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little four-years-old daughter came in
and exclaimed: "Mamma, mamma,
come and seel' Mrs. Graves got up
and went with her little daughter out
in the yard. "What is it, my daugh-
ter?" Mamma, what is that up
yonder so bright?" Where, my
child?" :" Up yonder in the sky.
Are they little gold dollars, mamma?"
asked little Fannie. Yes, my dar-
ling" said the good woman, laughingly,
and went into the house, leaving her
to watch the little gold dollars. Little
Fannie climbed up on the fence and
tried to get one, and her father, seeing
her, went to her. "What are you do
ing up there, little pet?" he said, as he
took her down 81 am trying to get
me some little gold dollars to make me
some earrings Couldn't you get
them, baby?" emo, papa" she said,
sweetly, "please get them for me-"
Little Fannie was taken into the house
and put to bed, but she will never for
get the little gold dollars Louisville
Courier, Journal.
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A Mothers Influence.

In railway car man about sixty
years old came to sit beside me. He
had heard me lecture the evening be-
fore on temperance. am master
of ship" said he, sailing out of
New York, and have just returned from
my fiftieth voyage across the Atlantic.
About thirty years ago | was a sot,
shipped while dead drunk, and was car
ried on board like a log. When l came
to, the captain asked me, Do you re-
member your mother?' l told him she
died before / could remember. WE'LL
said he, am Vermont man. When
l was young l was crazy to go to sea.
AT last my mother consented l should
seek my fortune. My boy she said,
don't know anything about towns,
and l never saw the sea, but they tell
me they make thousands of drunkards.
Now, promise me you'll never drink a
drop of liquor He said, : laid my
hands in hers and promised, as looked
into her eyes for the last time. She
died soon after. I've been on every
sea, seen the worst kinds of life and
men-they laughed at me as milksop
and wanted to know if was a coward.
But when they offered me liquor l saw
my mothers pleading face, and never
drank drop. 1t has been my sheet
anchor; l owe it all to that. Would
you like to take that pledge?' said he"
Ny companion took it. and he added,
% 1t has saved me. | have a fine ship,
wife and children at home, and | have
helped others" That earnest mother
saved two men to virtue and usefulness;
how many more he who sees all can
alone tell. Wendell Phillips.
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Being a Boy.

One of the best things in the world
to be is boy; it requires no expert
ence, though it needs some practice to
be a good one The disadvantage of
the position is that it does not last long
enough. 1t is soon over. Just as you
get used to being boy, you have to be
something else, with good deal more
work to do, and not half so much fun.
And yet every boy is anxious to be
man, and is very uneasy with the re-
strictions that are put upon him as a
boy. There are so many bright spots
in the life of farm-boy that l some
times think / should like to live the
life over again. l should almost be
willing to be girl if it were not for
the chores. There is great comfort
to boy in the amount of work he can
get rid of doing. 1t is sometimes as
tonishing how slow he can go on an
Grand. Perhaps he couldn't explain
himself why, when he is sent to a
neighbors after yeast, he stops to stone
the frogs. He is not exactly cruel, but
he wants to see if he can't hit 'em. 1t
is curious fact about boys that two
will be great deal slower in doing any
thing than one. Boys have a great
power of helping each other do moth
ing. But say what you will about the
general usefulness of boys, farm
without boy would very soon come to
grief. He is always in demand. In
the first place, he is to do all the er-
rands, go to the store, the post-office
and to carry all sorts of messages. He
would like to have as many legs as a
wheel has spokes, and rotate about in
the same way. This he sometimes
tries to do, and people who have seen
him " turning cart-wheels" along the
side of the road have supposed he was
amusing himself and idling his time
He was only trying to invent new
mode of locomotion, so that he could
economic his legs to do his errands
with greater dispatch. Leap-frog il
one of his methods of getting over the
ground quickly. He has natural ge
Mus for combining pleasure with bust
ness.-Chorles Dudley Warner.
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Temperance.
Sowing and Reaping.

Mr.. ID. l.. Moody in recent sermon
at Chicago said: Men expect to reap
the same kind of seed that they scatter
in spring-time. If wheat, then you ex-
pect to gather wheat; if barley, nothing
else but barley, and if potatoes, that's
what you'll get. Always you will reap
the same kind you SOW. A man who is
blacksmith don't expect to be doctor,
nor musician to graduate a lawyer,
nor the lawyer a jeweler, but all ex-
pect to pursue the vocation they were
prepared for. There is no more solemn
truth than the fact that God, as well as
man, makes man reap the same kind
of seed that he sows, and vital point
it is. In Gods kingdom of the spiritual
world the great law holds good. For
instance, suppose that is my boy down
on that seat and l say to him, if my
neighbor Jones comes to my house to-
day, l don't want to see him; go and
tell him / am not at home. Oh, it
won't be long, perhaps not six months,
before that boy will turn around and
lie to me. Or, if | teach that boy to
curse and swear, it won't be long be-
fore he will turn around and drag my
name and honor in the dust. If l teach
MN to trample any commandment, the
invention will return to plague the in
ventor Without exception, you will
reap whatever you sow, and believe
that is the strongest argument you can
bring against the saloon business, the
selling of liquor. l don't believe a
man on the face of the earth can afford
to sell liquor. Why? Because if / sell
to your son and make him drunkard
some one will soon turn round and
sell to my boy and make him drunk
ard. That is the horrible retribution,
the law of earth and heaven, and moth
ing is more solemn in this universe of
God will challenge any man who
has been in the hellish business if he
has not got skeleton in his own fam
lily, either son, brother, a near
relative who has been made drunk
ard. l wish all the whiskey was down
the Gulf of Mexico and every rum-seller
converted. l am no enemy of the rum
sellers; am their friend, because 1
wish them out of their hellish business,
which brings down nothing but curses
upon themselves"
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Suggestive.

Mr.. Guthrie once told story which
was as suggestive of a moral as it was
amusing. A friend of his, questioning
a little boy, said: When your father
and mother forsake you, Johnny, do
you know who will take you up?"
- Yes, sir" said he. And who?"
said the friend. 1.-The police" was
Johnny's answer. Parents will do well
to consider the truth there was in this
reply. The parent who is too much oc-
cupied, or too selfish, to look after the
training of his child, need not be sur
prised to see the child come to serious
harm. Turn him into the street to find
his companionship and pleasure be-
cause it costs time and patience and
money to furnish him attractions at
home, and if the police do not take
him up it may be owing to official neg
ligence. Society, also, and the churches,
many may be reminded that if the num-
Der of bad men and bad women is not
to multiply in the future, as in the past,
somebody must care for the forsaken
children of unchristian households
lions Advocate.
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2---DecapitatiOns.

1-Behead an animal, and leave hearty,
2-Behead not well, and leave two con-
sonants.
3-Behead permission, and leave part of
a house.
4-Behead one part of chain, and leave
a fluid.
5-Behead one of a certain religious be-
lief and leave to strike with force.
6-Behead the feast of Christ's resurrec-
ton, and leave flower.
7-Behead an insect, and leave two
vowels.
S-Behead to flow backwards, and leave
two consonants.
9-Behead money, and leave tree.
10-Behead a vegetable, and leave drink.
BLUE EYES.
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4---Hidden Mountains.

1-Spring-time has come at last
2-And especially dread it this year.
81 beg Montcalm to keep good fire.
1--WE cannot fret nature now,
5-But must kindly look on Gods works.
6-He claims our worship
He is now receiving it.
Sand our duty is now done. B.
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3---Enigma.
lComnosed of 80 letters. }

[Composed OF 81 Ietters.J
My "a % is a kind of fish.
My ~ 90 II 16 is an article of clothing.
MY 9 II % 3 % are birds.
Ny % Is q 10 80 is a native of Gambia.
My 80 % II l is a kind of earthen pot.
My 10 10 16 is to probe.
My 2S 8 7 is used for washing.
My 6 10 81 is an animal.
My % 30 2S 20 is kind of liquor.
My 90 u 81 10 is part of a church
My IA II 80 is a musical instrument.
My whole is proverb of Solomon.
j. III. G..
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

THE action of Carter's Little Liver
Pills is pleasant, mild and natural.
They gently stimulate the liver and
regulate the bowels, but do not purge.
They are sure TO please.
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CALNIN 2. sEAXEK's EsTATEi

- STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, SIS.
Probate Court held at Montpelier, in and for said
District, on the Sth day of May, A. ID, 1856:
Alma II. Seaver, Administrative of the estate of
Calvin f. Seaver, late of Moretown in said
District, deceased makes application to said Court
for license to sell all of the real estate Of said de
ceased situated in said Moretown to wit: The Home
Farm, except the widows right of dover therein,
but including the homestead and reyersion of said
dover, representing that the sale thereof, except
the homestead is necessary for the payment of the
debts of said deceased and the expenses of admins
tration of his estate and that sale of the
would be beneficial to the widow and minor child of
said deceased Whereupon 1t Is ordered by said
Court that said application be referred to session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office, in said
Montpelier, on the lth day of June A. ID. 1856 for
hearing and decision thereOn and IL is further
dered that all persons interested be notified hereof,
by publication of notice of said application and order
thereon three weeks successfully in the Vermont
WdtchmaH& state journal, newspaper published at
Montpelier and which circuates in the neighbor-
hood of those interested, before said time of hear
ing, that they may appear at said time and place
and II they see cause, object thereto,
BY the Court-Attest
59-54 A. C. ANERlLL, Register
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A DDISON PECK'S ESTATE.

A DDISON PECk'S ESTATE.
N STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, SIS
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, In and for
said District, on the 10th day of May, A. ID. 1856:
S. 5, Kelton, Executor of the last VIII and Tesla
ment of Addison Peck, late of East Montpelier, IN
said District, deceased, makes application to said
Court for license 10 deed the real estate OF said de-
ceased situated in Williamst0wn in the county of
Orange and State aforesaid, to wit Being about
twenty acres of land, with buildings thereon, and
known AS the Brassaw Farm" representing that
said deceased was in his lifetime under contract,
binding in law aud equity to deed said real estate to
one Henry Brassaw; that the said Brassaw has
agreed that said contract may he terminated, and
that he Will pay the balance on the same and take
a deed that the assets in his, the said Executors
hands will not thereby be reduced rs to prevent
cIeditortrom receiving his whole debt. Whereupon,
IL Is ordered by said Court that said application be
referred TO session thereof to be held at the Pro-
bate ONCE, in said Montpelier, ON the 9TH day of
June, A. d. 1856 for hearing and decision thereon;
and is further ordered that all persons interested
be notified hereof, by publication of notice of said
application and order thereon, three weeks success
lively In the Vermont Watchnap a. State Journal, a
newspaper published at Montpelier, and which cir
cuates in the neghborhood of those Interested be-
fore said time of hearing that they may appear at
said time and place, and If they see cause object
thereto. by the Court.-Attest,
52-5+ A. q. ANERlLL, Register.
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Dussle Corner.
1---DiamOnds

l-For this letter you may place;
2-Youll see me on every face;
3-Narrow roads long which we tread;
4-Honored president-long since dead;
5-we will place next in the line,
A garden flower, both large and fine;
6--Tricky or cunning, either one;
lone more letter, and am done. T.
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Children Crv
FOR PITCHERS
CA S TOR A
DR.. Archer says
III SO. OXFORD STREET,

III SO. OXFORD STREET,
Brooklyn, Feb. 90, 1872
"Castoria is SO well adapted to the de-
rangements of children, that can recon-
mend it as superior to any other known
remedy" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. d.
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The Gold Dollars OF the Sky.

Mr.. and Mrs. Graves of Echo, Tenn,
were sitting, chatting pleasantly in the
sitting-room one evening, when their
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
CEORGE w. OsGOOD,S Guardianship.

lNEORIE w. OStiOODS Guardianship.
W STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, 8.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier, i'll and for
said District on the 18th day of May, A. ID. 1856
Hiram Wells, guardian of George ". Osgood of
Cabot, in said District, insane person, makes APP
plicaon to said Court for license to sell the fol
lowing described real estate of his said ward to wit
Being about fifty acres of land and the same on
which said ward formerly resided, representing
that the sale thereof, for the purpose of put
ting the proceeds of such sale at interest or in
vesting the same in stocks or other real es-
upon, 1t is ordered by said Court, that said
application be referred to a session thereof, to
be held the Probate ONCE, in said Montpelier,
the lth day of June, A. D. lss6, for hearing and de
cison thereon And it is further ordered, that all
persons interested be notified hereof, by publication
of notice of said application and order thereon three
weeks successiveyin the Vermont Wdtchhdn 4, STATE
Journal, published at Montpelier before said time of
hearing, that they may appear at said time and place
and, ii they cause, object thereto
BY the Court-Attest
T.. ANERIIL, Register,
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Unparalleled res-..Incredible We're
They Not in Our Midst.
GAINED SIXTY POUNDS.

The extraordinary recovery OF Il. b.
Mcfarland of st. Johnsbury Fairbanks Viii
lage), under DIR. Cages treatment, was re-
Gently mentioned in these columns, but the
case is so remarkable that we are led to re-
fer to it again. His case was peculiar one,
which ordinary medication failed to reach.
He had become so reduced that he could
scarcely move, and so emaciated that his
weight was but ninety pounds. His cure is
indeed a phenomenal one and demonstrates
that DR.. Cages pure, health-giving medi-
cines are far superior to the mineral drugs
so much in use at the present day. Mr.,
Mcfarland states that his weight to-day is
one hundred fifty pounds-a gain of sixty
pounds in little over two months.
NERVOUS PRosTRATIoN AND DIABETES.
About one year ago George S. Shaw, Esq,
one of st. Johnsbury's old and well-known
residents, was given up by local physicians
with severe kidney disease and nervous
prostration. When trial of DIR. Gage was
suggested ii was strongly opposed and the
statement made that no known treatment
could reach his case. Under these discour-
aging circumstances DIR. Gage took charge
of the case, and has handled it with such
skill that Mr.. Shaw has made most Won
derful recovery. He can be seen upon the
street or at his place Of business any day, al
ways speaking in the highest praise of DR..
Cages treatment and recommending all al
fiicted to try hm.-St. Johnsbury Republican.
DIR. GAGE SAVES A CHILD's LIFE.
The child of Mr.. James McCarty, the
well-known porter at the Van Ness House,
was given up by local physicians as beyond
help with what they pronounced consump-
ton of the bowels. DR.. Gage was called,
who also pronounced it a critical case, but
did not fully agree with the Others as to the
real difficulty He therefore commenced
treating the case in accordance with his own
diagnosis, and was soon rewarded by seeing
his little patient out of danger. The recov-
cry is little short of miraculous. Particulars
can be had of Mr.. McCarty, or Of L. S.
Drew, Esq, at the Van Ness.-F'ree Press.
ANOTHER CURE BY DIR. GAGE.
Mr.. Weber Ti4den of Barre states that
DIR. Gage has treated his case with entire
satisfaction. He had for some time been
troubled with sore upon his lip, called
epithelal cancer DR.. Gage cured it by the
use of internal remedies and without the APP.
plication of painful cancer plasters. Mr.
Tilden naturally feels greatly elated over
his escape from such a terrible disease.
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6...TwO Words i'm One.

6..-TwO Words i'm One.
Behead and curtail the last word and the
remainder will form the first two.
flowers.
2-He shouted as he -, t. he must,
from eating - peaches"
locust.
4-Have you seen the skating -
our town? A great deal of - is done
there. EVA ii.
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A CastOria Baby.
,storia-the Mothers Great Remedy for Children.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Gives healthy sleep, and promotes digestion
Without injurious medication.
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Answers to Puzzles of Last Week

1-Forever.
20 Thorny, horn; (2) Shame, ham; (3)
Cracks, rack; az Heard, ear (5) Spite, pit;
() Where, her; % Smart, mar; (o) Spies,
pie; (9) Madam, Ada.
3 f A V o r.
NJ A S o n
n A S A l.
r. T. V +
Z f d ID Y
4-The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day
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Dr.. Little says:

COLUMBUS Conn.,, May 8, 1876.
81 have family of eight children, who
have used Castoria. l recommend its
use for children, in preference to any medi
cine know"
NORMAN p. LITTLE, NJ D.
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&eaal Motltes.
CALEB FISHERS ESTATE.

CALEB FISHERS ESTATE.
~ COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington, Commissioners, to receive, examine and ad-
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate OF Caleb Fisher, late of Cabot in said
District deceased, and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto, hereby give notice that will
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the town
clerks office, on the 18th day of June and 9TH
day of September next, from ten o'clock A. NJ. until
four o'clock p. NJ. each of said days and that
six months from the 5th day of March, A. d.
lss6, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to for examina
ton and allowance.
Dated at Cabot, this LIST day of May. A d. 1886.
7. II. LANCE, lco,,,,,issia,ors
5254 HIRAM WELLS, commissioners
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When Baby was SICK we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castora,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castora
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5-..WOrd-S Square.

Joyful
"a narrow passage.
ga lady's name.
4-Void of life.
GREEN MOUNTAIN Boy.
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DR.. Robertson says

1867 SECOND AVENUE,
New York, April s. 1872.
81 use Castoria in my practice, and find
it specially adapted to affections of children
and females"
ALEX. ROBERTSON, NJ. D.
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County Examination Of Teachers.

A public examination of teachers in Washington
In Montpelier on Friday and Saturday, June and s.
" v. VAUGHN of Middlesex,) -, =,
H HITT Of q N MS691eSlier aSsng board
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29
The Mine Horror.

The most terrible calamity that
has ever befallen the people of this
State, visited Newburg in this coun.
ty, last Thursday afternoon. Thirty
nine persons. ranging in age from Is
10 90 years, stout, hearty, noble fell
lows, went out in the morning from
their happy little homes. and went
down hundreds of feet into the mines,
never again to behold the light of
day. Little did the affectionate old
mother. the devoted wives and chill.
dren, think on that unfortunate morn.
ing, that all they would ever see a.
gain ofsons and husbands and fathers
and brothers, would be the charred
and mangled remains, that have since
been brought up from the black pit
Of death. The very thought of it, is
enough to move the hardest heart to
pity. Home, happiness, all that is
dear TO them, are gone. Besides
they are poor and need assistance.
HE who gives to the poor lends to
the Lord" The people of Kingwood
will not, We feel sure, be forgetful of
these stricken people. The names
Of persons who were appointed TO re.
ceive contributions of OF this kind
are published in another colum, and
anything sent to them will be judici.
ously applied. Let every one send
what he feels able to contribute, for
"the Lord loves cheerful giver."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29

CoNGREssMAN Eustace Gibson
got his clerk as he had a right to,
Notwithstanding the opposition OF
his enemies. Mr. Gibson is con.
sistent Democrst, an intelligent
gentleman and twice was elected to
Congress from the fourth district of
this State, and those Democratic
paper that are ridiculing him in
connection with the craftsmanship OF
the committee on Expenditures Of
the Judiciary given him by Speaker
Carlisle, are doing injustice to the
PARTY.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29

PoLITICs in Ohio are rotten to the
core. The scenes enacted in the
Senate were disgraceful in the ex.
treme. Republicans and Democratic
members each claiming to be in the
majority and so acting, each adj.
journing and assembling without
regard to the other, in such q
State as Ohio, is burning shame to
the State. The better element in
both parties is tied hand and foot.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29

We have it on good authorith that
kussart spent considerable time
hunting up McGrsw's record" for
the purpose of publishing it in case
the present collecto refused to rec.
commend him or appointment
Grafton Eagle.-We brand the above
statement a lie, and if the Eagle fails
to make public its author we shall
believe 1t was manufactured in that
Office for sinister purpose.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29

The little territory of Greece, in
training TO fight the rest Of Europe
Poor Greece, her ancient glory has
departed. The burly Briton, the
sturdy Teutor, or the Russian Cos
sack, can now take her armies by The
nape Of the neck and the slack of the
pahtaloons,and set them down with
a thug that will cause Demosthenes
and Xerxes to shudder.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-29

Dir. Kussart the publisher Of this
paper, went TO Grafton on MONDAY.
TO accept the position Of gauger and
store keeper at the Lake disullery.
At Webster Taylor county. The ed.
itor Of the Eagle will now make
friends with him as they can both
"teSt the liquor" as the Eogle would
say, together.