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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
Kitty and Almost.

Kitty had a birthday present which
pleased her very much indeed. What do
you think it was A sandal-wood work-box
from Uncle Curtis, with scissors, thimble,
needles, and everything it was proper for a
complete work-box to have. 1t was a spur
to Kittys love Of sewing.
She did not like the needle and thread be-
fore now she did. And Kitty undertook
to hem dozen towels. A dozen towels is
not pile, to be sure, but she well knew that
it was only stitch at time, and stitch
at time is perfectly within the compass of
a small child to do. Kitty was on the first
towel, doing it all herself, even to turning
down the hem, and had hemmed half of one
end when she took it to her papa.
"Papa," she asked, sis not that hem
even p"
Papa took his eyes from the newspaper,
put them on the hem, then looked at his lit
tie Kitty as much as to say I" Do you think
it is, Kitty ?"
"Don't you think it is almost even ?"
asked Kitty, guessing his meaning, and
blushing
"What is almost even ?" asked papa,
stroking his little girls hair.
"What is almost even 2" asked Kitty,
with look of surprise.
"Yes," answered he.
Kitty thought for moment, and her
father waited for the thought.
1T is uneven" replied Kitty.
"Yes," replied papa "almost even is I'M
even. The hem is uneven
"Then it must be picked out and done
over" said Kitty with disappointed hitch
Z" want to do it all right"
"Of COURSE" replied her father.
"Papa is setting himself up to be a great
judge Of hems," thought Kitty inside. She
did not think her mother would be so exact.
However, since she asked him she could not
do less than act on his judgment. Kitty
went to her window-seat, picked out her
stitches, which nobody allows is pleasant
work, and carefully began the second time.
She did not dare go beyond two stitches
before coming TO show it. Her father took
the towel and examined the hem.
"This is even," he said Z" the stitches are
in straight line, the work is done right"
And Kitty, Pm sure was more pleased
than if she had succeeded at first, and much
more than if her father had thoughtlessly
said, Very WE'LL" when it was done ILL.,
"Kitty," said papa taking her small hand
in his, "There is straight line running
through life on one side of it is the wrong
side, on the other side is the right aud
everything is on one side or the other There
is no such thing as almost right. Almost
right is always wrong, almost good is bad,
almost true is untrue, lie, as almost even
is uneven"
ayes, papa" Kitty added, and an al
most perfect lesson is an imperfect lesson,
told the girl so. Because if you miss once,
you lose your place"
EXACTLY So" said papa, sand as God is
a truth-loving God, he likes to have things
called by their right names, lie wants us
to speak the truth and see the truth, and in
order To do so we must be exact in our
words and expressions. Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
Opinions and Convictions.

Said an eminent German genius "While
| was standing before the cathedral Of
Amiens with friend who, with mingled
fear and piety, was regarding that monu-
ment-built with the strength of Titans,
and decorated with the patience of dwarfs,
he turned to me, at last, and inquired
How does it happen that we do not erect
such edifices in our day 2 Aud my answer
was MY dear Alphonse, the men of that
day had convictions, while we moderns have
only opinions; and something more than
opinions are required to build a cathedral"
However this reply may be regarded, it ex-
presses thought-provoking distinction upon
which we might ponder full hour with
profit. The difference between opinions and
convictions, as here used, is chiefly the diff
ference between the shallow and the deep,
between indifference and earnestness, be-
tween languid assent and positive, living,
stirring faith it is the difference between
" 1 think " and al believe" 1t is a wide
difference. Opinions and doubtless worth
something. They mark being higher than
the brute. They indicate some power of
reflection. They suggest possibilities. They
show majestic realities, as shadow shows
substance. But / think is only shadow,
after all. al think is dreamer. 81
think is a thistle-down, weather-vane, a
fourth-rate force or no force at all, an un-
derling, characterless, uninfluential, possibly
worse than useless. al think " never won
battle-perhaps was never known to fight
one. al think never built an institution,
never wrought and suffered for others, never
preached crusade, never went to Worms,
never sailed from Palos nor from Delft.
Haven, never bled at Bunker Hill nor starved
at Valley Forge never published Liberdtor,
nor went to India as Christian missionary
81 believe" has done all these things and
numberless more. 81 believe" is man in
the image of his Master, only little lower
than the angels, almost divine-oharged
with the forces that surmount obstacles,
destroy error, and scale the nights of heaven.
al believe" has done everything worth the
doing that has been done since first the
morning stars sang together, and the sons of
God shouted for joy. al believe" is the
king, crowned or uncrowned, of the worlds
thought and action to-day. His is the BAN
ner for us all to follow.-Morning Star.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
New Adrerfisements.
Amputation of the Leg.
The Old Family Physician at Fauit-Dr. David
Kennedy the Successful Surgeon.

Money is the universal necessity and none but
cync or fool will affect to despse 1t. Mr. Abram
Ellsworth, Of Port Even, Ulster county, ~ Y,
had realized this truth. His disease involved the
whole OF his thigh-bone, and the suffering man
looked forward, not without apparent reason, to
death as his only deliverer. His family physician
refused to amputate the limb-asserting that the
operation would kill the patient on the spot. DR..
DdUid Kennedy Of Rondout, N. Y, who was con-
suited held different opinion, and amputated
the limb. The Doctor then administered freely
his great Blood Specific FAVORITE REMEDY to
afford tone and strength TO the system, prevent
the return Of the disease, and Mr.. Ellsworth re-
mains to this day in the bloom of health This
gentleman's disease was the offspring Of foul
blood, and Kennedy FAv0RTTE REMEDY puri-
fed the blood and restored to him the power once
more to enjoy his life. Are you suffering from
any disease traceable to the same cause2 Try
Favorte Remedy. Your druggist has it. ONE
DOLLAR bottle. Bear in mind the proprietor
name and address; DR.. DdUid KENNEDY, Rom
dout New York
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
Sin Of ThOughtlessness.

1t is sometimes urged as an excuse for
such words, and for passionate deeds which
do war against the peace Of our household,
that they were done in thoughtlessness.
And they often are, and God, we believe,
often forgives the follies of our youth. But
the sins Of youth are sins, and David in
manhood prayed a prayer that many a
Christian has prayed in anguish after him
Remember not the sins of my youth l'
And what business has man to be thought.
less in the face of Gods inviolable and eter.
nal laws, whose solemn efficiency is re-
corded in the wrecks aud disasters of every
day. What right has man TO be thought
less in an institution where he was placed
10 learn to think 7
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

THE chief of police for Jersey City in his
annual report calls attention to the alarming
increase of drunkenness among boys, and
suggests that the city provide law to pre-
vent the sale to minors. Even men who
have no sympathy with the moral improve
ment of mankind are disposed TO action be-
cause of the trouble vice causes. Like the
unjust Judge, they will act because of the
ANNOYANCE caused.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

SuMPrUARY ws.-Commenting upon
the familiar cry of sumptuary laws as
against prohbitory liquor legislation, Judge
Agnew of Pennsylvania, says; "The mau
who speaks of sumptuary laws in connec.
ton with the prohibition of the public evil
of drunkenness is either an ignoramus or a
demagogue,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
An Illustration,

have heard that in the deserts, when
the caravans are in want of water, they are
accustomed TO send on camel with its
rider some distance in advance; then after
little space, follows another; and then at
short interval another, As soon as the
first man finds water, almost before he
stoops down to drink, he shouts aloud,
"Comep The next, hearing his voice, re-
peats the word, 4" Come |" while the nearest
again takes up the cry, "Come" So in
that verse OF the Scripture, the Spirit and
the bride say, first TO all, "Come !" and
then let him that heareth say, " Come !" and
whatsoever is athirst let him take Of the
water of life freely.-Spurgeon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
sMnraI and Reliaions.
For the Vermont Waterman.
SONGS IN THE NIGHT.


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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

SoPnRoNIA-" Can the weather prophes
ioretell sudden transforms in summer 2"
They could, probably, If they knew the
dates on which Snnday-school picnics would
be held.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

A NATIONAL total abstinence society has
been organized in Switzerland to stay the
tide of drunkenness sweeping over the land.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

THosE that venture in good cause, with
a good heart, are under the special protec.
tion of a good God.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
PATE MIS-!
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissions OF Patents,

LADIES' SS yGS rw sPo ,esi @ SoT 4 N
is either short in length, or only wocod, and possibly
both?
Much that Is labelled 200 yards does not con-
tain over 80 yards.
Dealers sell they buy 1t cheap and do not
expect the cheat to be discovered.
You should insist upon having the III L. Y
II X ID, every spool OF which Ia warranted three
cord, and to contain 200 yards
IL Ia cheaper for at three cents spool than most
makes al two cents,
see that poorer article on most Of which the manu-
imposed you instead OF IT, from interested motives
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
A Wonderful Hymn.


Edward Perronet, the author of the most
inspiring and triumphant hymn in the Eng
fish language, is benefactor whose history
is but little known. He was a man of great
humility of character, but was sustained
amid many vicissitudes of life by an all VIC
torious faith. He was a son of Rev. Vim
cent Perronet, an excellent English clergy
man of the old school, who was vicar of
Shoreham for fifty years. He left the es-
tablished church in early life, and became
Methodist. He was bosom friend OF
Rev. Charles Wesley, in whose diary men,
ton of him may be found, beginning about
the year 1850. He was one of the preach
ers appointed under the patronage of the
countess of Huntingdon, and, adding an
ardent zeal to a humble and sympathetic
nature, his labors in the ministry were for a
time attended with marked success. But
Perronet was at heart an opponent Of the
union of church and state, and at last pro-
duced an anonymous poem entitled the "Mi-
tre," keen satire on the national establish
ment. This hostility brought him under
the displeasure of the countess. He severed
his connection with her society, and became
the pastor of small congregation of dis
senters, to whom he preached till his death,
which took place in January, 1892. His
death was triumphant, and is an evidence
of the sincerity of the piety which inspired
his rapturous hymn. His majestic faith
seemed to lift his soul above the world, and
to antedate that coronation day when the
cherubic hosts and the redeemed should
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
His dying testimony was

"Glory 10 God in the height OF his divinity
Glory TO God In the depth OF his humanity
Glory to God in his all-sufiiciency
Unto his hands commend my spirit"
Perronet composed number of sacred poems
and hymns, as expressions of his own re
ligious experiences and sentiments, without
intending them for publication. They were
printed by the request of his friends, il
1855, under the title of Occasional Verses
Moral and Sacred, published for the lnstruc
tion and Amusement and the Candidly Sc
rious and Religious" -Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24

EA MOE WHITE or TINTED BRISTOL
IN CARDS, with your name neatly printed on them,
VIII be sent poatpad for only four Scent sAmps ak
packs for sixty cents. Address
UNION GARD co.. state 3d. Montpelier, W.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06
An Utterly Utter Funeral.
New York letter.

A stock exchange broker of con
siderable wealth died here of con-
sumption about two weeks ago. His
death was known to be inevitable
for some weeks before his taking off,
and as his wife and daughters had
never had a funeral in the family
before, they set to work betimes to
study the fashions i'll mourning, and
to bee ONE an fat in all the details
of a mourning outfit. No one who
knew them could help remarking
their strange activity IN the matter.
The lingering nature of the disease
enabled the family to provide them
selves with most elaborate mourn
ing outfit before the breath had left
the poor mans body, and they were
all ready for the funeral before a
corpse had been provided. The
coffin, by the way, was the widows
own idea, and was a rather novel
affair. 1t was of costly wood, but
was perfectly plain without and un-
lined within. 1t was covered inside
and out with silk thread milling,
into which was woven tube roses
and lilies of the valley until it looked
simply like great floral device In
the shape of a coffin. The floral
decorations of the case cost $3.50. No
particulars of the funeral have been
published, but III society circles it
has been long time since an event
of the sort has excited so much
gossip.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06

A PERTINENT inquiry has been in
stituted by the resolution of Senator
Morrell, of Missouri. 1t directs the
secretary of state to inquire whether
citizens of the United States have
been arrested and are now held IN
confinement in Ireland what crimes
they have been charged with, and
what steps have been taken to secure
their release if they have not been
charged with crime. In fact, the
resolution calls tor an investigation
of England's treatment of natural
lied citizens of the United States
who have been imprisoned as
suspects" under one of the most
atrocious and despotic acts ever
adopted by a civilized nation. 1t is
said, too, the inquiry will not stop
here; that it involves the official
conduct of the American minister at
the court of st. James, who is re-
ported TO have declared that his
government will do nothing to Sc
cure Justice to "such men" as are
suffering in confinement and demand
the protection to which they are
justly entitled as naturalized citi-
zens of the United States. AS long
ago as twenty years, james Russell
Lowell made himself famous as an
embodiment of genuine American
ism. His "Bigelow Papers" and
other literary productions pre-
scented all the brightness of
the new light that enveloped
this country. He was Democrat
through the deepest convictions of
right, and when it is contemplated
how Republicanism has made of
him toady to monarchy,a betrayer
of his country's honor, we may see
why this inquiry should be extend
ell. American citizenship has been
too long disregarded in other coun-
tries, and until our foreign pleni-
potentiaries assert the dignity of
such citizenship, no matter who the
subject be, the dignity" of our gov
eminent must be laughed at abroad.
Minister Lowell is unworthy the
place he occupies, and his recall is
properly in order.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06
SELL SCHOOL LANDS.

In the multiplicity of counsel
there is said to be wisdom, and
hence the STATESMAN is led to pre-
sent the many theories in regard to
the sale of school lands. Hon. L. L.
pahoney, in the 7eras Tribune, pro-
poses an original plan. He believes
first in a fair and full valuation of
the lands, after all existing laws
touching their sale have been re-
pealed. He would then have the
sections divided into quarter sec
lions, and complete return as to
description of all the lands made to
the general land commissioner.
Then he would have the commits
sioner value the lands, fix
ing their real intrinsic value
He would then have the
state issue four per cent.
school land bond, due in twenty
years, the annual amount of issue
not to exceed fifty per cent of the
annual available public school fund,
these bonds to be added to the fund
in paying one-third of the dues to
public free school teachers and re-
ceivable for school lands. The plan.
! is illustrated in this wise:
If the net available fund for a
given year were $800,O0O, | would
add 500, 900 of the aforesaid bonds
SO that every teacher getting $50
per month, would receive $40 in
money and $40 in Texas land bonds,
Il would be found that the teachers
would readily take them, and
though not money, they would SUBJ
serve its purposes, to limited ex-
tent, in several ways. First, the
available school fund would be in
creased each year 90 per cent. with
out taxation or oppression to any
body, and gradually we would
establish an efficient system OF
public schools, in lieu of the
farce now existing. Secondly, this
would be effected without sacrifice
of the lands, and by efiecting their
sale in an indirect way, at a fair
valuation. Thirdly, 1t would enable
poor young teachers, male aud fe.
male, to obtain the means of acquir.
ing homesteads. AS already stated
the teachers would readily take one
third of their pay i'm these bonds
they would live on the money par
of their wages, and the bonds would
be the clear property of their labors
They would hold these, and collect
the interest ON them, until they &C
cnmnlaied sufficient amount tC
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06
What is a Record.
Washington Post.1


The practice occasionally INDUCED
in of Withholding from the pages of
the Congressional Record a portion
of the proceedings of either house
Is one that cannot be justified, no
matter how many interested gentle
men may desire it or agree to it, nor
how many speakers or ex-speakers
may approve 1t. The question is
not whether the omitted matter is
or is not worth printing. If that
issue were raised as to its contents,
the country might vote that the ell
tire publication in question could
be well dispensed with. If the
Record has any value at all, it arises
from the fact, or theory at least, that
it contains a complete and perfect
abstract of each days proceedings
in both houses of congress. If it
does not possess that quality 1t is
not worth printing at all. If men,
bers desire to print in its columns
only that which they want their
constituents to see, they ought to
pay out of their own individual
pockets the cost of printing and cir
culating their mighty efforts.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06
Some ScaffOId Scenes.
IN. o. Times Democrat. I


While the moose was being adj
iusted to the neck of John G.. Nc
Carly, who was hung in Angelica,
New York. on the oath OF March, he
caught sight of District-Attorney
Loveridge among the spectators and
turned quickly to him, said: 81 am
game to the end )" "You are sneak
ing blood thirsty brute" repeating
the expression twice. "You sought
my life; you did all you could to in
jure me you knew l was not guilty
you are nothing but a coward, and
will some day realize how you have
wronged me-" McCarty denied all
knowledge of the murder for which
he was found guilty and so did six
others who were hung for murder
i'll various parts of the north upon
the same day. 1t is a matter oil
study that every one of the seven
went to the scaffold and met death
without flinching in the least.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06

SENATOR ANTHONY has intro
duced bill providing for the estab-
llshment of the Office of assistant
secretary of the navy, the place to
be filed by naval officer OF the
grade not below that of rear admit
raj. In the absence of the secretary,
this officer is to perform all the
duties devolving on the secretary,
and he is to be the confidential ad-
wiser of the secretary as to all mat
tiers touching the navy; in other
words he is to be responsible for the
nautical conduct of the navy, while
"Sir Joseph" Hunt looks after the
intrusion of women and such other
weighty war measures.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-06

AS AN evidence that the people
are becoming alive to the very great
importance ofthe tariff question, and
of the urgent necessity of squelch-
ing the monopoly which has so Sc
curely fastened its pangs in the
vitals in the country, we quote be-
low an extract from a lecture de-
livered before the Brooklyn re-
form club:
"The farmers on the bleak prairies
of the northwest have gathered
each week into hundreds of school
houses to debate the question for
themselves. They have gathered
there in home cut coats and dresses
ola stuff not half so good as they
should have had for the corn, wheat
or pork they cost, in school house
built of lumber that cost more than
1t should have cost, or would have
cost if those good people had had
their simple rights. At those meet
lngs judges were appointed, and
then the protecIionists heaped up
statistics of the American iron and
steel association, while the gal
liant free-traders returned the
fire with ammunition supplied by
the very men who have addressed
you here. The decision of the judges
has been almost invariably in
favor of the free-traders, and In spite
of the cry, potent indeed in state
that gave Garfield $4,000 majority,
that free trade Is a Democratic doc
trine, have heard OF but two cases
in which protection carried the day
in these rural debates. But the sig
nificant fact is that the question is
debated at all. The tariff discussion
may clear the galleries in Congress,
but it will pack country school
house i'll Iowa and hold an audience
spell-bound until mid night. Thous-
ands of such debates have
been held in Iowa alone this winter
and the result is what might be ex-
pected. One of your lecturers had a
good deal to say about assumptions
and facts Now, brought the fact
have just stated along with me for
the special benefit of the Pennsyl-
vania school, and think they would
do well to make a note of it. The
people of the west are looking into
the tariff business without waiting
tor a commission. When | say that
free trade has already made thous-
ands of converts L only speak what I
know personally to be a fact
These converts should be look
ed after by the self = consti-
uted guardians of American
industry, for already leading pro-
tectionist paper in Chicago has
sounded the note of warning, and
informed the protected manufactu-
rers in plain terms that protection
is losing ground in the west. Those
who have always been free-traders
have gained fresh courage. The
fact IS, from the time when Senator
Grimes protested against the impo-
sition of che present tariff, a MAORI
ty of the people of my own state
and, l believe, of all the western
states, have always been free
traders. In my own state no party
has ever dared to declare for high
tariff in its platform"