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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

WHEN you don't know what to say,
say so.
NURSE good habits, and wet-nurse
bad ones.
OPEN doors quietly and shut them
without bang.
USE the door-mat, instead of the floor
carpet, for foot scraper.
LET your manners at home be little
better than they are abroad.
LIVE socially with your family, and
peaceably with your neighbors.
BE as agreeable to your wife as you
would be with " other mems wives"
WHEN the "last word " is likely to
be an unkind one, let some one else
say it.
SPEAK as pleasantly to your husband
as you would to "other women's hus-
bands"
LOOK out for the claws of the family
cat when its paws are fairly let out OF
the bag.
If it must be kiss or blow, let the
kiss come first. The blow will take
care of itself.
HAVE soft answers always ready as a
bulwark to set up against the overflow
ing stream of wrath that may chance to
be flowing by.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Conversation in the Sick Room.

Never whisper in the sick-room; the
sound is excessively eXasperating to an
invalid. Say what you have to say in a
clear, distinct, though not necessarily
loud voice, which the patient will be
under no strain to understand l knew
of lady who, having been i'll for some
time, had had several people to watch
with her. Let me have Mrs. -"
she at last begged; "She neuer phis-
perS." People will often stand outside
the door of sick-room and carry on a
whispered conversation. Do not make
the mistake of thinking it an improve
ment on louder speaking. There should
be no talking near sick-room unless
quite necessary, and, when necessary,
as have said, it should not be in whis-
pers. And let me just here put in a
plea for the nurse: You who are not in
the patients room, do not be offended
when asked 10 be more quiet about the
house, even when you think you are
being very careful. 1t is almost impos-
sible to realize, when you know that the
doors are shut, or possibly a story is be-
tween you and the invalid, that what
seems to you conversation carried on
in ordinary tones can possibly pene.
trate to that distant chamber; but il
can, my friends, and does. So take the
request, when it comes, in good part
for it is almost agony, at times, to the
nurse.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
He Took the Oath.

Soon after the battle of Chickamauga,
says the Rochester Democrat,
" Johnny" went about the streets of
New Orleans accosting every man who
wore the blue with Didn't Longstreet
make it warm for you at Chicka-
mauga?" General Butler called the
exultant rebel before him, and
told him he either could take the
oath of allegiance or go to Ship Island
for two years. Johnny deliberated,
but finally agreed to take The oath.
When be had sworn to support the con-
stitution he turned to General Butler
and exclaimed: "Now we are both
loyal citizens, amt we, general?"
"Well, l trust So" said General
Butler. Then" said Johnny, 81
want to ask you if Longstreet didn't
make it warm for us at Chickamauga."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Sweet Pea Raising.

Here is the secret in the success
of sweet pea raising-to have the brush
high enough, to have them stuck firmly
in the ground, and have enough of the
brush. But the labor is amply repaid,
for after this is done there is nothing
to do but to pull the large weeds as
they grow up among the vines, occa-
sionally loosening the soil around the
roots, and gathering the bouquets of
condensed sweetness from July to
October A good way is to put brush
first on ole side and then on the other,
some four inches apart, inclining them
to the opposite side, and stick in the
small switches where the brush is not
bushy enough to properly support the
vines. After the vines begin to bloom,
the blossoms must be gathered every
day, or at least every other day, for il
they are allowed to go to seed the
blooming will cease.-Good House.
keeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Soldiers Budget.
HOnOrs Came by Accident.

" was acting as major in a certain
battle" relates the officer, when the
brigade was ordered to carry by storm
position in which the enemy was
strongly fortified. The regiment went
forward, but when it came under fire
the center waved, while the wings made
a dash to reach a stone-wall in front,
bending the regimental line like rain
bow. | was in The rear of the center,
urging the men to push forward, when
my horse, which was new in the BUSH
ness, took the bit in his teeth, and
dashed at a gallop ahead of the men
and up to the stone wall. l made the
best of an awkward situation, rose in
my stirrups, waved my sword, and
called upon the men to push forward.
Believing that had gone willingly into
danger, they dashed forward to my res
cue, and efter furious fight we drove
the enemy from their position, went
over the wall, and were soon in full
possession of the ground we had been
directed to occupy. | was credited, of
course, with extreme bravery. There
was great deal of talk about the gallant
manner in which l rode up to the very
bayonets of the enemy. In the end
l was promoted to colonel at one Jump,
and ever after that 1 endeavored to
maintain the standard of bravery fixed
by that stubborn old horse. l was no
more responsible for that daring ride
than if l had been carried there by a
hurricane.-Harper's Young People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
No Pickles.

A lady who has the good fortune to
be friend of DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes relates little anecdote of the
first time she asked a favor from him as
author. She had just completed book
for children and DIR. Holmes kindly
consented to read the manuscript
When it was returned to her, after his
perusal, she naturally looked it over
with eagerness and anxiety, in haste to
see what criticisms or corrections her
distinguished friend had made. She
turned page after page, but found no
erasure, mark nor marginal note, until
at length, nearly at the end of the
story, she came to single neatly-pen-
ciled line in DIR. Holiness fine hand
writing. 1t was placed against pas
sage upon which she had rather prided
herself, a vivid description of the picnic
feast of group of children in a grove.
First reading the paragraphs to see if
she herself could find anything amiss,
she next read what he had written. 1t
was this: Don't let those children eat
pickles !'- Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Gbe 4uusebuIo.
A Commonplace Child.

"Marys a commonplace child" they say,
Prasing Roberta, Robert and Ray;
Maurice and Ellen are smart as steel;
Bertha is handsome, and so is Neal
The baby's cherub, so sweet and mild;
But Mary is such commonplace child"
Yet mirth and brilliancy seldom heed
A dusty chair or a buttons need,
And beauty oftentimes wears frown
If given the task of mending gown;
And the mother signs, in disheartned way,
Thinking the children grow worse each day
But the freckle.faced girl, who at books is
slow,
Runs up stairs, down stairs, to and fro,
Dresses the baby, the table sets,
Washes the dishes, and feeds the pets;
And the mother, resting, from cares be-
guiled,
Thanks God for Mary, her commonplace
child. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Delights of Gardening.

When the gardener knows his flowers
widely, he will even begin to see that
colOrs have their special odors-that
there is an analogy between all purple
flowers, all blue flowers; that we must
not expect a red flower to smell like a
white one. He will find that textures
have also their influence; at least that
flowers of a certain texture have some
similarity of odor, and that also certain
textures incline to certain colors. The
strongest similarity of odor is between
all white flowers of thick smooth text
ure. They are not alike, but their dis
similarity is matter of degree, not of
kind. 1t would seem to amount almost
to difference of kind; TO me, at least,
the white lilies are exquisite out-of-
doors, the jasmine is so heavy as TO be
unpleasant, and the tuberose is horrible
and deadly. Sumachs smell like rasp-
berries, which they resemble in color.
To study a garden is to feel that the
study is without limit 1t is an educa-
ton in itself. To make a garden is to
be born again; to find ones self sud-
denly become a person without preju-
dices Gin regard to this thing at leasO
to find that one has begun to build a
great temple, in which the flowers are
the building. stones, and each must
count for its real merits, irrespective of
tradition. A rose shall be a rose, but
not the queen of flowers, unless it
builds better into the general scheme
than any other flower. You will not
despise the lowly mignonette which
may cover your bare ground with ten
der green and subtle fragrance, and
make fine groundwork for Shower
thing to spring up above and be seen
against it. You will find the blatant
dahia or the magnificent peony as full
of sentiment as the lily-of- valley.
1t will depend on its placing how much
you will value it above the flower you
have always loved most for somewhere,
you will find, you must leave this tell.
ing note of color to make your harmony
complete. The wise gardener con-
ceives his garden in relation to his
soil, his capabilities, and his climate,
and his taste will be hemmed in, and at
last modelled, by these considerations.
He will have the garden that he finds
possible, not that which he conceives
apart from all limitations. and it will
be none the less beautiful. We learn
to love most the flowers that grow
willingly in our own bit of rth.-MrS
I. ". Deeoing, in Harper'S Bazar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Currents OF the Atlantic.

The photographic Bureau at Wash
ington for two years has been trying to
learn something of the characteristics
of the Atlantic Ocean as a great NOV
ing body of water, by means of bot
ties containing papers, which have been
dropped overheard from vessels in
many places, to drift at the mercy of
the winds and waves. Many of these
bottles have betn found and picked up
again either in the open sea or on
shores where they had stranded.
Knowing from its records where the
bottle had been thrown overheard, the
bureau has been able to trace, in gen.
eral way, The path they must have fol-
lowed in order to reach the places
where they were found. In a report
published on July l this year, and
accompanied by map of the Atlantic,
the adventures of hundred and thir-
teen bottles are recorded. Being par
TALLY filled with air and then securely
corked, the bottles float on the surface
and the currents of the sea carry them.
Each bottle contains a record of the
place and the date of its starting. Some
of those found have foated for many
months on the bosom of the Atlantic,
and travelled thousands Of miles. 1t
has been found that bottles dropped
overheard between the shores of the
United States and England or France
generally travel towards the northeast,
following the course of that great river
in the ocean called the Gulf Stream.
Bottles started off the coasts of Spain
or Africa travel westward until they
arrive among the West India Islands.
Along the European side of the ocean
the bottles take southerly course, and
along the American side a northerly
course. Thus, as a result of winds and
currents, the whole Atlantic is shown
to be slowly circulating round and
round, like an enormous pool.-Tht
Churchmdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Practice V. Theory.

There are some plans that work
finely in theory but don't come out we'll
in practice. Bishop o. p. Fitzgerald
of the Methodist Church South illus
trates this by story: A negro was
sick, and frie ndly colored brother
came in to see him, and asked what was
the cause of his illness. The darkey
replied: CTS feelin' porely. My mule
done gone and got sick, and l went to
de hoss-doctor's, and he tole me what to
do. He Civ me er hole lot er medersn
and tole me how to Civ it to de mule.
He tole me to git er tin tube and put
de tube in the mules mouf and blow
de medersin down his froat. 1 got
ebrything ready to blow, but the mule
bowed fuss; and 1 tell yer, brudder,
dat ar mule-m dersin was too much for
dis here niger. "-MethodiSt Recorder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

Mrs. Sunnyside; "why, | never saw
any chimneys before. l looked over
the chimneys, ard only saw those mag
nifcent trees that form the line on the
horizon. only thought of the trees
and the sunsets" And so she goes
through life, with eyes closed to chin"
neys and dingy roofs, but wide open to
drink in all there is of good. II the
trees are in leaf, or if the leaves have
been scattered by the wind, there is
beauty in the old elms that sway in the
gales beneath her window, bearing the
raindrops or the snow flakes, or radiant
with the sunshine. Her cheerfulness
is infectious; it fills her home and the
lives of her companions. - Boston
Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Chung to the Flag.

Major John Fay, an old army and
navy veteran, says an exchange, died
at Pueblo, COL, last week. 1t is re-
lated that he was the hero of very
interesting incident in the fight between
the Merrimac" and the "Cumber-
land" He was on board the "Cumber-
land" Just before the ship sank her
colors were shot away by the "Merri-
mac" and Fay caught the flag, or what
remained of it, as it fell, and, climbing
the ropes with great rapidity, he raised
the colors near the masthead just as the
" Cumberland went to the bottom.
She went down with her colors flying.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

A SAFE investment is one. which is
guaranteed to bring you satisfactory re-
suits, or in case of failure, return of
purchase price. On this safe plan you
can buy from our advertised druggist
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed TO
bring relief in every case, when used
for any affection of throat, lungs or
chest, such as consumption, inhamma-
ton of lungs, bronchitis, asthma,
whooping-cough, Group, ETC., etc. 1t
is pleasant and agreeable to taste, per-
fectly safe, and can always be depended
upon. Trial bottles free at G. Blakely's
drugstore, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Switched OFF the Track.

Mr.. Gladstone started out as theo-
logical student. Mr.. Morse, who in
vented the electric telegraph, was
painter. Artemus Martin, one of the
greatest of mathematicians, began life
a market gardener. Mr.. Carnegie, the
iron manufacturer, started as a tele-
graph operator. George du Maurier,
who is one of the greatest of caricatur-
lists, wanted to become musician, but
became an apothecary until he "took
up" art.-Harper'S Young People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Going to Sleep.

Scientific investigators assert, that in
beginning to sleep, the senses do not
unitedly fall into slumber, but drop off
one after another. The sight ceases,
in consequence of the protection of the
eyelids, 10 receive impressions first,
while all the other senses preserve their
sensibility entire. The sense of taste
is the next which loses its susceptibility
to impression, and then the sense of
smelling. The hearing is next in order,
and last of all comes the sense of touch.
Furthermore, the senses are brought to
sleep with different degrees of pro-
foundness. The sense of touch sleeps
the most lightly, and is the most easily
awakened; the next easiest is the hear
ing, the next is the sight, and the taste
and smelling awake last. Another re-
markable circumstance deserves notice /;
certain muscles and parts of the body
begin to sleep before others. Sleep
commences at the extremities, begin
ming with the feet aud legs, and creep
ing towards the center of nervous ac-
ton. The necessity for keeping the
feet warm and perfectly still as a pre-
liminary of sleep is well known. From
these explanations it will not appear
surprising that there should be an i'm
perfect kind of mental action, which
produces the phenomena of dreaming
ETehdnqe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

A " summer boarder" once said to
small boy dressed in broad straw
hat, gingham waist, long trousers and
bare feet: Hello, little boy. What is
your name?" Same as pas" said
the boy. " What's your pas name?"
Same as mine" 4" mean what do
they call you when they call you to
breakfast" "They don't nuvver call
me to breakfast" Why don't thoy?"
"'Cause l allus git there the fust
one. Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Don't be SuperstitiOus.

There is, as our readers know too
well, widespread superstition regard
ing Friday as an unlucky" day. His
tory shows that it is just the contrary.
Some of the greatest blessings have
fallen upon the world on Friday.
Listen: The Mayhower landed on Fri.
day. The Bastile was burned on Fri
day. Washington was born on Friday.
Shakespeare was born on Friday. Co.
lumbus sailed from Palos on Fri.
day. The Declaration of Indepe ndence
was signed on Friday. And Old Hick-
DRY fought and won the battle of New
Orleans on Friday.-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Her Point OF View.

She had moved into a new fiat. 1t
was not conspicuous for its cheerful
surroundings or for its pleasant out
look. The average woman would have
found there only commonplace shell
ter from the SHOWS of winter and the
rains of summer. A lady friend called,
and was asked by the cheerful house,
wife to note the pleasant outlook from
the parlor window. EYES," says Mrs.
Blase, 81 see remarkably fine lot OF
chimneys." "Chimneysl" exclaimed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
SNisteIlanp.
Easter Carol.

Sweetly the birds are singing
AT Easter dawn;
Sweetly the bells are ringing
On Easter morn;
And the words that they say
On Easter day
Are, "Christ the Lord is risenr'
Birds, cease ye not your singing
AT Easter dawn;
Bells, be ye ever ringing
On Easter morn;
In the spring OF the year
When Easter is here,
Sing q" Christ the Lord is risen"
Buds, be we white with flowers,
Cherry and white:
Snow.storms will change to showers,
Darkness to light.
With the wak'ning Of spring,
Oh, sweetly sing,
Lo, Christ the Lord is risen!"
When Easter buds were growing
Ages ago,
And Easter-lilies blowing
By waters flow,
All nature was glad
Not creature was sad,
For Christ the Lord was risen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

ALL nature now is waking
From winters dreary sleep,
And buds to blossoms breaking
Christs festival to keep;
Wake, too. my heart, with songs awake,
His tomb is still earth's shrine,
Where rose and lily Irvine;
Awake, awake, with joy awake,
Immortal hopes are thine,
God makes them wholly thine,
For Christ's dear sake. DR.. Du6ield
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
A Relic of the War.

The following, says Harper'S Weekly,
is a copy of bill, written in lead-pen-
Gil on coarse yellowish "war paper"
for secondhand crockery- ware sold at
auction in Raleigh, n. c., January 7,
1864. The war was still nearly year
and half from its close, so some idea
may be gained of what prices rose to in
the last DAYS of the confederacy:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

ALAS for him who never sees
The stars shine through the cypress trees,
Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play!
Who hath not learned, in hours of faith,
The truth to flesh and sense unknown,
That life is ever lord of death,
And love can never lose its ownl
Whittier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

IHAvE no silver, and no gem,
No virgin gold for Thee;
But here are lilies white as light
And sweet with purity.
o fairest Lord, for thy dear sake,
My lilies take. Lille L. Barr
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

No man is born into the world whose
work is not born with him. There is
always work, and tools to work withal,
for those who will, and blessed are the
horny hands of toil.-LOtoeH.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

CHRIST is arisen; death hath he slain;
Burst ye your prison; break from your chain
Songs of praise lead ye,
Works of love heed ye,
Hungry ones feed ye,
News of life speed ye,
Coming joys plead ye;
Then is the Master near,
Then is He near. Goethe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
Agents Wanted!

To introduce the best selling article on the mar
ket. Agents, both male and female, make 50 to
as per day at home. No lady will be witho ut H.
Every body buys Send 9s cents In silver for sample
or SIPS for goods and full instructions-enough to
start in business. No letters answered without
return stamp, Address
NATHANIEL ALLEN,
No. 81 Church Street, Lowell, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

EACH little bird whose song is heard
Through grove and meadow ringing,
At streamlet's brink will blithely drink,
To tune its voice for singing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
FOR SALE.

The premises on State street now occupied by
Charles A. Barnard situated between the dwelling
houses of Charles Dewey and George W. Reed, and
consisting of house, shed and barn, with about one
fourth acre of land. Possession given on April u.s.
For terms of payment and price, apply to GEORGE
w. WING. Room 4, Union Block, Montpelier Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
ALLELUIA! Alleluial

ALLELUIA! Alleluia
Hearts to heaven and voices raise;
Sing to God hymn of gladness,
Sing to God hymn of praise.
He who on the cross victim
For the worlds salvation bled,
Jesus Christ, the King of Glory,
Now is risen from the dead
christopher Wordsworth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

Now once more
Eden's door
Open stands to mortal eyes;
For Christ hath risen, and men shall rise.
John Mason Nedle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
advertisements.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

CONSTIPATION is caused by loss of
the peristaltic action Of the bowels.
Hoods Pills restore this action and in
vigorate the liver.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

THAT tired feeling is often the fore
runner of serious illness, which may be
broken up if a good tonic like Hoods
Sarsaparilla is taken in season. This
medicine invigorates the kidneys and
liver to remove the waste from the sys-
tenn, purifes the blood and builds up
tho otranuth