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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
Children at Church.

We sometimes hear it said 81 don't
want to compel my child to attend church /;
l am afraid it will give him a distaste for
it when he grows up;' and by the same
rule, for the same reason, the reading of
the Bible, the Sunday-school lesson and
the observance of the Sabbath are not re-
quired. 1t is to be remarked, however,
that the principle, or theory, is not ap.
piled to the work of the public schools,
the house, the farm, the shop. On the
other hand, it is thought that the study,
the work, the occupation of early life, is
that which will be most likely to engage
the attention and fill the ideal of the
grown man or woman. The mother who
requires and compels her daughter to
spend two hours day at the piano, does
not require her to spend an hour and a
half in the house of God, in attendance
upon public worship, for fear she will
not love to 60 to church when she is
grown up" The father who requires his
son to follow a pillow or handle me-
chanic's tools during the six days of the
week, is fearful that, if required to at
tend the Sunday.school, or the public
worship of the Sabbath, he may get dis
tdSIo LOT lie Auu 30 buo uHuBuLor hnu
the son grow up with no love for Gods
house, no idea of the sacredness of holy
time, no knowledge of Gods holy Word /;
and father and mother perhaps wonder
how it can be, and mourn over the way
wardness of their children, asking breth.
rem and sisters to pray for them. Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe shows the fallacy
of the theory that strict observance of
the Sabbath begets distaste for it, when,
speaking Of the strictness with which it
was formerly observed in New England.
To the question whether it did not beget
such distaste, she replies, "No, it did
not" and adds: "The effect of the sys-
tenn was to ingram into our character a
generation for the Sabbath which no fric.
ton of after-life would ever efface. ]
have lived to wander in many climates
and foreign lands where the Sabbath is
an unknown name, or where it is only
recognized by noisy mirth but never has
the day returned without bringing with
it breathing of religious awe, and even
yearning for the unbroken stiffness and
the simple devotion of the Puritan Sab
bath.-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23

. THE end of preaching is to bring the
unconverted hearers of it to repentance
and to Christ, and make them lead life
of faith upon him. Anything short of
this is a failure. Sinners may be inter-
ested by what they hear, may be deeply
affected by it, may weep and pray, but
unless they turn from their sins and en-
brace Christ as the only Savior of sinners,
it will avail them nought. And such ex-
perience is quite common. There are re-
ligious emotions without religious deeds,
sentiment without faith, feelings without
obedience, a falling back into old sir.
Many" says Matthew Henry, care me-
ted under the Word, that harden again
before they are into q new mold"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
Reliaions Misreuang.
AT EVENING.

When last nights sun went down,
Ger wood and field and town,
mantle fell Of quiveripg, rosy light;
The darling birds made glad the airy height;
Along the crystal sky,
Cloud-bsnners noated high,
Crimson and gold against the tender blue;
And where mid jewels piled,
Day, passing, paused and smiled,
with keen, bright, trembling ray, one star shon
through.
Watching on every side,
"ost4yp the children cried;
Sweet glory, leave us not TO shadowy night"
But even while they spoke,
purer radiance broke;
Across the rose bloom fell a snow-whte ray.
The moon passed mp the shining heavenly way.
Serene and fair and still.
She looked on vale and hill;
The earth grew calm before her angel face.
Yelled with silver mist.
In tender amethyst,
The sky seemed hushed to watch her silent grace
SO, all the solemn night,
She blessed the world with light
TIL, with fresh roses dawned another day.
All many earthly sun
Goes down when Joy Ia done,
Leaving It's trail along the flushing skies,
In dying bloom before our longing eyes.
Fairer than e'er before"
We cry. when day is DER;
30 linger with us yet, dear passing gory"
Yet. let the brightness fade,
Ifthrough the deepening shade
Gods blessing CLEAN athwart our graver story;
His moonlight calm and still,
His strong and tender will.
Shall make our shadows sweet till morning rise.
Alice NJ Eddy, in Adrdnee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23

AN unknown writer says that when
men pray for more Astounding spirituality
and do not receive it, their secret thought
often is that God arbitrarily withholds
the gift desired. To indulge this thought
is to charge God foolishly, to impeach his
faithfulness, and to recede from him
rather than to grow nearer to him. A
better knowledge of themselves would
teach such disciples that they, not God,
are in the fault. Either faith is mixed
with unbelief, or some of its conditions
lie unfulfilled. Gods promise is, Ask.
and ye shall receive" Hence if men who
have hitherto sought in vain, would wholly
withdraw their affections from evil, they
would assuredly receive what they seek.
As DR.. Chalmers once truly remarked,
Were our faith as large as Gods faith
fulness, what state of peace and joy and
holiness it would translate us unto |"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23

H. Il. Carpenter, Henderson, n. Y, cured OF
Psoriasis Leprosy twenty years. standing by Gu
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
|PTMPLES TO SCR0FULA,

Chas. Houghton. Esq. lawyer, 2S State street,
Boston, reports of Salt Rheum under his observa-
tion for ten years. which covered the patients body and
limbs and TO which all known methods of treatment
had been applied without benefit, which completely
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and healthy skin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-23
HIS OPINION.
In Clear Sentences an Authority adds his
own to the Popular Judgment.

l9l West Tenth Street,
NEW YORK, August IL, 1880.
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and Lungs and Lumbago You may feel free TO my
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II. ii. KANE, NJ D..
Physician-in CHIEF of the De Quincy Home
Price of the CAPCINE twenty five cents.
Seabury johnson, Chemists, New York
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09
A PATHETIC SUICIDE.
sslF.sLAycATEa OF II. M. RICHMOND
His Life q Burden Because of Bodily Az
hiction-stealing Away to Bny
Pistoi--A Pathetic Note to r.
.syH His Young Wife. .t.ta
IN. Z. star.l

e IN. Y. Star.l
With one bullet in his temple and an
other through his heart, Hiram Morris
Richmond, the son of A. B. Richmond, a
prominent lawyer Of Meadvills, Pa, was
found dead In his room at the Metropolitan
Hotel, at half past ten O'Clock Yesterday
morning. The wounds were self.inHictsd.
Mr.. Richmond, who was twenty-seven
years Of age, suffered from acute dys-
pepsia. By the advice of his physicians
he sought relief in change OF climate, and
leaving his young wife in Meadville, went
to Florida two years ago. After an .ab.
sence of year he returned greatly i'm
proved in health. Last week he expert
enced more than ordinary acute attack of
the disease, and at the solicitations OF his
uncle, Mr.. james L. Morris, came to New
York. 1t was hoped that change of scene
would benefit him. They arrived here
yesterday at seven o'clock and proceeded
at once to the Metropolitan Hotel. They
sat down to breakfast at nine. He seemed
much depressed, and after scarcely touch
ing the food, rose and left the room. Mr..
Morris went in search Of him, but was
unable to find him. The key of his room,
No. 306, was still hanging in the office.
No one in the house had seen him. After
an hour spent in searching the house. Mr..
Morris returned to the Office and found that
his nephew had, few minutes before,
taken his key and gone to his room. On
knocking at the door he received no reply,
and becoming alarmed procured chair
and looked over the transom. He saw Mr..
Richmond lying on his back on the floor.
The door was at once forced. The unfor-
tunate man was found to be quite dead.
By his side lay new fve-shot revolver of
thirty-two caliber, two chambers Of which
had been discharged. One bullet had en-.
tered the right temple and the other had
pierced directly through his heart. Death
had been instantaneous. The body was
still quite warm.
On the dressing.table was found the
following pathetic note:
MY DEAR, DARLING LITTLE WIFE AND
BABY: Ere this will have reached you doubt
less you will have heard of my sad ending.
My dear wife, prav for me and my dear
father and mother. May God forgive me.
and may we meet in the world that knows
no sorrow. Goodby, God bless you-God
bless you. HILR.
Mr.. Morris says that his nephew never
carried pistol, and believes he slipped
away from the breakfast table for the pur.
pose of purchasing the weapon.
Mr.. Richmond leaves wife and one
child, a girl Of sixteen months.
The body was sent to his home In Mead
vile last night ..
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09
pUcNNe THE BLOODHOUND.
How n Southern Confidence Man Played
It on His Fellow Passengers.

=
It on His Fellow Passengers.
... [Cor. Detroit Free Press.l
As the boat was loading cotton-meal at
Natchez we saw big bloodhound come
down the street, walk aboard the wharf
boat and stretch out In the sun for q nap.
The talk at once turned upon dogs, and
then upon this one In particular.
"That dog" said one Of the passengers,
"would no doubt kill any man whom he at.
tackled"
This was followed by various yarns In re-
gard TO the strength and ferocity Of blood
hounds, and then another passenger put
In: .r
"pll give any man dozen good cigars
who will 60 out there and wake that dog up
and pat him on the head" .
"a dozen cigarsl" echoed.a another, "why,
man, wouldn't go out there and rouse
him up for so bill.n
"HumpW sneered man who sat with
his feet on the rail little ways of, and
who had come aboard as we landed. --.
"Maybe you want TO wake up that dogi"
hotly remarked the $40 man.
~ think could"
"You do, ehw
"pll bet you $40 dare fling him into the
riverW
"Done! Done quicker than creased light
ningl" shouted the other as he felt for his
cash, and in a minute or two the money
was up.
snow, then, you are to walk down there,
seize him by the collar and fling him into
the riverW
Exactly"
And he walked. Without betraying the
least hesitation he went down the plank,
marched up to the dog, and taking him by
the collar, drew him TO the edge and dump.
ed him Off. The dog made no resistance,
and speedily swan around TO the bank and
trotted off up the street.
We all felt completely fattened out, and
after the stakes were given up and the
winner had disappeared, went over to the
pilot, whose face wore q broad grin, and
asked;
"Did you see itw
"Yes.n
"Didn't the dog have any gritp
"Heaps Of II; but II you had owned him
for five years, and had played this same
game fifty times on greenhorns, he would.
MT bite you, eitherp
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09
WILLIAM RlLEYs CRIME.
A sixteen-Yenr-Oid Boy Kills His Father
and Conceals His Body In a Hay-stack.

A siIteen-Year-Oid Boy Kills His Faiths,
and Conceals His Body In n Hay-stack
Washington (Mlnn.) special.l
The Grand Jury has Indicted William
Riley, sixteen years Of age, for murder in
the first degree for shooting his father at
their home near Adrian. His sister, Mary
Riley, thirteen years old, has been indicted
and arraigned for being accessory after the
fact. The boy will plead guilty through bis
attorney, who will make statement Of the
causes of the crime.
Riley was a widower with three children.
Although possessed OF considerable prop.
erty, he kept his children In ignorance and
filth. He was missed for several weeks,
but no ltrace of his whereabouts could be
found. The finding OF his buffalo overcoat,
covered with blood, led TO further search,
and his body was discovered buried in
haystack, death having been caused by a
gnnshot wound In the head. The three
children, the youngest nine years old, con-
fessed and gave particulars Of the terrible
deed.
William says that on the morning Of Feb
ruary2 he went out to the stable, found
some cattle loose, and returned TO inform
his father, who bade him go back and
secure them. He went back, but could not
secure them. He returned to the house, and
was just about ready TO fire at his father,
who was in bed, through loop-hole long
before prepared, when his sisters came
down, and he desisted until they went out
TO the barn. Then he again put himself In
position with his gun. His father turned
his head on the pillow, presenting fair
mark, and the boy pulled the trigger. The
shot took effect, the father dying In about
thirty minutes. The sisters heard the re-
port OF the gun, and remarked that ''the
work was done" They let tho body re.
main IN bed all day, and just after dark,
not being able TO get It out th rough the
doc and storm box, they put IL through
the bedroom window on TO sled. The
boy and eldest girl pulled II out to the hay
stack, preceded by the youngest girl, and
set y up against the stack. Then tho
boy fastened q rope to the feet OF the
corpse, went on top Of the stack, and tho
two girls pushed while he pulled until they
got the body up. They dropped It into the
mole, covered IL up, and LETT. They then
removed all traces OF blood, washing the
stained clothes and changing the beds, de-
sIoying part OF one and putting the other
Tbe only reason assigned for the deed "a
that the father was harsh 10 them, and they
were fearful that he would marry again
and they would be further abused. Once
before they had attempted TO kill the old
man by poison, but failed. The boy
up slug OF lead to &c the shot
gun. The children show no sorrow or feel
Ing for the decd. .
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09

peared from the horizon, when the boy re.
covered his senses by degrees, and arose
without any symptoms Of his having been
III. was puzzled and resolved to ascer-
tain the nature and cause of the death.like
stupor.
THAT evening took other doctors in
consultation, and we visited the house to-
gether. We remained with him until six
o'clock in the morning. He sleptvery tran
quilly through the night, and shortly before
daybreak we awoke him, made him speak
and amused him until the sun began to rise.
The little fellow was very happy and
laughed heartily at the stories we told him,
until the first glimpse of sunshine ap-
pnared, when he suddenly said, 20, mister,
I'm SO SICK" and lay down upon the bed
and Immediately assumed all the appear
ance of death. .a
we pricked him with pin and applied a
galvanic battery, but without creating the
least impression.
II forcibly raised one of his arms, and IL
remained In an upright position; the mem
bers were soft like wax and were covered
with indentions we had made with our fin
gers. The child remained thus until the
sun disappeared behind the hill-tops, when
symptoms Of returning animation were
noticed, and after while he rose as on the
previous evening. He was ravenously
hungry and ate very heartily of meal,
after which he romped with his brother
until bed time, when he again went to sleep.
Thus the boy has lived and died every day
during the past month"
During the SUMS ascendency the mani
mate boys limbs were plastic as clay, and
the doctor bent and twisted them as he
pleased without evoking the least sign of
consciousness from the child.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09
TO CRAFTY MS WIFE.
An Interesting Story "A Hopeless Gas,
Cured by using DIR. Kennedy's
"Favorite Remedy"
Statement OF Mr.. Washington Monroe, OF Catskill.
f , Greene County, N, Y.

"For many years had suffered from ,
complaint which the physicians called Grave
had employed some Of the most noted doc!
tors without obtaining any permanent relic 2,
and for a long time my case was regarded is
hopeless. All who knew the Circumstance
said I must die. Finally, my wife induce !.
me to try bottle Of DIR. Kennedy 'Favori
Remedy which she had somewhere heard I, !
Or seen advertised. Without the slighte. I.
faith in ID, but solely to crafty her, bough.
o bottle Of druggist in our village. use (!
that and two or three bottles more, and.
make long story short-I am now as healtl,
q man as there is in the country.
"Since then have recommended 'Favorit ,
Remedy to others whom knew to have 81 !.
fered from Kidney and Liver complaints; and
assure the public, that the 'Favorite Ren
edy has done its work with similar cor
pleteness in every single instance, and tru,
some other sick and discouraged mortal ma,
hear Of it and try the 'Favorite Remedy
I did"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09

l know little boy whose real name
We will say is Peter Parsons, but the
boys call him Peter Put-of because he
has such way OF putting of both busi-
ness and pleasure.
He can learn his lessons well, but he
Is almost always at the bottom OF his
class, because he has put OFF learning
his task from one hour to another until
1t Is too late. He can walk or run as
fast as any bov in town. but II he Is sent
on an errand, the errand never gets
done In season, because he puts offstart-
ing from one moment TO another; and
for the same reason he Is almost always
late at school, because he never can be
made to see that 1t is drawing near to
nine o o'clock.
IL letters are given him to post, they
never get in in time for the mail; and II
he is to 60 away by the boat or train,
the whole family has TO exert itself TO
hurry Peter ont of the house, lest he de-
fer starting till the hour be past.
He delays In his play as IN his work.
He puts oil reading the library-book un.
I'll 1t Is time TO send II back; he waits TO
join the game until Il is too late; and
generally comes up a little behind-hand
for everything, from Monday morning
until Saturday night, and then begins
the new week by being too late for
church and Sunday-school. Peter Is
quite conscious of his own fault, and
means to reform some time, but he puts
of the date OF tho reformation SO con-
stantly, that manhood and old age will
probably overtako this boy, and find
him still only worthy Of the name Of
Peter Put-oR--Liltie lSo0er. w
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-09
BOTH DEAD AND ALIVE,
A BOY Who Lives Only at Night, and is to
All Appearances Dead Daring tho
Day.

A Boy Who Lives Only at Night, and is to
All Appearances Dead During tho
Day.
lFranklin Pa) Cor Philadelphia Press.l
One Of the most wonderful cases Of sus-
pended animation In human being ever
heard Of is now puz1ing the doctors Of this
county. They have been treating the case
for the past two months. The subject is
boy, eight years old, who resides with his
parents near Egypt, Cranberry Township,
Both the parents are healthy Germans.
One OF the physicians, on being inter.
viewed, saij ffI ~
1.-TWO months ago was called TO attend
the boy. whom had previously treated for
whooping cough. What was my surprise
when the boys parents told me their boy
had been in comatose condition all day,
and they were afraid he was dead. lie had
slept all night, they said, and at sunrise
had complained Of sickness, after which he
fell into stupor from which they failed to
arouse him. ffa 4 .rtiA afr
'He had no sensible respiration, no
pulse, no motion OF the heart, no feeling.
A convulsive movement OF the right eye-
lid convinced mo that the child was not
dead, and applied such restorative rem
edies as had at hand, but they were Of no
avail. worked until tho snn had disap