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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-11
Married.

JAMES-DIX0N-At the residence OF the
brides mother, Mrs. s. q. Dickson, In
Paris, on Wednesday the 4th instant, Mr..
VIII James, Of Terarkana, to NJ SO Hattie
n. Dickson. of Paris, Rev. j. ID. Dewet
Burkhead OIL ,ating.
In penning the above we feel that pleas.
ure which always follows happy marriage,
and in this instance, where the honored groom
has chosen one of tho fairest native flowers
that ever grsced the social circle of our Paris
girls, we feel that good fortune has been
generous in its rich gift TO our esteemed
friend. May their bright sky of genial hap.
pincss never be clouded, and may prosperity
ever be theirs. The bridal party took the
noon train for Texarksns, as their future
home.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-11
For the POsr Farm

iOilicer Spencer arrested and lodged in Jail
yesterday John Cleavis, charged with being
drunk in public place. Later in the day
he was transferred TO the poor farm by Su.
perintendent Kinnin 10 work out his fine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
Don't, Girls.

Don't think it absolutely necessary to you'll
happiness that every afternoon be spent in
making calls or on the street, shopping.
Home is not mere hotel, wherein to eat and
sleep-too dreary to be endured without
company from abroad; homework is not
mere drudgery, but useful ministration to
those you love. Don't mistake giggling for
cheerfulness, slang phrases for wit, bolster
Gus rudeness for frank gayety, impertinent
speeches for bright repartees. On the other
hand, don't be prim, formal, stiff, nor assume
company face" eloquent of "prunes,
potatoes, prisms,' nor sit bolt upright in a
corner, hands, feet, eyes and lips carefully
posed for effect. An effect will be produced,
but not the one you wish. Nor yet sit
scornfully reserved criticising mentally the
dress, manners, looks, ETC., of those around
you. Make up your mind that your COM
panions are, on the whole, pretty nice set
of people Cf they are not, you had no busi-
ness TO come among them); that there is
something to respect and like in each of
them, something to learn of all of them.
Determine to have nice time anyhow;
then do your part to make itso. Be genial,
cordial, frank. If you can play and sing
ordinarily well, do not refuse to take your
share in entertaining your companions in
that way. You are not to be Nilsson or a
Kellogg. If you cannot play or sing, say so
frankly, and do not feel humiliated. You
probably excel in some other accomplish
ment. Even if you do not, you can possess
that one grand accomplishment to which all
others are but accessories, that of being "a
lady "a true woman, gentle and gracious,
modest and lovable. Dsar young girls, your
lives are full of noble possibilities. There
is but one thing earthly so truly admirable
as a Christian lady, and that is Christian
gentleman" If an "honest man be the
noblest work of God" surely an honest"
true woman is his lovelest. Therefore,
young maidens of America, give yourselves
to Christ; let him so mould you that you
may be kings daughters indeed, all glorious
within, all fair without.-Arthur's Magasine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
Fighting a Good Fight.

A stingy Christian was listening to a
charity sermon. He was nearly deaf, and
was accustomed to sit facing the congrega-
tion, right under the pulpit, with his ear
trumpet directed upward towards the
preacher. The sermon moved him consid-
erably. At one time he said to himself :
"I'n give SlO;" again he said; "Tll give
S15." At the close of the appeal he was
very much moved and thought he would
give $500. Now the boxes were passed.
AS they moved along his charity began to
ooze out. He came from fifty to twenty, to
ten, to five, to zero. He concluded that he
would not give anything. "Yet," said he,
"this won't do am in a bad fix. This Gov
etousness will be my ruin. The boxes Were
getting nearer and nearer. The crisis was
upon him. What should he do2 The box
was under his chin-all the congregation
were looking. He had been holding his
pocket-book in his hand during this solilo
auy, which was half audible, though in his
deafness he did not know that he was heard
In the agony of the final moment he took hi
pocket-book and laid it in the box, saying
TO himself as he did it, SNOW squirm, ole
natur'l" Here is the key to covetousness
Old natur' must 60 under. 1t will taxi
great living to put stinginess down. A few
experiments of putting in the whole pocket
book may, by aud by, get the heart into tn,
charity box and then the cure is reached
All honor TO the deaf old gentleman. Ill
did magnificent thing for himself, ant
gave an example worth initiating beside
pointing paragraph for the students of hu
| man nature.-Go0d Words.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
The Lesson OF the Monuments.

What does the monument mean I? and
What will the monument teach ? Let me
try and ask you for moment TO help me
answer, what does the monument mean.
Oh the monument means world of men,
ories, world of deeds, and a world of tears,
and world of glories. You know, thou
sands know, what it is to offer up your life
to the country, and that is no small thing,
as every soldier knows. Lst me put the
question to you; For moment, suppose
your country in the awfully embodied form
of majestic law should stand above you and
say, 81 want your life. Come up here on
the platform and offer it," How many
would walk up before that majestic presence
and say, Here am, take this life and use
it for your great needs" Aud yet almost
two millions of men made that answer, and
monument stands yonder to commemorate
their answer. That is one of its meanings.
But, my friends, let me try you little fur
ther. To give up life is much, for it is to
give up wife, and home, and child and am
bition. But let me test you this way fur
ther. Suppose this awfully majestic form
should call out to you and say, 81 ask you
to give up health and drag yourself, not
dead but half alive, through a miserable ex.
istence for long years, until you perish and
die in your crippled and hopeless condition.
| ask YOU to volunteer to do that" and it
calls for higher reach of patriotism and
self-sacrifice, but hundreds Of thousands of
your soldiers did that. That is what the
monument means also. But let me go one
step further. Suppose your country should
say, "Come here, on this platform, and in
my name, and for my sake, consent to be
idiots-consent that your very brain aud
intellect shall be broken down into hope
less idiocy for my sake" How many could
be found to make that venture And yet
there are thousands, and that with their
eyes wide open to the horrible consequences,
obeyed that call And let me tell how one
hundred thousand Of our soldiers were pris-
oners of war, and to many of them when
death was stalking near, when famine was
| climbing up into their hearts, and idiocy
was threatening all that was left Of their
intellects, the gates of their prison stood
open every day if they would quit, desert
their flag and enlist under the flag of the
enemy, and out of one hundred and eighty
thousand not two per cent ever received the
liberation from DEATH starvation, and all
that might come to them; but they took all
these horrors and all these sufferings in
preference to going back upon the flag OF
their country and the glory Of its truth
| Great God was ever such measure OF pat
riotism reached by any man on this earth
before That is what your monument
means. By the subtle chemistry that nc
man knows, all the blood that was shed by
our brethren-all the lives that were devoted
all the grief that was felt, at last crystalized
itself into granite, rendered immortal the
great truth for which they died, and II
stands there to-day, and that is what YOU
monument means.-Garfelds Words.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
VOL. 77.-3922. NO. 10.

and that he has made some people light
hearted on purpose that they may carry sun
shine wherever they go, and cheer lonely
hearts, and uplift dropping heads 2" Mrs.
Experience drew down, the corners of her
mouth and said no more. But, as / think
Of II, l am growing surer that the light
hearted people, the children, the gay girls
and merry lads, who are cheerful not from
a sense Of duty, but because they are so
happy that they cannot help themselves, are
worth great deal to the world. What
boon it is 10 meet person who goes singing
on life's way What benediction there is
in beaming face We should be very care
full how we repress and restrain the exuber-
ant spirits of the young. They are abound
ing in vitality, these boys and girls of ours
who do not get tired easily, and who find
something 10 laugh at where we are not 80
| much amused. Let them laugh. House
hold fun should not be too quickly checked.
There ought 10 be a margin for it in our
| home calculations. Study and work and
thoughtfulness have their place, but play is
just as legitimate, and Just as essential TO
healthy living. We should not be in haste
TO condemn as volatile and giddy the girl
who is bent, as it seems TO us, on enjoyment
and mirth, rather than on more serious oc-
cupations. Hers may be the swiftest foot
to go on loves errands, the coolest hand to
smooth the sick mothers forehead, and the
quickest brain to devise what to do in an
emergency. Many mercurial boy becomes
the comforting pastor, the wise judge, the
able man of business, the kind husband and
father. To direct rather than to crush the
abundant efflorescent energy of the young
should be the aim Of parents The more
| lighthearted they are the better. Light
hearted is not always feather-headed. "a
merry heart doeth good like incidence
Christian InteLigencer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
The Grandeur OF Faith.

We hear the eulogy pronounced every day
upon the achievements of intellect. Men
spread out their PHILOSOPHERS before us, and
we follow the painful steps with which they
have proceeded from the first premise to the
most distant conclusion. We walk with the
scientists, who seem to have wrested from
the hand OF the Creator the keys of his own
universe, and with bold adventure have
roamed through its wide domains, opening
its secret cabinets and unlocking their treas
ures to our gaze. And as the high achieve.
ments of science and philosophy are held up
before us we are filled with astonishment
and pride. God forbid that | should lack
in sympathy with these grand movements
of the human mind But they are the ex-
eroise Of only one power Of our nature, even
at the best. They reveal man in the tower
ing reach of his intellect, which is bound TO
expand throughout the eternal ages, grow
ing larger in its grasp and holding within
its embrace the great truths Of eternity and
of God. By so much as l hope hereafter to
see in heaven the boundless glory of Jehovah,
and to spread out all my intellect in the con-
temptation Of what is sublime and beautiful
in God, am | forbidden this day to utter one
word Of disparagement upon the proofs of
mans gigantic understanding. But l turn
to faith, which equally exercises this intel
lect, which draws out all the affections of
the soul and the immense power Of the will,
| which presents man before me in the full
| complement of his powers, which reveals me
to myself in the superb integrity of my ma
ture-and l feel that if, through grace, ]
have been able to exercise this faith in the
gospel Of Jesus Christ, have put forth an
act which has brought out the totality of my
being, which has expressed all the constitu
ents Of my nature and which, therefore, il
its essential glory, immeasurably transcends
all other acts within the compass of the hu.
man souls.-Dr. B. NJ. Palmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
In the Wrong Place.

Wherever Christian cannot carry clear
conscience and his Masters smile he is in
the wrong place. 1 do not care how strong
the inducement to go there, or attractive
the bribe which the tempter offers, if con-
science rebels-if conscience whispers a
doubt as to the rightfulness of going-then
stay away. If we err at all let it be on the
safe side. But Christian never does " err "
when he obeys his conscience and honestly
aims to please his Master. The real error
and backsliding commonly begin when we
begin to hush the memories of conscience
by saying, o, will go just this once y or,
Everybody else goes; why may not 2" or,
"If do go it won't be noticed" These
are the smooth excuses which the Devil al
ways has ready for Christian professor
when he is strongly tempted toward the
ball room, or the sensual entertainment, or
the convivial frolic of some kind. The
place where he would not be expected to be
is the very place where he ought not to be.
Let the "lovers of pleasure more than lovers
of God gather to the carouse, or to the
play, or the wine feast, if t hey will; but
Christ's smiles never beam upon one Of his
followers in such places. The eye that
looked upon Peter until Peter shrunk away
to hide his bitter tears, often falls upon the
inconsistent Christian who is spending an
evening in bad company.-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14

poses, producing better results than guano
or phosphates in proportion to cost Mr..
Colvin adds, We have plenty of time and
water-power, and If lime will do what is
claimed l think it would pay to get mar
chine" and asks our opinion in the matter.
Our opinion is that the fertiizing power
of powdered limestone is easily tested with
out buying machine. Small quantities
only are needed for the purpose, and an iron
mortar and pestle will prepare as much as
would be required. Take half dozen
quart flowerpots and fill them with perfectly
uniform soil (made so by thorough mixing)
and in half the pots mix in some Of the
powdered limestone. Then plant some com
mon Seeds corn, wheat or beans, in the pots,
treat them all alike and watch the growth
of the plants. 1t will not be difficult to see
if there is better growth in the lined pots
than in the unlimed. The results Of such an
experiment. performed fairly, would be much
better evidence than any mans mere opinion,
though they would have to be varied and
Tepbhbbu u nuluDtT VI tlInbS W Dt ConCiuSift.
Various kinds of powdered rocks have been
tried for fertilizing purposes, but 80 far as
we know none have come into genesal
use and been approved except powdered
gypsum (plaster) and powdered phos-
phate rock. The use Of burned lime
stone may be added, which is employed
however not as a direct fertilizer, but fol
its indirect action to develop fertilizing
material already in the soil. There is great
difference in limestones. Some are almost pure
carbonate of lime while others, Especially
the limestone of the famous blue grass coun
ties of Kentucky contain both potash ant
phosphoric acid. Most Vermont soils contain
all the lime that is needed by our crops
yet some of our poor, sandy land might bt
benefited by the use of ground lime in con
nection with the other necessary elements o
plant-food. But general trial of grount
limestone as fertilizer would result, W,
think, in general conviction that it di'
not pay.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
A World OF Hard Work.


There is nothing should be taught sooner
than that this is working world, and that
labor, physical or mental, is a necessity for
the whole progeny of the first tiller of the
ground and sewer of the fig leaves. Moth
ers try to spare their daughters the neces-
sity OF labor (by taking the burden on them
selves) much more than fathers do their
sons. In fact my experience is that men,
as rule, are lazer than women. The boys
are made to work and earn for their fathers
before the mothers think that the girls can
do more than to hem their ruffles or trim
their hats. Mothers take pride in their
daughters soft hands and round cheeks,
when their own hands have become hard
ened and their own cheeks hollow. The
danger of this is that the soft hands aud
smooth faces become the first thought of the
daughters, and selfish and idle life is the
result. Daughters, you have but one moth
er; care for her and spare her. "No love
like mothers love-" unselfsh, thoughtful,
unreasoning often for herself, but always
taking thought for the children" An idle
life is also selfish one. No heart is so nat
urally good as to escape the demoralizing
effects OF days without labor, that bring
nights without WEAKNESS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
Adversity.

May we be preserved from concluding
that adversity comes because we are deserted
by our Heavenly Father. Does not the gar
dener prune with especial severity the trees
which he prizes most highly? Does not the
lapidary grind with unsparing hand even the
most costly diamonds The purer the gold,
the heavier the blows with which the gold
smith beats it. o ye who pass dreary days,
perhaps weary months, under the dark clouds
of settled dependency, look up Heaven is
above you, the earth beneath you. Your
Heavenly Father has placed the eyes in the
forehead that you might look into the hope
full future, not backwards into the unaltera-
BILE past. Past is past gone is gone forever
Let us not fail to observe, in ref
erence to all the trials of life, that deliver
ances come in most unexpected ways, in
seasons when we are gloomily anticipating
still heavier calamities. 1t was when the
disciples seemed ready to sink that Christ
said to the angry waves, Peace, be still"
II was in the wilderness, not in the fertile,
wellwatered plain, that water gushed from
the hidden rock. 1t was not in the hallowed
oalmnsss of the evening Landscape that Je-
hovah's voice was heard, but amid the thun.
derings which roared, and the lghtnings
which flashed from Sinai's rugged crags. II
is in the hour of adversely that God most
clearly reveals himself to men.-Van Dyke.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
The Ministry.

There is many Christian student now
in our colleges who, if he will decide to en-
ter the high calling" of laborer for souls,
will keep a hundred thanksgiving days for
having chosen the better part. The more a
minister loves his work the more he enjoys
it. We see the sad and depraved sides of
human nature; but we also see its best and
brightest sides; and we are kept in contact
with the most rich and soul-elevating truths
in the universe. Yes; we are brought into
the daily fellowship of the Divine Teacher,
the Elder Brother, the Holy Comforter.
Jesus comes TO us in our studies. His coun-
tenance shines on our Bibles. He glorifies
by his smile the humblest cabin in which a
frontier missionary is preparing his message
of heavenly love. To save soul is luxury
that Gabriel might covet "Your heaven
is two heavens to me-" said Rutherford to
his spiritual children whom he had led to the
Saviour.-Dr. T. L. Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
A Plea for the Light Hearted.

"There goes -. believe she never
has serious thought" said Mrs. Expe-
rience, looking gravely out OF the window.
looked too. 1t was still, clear autumnal
afternoon. The wind had been blowing
freshly, but it had subsidized, and now the
western sky was full of golden light, melt
ing away to pale amber and opal, before the
dying OF the day and the outshining of the
stars. Yes, Daisy Dorman was light-hearted,
and as she went down the street, with her
elastic step, her sweet face glowing with
youth and health, her quick nod and smile
Of recognition for her friends, for one was
very glad that she was the representative of
class of people who must always be in the
minority in this world of change-the care
free, rather than the careless, the bright and
buoyant, who have not yet been schooled by
the discipline OF sorrow "Shen have
trouble soon enough 2" said Mrs. Expert
ence. "Laugh before breakfast, you'll cry
before night + 1t seems to me almost wicked
to go singing and smiling along, as though
there was nothing but happiness before you,
The world is fieeting show" She sewed
with renewed energy on Davids checked
shirts. felt reproved for my folded hands,
but l cannot always be busy, and answered
my own thought quite as much as her words,
Don't you suppose God likes to see the
flower bloom, and to hear the birds sing,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-14
Fruit Culture In California.
A correspondent writes from Saratoga,
California, as follows:

California, as follows:
"This country is fast becoming great garden.
The other day 1t was my privilege to see large
orchard of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, al
monds, nectarines, peaches and in close connection
a garden of oranges and lemons in various stages
of growth. Fruit is larger and fairer than In the
east, though apples lose something OF their ACID
flavor Apple trees are set much nearer than In
the east and all trees cultivated as carefully
as a field OF corn. Young trees are carefully
pruned each year, the ends OF the limbs being cut
off SO as TO make top near the ground and suiii-
cently thick to get the bulk of the fruit near the
ground and the body of the tree. The tree is
thus made very symmetrical and Is not allowed to
get 30 large as 10 kill itself in bearing. Would
not the careful cultivation of the ground and
heading in and forming good r1lt-bearing top
pay AS well in New England as hereY I'LL re-
Gently this state has been very free from enemies
of fruit but the scale bug is beginning TO trouble
somewhat and the growers resort 10 weak solu-
ton of kerosene or lye, and also whitewash
the trunks of their trees occasionally. All kinds
of trees bear much sooner than in the east-from
three to five years from setting Fruit culture Is
considered hereabouts much more profitable than
wheat raising and the people are putting out
large orchards This promises TO be very para
disc of all temperate and semi-tropical fruits"
REMARKs.-We thank our friend for his
notes on Pacific coast fruit growing. The
conditions of climate and soil in California
are 30 entirely diverse from ours that in
many points methods must differ. But as
regards pruning and culture between the
rows of fruit trees and plants, all good
cultivators who follow fruitgrowing as a
business do that in the east. 1t will moi
do to compare the slovenly methods of ordi
nary farmers in their gardens and orchards
with those of men who make business oi
fruitgrowing. The application of veal
solution of kerosene or lye to destroy thu
scale insect is understood by gardeners
everywhere. Our fifteen hundred trees art
gone over in this way as often as once il
two years. The early fruiting OF Californii
trees is in part due to virgin soil, bu
more to the long growing season which
gives them about twice as much growth il
a year as they can get here, and therefore
makes five years California tree nearly a
old as ten years tree in New England
California is the Spain of America, and VI
must look to her for our raisins, fine grape
and choice semi-tropical fruits requiring
. warm dry climate and long season.