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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Making Friends.

Some one has given expression to the
following sound advice, " BE careful to
make friends, not enemies. Even if
you have to sacrifice many times your
own pleasure, gain a friend. The
bread of friendship cast upon the wat
ers will indeed return, perhaps after
many days, freighted with friendships
wealth. Having many friends, be care
full to keep them. What is more bitter
than to feel the enmity of one who was
once a friend. These sentiments de-
serve emphasis. They exalt duty,
and privilege as well. They wisely
imply that friends are made. So they
are. But many seem to think that it is
just as well to make enemies as to
make friends. They are harsh and Sc
we're in their treatment of others, and
seem to think that it shows weakness
to be affable and gentle toward others,
so to show strength and independence
they mistreat men and make them enc
mics where they would as well have had
their friendship. Some seem TO think
the only way to show devotion to prin-
ciple is to be everlastingly antagonizing
somebody. If they seek to please peo-
pie they are lacking principle. So they
must Fl ght and oppose those with whom
they have to do, or with whom they are
surrounded. Thus they keep up the
work of making enemies instead of
friends. They delight to quote the
words of the Savior, " Woe unto you
when all men shall speak we'll of YOU"
to justify their uncouth manners or
their downright meanness. They do
this in the name of "plain honesty" as
though there were more substantial ev-
idence of honesty in abusing people and
making enemies than in being cordial
and gentle. We have no respect for
such honesty. We prefer rather hon
esty that is born of that spirit that suf-
fers long and is kind, and that vaunt-
eth not itself. There is real tact in
making friends. This may be acquired
by any Christian. The spirit of Christ
is gentle and friendly. He who has it
will be gentleman; and gentleman
can and should make friends. - Rsh-
giOus Telescope.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Fathers, Mothers and Children.

There are very few children who are as
well acquainted with their fathers as with
their mothers. A lovely young girl told
the writer the other day that she had
"really never known papa until mamma
went away to the mountains for her
health" 1t seemed a curiously unnatural
state of affairs, but looking the matter
fairly in the face one could but acknowl-
edge that in many households the father Is
not as well known as tho casual caller
whom the young people are not afraid of.
This fear of the masculine head of the
house Is engendered largely by his own
actions and the force of circumstances that
compel him to be away from his children
the better part of the day. No father that
ever lived actually intends to overawe his
children; it is mistake in manner on his
part that causes them to run out of the
room when he enters or quiet down into
an unnatural calm that bursts its bonds
directly the restraint of his presence is re-
moved.
The mother is with the children con
stantly. She is living, breathing hourly
presence, ready to sympathize with their
woes and enter into their joys. Mother is
mother. No amount of brilliant phrase
ology could express her status more elo.
but father is regarded by many sons and
daughters as the one who runs the estab-
lishment and pays the bills, and who
ust be tolerated in consequence; but, as
II being ever right down confidential
with the austere party who never seems to
leave his business affairs behind, that is
ridiculous proposition not to be entertain
ed for moment.
On this account, as we'll as many 9th
ers, If the wife and mother discovers that
the children and their father do not get on
In the pleasant, happy fashion that char
acterizes her own relations with them, she
should go away for awhile and give them
chance to get acquainted. 1t only needs
the tiniest opportunity, for underneath
all the stern exterior the father heart is
yearning to be taken into the confidence
of his children, and the ice once broken
father" will never appear such a formida-
BILE person in their eyes again.-Philadelphia
Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
A Demand for Reform In Reforms.

"There has got to be reform in re-
FORMS" said a woman sententiously the
other day, finishing discussion with q
companion of the zeal with which persons
nowadays pursue every new course Of
health treatment they hear or read of, I'M
mindful of the necessity to know whether
1t is what is needed or not. AS the woman
was physician her concluding remark
was authoritative, and some of her prefac-
ing sentences are not without value.
Lately woman came to me complain
ing of q spinal soreness that was painful
to her and battling to me for awhile.
saw her two or three times and questioned
her closely, asking If she had taken any Sc
vert exercise or had fallen or suffered any
especial strain that she could recall, and
finally "a casual remark proved of value.
followed 1t up and discovered that she had
been undertaking a daily exercise of hip
walking for humber of weeks, ever since,
In fact she had read somewhere that WON
en- did not walk properly, using a knee
movement instead of a hip movement for
locomotion. Wishing to cultivate the ele-
gance which the paragraph prescribed, my
patient had set about it vigorously, and,
as result, had strained some muscles of
the spine brought into too sudden and too
active play 1t has produced a tedious
trouble.
Another patient found herself feeling
III from no apparent cause, and happening
to read a paper by cold water enthusiast,
advocating exercise and cold plunges as u
panacea for all ills, forthwith diagnosed
her condition as needing these remedies.
She walked five miles a day, took cold
baths and in a month had used up her
waning vitality and nerve force and came
to me with finely developed case of merry
GUS prostration, from which there was
much more than chance to save her had
her stock of reserve strength been slightly
augmented. But that, of course, had all
gone In the course of treatment she had
prescribed for herself"
10 these instances may be added that of
another physician, who cites the case of a
young mother who brought her 3-year-old
child to him, suffering with general debil-
1ty lie found after awhile that the little
Fellow was being bathed to death. A warm
path every morning and n sponge bath ev-
cry night was simply washing away his
strength No other regimen than reducing
the number of his baths about rs per cent
was undertaken, and his complete restora-
ton to health followed
The reaction to this wide swing of the
pendulum should, however, be equally
guarded against. 1t is not asserted or to
be inferred that bathing and exercise are
injurious, only that they may be under
some circumstances. 1t Is asserted how
ever, that there Is nothing better to mix
with every action in life than discretion
and common sense, and 1t Is pity these
are not to be had at 80 much per ounce. -
Her Point Of Vie,0, in Nep York Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
An Octogenarian Wheelman.

A Portland man was In Sanford last
week and reports that everybody is rid
Ing the bicycle there, from the toddler
to the gray haired grandfather. He saw
Mr.. George Goodall, tho owner and orig
inator Of tho plush mills and now
about 80 years old pedaling rapidly
along tho street on pneumatic. 1t was
not bicycle nor yet tricycle. of the
old kind, but special machine, un-
doubtedly built especially for the old
gentleman. 1t was like any pneumatic
tire safety, except that there were two
rear wheels instead of one They were
about two feet apart, and of course the
machine would stand alone The chain
passed around cogs on the axle between
the two rear wheels Mr.. Goddall is
doubtless the Oldest wheelman in the
state.-Portland Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Mothers Should Read and Heed.

we want to impress upon parents and
tLose who are to advise them the necessity
OF using The utmost caution in cleansing
The ears of children. Wax, with which
nature has furnished the auditory canal
Is usually swabbed out weekly, if not Of
tener, with twisted up corner of a towel
or handkerchief or wash rag soaked with
water or soapsuds, and even pin or hair
pin is sometimes called into requisition
BY these means the wax is pushed in and
rammed down, layer after layer, and at
each washing layer OF skin scales is add.
ed, until hard, compact mass is formed
which may cause deafness, headache, or
In some cases, distressing cough
Children naturally rebel at this treat
ment, and interference with their ears is
a constant cause of war In the nursery
With but few exceptions, impacted wax is
found only in the ears of these who vigor-
ously use water, soap or wet cloths to
cleanse their ears from what they call dirt
and what we must recognize as absolutely
essential to perfect hearing and healthy
condition of the ears. 1t is never necessary
TO put wator into the ear itself nor to
cleanse the internal ear in any way When
cleansing is needed, wipe out the ear with
dry, soft cloth or damp towel.-Dr. Turn.
outt, IN Household Netos.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Dressing the Babies,

L know a mother who is going to
ruin the health of her baby in her ex-
cessive care for its clothes. The poor
little thing never gets to creep over the
floor after the dancing sunbeams or to
kick its dimped legs in the air in q
vain endeavor to catch its pink toes.
Not bit of it, 1t is fed at certain
hour, which is all right, but afterward
it is placed in its crib, where its long
dresses, starched till they crack, are
Strengthened out as smooth as pillow
slips, and there it lies with its legs pin.
toned down by heavy skirts, its mus
cles growing habby from inaction and its
blood sluggish. If perchance it is per-
mitted to sit up, it is tied into high
chair and its long skirts drag down on
its poor little toes till one would think
they would sprout corns. The thing
to do with a healthy baby is to have ii
clean twice a day-when it goes to bed
at night and when it dresses fresh about
the middle of the day. The healthiest
babies in the world get dressed in the
morning for all day. Just as soon as
the child begins to kick and wants to
get at its feet, it ought to be put in short
clothes and put on the floor to work out
its own salvation. Its muscles were
given it to use, and it will put them to a
test if you will give it chance. The
mother who thinks more of her baby's
clothes than she does of its health is
quite likely to have the clothes left on
her hands eternally clean, and it serves
her right, Washington Star.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Grizzly Bears as Friends.

An artist friend of mine for several
years had u studio In Boston. He had an
other friend who lived somewhere In the
Rocky mountains when at home.
This western man walked across the
continent every year and passed several
months In the lumber regions of Canada,
where he made enough money by cutting
down trees to support himself during the
leisure months. About the same time
every year he walked into my friends stu
dio, made some comment ON the progress
of art in the city, criticised new buildings
or monuments, had q cup Of tea, chatted
and smoked for an hour and then quietly
said "goodby" without shaking hands as
he started out for his constitutional walk
to the Rockies.
This man was an Englishman. A giant
In height and girth, with the soft, low,
gentle voice Of one accustomed to live in
solitude, he had seen much of the world
and had taken an active part in great Eu-
ropean events. He wore a wide leafed
white hat, blue shirt and his trousers
were slowed partly away in his big boots.
He was we'll educated and had the wise
and true thing to say upon any subject
that came up. But he spoke little.
why on earth do you live in the Rock
iesP" said the artist.
Just because like 1t. have to keep
away from civilization If l am to live at
all. 1t is running everything The only
intelligence that can find in London Or
Boston is the machinery. All the men
have become helpless. Everything Is done
for you. You will soon forget how to
walk. Your logs will drop off as useless,
and you'll be shot down the streets
through pneumatic tubes. Then your
hands, ears, eyes and noses will go in the
same fashion, and therell be nothing left
but mouth and wind You will then be
completely civilized and fit for transla-
ton"
We'll said the Boston man, that $
comforting But look here. Tell me how
you live when you're to hum. Do you
oondescend to dwell in house made with
hands!"
with my own hands. have log hut
on the side of mountain, the mountain
being the principal part of the hut
don't see human being for months at II
time and don'G want to see one -"
do you ever come across "a grizzly"
"Almost every day"
You take an occasional shot, pro
sumo"
1hpoO "a SiiAZiyl u us soOu tLluh vi
shooting baby. Why, they're the only
friends l have. We are on terms OF init
mate acquaintance don't harm them,
and they don't harm me. The beasts
would like to shoot are the fellows calling
themselves sportsmen who come out to
disturb the tranquil amiable temper OF
my bear friends. Come out some time and
see for yourself. You'll find more true
religion among grizzly bears than among
any SO called Christians of your cities.
Goodbye. - Dondhoe's Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
A Landlords Conscience.

Lord Tweedmouth, until recently
Mr.. Edward Marjoribanks, chief Liber-
al whip, has just compounded satisfao-
torily with his conscience, and some
Radical newspapers are praising his no.
bility of soul and fidelity to principle
uncommon i'll tho ordinary mortal and
rare in peer of the realm. 1t seems
that his father, old Lord Tweedmouth,
invested tens of thousands of pounds, q
part of the huge profits Of his brewery,
in land in the highlands of Scotland,
and thereafter, as he was consumed
with a passion for deer forests, in order
to increase his stock of game he grad
ually cleared his land of industrious
sheep farmers and small crofter tenants
until he was able to drive for miles
through his vast estate, known as Gui-
sachen in Inverness, without meeting q
single human being or passing one in
habited house
The present lord, as q strong Radical,
has always been opposed to that sort Of
thing. In fact, he is actually mem
Der Of the royal commission appointed
to inquire into and report upon the de-
population of the Scottish highlands by
landlords of the stamp Of the late Lord
Tweedmouth. Conscience and political
expediency, therefore, alike forbade a
member of the Radical government to
continue a policy which had reduced to
the poorhouse or sent to the plains of
Manitoba and the shores Of British Co.
lumbia hundreds of sturdy Scotsmen
and Scotswomen. The natural and prop
er course for Lord Tweedmouth to fol-
low would have been to reverse his IA
theirs policy and bring the people back
to the land But that would have been
a sinful waste Of the enormously in
creased value of the property as one of
the best sporting estates in Scotland.
So his lordship has decided to sell Gui-
sachen as it stands, which, while easing
his conscience, fills his pockets with
gold gained out Of the spoliation and
expatriation Of honest men.-Glasgo,o
Letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Getting in Touch With Our Lord.

Outward actions are not all of work,
nor the whole of l:fe. They are but
the result of the working of that real
life that throbs within the mind and
heart. 1t is good thing to get away
from the rush and worry of everyday
activity, from time to time, and build
up that better, unseen self by careful
thought and meditation. Often we
sigh under the press of duties that come
to us, and spur ourselves to renewed
efforts when what we most need is
quiet half-hour in which to find just
where we stand, and gather new cour-
age and strength. 1t is said that the
great painter, Leonardo da Vinci, was
once employed by the emperor to pro-
duce picture, which was to be finished
by certain time. After working for
some time at his task, however, the art
ist absented himself from his studio for
week or more, doing apparently moth.
ing towards completing the picture.
The emperor, hearing of this, sent a
courtier to demonstrate with the painter.
and, when the latter did not heed the
remonstrance commanded him to come
into the royal presence. "Why have
you neglected the painting of the pic
ture which we have ordered, and which
it is urgent shall be soon finished?n
was the question sternly put to the art
list. L have not neglected it, SIRE"
was the answer. "But we know that
you have not had brush in hand these
eight days." said the wondering en-
peror. True sire, said the artist, " but
nevertheless, the picture has grown.
The work of the brush is the least to be
done in producing a painting. The
last week l have been away from my
studio, it is true, but wherever l went
that picture has been in my mind, and
slowly, steadily, l have been getting in
place the figures to be put upon the
canvas. The picture, sire, will be done
at the stated time" And this picture
is to-day regarded as the greatest work
of the famous painter. We often as
Christians go carelessly to the work,
when we could best serve the cause we
love by taking both our work and our
selves to the Father and in quiet asking
his help and counsel in the duties be-
fore us, and his direction in carrying
them out.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Now l Lay Me Down to Sleep.

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there Is stiffness everywhere.
Like troubled spirits here and there,
The freight shadows futtering 20,
And as the shadows round me creep
A childish treble breaks the gloom.
And softly from farther room
Comes, Now lay me down to sleeps
And somehow with that little prayer
And that sweet treble In my ears
My thought goes back TO distant years
And fingers with dear one there,
And as | hear the child's amen
My mothers faith comes back TO me.
Couched at her side seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh, for an hour In that dear PLACED
Oh, for the peace of that dear timei
Oh, for that childish trust sublimel
Oh, for glimpse of mothers facet
Yet as the shadows round me creep
do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And Nov lay me down to Sleep"
-Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Very Much Worse.

A bachelor, old and cranky,
Was sitting alone in his room,
His toes with govt were aching,
And his face was o'erspread with gloom.
No little ones shouts disturbed him,
From noises the house was free
In fact, from the attic to cellar
Was quiet as quiet could be.
No medical aid was lacking,
The servants answered his ring,
Respectfully heard his orders
And supplied him with everything.
But still there was something wanting
Something he couldn't command
The kindly words of compassion,
The touch of gentle hand.
And he said as his brow grew darker,
And he rang for the hireling nurse,
"well marriage may be a failure,
But this is a great deal worsei"
-Boston Courier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Women In Office.

Miss Martha Merrington was the first
English woman to take her place in
one of the boards of guardians for the
administration of the poor-laws. She
was elected as guardian for one of the
West London unions in 1875. Soon
after her election central organiza-
ton was established in London for Sc
curing the return of women as poor
law guardians. This organization has
branches in Manchester and the other
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Could Ride as She Paid.

A local bargain hunter who does sharp
figuring was going to the west bound train
the other day with her daughter, a little
girl. How much will it bef" she asked
the hickman. Half dollar" said he,
well" said she, II haven't any baggage,
no trunk, you see, and my daughter is very
small, couldn't you consider her as equal
to trunk and take us both for one farei"
Eyes, said the obliging hackman, II will
take her as a trunk provided she will ride
upon the baggage rack" They paid 90
cents for the ride.-LeDiston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
One OF Paul Revere's Bells.

Among the town papers Of Newington,,
N. H., former selectman recently found
the following
Boston, Nov q 1904
Thomas Pickering bought of Paul Revere &
ron one church bell, weight, sos pounds, at
$1,000. Received the above.
PAUL REVERE a. Son.
We engage, should the bell not be agreeable
to the selectmen of Newington, in New Hamp-
shire, to receive it again in like order as when
delivered, provided it is returned in four weeks,
when we promise TO deliver the money, retain
ing $50. PAUL REVERE e. Son.
This bell is the one which still hangs in
the belfry of the Nowington church, the
bell, the church and the parsonage all be-
ing the property of the town.-Manchester
Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Two Victories.

There is time when Sorrow comes,
With clash of spears and roll of drums;
When he who mourns may find relief
To wear the panoply of grief;
To drag his trouble into light
And give 1t fair and honest fight.
A hero tried and true Is he
Who strives and wins such victoryl
There Is time when Sorrow creeps
Within the heart and sits and weeps
From dawn till dusk. We live, we smile,
Yet hear her sobbing all the while.
Oh, the dull aching in the breast
Of grief denied and unconfessedl
A saint uncrowned, a martyr he,
Who bears such trouble manfullyl
KATE Fteid's W Washington,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Cunnin' Little Thing.


When baby wakes of mornings,
Then it's wake. We people ALI
For another day
OF song and play
Has come at our darling's call
And, till she gets her dinner
She makes the welkin ring,
And she won't keep still till she's had her fill
The cunnin' little thingl
When baby goes a.wallking,
o, how her paddles fly
For that's the way the babies say
To other folk " by by"
The trees bend down to kiss her
And the birds in rapture sing,
AS there she stands and waves her hands
The cunnin' little thing
When baby goes a.rocking
In her bed at close of day,
At hide-and-seek
On her dainty cheek
The dreams and dimples playi
Then its sleep in the tender kisses
The guardian angels bring
From the far above to my sweetest love-
You cunniu' little thingi
Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
Hospital Rooms,

A successful architect says that the best
he - now being constructed are built
wi, d. hospital room This is an isolated
apartment, properly provided with appli-
ances for nursing the sick, which makes
1t no longer necessary that diphtheria or
scarlet fever should scourge whole fami-
ly at once With the hospital room, too
the patient is the gamer and the employ
ment of trained nurse makes the road to
recovery much more certain.-Neto York
Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25
How Tortoise Shell Is Worked.

The soldering Of two pieces together Is
Effected by means of hot pinchers, which,
while they compress, soften the opposed
edge of each piece and amalgamate them
into one. Even the raspings and powder
produced by the file, mixed with small frag
ments, are put into molds and subjected
to the action Of boiling water and thus
made into plates of the desired thickness
or into various articles which appear to
have been cut out of solid block.-Phila.
delphid Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

THE capitol at Washington has cost
more than 100000. 1t covers three
and one half acres, the dome is 307 feet
high and 1876 in diameter, and is ex.
ceeded in size only by st. Peters in
Rome, st. Paul's in London, the Inva-
lides in Paris and st. Isaac's in St..
Petersburg.