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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
Home, Sweet Home.

1t was on the sixth day of last January
that the remains of the author of Home,
Sweet Home" left the shores of Tunis,
where they had reposed for thirty-one years,
to be conveyed by French steamer to
Marseilles, whence the steamer Burgundia
brought them to this port on the afternoon
of Thursday, the 22d of March. We may
not here and now traverse the checquered
career of John Howard Payne we have
only TO do with his sweet and tender lyric
Home, Sweet Home" And 1t is no in
justice to Mr.. Payne to say that his lyric is
not characterized by extraordinary merit as
mere literary production put into so
much prose, the underlying idea is very
simple if not exceedingly commonplace.
Aud yet the success of Mr.. Payne's lyric is
an evidence that there is power greater
than mere literary cohstruction-and that is
the feeling back Of its expression. Aud it
call forth the depth of feeling and affection
home. That he has done this, all the world
testifes, for all the world sings Home,
Sweet Home" That song wraps itself
appeals to the deepest feelings of mans ma
tufo. NO eOuH has eFcI uccu sung 81 muCu,
no lyric was ever translated into 80 many
languages. 1t has been heard amid the
colds of the Himalayas, amid the burning
sands of the Sahara, and its music has
rolled forth from the lips of the traveller as,
far from home and kindred, his feet pressed
the soil of the boundless plain of " far Lin
jar" Under all skies and in all latitudes
+" Home, Sweet Home" has been sung as no
other song has been. And well it may have
been for what is the individual life with
no home for trysting place What would
our national life be but for the strength, the
purity, the overshadowing influence of its
countless homes dotting every mountain,
hillside and valley2 The fact has long
been commented on, and it has not unfre-
quently been made a subject of reproach,
that the poets bones should 30 long have
rested on foreign shore. Certainly there
ment-in "the feeling deeper than all
thought" which the poet tells us of aud
it is to Mr.. Corcorans lasting credit ind
honor that he gave his feeling practical ex-
preston by causing the remains of him
who, to the credit of the country, died in
its consular service, to be brought back To
rest under American skies with our own
flowers blossomiug over him. Sure we may
be- that he who struck a chord which has
never ceased its vibration will never be for,
gotten. Brought back from foreign shore
and laid to rest in land he loved so well
pilgrims from all olimes will delight u
make his tomb a shrine, and leave there the
sacred tokens of their Observation-Disclosures
af Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
e1lsw advertisements.
SPRING MEDICINE!

At no other season Is the system so susceptible
to the beneficial effects Of medicine. This is the
time to take Hoods Sarsaparilla to purify your
blood and fortify your system against the debili-
tating effects Of spring weather. Try this Spring
Medicine now. 1t sharpens the appetite, tones
the stomach, invgorates the aged, and imparts
new life and energy to all who take II.
al people want medicine to go all through
'em and wake 'em up, tell them to take Hoods
sarsaparilla." - FREEMAN N. BixBY, Meredith
Village. N. II.
"When finished the second bottle OF Hoods
Sarsaparllla felt like q new person. I can do
two days work In one now. Mrs. A. d. ALLEN,
Lowell, Mass.
Three years ago scrofula broke out on my
face, head and ears so they were one solid sore.
my hair fell off, my sight and hearing were i'm
paired. commenced taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rila, and in one years time was entirely cured"
Mrs. MARY II. PARKMAN Dexter, Maine.
Before | used Hoods Sarsaparia suffered
Constantly from sick headache. Now am rarely
troubled and my food does not distress me ms It
did. 1t has done me good."-H' ]. MORRILL,,
Lowell, Mass.
al suffered from biliousness fifteen years.
Hoods SaIsaparilla cured mel. ]. CoBURN,
Dracut, Mass.
Subject to severe bilious attacks, last spring
used Hoods Ssrsaparila and was much benefited
by it"-Mrs. J. W. CLEMENT, Franklin, N. II.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11

is what seems to have been the entrance,
the outlines Of which still remain. About
two hundred yards from the walls Of the in
ner prison is another bank and ditch, that
surrounded the prison proper and formed
yard or outer court, in which the prisoners
were allowed TO roam during the day.
Through the center Of the prison, running
north and south, is a strip of low marsh
land, through which flows a brook whose
warm and turbid waters were wont to re-
fresh the burning, fevered lips, and lave the
aching brows, of the poor suffering prison
ers, unprotected through those long summer
days, save by the friendly shadow OF a pass
ing cloud, from the intensely heated darts
of southern sun, to which they were un.
accustomed; for these prisons were open TO
the storm and heat. Near by, TO the north,
is the United States cemetery, where re-
pose the earthly remains of three thousand
Union soldiers. 1t is beautiful spot, sur
rounded by brick wall, and planted with
evergreen trees, and flowers kept in excel
lent order by the government, with each
grave marked by marble stones, and num-
bered. Only about two hundred of the
graves are known, as the record was lost.
Here is buried Mrs. Florena Baldwin, who
enlisted in Pennsylvania regiment, fol-
lowing the fortunes of her husband, who
was in several engagements, taken prisoner,
sent to this stockade, and her sex not mis-
trusted till just before her death. A neat
stone marks her grave, giving her name and
fortunes.-Cor. Wa Gilman (BostOn).
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Pledged In Wine.
" saw the lover and maid at the altar
Bound by the bands divine;
Heard the responses-they fail not or falter-
II .lala God In nina

" saw the lover and maid at the altar,
Bound by the bands divinei
Heard the responses-they fail not or latter
Saw the guests pledged In wine.
Howl howl, ominous owl,
Shrek OF the terrible tempests scowl."
A number of years have passed since they
were married and now there are children
clustering about them. They still live
handsomely; their house is elegant in all
its appointments, and the beautiful woman
who presides is still lovely in looks and
manner, courteous and generous and exceed
ingly hospitable. l cannot call her drunk
ard, but she does drink her wine daily. One
thing do not understand is her indiffer-
ence in regard TO her husbands proceedings
He still attends to his business, makes
money rapidly, but drinks great deal. A
dear little girl, daughter of this couple
pledged in wine), attracted much atten-
ton some time ago by her queer actions,
witches, shrugs, and comical expressions
of face. What could be the matter Did
she have St. Vitus' dance2 Friends felt
worried extremely. But the root Of the
trouble was soon unearthed; the child had
been drinking too much wine. This is
dreadful tale to tell, but it is true-alas
that 1t is This daintiy-attired child, fair
and delicate, with her graceful, winsome
wavS, q drunKaru HOW can we DelleVe
it But we must believe what we see with
our own strong eyes. In this deliberately
furnished home there is one article very
much out of place, it is the illuminated
motto: "God Bless Our Home" Dare
those at the head of the house ask God to
bless home where the buffet is filed with
decanters of rare wine And if they dare,
will he bless home where little hands, fol-
lowing the ways of older ones, help them
selves when they choose to that which in.
toxicates think not. l heard several
people speaking in envious tones of this
couple pledged in wine. 1t passes my COM
prehension how any one can envy people
upon whom Fathers blessing does not
rest--people who have no strong arm upon
which to lean. All no, this is no family to
envy let us rather watch and pray and
keep ourselves pure They have their car
riages and horses, their wealth and their in.
fuence, but angels turn weeping away and
God is grieved upon his throne. We
seem to see shadowy forms looming up
from the abode of the lost, and hear their
wales over this beautiful home. cat last
it stingeth like an adder and biteth like a
t."-Lif.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
Does 1t Pay ?

Does it pay to have fifty workingmen
poor and ragged in order to have one saloon
keeper dressed in broadcloth and flush of
money Does it pay to have one citizen in
county Jail because another sells him liquor.
Does it pay to hang one citizen because an
other got him drunk Does it pay to have
a dozen intelligent young men turned into
thieves and vagabonds that one man may
get living by selling them rum 2 Does it
pay to receive Sl5 for rum license, and
then pay $4,000 for trying man for muir.
der, induced by the rum sold him? Does
it pay to have a thousand homes blasted,
ruined, defiled, turned into bells of misery,
strife, and want, that some wholesale rum
seller may build up large fortune? Does
it pay to have twenty mothers and their
children dress in rags, live in novels, daily
famish, that one rumseller's wife and chill
dren may live in ease and affluence Does it
pay to have hundreds of thousands of men
and women in the almshouses, penitentiaries
and hospitals, and thousands more in the
asylum for the idiotic and insane, that few
heavy capitalists of the whiskey ring may
profit by such atrocity.-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
Hoods Sarsaparil1a

Hoods Sarsapsrilla Is a compound concentrated
extract skillfully prepared, by process peculiar
to ITSELF OF the active medicinal properties Of the
most approved Alternative, tonic and blood-purify-
ing remedies Of the vegeteb BILE kingdom, known to
medical science az Alternatives, Blood Purifiers,
Diuretics, Tonics and Stomachics These articles
have been used for years, and their medicinal
value IL appreciated b, every mother In the land.
81 have suffered with milk leg for eleven
years. have been taking Hoods Sarsaparia
for about one year. and have experienced a
steady gain since commenced using 1t. Have
taken six bottles; 1t has done wonders for me-
Mrs. j. BENTLEY Dexter, Maine.
:" | cordially attest my faith, backed by actual
trial, in the efficacy Of Hoods sarssparilla as a
curative for headache biliousness, and that con-
dtion which at times pervades us all, commonly
called the blues. ~. J. LOWELL. Greenpoint,
New York.
A searching investigation resulted in the com-
bnation of Hoods SsrsapaIilla, which is peculiar
to ITSELF Is vastly superior TO other preparations
and is much more positive in It's effects upon the
blood and organs Of the body. Time and con-
slant use have proved its fficacy beyond ques
ton The wonderful results from its use prove
more than was ever claimed for 1t.
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cWew Ndrerfisemenfs.
Hop Bitters are the Purest and Best
BItters Ever Made.

They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchu,
Mandrake and Dandelion, the Oldest, best, and
most valuable medicines In the world and contain
all the best and most curative properties OF all
other remedies, being the greatest Blood Purifier,
Liver Regulator and Life and Health Restoring
Agent on earth. No disease or III health can pos
sibly long exist where these Btters are used, 80
varied and perfect are their operations.
They give new life and vigor to the aged and
infirm To all whose employments cause irregu-
arity Of the bowels or urinary organs, or who re.
qure an Appetizer, Tonic and mild Stimulant,
Hop Bitters are invaluable, being highly curative,
tonic and stimulating, without intoxicating.
No matter what your feelings or symptoms are,
what the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters.
Don't wait until you are sick, but you only feel
bad or miserable use Hop Bitters at once. It may
save your life Hundreds have been saved by 80
doing Five hundred dollars will be paid for a
case they will not cure or help.
Do not snffer or let your friends suffer, but use
and urge them to use Hop Bitters.
Remember Hop Bltters is no vile, drugged
drunken nostrum. but the Purest and Best Med
icne ever made; the "Invslid's Friend and
Hope" and no person or family should be with
out them. Try the Btters to-day.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
LincOln's Temperance Address.

On the 22d of February, 1912, Abraham
Lincoln delivered an address before the
Washingtonian Society of Springfield, Hi
nois, which has been lately published for
the first time. We quote from it the fol-
lowing eloquent extract "Of our politi-
cal revolution of '78 we are justly proud
1t has given us degree of political free
dom far exceeding that of any other ma
ton of the earth. In it the world has found
a solution of the long-mooted problem as to
the capability of man to govern himself.
In it was the germ which has vegetated,
and still is to grow and expand into the
universal liberty of mankind. But with all
these glorious results, past, present and to
come, it has its evils, too. 1t breathed forth
famine, swan in blood, and rode in fire I;
and long, long after, the orphans cry and
the widows wall continued to break the
sad silence that ensued. These were the
price, the inevitable price, paid for the
blessings it brought. Turn now to the
temperance revolution. In it we shall find
a stronger bondage broken, viler slavery
manumitted a greater tyrant deposed-in
it, more Of want supplied, more disease
healed, more sorrow assuaged. By it, no
orphans starving no widows weeping. BY
il, none wounded in feeling, none injured in
interest, even the dram-maker and dram
seller will have glided into other occupa-
tions 30 gradually as never to have felt the
change, and will stand ready to join all
others in the universal song of gladness.
And what noble ally this to the cause of
political freedom; with such an aid, its
march cannot fail to be on and on, till every
son of earth shall drink in rich frution the
sorrow.quenching draughts of perfect lib
erty. Happy day, when, all appetites con-
trolled, all passion subdued, all matter sub
jected, mind, all conquering mind, shall live
and move, the monarch of the world Clio
rious contamination Hail, fall of fury
Reign of reason, all hail And when the
victory shall be complete-when there shall
be neither slave or a drunkard on earth
how proud the title of that land which may
truly claim to be the birthplace and the
cradle of both those revolutions that shall
have ended in that victory How nobly
distinguished that people who shall have
planted and nurtured to maturity both the
political and moral freedom of their species"
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BE Not Discouraged.

At recent dinner of the Boston Social
Temperance Union, President Chadbourne
repeated in his address speech made by
the venerable and Reverend DR.. Mark
Hopkins to class of advanced students
Young men, these questions are of very
great Importance, and they will fill your
minds, and you will go into the world, and
you will study them more, and you will be-
come interested in them, and you will speak
of them TO the world, and you will think
they ought to be interested in them; but
they won't be. They will be thrown back
upon you and you will have to labor long
and labor hard and endure disappointment"
Now" said President Chadbourne, 81
have found those words to be true, but |
have learned something more-to go on
laboring just as hard as though saw the
success of my labors every night before
closed my eyes. Every great movement
grows gradually toward fruition and then
bursts into full and vigorous success"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11

Hoods Sarsaparilla will positively cure-when
In the power Of medicine-dyspepsia indigestion,
headache, constipation, bilousness, loss Of appe-
lite, general debility, pains in the back, kidney
complaint, female weaknesses, catarrh, scroiula,
scrofulous and cancerous hnmors, ulcers, sores,
tumors, salt rheum, and all diseases arising
from an impure state or low condition Of the
blood.
1.-THE beneficial effects from Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla have been more speedy than from any other
preparation Of the kind. "-E. G. WoopMAN, Will
ton N. H.
F, II. PINKHAM editor Newmarket IN. H. Ad-
rocdte, writes:
81 have taken four bottles OF Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla this spring, and II has done me good.
My appetite WIS very poor, my bowels all
out OF order, suffering from the piles my general
health was In a very low condition. and had no
ambition to do anything. Have just finished the
third bottle Of Hoods Sarsararilla, and my appe-
tite is excellent, my bowels regular (no trouble
from piles), and my general health and strength
restored Z"
Remember this fact-You find in no other blood
purifier or sarsa parilla the same combination Of
valuable medicinal agents as in Hoods Sarapa-
rilla.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
A Relic OF the War.

In this town Florence, South Carolina,
one of the largest southern prisons was To-
Gated during the late war. 1t was stock
ade, situated south OF the town, on what is
now large plantation. All the palings are
gone, but earthworks still remain, marking
the outer and inner walls. A bank about
eight feet high, with ditch along the out
side, gives the outlines Of the prison, rec
tangular space about two hundred yards
north and south, by four hundred yards
east and west. At the northwestern corner
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
High License In Nebraska.

Nebraska's high license law seems TO
work well. 1t requires keepers of drinking
places to produce certificates of personal re-
spectsbility from at least thirty freebolders,
to give bonds in the amount of $4,000 for
compliance with the law, and to pay Ii.
cense fee of $1,000 in large and $500 in
small towns. The effect is to diminish
greatly the number of drinking shops and
secure faithful observance OF the law.
The income from licenses in Omaha is $780,
900 year, about twice as much as before
the present law was enacted. The number
of saloons is only three-quarters as great,
and they are all closed on Sundays, really
closed. There are no back-door games or
secret sales. The loiterer is not tempted
by the sight Of liquor or the bar-room com
pany, and the steady topper must go without
his dram until Monday unless he lays in q
Sunday supply beforehand.-Selecied.
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ANN0UN CEMENT.

Owing to the delay in completing improvements that
being made in the store unable get stock into
as attractive condition had hoped to do STILL
ready sell and hope customers trusting they will
look the slight confusion
Mr. MORRISON in market and receiving goods
which will be arranged possible.
Mr. CARTER is in charge of NeU Carpet Department,
which of the finest the Our stock in this line is
large and interest all wishing Carpets this
Our prices will be right all kinds of goods that carry
and by keeping fully up with the times hope to receive
share of the patronage Very respectfully
j. g. MORRISON & CO.. Successors to A. j. Howe.
Montpelier, VT, April d. 1888.
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XariOuS Causes

Advancing years, care, sickness, disap-
pointment, and hereditary predisposi-
tion-all operate to turn the hair gray,
and either of them inclines it to shed
prematurely. AYERS HAIR VIGoR will
restore faded or gray, light or red hair
to rich brown or deep black, as may
be desired. 1t sOftens and cleanses the
scalp, giving it healthy action. 1t
removes and cures dandruff and humors.
BY its use falling hair is checked, and
new growth will be produced in all
cases where the folliGles are not de-
stroyed or the glands decayed Its
effects are beautifully shown on brashy,
weak, or sickly hair, on which few
applications will produce the gloss and
freshness of youth. Harmless aud sure
In its results, 1t is Incompatible as
q dressing, and is especially valued
for the soft lustre and richness of tone
it imparts.
AYERS HAIR VIGoR is colorless;
contains neither oil nor dye; aud will
not soil or color white cambria; yet
1t lasts long on the hair, and keeps
1t fresh and vigorous, imparting an
agreeable perfume.
For sale by all druggists.
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The 1reside.
HOME AT LAST.


The Punishment was overlong,
But now II all ia past;
The man who wrote Homes sweetest song
Thus reached his home at last
'Neath winters cloud and Summers sun,
Along the hily road,
He tNre his great heart, and had none
To help him with the load
And whereeoever In his round
lie went with weary tread.
Ills sweet pathetic song he found
Had noated on ahead
lie heard the melodies Il made
Come pealing DER and DER
From royal music bands that played
Before the palace door;
lie heard its gentle tones Of love
From many a cottage creep,
When tender grooming mothers strove
To sing their babes TO sleep;
And wheresoe'r true love had birth
This thrilling song had aown;
But he who taught Homes matches worth
Had never home hls own
The Punishment was overlong,
But now II all Ia past
The man who wrote Homes sweetest song
Has reached his home Mt lssti
And he shall rest where lsurels wave
And fragrant grasses Irvine;
His sweetly kept and honored grave
Shall be a sacred shrine;
And pilgrims with glad eyes grown dim.
WIN fondly bend above
The man who sung the triumph hymn
or earth's divinest love.
-Christidn at W0ri
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THAT was an argument for prohibition
which even the drinker can appreciate,
which was made by an Iowa drinking men
Just before the election in that state. He
said 81 have three boys. One of them is
old enough to drink, and is drinking. He
learned 1t in the saloon. My prayer is, and
my vote shall be cast, to close the saloons
before my other boys get into them and get
TO drinking; and know scores and scores
of other drinking men who are as anxious
as am to close the saloons before the little
boys reach them"
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Temperance.


More Of good than we can tell
More 10 buy with, more to SELL
More Of comfort, less OF CARE
More to eat, and more to wear;
Happier homes, with faces brighter
All our burdens rendered lighteri
Conscience clean, and minds much stronger;
Debts much shorter, purses longeri
Hopes that drive away all sorrow;
And something laid up for tomorrow.
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puriHes the Blood

To purify, vitalze and enrich the blood to cure
spring debility, biliousness, dyspepsia and sick
headache, Hoods Sarsaparilla is pre-eminently
superior to all other articles.
W II CURTIS Ticket Agent B. & NJ. r r Hav-
erhill, Mass, writes % consider Hoods Sarsapa-
rlla of the best medicines for spring. when the
blood is in low condition and needs cleansing"