Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-23

Z of the instruments which are to make lifelong
harmony or iscOrd,--aId after u short period
| of engag ement, in which all their inutua. rcia-
tiOns made opposite possible to those
which must follow marriage. these two furnish
their hoUse and begin iie together.
! . Then IN MAJ cases the doms stlc ROOT IS
supposed at to be the proper refuge .or re-
lations and friends on both sides, who also are
introduced into the interior concert without any
! special consideration OF what is likely 10 be the
operation Of character on character, tbs play of
instrument with instrument then follow chill
dren, each of whom Is u separate entity,a sepa-
/ rate will, separate force in the circle and
! thus, with the lesser powers of servants and de-
| pendants, family is made up. And there IS
no wonder If all these chance-assorted lnstru-
ments, playing together, sometimes make quite
much dlscord harmony. For if the nus
band and wife chord, the wife's sister or hus-
bands mother may introduce discord and
then again, each child of marked character in.
tsoduces another possibility Of confusion.
"Tns c3.eerg itive forces of humen nature are
50 strong ami various, that with ell these
drawbacks the family state is after ali tbs best
and pucest happiness thar earth affords. But,
then, with cultivation and care, 1t might be
great Geal happier. Very fair pears have h5en
raised by dropping seed n,o good soil and
letting 1t aioae tur yea-s bat liner aad choicar
are raised by the watchings tondiugs, rruuiugs
of the gardener. Wild grepe-vines bore very
toe grapes, ana an abundance OF iksm, before
our irield Do ',rant took % his ode at Iona,
and, studying Tie laws Of Nature, oOniured Up
new species OF rarer fruit and aaeor cut oi the
cid. And so, il ali the lttle ioxer ta4t infesa
our domestic vlne and h-sroe wee once hunted
out and killed. "s might have tA.1ey clusters
and frui. all W inter.
" But Papa, SAID Jennie to come t. the
foxes let know what they are"
. Well, as the text says, httie foxes, the pet
foxes Of good people, unsusnected little ANIMALS,
on the VIII Die, often thought to be really cred
liable little beasts, that may do good, ana a. ali
events cannot do much harm. And as have
taken to the Puritan order IN my discourse,
hail set them IN sevens, Noah did hls
beasts IN the ark. Now my seven little foxes
are these Fault t-Finding, Intolerance, Reti-
cenca, lfritAbillty, Exlctlngness, n.sconrtcsy,
Self Viii
We cannot give she "ssr-Aoa,, oar readers
must get the book 70 them md when they
do, they viii find that 1t isn't children only who
can prof. by the practical truths set forth very
c 'eariy and very tJroby n sereaily valuable
" seImoLs.
WAR LYkles AND OrnkR PoAns By Henry
Howard browneli. BJeton IIcknor & Fields
PIP 245.
Ia the inscription of this volume to Wee Ad-
inIral fa.rasut the author states thai hs has
served under that dia;iugu guIshed naval Oil ;er's
command, and that many OF the lyrics are due
TO the inspiration Of his great deeds ana heIoic
example. 4 poruon Of the volume was issued
about two years since under the title u Lyr-
les u Day, Or Newspaper Poetry, by Eolun-
teer Ia Tie L. >. Service, and all ln that vol
une, As Vel as All or nearly all the pieces in
his, have appeared IA tne public priUts. As
newspaper loetr7 s j. ot tar or'ler ot merit,
"l,ieu a. IN undoubtedly was RAPIDLY
4a4 cldsr = snnrlus OF many Of the
,.-rrlns esents me reprint The
Color Bearer, .u4 = r-schaurs Z as evidences
u tie authos - en-, and oi ne poetry oi ,hls
volume.