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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
BE Not Hasty.

There are great many times in our lives
when our strength is to sit still" Motion
is good in its time, but so is meditation, so
is quiet study, so is a patient waiting on
God. If bucket is to be illsd from a
spout of water, the best place for that bucket
is under the stream until it is full. We
soon run empty of grace, and need replen-
ishing, and need to be "fllsd unto the fulness
of God" The cry of the hour is for more
work. But genuine work consumes strength.
The most laborious farmer must halt his
team occasionally at the plow and rest he
must go in from the hot harvest-feld and
sit down at his table and refresh his weary
frame. An army is never in SO good trim
for service in battle as after a sound sleep
and morning meal So every servant of
Jesus must often recruit his spiritual
strength by sitting down at his Masters
feet, in prayer, in meditation, in reading
Christ's words and thinking about them.
The disciples were not losing time when
they sat beside their Master and held quiet
converse with him under the olives of Beth
any or by the shores of Galilee. Those
were their school hours those were their
feeding times. The healthiest Christian,
the one who is best fitted for godly living
and godly labors, is he who feeds most on
Christ. Here lies the benefit of Bible read
ing, and of secret prayer. The very act of
sitting down quietly with our crucifed Re-
deemer at his table Of love, has its signifc a.
tion.-Theodore Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
How TO Love God,

In beautiful New England village
young boy lay very sick, drawing near to
death aud very sad. His heart longed for
treasure which he knew had never been his,
and which was worth more to him now than
all the gold of all the western mines. One
day sat down by him, took his hand, and
looking in his troubled face, asked him
what made him so sad. "Uncle," said he,
al want to love God. Won't you tell me
how to love God ?" l cannot describe the
piteous tones in which he said these words,
aud the look of trouble which he gave me.
| said to him. "My boy, you must trust
God first, aud then you will love him with
out trying to at ALL" With surprised look
he exclaimed "What did you say?" re-
peated the exact words again, and shall
never forget how his large, hazeleye opened
on me, and his cheek flushed as he slowly
said "Well, never knew that before. |
always thought that | must love God first
before had any right to trust him." g. No,
my dear boy" / answered, "God wants us
to trust him; that is what Jesus always asks
US to do first of all, and he knows that as
soon as we trust him we shall begin to love
him. This is the way to love God, to put
your trust in him first of ALL" Then Ispoke
to him Of the Lord Jesus, and how God sent
him that we might believe in him. and how
all through his life, he tried to win the trust
of men how grieved he was when men would
not believe in him, and every one who be
lieved came to love without trying to at all
He drank in all the truth, and simply say
ing, Il will trust Jesus now," without an ef-
fort put his young soul in Christ's hands
that very hour and so he came into the
peace of God which passeth understanding
and lived in it calmly and sweetly to the
end. None of all the loving friends who
watched over him during the remaining
weeks of his life doubted that the dear boy
had learned to love God without trying
to, and that dying he went to him whom
not having seen, he had loved.-Christian
WeeLlU
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
Peaches In Vermont.

The Brattleboro Phgnir, in accordance
with our suggestion, has interviewed Mr..
Lynde, the largest grower of peaches in Yer
mont, and reports as follows:
With regard to Dr. Hoskins suggestion as to
practical information on peach growing which
Mr.. Lynde might furnish, we may say that Mr
Lynde tells us that location is a very important
item to be considered. While peaches can be
grown as profitable market crop in southern
Vermont they cannot be grown on all lands. 1t Is
useless to try to grow them on streams or river
bottoms for in such locations the frost is sure to
ruin trees and fruit. Mr. Lyndes farm is on high
land, and his peach orchard lies on second lift
or rise Of land above small stream which runs
through portion of his farm. The orchard
slopes to the south, and is protected from north
west winds by ridge Of hills. This latter point
the protection from cold winds-is as essential
rs protection from frosts. In Mr.. Lyndes orchard
proper the trees stand ten TO twelve feet apart In
the row and the rows are eighteen feet apart
far enough to allow a team to be driven through
with ease Fully three-fourths of his one thou
sand trees are scattered over the farm. Most OF
the trees are less than ten years old, but about
thirty OF them are from fifteen to twenty five
years, and one which bore this year is known TO
be at least fifty years old The trees come into
bearing about the fourth-sometimes the third
year. The only manure Mr. Lypdes trees have
had was chip manure and leached ashes when
set out. No special care has been given them
since. The fruit is mostly OF native varieties.
This year Mr.. Lynde estimates that he gathered
three hundred bushels from three hundred eighty
six trees. Two years ago the total yield exceeded
the above amount. Last year, being the " of y
year, only about fifteen bushels were marketed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
MONTPELIER VT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1e, 1881.

he can be satisfied. Our true habitat is else
where. So let us set our thoughts and
affections on things above. The descend
ants Of the original settlers In our colonies
talk still Of coming TO England as going
"home," though they were born In Austria
liza and have lived there all their lives. In
like manner we Christian people should
keep vigorous In our minds the thought that
our true home Is there where we have never
been, and here we are foreigners and wan
derers. Nor need that feeling of detach-
ment for the present sadden our spirits or
weaken our interest in the things around us.
To recognize our separation from the order
Of things in which we "move," because we
belong to that majestic unseen order In
which we really "have our being" makes
life great, and not small. 1t clothes the
present with dignity beyond what is possi-
BILE 10 1t il IL be not looked at in the light of
its connection with "the regions beyond"
From that connection life derives all its
meaning. Surely nothing can be conceived
more unmeaning, more wearisone in its mo-
notony, more tragic in its Joy, more purpose
less in its efforts, than mans life IL the life
of sense and time be ALL Truly 1t is like
tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury, signifyiug nothing "The white
radiance of eternity" streaming through it
from above gives all its beauty to the "dome
OF many-colored glass which men call life.
| They who feel most their connection with
the city Which hath foundations should be
best able to ring the last drop Of pure sweet
ness out of oil earthly JOYS, to understand
the meaning of all events, aud to be inter
ested most keenly because most intelligently
and most nobly in the homeliest and smallest
Of the tasks and concerns of the present.
So, in all things, act as citizens Of the great
mother of heroes aud saints beyond the sea.
Ever feel that you belong to another order,
and let the thought, Here we have no con-
tinuing city," be to you not merely the bit
ter lesson taught by the transiency Of
earthly joys and treasures and loves, but
the happy result of seeking for the city
which bath the foundations.-Dr. Aler1nde,
| MacLaren.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
Lawing 1t.

Any one who attends our courts knows
that farmers constitute the majority Of the
litieants there. We never knew one of
them to boast of the money he made by 60
ing to law. The Brattleboro Phenir, re-
ferring to this matter, says;
It is one of the principles of the patrons of hus-
bandry that litigation should be avoided as much
as possible, by arbitration within the grange. 1t
would be well II others should settle differences
in the same way. The difficulty OF obtaining jus
tice through the courts, and the cost OF 1t in the
end, II the end is ever reached, is illustrated In
every we'll contested case The jury have now
been In attendance at the county court two weeks,
at cost of over seven hundred dollars without
dering verdict, except one directed by the court
on the second day. The whole cost OF the court
during this time including the charges OF law
yers witness fees, officers fees, etc, we estimate
at over 50 900. the greater share OF 1t chargeabe
to single case in which no verdict WAS given
Had a verdict been rendered, 1t is not at al
certain that would have concluded the case. j
might then have been only fairly started In thu
courts Law il an expensive luxury-better arbi
trate and abide by the decision of the arbitrators
and better still when possible, have nothing to ar
bitrate.
The readers of this department are aware
that its editor advocates the abolition of thu
legal credit system, as "relic of barbar
ism" With it would go the vexed questions
of usury and legal tender; with it would &C
the expense of all but criminal courts; with
it would go the possibility of shrewd vii
lainous experience entangling sanguine in
experience in the meshes of debt-slavery
with it credit would be based upon charac
ter and the value of character be enhanced
with it honest industry would prosper anc
scheming chicanery lose its power to us'
the law to enforce injustice. Ia most case
it would bring pecuniary transactions to
cash basis, and give heavy premium Il
honesty, effort and skill.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
The Mystery Of Dreams.

A man fell asleep as the clock tolled the
first stroke of twelve. He awakened ere the
twelfth stroke had died away, having in the
interval dreamed that he had committed
crime, was detected after five years, tried
and condemned. The shock of finding the
halter around his neck aroused him to con-
sciousness, when he discovered that all these
events had happened in an ininitesimal
fragment of time. Mohammed, wishing to
illustrate the wonders of sleep, told how
certain man, being sheik, found himself,
for his pride, made poor fisherman; that
he lived as one for sixty years, bringing up
family and working hard, and how, upon
waking up from his long dream, so short a
time had he been asleep that the narrow
necked gourd bottle, filled with water, which
he knew he overturned as he fell asleep, had
not time to empty itself. How fast the soul
travels when the body is asleep Often
when we awake we shrink from going in
the dull routine of sordid existence, re-
GREETING the pleasanter life of dream-land.
How is it that when we go to strange
place, we fancy that we have seen it before ?
Is it possible that when one has been asleep,
the soul has floated away, seen the place,
and has that memory of it which surprises
US? In word, how far dual is the life of
man, how far not
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
Citizens OF Heaven.

We do belong TO another polity or order
Of things than that with which we are con-
nected by the bonds of flesh aud sense. Our
true affinities are with the mother city.
True, we are here on earth, but far beyond
the blue waters is another community, of
which we are truly members, and sometimes
in calm weather we can see, ii we climb to
to height above the smoke of the valley
where we dwell, the faint outline of the
mountains of that other land, lying dream
like on the opal waves, and bathed in sun
light. Therefore it is great part of Chris
tan discipline to keep a vived consciousness
that there is such an unseen order of things
at present in existence. There is present
connection between all Christian men and
that heavenly city. 1t not merely exists,
but we belong to it in the measure in which
we are Christians. All these fgurative ex-
pressions about our citizenship being in
heaven, and the like, rest on the simple fact
that the life Of Christian men on earth and
in heaven is fundamentally the same. The
principles which guide, the motives which
sway, the tastes aud desires, affections and
impulses, the objects and aims are substan-
TALLY one. A Christian mans true aiiiaities
are with the things not seen, and with the
persons there, however the surface relation
bnlps knit MN Jo etitn' III tne uegTee III
which he is Christian, he is a stranger
here and native of the heavens. Be it
our care, then, TO keep the sense of that city
beyond the river vivid aud constant. Amid
the shows aud shams of earth look ever on
ward to the realities, "the things which are, ="
while all else only seems to be. The things
which are seen are but smoke wreaths, float
ing for a moment across space, and melting
into nothngness while we look. We do not
belong to them or TO the order of things TO
which they belong There is no kindred
between us and them. Our true relation
ships are elsewhere. In this present visible
world all other creatures find their sufficient
and home-like abode. "Foxes have holes,
and birds their roosting-places; but man
alone has not where TO lay his head, nor can
he fluid in all the width of all the created
! universe place in which and with which
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16

Which, think, is pretty fair.
In an article published in the Farmer last
winter, Mr.. Pitkin of Marshfeld says that
"if COW does not make pound OF butter
per day when flush in milk he condemns her
to the butcher" ] 60 still further, and say
that am not satisfied with COW under the
same conditions and with the amount of
feed which he reports as giving, unless she
will make over pound and half of butter
per day. Mr. Pitkin also says that he con-
demns heifers unless they make a pound
per day. Under that test, / think Mr.. Pit
kin is liable to dispose of what may make
valuable cows, in proof of which | will give
the product in butter of these same heifers
when two years old. No. /, eight ounces
No. 2, twenty ounces; No. g. ten ounces
No. A, SO little did not weigh it, but kept
her on account of her pedigree. Some will
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
This Will Pay You.

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recommending them to now secure the val.
liable information and interesting reading
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sketches, that can be obtained at trifling ex-
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very useful to every housekeeper and house
hold in village or country. 1t has an enter
tanning aud useful department for the little
ones. 1t is a journal that pays to take and
read. Its constant, persistent exposures OF
humbugs and swindling schemes are worth
far more than the cost of the paper. The
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
A Reflection.

1t is interesting sometimes, after grand
concert to study the vast organ whose tones
have been accompanying the singers with
such matchless power Of adaptation to its
variety Of music. There it stands, marvel
of pipes and keys, but a silent thing of metal
and wood. 1t must have been the artist
that forced the difference between the modu-
lations, for the instrument is inert and still.
After a while we fall to thinking again how
much of possibility of music there is in
every organ, limited by the mere range of
mechanical size aud capacity. The fingers
of each skilful player glide up aud down
along the keys, always caught, however,
with a new disappointment by that stub
born block of jet placed at either end of the
board for check; for even the greatest
organ has surely its limits. The music all
lies between those two boundaries, of which
the feet touch one end and the hands touch
the other. 1t is very much the same with
human existence. This life of ours is an
inert, wooden thing of itself. What shall
be made of it depends upon the man; and
men differ as much as musicians doc. S.
Robinson, ID. ID.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
Drudge Mothers and dy.Daughters.

Every one blames the lady-daughter, and
pities the drudge-mother. The daughter
sits in the parlor, in nice clothes and ele-
gantly arranged hair, dawdling over a novel
or chatting with companions or friends. Her
mother is toiling in the kitchen, or fretting
her soul in the vain attempt to reduce her
pile of "mending" and at the same time
looking after tumbling baby. The moth
er's face is worn and thin. Baby has pulled
her hair askew. She still wears the old dress
that she put on in such hurry at half-past
five in the the morning, when baby woke her
from weary sleep. She is tired She is
always tired. She is tired on Saturday, and
she is tired ON Sabbath; she is tired in the
morning, and tired in the evening, and goes
to bed and gets up tired 1t is hard not to
be angry with the daughter, we confess
She can look in her exhausted mothers
face, and know how much work there is to
be done, and never willingly put forth a
hand to help her. Nay. she is going out to
tea this evening, and will come to her
mother to have dress adjusted for the great
occasion. She casts much of the burden of
her existence upon the too generous heart
that she does not appreciate, and never once
| feels the impulse to give the aid Of her
youthful strength. In all our modern world,
tuere IL not AL uBiier slgut tnan tnis-no,
not one. 1t is but natural to throw the
blame of it upon the daughter. Heartless
wretch - We have heard such girl called
by indignant acquaintances. She is to be
pited rather. When she was little child, all
lovely and engaging, her mother said to her.
self; 9" She shall not be the drudge | was.
She shall not be kept out of school to do
housework, as was. She shall have good
time when she is young, for there's no know
ing what her lot will be afterwards" And
SO her mother made her young life long
banquet Of delights. Rough places were
made smooth for her; all difficulties were
removed from her path. The lesson taught
her every hour for years was that it was no
great matter what other people suffered, if
only her mothers daughter had q good
time She learned that lesson thoroughly,
and frightful selishness was developed in
her. Her eyes may fall upon these lines If
so, we tell her that people in general will
make no allowance for the faults Of her bring
ing up. They will merely say, "Sse what a
shocking and shameful return she makes for
her mothers indulgent and generous care"
-Youhs Companion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
An Evening at Home.

Barker says that he made up his mind
that he would give his wife pleasant sur
prise by spending the evening at home. and
after supper he settled himself down for a
cosy time in the bosom of his family. Hs
had no more than comfortably fixed himself,
when his wife asked him If his friends did
not want him any longer, and that was why
he had concluded to get acquainted with
his family. Then his mother-in-law asked
him if he had exhausted his credit, and was
obliged to stay at home. The hired girl
asked him if he was sick, and proposed to
make him soma catnip tea. One of tde
neghbors came in aud wanted to know if
he had been having any trouble and was
afraid of the sheriff. Aud Barker says all
that occurred in less than twenty minutes,
and he knows, for in exactly half an hour
he was downtown again.-Sslected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
The Aged.

wonder we are not always tender and
thoughtful of the old | wonder why peo-
pie forget 80, aud seem to think that the
romance and the dream days all belong to
the young, none seeming to have thought
for the stories written on hearts that are
hidden by wrinkled, care-worn faces-never
seeming to think of the pathos of lives
grown silent and tired with the long jour
ney-never thinking of the struggles, the
noble deeds which are written everywhere
written in the old faces looking from dim
eyes, sounding in voices from which the
music has gone, in steps grown slow and
halting, hands trembling and strengthless.
Oh, wonder we ever forget all this |
wonder we are not always tender of the old.
Ross porler
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16

say that do not believe in pedigree, but
do most emphaticaly herd book or bred
10 color pedigrees,--for these l would not
turn over my hand,-but for what | call
mill pail or butter pedigrees, give me these,
with good feed, and am satisfied. Still we
are not always sure Of like producing like
as have turned over TO the butcher several
animals after two or three years trial, al
though the offsprings of splendid butter
cows,--the trouble probably being with the
sire. | believe the selection of sire to be OF
as much consequence as Of the mother.
/ keep but few cows, raised from the best
stock available, obtained after thorough
test, and have none but will make an ounce
Of butter from pound Of milk when flush
and with good feed, which is doing better
than any lot and with few exceptions Of any
COWS of which have seen any notice. Even
"Jersey Queen" of Barnet makes but
pound of butter from seventeen and half
pounds of milk, as per last statement.
| In trial test of five full-bloods for the
season, as reported by gentleman from
Williston to the Dairymen's Association last
winter, the product of milk did not average
in quality with those which | have named.
do not feed high, scarcely on an average
with those who believe in feeding grain.
I believe that the average of dairies lose
from five to fifteen per cent not altogether
from keeping poor COWS but for want of uni
formity in the herd in regard to the time
required for the raising, also for churning Of
the cream from the milk of different cows.
Every dairy-woman knows that the cream
on the milk of some cows is in condition to
skim sooner than of others-same with re-
gard TO churning. To illustrate, | once
tested four cows separately, and then put
the cream together to churn. | did not get
so much butter into the amount that one
COW made individually. l found that the
cream of that was three times as long turning
to butter as of the others and consequently
went into the buttermik, therefore / think
it good plan for dairymen to test each and
every COW for the amount OF butter she
will make and for the time required to raist
the cream and to churn it. A. d. A.