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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
Good, Simple Logic.

The untutored mind has often a short
way of taking hold of great truths which
men of culture might well covet. Here is
an illustration touching the order of nature.
A minister asked an old negro his reasons
for believing in the existence of God. +" Sir,
said he, 81 have been here going hard upon
fifty years. Every day since have been in
this world | see the sun rise in the east and
set in the west. The north star stands
where it did the first time | saw it; the
seven stars and Jobs cofiiu keep on the
same path in the sky, and never turn out
1t isn't SO with mans work. He makes
clocks and watches they may run well fol
awhile, but they get out of fix and stand
stock still. But the sun, and moon, and
stars, keep on the same way all the while p
The heavens declare the glory of God.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
A Curiosity OF American Divorce.

The peculiarities of divorce laws in this
country have long been cause for ridicule,
satire or reprehension in other countries, but
nothing had heretofore been developed
which is quite as remarkable as a recent
case reported from Chicago which has long
ago given up admiring the complications OF
divorce cases recorded in the city of easy
release from the marriage tie. The wife OF
a prominent man in Chicago has recently
returned to her home from the east with
copies of legal documents showing that her
husband had gained suit for divorce from
her, the judgment being granted in her de-
fault. This in itself is not remarkable,
since divorces enough have been gained by
one party TO the bond without the consent
or knowledge of the other, but the singular
feature of the case is that the husband de
MES all participation in, or even knowledge
of, the matter. The case is most mysteri-
GUS, and there is much curiosity TO know
whether some one, desiring possession OF
the woman, has personated her husband and
secured divorce in the hope that thus he
may be free 10 seek her in marriage, OF
some practical joker, with an original vein
of humor in his constitution, has taken this
method of gratifying his propensity to make
sport at the expense of others. Perhaps the
husband may have lived unhappily with his
wife, and has instigated some friend to as
sist him in this way to quiet separation,
or perhaps the wife, also wishing 10 be free,
has obtained spurious documents, by which
TO give countenance TO division it may
be, also, that some of the friends of one or
both, believing that they ought not TO live
together, have connived at the trick to get
them apart, AT any rate, the instance is
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
Out-DOOr Exercise.

Exercise oils the joints Of the body and
prevents them from getting stiff. It needs
no money, very little time, little or no
strength. One thing only it does need and
that is perseverance. One-third of the time
often given to the piano will more than
suffice. One less study day OF those which
are to-day over-taxing SO many schoolgirls,
aud instead, judicious, vigorous outdoor ex-
ercise, aimed directly at the weak muscles,
and taken as regularly as ones breakfast,
and is there any doubt which will pay the
better, and make the girl the happier, the
better fitted for all her duties, and the more
attractive as well 1t is as necessary to de-
velop vigorous, healthy bodies as il is to
cultivate the mind, for what ia mental
power without bodily strength
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
Thf Domf Girrle.
A FLOWER FOR THE DEAD.

You placed this flower in her hand. you ssy2
This pure, pale rose In her hand Of cay7
Methlnks could she lift her sealed eyes
They would meet your own with grieved surprise
She has been your wife for many year,
When clouds hung low and when skies were clear
Al your feet she laid her life's glad spring,
Aud her summers glorious blossoming.
Her whole heart went with the hand you won;
II its warm love waned as the years went on,
II 1t chilled In the grasp Of an icy spell,
What was the reason pray you tell
You cannot2 can and beside her bier
My soul must speak, and your soul must hear
II she was not all that she might have been,
Hers was the sorrow-yours the sin
Whose was the fault II she did not grow
Like rose In the summer DO you kuow7
Does lily grow when ts leaves chled7
Does 1t bloom when la root is winter killed2
For little while, when you Hrst were We'd
Your love was like sunshine round her shed;
Then something orept in between you two,
You led where she could not follow you.
with mans nrm tread you went and came;
You lived for wealth, for power, for fame;
Shut into her womans works and ways,
She heard the nation chant your praise.
But ahi you had dropped her hand the while,
What time had you for kiss, a smile2
You two, with the came roof overhead.
Were as far apart a. the sundered dead.
You in your manhood's strength and prime;
She, worn and faded before her tme,-
'ris a common story. The rose, you say,
You laid In her pallid hand to-day2
When did you give her a flower before9
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
" Mother ~

In one of the most honored and influential
families Of Virginia, wife and mother died
in the bloom of her womanly beauty. For
several years she had been gentle, unob-
trusive yet faithful Christian woman. When
she felt that the last moments Of her life
were approaching, she called her little chill
dren to her bedside, and kissed them, and
talked Of leaving them, and of the happy
world where she expected soon to be. The
eldest was but six years of age, but he could
understand her when she laid her hand upon
his head and charged him to love and serve
his mothers God and Saviour. The boy
grew to manhood. No effect Of that death
bed scene and lesson appeared in his life.
Forty years passed without sign that he
ever thought of his mothers last words aud
benediction. lie was generous-hearted,
popular gentleman, with fine home, where
he welcomed friends with lavish hospital
ity. No beggar went away hungry from his
door. But his most admired virtues showed
no divine principle, or trace of religious
feeling. Beyond certain pride of position
and superiority, he seemed to acknowledge
no restraint. He was self-indulgent and i'm
petuous, profane on the slightest provoca
tion, and like most men of his class, devoted
to horse-racing and the pleasures of the chase
Suddenly a change came. He was the SAINT
courteous, hospitable gentleman, but he
broke away abruptly from his convivial hab
| its. His manner was more thoughtful anC
quiet, and he was seen regularly at divine
worship on Sunday. In no long time HI
openly declared himself one of the lowl,
number who call Jesus Master and Lord
| The change itself was no more surprising
| than his account of it. 1t was no sermon o
spoken or written word that had turned hin
from his worldly course, but it was the toucl
of his mothers hand. More than forty year
before she had laid it on his head in bless
ing-and he declared that he had felt it eve
since. Amid all the cares of his great estate
in his noisiest gaiety, in the exctements o
the race-course, in the fury of political strife
the pressure of that soft hand, he said, per
petually recalled his mother and her dyinI
charge. And the time came when he coul,
resist its appeals no longer. Such a parting
token has voice that will not be silent, ant
power that will not die.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01

perhaps, without parallel. Couples have
lived together under the impression that
they were not married when they were.
Others have thought themselves divorced
when they were not, and not divorced when
they really were, but probably never before
have man and wife been divorced without
will or assent of their own. The whole
story, however, may be a myth. st. Louis
has recently reported some rather remark
able incidents, and it is well known that
Chicago is determined not to be outdone by
its rival in any respect. 1t will certainly
be difficult, if this view of the case is the
correct one, for the metropolis of Missouri
to outdo by tall stories the great city of
lakes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
Christ at Once God and Man.

conceive it will be important to coun
sci all believers, especially those who
are young aud simple-hearted, to beware
of perplexing their minds with the high
points of this subject Look at Christ
There fix the eye of your mind. BE not
overmuch anxious to discern what belongs
to one nature and what to the other. Fix
your contemplation on this person. Behold
him dying, behold him reigning. There il
no danger of going astray when, in your
common thoughts and prayers, your whole
soul goes forth to a single undivided object
Christ. Are you feeling for his support and
resting on his sympathy like man I You
do well he is bone of your bone, and flesh
of your flesh, Are you praying to him as
God 2 You do well you do no more thar
dying Stephen, who said, Lord Jesus, re
ceive my spirit for he is "God over all
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ScrofuIOus HumOr Cured.

BosTos, Sept. 3, 1871.
Mr.. II. X. STEVENS Dear Sir-I have suffered with
scrofuous Humor for years. and could get relief
have tried everything in the shape OF herbs saves pas-
ters, etc, but nothing did any good. was from my
knees to my ankles one mass Of WAS advised by
Police Officer W. b. Hill to try vEGErIss | commenced
last july 1876 After taking the second bottle began to
get relief and the to heal up II was finally reduced
to large ulcer right leg lat run 40 much and
looked bad many said must lose my eg but after
had taken II bottles OF vEGRrsE my leg was all healed
up, and am well eyer was in my life. con
slider vEoETSE the best aud purifier of the blood
and advise all who may he suffering have suffered to
uive il a trial. HENRY T. SMITH.
80 Utica street Boston, Mass,
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Srleff MisfeHanp.
THE PARTING HOUR.

o think sometimes Of one 40 faithful, keeping
Thine angel form 20 sacred in his breast,
OF one so often all the world forgetting,
On thee alone his tender thoughts TO rest.
o think sometimes, when thou flower dost gather,
OF one whose lonely life has flowers so few,
Whose memory curs thy shining tresses ever,
And sees In dreams thine eyes soft-beamlng blue.
think sometimes, when days fair orb Ia sinking.
And twilight gently gliding DER the sea,
OF one who ever, ever on thee thinking
Doth raise To heaven 30 many prayers for thee.
think sometimes when nights star, tender beaming,
welcome beckons from the arches blue,
OF whose thoughts like starlight. steady streaming,
Though thou forget, TO thee turn ever true.
- From The lgtfediah.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01

SCIENCE tells us there has been a survival
of the fittest. Doubtless this is 80. So in
the future there will be survival of the
fttest. What is it2 Wisdom, gentleness,
meekuess, brotherly kindness and charity,
Over those who have these traits, death hath
no permanent power.-H. w. Warren, DID,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
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Spring Flowers.

What teacher is Nature How sweet,
how forcefull Is it not because she draws
all her throbbings from the heart of God and
is ever subject to his will ? Her voice is
familiar to me. l have always loved its
tones, but somehow, this spring-too weak
to meddle with her ministrations with rake
or trowel, very beggar at her bounty-I
drink her sweetness in as never before. In
valid friends. is not this part of the law of
reoompense TO Won and me? Has not the
sweetest singer that ever lifted voice under
New England skies sung truly:
nsun waits kind Nature to ,muart
Her choicest gifts to such gain
An rI1, entrance a 70 ,ne, LOVING ,,,p,'r %e".'
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Forever from .he hand mat taxes axes
And, soon or late. our Father makes
His perfect recompense to allr'
Every smile, every tear-drop OF Nature has
had a pentecostal tongue OF flame this spring.
The showers have blossomed as they fell, the
sun-rays have taken root on all our hills and
wales and daily lift shy golden heads to meet
the hot kisses OF their mother. wonder,
was the grass ever so green before, had
springs tender-eyei Leahs ever so witching
grace, did ever so many bold dandelions-
Natures yeomanry with golden hearts and
sunny faces in youth and only whitest purity
in age-lift themselves to greet us in other
years Truly, Mother Earth may well be
proud of the sturdy sons and dainty daugh-
ters she has reared on her capacious bosom.
| only miss one little Notwithstanding ar
butus-sweetest OF all to me, perhaps be-
cause in earle st childhood gathered 1t with
one whose feet no longer tread earth's Wales
All, little sister, eternal flowers are thine
Your volceess lips flowers are living preachersi
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01

CuRIsrIANs are often employed in digging
wells to find comfort, aud the deeper they
go the darker they get the Fountain of life,
salvation and comfort, is above; call upon
thy tod aud look up, and the light of his
love will soon cheer thee.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01

The sun should not set upon our anger,
neither should he rise upon our confidence.
We should forgive freely, but forget rarely.
| will not be revenged, and this | owe 10
my enemy but will remember, and this |
owe to myself.-Colion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-01
eWew eadrerfisenenfs.

TIT 4 1TmT1n Canvassers in every county in
MtVuII this state TO take orders for
HN uI Nursery stock. Steady and
W 1AlS 1 ILL Desirable Employment at
GOOD WAGES. Experience in the business not
required Nurseries widely and favorably known For
terms address O. l.. VAN DUsEN,
Van Dusen Nurseries, GENEVA. NEW YORK.
Established 1889. ! Also stock at Wholesale.
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Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman We would by
no means recommend any kind of meGi-
cine which we did not know to be good
particularly for infants. But of Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup We can speak from
knowledge; in our own family it has prov
ed 4 blessing indeed, by giving an infant
troubled with collie pains, quiet sleep, and
the pareDtS unkroken rest At night. Most
parents can appreciate these blessings.
Here is an article which works to perfec-
ton, and which is harmless; for the sleep
which it affords the infant is perfectly nstu=
raj, and the little cheiub awakes as ''bright
as a button" And during the process Of
lecthing, its value is incalculable. We
have frequently heard mothers say that
they would not be without il from the birth
Of the child till it had finished with the
tccthing siege, on any consideration what
ever. Sold by all druggists. IS cents a
hottie
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Supposed Suicide.

II 7 i
Wednesday morning the body
ofMr. H. F. Windwehen, a mer-
chant doing business at Wine
dale. a postofice in this county
near the Fayette county line
and four miles from Round
Top, was found sitting on a log
on the creek bank near his
house, with a bullet hole in the
breast. He is supposed to have
shot himself sometime during
the night. Mr.. Windwehen
was well known in this city and
was quite popular among his &C
quaintances. He was married
and leaves a family. We were
unable to learn any further par
ticulars last night, and no cause
is assigned for the act, if he did
shoot himself. He was about
thirty or thirty-hve years of age
and his business affairs were
generally thought to be in a
PROSPEROUS condition.
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viii You Believe It.


Woman's Best Friend To relieve the
aching heart of woman, and bring joy where
sorrow reisned suhreme, is mission before
which the smiles of kings dwindle into utter
insiSn .ficance. This is the peculiar province
OF Braddeldis Female Regulator. which from
its ntmberless cures, is appropriately styled
"Woman's Best Friend" The distressing
complaint known as whites" and various
Irregularities of the womb, to which woman
is subject. disappear like magic before this
wonderful compound. Physicians prescribe
it.
Near Marietta, Ga, March q, ls10.-Some
months ago bought bottle of Bradfeld's
Female Regulator, and used i. my family
with the utmost satisfaction. have recon-
mended 1t to three families, and they nave
found il to be just what Is claimed. The fe-
males who have used the Regulator are now
in perfect health, and able TO attend TO their
household dutiee.
REV II. B. JOHNSON.
DIR. ]. Bradheld, Proprietor, Atlanta, Ga.
Price, SLIGO per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists, and also by K. E. LUHN and
FINKLEA & RALSroN, Brennan; Tomp-
son, Schott & Co., Galveston and Dallas,
and allleadin dealers
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FINE PLAcE.-A BANNER man
had the pleasure of visiting the
farm of Maj. A. Lauraine a few
days ago. His place comprises
upwards of 100 acres and is Sit
uated in the eastern part of
town about one mile from the
courthouse. His grounds are
elegantly situated and beauti-
fully laid out. He has a splen-
did young orchard of choice
fruit trees and one of the finest
garden spots in the county, tie
garden is on plateau below a
large and everlasting spring,
from which it can be irrigated
at will. Just below the spring
he has two fish ponds, one lately
constructed; in one of the ponds
he has a number of the German
carp and he expects in the
course of another year to treat
his friends to a dish of fish
chowder, the carp for which will
be of his own raising. The ma
ior is improving his place every
day and will soon have one of
the most beautiful farms in the
county, or out ofit, too, for that
matter.
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Lovers of the Beautiful

Should call at once on Mrs. M.
A. Jameson, at the old Schwarz
stand and examine one Of the
prettiest, most fashionable and
cheapest stocks of millinery
goods in the state. Our stock
this season has been purchas-
ed at the lowest cash figures,
and so carefully selected, as to
allow US to say we can suit the
taste OF the most fastidious, and
at such prices as to defy COM
petition. Call and see for your
self.
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ALDERMEN.-I In to-morrows
issue will be published the An
nual Statement of the Financial
condition of the city for TIE
past year. The showing will
be much better than was antici-
pated. The city indebtedness,
exclusive of the bonded debt, is
s3495 "a in outstanding scrip,
and there is due from delin-
quent tax payers the sum of
SSS95, only about one-half of
the taxes due the city having
beep paid. In connection with
the statement the entire old
board present themselves as
candidates for reelection. In
behalf of the board of alder
men We ask a suspension of
public opinion until the state
ment appears.
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o, What a Cough!

VIII you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of tina, more
terrible disease Consumption. Ask your
selves ifyou can afford for the sake of saw
ing 90 cents, torun the risk and DO nothing
for it. We know from experience that Shl-
loh's cure will cure your cough. 1t never
fails. This explains why more than a mil
lion bottles were sold the past year. II re-
heves Group, andwhoopmg cough, at once.
Mothers do not be without it. For Lame
Back, side, or chest, use Shiloh's Porus
Plaster. Sold by Jos. Tristram, druggist,
BRENNAN, Texas.
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F. a. Engelke, general Insurance agent,
represents the most reliable Ere Insurance
Companies in America and Europe. Pol
icies issued spon most reasonable terms,
losses promptly and satisfactorily settled.
Also represents the Travellers Life and
Accident Insurance Company, issuing pol
icies against accidents for long or short
time. 5000 insurance for day IS cents.
PARTIES owning lands in Run
nels, Tom Green, Taylor, Jones,
Callahan, Concho, Brown, Ham
ilton and counties adjoining,
and desiring a good, energetic,
wide-awake agent for the same,
will do well to call on or ad-
dress Chas. H. Willingham, at
torney at law, Brennan Texas,
before May Ist, 1881 ; as after
that date he will make his home,
and practice law in Runnels
county, Tex.
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WOrkingmen.

Before you begin your heavy
spring work after a winter Of
relaxatin, your system needs
Strengthening and cleansing to
prevent an attack of ague, bill
ious or spring fever, or some
other spring sickness that will
unfit you for 4 seasons work.
You will save time, much sick
ness and great expense if you
viii use one bottle of Hop Bit
tiers in your family this month.
Don't wait. See other column.
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RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the city council Of the city

Be 1t resolved by the city council Of the city
of Brennan,
That John Hackworth, city assessor and
collector of said city is hereby directed to pro-
coed TO levy upon property within the city
belonging to delinquent tax payers and to
sell the same as the law directs, and the city
hereby agrees to indemnify the said Hack
worth in all acts lawfully done by him as
said Hector.
Approved March q, 1851.
M. p. KERR, Mayor.
Attest-W. W. SEARCY, Sec'y. pro tenn.
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A BOLD ROBBERY A few
nights ago thieves visited the
smokehouse at Mr.. E. Reich
ardt's home in the southern
suburbs Of the city, and priced
off two stout locks on the
smokehouse door. They back
ed a wagon against the fence
and took ont every piece of
meat, hauling all of it away.
The wagon tracks were follow
ed to the big road where they
disappeared. So far there is no
clue to the thieves.
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A CAT supposed TO have had
hydrophobia was killed yester-
lday afternoon on South Market
street. 1t had been bitten a
flew days ago by dog which
subsequently went mad. All
Hogs and cats bitten by the mad
fog a few weeks ago should be
ept up and Glossy watched.
We have entirely too many
Worthless ours in town, and one
human life is worth more than
millions of dogs.
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Is EVE VIEw.-Mr. Au-

lDs EYE VIEw.-Mr. Au-
stus Koch has just completed
: drawing Of a birds eye view
the city of Brennan, giving
AN accurate view of every build
ling in the city. The picture is
24x32 inches in size and will be
Autographed in the highest
le of the art. Mr.. Koch will
upon our citizens for sub
lriptions for the picture. He
made a similar view of the city
eight years ago and says that
BRENNAN has more than dou-
bled in size since that time.