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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Going tU Meeting.

see them walking, as they used, across
the green fields to the meeting, house, which
stood on hill mile away from my grand
fathers, clad in their long.kept variously-
made holiday garments,-a quaint process
sion. There are samples OF shawls and
dresses preserved by me in memory from
my grandfathers llow-worshipers, every
thread of whose real texture has been eaten
away. l know just how they were worn,
Old Dame II. had a soft, silky, crimson
shawl which she drew closely over her
shoulders, and pinned three times down the
front. The pins seemed never to vary a
thread; and year after year her sharp
shoulders rubbed at its warp and wool until
it grew stringy and streaked. There were
coats and cloaks and dresses, so far removed
from any suggestion of mode that their
strangeness of make, joined with the rich
ness of fabric, gave dignity to them, aud
the men and women who wore them were
the authors of true style. Old Squire S.
never put aside his plaid coat lined with
green baize. His sons and daughters went
away from the homestead, and came back
richly clad in the worlds fashions. That
made no difference to him. He walked up
the church aisle, year after year, in front OF
the gayest of them, with his old plaid, which
wrapped him about like tartan; and
through the singing of psalms and prayers
and the benediction he stood, with the green
baize flung over his shoulders, unconscious
that there was anything queer or old.fash-
Toned about him. There was nothing old
fashioned. He was splendid old man,
erect, proud, with broad, white brow, and
grand record for brain work in all the
courts. The old clock had become a kind
of toga, invested by him with the words
of long associations, and 80 had grown to be
invaluably a part Of himself.-New Eng
land Bygones.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Peas rs a Farm Crop.

A Maine correspondent of the Pioughmdn
says: "Peas are not so much cultivated as
they were formerly. They are thrifty,
easily raised, profitable crop. They are often
mixed with oats, and the oats and peas
thus raised, when ground into meal, is up-
surpassed as feed for dairy cows, growing
or fattening animals, or as q change for lay.
ing fowls. Mixed with corn meal it forms a
highly fattening food. With boiled roots,
potatoes or pumpkins, it forms food fit for
Berkshire, an Essex or Chester. 1t is a
grand food for calves and shoats. Formerly
large breadths were sown. Now it is rare to
see on a farm only those designed for
Igreen peas" We believe that this neglect
Of the pea crop is wrong and injudicious.
We believe one acre devoted to the culture
of peas, either broadcast-sown, or drill
planted, properly fortified and cared for,
will be found to be as paying as any crop in
proportion to the cost. A mixture of equal
parts peas, wheat, oats and barley sown to-
gether, will give a compound product, which
when ground will form most valuable meal
for feeding purposes in whatever direction
the farmer may see fit to put it. We have
in mind a farmer who raised such piece of
feed this year, and he is highly satisfied with
the result. 1t is a surer crop than any one
sown alone. The product is better mixed as
it comes from the thresher than is likely to
be obtained where the separate grains are
compounded.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Home Talk.

A good many men and women covet, and
perhaps have, the reputation of being
charming conversationalists," who never
appear in that role in their own homes
There their talk is confined to humdrum
topics, to mere gossip, or to enforcing quiet
while they cultivate their precious intellects,
or settle their nerves to fit them for amia-
bility in public. Yet aside from the pleas
ure which cheerful and worthy conversation
diffuses over home circle, its educative
force can hardly be overestimated. The
bright and interesting girls, who surprise
and delight you with their ready fund of
information quite outside of the conven.
tional topics, and the swell posted" boys,
who know much more than books could
teach them, will be found in general to have
father or mother who is wise enough to
visit" with them, and who do not keep
their best mental and social gifts for out
side friends. Show us a father who saves
his new stories or jokes to delight the
family circle after supper-who has an eye
out for new facts of travel, discovery, sci
ence, literature, art or religion with which
TO stimulate conversation at home-who
talks with the little chaps about their
studies and plays, and the older ones about
their duties, ambitions and labors-who
keeps before his daughters an ideal of q
gentleman who treats ladies with sincerity,
reverence, and as equals, and doesn't carry
his "small talk " in separate package
from the rest Of his knowledge, strictly for
their use, and we'll show you rare man,
we are afraid. If home is to be some
thing more than a clearinghouse, mere
convenience or social necessity, it ought to
draw out the best gifts of each inmate into
the fund of common enjoyment and mutual
ministrations. - Golden Rule.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Thomas Smoothing Harrow.

This is an implement with which many
Of our readers are already familiar Its es-
sential principle consists in placing the teeth
at double angle, both backward and side.
wise in the bar, so that the position of each
shall be directly backward in the line Of
draft or direction in which the harrow is
moving. If the bar in which the teeth are
placed moved directly lengthwise, all the
teeth in a bar would follow each other; and
to avoid this, the bar is made to advance
somewhat diagonally or sidewise, SO that
each tooth will cut slice for itself, and nc
two teeth follow each other. The distance
between the teeth is little less than one
inch as they work in the ground, or about
one-third the distance usual in most har
rows, thus securing the perfect and minute
pulverization of the entire surface. Owing
to this position of the teeth, they never clog
keep themselves secured clean and bright
and bury any rubbish, such as straw, roots
manure, ETC., completely beneath the soil.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
A Mother and Daughters.

once met Gt was at o garden party) a
clergyman's wife-a graceful, accomplished
woman--who introduced her three daugh-
tiers, all 30 much after the mothers type that
could not help admiring them. "Yes,"
she said, with tender pride, Z" / think my
girls are nice girls. And so useful, too.
We are not rich, and have nine children.
So we told the elder girls that they would
have either TO turn out and earn their bread
abroad, or stay at home and do the work
Of the house. They .unhesitatingly chose the
latter. We keep no servant-only a char
woman to scour and clean. My girls take it
by turns to be cook, bouse-maid and parlor-
maid. In the nursery, Of course Happy
mother who could say of course I they are
all in all TO their little brothers and sisters"
Z" But how about education 2" | asked.
"Oh, the work, being divided among so
many, we find time for lessons, too. Some
we can afford TO pay for, and then the elder
teach the younger ones. Where there's a
will there's way. My girls are not iguo-
ramuses or recluses either. Look at them
now" And as | watched the gracious,
graceful damsels, In their linen dresses and
straw hats - home manufacture, but as
pretty as any Of the elegant toilettes there---I
saw no want in them; quite the contrary.
They looked 30 happy, too-so gay and at
ease Eyes" answered the smiling mother,
"it 10 because they are always busy. They
never have time TO pet and nope, especially
about themselves. do believe my girls
are the merriest and happiest girls alive" 1
could well imagine it.-Mrs. Muloch Crais-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Wet Cellars for Apples.

A correspondent of the Tribune thinks a
wet cellar best for keeping winter apples,
while Others advise dry one. The truth
is that both wet and dry cellars keep apples
well if the temperature is kept evenly at
about freezing. A wet cellar is msot easily
kept at this temperature. For the presence
OF water in the cellar, especially of running
spring-water, will prevent the fruit from
freezing so long as, or little longer than
the water itself remains unfrozen. 1t will
also, by its GOODNESS, prevent the rising Of
the temperature in the cellar during warn
days in the winter. The presence of thu
water is no injury, but rather benefit t.
the fruit itself, as it keeps the air from be
coming so dry as to cause the apples to shrivel
Cold water will not rot apples, even when il
contact with them, at low temperatures
This is proved by apples keeping well on the
ground, If well covered by leaves or snow.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
American Tea.

The wits of the political papers have
amused themselves the last two or three
years in throwing contempt upon Commits.
sioner lie Due of the department of agricul
ture for his attempt to introduce tea-cul
ture into our southern states. But already
such success has been reached that Mr.
John Jackson of South Carolina (whc
learned the tea business in India) is pro
ducing tea that sells readily at from forty
TO seventy cents per pound, and costs only
from fifteen to twenty cents. Mr.. LIE Due
is the only head of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington who has ever taken
hold of his work as though he meant bust
ness, and the results in many directions are
very encouraging. But if he should benefit
the country TO the extent Of hundreds o.
millions, he would get no credit from thu
politicians.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
The StOre-ROOm.


There is, in most houses, little room
called the store-room or lumber-room. IL is
the place in which things are put that are
not wanted at present. A strange collection
of things you see when you go into that
room. Near the wall, at one side, stands the
tool board Under this board stands the
nail box. Near the nail box stands another
box which contains great variety of things
There are keys, and old locks and bolts,
hinges aud screws, hooks and staples, pieces
Of iron and brass. In one corner Of the
room are number of old wooden boxes. On
one Of the shelves is lot of empty bottles.
Next to the bottles is basket containing
corks and bits of leather. Behind the doors
are some boards and pieces of wood of diff
ferent sizes. In one corner are some old
shoes. In another is broken table and the
remains of two or three old chairs. A won
derful variety of things may be found in
that store-room. 1t is not very attractive,
but it is very useful. When anything
gets out Of order about the house, and some
lock or bolt or hinge wants fixing, or when
a piece of board is needed in the kitchen, or
spike or hook in the yard, then the store
room is the place to 60 TO. Whatever it is
you want, you are almost sure to find it
there. 1t is very important 10 have a store
room in house. Yes, and it is very impor-
tant to keep that room well filled with all
sorts of things. Whatever you put in there
will come into use some time or other. Some
of the things there may remain for years
before you want them, but at last they will
be just the things you want Now, your
mind may be compared to house. And
your memory is the store.room. Whatever
you read or learn, or, in other words, all the
knowledge you get is slowed away in your
memory, just like the things you put by in
your storeroom. Every possible good thing
that you learn will be Of use some time or
other. Read all the good and useful books
you can get all the knowledge in your
power, for some time in your life you will
find it of service to you. You will have a
full store-room with you wherever you go
and, perhaps, when you least expect it,
something that you learned years before will
turn out to be the greatest help and comfort
to you,-Selected,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Deep and Shallow Setting.

Henry Stewart, in the Rural New Yorker,
gives an account of his comparative tests in
deep and shallow setting, using the Cooley
and the Bureau creameries, and says "After
whole years continuous trial OF both of
the apparatus above described, am unable
to perceive any difference in the production
of cream or butter either in quantity or
quality, and the whole question becomes
one Of convenience in use. My weekly pro-
duction of butter never changes, and the
quality never varies, when made in the sub
merged deep pals or the shallow pans in
the Bureau creamery the only difference is
that the cream is more solid and is of a
deeper yellow in the shallow pans than in
the covered pals"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
department
A HARVEST HOME.

II Is not long since we with happy feet
Stood anklc-deep in grasses fresh and green;
While in the apple-blossoms pink and sweet,
The singing birds, with flashing wings were seen.
It's not long ago-not long ago
Since the glad winds ran through the tasseled corn
This way and that way, swaying to and fro.
The golden wheat waited the harvest morn.
Now, all the silent fields are brown and bare,
And all the singing birds gone away;
Bat peaceful calm Is In the hazy air,
And we, content, watch the sweet decay.
For 40 the hay Is saved the corn, the wheat
The honey from thousand scented bowers
While russell apples, deicately sweet,
Hang where once hung the plnk-white apple flowers.
80 we In lies autumn Silly muse
Upon the harvest of onr gathered years,
Finding the hopes that once we feared 10 lose
Grown perfect through our toll and love and tears
And saying, gratefully, " Although their flower
Was strangely fair and sweet from cup to root
Twas best they changed with us from hour to hour,
Far better than the blossom is-the fruit"
-Hdrpcr's WseIip.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
SWAYNE'S OINTMENT
Home Testimony.

IIOII6 IBBIIIuOuy.
] was sorelv afflicted with one OF the most
distressing Of all diseases, Pruritus or Prurgo,
or more commonly known ~ Itching Piles. The
itching at times WAS almost intolerable increased
by scratching, and not unfrequently became quite
sore. ] bought box OF SwAyNE's OINTMENT
its use gave quick relief, and in short time
made a perfect cure ] can now sleep undis-
turbed, and would advise all who are suffer-
ing with this distressing complaint TO procure
SwAyNE's OINTMENT at once. | had tried pre-
ecriptiOns almost innumerabe, without finding
any permanent relief. JOSEPH W. CHRIST
(firm OF Roedel Christi Boot and Shoe House.
aaA North Gncnnd Gtrnnt philndnlrhin
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
r. Swayne's Compound Syrup
--OF-
Wild Cherry.

Bronchitis. Premonito OF Con.
sumption, is characterized by CatarHl,
OF inflammation of the mucous men,
brane of the air passages, with cough
and expectoration, short breath, hoarse-
ness, pains in the chest For all bron-
chial affections, sore throat, aphonia or
loss Of voice, coughs, DR. SwAYNE's
COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY is
a well-known curative. Price % cents
and 81 bottle, or six bottles for IS.
The large size is the most economical.
Prepared only by DR.. Swayne & Son, Phil
adephia. Sold at prominent Druggists.
GEORGE @. GOODWIN a. CO.. Boston, Mass
MHnLEsALR AGESIs
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Ihf Enside.


.r. --A-
II you are the nrst 10 co. said,
"over the river 40 dark and chill,
How shall know, M the long years go.
That you love me still7
WIN you come from your heaven and tell me 80 p
And you said. 81 wIll.'
81 will come to you in the noon, the night;
will speak to you, as my soul can speak;
will fold your heart in my hearts delight;
will press my kisses on lip and cheek,
You Will not fear me, but love me still ?"
And I said, al WILL"
Many the years that have gone since then,-
oh earth and heaven are aundered widei-
Weary earth-yearp my own have been.
Your have been years on the other side.
All in vain were the words said
Wore than vain was the pledge you gave
Cold are the lips Of the sleeping dead;
None ever come from the silent grave.
My whole soullistens. you do not speak
wait for you in the noon, the night;
feel no kisses on lip OF check;
dream no dream Of your souls delight.
And yet you said you would come to me;
IL my soul deaf that cannot hear.
Is my soul blind. that cannot see9
Can neither hear you, nor see you, dear2
Iknow-I know that you love me still.
might II you answered, not understand;
For how can ears that the earth nil
Catch whispered words from the glory-lAndt
So long have drifted the years between =
oh earth and heaven are sundered wide,--
Mine the years OF the world have been
Yours are years on the other side.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Gnr Me nonne.


There's purple tint on the woodland leaves,
And the winds are up all day;
There's rustllng heard in the yellow sheaves
And II seems 70 sadly say
Sweet summers gone away !"
In the wrinkled brook no roses peep.
And the bees no longer stray,
And the butterflies have gone TO sleep,
And the locust trills all day
Sweet summers gone away.
On the browning Acids the spider spins
Where the lambs no longer play,
And the cricket now his chirp begins,
And the quaIi ia whistling gay
Sweet summers gone away
There are loving arms for baby dear,
Though the skies are chill and gray,
And cosy home-nest all the year.
And sweet kisses every day
Though summers gone away.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
S KIN Sc A S ES,
C,u,unoIo All b.ol,.~ n..lA

Is also a specific for letter, Itch, Salt Rheum,
Scald Head, ErysIpelas, Barber's Itch Blotches
all Scaly, Cresty, Cutaneous Eruptions. Per-
fectly safe and harmless, even on the most ten
der infant. Price 30 cents; three boxes, 81. 25
Sent by mail to any address on receipt Of price
In currency or three-cent postage stamps. Sold
by all leading drnRgiats Prenared nnlv by
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
MfW eAdrerfisentenfs.
ALL WHO SUFFER
ALL w HI Dur II Ht
Win
ITCHING Pill IL =

This distressing complaint Is generally pre-
coded by moisture, like Precipitation, distress
In and about the rectum particularly at night
when undressing, or in bed after getting warm.
II appears In summer as well as winter, often
times showing itself around the private parts;
AZ frequently that females are sorely afflicted.
at times proving very distressing, almost beyond
the power Of endurance Cases Of long stand.
ing, pronounced incurable. have been perma-
Denty cured nv eirnnlv ann1vino
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
CON SUM PTION

Highest Death Rate from Consumption.
The number of deaths in Philadelphia
last week was three hundred and ten,
eghty-two Of which were from Consump-
ton and other Diseases Of the Lungs,
whereby it appears that the quiet ways
OF Consumption, although attracting less
attention than other forms of epidemic,
are nevertheless to be guarded against
Immediate relief and permanent cures eff
fected. Stubborn coughs and apparently
hopeless cases Of consumption cured by
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
eNew eadrsrfisenenfs.

Destroyed Itwillrclievo i'm.
medlately pain In any place
where IL can be applied in
tcrnally or externally. For
cuts, bruises, sprains, &c. D.,
II is the very best remedy
known arreHting I h G
bleeding Mt once, reducing
the swelling and innamma.
tlon, stopping the pain and
healing the injury In a won
derful manner.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-05-21
classification of Grapes.

= CULTIVATED grapes are divided into
two great classes-the grapes of the old
world and the grapes of the new world
and these two families are distinct in
fruit, foliage, growth and constitution.
The best classification of the varieties
of European, or, as we call them, for
eign grapes, with which we are &C
quainted, is that given by the Florist
and Pomologist of England. In this
plan there are three sections, as fol-
lows: Grapes are known, firstly, by
the flavor of the fruit, as: 1, sweetwater
grapes; 9, muscat grapes; 3, vinous
grapes. Secondly, by the color of the
fruit, as: l, black or purple; 2, white,
yellow or green; red, tawny or rose
colored. Thirdly, by the shape of the
fruit, as: 1, oval; 2, round. This
makes, in all, eighteen groups, and by
combination any grape can be described.
We would, for instance, describe the
black Hamburg as an oval, black,
sweetwater grape; the gros Coleman as
q round, black, vinous grape.-Horti-
culturist. %. go
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-05-21
Dress Had.

BEHOLD her at eleven. Her limbs un-
fettered by the long skirts of conven-
tonality, she runs, she romps, she slides
on the ice ponds, she rolls hoop, she
climbs fences, she leaps, she kicks, she
runs races and is as fleet of foot as the
boys. Her appetite is good, her cheeks
rosy, and her movements unconsciOusly
graceful. But all this must cease.
Behold her again at twenty. No
more does she run or jump or roll hoop,
run races or slide on the ice. 1t is not
"proper - now nor ladylike, and she
couldn't if she would, for she is fettered
by long skirts, tight shoes and tighter
stays. Her movement has no longer
the freedom and unconscious grace of
childhood, for now when she walks
abroad she walks to be looked at, which
now, in her estimation, is the main OBJ.
ject of walking. She is already in deli
cate health, and has doctor who
prescribes expensive advice and pre-
scriptions for her, and ascribes her
complaints to any thing and every thing
but the real cause. That is simply the
lettering of her body with fashionable
clothes. Physically she is now q pris-
oner. At eleven she was free. The
doctor advises travel, but he doesn't ad-
wise her to take off her fashionable
letters. She wouldn't do SO if he did,
and he wouldn't advise her if he knew
it would bring relief, for she would no
longer believe in a doctor who would
make her dress Like a guy; and being
dressed like "guy us dressing differ
emily from the style prescribed by
Paris modiste. Diana never could hunt
in trailing skirt, narrow, tight, high
heeled CATERS, and pinched, corseted
waist, but Diana with q belted tunic and
unfettered limbs would be bounced off
Broadway by the nearest policeman.
Dressing for health and freedom of limb
and body is one thing, and dressing for
fashion quite another. A man couldn't
endure the pinching and encumbrances
peculiar to feminine attire for an hour,
and pretty spectacle he'd make rush.
ing about in such during business hours
Yet the " weaker sex " wear double the
encumbrances of the So called stronger.
To "dress " at all after the style uses
up half woman's time and two-thirds
of her strength.-N. Y. Graphic.