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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Born OF God.

Have been born again 7" is most i'm
portant questionable question. The ques-
ton is often asked in another form " Have
| experienced religion ?" Some look for an
answer to this question by recalling the
states of mind connected with the process
of their supposed conversion. If these ap-
pear satisfactory, the question is supposed
to be answered in the affirmative. The
hopes of some are allowed to rest in great
measure on recollected experiences. In ex-
aiming oneself better question to ask is :
" Do bear any resemblance in character to
the heavenly Father Is the divine image,
in which man was created, restored in any
degree to my soul 2" 1t may be thought
that the distance, the difference between the
infinite God and finite man, is too great to
allow of comparison. This difficulty is re-
moved by the fact that Christ, who is the
brightness of the Fathers glory and the ex-
press image of his person, is clearly set be-
fore us, clothed with all the attributes of
humanity. We can compare our character
with the character of Christ as revealed in
the gospel Hence the question TO be asked !;
" Am like Christ Does my character 80
far resemble his as to Justify the belief that
| am born of God 2" Christ did not his own
will, but the will of him who sent him. He
did always the things that pleased him. Do
/ resemble Christ in this respect profess
to be willing to submit to Gods dealings
with me-do l seek to do his will at all
times Christ was never stubborn or SELF
willed. Christ was meek and lowly in heart
and life. When he was reviled, he reviled
not again. When he suffered, he threatened
not, but committed himself to him who
judgeth righteously. Do | follow his ex-
ample, or am | often impatient, indignant,
when treated upjustly. and ready to call the
offender to account Christ was full of
compassion towards the suffering and sin.
full, and he showed his compassion by acts
of benevolence. Am | Christlike in this
respect Christ forgave those who injured
him. Do / habitually cherish forgiving
spirit Is my present character so far
Christlke as to justify the conclusion that
have been born of God ?-N. Y. Observer
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
They Catch On, at Last.

Curtis, editor of Hdrper's Weekly, says
II presume no student of history will deny
that what the great baronial power was
in medieval civilization, and what the
great slaveholding oligarchy was in our
politics, the vast consolidation Of capital
will be in the future of this country" If
George William had been in the habit oil
reading our department as faithfully as
Brother Tinkham, he might have found Out
all this long ago. Seven years ago our article
on Tramps and Millionaires (Which earned
for us the epithets of communist" and
socialist y made exactly this statement
in almost identical language, even to tht
comparison of Vanderbilt and Gould to tn,
robber barons of the middle ages and the
slave oligarchy of the south. Truth finds
its first expression among the thoughtfu
working classes, and long afterwards tn,
metropolitan idea-mongers proclaim it a
an original discovery of their own. Ever
the Springfield Republican begins to see it
and says "The people ought to look on
and not surrender political power into thu
hands of the millionaire class and thei
agents. This is a point upon which thu
people cannot be too wide awake" TIL,
late election has awakened the city organs
at last. The people are not asleep, and i
was no party triumph. Any party that un
dertakes to appropriate the fruits thereo
without good heed to the real meaning o
it all will find itself left, without recourse
The old parties have just one more chanc
left to decipher the handwriting on tn
wall. Even Vermont begins to see tn
point, Notwithstanding certain dear-bough
victories Of the "money power"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
The Reilner OF Silver.

Some months ago, few ladies, who met
together in Dublin TO read the scriptures,
and make them the subject of converse.
ton, were reading the third chapter Of
Malachi. One of the ladies gave it as her
opinion, that the Fuller's Soap, and the Re
finer of Silver, were the same image, both
intended to convey the same view of the
sanctifying influence of the grace of Christ !;
while another observed, "There is some
thing remark able in the expression in the
third verse 'He shall sit as refner and
purifier of silver" They agreed that pos
sibly it might be 30, and one of the ladies
promised to call on silversmitb, and report
to them what he said ON the subject. She
went accordingly, and without telling the
object of her errand, begged to know from
him the process of refining silver, which he
fully described TO her. "But, sir" said
she, "do you sit while the work of refining
is going ON ?" "Oh, yes, madam" replied
the silversmith 81 must sit with my eye
steadily fixed on the furnace, for if the
time necessary for refining be exceeded
in the slightest degree, the silver is sure
TO be injured" At once she saw the beauty,
and the comfort, too, of the expression, ale
shall sit as reiiner and purifier Of silver"
Christ sees 1t needful TO put his children
into the furnace but he is seated by the
side of it his eye is steadily intent on the
work of purifying and his wisdom and
love are both engaged in the best manner
for them. Their trials do not come at rau-
dom; the very hairs OF their head are all
numbered. As the lady was leaving the
shop, the silversmith called her back, and
said he had still further to mention that he
only knew when the process OF purifying
was complete by seeing his own image re
Elected in the silver Beautiful figure
When Christ sees his own image in his
people, his work Of purifying lie accom-
plished.-Seiecied.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Angle Worms and Lime.

1t has always been mystery among sci
entific agriculturists that free dressing OF
lime should so greatly improve the produc-
tiveness Of land, as it often does. Lime is
present in almost all soils in far greater
quantity than is needed merely as plant
food. Not all soils are benefited by lining,
and il has been observed that land rich in
inert vegetable matter is that which is most
benefited by the liberal application of lime,
up even TO two hundred bushels to the acre,
Now to put two and two together. This land,
rich in undecomposed vegetable matter, is
almost always full of insects and worms,
especially angle worms. Every woman who
raises pot plants knows that weak lime.
water is death to worms. j. j. H. Gregory
has been experimenting, and says that there
are often in such land five or six tons Of
angle worms to the acre. Kill them with
rain water saturated with lime and what q
tremendous dressing of animal matter theil
dead bodies will make Is not here an ex
PLANTATION of the mysterious value of lime as
fertilizing agent Let us hear from oul
agricultural secretary, DR.. Cutting, on thi;
point
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Serious Questions.

How long will the intelligent farmers OF
Vermont submit to have it said Of them
that their catte-sheds and barns are far
more costly than their schoolhouses, or that
men who own blooded cattle, horses, sheep
and swine think they cannot afford school
tax sufficient to employ good teachers for
their children These are, indeed, serious
questions. The old Puritan spirit, which
in the early days of colonial hardship and
poverty established the free school and en-
dowed the college as the strongholds of lib
erty and religion, is said to be dying out
This charge is painfully confirmed by the
reluctance of our people to improve their
schools with the increase of their wealth
Men exist in New England in no small
number on our farms (and hardly elsewhere)
who declare the poor old schoolhouse and
the cheap teacher "good enough" They
fight every effort for improvement, and drive
away those who desire something better fol
the children to the villages or the liberia
west, which makes such noble provision fol
education in nearly every part of its broad
area. Rural New England needs nothing sc
much as an educational revival.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
BY Universal Accord.

AYERS CATHARTIC Pills are the best
Of all purgatives for family use. They
are the product of long, laborious, and
successful chemical investigation, and
their extensive use, by physicians in
their practice, and by all civilized ma
tions proves them the best and most
efiectual purgatiye Pill that medical
science can devise. Being purely veg
etable no harm can arise from their
use, and being sugar-coated, they are
pleasant to take. In intrinsic value
and curative powers no other Pills
can be compared with them; and every
person, knowing their virtues, will
employ them, when needed. They
keep the system in perfect order, and
maintain in healthy action the whole
machinery of life. Mild, searching and
effectual, they are especially adapted
to the needs Of the digestive apparatus,
arrangements of which they prevent
and cure, If timely taken. They are
the best and safest physic to employ
for children and weakened constltu-
lions, where mild but e1ectual
cathartic is required.
For sale by all druggists.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
How DIR. Guthrie Became a Teetotaler.

"In journey in Ireland in 1910, in an
open car, the weather was cold, with LASH
ing rain. By the time we reached small inn
we were soaking with water outside, and as
those days were days not Of tea and toast,
but of toddy-drinking, we thought the best
way was to soak ourselves with whiskey in
side. Accordingly, we rushed into the inn,
ordered warm water, and got our tumblers
of toddy. Out of kindness to our car driver
we called him in he was not well clothed
indeed, he rather belonged in that respect
to the order of my ragged school in Edin-
burgh. He was soaking with wet, and we
offered him good RUNNER Of toddy. We
thought that what was sauce for the goose
was sauce for the gander,' but the car driver
was not such gander as we, like geese,
took him for. He would not taste it, 'Whyp
we asked what objection have you I? Said
he, Phase your riv'rence, am a teetotaler,
and won't taste drop of it, Well, that
stuck in my throat, and went to my heart,
and lin another sense than drink, though y
to my head. He was humble, uncultivated,
uneducated Roman Catholic carmsn, and
said, If that man can deny himself that in
diligence, why should not /, Christian min
lister p remember that and have ever re-
membered it to the honor of Ireland. / have
often told the story, and thought of the ex-
ample set by the poor lrishman for our peo-
pie to follow. | carried home the remem-
brance Of it with me to Edinburgh. That
circumstance, along with the scenes in
which | was called to labor daily for years,
made me totaler."-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Temperance Statistics.

Talmage, in an address before prohibi.
tion convention in the city of New York,
said; "There are 100000 drunkards in
the United States to-day, 10000 of the peo-
pie annually die drunkards 100000 men
and women annually sent to prison through
this iniquity 100000 children thrown on
the charity of the world by alcoholism"
Judge Allison says that fully four ifths OF
the crime committed in this country is COM
mitted under the influence of strong drink.
In Canada, out of 2s,2S9 commitments to
Jail, 2l,236 committed their crime under the
influence of strong drink. Dr. Harris, in
spector of the prisons in New York state,
says that 60 per cent of all the crime is the
result OF intemperance. There are 10000
maniacs and idiots in this country now as a
result of intemperance. England pays
100000 yearly for alcoholic insane paupers.
Mrs. Comstock, the Quaker missionary,
says that out of 10000 prisoners, 100000
were incarcerated for their intemperance.
1t is estimated that 99-l00ths of the chill.
dren not going TO school in this country are
the children of drunkards. The cost of and
ruin by rum in this country is 81 200 600, 00O
annually.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
TEMPERANCE Progress

Few people realize the progress that is
being made in this country in the temper
ance cause. DR.. Daniel Dorchester shows
by facts in the Christian ADVOCATE how strong
is the drift towards prohibition. He cites,
first, the long record for prohibition of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, the
shorter record of Kansas, and the recent
prohibition victory in Iowa. Probably not
less than ten other states, he adds, are NOV
ing for a constitutional amendment similar
TO that lately adopted by Iowa. Under
"local option prohibition obtains In quite
a number of towns and cities in New Jer-
sey; in Logan county, Media, and other
places in Pennsylvania; in nearly all of the
rural districts of South Carolina in forty
two counties, besides church and school
neighborhoods in Georgia, equal in all to
one-half the area of the state in ten to fif-
teen counties and numerous districts in
Alabama in large districts in Mississippi
in many parishes in Louisiana; in about
one-half the state, under the -Four Mile
Law" in Tennessee; in large sections in
Arkansas; in several counties inTexas. The
votes given in various state legislatures in
1881, cited by DIR. Dorchester also, are sig
nificant. In Wisconsin the vote in the
house stood fifty-one yeas to thirty-nine
nays. In that state in 1873, fifteen thou
sand people petitioned for prohibition in
1879, forty thousand in 1880, one hun
bred thousand and still larger number
in 1881. In Pennsylvania the vote in the
house was one hundred nine TO fifty-nine
the measure failing in the senate. In Mich
igan the house voted sixty.three to thirty
three, the senate twenty-one TO tenth,
necessary two-thirds being wanting by onl.
one vote in the house and by three votes il
the senate. In Nebraska the record wa
forty-nine to twenty-eight; in Ohio, il
the house seventy-seven to sixteen, in tn
senate twenty to eleven Qost by four votes)
in Illinois, house ffty-six to fifty-one, senat
sixteen to twenty-one; in Nebraska, forty
nine to twenty-eight in West Virginia
forty to twenty in the house; in Arkansas
house sixty-six to seventeen; in Texas
house fifty-one to thirty-four, senate twenty
three to seven. Here are a large number 0
msjorities that bid fair before long to in
crease to the requisite two-thirds. The ten
perance skies evidently are Frightening
| S,n1Lnu. Ccbool Times
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
SAD ACCIDENT.
Mr.. Oscar Craigg Blown Up by Prema-
ture Blast in the Rosendale Cement
Characterization of an Eye
Its Subsequent Removal by
Surgical Operation.

Mr. Oscar Craigg was foreman in a cement
quarry at Rosendale, Ulster Co., y. Y By an
explosion one day in the quarry he lost an eye
lost It totally. Under the impression that the
matter was less serious the local physician told
Mr.. Cragg that his eye was not lost wholly, but
could be saved by treatment. The experiment
was tried and failed Worse remained behind
for he was in danger Of losing the other also,
through sympathetic Inflammation. In this strait
he consulted DIR. David Kennedy, of Rondout,
N. Y, who told him the injured eye must be
taken out to save the other To this Mr.. Craigg
demurred, and went back home in doubt His
local physician said: eco to New York" To
New York the patient went, and one OF the most
eminent ocusts in the country, having looked at
the case, said "You have lost one eye entirely
go back and do what you can to save the other"
Briefly DIR. Kennedy removed the ruined eye
and treated Mr. Craigg with Kennedy's Fav-
orite Remedy" to build up the system, and the
result successful.
DIR. KeDnedys great success as Surgeon is
due to the use Of "Favorite Remedy" in the
after treatment.
Are you troubled with Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Constipation arrangement Of the Kid
news and Bladder Then use DIR. Kennedy
FavOrite Remedy" 1t will not disappoint
you. DIR. Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy "
| for sale by all druggists.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Ghoirf Selections.
"IF."

II, sitting with this little, worn-out shoe
And scarlet stocking lying on my knee,
knew the little feet had battered through
The peari-set gates that lie 'twixt heaven and me
I could be reconciled and happy, too,
And look with glad eyes toward the Jasper Sea.
IT, In the morning, when the song Of birds
Reminds me Of music far more sweet,
listen for his pretty. broken words
And for the music Of his dmpled feet,
could be almost happy. though heard
No answer, and but saw his vacant seat.
could be glad, II, when the day Is done,
And all its cares and heart aches laid away,
could look westward TO the hidden sun,
And, with heart full OF sweet yearnlng, say
Tonight, Imnearer to my little one
by Just the travel OF a single day"
II conld know those little feet were shod
In sandals, wrought Of light In better lands,
And that the footprints OF tender God
Ran side by side with his, in golden sands,
| could bow cheerfully and kiss the rod,
Since Benny was in wiser, safer hands.
II he were dead, would not sit to-day
And stain with tears the wee sock on my knee,
! would not kiss the tiny shoe and says
bring back again my little boy to meF'
I would be patient, knowing twas Gods way,
And walt to meet him DER deaths silent sea.
But ! to know the feet, once pure and white,
The haunts Of vice have boldly ventured In
The hands that should have bat,led for the right
Have been rung crimson In the clasp Of sin
And should he knock at heavens gate tonight,
fear my boy could hardly enter in.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
The Matter Of Smoking.

As we walk the principal streets of our
city, we are surprised aud panied at the
number of smokers. The pure air is poi
soned by the noisome exhalations. We
have, at times, to hold our breath and hasten
on. The Rev. DIR. S. |, Prime, in the New
York Observer, writing of his summer trav.
els, speaks our mind "This summer have
observed great increase in the number of
men who have lost their sense of delicacy in
the matter of smoking. In every hotel where
have been the men pay no attention to the
ordinary rules Of civilization in this respect.
On the front piazza Of the hotel at Nantucket,
gentlemen, perfect in every other particu-
lar, clsrgymen of high breeding and posi-
ton, smoked freely in the midst of ladies TO
whom they were strangers II the ladies
took their seats at the other end of the pi-
azzs, it was all the same, for the clouds of
smoke there were just as dense. am not
saying word against the use OF tobacco
merely that II is shame for any man to
take the advantage of his neighbor, male or
female, and compel him or her TO endure
what is disagreeable.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
Butts and Tips.

Our old friend DIR. Sturtevant, formerly
of the Scientific Farmer, and now of the
New York State Experiment station, we
are informed, "has been experimenting 10
find out the relative value of the seed from
different parts of the ear. The test was
carefully made, and under such conditions
as would give one no advantage over the
other on account of location or soil. The
result was entirely unexpected. The top
kernels bore larger ears and were more pro-
ductive of good corn, while the butt kerr
nels were more productive than those from
the center Of the ear. OF understandable
corn, the butt kernels gave the most, the
central kernels next, and those from the
top the least Calculating the yield per
acre on the MANFRED plot, the butt kernels
gave eighty-five bushels, the tip eighty
eight, and the central seventy-eight," DR.
Sturtevant is an honest, earnest and faith.
full worker in the field of agricultural ex
pertinent, but it has always seemed to us
that he is too prone to generalize from a
fciJ bIOIo VI ODoeINtu ldClbs ENbIy'
body who has ever Experimental in sgri-
culture knows that it is impossible to work
under conditions that "give one no advan
tage over the other on account of location OIL
soil" 1t cannot be done. Therefore 9
single test like the above is absolutely
valueless If instead of taking the butt
middle and top kernels, he had taken the
first, second and third kernels, beginning al
one end of the cob and going through it
DIR. Sturtevant might and probably woult
have got similar results. But to get results
of the least possible value such experiments
must be repeated many times, and by diff
ferent observers. DIR. Sturteyant is Ger
tainly too "previous" for good expert
menter in agriculture. He ought to Learn
from the slow patience of Lawes, who il
chary Of generalizing even from tests re
peated annually for more than a quarter o.
a century.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29

QUERY" Is the King apple sufficiently
hardy for northeastern Vermont PIN
qurer. The King of Tompkins County is
an apple that has been planted but little
anywhere in Vermont and is not starred for
this state in the reports of the American
Pathological Society but only has the "t u
Of novelty attached to its name. So far as
we can learn, it has not given much satisfac-
tion and is not accounted as perfectly hardy
even in the Champlain Valley. There il
hardly chance that it would succeed in
northeastern Vermont. We have had nc
personal experience with it. 1t is very
large and handsome apple, and Of fine quail
ity. A considerable quantity of them com,
to New England markets from western New
York and Michigan.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29
aarirnlfnral Deparf,penf.
CHEEKY AND EASY.


who so CHEEKY az the farmer,
Gathering in his ripened sheaves'
When autumna winds are signing
Softly 'mong the falling leaves
All the gorgeous indian summer,
whistllng at his daily toll
who so happy at his labor
A the man who tills the soil
who 30 easy "a the farmer
when the sullen north winds roar
IIehas not fear that famine
WIN be knocking at his door
oh the farmers barn and cellar
Have a good supply on hand,
For our God sends rain and sunshine
On the farmers fruitful land.
-Christidn at Vor
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-29

CONTINUES to its Paatial Coaches and Paror Cal
over its magnificent lines between Chicago Milwaukee,
Paul Minneapolis and all principal cities villages an
owns In the mighty,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-23

Gibfried & Brisacher of the Jackson
House Restaurant have made arrange
ments by which they will be constantly in
receipt CT fresh oysters, which they will
serve in every style. They will keep an
all-night house hereafter and meals can be
secured at all hours of the night or day.
They will also pay the s%trictest attention
to arranging and furnishing balls and
parties with luncheon or suppers. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-23
Ed. wilhelm

Begs to inform his customers and the
public generally that owing to his con-
stantly increasing trade he has enlarged
his %atelier, and will henceforth be
able to do all work entrusted to him
at the shortest notice. AS heretofore,
all work warranted to give perfect sat-
isfaction or money refunded. Y
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-23
The LuSciOus Biyalye,

The oyster season has arrived, and this
is nowhere more apparent than at Mrs.
Browns Restaurant, where at all hours Of
the day and night the bivalve is served in
any style known to the art OF cooking.
Oysters are received by express daily in
cans and in the she'll from both the East
and West. Families supplied. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-23
Gureka Dailp Gentinel.
Assessment List.

The following complete list Of out
standing assessments upon stocks listed at
the San Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board, with the dates upon which they
will become delinquent in the Board and
the day OF sale: