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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Save the BOYS.

What can be done to save the boys d? A
great deal is done to ruin them. Count up
the brilliantly-lighted saloons and places Of
vicious resort to be found in almost every
town, and you have so many gate-ways to
ruin. Thither the boys are drawn, and there
they get their first lessons in vice and
crime. From these boys come the recruits
for the great army of drunkards, for our
jails and penitentiaries. 1t may be there is
not much at home to help them; nothing
bright and CHEEKY nothing for which a
boys heart yearns; and how can you blame
them for going out into the street in search
of what fills a boys soul Said few
Christian women in our city, "Can't we do
something for these street-boys?" A beau
tiful room, centrally located and brilliantly
lighted, was opened, and the boys invited to
come in. They were cordially greeted, and
furnished with various kinds of entertain
ment. Games, music, conversation, read
ings and short addresses fill up the evening.
A half-dozen ladies are in attendance every
other evening. Often fifty boys are to be
found there, from eight to fourteen years of
age. On Saturday afternoon is a sewing
school for girls. On Sunday afternoon is
the Band of Hope, made up largely of the
boys in attendance during the week. This
work has been in progress more than a year,
and the results are manifest. "What a
change in the boysl' is often remarked by
those most intimate with the work. The
judge of the police court bears very decided
testimony to this reformatory measure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
The Cure of Drunkenness.

have had a considerable experience with
the best managed inebriate asylums of the
land; and majority Of those whom have
induced to enter the most Christianly con-
Quoted institutions have afterward relapsed
into their old habits. The most pitiable
failure ever made was in the case of an
accomplished young man, who had once
been student in the Episcopal Theological
Seminary at Alexandria. That poor fellow
became intoxicated within twenty-four hours
after he was discharged from DIR. Banning's
Christian Home for Inebriates. | have
worked long and hard TO reform drunkards,
and in vast majority of cases have utterly
failed. | have received into church mem
bership considerable number of persons
who appeared to be entirely converted from
drinking habits but out of the number
there are only tco who have not, once or Oft
ener, relapsed into their former sin. Re-
forming drunkards is most difficult under
taking but to prevent people from becom-
ing drunkards, by inducing them never to
drink at all, is as simple and sure as accept
ing Christ is to save from infidelity.-Dr.
r. L, Cuyier.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
advertisements.
Amputation Of the Leg.
The Old Family Physician at Fault-Dr. David
Kennedy the Successful Surgeon.


Money is the universal necessity and none but n
cynic or fool will affect to despse it, Mr.. Abram
Ellsworth, Of Port Even, Ulster county, N. Y,
had realized this truth. His disease involved the
whole Of his thigh-bono, and the suffering man
looked forward, not without apparent reason to
death his only deliyerer. His family physician
refused to amputate the understanding that the
operation would kill the patient on the spot. DR..
Doyid 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 FAVORITE REMEDY puri-
fed the blood and restored to him the power once
more to enjoy his life. Are you suffering from
any disease traceabe to the same cause2 Try
Favorite Remedy Your druggist has IL. ONE
DOLLAR bottle. Bear in mind the proprietors
name and address: DR.. Ddytd KENNEDY, Ron
dout, New York.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Unbelief.

Unbelief comes oftener from irreverent
association than intellectual doubt. The
sneer of Voltaire has killed more than al
his arguments. A testing tone of talk OIL
religious truths, habit of reckless criticism
on religious things is to take the name Of
God in vain as truly as the vulgar oath
and when | hear him who calls himself Q
Christian, or gentleman, indulging in bur
lesque of this sort, at once recognize some
moral defect in him. Intellect without rev
erence, is the head of man Joined to 6
beast. There are many who think it &
proof Of wit; but it is the cheapest sort OF
wit, and shows as much lack of brains as Of
moral feeling. | would say it with empha
sis to each Christian who hears me, never
indulge that habit, never allow sacred thing
to be jested at without rebuke; but keeI
them as you would the miniature of you
mother, for no vulgar hands to touch. Their
is an anecdote of Boyle that he never pro
nounced the name of God without an audi
BILE pause; and whatever you think, | recog
nize in it the dictate of wise heart. w
need this reverence in the air of our socia
life, and its neglect will palsy our piety,-
Rev. DR.. Washburn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

SINCE Mr.. Surgeons return to London,
bazaar, or, as we would call it in our coun-
try, a fair" has been held by the people
of the Tabernacle in aid of the Girls Or
phanage. Mr.. Sturgeon opened the fair,
and intimated what he thought should be
the style Of purchasing by telling the story
of gentleman who, on his way home one
dark night, was encountered by footpad
with the remark "Your money or your
lifel" The gentleman's reply was "You
can't have any money! | have been to a
bazaar" The highwayman Immediately rec.
ognized the force of the reasoning, and even
offered contribution.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
The Progress of Christian Missions.

Until within thirty years, one might ex.
press doubt as TO whether the gospel could
elevate and heal the most degraded heather,
and prove a SAVIOR of life unto life. But to-
day the Portuguese can no longer maintain
that the Hottentots are race of apes inca
pable of Christianization. You can no
longer find written over church doors in
Cape Colony, "Dogs and Hottentots not
admitted" as at the time when Dr. Van Der
Kemp fought there for the rights of the
down-trodden natives. To-day no one could
be found to agree with the French governor
of the island of Bourbon, who called out to
the first missionary to Madagascar, d" So you
will make the Malagasy Christians I'm
possible They are mere brutes, and have
no more sense than irrational CATTLE" Since
then there are hundreds of evangelical con-
gregations established there, which have
now, counting those only Of the London
Mission, three hundred and eighty-six or
dained native pastors, one hundred and fifty.
six native evangelists and three thousand,
four hundred and sixty-eight native lay
preachers and Bible readers Twenty years
ago an Engishman who had travelled around
the world insisted to me that the native
Australians were absolutely beyond reach of
the gospel, and must first be educated up to
it in some way, before they could understand
its simplest truth. To-day this opinion is
refuted by the Moravian Missions in Gipps-
land, which have fine churches, clean
houses, and one hundred and twenty-five
baptized native Christians. Yes we have
to-day, as the last Evangelical Alliance
demonstrated, the glorious, faithstrengthen-
ing joy of seeing it proved, without more
missionary statistics, that the most degraded
heather, because they are also men, listen
to the gospel and learn to believe it, that
no race is so spiritually dead that it cannot
be quickened into new life by the glad
tidings y; no language so barbarous that
the Bible can not be translated into it, no
individual heather so british that he cannot
become new creature in Jesus Christ and
that therefore our Lord and Master, reveal
ing himself to us as the Way, the Truth and
the Life in widest sense, gave no impossible
command when, embracing without limit all
suffering humanity, he said,- Go We into
all the world and preach the gospel to every
creature. Theodore Christieb.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Magic Glover.

From time immemorial it has been con-
sidered good luck to find four.eaved clo-
yer. Some have said that the discoverer of
one was certain to become wealthy and
wise and others, that the fairies would
grant him every wish and others, that the
little magic leaves could show where gold
was lying buried in the EARTH And GER
tainly there does seem to be something very
wonderful in the fact that, in a large field
containing millions of little plants furnished
with groups of three leaflets, there should
be only one or two of the four leaved variety.
| do not mean that some varieties of clover
bear leaves all in groups of four or five, for
this is not the fact. Perhaps one four-leaved
clover will grow upon a plant that has fifty
threes, although occasionally several fours
or fives will be found in bunch on the same
plant.
AS a general thing three leaves are nearly
of size, while the fourth is somewhat
smaller-though this does not always fol-
law. have seen several in which the fourth
leatet is borne out on a separate stalk.
Five leaved clovers occur almost as often
as four. Frequently tours and fives are
found growing together. Some say that you
must not pick five-leaved clover--it will
| neutralize all the good luck brought by
Va
say that it is very much more potent for
good than the four-eaved stalk. According
to one legend, only the holder Of a five
leaved clover can be admitted to the fairy
court. Several pretty stories describe the
| fortunate one as standing out on the grass
at midnight, holding up the magic wand
and presently finding himself waited away
ON invisible wings TO Elf-land.
Aside from the widespread interest at
taching to the duplication Of the eahet,
clovers seem special favorites of poets and
romancers. 1t is said that, when st. Patrick
was preaching to the unconverted Irish,
some of them ridiculed the idea of the Trim
ity. For answer he caught up a trefoil
| from the sod, and told them that here was a
leaf exemplifying three in one. Hence, the
three-leaved clover, or shamrock, was adopted
as the national emblem of Ireland. Some
say that the common wood-sorrel (Oralis
acetOseild) shares with the white clover the
credit of being the true shamrock. One
authority says that this oxalis is a native OF
Ireland, while the clover is of comparatively
recent introduction. In a song by the Irish
poet, Thomas Moore, the shamrock is men
toned as "Old Erin's native shamrock"
| | hope you will have many a hunt for
magic clovers in the sweet-smelling summer
fields for | find in that charming occupa-
ton, "luck sufficient, - even when no
"lucky four-leaved grasse" rewards my
J search.-Mdrgdret b, Harvey IN ST. Nicholas.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Glad OF 1t.

One of the most encouraging of the facts
brought to light in Mr.. Gladstone's budget
is that the falling off in the revenue derived
from alcoholic drinks, which is considerable,
does not this year indicate, as it has pre-
viously done, diminished income on the part
of the laboring classes. 1t has hitherto
been one of the discreditable features OF
British finance, that in good times the in
crease of revenue was derived largely from
increased consumption of beer and spirits
by the workingmen and women while on
the other hand, in bad times decline in
the consumption of alcohol was usually ac
companied by other evidences of poverty
such as diminished deposits in the savings
banks. This year, however, decrease OF
revenue from alcohol has been accompanied
by an increase of deposits.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
sMnra1 and ReliaionS.
FILE SEVEN voIoEs FROM TIE GROSS

THE SEVEN WOLVES fhoh 'hh WIVES
T1pon the cross suspended,
MS nioiNu NV n'sn enuo"'
Tue son vi uou III Speeon ueoii'eu
Inc thouBh's Whcn those u,eau "io'''on'S sn"'o"'
seven tunes nc SpaNei anu ie. US ne"
outpursls OF 'ehuer 'ee'ins
for ueauy ioeS "ppea.us
'Father' forgive Woili' io' '''ey N''oW
NOT what they 40 '-oucn s'"oe Vo"'" "oW
FROM jesus, ulsn suSpvnuo"'
HE mutual llio n's' enuo''
To tho base robber diving.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

who sent four sons into the world TO do fol
themselves, taking from each of them, as
they went, pledge not to use intoxicating
drinks, profane language, OF tobacco, before
he was twenty-one years of age They are
now from sixty.fiye to seventy-fye years Of
age only one OF them has had a sick day
all are honored men and not one Of them
is worth less than million dollars.--Neu
York Observer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Make Distinctions.


Make distinctions. Distinguish between
desiring thing and merely deeming it de-
sirable. You admit that pure religious
experience is desirable, but do you really
desire itP Distinguish also between preju-
dice against thing and disapproval Of the
particular means and methods that may be
used to gain it. All men are not opposed
to revivals whose judgment is against Ger.
tain revivalistic tactics. Distinguish, too,
between sin, which implies gilt, and an
error, which does not. Distinguish between
wilful rejection Of the truth and the doubt
ings Of an honest mind. Almost everything
in this world may be, at times, mistaken fol-
something else Be on your guard. BE not
misled. Make distinctions. Draw them
carefully and finely. Between two things
that look alike there may, nevertheless, be
all the difference between the true and the
false, life and death, heaven and hell. In
reference to such things, pray God you may
do no injustice to yourself, or to another.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
sGor Ms Vonna.



PRINCESS ArPLE-sEEp AND HER SISTERS.
Long time ago there was king,
who, without sense or reason,
Shut all his pretty daughters mp
within gloomy prison.
There were 40 many, he had felt
Them very troublesome;
There were Appe-seed and Apple-corn,
And little Apple-crumbi
There were Wire, Brier, Llmber-lock-
A dozen, maybe, in the flock.
His order read Let every one
Put on a cloak Of black,
And each be shut from the world 40 close
She never can come back"
The dismal hinges creaked and swung;
outside mournful phoebe sung.
The little daughters in their cells
Lay very snug and warm,
The heavy walls kept out the cold,
And shed the winter storm.
But the hinges rusted on the doors
The king had thought 80 stout;
And presently the princesses
Came gayly stepping out.
They had rested well, were wlde-awake,
And very glad to come;
There were Apple-seed and Apple-corn,
And little Apple-orumb;
There were Wire, Brier, Llmber-lock-
Fully dozen In the flock.
men e'eiy one ~ ',io VAIN sun
Dropped off her cloak OF black,
anu uniew " siii',"s s0'ii VI s''e"
Across her slender back,
""o,e' 'o,' q" ''V'n'"s ms - oi"e'
Gnu iouu 'iie n"ppy o,"oAD'iu ouue'
'neiV' ye"i " ye,., ',oS ~" "p"e'
rr, nu s s,".v "nr ,', aI", s''
''i . SUI ,'-,' one ' l,l.,a
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
MenipfranrP.
A PRouIBrTroN STRIKE.

Strike for the triumph Of no-cense lawsl
Strike for the glory Of our blessed causel
Strike for the honor Of our battered band
Strike for the freedom Of our native land
Strike for a suffering world In tears and chains
Strike for pleading church the foe dsdainsi
WELD the true weapons Of the war we wage
The balot-box, the Bible and the pledged
Unfur the banner to the blazing sun,
Wear the green laurels yalor nobly won.
Relight the torch and harness for the fight,
For temperance strike, " and God defend the right"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

"HAvE you had revival in your church?''
No our minister does not believe in them.
We have not had conversion in ten OF
twelve years." We'll, what are you do
ing y son, we are having the grandest
lair you ever saw the seats are all taken
up in the churchi we have promenade
concert every night, and shooting gallery,
ladies dress up in all sorts of oldfasbioned
costumes. We expect TO clear 81 300
"What is TO be done with it2" at is 10
tit up church parlor."
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-08-05
The Singing Tree.

The "stinging tree" of Queensland
Is a luxurious shrub, pleasing to the
eye but dangerous to the touch. 1t
grows from two or three inches to ten
or fifteen feet In height, and emits q
d~isagreeable odor. Says q traveller
Sometimes while shooting turxeysin
the scrubs, / have entirely forgotten
the singing tree I'll i was warned of
its close proximity by its smell, and
have often found myself ia a little for
est of them. l was only once stung,
and that very lightly. Its effects are
curious /; 1t leaves no mark, but the
pain is maddening /; and for months
afterward the part when touched Is
tender in rainy weather, or when 1T
gets wet in washing, etc. l have see
= man who treats ordinary pain lightly
roll on the ground In agony after
being stung and I have known a horse
so completely mad after getting into .
grove Of the trees that he rushed open
mouthed at everyone who approached
him, and had TO be shot. Dogs, when
stunsg win rush about whining pite-
ously, biting pieces from the affected
part.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-08-05

The raw material used for porcelain
manufacture in Japan is obtained from
the neighborhood Of Arita, Ia the
province OF Htzsn, and appears to con-
sist of elastic acid eruptive masses OF
tertiary age, containing a large proper
ton of potash mica, probably due to
the action of later e%ruptions.
The latest reported improvement in
telegraphy is a mechanical device
whereby u typewriter at. n point,
connected by wire with q similar In
strument at another point, writes out
any message sem over it without the
Intervention OF the usual telegraph
operator. A person who can use Q
type writer can send his W message
To prepare a reliable paste for use in
prescription books and tables, dissolve
half an ounce of slum in a pint o.
boiling wa.er to this add an equal
weight Of -four, made smooth in
little cold water, and a few drops O.
oil of cloves, letting the whole come to
q boil. This paste will keep for months
Put it in glass or ordinary ointment
Jars.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-08-05
A Precious Stone Found in
Georgia.

Near Norcross there resides an old
German geologist who loves to live
among the peculiar specimens Of min
eral and vegetable matter which he
has unearthed and housed. He is an
elderly gentleman of little sociability,
but of great mental requirements. His
physical endurance is simply astonish-
ing. For days at a time he wanders
over the hills and through the dales
near his home, collecting rocks and
stones, limbs and roots. the properties
and qualities of which are unknown
to all but himself. The room in which
his collection Is is wonderful. In one
receptacle are arranged q number of
stones whose bright rays remind the
observer of diamonds. In the centre
of this long room there rests q stone
half the size Of hens ,gg, which was
picked up by the wner months and
months ago. 1t was found by its
owner one rainy afternoon. For nearly
a week he had been on a tramp through
the hills ard dsles near his home, and,
weary with his ~ceaseless toll, he was
vending his way home, when his eyes
fell upon something from which the
rays of the sun were scattered in a
thousand directions.
With little thought of what he was
doing, the g~eologist stopped down and
picked up the object. 1t was nearly
half the size of hens egg, and of an
irregular shape. 1t vas covered In
many places with thick, heavy clay,
which was removed with great care.
II was found to be exceedingly hard,
and whenever struck with q hard sub
stance gave forth but little sound. 1t
vas almost colorless with nov and
then a tinge of green. Its form was
that of an ~octahedron, but some Of the
faces or sides were inclined to be CON-
vex, while the edges were curved. 1t
was subjected to acids and slkalies
without experiencing any perceptible
change. Some friends induced him
to place it on the market, and only a
day or two ago he received q letter
from u diamond dealer In New York
offering him SAC, 600 for 1t.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-08-05
The Medicinal Value of Vege-
tables,

A celebrated cook book discusses the
medicinal value of vegetables, as fol-
lows:
Asparagus is a strong diuretie, and
forms part of the cure for rheumatic
patients at such health resorts ~ AK
les Bains. Sorrel 10 cooling, and forms
the staple of that soupe u heroes
which a French lady will order for
herself after q long and firing journey.
Carrots as containing a quantity OF
sugar, are avoided by some people,
while others complain of them IS in
digestible. With regard to the latter
accusation, it may be remarked, In
passing, that ii il the yellow r OF
the carrot that is difficult of digestion
the outer, q red layer, is tender
enough. In Savoy, the peasants have
to an infusi IN Of carrots as q
sp cific for iaundice.
The large, sweet onion IL very rich
in those alkaline elements which coun-
teract the poison OF rheumatic govt.
II slowly stewed In weak broth, and
eaten with a little Nepaul pepper, 1t
will be found to be an admirable arti-
Gle Of diet for patients of studious AMI
sedentary habits. The stalks of cauli-
flower have the same sort Of value,
only too often the stalk of q caulif1ower
is SO ill-boiled and unpalatable that
few persons would thank you for pro
posing to them to make part of their
meal consist of 30 nninviting an ar.
ticle. Turnips, In the same way, are
often thought to be indigestible, and
better suited for COWS and sheep than
for delicate people but here the fault
lies with the cook quite as much as
with the root. The cook boils the tur-
nip badly, and then pours some butter
we it, and the eater Of such q dish Is
sure to be the worse for 1t. Try . bet
ter way. What shall be said about
our lettuces? The plant has q slight
narcotic action, of whichta French old
woman, like q French doctor, well
knows the value, and when properly
cooked 1t is really very easy of diges.
ton. "-Medicds Record.