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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-24
Externals.

We received weekly church caleu-
dar (not Congrega ional the other day
from one of the largest cities of Ne
braska, in which the word " church,"
meaning the Westinghouse, began with
a capital letter, and when meaning the
organization it began with small let
ter. 1t would be like this: The First
church met in its Church" This is
but an outgrowth of the tendency
of the times to magnify eXternas
to dignity the house by, in the
first place, calling it "a church,"
and in The second place beginning it with
a capital &C." and belitte the body of
Christ which uses the house as meet
ing place for worship, preaching, etc.
A good deal of the activities aud preach
ing of the churches has similar charac.
teristics, beginning Socialism, '" which
seems to US TO have to do with exter-
nails, with a capital IS " and "regen-
Grafton with lower case or. "-Ne-
broSka Congregational NeUs.
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The Mercies of God.

Great and wonderful are the mercies
of God. Everything utters and pro-
claims them. To turn the folios that
record them would be TO turn every leaf
in the vast book of Nature, the endless
book of Providence, and the still more
marvellous book of Redemption. We
read them in the heavens aud on the
earth-on the years, the seasons, the
months, the weeks, the days, he hours,
the minutes. They glow in our ma
lures, in our biographies, in our homes,
in Our aspirations, in our hopes. The
daylight shines with them, and the
night is full of them. They clothe the
hills and the valleys; they glitter in the
waters; they pulsate in the seas; they
sparkle in the stars; they breathe in the
atmosphere; they compass us about on
every side. All the dispensations are
their waymarks. They roll in the cur
rent of ages; and all creation bears wit
ness to them.-SeiSS.
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DO YOU LIKE SNAlLS2



The escargot is at its best when taken
in the vineyards at the end of March and
the beginning of April. They live on the
shoots of the vines and during the winter
bury themselves in the ground, during
which time they are purged of all gross
humors before they return to enjoy them
selves in the fields in spring.
Cooking these snails is not an easy mat.
ter. They are drawn from the shell, which
is then carefully scrubbed and washed.
Their heads are cut Off and they are well
soaked in salt and water, then returned to
the shell, which is stopped with parsley
butter, and laid to simmer in hot dish
over the fire.
Though there may be two opinions
about the flavor of the escargot, there is
no doubt that both in taste and substance
it is an edible unlike any other known.
The Wiltshire people, especially the
population of Swinton, eat the large gar
den snails as a common dainty. They are
sold in the market like periwinklcs.
"Snailing" along the banks and hedge
rows is popular amusement in winter
New York Advertiser.
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Another PentecOst.

The power of the missionary apos-
tolic church lay in her piety, for her
piety was the measure of her union
with Jesus Christ. And in our day,
the church's piety is the church's
power. Do not forget, my brethren,
this truth of truths for moment. The
power of the church is her living, toll
ing, self-denying piety. For this there
can be no substitute. The church may
increase her agencies as she will; she
may multiply her machinery hundred
fold, but it will be all for naught, I'M
less Christ Jesus be the " liN ing Spirit
within the wheels ~ What the church
most needs now is the--another Pente-
cost And all ye who would see new
vigor in the work Of missions-who
would see new zeal, a new lberality, a
new inspiration in the church at home,
must besiege Gods mercy-seat for a
powerful, soul-quickening revival
DR.. T. L. Cuyler.
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SHAKESPEARE WROTE THEM.


That Shakespeare was the author of tho
plays published under his name is cstab-
lshcd beyond all doubt by the evid nee of
those who were his contemporaries and
knew him we'll First, we have the au
thOrity of Lord Southampton, who was
also well acquainted with Bacon. Second
Is may be mentioned Bon .Jonson, himself
n writer of plays and companion of
Shakespeare. Jonson was certainly a
rood scholar and in that had the advan-
tagC of Shakespeare. Surely he was capa-
BILE of forming u judgment respecting tho
authorship and had ample opportunity Of
testing the question. The well known
lines of Jonson to the memory of Shake.
spcare set at rest all doubt MS the opinion
of the former on this subject. He calls
him the sweet Swan of Avon" and says
"IIe was not of one age but for all time.
There is also an interesting conversation
between several contemporaries of Shake
spCarc, who met to discuss the merits of
Shakespeare plays. We are told that Sir
John Sucking Sir William d'Avenant,
Endymion Porter, Mr.. Holes of Eaton and
Ben Jonson were present.
Sir John Sucking, who was a professed
admircr of Shakespeare, had undertaken
his defense against Ben Jonson with some
warmth, when Mr. Holes, VINO mad sat
still for some time, told them that "if
Shakespeare had not read the ancients
likewise he had not stolen anything from
them, and that if he would undertake to
show any one subject finely treated by
them he would produce something on the
same subject at least as well written by
Shakespeare"
But there is one REM f'd EN- Jonson
which seems to carry con, II with it as
to the authorship of the plays, AS it shows
that the composition of the plays was done
openly, and that the methods of Shake
spearc rs writing were well known even to
the company of players. Jonson says, j
remember the players have often men
toned it AS an honor to Shakespeare that
in writing, whatever he peuned, he never
bluttcd out Il line" Ben Jonson seems to
have answered bluntly, in view of the
many errors of Shakespeare, which were
apparent even in those days, would that
he had blotted out thousandP' This Is
not malcvolent remark, for Jonson said,
Il love the man and do honor his memory
on this side Of idulatry Us much as any.
Boston Transcript.
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Somber Clad Carslcans.

Nearly al Of the p,nmntmcn and WON
en- of Corsica h,.t saw were clad IN tan
most sombrr manner Tho men w. 1ar.
brown or ! luck co9luruY on N.i,t,.H
suits, with heavy hobnAil boots and bi J.
broad brimmcd sOnhrCroS. Not Sati~Ivt.
apparently with thi, ravy coat n,,l Iruu-
scrs, each wore heavy vest OF the saL q
material. Around the waist each wore a
broad red sash with ends hanging down at
the side which set off the black or brown
suit. The women were dressed mostly in
black from head to foot, with black shawls
on their heads, and pretty face was very
rare among them. They will not compare
with the Italians for beauty Of person.
Charles Fl. Adams In Century.
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In Union is Weakness.

Often in union is weakness, though
people have 80 long heard the opposite
affirmed that there are perhaps few
who are ready to believe it. Yet,
while union is in some cases means
of strength, in many instances its ten
dency is directly opposite; Under the
Jewish law men were forbidden to
yoke an OK and an ass together-such
union tended to weakness rather than
strength; and in many instances a
union with incompetent and unfit men
tends to defeat every worthy object
that it Is designed to accomplish. The
union of man who pulls with a man
who holds back; the union of man
who has faith in God with a man whose
life is shaped on lines of worldly policy,
cannot be source of strength.
To Abraham it was said, Get thee
out from thy country and from thy XIII
dred." There must be breaking off
from old associations before God could
work with him and honor him as be
desired; and the partial obedience of
Abraham was not sufficient; for, though
he left his country" behind him,
some of his kindred" went with him,
and especially Lot chung to him even
till after they entered the promised
land. But the separation had to come,
and when 1t came we read, "Then the
Lord appeared to Abra ham, after that
Lot was separated from him" When
one command was fulfilled the Lord
was ready to give others; and when
Abraham had got himself out from his
country and from his kindred, then he
was prepared to receive The messages
which God gave.
There are many people who are tied
and bound by the combinations into
which they have entered. They cannot
use their own judgment, they cannot
control their own affairs, they cannot
do what God would have them, because
they are united with men who outnum-
Der them, outtalk them, and outvote
them, yet who perhaps know little or
nothing of the matters in hand which
to them are entirely familiar. Such
union is a source of weakness. Ten
men thus banded together accomplish
less than one man would standing alone.
! Often the call of God to men is to
''come out from among them and be
separate, and touch not the unclean
thing" to ego forth unto him without
the camp" bearing Christs reproach
and the man who does this will find
that, while there is weakness in unhal
lowed unions, there is strength in stand
ing alone when he stands tor God and
stands fast in the faith of Christi
l.. Hastings,
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Lincoln and stanton.

Mr.. Dana came up TO Washington from
Richmond with Grant after the final vic
tory of the Union army. He reached the
capital ON April 10. On the afternoon of
the 18th he received a dispatch from Port
land, Me, reporting that Jacob Thompson
was expected to pass through that town
in disguise, on his way from Canada to
England. Stanton was for arrestng the
commissioner, but he sent Dana over to
the tic House to see the president about
T. In was in the little closet just
o lice, in his shirt sleeves, washing
his 49,. 30 hands.
Hello, Dana" he said, what is it
now?'
Dana explained that Mr.. Stanton had
an opportunity to arrest Thompson and
thought it ought to be done.
well" drawled Lincoln, II think not.
When you have an elephant on hand and
he wants to run away, better let him run. "
A few hours later Abraham Lincoln lay
unconscious in the little bedroom in the
Petersen house, opposite Ford's theater.
Dana was with Stanton until 2 O'Clock in
the room adjoining the death chamber,
Then he went home to sleep He was
awakened in the morning by knock at
his door. 1t was Colonel Pelouze, one of
the assistant adjutant generals.
Mr.. Dana, " said Colonel Pelouze, Mr.
Lincoln is dead, and Mr.. Stanton directs
you to arrest Jacob Thompson. Edward
p. Mitchell in McClure's Magazine.
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Provoking Children to Wrath.

Men not ill meaning often provoke
their children to wrath. For children
are not yet readers Of intention. With
tn EN- a blunder is the same as crime,
and well-me banality will be even
more irritating than an insult of fore
thought. If you are to avoid provok-
ing the children to wrath, you will need
tact, attention, temper, impartiality.
Where will you get these but on your
knees, in the discipline of prayer, in
the Via Crucis, the gradual assimila.
ton OF Christ by a realizing faith2 1t
is the eternal sorrow of life that elf
any lack WISDOM" he never thinks of
praying for it, and our reicence in
prayer invariably marks the gaps OF
greatest need.
Many people who are polite enough
in the world see no occasion for polite
ness at home. They will study Gus
TONER'S humor with care; but what
need to waste tact on their own chill
dren? The security of their authority
seems to absolve them from the obliga-
tons of their strength A good parent
will not correct in heat or in the pres.
ence of others, but will slide the adj
monition in VITA caution and tender
ness, thinking the child both difficult to
win and infinitely worth winning.
You blunder with any one before
you understand him. A child requires
close study. Children are shocking in
dividualists. Nothing is more provok-
ing than TO be mistaken for another, or
to have birthstone and treace all
round. | cherish an imperishable
Indignation against one of my earlier
teachers who caned the whole class
without discrimination, and in my case,
| knew, unjustly. That is rod no one
can kiss.
In Gods name, by Christ's power,
let those who have o do with the young
obtain and keep control over the tenn
per. If we who are strong get angry,
we are sure to anger the weak Moth
ing in6ames like flames; nothing angers
like anger. If you are parent and
have no self-control, send your children
to some one else, and go to your cham
Der and wrestle with God for victory in
this important point, and then come to
him with the children whom he has
given you.
God is impartial. Christ treated his
disciples alike up TO the last moment.
John got no favor that Judas did not.
Indeed, as the worst among them,
Judas had the bFg. A parent with the
mind of Christ Will have an even hand.
The uncomely in the home will receive
as the comely. His favorites will re.
ceive no favors; his aversions will per-
ceive no slight Sunday Magazine.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF LYMAN u. HINKSON

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash.
ington commissioners TO receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands Of all persons against the
tate of LYMAN b. HtNKSON, late of Worcester, In
said District. deceased and all claims exhibited
In offset thereto, hereby give notice that win
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the dwelling house
of NJ. p Kent in the town of Worcester in said
District, the 23d day of November and 23d day OF
March next. from ten o'clock A. NJ. until two
o'clock p. NJ each of said days and that six months
from the 18th day of September A. D. 1894. Is lifetime
limited by said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent Their claims to us for examination and allow
Dated at Worcester this 10th day of October, A.
= 1926 s2s, R R & hhH fo5vEY Commissioners.
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Irritation
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ESTATE OF JACOB q. STEELE.
STATE OF NERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, IS.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier, in and for
said District the Sth day of October, A ID. lS94
Russell sawyer, executor of the last will and tesla
ment of JACOB c. STEELE late of Moretown, in
said District, deceased. presents his administra-
ton account for examination and allow
ance, and makes application for a decree of dis
trbution and partition OF the estate of said de-
that said account and said application be referred to
, session therepl TO De ne'u al ine osb AZ
of October A. ID. 1894. for hearing and decision
thereon: And, 1t is further ordered, that no
tice hereof be given to all persons interested By
publication of the same three weeks successfully In
the Vermont Waterman g. State Journal, newspaper
published at Montpelier, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, If any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
1919 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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UP IN A BALLOON.
what Mr.. Glaisher Experienced When Sew
eral Miles High.


eral Miles High.
When the balloon had attained height
of 30, 1000 feet, or about 81 miles, Mr.
tlaishor suddenly grew aware that one of
his arms was completely powerlcss. He
tried to move the other but from that
too, all strength had gone. by this time
thoroughly alarmed, he tried to shake
himself; but, strange to say, the result
was but feeling that he had no limbs at
all. His head dropped upon his left shout
der, and when he struggled to lift it erect
it topplcd over to his right. He reeled
back and sank against the side of the car,
and there lay his arm hanging nerveloss-
ly over the side. a moment or two passed,
and he found that all the muscular pow
ers that had still remained in his neck
were gone also He tried to speak, to call
his comradc, but no words came. The
balloon meanwhile was steadily mount.
ing, and to put finishing touch to the
torrors of his plight his eyesight was fail
ing him rapidly. Soon this, too, vanish
ed, and pitchy darkness settled down upon
him.
Consciousness remained. Hearing also
might have remained, but there was no
sound to break the solitude of the sky.
He felt only that he was still ascending
ascending, so to speak, into mere nothing
ness. The mind worked, but all partner
ship with the body had failed The reins
of the senses had slipped from his grasp.
He could just think. "Was this the way
in which men diedp And did one faculty
after another desert the soul in it's extrem-
ity, as scrvile courticrs may steal away
from the presence Of royalty when its last
hour had arrived" And then the dark
ness Of his senses settled also on his mind,
and consciousness faded from him. He
was reused by "a voice calling him, but at
first could give no guess as to it's origin.
Try, try!" it was saying. He tried to
answer it, but could not. He opened his
eyes. All was dim yet, but through the
dimness he could just make out figure
knecling over him. Very slowly the OBJ
security faded, and he felt his senses ebbing
back The figure had left him now, but
he could see Mr.. Coxwcll sitting Mt the
other side of the car, He lay, looking at
him for some moments, unable to speak
or move. After awhile, however, he man
aged to pull himself to his feet and found
his voice-World of Adventure
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As True as Ever.

In many of our current discussions it
would be well for US to keep in mind,
and in our utterapce too, the profound
truth of those words of De Tocqueville,
in connection with his report to the
French senate of the result of the study
of American institutions and conditions
which he had been commissioned to
make; 81 went at your biddir g, and
passed along their thoroughfares Of
trade; / assembled their mountains, and
went down their valleys; / visited their
manufactures, their commercial mar
kets, and emporiums Of trade; / en-
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Estate OF HARRISON d. aAroHELDER
STATE OF VERMONT.
DISTRICT OF WAsHINGTOS S.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, i'm and for
said District the 18th day of October, A. D. 1894:
An Instrument purportng to be the last win and
Testament of Harrison ID. Batchelder, late OF
Marshield in said District, deceased being pre-
sented to the Court for Probate, it is ordered
to be held at the Probate Office, in said Mont
peer, the 9Th day of November, A. ID. 1894,
and show cause If any they may have,
against the Probate of said instrument for
which purpose 1t Is further ordered. that notice
of this order he published three weeks successfully
In the Vermont Wdtchman e State Journal, a news
paper printed at Montpelier, in this State, previous
to said time appointed for hearing
BY the Court-Attest
1920 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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ESTATE OF ALBERT PAINE.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DIGH ICr or w All NlEAN

In Probate Court held at Montpelier, In and for
said District the sth day of October A, d. 1884
Mary NJ. Paine. Administrators of the estate of
ALBERT PAINE, late of Barre in said Dis
trict, deceased, presents her administration ac-
count for examination and allowance, and makes
application for a decree of distribution and par
tition of the estate of said deceased. WhereupoR,
IS ordered by SAD Court that ssid account San
thereof, to be held at the Probate once, in
said Montpelier, the 18th day of October,
A. ID. 1894, for hearing and decision thereon And,
It is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully In the Vermont Watchnsas
d State Journal, anewspaper published at Montpelier,
previous said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show cause,
II any they may have why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
1913 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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tered their judicial courts and legisla-
tive halls; but sought everywhere in
vain until | entered the church. 1t was
there, as ] listened to the soul-equaliz-
ing and soul-elevating principles of the
gospel of Christ, as they fell from Sab
bath to Sabbath upon the masses of the
people, that / learned why America
was gceat and free, and why France
was slave"
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MISCELLANY,
THE EYES OF LOVE.

Blind souls, who say that Love is blind;
He only sees Alright.
His only are thee rs that find
The spirits central light.
He lifts, while others grope and pry,
His gaze scrruc ana far,
And they but see II waste Of sky
Where Love can see the star.
Mary A. Denison In Youth's Companion.