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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Departures from Duty.

The lines of suffering on almost every hu-
man countenance have been deepened, if not
traced there, 10y unfaithfulness of conscience,
by departures from duty. To do wrong is
the surest way to bring suffering; no wrong
deed ever failed to bring it. Those sins
which are followed by no palpable pain are
yet terribly avenged, even in this life. They
abridge our capacity for happiness, impair
our relish for innocent pleasure, and increase
our sensibility to suffering They spoil us
of the armor of pure conscience and OF
trust in God, without which we are naked
amid hosts of foes, and are vulnerable by all
the changes of life. Thus, to do wrong is
to inhict the surest injury on our own peace,
No enemy can do us equal harm with what
we do ourselves whenever or however we
violate any moral or religious obligation
Chdnnin0
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Book OF Remembrance.

If the earthly history of some of our
brethren were written down if faithful
record were kept of the way fthey spend
their time if all the hours of id vacancy
or idler occupation were put to8yether, and
a very small amount of useful diligence
deducted, the life of bird or ayouadruned
would be nobler one more w{rthv of it's
powers and more equal to its C1eator's end
in forming it. Such register is kent.
Though the trifer does not c{hronicle his
own vain words and wasted kours. thev
chronicle themselves. They finSd their in.
delible place in that book of rertnembrance
with which human hand cannot ta,nper and
from which no erasure save one can blot
them. They are noted in the MEMORY of
God. And when once this life of Iwondrons
opportunities and awful advantages ia over
when the twenty or fifty years. of proba-
tion are fled away-when mortal !existence.
with its facilities for personal IMPROVEMENT
and serviceableness to Others, is goDle bevond
recall-when the triher looks bach 10 The
long pilgrimage, with all the dooss of hone
and usefulness, past which he skinned in
his frisky forgetfuluess-whata anglish will
it move to think that he has gamboled sncb
a world without salvation to himself, With.
out any real benefit TO his brethren, L i,,r,v
triher, vivacious idler, clever fool DR..
james Hamilton
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Temper at Home.

have peeped into quiet "parlors," where
the carpet is clean and not old, and the fur
niture polished and bright into " rooms"
where the chairs are deal and the floor car
petless into kitchens" where the family
live and the meals are cooked and eaten, and
the boys and girls are as blithe as the spar
rows in the thatch overhead; and | see that
it is not so much wealth and learning, nor
clothing, nor servants, nor toll, nor idleness,
nor town, nor country, nor station, as tone
and temper, that makes life joyous or miser-
able-that render home happy or wretched.
And | see, too, that in town or country, good
sense and Gods grace make life what no
teachers, or accomplishments, or means, or
society can make 1.-THE opening stave of
an everlasting psalm; the fair beginning of
an endless existence, the goodly, modest,
well-proportioned vestible TO temple OF
Gods building, that shall never decay, wax
old, or vanish away.--John Hall, ID. ID.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
sMoral and Reliainns.


Dear Lord In some dim future year,
In some dim future month and day,
Abides the hour, the solemn hour,
When thou shalt call my soul away.
That year, that month, that day OF days,
Come soon come late know not when.
oh thou, who rulest all my waysl
Master Of Life whom Death obeys,
he with me then. be with me then.
Somewhere upon this globe Of ours
Is hid the spot where ! must die,
Where mid the SHOWS, or mid the flowers
My shrouded form shall cofilned lie.
II north or south--lf east OF west
At home--abroad-I know not where,
o tender father, Lord Of grace
Whose presence hlls the realm OF peace,
BE with me there, be with me there
By hre-by food-by famine sore
By sudden stroke-by slow decay
When Deaths dark angel ope'a my door,
How shah 1t call my soul away
God only knows, he bends the bow,
And he alone cas- Ak the dart;
Yet care not when, where or how
The end may come. dear Lord II thou
wilt then but shield me in thy heart
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Presidential State Dinners,

The state dinners of the white house are
one of the institutions of Washington The
lower floor OF the white house, large as it is,
is wholly taken up with reception-rooms,
parlors and dining-rooms. The offices of the
president, the private psrlors of his wife,
and the chambers are all upstairs. The
happy recipient OF an invitation to dine with
the president, says The Congre9dtionaiist, is
always expected to come attired in dress
coat aud light gloves and when he has de-
posted his hat and his outer habiliments
with the usher, he receives an envelope con-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
A Prayer.

o my God and Father, | desire to love
thee, and fear lest should not love thee as
ought. | ask of thee an abundant and
pure love. Thou seest this DESIRE for thou
hast implanted it in me regard then the
want which thou beholdest in thy creature
o God, whose love to me is sufficient TO in
spire boundless affection in return, look
not upon the torrent of iniquity in which
was almost swallowed up, but rather on thy
mercy. Lord, thou art the God of nature,
thou art the soul of all being, thine are all
things; and shall not my heart be thine, that
heart which thou hast formed and dost keep
in life2 1t is thine, and no longer mine
Do with me as thou wilt. care not, since
love thee.-Fenelon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Change OF Heart.

"Why don't you preach against theater-
going 70 somebody asked me, after intimat-
ing that this is an open habit among some
professed Christians. "Why don't you
preach against Sunday pleasure-driving ~
says another. "And why don't you de-
liquor, or renting their stores for others to
enough to keep him from them 7 You may,
o pr0a"i1 s %U%eptay GGang saass
care little 10 turn a mans face from the
theater, if his heart is still there, tngging all
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
SWAYNE'S OINTMENT


| was sorev afflicted with enc Of the most
distressing Of all diseases, Prurtus or Prungo,
or more commonly known as Itching Piles The
itching ut times was almost intolerable, increased
by scratching, and not unfrequently became quite
sore. | bought box of SwAYNEs 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. | bad tried pre-
scriptions almost innumerable, without finding
any permanent relief. JOSEPH W. CHRIST,
(Firm Of Roedel & CHRISTI, Boot and Shoe House.
33A North Second Street. Philadelphia.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
HANDSOME HAIR.
LONDON HAIR ,.r Color REsToRER
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= Growth $:::
LONDON HAIR Color REsToRER
LONDON HAIR Color REsToRER
n: Beauty $$:

Some eight years ago my hair COM
meHced failing;
top became quite bald. | applied LONDON HAIR
Color REsToRER. My hair not only stopped
falling but is now growing finely, and ! consider
1t an invaluable article for restoring the hair
J. W. ABEL, NJ D., Druggist,
1924 Beach Street. Philadelphia, Penn.
The only knOcH RestOrer Of Color and per-
feet Hair Dressing Combined.
1t never fails TO impart life, growth and vigor
to the weakest hair, fastens and stops its fall
ing, and is sure to produce new growth of
hair in its original color, causing it. to grow
thick and strong.
75 Gents per Bottle; Six Bottles for Sf.OO.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS.
GEORGE q. GOODWIN g. CO., Boston, Mass,
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
sNew eadrerfissmenfS.
ALL WHO SUFFER
-wITH--
ITCHING Pill ~ =

This distressing complaint is generally pre-
ceded by moisture like perspration, distress
ing itching, rs though pin-worms were crawling
in and about the rectum, particularly at night
when undressing or in bed after getting warm,
1t appears in summer as well az winter often
times showing itself around the private parts
and is not confined to males only, but It is quite
frequently that females are sorely afflicted
at times proving very distressing almost beyond
the power of endurance. Cases Of long stand
ing, pronounced incurahle. have been perma-
nentlY cured by simply nnnlXinp
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
S kim DI Sc A S ES,
Swavne's AII-heaIing Ointment

is also a specific for letter, Itch, Salt Rheum,
Scild Head, Erysipelas, BARRIERS 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 %.
Sent by mail to any address on receipt of price
in currency or three-cent postage stamps Sold
by all leading druggists Prepared only by
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
DIR. SWAYNE g. SON,

Describe symptoms in all communications, and
address letters to DIR. Swayne & Son, Philadel-
pbia. No charge for advice.
GEORGE Q. GOODWIN & CO.. Boston, Mass.
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23

CON SUM PTION !
Highest Death Rate from Consumption.
The number of deaths in Philadelphia
last week was three hundred and ten,
eighty-two Of which were from Consump-
tion 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 ef-
fected. Stubborn coughs and apparently
hopeless cases OF consumption cured Dy
DR.. Swayne's compound SYRUP
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
Charles b. Goodrich.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All legal business promptly attended TO. Charges mod

TIT lTmHn Csnvassers in every county in
MtIuIII | this state to take orders for
HW I'LL Nursery Stock. Steady and
" 4A1s LII Desira6te Employment at
GOOD WAGES. Experience in the business not
required Nurseries widely and favorably known. For
terms address q. !. VAN DUSEN,
Van Dusen Nuneriesl GENEVA, NEW YORK.
Established 1889. ! Also Stock at Wholesale.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-23
GdnrafonaL
9lew e4drerfisfmenfs.

IN NICE WHITE OR TINTED BRISTOL
cD CARDS, with your name neatly printed them
will be sent postpaid for only four Scent stamps six
packs for sixty cents. Address
UNION CARD Co, state St., Montpelier, Vt.
EyARM FOR SALE.-I offer for sale my farm stu-
ated in Orange, OF about two hundred and fty acres
known the Fied farm. Is well watered; good build
and In good state Of cultivation; near and
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31
No charge for Consultation.

After more than ten years experience in admin
sterng that new and remarkable remedy for
chrome diseases, now SO widely known as Com
pound Oxygen, and after careful observation OF
its action in the largest range of diseases, some OF
them of the most complicated and hopeless charac
ter re "re nor prepared to teot hot special Lne Of
rtSes "htch are "S"ally repeatedly tie profession as
begond He ieach 81 medicdi skill
Not that we will promise a cure in any and every
case that may come to use. But we invite state
ment by letter or otherwise, of the case of any of
have referred This will be carefully considered.
and compared with other and similar cases which
we have under our treatment, and as honest and
intelligent an opinion given as it may be in our
power to render. For tbs IRE acW make no cho,ye
ehethe, after constitution, tie Oryqen Treatment be
oydejed or not. Send for our Treatise on Compound
oxygen, which will be mailed free You may find
IN 1t the record Of just like your own, which
we have successfully treated Address DIS STAR
KEY d. PALEN, ll09 and Ill Girard st Philadel-
pha. Pa
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31

The ku kluX are coniessedly a local
product of the South, but for all other
sins and evils in that section since the
war the carpet Dagger has been held re-
sponsible. The carpet Dagger has bank
rupted States and cities, has defeated the
ends OF Justice, has robbed hen roosts and
caused crop failures. At least, that is
what we have been told by the Southern
press; and a good many people South as
well as North had come to believe that
the carpet Dagger had descended, like a
flight of locusts, upon the sunny South
and devoured her substance. TO Judge
Tourgee we are indebted for dispelling
this GeusiOn Having been assailed by
a Southern man for alleged misrepresent-
alton Of Southern life and character in the
'Foors Errand," Judge Tourgee in re-
statistics bearing upon the question of
carpet baggcrs in the South. An exam
ination of the census returns for 1850
shows that the number of persons, resi-
dent in the Southern States whose place Of
nativity was north of Mason and DiXon's
line was 1873; in l970 the number of
Southern residents of Northern birth, ac-
cOrding to the census taken in that year,
was l}6,6lI The difference between
these numbers-l0 ,GoS-represents the
grand army Of carpet baggers which has
spread such terror and caused such ruin
throughout the vast area of the Southern
States. In North Carolina there were
II more Northern born residents than in
lS60 in South Carolina, l72 more: in
Georgia 40 and in Alabama DOB less than
at the beginning Of the decade Theay-
en- &c increase throughout the whole
South was about - voters to the county.
Either the Northern voter possesses quail
tiles which make him strangely pOten-
tial in politics, says the Boston Journal,
in commenting on these statistics, or the
Southern white man has been too easily
frightened by the spook OF carpet -bagism
one would not suppose that an alien ele-
ment averaging only two and half vot-
ers to a county need occasion paroXysms
of alarm AS to the amount Of office
holding done by these Northern Larvae. it
is worth while to notice that in North
Carolina, on the first State ticket elected
by the Republicans, in 1865, only two
out OF the eight State officials were ear
pet-baggers, and bat one Judge out of
seventeen, thirteen members of the Leg
islaturc out Of one hundred and seventy.
and twelve or fifteen subordinate officers
out OF eight hundred and fifty. In this
connection, Judge Tourgee remarks:
The Impression largely prevails. and is given
countenaIce by the Solid Southrons, that only ne
groes and carpet baggers" were to be found in the
Republican party of the South The following
table of the proportion Of white and colOred PEG
pie in the different eX Confederate States will
show the laacy of this idea
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31

The towns and cities Of Maine which
are carrying more or less heavy debts are
almost without exception, making eXer-
tons this year to reduce their burdens
This of itself shows an improved condi-
ton of affairs and is an encouraging sign
for the future. -Four per cent. bonds will
be offered creditors in most instances in
place Of those outstanding which bear
higher rates of interest: and us the Gov
eminent four per cents sell at a premium
which brings the interest down to 4 trac
ton over three per cent. this seems Il
reasonable proposition There is no doubt
but satisfactory settlements will he af-
terted generally on this basis. 1t is graf
flying to note that in no instance is repu-
diation favored. Bath has a debt and
liability amounting to Sl,6e6, 80, but
Mayor Hyde says in his recent address
We can safely carry and gradually extinguish
this debt, If pay the rate of interest similar
bonds are now worth. To pay more is in my
judgment, to risk the impairment Of both princi
pal and interest in the future, from causes which
1t is unnecessary to discuss here.
And this is the position of many of our
towns and cities.
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31

FISHING ITEMS There were - $50 900 herring
shipped from PASSPORT between December 1880
and March 10 1881 There were | Is vessel car
goes and the remainder was shipped by steamer
The increase of herring over last wear was 3, 500
100 Estimated cost, including labor and barrels,
S!'S1OO- The efficiency of the Maine Commits
sloners of Fisheries and Game is highly c0mpl-
mented by the Forrest and Stream a prominent
specimens paper The paper recommends that
the combination of fish and game protection be
tried IN other states John Muir the scientist
who has made an extended examination of Alaska
says that an enormous revenue might be derived
from the 100000 square miles of codfShng banks
from hahbut and herring, and more than all from
salmon There 1000 streams up which they
crowd to spawn Nne thousand vessels would lind
profitable employment in catching and curing
salmon, and there would be market for all
Some of the Brooksyille smelt fishermen made
$50 the past winter The Waldoboro News says.
Smells are now caught in dip nets at the head of
the tide 49, The sardne factory at Lubec Mills Is
doing brisk business, and employs forty 'ople
Three more factories will soon be in operation $500
Allen }. Maker, OF Rockand contemplates plant
ing an oyster bed in the harbor between Crockett
and Jameson Point. Scientists say that Amer
lean fishermen enter into Investigations with
greater zest than the fishermen of other nations
The Lamoine Packing Company S little steam
will be named Nellie Kane 1.-Two sealing
steamships arrived at St Johns New Foundland
on the 22nd from the sealing grounds bring
ing in -, 900 seals, worth $4,000 Only eight
days elapsed from their sailing to the time Of their
arrival in port, and but three days were occupied
in securing cargo result without any prece
dent in the history of the worlds great fisheries.
~ The Legislature during the last session amend
ed the smelt law so as to prohibit the taking of
such fish between April lst and October LIST in
each year, and a law was passed which provides
that no alewives shall be tished for in any waters
of the state between July 18th and April lst nor
at any time in nontidal or non navgable waters by
means of any net other than the ordinary hand
dip net !. One million white fish spawn which
were brought from the West for the Rangeey
Lakes, are all Matched and turned into the lakes
to for themselves One hundred thousand
salmon spawn are now Matching finely These
are the regular salt water salmon and will settle
the question whether they will live and grow
without returning to salt water 800 900 of native
trout spawn are Matching finely North Haven
lobster fishermen are putting down their traps
There are over 300, 900 salmon eggs at the
Matching honse on Broad street, Bangor 24.000
land locked salmon eggs having arrived Saturday
from the Schoodc Salmon Breeding Works at
Grand Lake Stream. 1t is intended to stock Cold
Stream Lake at Enfield with the $4,000 Just re-
ceived Commissioner Stillwell thinks they will
be ready for disposition about the first of May
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31
Sanitary Suggestions.

There is a great deal of sickness in the
large cities just now, which is mainly
caused 10y filthy streets, defective sewer
age and impure water. In the smaller
cities, towns and villages like causes are
producing similar effects, although the
lesser aggregates do not create the alarm
caused by the terrible death roll of a city
like New York. 1t is safe to say, how
ever, that the percentage of sickness and
death in the rural districts at this time,
in population equal to that of New York.
would equal if not exceed that of the CITY
named. The sewerage of city, imper-
feet though it may be, is better than that
of most towns and certainly is vast i'm
provement over no sewerage at all Then,
the cities generally derive their water
supply from distant lakes or streams, and
thus escape the evil of using well water
which may be contaminated by receiving
the drainage from stables or cesspOols
Such wells are certain promoters of DIS
ease, and only an analysis reveals the
poison. The water may be tasteless, col
oress and odorless and yet contain the
germs of disease.
SO great an advance has been made in
sanitary service Of late years that the
sources Of many diseases are readily
traced. Nearly all tevers are attributa-
bic to the causes named. When fever
appears in a household now the plumb
ing is inspected for sewer gas, and the
water is analysed. In one direction or
the other something is sure to be amiss.
Or there may be rotten wood or decaying
vegetables in the cellar, to poison the at
mosphere. 1t would be we'll if more at
tention was paid to these matters out
side Of the larger cities At this season
Of the year especially care should be TAX
en- to remove decaying matter from cellars
and outbuldings; lime and WhteWash
should be literally used and sink drains
seen to. IN ounce Of prevention, where
health is concerned is certainly worth a
pound of cure.
The Republican journal., 1881-03-31
Stockton's Valuation.

SroC KrON, March -, 1891
MIR EDITOR That portion Of your item in last
weeks Journal in reference to the town of Stock
ton stating that the resolve abated S993,77 Of the
State tax assessed in the ten years past on exces-
sive valuation" think gives a wrong impression.
The town of Stockton has not made n II does il
propose to make, any claim the State for 'exces-
of Stockton has cheerfuly and promptly paid all
State and county taxes assessed for The entire ten
years required by the constitution and laws
Bnt the town did expect to be relieved from exces
sve valuation tte the expiration of the ten years
as provided in Article g. Sec. a. : of the Consti-
tuition, as follows, Viz Sec : "Whie the public
expenses shall be assessed on polls and estates a
general valuation shall be taken at least once in
assessed by authority OF this State shall be appor
toned and assessed equally according to the ,uxt
caiee thereof As stated by the Journal some
weeks since, the town claimed the abatement for
the eleoe"M year only and also you stated under
the constitution.
Queries is valuation by simple resolve of
the Legislature a 'ypte,u" valuations Is a valua-
ton, made by said resolve, fixed at 500. go and
atterward clearly and Enthusiastically shown by the
State 10 be but Slol AS according to the ;nst
ra/"e thereof" Can the States constitution be
set aside by a resolve of its Legislaturei Will
some legal mind be kind enough to enligbten
u.s.