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Tho ass,mptnn that tho R,irpists fnr cxpnrta-
tlon " half tn iurgu aRnn rs tho required inl-
ports tu ,e bnrnc out hy tho fncts. but 1t f. not
printable. It itnt.s nnL l0n1 IN II there Will t'H
III, CO. 100 bu to spnre from Rllsstn. or .lh00l. 400
In Frotl tito Central stutes. IL Is true TINT tho
Hnvrrnmeht estimate Of n,lr current craps IL
4HUO0O.NaD. tl,nrn or thurcu,nl,ts. IT from TINT
We tlkH n1.5 roo bn for bread. Ntll hn, ,000 00 h
fur scnli. II would only 1oAro :0 100. .U}o for OK
port as,l thurc IN run.n tn irtiln tint tho Wash.
ington Egurca nre ton large. One may cut otr
~ QUO 00 FROM thnse ilvres, without fetr Ut ho-
Ing very fur wr)t,R: nn1 Md l0.Uolf0D to tho
a,oyo sntcd Ilrtt!sh requirements. wtthont no
Ing outside tho lIrtit set y recount developments.
Putting tltcso an1 Tint together there will mt 10
nny more nf II surplus than cau DO very comforts
ably tnkon carc Of.
The npricultnrnl returns OF Great Drltnln.
published by Mr. Gif!cn. show mn tncrcasO Of =
b00,00O acrcs In permanent Xralss siuco lR10.
Richardson, Snence T. Co. send tho following
statement Of stocks In Liverpool, tho Qlanttird
t,otnR centA's, except for lo,sr:
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frtHIy RHpiurteil, '"esasss
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meet ~ roasntnhb expectations, md tlle tons fiS
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Where Does the Day Begin 7

AS a matter OF fact, the day begins all
round the world-not at the same instant of
time, but just as the sun visits successive
portions of the earth in his journey from
east to west. But the traveller who crosses
the Pacific ocean can give another answer
to the above question that on the one hun
dred and eighteth degree of longitude--one-
half OF the circumference of the globe, start
ing from Greenwich east or west-there is
an arbitrary change or dropping Of day,
and that at this point, II anywhere, the day
may be said TO begin. 1t was with strange
feelings that the writer crossing the Pacific,
having gone 10 bed on Saturday night, leav-
ing everything pertaining to the almanac in
satisfactory condition, awoke on Monday
morning Sunday had completely dropped
from our calendar, for that week at least
Every one knows that in travelling round
the world from east TO west day is lost
and in order TO adjust his reckoning TO that
OF the place he has left, one must drop day
as If he had not lived it, when in reality the
time has passed by lengthening every day
during the journey. For long time It was
the custom for sailors 10 effect this change
pretty much where they pleased; but it has
now become settled rule among American
and English navigators that at the one hun
dred and eightieth degree day must be
passed over if going west, and one added il
going east, in which latter case the traveller
enjoys two Sundays or two Thursdays, as the
case may be. 1t is most likely that this par
ticular degree was decided on from the fact
that, except few scattered islands of
Polynesia, there are large communities,
with their vast commercial and social trans
actions, to be affected by the change.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Reverence.

In our day this old.fashioned and most
beautiful grace is less practiced than it
should be by the young. Independence is
so praised and so sought after that we some
times forget that it may be elevated into a
mistaken Importance. No young lady can
have well balanced character who has not
!ngrained within her reverence, first for
God, her Creator and Redeemer; next for
her parents, and afterward for all that is
lovely aud of good report. We should feel
and practice reverence toward the aged
They have borne life's heat and burden
They have experience which we lack. True
reverence will make us patient with their
infirmities, and gentle toward them in their
declining years. We should regard the
Bible with veneraton, and listen with re.
spect to all who teach it, especially to min.
listers, whose Office is to tell the good tidings
OF life. You may depend upon it that the
young girl who is habtually flippant, and
who laughs at things which the common
consent of the world holds sacred, is not
a gentlewoman. She lacks reverence
Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
The Well.Built Christian.

A well-built Christian is harmonious il
all his parts. No one trait sha another
He is not a jumble of Inconsistencies to-day
devout, tomorrow frivolous to-day liberia
to one cause, tomorrow niggardly towarC
another; to-day fluent in prayer, tomorrow
fluent in polite falsehoods. He does not keeI
the fourth commandment on Sunday, anc
break the eighth commandment on Monday
He does not shirk an honest debt to make 6
huge donation. He is not in favor of tenn
perance for other folks and glass of toddy
for himself. He does not exhort or pray al
each of the few meetings he attends, to
make up arrearages for the more meetings
which he neglects. He does not so consume
his spiritual fuel during revival seasons that
he is cold as Nova Zembla during all the
rest of the time; nor do his spiritual fervors
outrun his well-ordered conversation.-Dr,
4. L. Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
81 am Strong In Him."

The other day I was requested by a
brother minister, who was unwell, to go and
visit dying child. He told me some re-
markable things of this boy, eleven years of
age, who, during three years of sickness, had
manifested the most patient submission to
the will of God, with singular enlighten-
ment of the Spirit, ] went to visit him.
The child had suffered exciuciating pain
for years he had not known one day Of rest.
| gazed with wonder at the boy. After
drawing near to him, and speaking some
words of sympathy, he looked at me with
his blue eyes-he could not move-it was
the night before he died-and breathed
into my ear these few words: al am strong
in him." The words were few, and uttered
feebly. They were the words of a feeble
child, in poor home, where the only orna.
ment was that of meek, and quiet, and af.
fectionate mother and these words seemed
to lift the burden from the very heart they
seemed to make the world more beautiful
than ever it was before; they brought home
to my heart great and blessed truth. May
you and | and every one else be strong in
him.'-Dr Mcleod.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
The Vine.

At meeting of horticulturists in Eng
land the Rev. Mr.. Carlyle, who had Travelled
extensively in the east, observed that when
our Saviour said, ~ am the true pine," he
iikened himself to tree or plant which, in
its native soil,w was never known to die nat
ural death, and which only accident or de-
sign can kill 1t is recorded, he said, on
good authority, that the vine, in the course
OF hundreds of years becomes actual timber.
Pliny mentions one of sufficient bulk to
make statue of Jupiter, and also columns
for the temple of Juno, and another which
he says was known to be six hundred years
old. The great doors of the cathedral at
Ravenna were made of vine planks, some
OF which were twelve feet long, and fourteen
or fifteen inches broad. Strabo tells us of
vine in Margana, which was twelve feet in
circumference, and in the house Of the Duke
of Montmorency, in more modern times,
there was table of large dimensions made
from plank of the wood of the vine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
MONTPELIER w. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2s 1880

1910 ot the complex and effective American
type-casting machine which have wrought q
revolution In the business. The average
prouuctioh ior TINS machine Is about one
hundred per minute for the ordinary sizes
Oh printing type.
"Type metal is an amalgam Of lead, an
tmony, copper, and tin, in such proportions
as 10 produce material, hard but not brit
tle, ductile yet tough, flowing freely but
hardening quickly. Each letter is first cut
In reverse shape on the end OF short strip
OF steel, the greatest care being taken to as
sure accuracy oil proportion and harmony OF
appearance IN the letters OF the entire al
phaoet' Ihe steel strips when finished are
proval' each punch is placed in stamping
machine' ana deep impression made OF 1t
IN one slde oil piece oil copper. These
pieces OIL copper are called matrices They
are dressed and htted up with delicate skill,
80 tnat tne types cast from them shall be OF
uniform neight lhey are then ready Tor
use III .he casting machine. Inc machine,
wnich casts out one type at each revolution,
consists Oh a furnace, on the top OF which
Is small reservoir oil metal Kept In huid
STATE In tms reservoir Is pump the
piunger Oh which operates IN cylinder IN
'ne oo''om' ana projects at each stroke a
Small qu"u'i'y Oh tne molten metal from
snai, noie IN spout 10 the 'front.' lace Inc
'nou'u III ~n,cn 'ne stem or oody Oh 'ne type
Is io,'neo soi s'eei and Is movable peing SET
In place In Iron. Oh 'ne reservoir ana worked
oy 'ne ac.'on Oh 'ne same machinery which
operates 'ne pump Inc copper ma.riA' con-
'a'n'ns any sPec'a' ie''er stamped in'o IL
WIN 'ne pu"cn' res'S WIN i's lace against
'"e oo''o,n opening oi 'ne mould Inc
lne'noo oi operation 's as Ioiiows' Inc
iirS' movement Oh 'ne macnine orings tne
uppe. opening III 'ne 'iou'u oPPosi'e 10 'ne
ln".''A eAac'iy against 'ne ioie IN 'ne spout
N 'lnu''aneouS a'.,on oi 'ne pump proIec'S
Sinai '''eani Vi 'he hquiu lne'a' ihVo ehe
.aou'u w'',i oons'ueraoie iorce' "' 'ie same
eihe stopping the opening IN the spout py a
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Moral SuhllmltY.

In the Edinburgh Castle in 1910, in the
morning, band of angels, ween, were
lowering over scene there enacted. The
last meal was spread for the young martyr
of noble blood, George Wishart, in sight Of
the stake TO which he was about to be
chained and burned. Turning to the gov
ernor of the castle he said, Come and
share this meal with us, as brethren in
Christ, then will bid you farewell" Break.
ing the bread after prayer, and serenely as
an angel, with heavens golden portal open
ing before him, he dwelt on the dying love
Of the Redeemer. After the sacred feast
was ended he looked up and pronounced the
blessing on the little band gathered around
that doomed and dying martyr. For six
thousand years no such sight was seen
among all the sons and daughters of the
world.--Seiecied.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
educational Dfparfmsnf.
Conducted by W. W. AINswoRrH. Calais. Vt


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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28

or for worse" means all that Some de-
fects can be remedied But what of those
that cannot be Heredity bequeaths some
things not mentioned In last wills and tesla.
ments, but they are the most imperishable
OF our possessions. Men and women some
times object to "marrying the whole fam.
ily." Do they ever stop TO think what an
cestors they are mating with Love is the
swiftest messenger, the most willing SER
want, the greatest burden-bearer in the
world; but IL sometimes lacks the elements
OF reasonableness. The Indian maiden,
Bright Eyes, has strongly said that claw is
liberty" II may with equal truth be said
love is liberty. True love exacts only what
It freely gives. II does not expect perfec-
tion, nor exact conformity. And II IL has
an iron bedstead in the home IL will throw
1t out of the window, rather than make it
an instrument of torture for the object of
its fections.-!Seiecied
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
How Type Is Made.

We take the following from the Scientific
american Z" Great advances have been made
in the methods of casting type for printing
purposes from the time Of the modern
blocks, to the improved hand moulds at the
beginning Of the present century, which
were capable of producing about six thou
sand types per day. A still greater stride
marks the advance 10 The introduction in
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
VOL. 75.-3S24. NO. 16.
For the Vermont watchman.
A FRAGMENT.


ny II. o. BLAKx.
A dark and stormy winter. night.
Down from the frozen north the wind
Comes with mad. furious rush,
And. robber-like selling the snow
with unseen hands Of air. fIes on
And on with ever -quickened speed.
But soon the prisoned iakes
Escspe their captor's lawless grasp,
And, sinking down behind some fence
Or sheltering wall. lie still and hide,
while over them the angry blast
Rushes unheeding on. The oaks
Stand dark against the wintry sky.
And moan and writhe and lash their limbs
As though ten thousand demons dwelt
In every branch OF all the forest.
Across the sty the white clouds drift
Like iceberga through the polar seas;
while over all the moon looks down
with careless eye.
And can II be
That on these shlvering, moaning trees
The swallows and the robins red
Once built their nests and reared their young.
While gentle zephyrs softly sang
Among the leaves2 Are these cold fields.
That smiled In bridal robes Of green
To meet the spring2 Has the gentle breeze.
That softly breathed on summer fields,
In these short months 20 reckless grown
That thus It raves and seeks in spite
What It may capture and destroy?
And is 1t possible that life
Can come from out this sleep Of death7
We know II has done 40 before.
And hence believe 1t will again.
But, Oh, how straigei How wondroua great
The power that works the transformation
In natures forms Yet still we own
The power exists.
But when we read
How twenty centuries ago One lived
Beside the sea Of Galllee
who made the water blush to wine.
Who gave the blind their sight and brought
The dead back TO the light OF day,
We doubt and disbelieve, nay, more,
Reject the story as a childish tale
OF the worlds younger. simpler days.
Unworthy its maturer years.
Surrounded by all natures strange,
Miraculous phenomena, we say
No miracle was ever known;
While every flower that grows
And every bird that sings In Joy
Dlsproves our strongest arguments.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Methods OF Study.

In consideration of our excellent system
Of common schools, and the superior advau
tages afforded by the normal schools to en-
able teachers to qualify themselves for their
work, it may seem like presumption for one
who has not had the benefit of such train
ing 10 raise any questions IN regard to the
wisdom of the methods of study and recita
tion pursued in the schools. But hoping
that some one who has had wider oppor
tunity for tracing results, may be willing to
enlighten those who are watching them not
less anxiously, we venture the inquiry
whether the method of teaching geography
and history without reference to the ques-
tions in the text book has proved to be
more satisfactory in the common schools
than the use of questions as formerly, in
committing the lesson, and also in recita-
ton. If the object aimed at in this method
of discarding questions is greater thorough
ness, has it been attained Are scholars
more interested, and have they stored in
memory more that is worth remembering in
this way than in the other in the same
length of time 2 These questions of course
do not apply to those whose minds are sutIi-
ciently matured to enable them to grasp
readily the important points of the lesson
and to recite, not verbatim but in their own
words, especially in history not to the stu
dent of the normal but to the average
scholar in the common schools, whose pain
full struggles in memorizing the words of a
lesson often seem to leave no place for any
ideas in the mind. When we see scholars
who have studied geography term after term,
years even-and have scarcely learned there
is such place as Africa, we fear that some
of their time has been used in a way not the
most profitable to them. In this fast age
ECONOMY" when used in regard to time is
no mean word. Are the friends Of educa-
tion laboring to secure it in our common
schools by testing the results of the differ
ent methods of study? U.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Nhe Nreside.


In the balmy April weather,
My love. you know,
When the corn began to grow,
What walks we took together.
What sighs we breathed together,
What vows we pledged together,
In the days Of long ago
In the golden summer weather.
My love, you know.
: When the mowers went 10 now
What homes we built together,
What babes we watched together.
What plans we planned together,
While the skies were all aglow
III.
In the rainy autumn weather.
My love, you know,
When the winds began to blow.
What tears we shed together,
What mounds we heaped together,
What hopes we lost together.
When we laid our darlings low.
w.
In the wind and wintry weather,
My love. you know.
with our heads as white M snow.
What prayers we pray together,
What fears we share together,
What heaven we seek together,
For our time has come to go.
Theodore 7ihons Nep BooE Of Poeni
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28

GIRLs.-There are society girls and home
girls-the first, the kind who appear besi
abroad-the girls that are good for parties
visits, balls, ETC., whose chief delight is in
such things the second, the kind that ap-
pear best at home-the girls that are cheer
ful and useful in the precincts of home
Both differ in character. One is frequently
torment at home; the other a blessing
One is moth, consuming everything about
her; the other is sunbeam, inspiring life
aud gladness all along the pathway. 1t does
not necessarily follow that there shall be two
classes of girls. The right modification
would modify them both little, and unite
their characters in one.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
The Iron Bedstead.

A friend lately said to us that he had
been greatly helped in his domestic life by
The unobtrusive moral of story printed in
this paper, the point of which was that " the
iron bedstead is a bad bit of furniture for
the marriage chamber" The young couple
in the story, after growing unhappy and
wretched in futile attempt TO /" to make
each other over" wisely concluded TO give
up trying to do the Creators work over
after him, and resolved to glove, cherish
and protect each other Just as they were
There is an iron bedstead in too many
homes, upon which the victims of blind,
selfish or exacting affection are stretched or
Topped off, in the effort TO conform them to
its unrelenting standard. Wives are tor
tured by the knowledge that their best and
truest selves do not meet the ideal require
ments of their husbands. Thus they are
made hypocrites by their desire to conform,
or uncongenial by their inability to be any
body but themselves. at is pity you
were not god" said rebellious American
bride TO her Eoglish husband, that you
might have made wife to your own order |"
The husband would be thought mad who
should require that his wife change the color
OF her eyes, or rectify the outline of her
face. But is IL less unreasonable to quarrel
with habits of mind, traits of temperament
and points of character that are as deeply
ingrained as the color of the skin or the
shape of the hand2 When two people take
one another for better or for worse" the
vow does not refer TO moral conditions
alone, nor to worldly fortunes only. 1t covers
the personality. Aud this it is that makes
marriage 80 much more serious an affair
than many thoughtless young people regard
II. You love the fond uplifted ewes"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28

What is due July lst, 1875 Our superin-
tendent claimed that the above should be
solved by the present annual interest method.
One of teachers present thought it should be
worked by the compound interest method,
and another, by the United States court
rule. Which is right
STUDENT asks for the name or any in
formation concerning the author of the fol-
lowing lines
Westward the course OF empire takes Its way
The first four acts already past
fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Times nobest offspring Is the last "
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28
Inquiries.

j. W. c. writes In going to and from
my work last summer had occasion TO pass
through small piece of woods, and one
day hearing steady humming like that
produced by bees, supposed swarm must
be in the trees over my head, but on the
closest scrutiny could discover no trace OF
the colony, nor even single bee. What
was more peculiar, the humming was as
audible in one part of the woods as the
other, and again on some days would en-.
tirely cease. As could see no flies among the
leaves, was at loss to know what pro.
duced the humming and why it should be
heard on some days and not ON others. Will
you please explain ?"
W. E. NJ. asks for the salaries of the va
rious army officers.
"DEAD SEA" wants TO know whether
there is any pillar, mound, or prominence of
any kind which marks the spot where Lots
wife gave her fatal backward glance"
"TRACHER writes In the arithmetic
list of the fall examination questions was
the following problem;
MoNrPrLIER, VT, Jan. LIST, 1865.
For value received, | promise to nay John
Smith, on order, FIVE thousand dollars, on do
mand with interest annually. II. JONES
Iodorsemsnts
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-28

The DARwINIAN TnEoRY.-The organ
grinder, accompanied by the inevitable
monkey, was performing, to the delight of
the children. A father asked his son Of five
years how he liked the music. al like it
very much" he replied, but pity the
mans little BROTHER