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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
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MUSIC OF THE TWILIGHT.

MUSIC OF THE TWILIGHT.
BYY.o.B.
The soft gray twilight a. II fell about me
Found me weary, and strangely III at ease
When strain Of harmonious music fell
As IL breathed from thousand keys;
I know not now, and never can tell,
From whence the strain came 10 me,
But II fell on my fevered and tired brain
Like spirit Of peace on the troubled sea.
And knew no longer trouble and carei
1t had fed with the light Of the day;
was in a land Of perennial youth.
Where never grows care-worn or gray.
Sweet visions came in the dim twilight,
The face Of saned mother in the gathering gloon
Made picture, 10 me more fair and sweet
Than e'er decked the walls Of the costlieat room.
In a moment my dream was broken
1 was left alone with my doubts and fears,
But this sweetest Of visions brought quiet
golden moment In life's weary years.
And the muslc-it fell on my spirit
Like harmonious echo from another sphere
Banlshing the thought OF dlscordant llfe
And the thousand perplexIns questions here.
From each heart at times the shadow,
with the cares and burden Of the day,
Ia lifted by some restful spell or presence
Above the petty trials Of our weary way.
But at last. life's twilight deepening
We shall 1nd deep and peaceful rest;
And II the way we walk Ia hard and rough,
The resting at the end will seem more blest.
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VOL. z7.-3926. NO. Il.

shivering in such condition. And winter
means something more than all this il
means by its examples Of decay and death
10 teach us that we too, must pass away
and that it is well for us to make prepare
tion for the great event. Winter also brings
us to the end Of the year and suggests So
rious self-inquiry and self-examination. 1t
would ask If the last year has been one Of
profit or loss Are we better and wiser
than when 1t began ? Are we more kind,
more just, more patient, more faithful, more
fond Of truth Summer is the season for
the harvest of the field winter is the sea-
son for the moral harvest of the heart. Let
1t not pass with any of us as barren and
unproductive season, in which we neither
SOW nor reap the fruits Of wisdom and
peace,--Selected,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
A Fine Image.

In one of the Oregon lakes there is a
floating island, which rises and falls with
the water, never submerged when the floods
swell, never left dry and parched when they
sink. May we say that this is an image OF
true piety amid the fluctuations of earthly
things No matter how the waves flow OF
ebb, still the light OF Gods truth rests on it,
the sunshine of Gods favor warns it, and
the power of Gods blessing makes it fruit
ful. There comes no drowning and nc
drought to 1t from the changes of this NOR.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
Our Daughters.

Teach them self--eliance. Teach them to
make bread, yes, to make shirts. Teach
them to add up bills. Teach them not TO
paint or powder. Teach them to wear a
cheerful smile. Teach them TO wear thick
warm clothes. Teach them TO wash and iron
clothes, Teach them how to make their
own dresses. Teach them that dollar is
only one hundred cents. Teach them how
to cook a good meal. Teach them to darn
stockings aud sew on buttons. Teach them
to say no, aud mean it or yes, and stick
to it. Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of beaux. Teach them to
wear calico dresses, and do it like a queen.
Teach them to wear their own hair, and
to dress it neatly. Teach them all the mys-
teries of the kitchen, the dining-room, and
the parlor. Teach them to cultivate gar
den, and to drive road-team or farm wagon.
Teach them to have nothing to do with in
! emperate and dissolute young men.
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"The Guest OF the Heart"

aye are not your own" Your bodies are
the temples of the Holy Ghost. Is that an
unmeaning metaphor or an over-worded
expression? When God enters the soul
pared to a temple-God never enters with
out his attendants. Repentance cleanses the
house; watchfulness, like the porter, takes
care of it. Prayer is lively messenger,
learns what is wanted and then goes for it
faith tells him where to go, and he never
goes in vain. Joy is the musician of this
temple, turning to the praises of God and
the Lamb; and this terrestrial temple shall
be removed TO the celestial world, for the
trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be
raised.-Presbyterian Banner.
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numbers. Each one took fifteen pounds
before they made any start at working In
the boxes. Soon after, those having boxes
two thirds filed began lengthening out the
cells and storing honey, and when they were
completed we found upon weighing them
that we had fed forty-two pounds TO make a
gain Of twelve aud one half pounds in the
boxes Thinking that perhaps they would
do better on a second lot, we Immediately
put on twenty-one more boxes. Colony No.
! was fed until we had given 1t one hundred
and thirty-four pounds, when we took off the
boxes; they weighed sixty-two and one half
pounds. After we had fed colony No. 8
about fifty pounds, they went TO building
combs quite nicely, but 1t soon seemed to
become an old story, and after awhile they
simply lived out Of the feed dish, and did
nothing else. Twice since we have conducted
similar experiments, with just about the
same results. In all our feeding operations
we have ascertained this fact, that bees fed
in excess Of what they consume in feeding
the brood, become idle simply living out Of
the feeders, aud not getting an ounce from
the fields. Another thing is proved by these
experiments, and that is that the great cry
year ago Of box honey made of glucose
was groundless.' -l--.--a =
"Glucose will have TO fall far below the
price that it now brings before it will be
profitable to feed for bees to store in boxes.
Professor j. Hasbrouck of New Jersey once
very stoutly affirmed that much of our comb
honey was produced by feeding the bees
glucose; yet after trying all last season to
produce specimen of feed honey he was
compelled to admit that he had failed.
"But the writer of the following, whic h
is going the rounds of the papers, has put
all others in the shade. He says Some
unsophisticated purchasers of honey imag'
inc that by buying honey in the comb they
are sure of getting an unadulterated article
A great mistake. There is an establish.
ment in an eastern city where artifcial
combs-not foundation merely, but combs
are made in such perfection that it would
require an expert to detect the fraud
When the combs are finished they are filled
with an imitation honey made from glu
cose, and favored to taste. The cells are
then sealed by passing hot iron over them
and the "comb honey is ready for SALE
"The above is, of course, sensational
scare, without word of truth in it. II
does seem as though editors should have
more sense than to publish such stuff. The
manufacture of artificial combs-that is
combs with deep cells ready for the honey
has never yet been accomplished. Again
the feasibility of Gaping or sealing honey
with hot iron-well, if any one thinks i
can be done, he might put in few week
experimenting in that line"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
The Tree Of Life.

We have read of a singular tree, which
bears the appropriate name Of the Judas
tree. The blossoms appear before the leaves,
and they are of brilliant crimson. The
flaming beauty of the flowers attracts innu-
merable insects, and the wandering bee is
drawn to it to gather honey. But every
bee that alights upon the blossoms imbibes
a fatal opiate, and drops dead from among
the crimson flowers to the earth. Beneath
this enticing tree the ground is strewed
with the victims Of its fatal fascinations.
That alluring tree, which decoys only to de-
stroy, is vivid emblem of the deceitful-
ness of sin. There is only one remedy for
the poison of sins sorcery, and that is the
leaves of the "Tree of Life" which grows
on Calvary.-Dr. T. L. Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
Joy or Sorrow,

There is as much comfort in the Word of
God, and as much beauty in his works, and
as much kindness in his dispensations, as
with ecstacy. But many hearts are per-
verse; they let gloomy thoughts and bitter
lest drop of strong consolation should
trickle through on this deluge of Marah.
Brethren, it depends on which Aood-gate
you open whether you be drowned in a
tide Of Joy or Of sorrow. 1t depends on
whether your well-springs are above or be-
meath, whether your consolation or your
grief abounds.-James Hamilton, D.D.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
ScrIptUral Prayers.

The scriptural examples of prayer have
most of them an unutterable intensity.
They are pictures of struggles in which
more of suppressed desire is hinted than that
which is expressed. Recall the wrestling of
Jacob: al will not let thee 60 except thou
bless me-" and the "psnting" and "pour-
ing out of soul of David -" l cried day
and night, my throat Is dried" al wait for
my God;" and the importantly Of the Syro-
Phenician woman with her " Yes, Lord, yet
the dogs under the table eat of the children s
crumbs;" and the persistency Of Bartimeus,
crying out, the more a great deal, "Have
mercy on me-" and the strong crying and
tears Of our Lord, "If it be possible-if it
be possible !" There is no easiness of de-
sire here.-StM Hour.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
The Crown OF ThOrns.

"And when they had plated crown Of
thorns they put it upon his head" (Mat-
thew xvii: 29). When John Huss, the
Bohemian martyr, was brought out to be
burnt they put on his head triple crown of
paper with devils painted on it. On seeing
it he said, "My Lord Jesus Christ, for
my sake, wore q crown of thorns why
should l not, then, for his sake, wear this
light crown, be it ever so ignominious
Truly l will do it, and that willingly"
When it was set upon his head the bishops
said, "Now, we commit thy soul to the
Devil" "But l." said Huss, lifting up his
eyes toward heaven, I" do commit my spirit
into thy hands, o Lord Jesus Christ; to
thee do l commend my spirit, which thou
hast redeemed"
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s@oraI and Reliaioas.


my work Is done; lay me down to die.
Weary and trave-worn, long for rest.
Speak but the word, dear Master, and fy.
A dove let loose to nestle In thy breastr'
mot yet, my child a little longer wait.
need thy prayerful watch at giory's gate"
"But, Lord, have no strength TO watch or pray
Ny spirit Ia benumbed. and dim my sight;
And shall erieve thy wakeful love, an they
Who in the garden slept that Pasohal night"
my child, need thy weakness, hour by hour
To prove in me, thy strengthfulness Ia power"
"Not for myself alone urge the suit;
But loved ones lose for me iife's early bloom.
And tender. patient, accomplishing, mute,
Wear out their joyance in my darkened room.'
Enough, my child need their love 10 thee;
Around thy couch they minister TO me-"
"It Ia enough, dear Masteri Yea, ameni
will not breathe one murmur in reply;
Only fulnll thy work in me, and then
Call me, and bid me snswer, Here am l."
my child. the sign waited for Ia given;
Thy work Ia done; need thee now in heaven"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
Kind Words.

A great many people say, says the Chris
tian at Work, al liked 80 much of that SER
mon, or that editorial, or that address, or
that casual remark, will write and tell him
3d." And then day or two passes and
then comes the thought "Well, guess /
won't-its too late, anyway" Which
brings us to remark that It'll always well to
yield to kindly impulse at once; and
above all, don't sacrifice it to a second
thought about the proprieties," or some
thing of that sort. There are too few kind
words said at best, and the one who purposes
to try his friend with a compliment is not
apt to go wrong There isn't too much
kindness in the world.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

This yearling was a Jersey calf not ex-
ceeding two hundred twenty-five pounds in
weight. On enquiring at the freight office
the owner was informed that all calves were
yearlings, and yearling cattle on that road
are billed at two thousand pounds The
passenger fare between the two points is
sl.25, and the owner thought if he had only
had the wit to put his heifer in petticoats
and brought her home on the Pullman car
he could have saved money. At any rate
he could have done so by sending man af
ter her on foot.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
Credullty OF Skeptlcism.

Gentlemen" said the First Napoleon to
some of his officers who had been very freely
ventilating their unbelief in the Bible as a
revelation from God, Gentlemen, it seems
to me you make amends for not believ-
ing the Bible BY believing everything else P'
1t was home-thrust. And now another
illustration of the same truth presents it.
self. Clifford, young English scientist,
left the following triplet for his epitaph;
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

Now, it has been remarked, that all this
might as well be said Of dead horse. For
he was not, and was conceived. He lived,
and did little work. He Is not, and
grieves not-only the horse doesn't tell us
so He has more sense than to try to. For
who is the "I" that tells us all this 2 And
that tells it TO us when the "I" that tells
us has no existence As Hugh Miller makes
plain farmer say Of the evolution of man
from the ape, at takes great deal Of be-
lieuing 10 believe that"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

A PRIEST once chanced to hear, unper-
ceived, fierce verbal onslaught by one mar
ket woman on another, in the course OF which
every effort of rhetoric was made TO pro.
woke retaliation, but without effect. "Go
ON, go on" at last said the matron attacked; /;
aye know I'll not answer ye, because I've
been TO confession this morning and Pm in
a state Of grace. But wait TIL | get out
of itp
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

A YOUNG lady was talking very earnestly
about her fayorite authors, when one Of the
company inquired il she liked Lamb. With
an indignant toss of the head, she answered
that she scared very little about what she
ate, compared with knowledge"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
1882.
HARPER'S BAZAR.
ILLUSTRATED.

This popular journal is combination of literature,
art and fashion. Its stores poems and essays by the
best writers OF Europe and Ameca Its engravngs possess
he highest artistic excellence; and in all matters pertain
Ing to fashion Is universally acknowledged to be the lead
ing authority In the land The volume will contain
many brilliant novelties.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

The Volumes OF the Bafdr begin with the hrst Number
for January Of each year When time is mentioned 1t
will be understood that the subscriber wishes to
with the lumber next after the receipt OF order.
The las. Twelve Annual Volumes OF HARPER's BAzAR
In neat cloth binding will be sent by mall postage paid
by express free of expense provided the freight does not
exceed one dollar per volume) for 500 each.
Cloth Gases for each volume suitable for binding will bs
sent by mail postpaid, on receipt OF sl.O0 each.
Remttances should be made by Post-oce Money ordel
or Draft to avoid chance of loss.
NeHspapsrs are not TO copy this advertsement phou
the erpress order Of HARPER BROTHERS.
Address HARPER a BROTHERS, New York,
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Use DR.. Hatch's
Febrifuge Mixture

For all Lung Diseases. II old remedy used
and recommended by Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors Drug
gsts, Mechanics, Artisans, Farmers, Merchants etc. II
acts promptly, yet gentle and soothing. II the
cause OF disease. II you havea
COUGH, A COLD
influenza few doses will break 1t up. II suffering from
CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS
or throat nothing relieves and 30 quickly.
II threatened with
LUNG FEVER
ia febrfuge action will prevent and effected In
short II will give Immediate relief the life
OF your child when attacked with
GROUP.
II will soohe and alay the spasms mitigate the
WHOOPING COUGH
and give almost immediate relief In
ASTHMA.
See y. 5. Meigs letter In circular. We append few
CONTEMPLATION.
W. H. Farrar. 81 Adams says "Batch's Mixture saved
MR. d. r. Street st. Albans, says Il consider Hatch
Mixture the best Cough Medicine ever used"
Rev, A. =. Gbelt Montgomery, Vermont, Ia thus en-
phatici We have never used cough medicine that we
mend It,"
Rev Mr. Mathew, East swanton reports cure OF severe
attack OF lung fever In his family Hachs Mixture
In small doses, reduced the Inflammation, relieved the
NJ H. FELTON,, Norwood, says; /" We never had medicine
In house that acts promptly and efciently Hatch
Cough Mixture Two doses broke up bad cold with
throat and fever,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11
DIR. HATCH'S MANDRAKE Pills

stimulate the secrotons, poisonous humors-ihe
seeds OF dlseAseronse the sluggish liver quckened ac-
uon produce healthy how Of bile and restore the system
10 animation and vgor.
Hatch's Mixture and Pulls will cure cold Influenza
twelve hours and are the best
FAMILY MEDICINES
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A Heavy Helfer.

We were recently shown railroad freight
bill which reads as follows:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

Mr.. 10 - Railroad Company.
For transporting from - to - (thirty
milesl one yearling 1000 fbs.......,....,. $3.50.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

EA MOE WHITE OR TINTED BRISTOL
OO CARDS. with your name neatly printed on them,
will bo sent postpaid for only four 3cent atainps, siI
packs for sixty CENTS. Address -
UNION CARD CO., State It,, Montpelier, W.
07O WEEK tl q day al home, easily made, Costly
bf 4 outnt zoe. Address TRUE a CO., Augusta Maine
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-01-11

REMARKS BY THE EDIToR.-" In q null
titude of counselors there is wisdom" but
the counselors should be men who, among
all Of them at least, can see all sides of the
question, and they ought to understand one
another. j. II. writes vigorously, and he
understands what he means, no doubt; but
we fear, Notwithstanding the compliments
he pays us, that he has not quite understood
us. We know, for instance, as well as he
does, that there are plenty of farmers who
engage help on the basis of muscle only.
But, in our reply to Young Farmer" we
were thinking of the not small class whose
farming is something more than pitching
hay, drawing manure and chopping wood.
Nor do we think it only fancy" which
dictates Preferences money preference
between mere Drawn on the one side, and
manly strength combined with respectable
character, a good education and compe-
tent knowledge of all the work on a dairy,
or stock, or fruit farm, on the other. These
men, called farmers, who snake up their
mind to pay about so much," and fill the
bill with the first muscular boor who will
consent to take it, have, too many of them,
had to lament the folly of their choice in
ruined teams, smashed Implements, spoiled
COWS, and even in sons and daughters misled
and ruined. A farmer who, for the saving
OF few dollars mot saved after ALI makes
it principle of business not to recognize
the money value of character and knowl
edge, does not know his business in some Of
the most important particulars. There ar.
enough Of the other sort to admit of mer
like Young Farmer" seeking and finding
adequate pay for the best work.
j. H. asks us II we are afraid that a young
farmer just Of age, who goes into som,
other business to gain money faster than b,
farm labor, "will forget the trade he ha
served twenty years to learn" Why no
say twenty-one years. lie certainly di,
more of the work most common on ou
farms the first year than he was likely to d
for the next ten. Save in mere manual dex
terity in the use Of hand tools, boys lear
little of farming until, by the growth o
their mental powers and the development o
their ambition after they pass their fifteent
year, they are able to understand the prime
pies as well as the practices of their art. o
new land, manured in advance for twent
years or more, man need know but littl
!. other than the manual-labor part OF farm
!, ing; but on our worn New England land
is different. To farm effectually in all III
: older parts of the country it is bright fe
low who, by hard study, keen observatio
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-23

houses in the county or west of Dallas is
receiving the finishing touches and will
soon be occupied by Mr.. G. w. Cotter, who
is the owner and architect, and will be well
Tiled with fancy dry goods. Work is
now going on rapidly on five hand
some brick business houses, and our
merchants are losing no time in
preparing for the fall trade, whichpromises
to be unusually large. Rumors of to-day
from very reliable nature say the round.
house, machine shops and disptcher' S
and division superintendent offices of the
Missouri Il Pacific, now at Fort Worth, will
be moved here and in full working order in
very short time, which asSuress Alvarado
of being one of the best business points and
furnishing the best railroad facilities of any
town west of Dallas.
The Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central
railway has Just completed one OF the most
commodous and best arraged depots ofany
road in the state for local station. II is
conveniently located, and reflects much
credit upon the road and its officials
Some little trouble in our postoillce to.
day was caused by one ofUncle Sans men
from Dallas coming out this morning and
returning this afternoon with our mos.
accommodating and gentlemanly postmas
ter, though nothing serious has TRANSFERRED
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