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Year: 1869

A Christian gentleman was staying few
days with farmer, who, though q man ofsound
sense aud many amiabe traits, was neglect
or religion, and known to be both passionate
and profane He was an excellent farmer,
priding himself not little on the fine appear
ance aud thorough culture of his farm, and
evidently was pleased with his guest, who
was a man of winning manners and extensive
information.


One day, as the gentleman walked out
where the farmer was scattering his seed
broadcast in the field


"What are you sowing Mr. H." was
his pleasant inquiry.


"Wheat' was the answer,


And what do you expect to reap from it 2'


Why wheat, of course, said the farmer


At the close of the day. as all were gath,
cred in the family circle, some little thing
provoked the farmer the husband, the faith.
er, and the head of the iamily-and at once
he few into a violent passion, and forgetting
in his excitement, the presence Of his guest
he swore most profaney.


The latter, who was sitting next to him, at
once, and in a low and serious tone, said,
~ IftA NNtf nft yoW aobtNy HDtt


The farmer seemed startled. A new mean
ing at once flashed on him from the question
of the morning Whatr he said in a sub
dued and thoughtful tone, " do you take such
serious views of life as that such serious
views of every mood and word and action 2


eyes, was the reply for every mood
helps to form the permanent temper and fol
every word we must give an account, and
every act but aids to form habit and habits
are to the soul what the veins and arteries
are TO the blood, the courses in which il
moves and will move forever. BY all thes,
little things ioe are forming character, ana
that character ioW go NTH ms 10 eternity
and according 10 il will be our destiny forver.'
1t was new and startling view to the far
mer, who, though sensible and thoughtful oil
most matters, had given little thought TO the
subject of religion. And il led him to a train
of thought which, it is to be hoped, left hin
wiser and better man.


The lesson is one that is full Of meaning tc
all, and especially to the young that proba
tion extends to everything, and everything il
but part Of our probation; that in and through
and by all we are forming character anc
according TO what that character on eartt
shall be, will be our destiny for eternity
Whatsoever a man soweth that shall h'
! also reap
Year: 1869

NEw ENGLAND AND CALIFORNIA IN Con-
rRAsr.-Here the elder is bush there |
have seen it tree whose trunk is foot in
diameter Here the lemon verbena is fow-
er-pot plant there ii is a bush nine feet high.
Here the mustard seed yields small plant
there il is a tree, often seventeen feet high.
Here we have few grapa-vines in a grapery
there you will find 5000 acres in single
vineyard. Here you will see a single olean-
der identifying a single parlor; there you
will find hundred cumps in full blossom in
a single yard, amid what looks like shower
of roses Here we have the thick green turf
on our soil there they have no turf, and not
dandelion, daughter of the turf grows in
California. Here the sun paints the grass
green there he turns it brown. Here you
see the farmer carefully housing his hay and
little patch of wheat there he cuts no hay,
except to supply the cities, and reaps and
threshes his wheat in the feds, and throws
the bags down to lie all summer, sure that
neither rain nor dew will hurt it.-Rer. DR..
Todd.
Year: 1869

TRUE GREATNEss.-0ne element of human
greatness consists in the conquest of self
Solomon says that he who achieves this con-
quest is greater than he who takes city. To
conquer the disposition which leads man to
live only for his own qualification to be en-
abled, against the habit of years of selfish
ness, to flow out to all within his reach, in
efforts of we'll doing; successfully to resolve
to make common cause with the great wants
of society, and to feel in himself an ever SEN
sitiye sympathy with the pains of all human
suiTering-above all, to acquire the willing
ness to sacrifice, to spend time, money, labor,
thought, for his fellow beings and to do all
this lovingly, ungrudgingly, unweariedly, un-
I'll there blooms on every side OF him pleas
ing scene of rewarded enevolence-this is
an achievement of the principle of greatness
mightier than any which is won upon the
bloody fields Of war.
Year: 1869

Tue TRAGEDY OF LIFE.-Life is a mon
strous disappointment, and death the only
portal to peace. There is not a day that
passes in which virtue does not sell itself for
bread; in which some poor, harrassed or
frenzied creature does not rush madly upon
death in which the good are not prosecuted
and the weak trampled upon. Behind win
dows you look heedlessly at, tragedies red as
any history or fiction ever painted, are being
played, and faces you admire mask with
smiles an inward torture worse than the agony
of the rack. Who, even in this audience, has
realized the fulhllment of his early hope ?
Whose life has not its notifications, its Bit
ter concealments its studied evosions, its
poignant humiliations, its wild uneasiness, its
wrestlings and defeat2 But we do not rep
resent life. We represent the fairest por-
tions and the highest level Of it. Beneath us
is the great mass Of humanity. and they writhe
and moan and weep they toll and starye and
curse and fight and die. The world goes roar
ing on as needless of those who fall as the gale
in autumn is needless Of the leaves it strips
from the tree, or the branches it wrenches
away.--Rep. w, II. Murray
Year: 1869

COLD WATER.


Cold water swallowed during the progress
Of digestion, instantly arrests it, and the pro-
cess is not resumed until the water has been
there long enough to be warmed from the
temperature at which it was drank, to that of
the stomach; or from some forty degrees to
one hundred; to accomplish this the heat
must be abstracted from the general system,
chilling it. Strong, robust persons may not
feel this but if a man in feeble health drinks
cold water at meal, at all largely, he rises
from the table chilly and soon has fever, while
the stomach being kept at work that much
longer in digesting the food, loses its natural
vigor, the digestion is imperfect, and the food
becomes impure, thus lying at the foundation
of disease The inevitable inference from
these facts is, that cold water is injurious to
health, if taken at meals Injurious to the
most robust if taken largely, and to persons
in feeble health if taken at all, beyond few
swallows at a meal.


therefore set it down as a clearly estab-
lished fact, that glass or more Of cold water,
drank habitually at meals, or soon after, is a
pernicious practice, even TO the most healthy.


Injury is done in another manner water,
or any other fluid, dilutes the gastric juice,
and thus weakens its power to dissolve the
food. The amount Of gastric juice is not
lessened, but its power is diminished by its
dilution. The finger will be scalded by dip
ping it into vessel of boiling water; but il
an equal amount of cold water is added, il
may be thrust in with impunity, although
there is as much heat in the mass as before
but it is more diffused.


Any kind of fluid taken largely at meal
or soon after is positively injurious to health
A standing item Of advice to my patients is
take but glass Of water at single meal
or a single cup of weak coffee or tea, never
increasing the strength or quantity, and drink
nothing within an hour after eating.


If cold drinks are injurious at meals cold
food is for the same reason also injurious
thus it is that some of the most terrible forms
of disease are brought on by persistence il
eating cold food exclusively, especially in the
winter time.


WARN DRINKS.


If cold fluids are injurious at meals, W.
naturally conclude that warm fluids, in mod
Grafton, are beneficial, and rightly 20.


1t then follows that if we drink anything
al meals it should be first warmed


We may safely admit that the universe
custom Of country is founded on common
sense, being the teaching of experience
Common sense and the experience Of the civ
iized world is, that cup of good hot coffe'
for breakfast, or cup Of good hot tea fo
supper, is wholesome. Halls Journal o
Health.
Year: 1869

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Commonwealth writes A" An officer
of the regular army now in this city, told a
friend of mine yesterday that Gen Wool was
excessively addicted to gambling, and in this
way had done more perhaps than any other
high officer to demoralize the service. He
said that he had uncommon luck in gaming,
having won in single season over 100000"
Year: 1869

JOE PRINTING


OF EVERY VARIETY,
NEATLY, PROMPTLY AND
CAREFULLY EXECUTED,


IN THE BEST STYLE OF THE ART,
AT THE OFFICE or THE MONTPELIER DAILT


JOURNAL.
We have not only dressed the columns Of the Daily
Journal and the watchman aud State JoWnal in an
tirely now dress but are furnishing our Job Department
with all the materials necessary for the execution in


LATEST STYLES,
o. all kinds Of fine and coarse printing,


from tho


SMALLEST CARD


TO THE MAMMOTH POSTER,
IN EVERY COLOR OF INK AND BRONZE
ALSO BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS PRINTED IN THE
NEATEsT STYLE OF THE ART, AT THE
MOST REASONABLE RATES.


AND PROMPTLY.
70 SEND IN YOUR ORDERS -e7
Year: 1869

scorn as the result of their scrutiny !:
You think you have done it very well,
but I am much better than you! Watch
their disdain for the more admired a.
mong them; and how excessively naugh-
ty for attracting SO much attention they
think that Ada or Amy arc, about whom
the young men cluster. How bold she
is Low overdresscd she is how affect
cd she is and oh how ugly she is =
Sometimes, if they arc deep, they will
overpra;se her enthusiastically but the
rusc is generally too transparent to de-
ceivc any one, and simply counts for
what it is-a clever feint that doesn't
answer. =.
Year: 1869

Important Notioe!- Money Saved!


Those who wish to subscribe for that most
excellent Agricultural and Family Weekly,
the Western Rural for the year 1870, can
make a saving By subscribing through this
Office. By arrangement we can furnish
that paper for one year, and credit a years
subscription to our paper for $3.50. Give Us
the amount al once, aud receive free numbers
OF the Western Rural for remainder Of this
year, 10 addition, The regular price Of the
Western RvTaI is S2.0O per year,
Year: 1869

The Milwaukee Wisconsin, thus
describes a heavy financial transac-
tion:


Just after banking hours an elderly,
well dressed gentleman entered one of
the city banks and asked if they we're
ready for business. Upon being told
that they were, the man proceeded
very leisurely, aud in a business-like
manner, TO draw a check, which he
passed to the paying teller. Upon
looking at the signature the teller was
somewhat surprised to find it that Of
no less distinguished person than @.
Vanderbilt, and the check was drawn
for the very handsome little sum of
ten million dollars. The teller looed at
the man, who appeared very much
unconcerned and as if it were an every
day business with him to draw those
little checks. A second view satisfied
the teller that the man was insane, and
that he might be dangerous customer
to deal with, for insane men are always
supposed to be, even if they are not.
The teller asked the gentleman if he
was in a hurry, as it would take some
time to count the money, and they
might have to send to another bank
to get part of it. The stranger said
no. He had come on to Milwaukee to
buy the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad,
and had made the purchase for $l0,-
900, 900. If they would certify the
check it would answer all purposes.
He went on to say that having bought
the road he proposed to make it the
great line of travel between Milwaukee
and the cosst-that he should put on
line Of boats running across the lake
twice a day and connecting with the
road-the boats to be seven miles long
and to make the trip in two hours, and
to have 8 band of music on each end.
The gentleman was talking very excited
ly about what he was going to do with
the route, and how profitable he would
make it, and what a great thing it would
be for Milwaukee, when q policeman
who had been sent for came in. The


man proved to be a Detroit gentleman,


who was on his way home in charge
of some relatives, and who was suffer


ing from temporary insanity. He was
perfectly harmless, and went awaJ
quietly. He created something of ;
sensation in the bank for a few mo
, msnts,
Year: 1869

Special pains will be taken 10 furnish
good article of TrOugh'ng. and to put up in
a satisfactory manner. We don't claim to
compete with travelling tinkers or irresponsi-
bic parties, but we do say that we can and
will furnish an article that will convince the
most skepticsl that our mechanics are first
class and do superior work. We employ the
Patent Fastener in all cases unless otherwise
specified.
Year: 1869

We have again to record disasters by food The AS hours of incessant rain on Sunday and Monday cleaned out West Cornwall again. ..

 The filling up of the summer freshet was nearly completed, excepting in front of Mrs. Fosters and the Catholic church. The new filling under or west of R. R

 track was swept out clean. The damage generally is not as great as before, but it is bad enough and extended to the south end of the town. The dam of tho Cornwall Bridge Furnace was carried away and the furnace put out, and further up the stream, Colds saw-mill dam was undermined, the R. R. track was badly washed in many pla. ces, and all the trains were six or eight hours behind time, but were pushed through with commendable energy consid- ering the amount of damage. a

 This is the third time West Corn wall. has been damaged this year. And now if the property holders and tue town authori- ties do not take measures to remove the Instructions over tne stream and raise the embankments so as to confine the wa ter in its proper channel, they will not de- sefve to get the sympathy or aid of the public in repairing he damages. It is mo- torious that the R R. cu,vert is en tirely inadequate to pass through the water in a time of freshet and it should be enlarg- ed and the channel of the stream strength ened at that point. The cost of filing up and repairing damages would make it en- tirely safe for the future 94 s" s,t ..

 At the annual town meeting there were some 70 votes cast for town officers, IT of them Republican. The meeting was ad- iourned to next Monday to attend to the business of the town. 17.ysE q
Year: 1869

A WIFE ON A TRAIN. One day last week
january 4th wife in Milwaukee, who for
some months had suspected her husband, and
charged aim with infidelity, was told by her
liege that he was going to Chicago on busi-
ness, to remain three days. Later in the
day she saw him in a carriage with young
lady, drive rapidly by the house of friend
where she was calling, stop at the depot, and
enter, with the young lady, a sleeping car,
for La Crosse. Indignant, with this proof of
his treachery before her eyes, she ran out of
the house with a thick veil over her face and
took passage West on the same train, occu-
pying the coach next the sleeping car She
asked the conductor if such a man and wo-
man. describing them, were in the car, and
where they were going. He replied that their
tickets were for La Crosse. The guilty cou.
pie sat talking till they neared Watertown
before retiring, as they did. together, while
she sat like a tigress nursing her justifable
wrath. On learning that they had taken the
same berth, she waited till the curtains were
closed and the couple behind them had time
to fall asleep, when she rushed in, tore the
curtains aside, scratched the face of the young
woman, tore handful of whiskers from the
face of the man, and raised the deuce gener-
ally. The occupants of the berth shouted
81 Murder.n The woman screamed: - Oh.
you wicked brutes, I've caught you at lastl'


The passengers rushed to the scene of con-
fiict when it was discovered that the brute of
man was not her husband, but St. Paul
gentleman returning East from bridal trip
in company with his wifel The +" onpeas-
antness'' was brought to an end, and the VIC
tim of jealousy stepped at the next station
for return train to Milwaukee.
Year: 1869

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-California
life is romance more intensely interesting
than any ever written by Sue or Dumas,
and possesses the advantage of being an
"o'er true tale" The following incident
is chapter which has just come to our
knowledge: Twenty-three years ago Pat
rick Dunn emigrated from Kings county,
ireland, and not having sufficient funds to
pay the passage of all his family, left two
of his children behind him in the care OF
his father He sought and found home
in Canada, where he resided for several
wears, and where two more children, son
and daughter, were born 10 him. The
accessions to his family were commitment
ed to his father in Ireland, and the chill
dren were informed of the fact that they
had brothers and sisters, but they had no
further knowledge of them. The father
suddenly died, leaving his children to the
care of their mother, but she surviving
only short time, the children were taken
care of by friend, and all communication
between the two branches of the family
ceased Time passed on, and the children
grew to mans estate, and in the course of
events two of the boys found their way to
California, and by curious coincidence
both of them took board in boarding
house in the northern portion of the city.
After time they were introduced to each
other by the landlord as namesakes. They
passed the evening together, and met the
following morning in the wash room, when
the oldest asked the youngest what part of
Ireland he came from. He replied that he
was born in Canada, but that his father
came from Kings county, Ireland. He
further stated that his father died when he
was quite young. The elder then asked
if he knew his mothers maiden name, and
it was given him Further questions and
answers followed, when they discovered
that they were brothers, and they made
known the discovery to the other boarders
in the house There was a great time in
that little household when the fact became
generally known. They had been boarding
at the same house, and dining at the same
table, for several weeks, without having the
remotest idea of their relationship. Truly
truth is stranger than fction.-CdH
Year: 1869

THE SMALL Pox--The Pacific Medi-
cal and Surgical Journal, published at San
Francisco, has an article in which the
ground is taken that the epidemic consti-
tuition Of the atmosphere upon which diffu-
sion Of small pox depends affects the western
slope Of both continents, forming what is
called pandemic wave sweeping over the
surface OF the globe, and that the disease
does not tend to spread unless quickened
by the epidemic influence. 1t pronounces
recent vaccination the only safeguard, as
well for persons who have had the small
poy as for those who have not The NOR
tality of those who are not yaccinated
ranges from % to so per cent, of those
who have been from 2 to per cent The
duration of the epidemic is from six months
to one year, and it seldom progresses
steadily, but fuctuates without sensible
changes in the atmosphere. The idea of
arresting the disease by isolation, non
intercourse or fumigation, when it has
become epidemic is falacy When the
disease is not of this character the germs
emanating from patients soon lose their
vitality. The period of most active conta-
gion is after the appearance of eruption
and during the process of scabbing. The
writer says whenever the disease shows a
tendency to become epidemic every indi-
vidual iu the community should be vaccin-
ated, except children who have been
vaccinated within year or two Vaccina-
tion will only take perfectly second time
e
partially in % per cent. of the cases.
Year: 1869

Felled with an unsparing hand, neg-
lected by a desolats and oppressed people.
these famous cedar groves had shrunk
gradually away, leaving naked and mel
ancholy waste, where once was unfading
coolness, and the gloom at MONDAY, SO
welcome to the weary The inhabitant,
who once made his nest beneath tha
pleasant branches was now compelled to
lay his head on the rock one group was
still left, on which the tempest and the
lightning had spent their fury for ages
but the trunks were unscathed, the foliage
unwithered Thousands of years ago the
kings of the earth built their palaces and
temples from these noble trees, and
thought that their glory and beauty were
to be forever; but time had smote them
like the thistle on the hill The people
looked on the trees with reverence, and
every one cut pieces from the branches,
to be treasured as relics, and borne to
their various homes they were about
twenty in number, of immense size, be-
ing about thirty or forty feet in circum-
ference, with divers rows of branches,
stretching straight out, as though they
we're kept by art; some young cedar trees
had been planted around by the hands of
others, but it was only to grow up and
die. The part of the mountain where
they stood was small plain, around
which rose the high and snow covered
peaks, whose white mantle no summer
took away ; it looked like solitary world;
the only thing that triumphed over the
wide decay that had come down on city,
temple and forest, was this single and
eternal group of cedars; each year saw
them put forth their rich and proud fo-
liage, and the same shadows that had
sheltered the princes of Tyre and Judea
now waved over the lonely group of Chris
tians. One tree alone of the group had
fallen, long since, it was said by some;
according to others, but few years ago;
but whether blown down by the storms,
or leveled at last by age, it was not easy
to decide. Slowly the hand of decay came
over it; for while some of the branches
were Yithering and put forth no leaves,
the rest were yet green and fcebly -four
ishing; for the struggle for life was still
strong in the noble tree.
Year: 1869

When Mark Twain was in the Holy
Land, the monks showed him the ''tomb
of Adam" which evoked the following
gush from that sqperesensitive nature:
1.-The tomb of Adam! How touching it
was, here in land of strangers, far away
from home, and friends, and all who car
ed for me, thus to discover the grave of a
blood relation. True, distant one, but
still a relation. The unerring instinct Of
nature thrilled its recognition. The foun=
tain of my filial affection was stirred to its
profoundest debths, and l gave way to
tumultuous emotion. L leaned upon a
pillar and burst into tears. | deem it no
Shame to have wept over the grave Of my
poor dead relative. Let him who would
sneer at my emotion close this volume
here, for he will find little to his taste in
my journeyings through the Holy Land.
Noble old man-he did not live to see me
he did not live to see his child. And |
-I-alas! I did not live to see him:
Weighed down BY sorrow and dispppoint.
ment, be died before was born-six thou,
sand brief summers before was born"
Year: 1869

Babies are said to resemble wheat in
many respects: First, neither are good
for much till they arrive at maturity; Sec
ond, both are bread In the house, and are
also the flower of the family; third, both
have to be Graded; fourth, both are gen
orally well thrashed before they are done
with
Year: 1869

An English paper says it is not at all
an uncommon thing for ladies travelling in
frst-class railway-carriages to cut down
and carry away the silk curtains of the
windows for the purpose of making aprons
of them. So general did the practice be-
como on one line, that all new curtains
were made of material that was not worth
stealing.