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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Remarks Upon Others.

There is practice common in many
households and among familiar acquaint-
ances which ought to be thought about and
then done away with forever. 1t is not only
contrary to good sense, but due regard for
politeness and the observance of good man
ners demands that it shall not be INDUCED
in. 1t is the practice Of remarking upon
each others looks. 1t is bad enough in the
family, where the questions and the search
ing glance are the expression of kind feel
ing, unless, indeed, the apparently anxious
inquiries as to how you have slept, and how
you are feeling this morning, are about as
meaningless as the remark upon the temper
ature; but it is absolutely insupportable
from any one but very dear friend Who
has not had the experience of going out for
a walk, or into aneighbor's house, and being
greeted with the assertion that she is not
looking well Z "Ssems to me you are pale
to-day" or " How thin you are You have
been sick, haven't you : Yon don't look as
you did last summer" The truth very likely
being that you are stronger and weigh more
than at that time. II is great confession
OF weakness, but have gone home FROM a
walk out of which the sunshine has all been
taken by some such thoughtless remark, and
have looked in the glass TO see II 4 could dis
cover the sign Of some fatal disorder. "John
is not well this summer, and am tronbled
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01

vout and enthusiastic Christian, ehe has con-
secrated her time aud wealth and personal
efforts to the direction Of hospitals and to
the spread of the gospel among her destitute
countrymen. No one in Sweden contributes
so largely to Home Missions among the
Lapps and Norwegians as the Princess Eu-
genie. She spends her summers at villa
called Fridhem,' or the Home of Peace
Around it she has reared asylums for orphan
children, and beautifed the grounds with
trees, walks and flowers She is the direc.
tress of several societies for providing en-
ployment for poor women she has opened
schools for destitute girls; on the Sabbath
she has an evangelical service at her villa
for her many guests and neighbors. When
the Princess Eugene built her hospital she
found her ready funds inadequate; 80 she
sold her jewels to finish aud furnish the
building. One day she visited the hospital,
and the tears of gratitude rolled down the
cheeks of a poor invalid as she came to his
bedside. The happy Princess was so melted
by his tears that she exclaimed, 'Ah, now
| see my diamonds againp Wonderfully
had the jewels which had been once mere
baubles become transmitted into priceless
gems of gratitude The plain, homely fea-
lures of the princess kindled with holy
joy. Her diamonds were frightened by the
smile Of her approvings.erd. Verify, is no
gold 80 precious as when it bears the image
and superscription of Christ, and no jewelry
80 lustrous as when 1t is taken from self and
given to the Saviour"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Children.

No other class touches the chords of so
tender concern as do the children. What
issues hang on child's life In the palm
of the tender little hand is carried mothers
heart, fathers hopes. If the child misses
the path of honor and falls into evil ways,
and grows up to an evil youth, mothers
heart will be broken, fathers gray hairs
will go down to the grave with sorrow.
What path the child's tender feet has to
tread Through what snares, through what
experiences OF evil, through what perilous
companionships its life must run Who
that reflects on the hopes and fears bound
up with every child's life, the possibilities,
alike dread and splendid, that overshadow
it, but has his heart stirred with deep
and pathetic longing to do something to
rescue these tender lives from the touch of
harm H-Souihern Cross.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
A Good Rule.

One Of our pastors told his flock that un-
less man prayed for his pastor he had no
right to criticise his pastor. That is good
rule. After you have prayed for the minis.
ter your criticism will bs more just, more
gentle, more acceptable. The criticisms of
good, hearty, praying brethren will be worth
attending to. OF such critics the pastor
may say "Let the righteous smite me it
will be kindness; and let him reprove me,
it shall be an excellent oil, that shall not
break my head" Aud such kind criticisms
will bring need of gratitude, too, and a
counterweight of prayer from the minister
for the Psalmist continues "For yet my
prayer shall be also in their calamities. "
You pray over your pastors faults, if you
find he has such, and you may expect he
will not fail to pray for you in your troubles.
Religious Herald.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Dusty Eyes.

We notice in an exchange short anec-
dote with point to it. A lady, on one
occasion, upon examining room which had
not long before been put in order, COM
planned to the servant that 1t was dusty
The latter said, respectfully, "T The dust is
on your glasses" and sure enough, when
they had been removed and carefully wiped,
the room put on quite another aspect How
very wide is the application that can be
made of such an anecdote, and yet it is
really only an extract from the Sermon on
the Mount. We see it in our Lords words
respecting the mote and the beam. Objects
change according to the media through which
they are examined, just as the chameleon
and there are many men like them-takes its
hue from the tree it happens to be on. The
monster that we see in the moon is often
but the fly upon the glass of the telescope.
There is much wisdom in the exhortation to
be slow to speak and slow to wrath. Burns
taught the same lesson when he said:
whats done we partly may compute
But know not what's resisted"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
VOL. 77.-3929. NO. II.

about him; but don't tell him he doesn't
look we'll" said Johns wife 10 friend "he
Is so nervous that IL makes him downright
i'll to be spoken to in that way" 1t GER
tainly is not kind, and it may be very in
furious. Suppose that he does look wretch
ed, 1t does not help the matter TO force
him to dwell upon IL. st. Paul evidently
knew what he was about when he repeated
that great lesson Of his, all embodied in the
word "rejoice," and 1t seems we need to
have IL shouted down to us from the hill
top to-day. Were it not for the fact that we
are constantly meeting with expressions of
the kind mentioned, it would seem that we
do not need to be told how necessary is
cheerfulness in the family, in the street, and
wherever we may be. A generous conceal.
ment of our own trifiing ailments, and a
laudable desire to help others to bear their
troubles, and possibly to forget them, ought
to characterize our everyday life. The peo-
pie who deal so lavishly in commonplace
phrases of pity remind one Of the little boy
OF three years who, upon being told to be
silent unless he had something to say, looked
up to his mother with wide-open, innocent
eyes, and said Bat, mamma, want to talk
when haven't anything to say."-New York
Evening Post.
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Pastoral Love,

A little girl, scarce four years old, but
who is very regular attendant upon the
services of Gods house, said one day as she
was talking with her brother and sister,
DR.. - does So" initiating his motion
when, with extended arms, he summons his
congregation to prayer or pronounces upon
them the benediction. "Why does he do
that ?" she was asked, with curiosity to see
what was in the child's mind. The sweet
answer was, 80, because he wants TO take
all the people in the church up in his arms"
What beautiful idea of the character of
the true pastor One who ministers
unto" those committed to his care. Aud
the thought is carried higher, to him who
really does take all his people into his arms
the " everlasting arms and carries them
tenderly and safely. There may we all
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
MONTPELIER VT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1882.

We say to him keep on the farm, and let
him, In the interval before he commences
for himself, learn Of the successful dairymen
how they select their cows, how they feed
and care for them, how they make their nice
butter, and from the good farmer how he
raises his large crops. These may be small
things, but we believe they are the sum
total Of success. l left the farm at twenty
for the carpenters bench, and found on my
return to the farm that 1t cost me many
hard days work to accomplish what expert
ence now helps me to do. j. H. says muscle
seems to be the chief requisite for farm
laborer, and grant that it is 30, but 1t
should not be. have often handled stone
with men that thought muscle was the
main thing, but little knowledge would
have helped them vastly more. Farmers
who work on the old adage, If your tool is
dull, put on the more strength ought to
sharpen both the tool and the intellect and
save their strength.
Silas Hopkins, Esq, Of East Berkshire
also sends this note: al take the liberty to
tell you that like your sensible talk to J.,
II. Of Waitsfeld. There is small army Of
men in Vermont to-day who are paying in
terest on large farms that they never will
own, who might at one time have paid for
a small one. There is sort of pride tina I
possesses men which makes them wish to be
considered well off, Many of them are willing
to be somebody's slave on big farm rather
than their own man on their own lille farm.
l Ihope j. II. will criticise you some more. 1t
works well. Your small farm theory tit is
our practice too. EDIToR.1 is correct, and
lots of men would like to practice IL If the y
could disentangle themselves from their pres
ent slavery. More men agree with you than
are willing to stand up and say so. But as
good thing as you have said in year, and
thing no agricultural writer that / know
of has ever said, is this: These men called
farmers who make up their mind to pay
about so much and fill the bill with the
first muscular boor who will consent to tax Q
it, have, too many Of them, had to lame nj
the folly of their choice in ruined teams
smashed implements, spoiled COWS, and
even in sons and daughters misled and
ruined Accept my thanks for truth sc
well put"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Sensible Advice.

A gentleman who has travelled good
deal says that all boys should learn to use a
thimble and a needle we'll while young.
Buttons will come off, stitches will break,
and mothers and sisters are not always at
hand to repair damages. At one time this
gentleman kept dinner party waiting be-
cause of some slight accident TO his ward
robe, for which he had to call in the help Of
tailor. Had he been trained to use
thimble himself, 1t would have saved both
time and temper. Boys, take our advice,
and learn this winter how TO thread needle
for the knowledge the advice.-Con-
gregdtionalist.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
" With my Might"

"Leaf after leaf already torn from the
calendar of 1882" said thoughtful person,
d" and must do it with my might" That
person, if life is spared, will achieve great
years work not with his hands alone, but
with his brain. Resolution, right idea of
the worth of year, an iron rigor against
leaks and wastes of time, clear conscience
these have brought temporal and spiritual
salvation 10 more human beings than your
arithmetic can compute. All manner of
learning coming to you by an instantaneous
inspiration, wealth pouring itself into your
idle hands, fame coming to you which you
have never earned-all this would be curse
rather than blessing. The great, the good,
the useful, Of this world are never made in
this way. Watching the leaves torn day by
day from the calendar the voice of the soul
continually whispering to itself, " must do
with my might" conscience void of Of
fense toward God and man-these are simple
conditions for the divinest achievements
wrought in the world. There are thousands
of imbecile men and women who are worth
less to society and to themselves, because
they do not heed these conditions. They
drift with the currents, without energy to
strike out a course for themselves. They
never hang up calendar, or keep the run
of the days. John Foster relates the story
of a man who had wasted a fortune with
evil associates, and one day went out to put
an end to his life. He wandered almost un
consciously till he came to the brow OF hill
overlooking his former estates. He sat
down there and thought for hours. He had
formed the plan to regain his property, and
he began instantly. He walked hastily for
ward, determined TO do the first thing that
came to hand, however despicable, aud not
spend cent if it could be avoided. lie
first encountered heap of Goals on the
pavement, and offered to put them in, foi
which he received triae; and from this be
ginning he went on, and died rich man
With my might The year is rapidly
running on. Watch your calendar. If your
purpose is not formed, form and execute it.
at the same time seeking divine help IL
those lines of honest endeavor where divine
help is sure to follow. No man or woman
has right to waste an hour. Time is tn,
priceless possession given to all alike. UE
and be doing with all your might, aud sue
cess is before you.-Erchange.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Times Lesson.

Brethren, the time is short" There is
the fact forever pressing on us. Behold, it
is no dreary shadow hanging over our heads
and shutting out the sunshine. 1t is an
everlasting inspiration. 1t makes a man
know himself and his career. 1t makes him
pVt his heart into the heart of the career
v vhich he knows to be his. 1t makes the
emotions aud experiences of life great and
not petty to him. 1t makes life solemn
and interesting with criticalness and it
makes friendship magnanimous, and the de-
sire to help our fellow-men real and ener.
getic. 1t concentrates and invigorates our
lives. In the brightest, freshest, clearest
mornings, it comes to us, not as cloud, not
as a paralysis, but as new brightness in
the sunshine and new vigor in the arm.--
Ihiiips Brooks
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
agricultural Departmenh.
THE OLD TURNPIKE.

We hear no more Of the cllnking hoof
And the stage-coach rattline by;
For the steam-kng rules the travelling world
And the old pixies left to die.
The grass creeps DER the llnty path,
And the stealthy daisies steal
Where once the stage-horse, day by day,
Lifted his iron heel.
No more the weary stager breads
The toll Of coming morn;
No more the bustllng landlord runs
At the sound Of the echoing horn.
For the dust lies still upon the road,
And the bright eyed children play
Where once the clattering hoof and wheel
Ratified along the way.
No more we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheels rumblng sound
And bol the water drives us on,
And an iron horse Is found
The coach stands rus,ing in the yard,
And the horse has sought the plowi
We have spanned the world with an iron rail-
And the steam-klng rules us now.
The old turnpike Is pike no more,
Wide open stands the gate;
We have made us a road for our horses TO stride.
And we ride at flying rate;
We have filled the valley and leveled the hills,
And tunneled the mountain side,
And round the rough crag's dizzy verge
Fearessly now we ride
On on with naughty 'front.'
A pun shrek and bound
While the tardy echoes wake too late
To babble back the sound.
And the old pike road is left alone.
And the stagers seek the powi
We have crcled the world with an iron rail.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
The Blessed Sabbath.

Make the first day of the week bright,
cheerful, sweet day at home, ard it will shed
its radiance on the other six days of work and
play. Do not limit its sacred freedom by
domestic "Blue Laws" which would make
it to the little ones anything but " day of all
the week the best" But with music and
prayer, with the Bible and other good read
ing, with cheerful conversation and gentle
graces, with the glow of the altar and the
spirit of the sanctuary, with thaukfulness
aud love TO God and man, any Christian
household can make II perpetual blessing
to themselves and the community in which
its lights are kept burning.-Faah aud
Works.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
A Thought for Self.

We talk and think 80 much of the
trouble we have with others, that we more
than half persuade ourselves that II every
body else were just right, we could get
on pretty easily in life; but the fact is,
that more than half--a great deal more than
half-of all our troubles, even of our troubles
with Others, grow out of our own faults and
our own failures, aud not the faults and fail
ures Of other people; and the world would
not yet be half right for us, when everybody
was right except ourselves. Until we get
rid of ourselves, or until we are lifted above
all selfish thought of ourselves, there is con-
tinual trouble for us, however other people
bear themselves, Sunday School Times.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
A Scrap Of Paper.

A friend of mine once said TO me "All
the money you ever handled couldn't buy
that little piece of paper" With that he
handed me manifold soiled scrap on which
| could at first see nothing. At length
deciphered in rude disjointed letters, the
two words, "Dear Papa" He had discov-
cred it in the playhouse of his little daugh-
ter, who died only few days ago. Some
time when, in the midst of her play, her lit.
tie heart had turned toward him she had
scrawled these two words-and then, having
borne testimony of her love, threw the paper
away.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
The Vume Girrle.
THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.

Ihave had playmates, have had companions,
In my days Of childhood, In my Joyful school days,
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
loved a love once, fairest among women
Closed are her doors on me, must not sec her
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
have friend, kinder friend has no man;
Like an migrate, left my friend abruptly
Left him to muse on the old familiar faces.
Ghost-ike paced round the haunts Of my childhood.
Earth seemed desert was bound to traverse,
Seeking to nnd the old familiar faces.
Friend Of my bosom, thou more than brother,
Why vert thou not born In my fathers dwelling2
SO might we talk OF the old familiar faces
How some they have died. and they have left me,
And some are taken from mel all are departed;
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Charles Lamb.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Precious Jewels.

DIR. Cuyler says OF the Princess Eugenie,
only sister of King Oscar Of Sweden " She
inherited an immense fortune from her
grandparents, and being unmarried she had
the strong temptation TO expend much of it
upon personal luxury; but, like Mary, she
has chosen the better part A most do
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
The "Young FarmerD Discussion.

We have quite number of letters on
hand from readers who seem to be much in
terested in Young Farmers" and al.
HIS" letters and our comments thereon. l..
W. p. of Marshfeld says; awe wish TO
thank you for your advice TO Young Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01

No man or woman Of the humblest sort
can really be strong, gentle, pure and good
without the world being better for it, with
out somebody being helped and comforted
by the very existence of that goodness
Phaiips Brooks.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
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To judge religion we must have it-not
stare at it from the bottom of seemingly
interminable ladder.-Georgs Mcdonald
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01

AS once walked by dismal swamp
There sat an old cove In the dark and damp,
And at everybody that passed that road
stick or a stone this old cove throwed:
And whenever he aiung his stick OF his stone
He set up a song OF Let me alone" d"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01

Let You alone that's coming 1t strong
You've been let alone a darned sight too long
OF all the SARGE that ever heerd
Put down that stick lyon may well look skeered,)
Let go that stonel II you once show fight,
III knock you higher tn tn any kite.
You must have a lesson to stop your tricka,
And OF RhyiuR them stones and sticka.'