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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-10-08

SOueWudC uSuteucO Uy the CLOUDS
breaking to the eastward and the pale
moon peeping cautiously forth. Hilo
lay slightly to the left. but how to get
over that lake of flame was not at all
apparent.
About half an hour later, Mr.. Sever
ance, who had been missed for some
time. was called after. but no answer
came. The party grew anxious for his
safety, and cries were repeated louder
and louder. When the excitement had
attained fever heat his welcome voice
was heard shouting the glad tidings
that he had found his way. Everybody
rushed in his direction, and, being more
eager than careful, several broke
through thin crusts or stepped into
black holes and measured their length
upon the lava, which returned their ar
dent embrace with even more warmth
than was desired.
Mr.. Severance led the way for some
distance, then In detected tones said he
had lost his course. His words fell like
death knell upon every ear, and the
party slowly retraced their steps. An
other start was made moro deliberately
and terminated with more success. The
horses were reached, and the party,
mounting, rode home.
That night the flow was unusually
active and grand beyond measure. The
stream nearest town was flowing along
the bed of q river, and, at the then ter.
minus, was precipitating itself into 3
pool at tho foot Of pretty cascade fall
Inc l><ss<1o e A. kss~no~ o<<s,e - 1~v~-
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Good Literature.

There are many books which at first
reading seem very plausible. The evil
is clad in so fair "A dress as to resemble
an angel of light, and is it strange
that the young mind unsuspicious of
evil is deceived 7 To the person who
in all sincerity desires to know the
criterion by which the worth of IA book
can be tested there is no better rule
given than that by Robert SOuthey {:
"Would you know whether "A book was
good or evil, examine in what state of
mind you lay it down. Has it induced
you to suspect that that which you
have been accustomed to think unlaw
full may after all he innocent, and that
that may be harmless which you hither
to have been taught to think danger
Gus Has it tended to make you dis
satisfied and inpatient under the con-
troll of others 7 Has it attempted to
abate your reverence for what is great
and good and to diminish your love
for your country and your fellow crea
lures Has it detiled the imagination
with what is lOathsome and disturbed
the sense of right and wrong which the
creator has implanted in the human
soul II so, throw that book in the
fire, young man, even though it be the
gift of friend. Young lady, away
with the whole series, though it he the
prominent furniture of rosewood
book case. y Church Mirror.
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Rslisinns Rsadins.
According as n Man Hath.

Our blessed Lord did not think it
beneath His dignity on one occasion to
take particular notice of a certain con-
tribution dropped into the temple
treasury. 1t was not the great current
value of the offering which attracted
His attention, for it was but "a fdrth-
ing :" nor was it the high social status
of the offerer, for she was but a poor
tcidOlc. But that which engaged His
interest, and drew forth His common
datiOn then, was the fact that she had
least in all that she had, eUen all her
Hiring" According to our Lords valu-
alton, that "farthing" was worth more
than all the other contents of the treas
ury. Ii has often been a comfort to us
To know that His thoughts are not as
our thoughts and it is very encOurag-
ing to learn that His arithmetic is not
rs our arithmetic. That temple is gone,
and that treasury too but in His tenn
pie not made with hands, He still sits
over against His treasury, and every
offering dropped into the empty peck
cts of His saints, or contributed to the
pecuniary necessities of His Gospel
service, is set down at its divine esti-
nation in the shook Of remembrance
In the Great Harvest Field.
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Cigarettes.

There is habit which a few years
ago was almost wholly unknown,
but which You meet with at every turn,
that ought if possible be stamped out
of existence. We refer to the smoking
of cigarettes by our American youths.
Not to exaggerate the matter at all, it
is sapping their young life, causing a
deterioration of the brain tissue and
enfeebling the intellectual powers. Our
young folks who read this paragraph
will not believe the assertion, never
theless il is universally asserted by
our best physicians that the weight of
tobacco i'll a segar, worked into ciga-
rettes, does tenfold injury. Partly be-
cause, owing to its shOrtness, the
smoke enters the mouth hot, partly be-
cause there is nothing to hold the pOis-
onous oils and alkaloids, which are
taken into the mouth and then into the
system. And then, too, cigarette
smoking results in great loss of ner-
vous force, and not only so, but 1t
causes that peculiar action of the heart
known as tobacco heart" resulting in
wakefulness, consequent upon sense
of suffocatiOn and irregular beating of
the heart. Boys ought not to smoke
at all, and it would be a blessed boon
if the earth should refuse to grow an
other ounce of tobacco. But if smok-
ing is to he followed, the least object
ionable form is the long stem pipe,
then the cigar; the cigarette is the
most injurious of all. And all this talk
about the harmlessness of rice paper
which isn't rice paper at all-is hum
bug. This and all paper has an empy-
semmatic oil, the effect of which is to
irritate the mucous membranes, caus-
ing catarrh. Tobacco, so far from be-
ing "a stimulant, is the most powerful
depressOr of the vital forces known.
In fact any smOker-especially any
cigarette smOker-can test this for him
self. The moment he commences
smoking he will find nature has to
quicken his pulse to compensate for
the enfeebled action of the heart. Pa
rents, and especially Christian parents,
should take this matter of cigarette
smoking on the part of their boys in
hand. We don't know if the average
American parent has sufficient control
over his boy to induce him to take that
cigarette out of his mouth or not. But
he ought to have, and he ought to eX
ercise it. We are growing up IA gener-
alton of pale-faced jewellers, cadaver-
Gus youths, who are looking to build
up an emasculated manhood upon Gig
arctic stumps. What would be
thought of IA lot of ship carpenters who
should devote their time and skill to
making il wreck, when, with the eX-
penditure of less time and money, they
might construct full-rigged ship
And what shall be thought of the
American youths who in like manner
are seeking to construct an enfeebled
structure, verging on idiocy, when they
might make themselves magnificent
manhood ? And what shall be thought
of the parents who cOnnive at, if they
do not directly encourage, this mind
and body -destroying process? Thus
think-as you smoke cigarettes
Christian at Work.
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In insolvency..
Notice i'm Chancery.

Whereas Mary A. Gray OF Danville in Caledo-
mia county, has filed her petition in the clerks of
flee of said county setting forth that Peter Smp-
son of Sheffield, in the county of Caledonia the
26th day of July 1873, duly executed to one Laban
NJ. NJ. Gray a mortgage deed of certain land in said
seventy in lot numbered seventy-nine in
said Sheffield meaning hereby to convey all and the
same land this day decided to me (said Simpson, by
Zebina Simpson and Mehala Simpson, with all of
the buildings thereon standing and being, and
privileges thereto belonging, supposed 10 contain
seventy acres, be the same more or less" COndi-
toned for the payment of prOmissOry note of the
same date said mortgage, signed by said Peter
Simpson, for the sum of hundred and thirty
or bearer demand with interest annually. which
is now justly due aud owing and has not been
paid.
And further setting forth that she, the petitioner
is the legal owner and holder of said mortgage
and note of which the defendants herein named
have had due notice.
And further setting forth that Hazen NJ. Gray of
Sheffield. aforesaid, claims some interest in said
premises, by virtue of mortgage thereon subse-
quent in date and right to the petitioners said
mortgage. And it being made to appear that said
Peter Simpson is without the state, that
citation cannot be served upon him, IL is hereby or
dered that notice of the pendency of the foregoing
petition be given to the said Peter Simpson, by
publication of the substance thereof and this order
in the CaledOnian, newspaper published in Gale
dOna county, three weeks successfully, the last of
which shall be at least twenty days prior 10 the
first day of the next term of Caledonia county
court to be held at st. JOhnsbury, the first
Tuesday of December. \. ID. 1881.
Dated at St JOhDsbury. in said county, this 18th
10 Az RANKIN, Clerk.
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welcome. And yet every poor wan
dering, outcast, homeless man is one
whom some fond mother called "my
boy" Every lost woman, sunken in
the depths of sin, was somebody's
daughter in her days of childish limo
cence. To-day somebody's son is a
hungry outcast, somebody's daughter
is weary, helpless wanderer, driven
by cruel want into paths of error.
Shall we shrink from labor, shall we
hesitate at any cost to do what we can
to bring back the sunshine of happi-
ness to such as these F-[ Cottage
Hearth.
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Tired Mothers.

ooh, dear me | wish there wasn't
Young one in the world !"
And the speaker looked Just as if the
words were said in good faith but
knew she had been severely tried that
morning, aud, from long acquaintance,
that below that careless and impatient
speech the mothers love was warm
and tender: still, the words panied
me, for | thought of their effect upon
the little ears that heard them, and the
bitter regret the future years might
hold in trust for the mother.
She was one of those tired, overbur-
dened mothers, whose ceaSeless round
of duty gave her but few if any mo-
ments of leisure, and one who seemed
to get but little sunshine out of life,
for they were poor and could not afford
To hire help, and she told me the days
were all too short to complete the work
that was crowded into each, and unless
she sat up late at night the duties of
to-day would conflict with those of to-
morrow, and by the end of the week
things would he i'll IA terrible confusion.
knew this mother well when she
was maiden blithe and gay, tripping
along lightly, with a happy song on
her lips, and not care in the world.
That was long ago. Time has robbed
her step of its buoyancy, and her song
is not heard except i'll lullabys, for |
may as well tell you the little cribs
filled up so fast she did not wear the
badge of motherhood graciously or pa
tiently.
Who shall condemn herr Not those
.hAg. lnA1 Il in, ,,lnnSnnt
places, who know nothing about the
hard years of toll that have come to
her life, or the rough, uneven places
over which her feet pass daily. Not
those who are i'll like circumstances,
for their hearts will be filled with sym
pathy and pity. Not you and |, dear
reader, for we cannot tell how strong
our natures are, or how heavy bur
den we may bear without murmuring,
or getting impatient, until we are tried
in the same fiery furnace. We may be
very stoical in theory, but practically
find ourselves just as weak as our sis
ter woman, after all.
There are but few that are able to
bear
''Ceaseless burdens of homely care,
With patient grace and daily prayer"
There are but few that could accept a
situation like that of this mother phil
OsOphically, but if all who are so cir
cumstaDced could look ut it in wise
and rational manner, and for their clfil-
dren's sake struggle on with cheerful
ness and patience, making it "A labor of
love instead of IA disagreeable duty, it
would be of incalculable value.
If every mother could realize the
truth in all its fulness, that she is
rearing these little ones for eternity :;
sowing in their hearts either wheat or
tares, the reaping of which will bring
happiness or misery, she would strive
hard to bride her tongue, and reprove
them only with gentleness engrave
upon their little hearts none but beau
tiful thoughts, none but kind and low
ing sentiments, none but pure and true
principles, for these will guide them to
happiness, and prove to the mother a
crown that death only can polish fit for
heaven Mrs. G. w. Flanders.
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temperance.
"NOt ifIt Was My Boy"

Some years ago the late Horace
Mann, the eminent educator, delivered
an address ut the opening of some re-
formatOry institution for boys, during
which he remarked that if only one
boy was saved from ruin, il pays for all
the cost and care and labor of estab-
fishing such an institution as that.
After the exercises had closed. in pri-
waite conversation, "A gentleman rallied
Mr.. Mann upon his statement, and said
to him, did you not color that little.
when YOU said that all expense and
labor would be repaid if it only saved
one boy ~ ''Not if it was my boy
was the solemn and convicting reply.
All there is IA wonderful value about
''my boy" Other boys may be rude
and rough; other boys may be reckless
and wild; other boys may seem to re-
quire more pains and labor than they
ever will repay; other boys may be
left To drift uncared for to the ruin
which is so near at hand but ''my
bOy"-it were worth the toll of a life
time and the lavish wealth of a world
to save him from ruin. We would 90
the world round to save him from
peril, and would bless every hand that
was stretched out to give him help OF
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GARFIELD 4 Agsnts saRtsd for Life s Of p5.s
faithful history from cradle 10 grave, by the emf
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7-I0 Portland Maine
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Valuable Farm For Sale at Bargain.

Contains 300 acres land consisting of tillage pas
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FOR SALEI
Village and Farm Property For Sale

House and lot formerly owned by A W. Wheat
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House in Summerville formerly owned by Geo
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Gsfafr!s.
In Insolvency.

Notice is hereby given that on the sd day of
September. a. ID. 1881. 1 was duly appointed as
signee of the estate of William Lynds, of Pea
cham in the county and district of Caledonia. and
State of Vermont an insolvent debtor.
Dated at Barnet, the 2sth day of September, A. ID.
1881.
81 CLOUD HARVEY, Assignee
STATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT. IS
> In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johrsbury within and for said District on the
3D. day of October, a. ID. 1881.
An instrument purporting to be the last will and
testament of Melinda Cutler, late of whee-
lock in said district deceased being presented to
Court by Charles Cobb the executor therein
nan ed for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons con
cerned therein be notified To appear at session of
said Court To be held at the Probate Office in St
Johnsbury, on the pad day of October a. d. 1881
and show cause, if any they may have, against
the Probate of the said will for which pur
pose it is further ordered, that n copy of the
record of this order be published three weeks
successfully in the Caledonian, printed at st.
Johnsbury, previous to said time appointed for
hearing.
BY the Court, Attest
HENRY FRENCH Register.
a true copy of Record, Attest,
6-s HENRY FRENCH. Register.
NANCY $. HUSE'S ESTATE.
~ The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the district OF
Caledonia, Commissioners Ia receive examine a al
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Nancy s Huse late of st. Johnsbu-
ry, in said district deceased represented nsOvent
aud the term of six months from the 18th ,tly Of
September, 1851, being allowed by said Court To
the creditors of said deceased to exhibit and
prove their respective claims before us: Give
notice that We will attend Ia the duties of APP
pointment at the dwelling house of the late Nancy
5. Huse i'll st. JOhnsbury, in said District, the
18th day of November, and the Goth day Of March
next, at one O'Clock in the afternoon, each OF
said days
s-s JOIN II nv \. GALE al }cOmm'rs
CTATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT S.
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury within and for said district, ON the
Sd day of October, \. ID. 1881.
An instrument purporting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Jane +. Abbott, late of Sutton. in
said district deceased, being presented to Court
by John G. Tibbetts the Executor therein nam
ed, for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein he notified To appear at session
of said Court to be holden at the Probate Office
in st. Jolnsbury, the odd day of October,
A. ID. 1851 and show cause, if any they may hay2,
against the Probate of said viii; for which
purpose it is further ordered, that a copy of the
record of this order be published three weeks
cessvely in the Caedonan, printed at st.
JOhnsbury, previous to said time appointed for
hearing.
By the Court, Attest
HENRY FRENCH, Regi ster.
A true copy of Record, Attest
6-5 HENRY FRENCH Register.
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We will not quote prices that is useless These goods
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Notice is hereby given that ON the sd day of
September. a. ID. 1881, was duly appointed
signee of the estate of William Lynds, of Pea
cham, in the county and district of Caledonia and
State of Vermont, insolvent debtor.
Dated at Barnet, the 2sth day of September A d.
1881.
II
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