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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Guardians Of Jesus.

Such were Joseph and Mary. They
shielded him with personal affection. His
helplessness appealed to their tenderness.
His origin awed their souls The declared
purposes of his being called forth all their
energies in his behalf. Jesus Christ still
appeals to the whole range of emotion and
will of those who love him. The wild pas
sions and ungoverned wills of evil meu still
seem sometimes to threaten his life. His
slight hold on many other hearts seems feeble
as an infants touch. We watch it. We
guard it between hope and fear. He ap-
peals, in his claims on human love- to those
emotions of tenderness which an infant
calls forth. But even while we regard him
as the babe in the manger, he rises into un-
utterable majesty, and we behold on his
thigh name written, King of Kings and
Lord of Lords. Men cannot comprehend
the infinite reach of his being who appeals
to every emotion of which the human heart
is capable, and who yet is beyond all
thought. He lay on his mothers breast a
helpless child. He was in the beginning
with God, aud was God. Every knee shall
bow to him, and every tongue shall confess
him Lord. Let us guard him while we may.
In his infinite condescension he has placed
himself, as it were, in our care. He has en-.
trusted his cause to our hands and hearts
He has made it possible for us, at cost and
sacrifice Of will, to confess him before men,
whom angels worship and has promised
that those who do confess him here he will
confess before his Father in heaven. 1t
will be but little while that he will need
us, and then, oh, how we shall need him
The days of grace, like the days of the year
will soon be gone. He will soon come with
power and great glory. Let us be wise
men aud worship him now, with acceptable
offerings, as our Redeemer and King
Golden RUE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
" Managing y Husbands.

"IIow do you manage him 2" This is the
question that we heard asked of one of the
dearest and best " of wives, who was con-
spicuously happy in her domestic relations.
" All |" she said, with a merry twinkle in
her soft eyes, :" the best way to manage a
husband is not TO manage him." We were
struck with the subtle wisdom of the seem
ing paradox. The average man, high or
low, is good deal of a pig in one particu.
lar the way to get him to 60 north is to try
to drive him TO the south. He is also like
the horse. You eau coax him 10 you with
corn in the measure; but if you leave out
the corn too many times he is the deafest,
blindest, and most absolutely independent
of animals. He may let you get very near
him, but it is only for his own diversion.
just as you are going to slip the halter on,
up fly his heels and away he goes There
should be but one will with married
couple who are truly mated, and that should
be the will of-both. To those who know
the sweet authority OF love, this will not
seem like another paradox. We have known
couples-not 80 many as we could wish l.
both of whom could truthfully say, after a
dozen or twenty years walking of the long
path together, that they had had their own
way; because the necessary mutual yield
ing had been done SO cheerfully and 80
wholly that but the one way remained.
There is certain sort of strong.headed,
laundering, self-willed fellow-good enough
at heart, but with mighty queer ways of
showing it sometimes-who undoubtedly
needs managing" In the feminine sense.
The recipe for this-as old as Eve-we
should be presumptuous to attempt to tell to
any woman possessed of the slightest knowl-
edge of men. But for those who have not,
we will repeat that it is simply cajoling
them into the belief that they are having
their own way, when it is your way all the
time. Husbands are requested not to an-
alyze aud apply this too closely). The opera
tion is really necessary one at times, and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Letter from Santa Fe.

Through the kindness of a friend we are
enabled to give our readers glimpse Of
that old city whose origin dates SO far back
into the past. The writer, a former resident
of Montpelier, now prominent grain mer-
chant of Chicago, gives business mans
view of the city aud notes many points of
interest not obvious to careless observer.
He says: 1t is high time you had cor
respondent in the oldest city in the United
States, city that was as large in population
as it is now long before a white man ever
saw Vermont, or before the landing of the
Pilgrims. 1t seems very strange, but fact
nevertheless, and | have been much inter
ested here. On the way some twenty miles
from here we had view of an old stone
church of the Montezumas,' more than
three hundred years ruin aud still seems
only to have been left year ago. Here is
city of six thousand inhabitants, of whom
only three hundred are Americans. The
houses are all adobe, or sun-dried mud, one
story with mud roofs. The United States
army and United States officials compris,
the Americans.
"The trading is mostly done by Jews
many Of whom are very wealthy. Th'
rest are Mexicaus who are descendants of |
mixture of Spaniards, from the days of Ponce
DE Leon with the native Pueblo. For two
hundred years past, however, the Pueblo
have declined to mix or marry with eithe
Americans or Mexicans. They still inhabi
large tracts here and are honest, partly civil
lied, and moral-marry and no divorce
adultery promptly punished by death. Th
commander of this military district toll
me last night they are the best citizens here
The Mexican is simple, treacherous, bu
neither idle nor dissipated. They raise cal
tie in large numbers, but are imposed upo
and kept in sort of peonage by the trader
"The legislature has thirty-nine member
and only three Of them are Americans. A
business is done in Spanish-all laws prir
ted in both Spanish and English, and yt
this is in the United States of Americi
The old flag floats at the barracks in sigf
of my window. The army of course is tn
best society here, and the general, formt
colonel Of an Iowa regiment, is splendi
officer and has shown me many attention
He is the only commander who has ev'
been able to protect the settlers and rout,
of travel from the wild Apaches and Nav
Jos, the widest of North American indians.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
BetrOthal and Wedding Rings.

The prince of Wales gave the Princess
Alexandra a keeper-ring in which the in
itial letters of the six stones-beryl, emerald,
ruby, turquoise, jacinth, emerald-formed
her favorite name for him, Bertie." The
language and properties of precious stones
are as varied as are those of flowers and,
like the latter, gems have the proper seasons
in which their good qualities predominate
One very pretty form of betrothal ring, which
has fallen into disuse was the gemmel, or
gimmal-that is, double or treble ring This
was made of two or three hoops so chased
and engraved that, when fastened together
by single rivet, the whole formed one de-
sign. The usual device was hand. When
an engagement was contracted, the ring was
taken apart; one division was worn by the
fiancee, one by the intended husband, and
the third by mutual friend and witness of
the betrothal. On marriage the three minor
rings were reunited into one, aud worn by
the bride as keeper" or as a wedding
ring. Tertulian, who died A. d. 2l6, tells
us that golden ring was, in his time, sent
to the intended bide as a pledge. Selden
says that betrothal rings were first given as
substitutes for dowry money. In earlier
days, when the art of writing was not so
familiarly known as it is at the present time,
tne ring HHu greater slgulHCeuCe as ~ III
Dol of power. 1t formed a seal by which all
orders were signed and all things of value
secured. Therefore, the delivery of it was a
sign that the person to whose care it was
entrusted was admitted to the highest friend
ship and trust For this reason it became
used in marriage ceremonies; and in some
of the earlier marriages, we find that not
only the ring, but also the keys were de-
livered to the bride. Wedding rings were
not always made of gold. Iron was at one
time used; and the Roman senators, in tn
primitive days of the republic, wore rings OF
that metal. Prometheus, whose ring was oi
iron, is said to have set this fashion. Among
the very poor in England, rings made oi
rushes were used in the marriage ceremony
Though the ring of gold has long beer
looked upon as a necessity in the marriage
ceremony, it is by no means Indispensable
and civil marriages may be contracted with
out it. The Puritans abolished the ring, .
rather tried to do so; they looked upon 1T
use as superstitious and of heather origin
Qua1ers generally object to the ring on &C
count of its heather origin but the ladie
of that persuasion have shown decides
preference for its continuance, on account o
the invidious position in which marrie'
lady might be placed for the want of il
Wedding rings are placed on the left han'
on account of the obedience that is typifie
thereby. The converse is probably th
reason why the engaged band is placed o.
the third right-hand finger of tiancee, VIII
still possesses a large amount OF freedom
and frequently exercises her power in a
arbitrary manner.-Seltcted.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
The Ape Family.

The ape family resembles man. Their
voices are human. They love liquor, and
fall. In Dirfour and Sanar the natives
make fermented beer of which the mon
keys are passionately fond. Aware of this,
the natives go to the parts of the forest fre-
quented by monkeys and set on the ground
calabashes full of the enticing liquor. As
soon as the monkey sees aud tastes it he ut
ters loud cries of Joy that soon attract his
comrades. Then an orgie begins and in
short time they will show all degrees of in.
toxication. Then the negroes appear. The
few who come too late to get fuddled escape.
The drinkers are too far gone to distrust
them, but apparently take them for larger
species of their own genus. The negroes
take some up, aud these begin to weep and
cover them with kisses. When negro
takes one by the hand to lead him off the
nearest monkey will cling to the one who
thus finds support and endeavors to 60 on
also. Another will grasp at him, and so on
until the negro leads staggering line OF
ten or dozen tipsy monkeys. When finally
brought to the village they are securely
Gagged up and gradually sobered down but
for two or three DAYS gradually diminish
ing supply of liquor is given them to re.
concile them by degrees to their stats OF
captivity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07


A complete list of articles made of paper
would be very curious one, and almost
every day it becomes more so, not only in
this country, but also in Europe. For ex-
ample, among the things exhibited at the
late Berlin exposition, were paper buckets,
"bronzes," urns, asphalt roofing, water
cans, carpets, shirts, whole suits of clothes,
jewery, materials for garden walks, window
curtains, lanterns, and pocket handkerchefs.
The most striking of the many objects ex-
hibted in this material was perhaps, fine
stove, with a cheerful fire burning in it.
We have from time TO time noted the an.
nouncements of newly invented car and
carriage wheels, chimney pots, flour barrels,
cottage walls, roofing tiles, and bricks and
dies for stamping, all made of paper. "a
material capable of so many uses, so very
diversified in character, is obviously des
tined to play very important part in oui
manufacturing future. Articles Of this
kind, which have just now perhaps the
greatest interest, and which are among ths
latest novelties in this way, are paper
blankets Attention has frequently beer
called to the value of ordinary sheets o.
paper as a substitute to bed-clothes, or, a
least, as an addition to bed-clothes. Tn,
idea seems to have suggested the fabrica
ton of blankets from this cheap material
and if all that is said of them is true, the,
ought to be extensively used For the ex
tremely INDECENT they should be grea
boon, and it is in their favor, perhaps, tina
they cannot, of course, be so durable as or
dinary wooden or cotton goods. The bedding
# many of the poor cannot but be productiv
of much sickness and disease, and a yer,
cheap material that will last only com
paratively short time must be better thai
durable articles that are rarely If eve
washed. The value of an introduction o
this kind for charitable purposes just at tn
commencement of what may possibly prov
another long winter, may be considered b
take these new blankets rather out OF tn
ordinary list of goods on the market, and +
Justify a special reference to them" 5
says the Illustrated Scientific NeWs. Anon
the many articles not mentioned in the abov
list are lead pencils made in Germany, 4
which paper is substituted for wood. Th
paper is stepped in an adhesive mixture an
rolled round the corn of lead to the require
thickness. After drying it is colored, an
resembles an ordinary cedar pencil. Th
pencils sell in London to retailers at abou
sixty-six cents gross.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Inquiries.

II. S. S. asks: How can best explain
to class in geography the motion of the
earth around the sun and the change of
seasons 2"
The best way we know Of, in the absence
of apparatus, is to darken the windows of
the school-room by shutters, shawls or
some other means-or better still, invite
the class to your boarding place some even
ing. Place shaded light OF dark lantern
on the table for sun, and with some
round object for globe. wire for an
axis, the globe being held so that its axis
inclines 23t0 toward the plane of the
table, assume starting point and ask the
class to notice very critically the positions
of the light and shadow on the globe (earth)
when it is at that point. Suppose you start
on the east side Of the light with the globe
held in such a position that the light will
be vertical at its equator.
This corresponds to the position Of the
earth in its orbit on the 23d of September,
when the light of the sun reaches both poles
and the days and nights are equal. It is
now autumn in the northern hemisphere and
spring in the southern.
Slowly walk toward the north, meanwhile
rotating the earth on its axis, remembering
to keep the axis at the same inclination
throughout the entire revolution.
On reaching the farthest northern point
the earth will have completed one-fourth Of
a revolution. The light is directly overhead
| 23to south of the equator or at the tropic oi
Capricorn, and the rays extend 23to beyond
the south pole but fall 23t0 short of thu
north pole. 1t is our shortest day, the 22t
of December. The northern hemisphere
has winter, and the southern has summer.
When you have completed one half of I
revolution the light is again vertical at tn,
equator. 1t is the Goth of March and tn
days and nights are again equal. The north
ern hemisphere has spring, and the southern
has autumn.
At three.fourths of a revolution the ligh
will be directly overhead 23t0 north of tn
equator, or at the tropic of Cancer 1t will
shine 23io beyond the north pole and fal
$3.50 short of the south pole. This is ou
longest day aud shortest night, June 2ls,
1t is summer in the northern hemisphere
winter in the southern.
The apparent passage Of the sun mort
and south in summer and winter, the chang
of seasons, the varying length of day an
night, the positions of the arctic and an
arctic circles, equator aud tropics, as we
as many other points in mathematical gee
graphy, can easily be explained by thi
means, and in such way as will give
child correct view Of this most importan
subject.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
A Good Experience.

God knows me better than | know myself.
He knows my gifts and powers, my failings
and my weaknesses, what eau do and not
do. So desire to be led; to follow him,
and am quite sure that he has thus enabled
me to do great deal more in ways which
seem 10 me almost waste in life, in ad-
vancing his kingdom, than | could have
done in any other way. | am sure of that.
Intellectually, | am weak in scholarship,
nothing in thousand things baby. He
knows this, and so he has led me, and greatly
blessed me, who am nobody, to be some use
to my church and fellow-men. How kind,
how good, how compassionate art thou, o
God o, my Father, keep me humble
Help me TO have respect toward my fellow
men, to recognize these several gifts as from
thee. Deliver me from diabolical sins of
malice, envy, or jealousy, aud give me
hearty joy in my brothers good, in his
work, in his gifts and talents, and may be
truly glad in his superiority to myself, if
God be glorified. Root out all weak vanity,
all devilish pride, all that is abhorrent to
the mind OF Christ. God hear my prayer.
Grant me the wondrous joy of humility,
which is seeing thee as all in all.-Dr. Nor
man McLeOfs DidrV.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

it leaves everybody happy,-a sort Of matri-
monial ether, producing blessed uncon-
seriousness, in which the pain Of "givine
up" is not felt Some of the more direct
methods of managing husbands may be
mentioned, il It can be done without getting
preachy. "Keep him in love with you" is
the first injunction TO wife who asks such
q question. When that can be done, all the
rest follows. How it can be done we do not
know; you ought to, If you know what he
loved you for in the first place. We do not
mean simply faithful, and provident. and
kind,-but loving, with all the world OF
meaning which that very word of God con-
tains. It cannot always be done; for many
men are selfish, sensual, devilish, and more
yet are careless and unstable But the good
and true men who love their wives are easily
manageable in all reasonable directions.
Uniform good nature and loving service
will make a company of street gamins tract
able. Good-tempered persistence will wear
away the rock Of a criminals persistency or
indifference. Kindness will propitiate a
lion. Devotion will inspire respect in the
breast OF savage. Tact will supplement
talent in swaying state or leading the
world. Aud above and in all, and stronger
than all, is love-" the impelling force OF
life" If, with this equipment, a woman
can't manage her husband, she had bette
let him manage her, or devote herself Il
other fields OF effort.-.Seiected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
VOL. 75.-3S21. NO. 13.

from our hearts," The education of woman
and the development of her powers hold the
greatest promise for the regeneration Of so
ciety. But this development, yet in its in.
fancy, and pursued with much crudeness
and misconception of the end, is not enough.
Woman would not only be equal with man,
but would be like him; that is, perform in
society the functions he now performs.
Here, again. the notion of equality is pushed
toward uniformity. The reformers admit
structural differences in the sexes, though
these, they say are greatly exaggerated by
subjection'; but the functional differences
are mainly to be eliminated Women ought
to mingle in all the occupations Of men,
as If the physical differences did not exist.
The movement goes to obliterate, as far as
possible, the distinction between sexes. Ma
ture is, no doubt, amused at this attempt.
A recent writer says, "The femme hbre
Qree woman) Of the new social order may,
indeed, escape the charge Of neglecting her
family and her household by contending
that it is not her vocation to become a wife
and a mother Why, then, we ask, is she
constituted woman at all ? Merely that
she may become sort Of second-rate mann
Atlantic for January.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
The Missouri Again.

Mr.. Nathaniel II. Bishop, in a sketch Of
his voyage in small boat from Pittsburgh
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and
along the Gulf Of Mexico to Florida, claims
that the Missouri should be called the
Father of Waters" instead of the Missis-
sippi. "The Missouri" he aifirms, /" is the
longest river in the world, aud the Mis-
sissippi is only branch of it," The data
on which he bases this view are well summed
up in this paragraph Z" The Missouri drains
$4,000 square miles of territory, while the
Mississippi drains only 100000 square
miles. While the latter river has by far the
greatest rainfall, the Missouri discharges
the largest amount of water, and at the
point OF union of the two streams is from
fifteen TO seventeen hundred miles the
longer of the two. Therefore, according to
natural laws, the Missouri is the main
stream, and the smaller and shorter Mis-
sissippi is only branch of IT, From the
junction of the two rivers the current, in
creased by numerous tributaries, follows a
crooked channel, some 1855 miles, to the
Gulf of Mexico. The Missouri, therefore,
has total length OF 4,363 miles, without
counting some Of its highest sources"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Expensive People.

Expensive people are very often not es-
sentially extravagant, being perfectly capa-
bic of economy, and even of parsimony after
a certain limit, fixed in their own minds,
has been reached or passed. They will not
live, so to speak, upon thousand year;
but if they have two thousand they are per-
fectly capable of putting away five hundred,
their mental standard of needfu expendi-
ture being fifteen hundred. Men of this
kind are ruined every year in heaps, and
their friends denounce their extravaganza;
but they are not so much extravagant as un-
able to practice sef-denial before an ideal
standard of comfort or freedom existing in
their own minds has been reached. They
are not so much weak or incapable, as DOM
mated by an ideal. What is the cure
There is none, except the cultivation Of self
control, the want of which is in this matter
very often not detected until it is too late.
The boy is seen to throw away bis money !;
but that is set down to foolishness, not ab-
normal willfulness. In the man there is no
cure except the strong constraint of circum-
stance, and to that the spendthrift should
be left, as to the only benefactor who can do
real good A weeks hunger may be cure,
but nothing short of that kind of pressure
is of the least use, and even that very often
fails. We doubt if hunger would have
taught Leigh Hunt, as described by his
friends, not by Charles Dickens, to keep his
money. 1t is in most OF US, we fear, thi.
spendthrift instinct, but most of us keep il
| within bounds.