good shep-
herd laid down his life. If his faithfulness
in his work shall give offence unto men,
suffer them not to blame the messenger for
delivering the message sent by thee. Say
unto them: "Touch not mine anointed,
and do my prophet no HARM" If the trum-
pet summon him to combat with open enc
mics of the cross, or with the more perilous
foes in his own heart, leave him not to him
self but cover his head in the day of bat
tie, and make him more than conqueror
through the might of the great captain of
his salvation. May he watch for the souls
of his people, that, at the appearing of our
Lord, he may give an account of them with
joy, and through the mysterious mediation
Of our Lord may present them, glorious
church, without spot or blemish. May he
so perform all his duties to himself and to
the church and to the world around him,
that when thou shalt call him from his
ministry on earth, he may say 81 have
fought good fight, | have finished my
course, | have kept the faith, henceforth
there is laid up for me crown of righteous
ness and not for me only, but also for the
people whom thou hast given me."-Profes-
sor Park, at an ordination.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
Fall Play.

Is there not something too much said as
to fall work and prudent forecasting for
our fortunate friends who live in the coun-
try? We fear so. At least, gentle hint
that is not little Jack alone who is made
dull by an undue proportion of work to
play, cannot come amiss. This is the time
of year for fall play, as well as fall work.
There are the nutting excursions, for in
stance 1t doesn't matter particularly what
kind of nuts you go after, nor where you go
nor in fact whether you get great lot of
nuts or not; " the lark " is the thing. Chest
nuts, butternuts, hazelnuts-it is all the
same, If you have properly paired company
of young folks, of about the sparkable age
including married couples who haven't out
grown their honey-mooning-a bright Oc-
tober day, plenty of luncheon, and merry
hearts. How exhilarating is the ride How
beautiful still are the woods, even in their
duller autumual robes How jolly the mild
excitement of finding good pickings, and
laying in stores for the winter freside
How sweet the sly love-making when the
tender tumult in the veins keeps Jack Frost
out of nipping distance Turn the younger
children loose into the woods also. They
enjoy their freedom, and need it, as much as
the other colts do. If the boys are old
enough to be trusted with a gun, rig them
out for a squirrel hunt. Encourage their
taste for trapping, if they show any. There
is great deal OF unframed and unspoiled
human nature in a boy who is good for any
thing, and we should hear fewer complaints
about the boys leaving home If their fathers
wouldn't forget that boys must be, and are,
entitled to be boys, and not drudges, nor
premature men. Aud the boys embrace
the girls" as the parsing teacher said. The
girls, too, need freedom, diversion, play.
The woods and fields are full of pretty
things for decorating and Frightening the
winter home, or to send as tokens of remem-
brance TO their town friends. The roads
and lanes are smooth and hard, and the air
is the best of all the year for horseback
riding. Many country girls would look less
longingly to the life Of the gay and busy
town il they had boat or a saddle horse,
or some other means of recreation, TO break
up the dull monotony of the hard work or
the aimless idling. Nor should the older
folks so much hold aloof from play. II they
can no longer be frisky, they can at least be
happy, 1t is a pity the old-fashioned corn
husking and apple-paring bees, and other
neighborhood sociable good times, are not
more common. A considerable revival in
that line would be blessing. Anything
that makes life less of a grind, and lubri-
Gates those joints of the body and mind that
work and worry bring inSo such a terribly
creaking condition, ought to be welcomed.
Don't forget the fall play.-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10

at home, making with the parents house
hold Of seven, almost always enlarged by
visitors. All the housework of this large
family is done-and done with exquisite
neatness--by the mother and daughters,
aided by single Irish servant girl, to whom
they have taught almost everything she
knows. They have large garden of fruit
and vegetables, and perform all the picking,
preparing and preserving which this in
wolves. The youngest daughter rises at five
or six, and does good task in the way Of
housework before the seven o'clock break
fast afterward she walks mile and a half
to school, and the same distance back and
she is picture of health and strength, in
spite Of the fact that she gets ninety or nine
ty-five per cent at her school examinations.
An older sister, after her share of the early
work, goes by railroad TO teach small pri-
vate school in neighboring town. All this
does not prevent them from keeping up their
music and literature, from receiving visit
ors or--I might add-from trimming their
own bonnets. Now the question is, can any
part of the world, or any form of civiliza-
ton, produce a better type Of household ed
ucation than this2 OF course do not claim
that the household which have sketched is
an average household-when we would Sc
lect typical specimen we choose among,the
best. What claim is that the description
give will probably suggest TO every person
who reads II some family which might sit
| for. this picture, or for something like IT,
These households are by no means confined
to New England they might indeed be
claimed, in wider sense, as American; but
the fact that most people would instinct.
lively associate New England with the pecu
liar combination represented by such fami
lies is good evidence that there is something
local in the type At any rate it is fair K
offer such pictures as connterpoise fol
many caricatures.-T w. Higginson.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
Book OF Remembrance.

If the earthly history of some of our
brethren were written down if faithful
record were kept of the way they spend their
time if all the hours of idle vacancy or i'd
Ter occupation were put together, and very
small amount of useful diligence de.
Quoted, the life of a bird or a quadruped
would be nobler one, more worthy of its
powers and more equal to its Creators end
in forming it, Such a register is kept
Though the trifer does not chronicle his
own vain words and wasted hours, they
chronicle themselves. They find their in.
delible place in that book of remembrance
with which human hand cannot tamper, and
from which no erasure save one can blot
them. They are noted in the memory OF
God. And when once this life of wondrous
opportunities and awful advantages is over
when the twenty or fifty years of proba.
tion are fled away-when moral existence,
with its facilities for personal improvement
and serviceablaness to others, is gone be
yond recall-when the trfler looks back to
the long pilgrimage with all the doors OF
hope and usefulgess, past which he skipped
in his frisky forgettulness-wh anguish
will it move to think that he has gamboled
through such world without salvation TO
himself, without any real benefit to his
brethren, a busy trifier, viyacious idler, a
clever fool l--Dr. James Hamilton.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
The Small Arts OF Living.

Hardly anything is too small to spoil the
comfort OF life, il it be misplaced. A speck
in the eye, kernel of wheat in the boot,
pin-poiDt touching the skin, band too tight
or needed strap gone-and goodbye COM
fort Considering how much depends on
our daily food, 1t is surprising how little is
thought Of the conditions under which it is
taken, in many families. Some people
think good deal more of what is on the
table than what is said or done around it !;
aud some few, perhaps, reverse the order
an operation that may do very well for
special occasions, when what is said is some
thing extraordinary; but one that we shall
beg to be excused from Gas regular diet"
even if the gods came to dine, until we are
able to dispense with all that is implied in
good appetite The cookery is too big a
topic to touch in this connection though
what with cookery schools, a better know-
edge among the people, and higher standards
made familiar by our best hotels and dining
places, the art has greatly advanced in this
country within the present generation. Good
bread, properly broiled steak, and roast
done to turn, no longer excite the special
wonder that once they did. By-and-by per-
haps it will not be unusual to find good
soup, or vegetables that haven't been spoiled
in cooking But consider the meal cooked I;
how shall it be best enjoyed BY having it
daintily and tastefully arranged and served,
in the first place. We always mark the
good housewife up notch or two in our es-
TEEN if we see that, however competent
help she may have, she always slips out to
give the last touches to the table before
the family or the guests sit down. Some
do it for the guests but not for the family,
but that is an error. The artistic arrange
ment Of the table furniture; the skill that
avoids crowding dishes together, or leaving
space too bare the forethought that looks
out for flowers for the dinner table, though
the center table 60 bare; the quick eye
which sees that everything is in its place
these supplement the fare wonderfully
Promptness in each member of the family
is another essential. 1t demoralizes the
group to have stragglers dropping in all the
way through the meal, and gives restau
rant air-a suggestion of mere " feeding
to the family meal which it should never
have.-Goiden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
The Universal Cry.

Here is an eloquent passage from an ad-
dress recently delivered in England by the
Bishop of Meath Many of you, doubtless,
have heard that wondrous opening passage
of Mendelssohn's Elijah, in which the mu-
sician tries to represent the despair of a
whole people perishing from thirst, despair
which finds vent for while in sullen rest
less murmuripg, until at length gathering a
terrible cumulative strength, it bursts forth
almost appallingly in cries of heartrending
and importunate agony. So can imagine
the voice Of deceived and terror-stricken
humanity having sought in vain TO slake its
thirst at the dry wells Of modern positivism,
sending upward at length to heaven the
broken-hearted cry, "Give us back the
Christ that we have lost. Away with the
CHASTITY specter, the hideous phantom, the
at" that has usurped his throne, and let
us learn again to love and worship God
who is heart to heart"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
Our Old Doctor.

There wasn't better doctor, nor a kinder
man in a circuit of thirty miles, than Dr.
Gunnison. He was sent for from far and
near, and in serious danger all the younger
physicians looked TO him for counsel.
The temperance movement had Just be-
begun at the time of which speak, and its
advocates would have rejoiced TO have DIR.
Gunnison on their side. But he held him
self aloof lie "ddn't believe in temper.
ance pledges. A man ought TO be able to
keep himself within bounds if he was
man. If not, he might as well go to the
Dogs
They we're not religious people,-the doc
tor and his lovely wife, and If they had
any creed it was made up chiefly Of don't
believes" They had no children, and were
all in all to each other.
As time passed on, people began to think
and say that it would be as well for the doc
tor if he did believe in the temperance
pledge. Now and then they saw him go by,
swaying from side 10 side on his faithful old
horse,--as kind and intelligent beast as
ever man rode,-or with head bowed low in
ihif-drunken stupor. They watched him
anxiousy as he crossed the ford, which was
somewhat difficult and dangerous in some
places. But the horse knew what he was
about il his master did not, and he really
seemed to accommodate his gate to the sway
ing figure on his back, as he stepped care
fully along.
One evening we saw him approaching,
just as we sat down to supper. 1t was early
in April, and the river was higher than
usual, and we saw with alarm that the doc
tor was less fit TO cross than we had ever
seen him.
Father sprang for his hat, and ran out and
hailed him. The horse stopped,-of his
own accord, | think,-and then father went
to the doctor and urged him to come in and
stay till morning at our house. He urged
the unusual danger in crossing, and even
made so bold as to say, You know you're
not fit to cross there tonight, doctorl"
He urged in vain. it appeared, for the doc
tor spurred his horse, and pushed on to the
very edge of the stream. There he paused,
and at length turned about and rode back
to where father stood watching.
an go back and stay with you, if you've
got temperance pledge in the house, and
will give it to me-" he said.
Father could hardly believe his ears, but
he answered quite coolly,-
81 have one, and I'll give it to you with
pleasure"
He led him in and seated him at table
in the sitting-room, while he came into the
kitchen where the supper-table was spread,
to speak to mother to make ready plate
for him. When he returned to the doctor
he was leaning forward on the table in a
heavy sleep. 1t was vain to try to waken
him, so he was left there till all the family
were in bed. Then father made an effort to
get him to go to bed, and he awoke. He
was more himself now.
"Where's that pledge you promised to
give me ?" said he.
Wondering much whether he was con
scious what he did, father brought the
pledge, and pen and ink, and watched the
trembling hand sign it.
I" can write steadier after I've kept il
awhile" said the doctor with laugh.
Sand you mean to keep it ?" said father