The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-02

C-omc.a hcn what we say IN out audience
viii be- our least work. Tonight ho that
speaks 10 Eve hundred--shall tomorrow
address 1yo hundred thousand by tho
voicclcss type, that yet uiters perpetual
thoughts. Who cnn estimate the in
pouancc Of such nn element, In tho
great process of democratic education :
This is very much of matter Of
fact world, aud most OF our actions aro
governed by motives of policy, and de-
icrmincd by the affirmative or negative
answer to the great question, "Will it
pay " Nevertheless, there are various
hule exercises which all are moro or
loss given to, and are very pleasant,
though they do not pay. II don't pay
to build air-cnslles, and people them
with Just such beings rs we would
choose for companions men, noble
generous, courteous, and good with
women, fair, a0cciionaIe, unsophisiic0t-
ed and pure with children whose faces
reflect the sunshine within, AMI whose
| praiilo is always music, bot yet, who
does nor pass many an hour M creating
/ a world 10 his own mind, and home
rcdolcnt with the peculiar atmosphere
/ Of his own hearti 1t don't pay TO 81
drcamiy before the fire in the coal CRATE,
or on the Gresidc hearth, and watch the
images which llit before the vision in
I all tho changing hurs Of many-colored
fancy Sull, though il makes 40 one a
cent richer, there are very few who have
not read the history Of human lile be-
tween the bars Of graie, or seen II
symhollzod in the fuel, consuming upon
the handbags. This iirusidc fancy is
rendered very neatly ia the Dublin
Magazine
There you have the first effort Of
infant life, the little scientific cleaning
out Of the biackness perhaps you SOC
il no nore--gone ia one liule psf or
it may be that II gusbes out Ia a strong
biluminous JET, blazing up with whi1-
zing sound. All. that Is boyhood -
bright, joyous, Vigorous; ninsing iisclf
heart soul, into everything living in
and for the moment, aud fed from the
very iountain-head Of animal life but
the fame by degrees grows sleadicr,
quicler. aud more tempered, rs the
supply Of gas begins 70 fail, jusl Ike The
boy when the exubemnee of vital spirits
J., worked oil. And then We hayc the
fame broad aud clear iLo arlor OF
youth and this again siiL.iies, and the
flame itself goes Out, l,a,ing ihe red
glow Of lhe ignitod mas the steady,
pcrseyerag. hopeful ene,gy Of man-
hood. 'lbi. lasts long, provided you
do not siir it with the poker, aud de-.
range is organization aud 10 too viii
the man, Il be geis lpir play from within
aud lfom without but they viii not
last always, for they hrg both "of tbs
earth, earthly" Tho glos fides Gr.l
iii,le, a. grcyish shadOw steals hcros,
is brlghlaess--lhen ii rallies Tor q
moment, bat ihs shade cumes acfoss Il
I again and again, recurring al shorter
and shorter intervals, iiil % iasi Il lose,
all i,s raddiness aud s aarnih, and th,
Z dim grey, a,hy hae otefspfvAIs II
never again 10 disappear. All 'lis q
niih maHl disease assails him ifoa
without, the native inGmiiic. of hii
mortal structure zap him from uIihin-
be- battles them for while, he rallies
b. sinks bic eye loars 10 brightness
biz check BE bloom, bic step iis slasiici
y aad the shadow of he grave fol
Z ihe fret time casts gloom oter Lim
look nov NJ yoB nass, ho~ II grow,
darker aDd darker there is 30 hrai Ia
Il ses hoW q shf.nks tsseilcg, aad si
lasi, 81 ith d iaiai feeble crash. iails "a
/ pi crs, down inio ihe p.l Lcnsaih-ths
dat snd ashes Jssi lks man the
blooi raos Glider aai colIcr. ilir form
shnyels, lhs eJe dims, and 81 last il.s
sasloa of dealh dafns nsarer sai
iooms heavily ofsr hia t.ra i.ls ishl
g9es ssf and les s'aks into ilis grave.
pa, d1-i and ssi,sa t-s~