Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-12-25

millinery and dressmaking establishment
they had of late almost ignored.
How beautifully you have fitted up,
Miss Smith, said her friend, who had
been invited to take look within.
"Pve started anew as a branch of
Mime. Demorest's Emporium of FASH
ions, the headquarters of Demorest's
Monthly. I'm very thankful to you for
mentioning the magazine to me, for you
see it has helped me out of my trouble"
How did you prosper? asked the
same friend, some time later in the
month, dropping in to see If Miss
Smiths hopes had been realized. ia-
"Oh, Ineyer did so welll Why can
work with so much satisfaction to myself
and every one Of my customers, and
have such a variety of beautiful styles
that even the ladies from the city, board
ing hereabouts, find all they require"
Time fitted swiftly by, and again the
sewing circle had met at Widow Mays.
"What a vast improvement there has
been in our village since we have taken
Demorest's Monthly ?" exclaimed Mrs.
Brown, during pause in the conversa-
ton.
Mrs. Hart did you take Mrs. Wells
advice and subscribe for the village pa.
per ?" #
Yes, and | must say, it was just as
she said--Mr. Hart and ] have resolved
never to do without il tagain. He thinks
it saves him great deal more than his
false notions of economy ever did,"
"That is my opinion of the magazine.
Besides we are certainly all brighter, and
better, and happier, and wiser through
its influence. 1t is the general remark.
There is now one thing for which l have
a great ambition. That is, to make up
club large enough to get as a premium
an organ for the church. have already
set about it by applying to some of my
friends. | find have only to show
copy of the monthly to convince them Of
its merits. 1t speaks for itself, and they
have been so enthusiastic in their appre-
citation as to set their names down upon
my list Immediately. VIII any of you
aid me?" .s
Every voice chimed in assent. As wo-
men always do when they have pet
project at heart, they went to work with
will and energy, and found their task 50
easy, that in few days the entire sub
scription was on its journey to the Pub
Usher of Demorest's Monthly, No. 1888
Broadway, New York.
A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT-Shortl
before the departure of the lamented He
Der for India, he preached sermon
which contained this beautiful illustra-
tion:
Life bears us on like the stream of a
mighty river Our boat frsts glides
down the mighty channel, through the
playful murmurings af the little brook
and the winding of its grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads the flowers seem to offer
themselves to the young hands; we are
happy in hope, and grasp eagerly at the
beauties around us, but the stream hur-
ries on, and still our hands are empty. Our
course, in youth and manhood is along a
deeper and wider food, among objects
more striking and magnificent. We are
animated at the moving picture and en-
joyment and industry all around us; we
are excised at some short lived disap-
pointment. The stream bears us on, and
our joys and our griefs are alike behind
us. We may be shipwrecked, but we
cannot be delayed; whether rough or
smooth, the river hastens on till the roar
of the ocean is in our ears, and the toss
ing of the waves is beneath our feet, and
the floods are lifted up around us, and
we take our leave of earth and its inhab-
itants, until of our future voyage there is
no witness save the Infinite and Eter-
nal" ..
STRETCH 1T A LITTLE-A little girl
and her little brother were on their way
to the store the other morning. The
grass on the Common was white with
frost, and the wind was very sharp. They
were both poorly dressed; but the little
girl had sort of a cloak over her which
she seemed to have outgrown. t
As they walked briskly along she drew
the little boy closer to her, and said
"Come under my cloak, Johnny"
'It isn't big enough for both, sister,"
"Then l will try and stretch it lit
tle."
And they were soon as close together
and as warm as birds in the same nest
What a lessonl How many shivering
bodies, and sad hearts, and weeping eyes
there are in the world, just because peo-
pie do not stretch their comforts little