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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
A Scandal That Drew,

Says the Boston Courier: The venerable
clergyman arose slowly in the pulpit, and
glancing around on the thinly-scattered con-
gregation, said in an emphatic tone, in
which there was more sorrow than anger
My beloved brethren, am in hopes that
there will be more present next Sabbath, as
| will then have occasion TO reveal scandal
which has long oppressed my heart. 1t con-
Germs the members of this church very
deeply, and no one who has regard for
eternal happiness should be absent" When
the benediction was pronounced the hand
full of people slowly dispersed, but behold
how much good seed few can scatter The
next Sunday the sacred edifice was packed.
There was, indeed, hardly breathing room
when the white-haired sage once more lifted
his head above the pulpit cushions, and a
silence as of death fell upon the expectant
throng. He stood moment looking upon
the unwonted scene, and then his voice in
silvery cadence broke the hush of anticipa-
ton. "Dear friends" he said, the scan
dial would reveal is this-you will gather
in this place in crowds to hear mischievous
gossip, but will not listen TO the inspired
word. Now, my children, | offer my res
ignation. am going to Europe for six
months, and shall pay my own expenses"
But no one of the vast multitude took
the lesson to himself he applied it TO his
neighbor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Going to the City.

TO go and live in the city," is the great
ambition of many country girls plodding
away from morning till night among their
milk pans and piles of vegetables to prepare
to feed group of hungry men. How
genteel, in comparison, it seems to sit in
room in city house with nothing to do but
to run sewing-machine, and at meal time
step down to table prepared by other
hands So, too, the country teacher of
barefooted boys looks longingly to school
in the city, and the girl in the kitchen de-
spises its poor furnishing, and thinks what
grandeur it would be to serve in house
with brown stone front, and what wages
she could get if only she could ego to the
city j" But, dear girls, it is all delusion
and snare. If you have the means earn
living in the country, abe Herewith con-
tent" and more than this, be very thankful.
The demand for teachers to fill any vacancy
is met by an army of applicants already on
the ground. The examinations for the
places are very severe, and but a few can
pass them, yet the ranks are always full. AS
for a sewing woman's life in the city, work
in your fathers corn fields before you join
that sad army. The only market not over
stocked with really capable American ap-
plicants seems to be that of the kitchen.
But "servant" in city mansion, and
the "help" in a farmers household are two
very different people you would judge from
the manner in which they are treated. In
the first she is only a machine, wholly out.
side the pale of household sympathies and
regards; in the other she is one of the fam
lily. The distance" between her and
those whom she serves is made to appear in
every act and arrangement of the house,
and to one accustomed to the warm atmos-
phere of even the humblest home this is
especially irksome. For ordinary workers
there is little chance in the city. The very
superior ones are in too great demand at
home to desire change. Make it rule
not to leave home for the city unless you
have place assured And If you have a
home to which you can return if not suited,
all the better for you.-Rwal New Yorker.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Salt Lake.

Four barrels of water of the Great Salt
Lake will leave after evaporation nearly a
barrel of salt. The lake was discovered in
the year 1920, and no outlet has yet been
ascertained. Four or five large streams
empty themselves into it; and the fact of
its still retaining its saline properties seems
to point to the conclusion that there exists
some secret saline deposit over which the
waters flow, and thus they continue salt
for though the lake may be the residue of
an immense sea which once covered the
whole Of that region, yet by its continuing
so salt, with the amount of fresh water
poured into it daily, the idea of the exist
ence of some such deposit from which it re-
ceives its supply seems to be only too prob
able. For the past fifteen years, until last
year, the lake has been gradually rising
but in 1879 it receded two or three feet-a
most unusual COMMUNICATING to the ex-
ceptionally warm weather. There are no
fish in the lake, but myriads of small flies
cover its surface. The buoyancy of the
water is so great that it is not at all an easy
matter to drown in it. The entire length
of Salt Lake is eighty-five miles. Compared
with the Dead Sea, Salt Lake is longer by
forty-three miles and broader by thirty-fve
miles.-The Teacher.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
A Safe Light.

Accidents without end, as every one
knows, arise from the use of matches. To
obtain light without employing them and so
without the danger Of setting things on fire,
an ingenious continuance is now used by the
watchmen of Paris in all magazines where
explosive or inhammable materials are kept.
Any one may easily make trial of it. Take
an oblong vial of the whitest and clearest
glass, and put into it piece of phosphorus
about the size of a pea. Pour some olive
oil, heated to boiling point upon the phos.
phorus fill the vial about one-third full,
and then cork il tightly. When ready to
use this novel light, remove the cork, allow
the air to enter the vial, and then recork
it. The empty space in the vial will be-
come luminous, and the light obtained will
be equal TO that of a lamp. When the
light grows dim, its power can be increased
by taking out the cork, and allowing fresh
supply of air TO enter the vial. In winter
1t is sometimes necessary to heat the vial
between the hands, 10 increase the nuidity
of the oil. The apparatus thus prepared
may be used for six months-so say those
who have tried it.-Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
A Brave Little Daughter.

There is a very pretty story by Miss
Strickland in her "Queens of England" of
little girl who saved her fathers life 1t
was in the time of Queen Mary, and Lord
Preston, the father of the child, was con-
demned to death for conspiring TO bring
back the exiled King James to the throne,
Her name was Lady Catherine Graham, and
she was only nine years of age. The poor
child was, during the trial of her father left
In the queens apartments in Windsor castle.
The day after the condemnation of Lord
Preston, the queen found the little Lady
Catharine in st. Georges gallery, gazing
earnestly on the whole length picture of
james III. which still remains there. Struck
with the mournful expression on the young
girls face, Mary asked her hastily what she
saw in that picture which make her look on
1t so particularly. al was thinking" said
the innocent child, show hard it is that my
father must die for loving yours" The story
goes that the queen, pricked in conscience
by this artless reply, Immediately signed the
pardon of Lord Preston, and gave the father
back TO the child.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
sMora1 and ReHsionS.


The old man sits in his easy chair,
And his ear has caught the ringing
OF many church bell far and near,
Their own sweet music singing.
And his head sinks low on his aged breast,
While his thoughts far back are reaching
To the Sabbath morns Of his boysh days,
And mothers sacred teaching.
A few years later, and 10, the bells
A merrier strain were pealag,
And heavenward bore the marriage vow
which his manhoods Joy was sealing
But the cid mans eyes were dmming now,
As memory holds before him
The ad sad picture OF later years,
When the tide Of grief rolled DER him.
when the bells were tolng for loved ones gone
For the WIFE for the sous and daughters,
who, one by one, from his home went out
And down into deaths dark waters
But the aged heart has still one Joy
Which his old life daily blesses,
And his eyes grow bright and his pulses warm
Meath grandchild's sweet caresses.
But the old man wakes from his reverie,
And his dear old face is smiling,
While the child with the serious eyes reads on
The Sabbath hours begulllng.
All, bells once more ye will ring for him,
when the heavenly hand shall sever
The cord Of life, and hla freed soul files
To dwell with his own forever.
-Harper's Weekly
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Fear Not.

Would our King tell us, again and again,
" Fear not !" if there were any reason at ali
to fear : Would he say this kind word again
and again, ringing changes as of the bells of
heaven upon it, only to mock us, if he knew
all the time that we could not possibly help
fearing2 Only give half an hour to seeking
out the reasons he gives why we are not to
fear, and the all-inclusive circumstances in
which he says we are not to fear see how
we are to fear nothing, and no one, and
never, and nowhere see how he himself is
is in every case the foundation and the
grand reason of his command, his presence
and his power always behind it; and then
shall we hesitate to say, 81 will fear no evil,
for thou art with me" ~ Shall we even fancy
there is any answer to those grand and for
ever unanswered questions, "The Lord is
my light and salvation whom shall fear ?
The Lord is the one strength of my life of
whom shall be afraid 2"-F. n. Haveroal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Why Kerosene Lamps Explode.

Kerosene is not explosive. A lighted
taper may be thrust into it, or flame applied
in any way, and 1t does not explode. On
the contrary, IL extinguishes flame, if exper-
imented with at the usual temperature of
our rooms. Kerosene accidents occur from
two causes; first, imperfect manufacture of
the article; second, authorizations. An i'm
perfectly manufactured oil is that which re-
suits when the distillation has been carried
on at too low temperature, and part of
the naptha remained in it. Authorizations
are largely made by unprincipled dealers,
who add twenty or thirty per cent of naptha,
after it leaves the manufacturers hands.
The light naptha which has been spoken of
as known in commerce under the names of
benzine, benzoline, gasoline, etc., are very
volatile, indammable and dangerous. They,
however, in themselves are not explosive
neither are they, when placed in lamps, ca
pable OF furnishing any gas which is explo-
sive. Accidents of this nature are due en-
tirely to the facility with which vapor is
produced from them at low temperatures.
But the vapor by itself is inexplosive; to
render it SO, it must be mixed with air. A
lamp may be filed with bad kerosene, or
with the vapor even, and in no possible
way can it detonate or explode, unless at
mospheric air has somehow got mixed
with the vapor. A lamp, therefore, full,
or nearly full, Of the liquid is safe, and also
one full of pure, warm vapor is safe. Ex-
plosions generally occur when the lamp is
first lighted without being filed, and also
late in the eveing, when the fluid is nearly
exhausted. The reason of this will readily
be seen. In using imperfect or adulterated
kerosene, the space above the line of oil is
always filled with vapor, and SO long as it
is warm, and rising freely, no air can reach
it, and it is safe. At bedtime, when the
family retire, the light is extinguished, the
lamp cools, and a portion of the vapor is
condensed this creates partial vacuum in
the space, which is instantly filed with air.
The mixture is now more or less explosive,
and when, upon the next evening, the lamp
is lighted without repenishing with oil, as
is often done an explosion is liable to take
place. Late in the evening, when oil is
nearly consumed, and the space above filled
with a vapor, the lamp cannot explode SO
long as it remains at rest upon the table.
But take it in hand, agitate it, carry it into
a cool room, the vapor is cooled, air passes
in, and the mixture becomes explosive
Toronto Globe.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
AN STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1882
Ghe Hnesidf.
BE A WOMAN.


OF I've heard A gentle mother.
A the twilight hours began.
Pleading with sop on duty.
Urging him TO be a man,
But unto her biue-eyed daughter,
i"o"s" WV" Nv "o,ue q"i'' W. 'eA"S'
iV,,,s sne ou' .ne o'"., uuv
''"e NY "o"' W oo HuS'
What's a lady9 Ia something
Made OF hoops, and silks. and airp,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rings and ehalrs7
Ia II one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that IA HUMANE
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Light In Darkness.

1t was out of the cloud that the deluee
came, yet it is upon it that the bow is set
The cloud is thing of darkness, yet God
chooses it for the place where he bends the
arch of light Such is the way of our God.
lie draws the clouds above us not once in a
lifetime, but many times. But lest the gloom
should appel us he braids the cloud with
sunshine, nay, makes it the object which
CLEANS TO our eye with the very fairest hues
OF heaven. Yet it is not merely light after
the darkness has fled away. That we shall
one day know-how fully. But it is light
in darkness light beaming out of a raw
produced by that darkness. This is the
marvel, this is the joy. Peace in trouble,
gladDess in sorrow nay, peace and glad.
ness produced by the very tribulation itself
peace ana gladness which nothing but that
tribulation could have Produced Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
How to Keep q Situation.

The Workingman says clay it down as
foundation rule, that you will be faithful
in that which is least. Pick up the loose
nails, bits of Irvine, clean wrapping paper,
and put them in their plac es. Be ready TO
throw in an odd hour or half hours time
when it will be an accommodation, and
don't seem to make merit of it, Make
yourself indispensable to him, and he will
lose many of the opposite kind before he
will part with you. Those young men who
watch the time to see the very second their
working hour is up, who leave, no matter
what the state the work may be in, at pre-
cisely the instant-who calculate the exact
amount they can slight their work, and yet
not get reproved-who are lavish in their
employers goods, will always be the first to
receive notice that times are dull, and their
services are no longer required"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
CEPHALINE
NARROW ESCAPE
or u MASSACHUSETTS, ENGINEER-TIME-
LY WARNING OF MIR. JOHN SPEN-
GER, BAGGAGE MASTER OF
THE Ii. & A. X. II.
Marvellous Cure of Stone In the Bladder
Large Stones Removed by ken
nedys Favorite Remedy"
From the Pataeld tNa.,acA~sito Eagle.

From the Pitsfeld (RassaehHssitO Eagle.
Stone in the Bladder is very dangerous ailmen; but
many most remarkable OF late been wrought by
"Kennedy's Favorite Remedy"-the invention of DR..
Kennedy OF Rondout y. Y. Another striking
added to the list Mr.. Peter Lawer Of Dalton, Mass
states in letter to Dr. Kennedy that he had been troubled
with bladder complaint for fourteen years, and had
suited at different times physeans but nothing be-
You'd temporary alignment Of the pain had been worked
Toward the end OF last January Mr. Lawler called Dr.
Kennedy. Sounding him. the doctor struck stone" He
decided that Mr.. LAWYER should Hrst try the Favorte
Remedy" 80 as, possible, to avoid operation. And
here Ia the remarkable result Dear Dr. KHRedy3-The
day after came home passed two gravel stones. and
doing nicely now. If would like to the stones
will send them to you" This letter bears date Dalton
Mass, February 6th" and Is signed Peter Lawler The
stones which are large warrant for Kennedys
Fayorite Remedy" the claim that 1t is the successful
specific for stone discovered Dr. kennedys
possession incidentally Mr. LAwer also that the
" favortte Remedy" at the same time cured him of
stubborn case of Rheumasm and Is fact that in all
affections arising out of disorder Of the liver urinary
dts II Is In itself almost medicine chest. Order
your druggist. Price 81 90 "A bottle.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
In the Whole History of
Medicine

No preparation has ever performed such
marvellous cures, or maintained so
wide reputation, as AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL, which Is recognized as the
worlds remedy for all diseases of the
throat and lungs. Its long-continued
series of wonderful cures in all eli
mates has made it universally known
as safe and reliable agent 10 employ.
Against ordinary colds, which are the
forerunners of more serious disorders,
1t acts speedily and surely, always re-
lleying suffering, and often saving life.
The protection it affords, by its timely
use in throat and chest disorders,
makes it an invaluable remedy to be
kept always on hand in every home.
No person can afford to be without 1t,
and those who have once used it never
will. From their knowledge OF its
composition and operation physicians
use the CHERRY PICTORIAL extensively
in their practice, and clergymen recon-
mend ii. 1t is absolutely certain In
its healing effects, and will always
cure where cures are possible.
For sale by all druggists.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04

NATURE only tells of hard, pitiless, re-
morseless law. The fire bnrns, though there
be sanity martyr in the flame. The tide
surges in, though Christian maiden be
bound to a stake in its course. Leap over
the precipice, and you are dashed in pieces
There is no mercy in the electric cloud, in
the ocean or the land. Everywhere you see
wisdom and power in creation and proyi.
denee, but not mercy.-W. NJ. Taylor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
EDMUSD BURKE,
Late Comminaioner of patenta

Bosros, October 10, 1870.
OR. II. EDDY, ESQ., Dear ri-You procured for me
In 1870 nst paien since then you have acted for and
patents Reissues and extensions have occasionally
poyed the best agencies In New York Philadelphia and
Warrington but still give you almost the whole OF my
business In vow line and advise oihers 70 employ You.
Yours truly, 0EOR9E DRAPER"
Boston, January q 1852. 1916
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04

Stone In the Kidney Expelled after Using DIR.
David Kennedy's "FavorIte Remedy"
About tNo Weeks.
One Of the most remarkable cases that has ever
been brought to the notice of the public is that Of
Mr.. J. S. Beach Of Stone Bridge, Ulster county,
N. Y. Mr.. Beach had suffered since October
18th, 1874, from the presence of Calculus Stone
in the right Kidney, No less than seven physi-
clans were employed at different times to whom
Mr.. Beach paid hundreds Of dollars for medical
treatment, with only temporary relief from his
agony.
By the urgent solicitations Of his friends he was
induced to try DR.. David Kennedy's " Favorite
Remedy "-experenced marked improvement
from the first day he began to use the medicine.
on the 18th of September he voided stone as
large as could be passed through the natural
channel.
Mr. Beach concludes long letter to DIR. Ken
nedy by saying 1T will always afford me
pleasure to recommend the Favorite Remedy
to those who may be suffering from difficulties Of
the Kidneys and Bladder, or any disorders aris-
ing from impure state o. the blood" The
Favorite Remedy" sold by all druggists The
Doctors only address is Rondout, New York.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04

"CAS you tell me" asked Sunday-sohool
teacher Of little girl why the Israelites
made golden calf :" " Because they hadn't
gold enough TO make cow" was the reply
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
PATE II rs
r. H. EDDY,
No. 10 State ST.. opposite KIIby. Boston,

secures Patents In the United sat also in Great Britain
France and other foreign countries Copies OF the claims OF
any Patent Furnished by remttng dollar Assignments
recorded At Washington. No Agency IN the UHed States
poIeifi superor for obtaining Pafenfs
ia,aiHg the patenfabtlify Of tareHt,OHI
X. II. EDDY. solicitor OF Patents.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04

PRESIDENT ARTHUR asserts that he has
never in his life gone fishing on Sunday.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
HOODS sARsAPARILLA
CFirm of Carter & Churchill1

~ A gentleman who HninoH
has been suffering from
lGS 1sS 70 i tn, h .eS,oo 10 Pounds
says; "HooD's SARsArARILLA is putting
new life right into me. have gained ten
two bottles.
HOOPS SARsAPAR1LLAi Is sold by all drug
gists. Price 81 per bottlei six for So. Pre-
pared by c. l. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Wew Embellishments.
What Happened to
MR.. JOSEPH BEACH.

Stone in the Kidney Expelled after Using DIR.
David Kennedy's "FavorIte Remedy
About too Weeks.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-04
Elem eIdrerfisements.
HooD7S SARSAPARIIIA

Is designed to meet the wants Of n large por-
ton Of our people who are either too poor to
employ physician, or are too far removed
70 easily call one, and a still larger class
who are not sick enough to require medical
advice, and yet are out Of sorts and need
medicine to build them up, give them an APP
petite, purify their blood, and oil up the ma
chlnery of their bodies so II Will do Its duty
willingly No other article takes hold OF the
system and hits exactly the spot like
HOODS SARSAPARILLA
1t works like magic, reaching every part OF
tho human body through the blood, giving to
all renewed life and energy.
NV friend, you need not take our word.
Ask your neghbor, who has Just taken one
bottle. He Will tell you that =" IT'S the best
dollar | ever invested"
LEBANON, N. H., Feb 10, 1879.
MEssRs. G. /. Hoop & Coz Dear Sirs-
Although greatly preiudlced against patent
medicines I'm general, | was induced, from
the excellent reports | had heard OF your
Sarsaparllla. to try bottle, last December
for dyspepsia and general prOstration, and l
have received very gratifying results from
It's use. am now using the second bottle,
and consider II a very valuable remedy Tor
Indigestion and its attendant troubles.
Yours truly ..........
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-02
Democratic State Ticket.

Democratic State Ticket.
For Governor,
JEWETT w. ADAMS,
OF ormsby.
For Lieutenant Governor,
WILLIAM BURKE,
OF White Pine.
For Congress,
GEORGE w. CASSIDY,
OF Eureka,
For Justice Of the Supreme Court,
M. N. STORE,
OF Storey.
For state Controller,
P. J.. dunno,
OF Storey.
For Secretary of State.
J.. w. RICHARDS,
OF Churchill.
For State Treasurer,
r. SADLER,
Of Eureka.
For Attorney-Genersl,
GEORGE W. MERRILL,
OF Eureka.
For Surveyor-General,
GEORGE ERNST,
OF Nye.
For CLERK of the supreme Court,
T. L. HAM,
Of Humboldt.
For superintendent OF Public Instruction,
A. {. KAYE,
OF Eureka.
For State Printer,
A. J. MCCARTHY,
Of Storey.