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Still, in many of its facts, home should
be exclusive and self-contained, to
degree a close corporation. Parental
control is a government which allows
no interference, and from which no APP
peal can be permitted. To their chill
dren parents owe authority, protection
and love; to their parents, children owe
obedience, helpfulness and affection.
In the best ordered households there is
little show of law and restraint. Au-
thority is not kept on exhibition. Where
there is mutual confidence and love,
government may be trusted so take
care of itself. In such home there
will be little need of commands, prohi-
billions and punishments. Kind words
and acts are far more influential than
rules of order and rods of correction.
Make home pleasant, and not often
will parental wishes need to be supple
mented by hard words or corporal in
fictions. Seldom does one go forth
from joyous Christian home to make
shipwreck of character in after life
Anson Smith, DID,, IN Evangelist.
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Joy OF Gods Service.

In the last National Baptist, Mr..
Spurgeon has sermon to young men,
in which, commencing the service of
God as most desirable, he says: /
have great delight in seeing my chill
dren in the same service. When man
finds that business is a bad one, you
will not find him bringing up his boys
to it. Now, the greatest desire of my
heart for my sons was that they might
become the servants of God. l never
wished for them that they might be
great or rich, but, oh, if they would
but give their young hearts to Jesus!
This I prayed for most heartily. 1t was
one of the happiest nights of my life
when baptized them into the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost, upon profession of their
faith; and now, while / am speaking to
you, one Is preaching in New Zealand
and another at Greenwich, and my
heart is glad that the gospel which the
father breaches the sons are preaching,
too. If my Lords service had been a
hard one, should have said to these
lads, Don't you take to it. God is a
hard Master, reaping where he has
uOb SIreWcu. Wcnt lulO tuc ocINlCc
blindly, but warn you to avoid it.
My conduct has been the reverse of
this, and thus / have given you host
ages in the persons of my sons, for my
honest love to my Master and Lord:
do, without reserve, commend to yor
the service of the Lord Jesus Christ
for if you enter it, you will wish your
sons and daughters to enter it; and i
will be your ambition that to the lates
generation all your house may fear ant
serve God"
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Answers to Correspondents.

w. H. II. b., MIDDLEsEX.- Receiv-
ing pension under a special act of
congress, you are not entitled to receive
pay prior to the passage of the act Civ
ing the pension.
n. p, CABoT.-The special examiner
of the pension office, who is now at
work in Washington and Orange coun-
ties, is James P. Curran, and his adj
dress is Montpelier, vt.
J.K. c., WEST TOPsHAM.-You have
right to be present at the taking of
the testimony by the special examiner
in your pension claim and to have
counsel, but in your case the attendance
of an attorney is unnecessary.
j. F. H., BERLIN. You must ex-
hibit your pension certificate to the
magistrate every time you execute a
voucher to draw the pension. If the
magistrate executes the voucher with
out seeing the certificate at that time,
he is liable to severe penalty.
II. S. N, STOwE.-You have right
to locate one hundred sixty acres of
land, the government price of which is
$3.50 per acre, but you cannot obtain a
title without residing upon the land.
The period of your service in the army
will be deducted from the five years time
which soldier was formerly required
to occupy the land before maturing his
title.
j. G. S., ST. JoHNsBURY.-The
boards of examining surgeons are paid
by the government Sc for each examina-
ton of claimant for pension. They
meet every Wednesday. Such boards
will probably be made up of democrats
after the 4th of March. In Montpelier,
however, we do not anticipate an i'm
mediate change in the board, for the
lack of democratic timber.
G. S., ROCHESTER, highest rate
of pension paid to an officer on account
of rank is $50 month. The highest rate
paid an officer or private for disability
is $72. If an officer or private has
lost both eyes, both arms, both legs, OF
an arm and leg, he is entitled to the
same rate of pension-$72 a month.
There are thirteen pensioners in Yer
mont drawing the highest rate of pen
sion.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Dangerous Case.
ROCHESTER,, June !, 1882" Ten
Years ago was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains In my back and

Intense and deathiy pains In my BACK ana
Extending to the end of my toes and to
my brain
(which made me delirious!
/" From agony.
at took three men to hold me on my bed
at times!
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other opidtesi
" Had no effect!
"After two months I was given up to diel
"When my wife
heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
"The second dose eased me so much that
1 slept two hours, something had not
done for two months. Before l had used
five bottles, was well and at work as hard
as any man could, for over three weeks; but
worked too hard for my strength, and, talk
ing q hard cold, / was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through
my system that ever was known.
~ called the doctors again, and after sew
eral weeks they left me cripple on clutches
for life, as they said. 1 met a friend and
told him my case, and he said Hop Bitters
| had cured him and would cure me. Ipoohed
| at him, but he was so earnest was induced
to use them again.
" In less IMAM 1Ollr weeks bnreW away my
clutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the bitters for five weeks, until
became as we'll as any man living, and have
! been so for six years since.
at has also cured my wife, who had beer
sick for years, and has kept her and my
children well and healthy with from two
to three bottles per year. There is no neec
to be sick at all If these bitters are used
j. j. BERK, ex-Supervisor
That poor invalid wife.
! Sister
| Motherl
"Or daughter!
"Can be made the picture of health!
"With few bottles of Hop Bittersl
I" WI you let them suffer-"
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Gbe Soldiers &uoget.


BY decision of Hon. II. M. Teller,
secretary of the interior, which he
has sent down to the pension office,
Albert French of Barre, VT, will soon
receive pension of $16 a month. On
the 10th of May, 1888, Mr.. French was
granted a pension of S4 month and
1850 arrears. Not satisfied with this
rate, he appealed at once to the secre-
tary of the interior and submitted addi-
tional testimony, and on the 22d of No
vember, 1888, he was granted by the
pension office all additional rate of 50
a month, with S43O back pay, and the
secretary made no decision. On the
25th of February, 1884, he again APP
pealed his case, and below we give a
copy of the decision of the secretary in
the last appeal in full:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 2, 1885.
Sir:-By direction of the secretary of the
interior have the honor to inform you that
his decision upon your appeal from the
action of this office, fixing the rate OF the
pension of Albert French, is as follows:
" Mr.. French is pensioned by certificate
issued on the 22d Of November, 1883, on ac-
count of disability from bronchitis, partial
deafness and chronic diarrh9a, contracted
while he was a private in Company e of
the 9th regiment of Vermont Volunteers.
The pension has been paid at the rate of
So per month from the 14th of May, 1865,
the date of his discharge. From the de-
cision fixing the rate of pension at three
fourths of the rate for total disability, the
appeal is taken, the applicant claiming that
his disability entitled him to higher rate.
Upon considering the appeal, your office
holds that the pension has been fairly rated
from discharge to the Sd of April, 1884, but
that from said date he should be pensioned
for total disability, and that from June 18th
1884, the date at which he was examined by
the board of surgeons at st. Johnsbury, Yer
mont, he should be pensioned at twelve
eighteenths of the third grade. Upon ex
animation of the evidence, the department
does not find that it justifies a higher rate
than three-fourths for the period prior t.
the Sd of April, 1884. Your proposition tC
issue new certificate, granting the rate o.
So per month from April 3, 1884, and twelve
eighteenths 1876 from June IS, 1884, is ap
proved" Very respectfully,
o. p. S. CLARKE, Commissioner.
T. j. DedUit, Esq, Montpelier, VI.
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Grand Army Notes.

Posi- sTANNARD, No. 2, Burlington,
is the Oldest post in the state and has
never missed a meeting since it was or
ganized. 1t has one hundred thirty
members in good standing, and is in a
very prosperous condition.
THE officers of Johnson Post, No.
%, Mortified, are: w. w. Holden,
commander; G. ID. Williams, senior
vice-commander; j. L. Moseley, junior
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Pensions Granted.

The following pensions have re-
Gently been granted: Hannah Durkee,
Fayston, dependent mother, SIS a
month and 81 $40 arrears; Lorenzo L..
Warren, Middlesex, increase from 80
to 1924 month and $3.50 arrears; H. FL.
McLoud, Montpelier, increase from SO
to So month; Hiram A. Rogers,
Bethel, increase from "a to $S month
William T. Emerson, Peacham, in
crease from 81 to "a month; w. w.
Ainsworth, Woodbury., granted pen
sion of $50 month and 81 $50 arrears
c. G. Gokey, Rochester, $40 a month
and 81 400 arrears.
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vice-commander James Evans, chap
lain; George Nichols, surgeon; II. L.
Kenyon, quartermaster; John Horn
brook, officer of the day; r. j. Gifiin,
officer of the guard.
THE officers of Post Reynolds, No
80, Richmond, are: H. A. Smith, COM
mander; M. j. Perry, senior vice-com-
mander; Charles Turner, junior vice.
commander; j. G. Squires, quarter
master; L. j. Dixon, surgeon; H. W..
Crown, chaplain; George Lutra, officer
of the day; E. A. st. Louis; officer of
the guard; o. E. Coon, adjutant.
THE officers of Henry Dow Post, No.
rs, Strafford, are: Rev. j. S. Staples,
commander; James B. Coffin, senior
vice-commander; Lucius Rogers, junior
vice-commander Nathan Dennison,
surgeon; Asa Witham, chaplain; Henry
Sharp, officer of the day; Benjamin
Still, officer of the guard; James Full.
ton, quartermaster; e. V. Parker, adj
jutant.
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at painted windows, or at spacious
cathedral aisles, or eloquent preaching,
or delicious music; religion means, al
ways has meant, always must mean,
the actual communion of the human
soul with God in righteousness and
holiness. And that kind of religion
costs; it takes the best there is in a
man to be religious in that way.-Rev.
DR.. Joseph Parker.
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ATHRILLING STORY.
AS Told by n Merchant in Troy, N. "a
Surgical Operation Avoided-How
Father, Wife and Daughter Es-
capped an Awful Doom.

OF the hundreds of accounts of remarkable cures
wrought by DR. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REM
EDY, none have appeared so purely astonishing as
the following: The persons mentioned are among
the most highly respected in the city of Troy, and
the story as told by the father will prove interesting
to all our readers.-ED.
TROY, NY.
DR.. Kennedy Rondout, NJ T.:
DEAR Shiny daughter was afflicted with a Sc
sereS to- almost remedy and the
most prominent surgeons and physicians. DR.. -
of Troy, said that surgical operation would be
necessary, but fearing fatal results hesitated:
Some of the physicians claimed that it was caused
by one thing and some by another. The Fungus
T Mas o dr. Kennedy worR
ing thoroughly on the blood determined to try
ae e to do and surgeons had hardly dared to
take. say in truth that the result of this trial
was the complete cure Of my daughter Of this dread
things had completely failed. My daughter to-day
alone is the credit due. My wife also was very poor
in health, due to some liver difficulty with which
much s "q reduced in fesh. trial Of Dr.. Kennedys
Favorite Remedy has resulted in the complete
restoration of her health WHICH she had not enjoyed
for years. She had gained in flesh and strength and
TIREI sS% 10 BR. KENNEDY'S FAvoRiTE REM
and commission business. which makes it ecessary
butter etc. my sense of taste and my stomach were
seriously injured. Everything seemed to nauseate
red bR
The first bottle afforded immediate relief and from
that day to this say that Favorite Remedy has
restored me to perfect health. These are facts
which l claim prove that DIR. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy is the best medicine in the world for those
afflicted with the above difficulties. III any one in
the city of Troy doubts the truth OF these
recommended Favorite Remedy to hundreds, and
with the same good results w Y9qTs efc WINDSOR
Corner Canal and Mount Streets, Troy, N. Y.
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THE most stubborn cases of dyspep-
STA and sick headache yield to the regu-
lating and toning influences of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. Try it.
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A BILL was introduced in the senate,
last week Monday, providing that pen
sions heretofore and hereafter granted
shall commence from the date of the sol
dier's discharge, etc. This restores the
arrears act, so-called, which was de-
feated in the senate, last summer, by a
small majority.
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Grand Army Encampment.

Grand Army Encampment.
THE eighteenth annual encampment
is to be held at Rutland the 2Sth and
Doth instants. Headquarters will be
established at the Bardwell House,
where the council of administration
will be in session. The several wo-
mems relief corps organized in the
state have been invited to meet at the
same time and organize department.
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7 PER CENT INVESTMENTS !

Iowa Mortgages on Improved Farms, not exceed
ing onethird of the cash value of property bearing
annually principal and interest payable at address of
owner Also six per cent Iowa School Bonds on
hand and for sale. For particulars or information,
call on or address, j. w. BROCK or A. W. FERRIN,
Montpelier Vermont
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advertisements.
Central Vermont Railroad.

Commencing Dec. IA, 1884.
Trains Going South will Leave Montpelier
as follows:
800 A. M A from foS st coh ASsn' M snS
chester, Nashua, Worcester, Lowell, Fitchburg Bos
ton, Springfield, New London and New York.
1895 M PAsm IEAs sa trS Se %rfs
boston, via Lowell and Rev York via Springfield and
New London. Pullman Drawing Room Car to Bos.
ton via Lowell and New York via Springfield.
800 P. M. MIXED TRAIN
700 P. M. MIXED, for Ronbury.
1910 A. M MI o5tTsa E 3qsen,Ssrs fr sss
the West for Boston via Lowell and all points In New
England. Sleeping Cars to Boston via Lowell.
Trains Going North and West:
800 A. NIsH HIT Nsw Tss FOT Mons sSs
treal, Ogdensburg and the West. Sleeping Car TO
Montreal
$40 A. M. Ab sns' to St. Al
$40 A. SIS from White
st. Adams and Richfoi'
$50 p M DAY 81 EXPRESS for Barli6g
densburg and the West. Drawing Room Car to st.
Adams.
700 p M EAs s, p ETPE 1ss 70 M Ramsr
Trains leave for Barre at 100 A. NJ, lO:45 A. M.
and a. 10 p NJ.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West for
| j. w. HOBART, General Manager
s. w. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent.
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advertisements.
DIR, p AVID
KEN
<NoR/n
REMEDY

For the Cure OF Kidney and Liver Com.
plants, Constipation, and all disorders
arising from impure state Of the BLOOD
To women who suffer from any of the ills peeu.
liar to their sex it is an unfailing friend. All
Druggists. One Dollar bottle, or address DR..
David Kennedy. Rondout, N. Y.
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~ None genuine without q bunch Of green Hops
on the white label Shun all the vile, poisonous
stuff with " Hop |" or Hops " in their name.
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Rss One Minute Cursfor Tucthachs ha,ls RsI9
Price. twenty-five cents.
AGENTS WANTED !

AGENTs This grand book I: now all other.
dorse Il and wish ii Godspeed We many lady agents
who sold 900 in their respective township we
once We give Erra Terms and Pay tregh Nov j. tho
time QOur Circulars giving Special Terms,
Extracts etc sent free Correspondents invited Address
A. ID. WORTHINGTON a. CO.. Hartford. Conn.
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Real Estate Agency.

Those having farms or other real estate for sale,
by sending description and price may find quick sale
Correspondence from those wishing to purchase
solicited. have some excellent farms for sale in
New England, New York, Vermont and New Hamp
shire. STEPHEN THOMAS. MONTPELIER. VT.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-07-23

The colored voter Is preparing Tor IN
dependence in more places than Ill ONO.
He turns up in Iowa, and with solemnlz-
ing effect in Mahaka county, where there
are POO of him, and only 500 Republican
majority. The "colored element have
held a convention there This week, and
nominated one of their number, John
Priestly, for Representative to the Legls
lature, insisting in their speeches that the
Republicans should adopt him, or expect
to see a straight colored ticket in the
field. The Republicans do not know what
10 do about Charleston Ne,cs ano
Courier.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York Sun says: The Presl
dent expresses the belief that the New
York appointments just announced vii
save the State TO the Democrats mex
fall. He is of opinion that, while he hal
made the very best selections possible un
der the circumstances for the public ser
vice. he has, at the same time, played
strong hand at practical politics Ill
speaks as having relieved himself of al
immense load, and thinks the admlnlstra
| tion has a clear field in New York now.
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Notes From Tallahassee.

Inc composition OF the Convention is excel.
lent. l. = iulclii- cnt, sober and industrious.
/ cont ms some extremists, hnt the body is es
-,-u'iai.y CONSERVATIVES II impres-es visitors
very ltr'irby nd + a representative assembly
lor- he : ,tr credit The Constitution to be
framed viii "ad'uI'"'ly commend itself l." The
people
Tallahassee i, always pleasant. The place
rcpo>-> calmly unIcr lis beautiful oaks the
ClliXns cultured; The location has historical
.0't.oS'; al Ties. MAKE il attractive But AT
tbs tilnr when m lnndlmrnttl law of the land
has h. placed IL The balance Tor trial, one
,cele IN IW tul fascination tor the phce.
10 wines lntn dellbelrting upon every in
'eic~ u Fife, and .itc Itself Effected by law, is
20 witness peaceful, VA COM lete revolution
TO revive lhtt they there under law
Mai the Constitutional prOvisos which hereto
ore ave been ii limit and bar 10 power, have
restraining force, solemn. almost appalling
consciousness. II is tru.. al is peaceful and
he result "t all these deliberations must be re-
TERED back to Il master foI ratification. But the
mind, in contemplating such scene, naturally
pictures 10 Itself such a body hacked 10y force
oi AIMS, and !ndci,cndrnt of the civil State.
The more readily will such thoughts darken the
contclni latior, even in His body fresh from the
mai~t az t'.c Iscop,, one behulds tue spirit of
the tu;. crtt. ihc lvraHi the ,lriuling demagogue
the ceid-hloo led nl.liisi While The spirit Of
Hrs'y i litrr >il"tg AMI vigllant the breath of
a. n !y occupies pace.
The lesson taught is this: upon the soil of
trctlom, amid every influence upholding the in
dlyilt ri-h', AMI privileges OF man, the evil
genius, 'hal has upturucd societies, deluged
states with blood, may find birth. The seed OF
corruption is ever present, aud realizes fully
the wisdom of the words, The price of Liberty
is eternal ' glance
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by his father exactly in the same way as the
crown of IL European j. transmitted to his sue
ce-~or-W with the difference, that, while law set
ties the succession of Il king, the mandate OF The
retiring senator was absolute decree AS 10
who should take his position. 1t was Il lneal
succession dictated hy the retiring ruler. The
monarchy came To lis possession bv supposed
divine right; the republic accepted It's coniro-
Ter at the hands ut the man who laid down his
own office Us divinity WAS the retiring dicla-
Tor
Now. We say that this possession has settled
like pail uj,on the politics of Pennsylvania. 1t
is IA State in which, all individuality and indie
pcndence being rrpreseetl, there Is little exhibit
iun of STATE smanshlp and less advantage To The
country from the influence of It's legislators.
PENNSYLVANIA is felt in the public councils AS a
defender of her own assumed selfish interests.
Her influence ends here No man IL allowed
TO represent her, except in the most sub
ordinate capacity, vino does not pay hoina4e I"
The Camtrnns The Camerons tolerate Kelly
because he does not interfere with them. They
use Randall iDr their ends A nun may now
and then rise against them in some isolated 10
calry; but no one is permitted To seriously in
lerfere with their sway. They have now crushed
out the rebellion of three years ago. Their rule
is still supreme, and the present pro>pec' IS that
il is 10 be more absolute tham ever. The State
is bound to their triumphal car. The coming
convention is Ia meet only to register their cticf
and 10 render The assertion ct their control
more conspicuous Lhln ever, they have >cltc ed
The man as their candidate for Govrln"r who is
most offensive 10 such better sentiment oi the
! Stale AS they have not crushed out oil rAIsirnCe
Such is The example furnished To day 10y The
} Keystone State oi the Union.
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Enstis Lake Region: From the pres.
the tip end OF their branches, we can give
promise OF a crop unprecedented. 1t ju-
dcious care is taken In shipping and con-
signing to responsible parties a flood of
wealth will strike slower land" such as
will settle the question of the profitable
ness of orange culture forever. "A gen.
tlcman from near Altoona was in our
office this week and informed US that he
had applied for patent on a process of
raising orange trees to full bearing in
three years, and that the same was about
to he granted. He does not bud on an
orange stock, but on a growth in no way
connected with the citrus family. We
know nothing in regard to the merits of
his claim, but 1t Is, to say the least, Start
ling, and if feasible will certainly revolu-
tionize orange culture in Florida
-Gainesville Ne,os: Ocala is an en-
tcrprlsng town and has numerous enter
prising men, but when an Ocala man un-
dcrtakes to drink Gainesville whiskey, he
shows his weakness. We are informed
by Capt. {. a. Sheldon, that Mr.. S. j.
Burnett has presented to the Presbyte-
rian church of this city, ten acres of val
liable land lying in the vicinity of New
Gainesville. That gentleman's generosi-
ty is indeed admirable. A man told US
yesterday we din't publish enough politi-
cal news; another told US this morning
we gave too much political news. All
Sing us a song of lager beer, onions and
sweitzer cheese, but remember we do bus
ines for the people, and not for any hob
| by.