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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
The star.Route Cases.

WASHINGTON, November 3.-Ar-
gument on the motion to set aside the
criminalinformation in the Star Route
cases began this morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

titles acquired by the ILiquidating
Levee Board, and adds greatly to the
value Of the recent purchase made by
the Vicksburg and Memphis railroad
company. Opinion by Campbell, ].
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
Trustees sale.

Under and by virtue of the terms and
" conditions Of deed Of trust executed to
me as trus,ee by Mary B. Rhodes, or 2lst day
Of May, 1873 recorded in book No. Ia, page
III Of the Registers Office Of Shelby county,
Tennessee, to secure to the Shelby County
BUILDING and Loan Association a certain in
dehtedness therein mentioned, the said in
debtedness being unpaid, and the conditions
Of the faid trust hav ng been broken, | will,
as trustee, at the direction Of the Board OF
Directors Of said Shelby County Building and
Loan Association on
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
The Story OF a Quiet Life.

Last month, says correspondent OF the
Hartford Times, writing from Watcn mn,
X. l., there died at pretty little cottage by
the sea, at one OF your Connecticut towns, a
gentleman who had turned htty, VINO since
childhood had been lame IN both feet, and
hence incapacitated from business lie was
known to but lew people, out Dy tnose lew
loved as 1t fell to but few to be loved on tins
earth. A most earnest patriot, IL was MS
greatest prlue tnat Oh tue nall-uolen young
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Returning to School.

1t is yet too early to felcitate ourselves
that the year has swept us quite beyond the
range of possible torrid waves, but the days
are growing shorter and the chill Of ap-
preaching autumn is already in the evening
air. Before it has fairly begun, the vacation
for active toilers is almost at an end. Within
fortnight the great army Of lawyers, cler-
gymen and merchants will have picked up
the loose ends of their business and settled
down to work, let us hope, with brains and
bodies rested and refreshed. Vacation ends,
too, for all the light-hearted boys and girls,
although "they toll not, neither do they
spin !" for the schools open as well as the
courts and churches and the fall trade. For
tunate would it be If none but good schools
opened, for miseducation can be worse than
no education. During the school year soon
to open how great an influence the teachers
OF the country will WELD in moulding the
plastic minds of the taught can hardly be
appreciated, but we can rest assured that if
the formers were all they should be there
would be diminished demand for reform
ers. Where to send all these frank, frisky,
inquisitive, adventurous, irreverent boys,
and all the girls, too, whose tantalizing
graces no adjectives can define, is an ever
recurring and perplexing problem. But this
and women of, aud it demands most tender
and intelligent treatment. Certainly these
trustful and pliable young natures should
not be handed over to the care OF some ed
ucational martinez, who will confound all
their perceptions of right and wrong, not by
any failure to frown upon and correct pos
tive immortality, but by treating it with no
more nor less sternness than is visited upon
some infringement of an artificial school
discipline, so that no distinction is made be-
tween fault and a crime, and profanity or
uutruthfulness comes TO be considered as a
lapse from propriety no more serious than
an improper attitude on dress-parade. These
curious young explorers should not be sent
where the only mental exercise encouraged
or insisted on is memorizlng from text
book, and one faculty is developed to the
stupefaction of all the rest, until the eyes
are trained to see nothing, and the spirit OF
inquiry, investigation and invention is sti-
fled. These growing bodies should not be
left where there is not wholesome food in
abundance for their nourishment, and fresh
air and light, cleanly apartments. A child
should never be banished from home unless
it is to some spot pervaded by home at
mosphere and by the warmth of something
| like home tenderness. He should be sent TO
no school where the teacher, in addition TO
critical knowledge and aptness to teach and
professional enthusiasm and quickened in
tellect which illumines every subjs and
lifts it above any possible dullness or dry
ness, does not possess high moral qualities, a
sympathy which attracts and stimulates,
and personal purity which irradiates his
whole daily walk and conyersation.-New
| York Tribune
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Early Days.

o the enehantment of early days As we
recede from them they brighten more and
more till they glow, especially if we look
back to them through darkened life, like
the planets which we have so watched all
winter. What forbearance is due to one
who has no happy childhood, no beloved
mother to remember And if he enters the
ways Of vice, how much more hopeless is
his reform than if from blessed past dear
ones were ever calling to him Return re-
turn" The memory of MOTHER" even if
only on her dying bed has in it a power for
good stronger than almost any other. There
lay friend-the one friend Of earth-who,
while the breath was in her, could not help
being true to us and fond OF US; and the
White ola,low turns 10 novering angel
which continually beckons us along the
starry pathway whittier she has gone. De-
graded, indeed, must he be who can always
resist the gentle drawings of departed
mothers love. Standing by her grave, how
natural are prayers and good resolutions !
How sad that they should ever be broken
She is not here; she has risen," we say.
But still we feel that she is here; her true
heart makes part of this sacred dust. " The
bosom where our head was lair" " has nour
ished the life OF the tree that shadows us.
In a sense different from that which can ap-
ply to any other spot of earth, mother is
here. Aud does not her ransomed spirit
know that we are here? What means this
solemn tenderness, this loving aver Let
none say that we are never visited by those
who are as the angels and "equal unto +"
them. How do we know that our very own
beloved ones are not commissioned to guard
and guide us, if we will be led by them,
until we too arrive at home Seated by
the grave of father or of mother, how near
to us draw the days when we were with
them in our home How its freight shines
How mellow are all the lights Augusta
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Cooperation In Maine.

A writer in the Maine Farmer, referring
to the farmers "granges in that state,
says "The large, well-estabished oranges
are gaining in both strength and numbers
The most striking and uniform feature Is
the fact that every grange that has made a
success of cooperation, in other words, that
has made money in trade, is both prosper
GUS and popular, while those that have
suffered financially have also suffered as fra
ternal and social organizations The oranges
of this state have excellent facilities for CO.
operation in trade. They have Patrons
Cooperative Corporation located in Port
land, which furnishes all goods ordered at
bottom prices for cash, and which deals in
goods Of best quality. When oranges have
once established their standing with the
store, they are dealt with as honestly and
fairly through the mail as though the parties
were face to face. This store is located on
the principal business street, and occupies
three-story block, has done business to the
amount of its entire capital three times a
month ever since it started. The report
from almost every grange is We do oul
business at the state store, and we are well
satisfied Quite number of oranges re
port decided improvement in the farm s
buildings and general surroundings of pat
rons. The practical matters of everyday
life which have been discussed in the
oranges have begotten spirit of emula
tion which has resulted in great good To
those who most needed stirring up"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
True Marriage.

| have in my mind couple united in
holy marriage December 10, 1903. Their
Christian names were old-fashioned, like
themselves-David and Catherine. Legal
contract, of course; but most of all, the
heart married them. They lived to cele-
brate their crystal wedding their silver
wedding, their golden wedding and nine
years beside. Over three children's graves
they wept, but through all struggles of life
they kept the Christian faith. They lived
for God, for each other, for their children
and for everybody but themselves. Their
hair whitened, and their steps grew shorter
and their voice trembled in the church
psalm, though once they had led in the
village choir. The one leaned heavily on
the staff which | have in my house, but
heavier on the arm of that God who had
never failed him. These two married ones
were well mated. What was the Joy of one
was the Joy of the other; what was the sor-
row of one, the sorrow of the other. At
last they parted. Three years precedence
did the Lord give her. Though deeply
sympathetic man, never saw my father
cry but once, aud that was on the day of
mothers burial. You see, they had been
together fifty-nine years. In her last
moments mother said to my father, " Father,
would it not be pleasant if we could both go
together p But the three years soon passed
away and they were remarked Their chill
dren are gradually joining them, aud soon
we will all be there But that vision of my
parents married life will linger in my
memory forever. Together in the old church
at Summerville on the morning they both
professed Christ before their marriage day ;
together in all the vicissitudes of long
life; together in the quiet village grave
yard together in heaven. In the cave
that is in the field Machpelah, which is
before Mamre, there they buried Abraham
and Sara, his wife; there they buried Isaac
and Rsbecca, his wife, and there buried
Leah."-Rev. DeWM Tdlmage.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
VOL. 100000. NO. 40.

gian house is one-half window; in their long
winters they need all the sun they can get
not an outside blind, not an inside shutter,
not dark shade to be seen streaming,
flooding, radiating in and round about the
rooms, comes the light, welcome or unwel-
come, early and late. And to the words
early and " late there are in Norway
summer new meanings the early light Of
the summer morning sets in about half-past
two the late light of the summer evening
fades into luminous twilight about eleven.
Enjoyment Of this species Of perpetual day
soon comes to an end. After the traveller
has written home to everybody once by
broad daylight at ten o'clock, the fun Of the
thing is over, normal sleepiness begins TO
hunger for its rights, and dissatisfaction
takes the place of wondering amusement.
This dissatisfaction reaches its climax in a
few days then If he is wise, the traveller
provides himself with several pieces of dark
green cambric, which he pins up at his win
dows at bedtime, thereby making 1t possible
to get seven or eight hours rest for his
tired eyes. But the green cambric will not
shut out sounds and he is lucky If he is
not kept awake until one or two o'clock
every night by the uncensing tread and
loud clatter Of the cheerful Norwegians, who
have been forced to form the habit of sit.
ting up half their nighttime, to get in the
course Of a year their full quota of daytime.
September atlantic.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Farmers Alliance.

The Farmers Alliance is a rapidly grow
ing organization, the object of which is to
see to it that the interests of agriculture as
affected by legislation shall be properly pro-
tected. The farmers of the United States,
comprising the great majority of its adult
population, are not properly represented
either in the councils of state or nation, and
with themselves lies the blame. 1t is a
singular fact that farmer after farmer will
march up to the polls and deposit his ballot
for some corporation lawyer, or some broken
down professional man, who has no interest
in, or sympathy with, the cause of agricul-
ture, rather than nominate or help elect
some good, common sense representative
farmer. Organization under some fixed
policy of action is essential to the best in
terests of our farming classes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
"H l Had KuOVn.c

Not long since we met lady whose sad
face told the story of great mental suffering.
Entering into conversation with her we
found her bowed down beneath the weight
of sorrow from which there seemed to be
no relief. She said: "The Lord has laid
his hand very heavy upon me. He has
taken from me the light Of my eyes and the
staff of my old age" And then, in few
words, she told me of the death of a son, a
promising lad, after an illness of only few
hours, and concluded by saying; 90, if
had only known he might die, how differently
would have trained him He received nc
religious education. have been so absorbed
in gaining the meat that perisheth that l
have neglected the more important eternal
things. o, if l had only known" This
experience speaks for itself. We need add
but word of warning to all who have in
their hands the training and welfare Of
young immortal souls. o. see to it, dear
friends, that your children are early taught
the way of life through Jesus, the only
Saviour. Seek first the riches of the king
dom above for yourself and them, and God
will provide for the meaner things of this
earthly life.-Selecied.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14

love7 Is the Bible sweet and refreshing TO
your soul DO you love your Bible 2 There
never was man or woman converted, from
one end Of the world TO the other who did
not love the revealed will Of God. Just as
child born into the world desires naturally
the milk provided for its nourshment SO
does soul born again desire the sincere
milk Of the word. This is a common mark
of all the children of God-they "delight
in the law of the Lord How is it with
you2 Show me person who despises read
ing, or thinks little of Bible preaching, and
| hold it to be certain fact that he Is not
born again. He may be jealous about forms
and ceremonies. He may be diligent in at
tending daily services. But if these things
are more precious TO him than the Bible,
cannot think he is a converted man. Tell
me what the Bible is TO man, and will
generally tell you what he is. This is the
pulse to try, this is the barometer TO look
at, il we would know the state Of the heart.
have notion of the Spirit dwelling in a
man, and not giving clear evidence Of his
presence. And believe it TO be a signal
evidence of the Spirits presence when the
word is really precious to a mans soul.
When there is no appetite for the truths of
Scripture, the soul cannot be in state of
health. There is some serious disease.
Reader, what is the Bible to you2 Is II
your guide, your counselor, your friend ?
Is it your rule of faith and practice Is it
your measure of truth and error, of right
and wrong2 II ought to be 80. 1t was
given for this purpose. If it is not, do you
really love your Bible 2-J. G. Ryle.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Words of Wisdom.

REVELATION means uncovering; and we
shall understand the Bible better il we
think of it not as the uncovering, but as the
history of Gods uncovering himself to man.
MORNINGS light and evenings shade
alike proclaim the pity and the care of
God. What is daylight but the sunshine of
his favor, or darkness but the shadow of his
wing?
The greater part of those who deny the
immortality OF the soul only maintain this
opinion because they wish 1t. But in the
height of their sinful pleasures, the truth
which stares them in the face begins on
earth that punishment.-Je,cish Spy
The religion that etfervesces in mere talk
is not worth much. To do Justly, to love
mercy and 10 walk humbly with God, are
better than many sac rifces, or praises loudly
chanted in public places. Living in a Christ
like way is better than talking about it,
Christian Inteuigsncer.
SOME Christian people grieve to see the
drunkards body fill an untimely grave,
while his poor soul descends still deeper
into the region OF the damned, but it would
pain them worse 10 see their candidate for
office beaten. No use disputing it. Actions
speak louder then words.
You Will not De sorry Tor nearing before
Judging, for thinking before speaking, for
holding an angry tongue, for stopping the
ears of a tale-bearer, for disbelieving most of
the i'll reports, for being kind to the dis
tressed, for being patient toward everybody,
for doing good to all men, for asking pardon
for all wrongs, for speaking evil of no one,
for being courteous to all.
WE urge the duties of Christianity upon
the conscience of men but duties are con,
straints till they are changed into charms
by love. The very word duty is a harsh
one, until the heart grasps it, and then the
lowliest service and the boldest endeavoI
are cheerfully accepted and welcomed. To
win men TO the performance of Christian
duties, it is necessary to win them to the
love of him who requires them, and TO the
love of those for whose benefit they are re
! quired.-Dean Stanley.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Clerical OratOry,

Why do not our preachers study oratory
As preachers, not pastors, their business is
to work certain effect, and all helps 10 its
production it should be part of their edu-
cation to learn. presume | shall not be
misunderstood to mean the effect of display
ing self and winning admiration for per
sonal gifts What the true preacher seeks
to do is to inform the intellect with Chris
tian truth to stir the heart. and thereby
influence the will of its hearers. Half the
sermons annually preached are, so far as
human insight goes, waste Of labor and
breath. Two things partly account for this
Oae is that maj ority of the men set to
preach are out of their real vocation-good
pastors they may be, but fit preachers they
are not another is that those with more
aptitude for preaching do not yet under
stand the means to be employed to attain
their object. Sometimes the preacher has
some conception Of the needs Of human ma
ture, and that knows the truest truths fail
to move when put before men in dull, dry
way perhaps he does his best to acquire a
good style, and succeeds in making an ably.
written discourse. But when he comes int
his pulpit to give it to his people where il
the impression it should produce Wha
becomes of his choice words, his considered
sentences 2 There they lie upon the pag
he holds; he proceeds to read them. WI,
do they fail of any result 1t is for wan
Of delivery, of the oratorical art of making
mere words tell" His faithful effort goe
for little; he seems to his hearers to be
reading something to them-as he is-no
to be speaking to them from the heart
| atlantic.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Another Good Rich Man.

The death is announced at London of Sir
JoOiah Mason. IIo ha~n at KID
minister in 1895, and began life as a street
hawker. After trying various trades, he
set up in business as a manufacturer Of split
rings by machinery, to which he after
added the manufacture of steel pens. He
divides with elliott and Mitchell the credit
of perfecting the modern steel pen. In 1874
he had over one thousand workmen, con-
suming over three tons of rolled steel weekly.
lie was almost entirely self-educated In
1860 he established an orphanage, spending
100000 upon it, where five hundred chill
dren were gratuitously clothed, fed and
educated. He was knighted in 1872 for his
munifcence. He endowed the Mason
science college in 1880 to the amount of
nearly s250,000 sterling
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Summer In Norway.

In the Norway summer one comes actually
to yearn for a little Christian darkness to go
TO bed by much as he may crave stronger
sun by day to keep him warm, he would
like TO have a reasonable night time for
sleeping. AT first there is stimulus, and
a weird sort of triumphant sense of outwit-
ting nature, in finding ones self able to
read or to write by the suns light till mid
night of the clock. But presently it be-
comes clear that the outwitting is on the
other side. What avails II that there is
light enough for one TO write by at ten
o'clock at night, if he is tired out, does not
want TO write, and longs for nothing but TO
60 to sleep2 If it were dark, and he longed
to write, nothing would be easier than to
light candles and write all night, il he chose
and could pay for the candles. But neither
money nor ingenuity can compass for him a
normal darkness to sleep in The Norwe'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
The Difference.

An old aud substantial butter dealer re-
Gently gave the American Dabyman the fol-
lowing points of information respecting farm
and creamery dairying Last fall he pur-
chased fifteen carloads of farm butter at
prices ranging from seven and one-half to
nine cents a pound, while in the same
market creamery butter was selling fol
twenty-five cents pound. Taking ten tons
as carload, and call the average of the farm
butter at nine cents, the highest price OBJ
tanned, and we have in the fifteen carloads
100000 pounds of butter, and on this we
must charge loss of the difference between
nine and twenty-five cents, which is sixteen
cents, or grand total OF $4,000 on this lot
of butter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Wash for Fences.

A durable wash for fences and farm build
ings may be made as follows; For one bar
rel of color wash, half bushel white lime,
three pecks Of hydraulic cement, ten pounds
umber, ten pounds ochre, one pound Vene-
tian red, quarter pound lampblack. Slake
the lime; cut the lampbla,k with vinegar /;
mix well together add the cement and fill
hours before using, and stir frequently while
putting it on. This is not white, but of a
light stone color, or without the unpleasant
glare of white. The color may be changed
by adding more or less of the colors named,
or other colors. This wash covers well,
needing only one coat, and is superior to
anything known, excepting oil paint.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-14
Ihf yomf Girrlf.


They quite leave us. friends who have passed
Through the shadows Of death to the sunlight above
A thousand sweet memories holding them fast
To the places they blessed with their presence and love-
The work which they ie and the books which they read,
Speak mutely though still with an elo1uence rare,
And the songs that they and dear words that they a
Yet nger and sigh on the desolate air.
And oft when alone, and AZ off In the throng,
Or when evil allures sin draweth nigh,
whisper comes gently, Nay do not the wrong"
And we feel that our weakness Is pitled on high.
We toll at our task in the burden and heat
OF llfes passionate They are folded In peace.
II Is we'll We rejoice that their heaven is sweet,
And one day from us all the bitter will cease.
Until then we are bound by love and our faith
To the saints who are walking In Paradise fair;
They have passed beyond sight, at the touching Of death
But they live, like ourselves. in Gods infinite