Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-19
selections

| Riches ty deceit cheat no man 70 mach as
the setter.
| Whilst W. live let u live well; for be a man
ever 50 rlch when b. lights his fire, death may
enter hIi door bctoIe 1t is burnt out.
IN ptyir attentions 20 a PLAIN face you may
entertain angel Unawares. Angels are no.,
made altogether Of a few features PRETTY ar
ranged
\ he first virtue is to restrain thu tongue; he
approachoa nearest to the God Who knows hos
10 be sueu.. ven though he is III the right.
1t Is filling ehild's mind as in packing
| trunk, We must take care what we hay below
not only 10 secure for that a safe place, but to
prevent il from damaging what is to come after.
If you would relish your food labor for 1t
II you would ENJOY your raimcnt, pay for 1t bc-
fore YOU 1t II YOU would sleep soundly,
take clear conscience To bed with you.
Tender emotions are not necessarily oft ones
Because there j, u kind heart, 1t does not follow
that 1t Is attached to a weak head. Tender peo-
PIE almost always cough in the harder Irinci-
cIpies,
A high forehead does no; necessarily indi.
cate GREATNESS, any more than does q low one
neannesS. 1t Is not the outward shape but tie
inward activity, that does the business.
dAtEl Il it4l4'l 5otN d5lIdy, hot because there
Is "a want OF prayer u virtue Ut HOME bat slmpl,
lacks sunshine. \ child needs smiles as much a.
flowers need sunbeams Children took little be-
yond the present moment. Ii thing il-a7es
they are apt to see IT. II u dispea they al,
prone to avoid 1t. If home Is the place where
faces are sour and words harsh, and flult-fndin-
is ever in the aso. ndaut, they viii spend Is many
hours AZ possible elsewhere. Let every father
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talk TO Their Children especially the little ones i'll
such a way as to make them happy.
Tie first great lesson a young man should
learn il, that be knows nothing The earlier and
more thoroughly this lesson Is learned the better
~ home-bIei youth, growing up III the light OF a
parental admiTa ion with everything 10 foster
his vanity and Sc f-esteem Is Surprised to find,
and often unwilling 10 acknowledge, the superb
ority OF other people. But he Is compelled TO
learn his own nsignifcance; his airs are ridi-
culed, bis blundeTs exposed, hi, wishes dlsre-
garded, and he is made to cut sorry figure I'M
til HIS sefcon cit is abashed, and he feels that he
knows hing. When young man has thor
oug hly compIehcnded the fact that he knows |
mo- hing, and that intrnsieally he Is Of but lit
value, the next lesson is that the world cares |
nothing about him. He is the suhject Of no |
man $ overwhe ming admiration neither petted |
by one Sex nor envI.d by the other He has to |
take care o. himself. He viii not be noticed til,
he become noticeable he will not become notice |
able unt he does something to prove that he /, |
thing 10 ,o3icty No recommendations or
intr'ductons Will give him this; he must do
something u be recognized as somebody.
man must learn TO wa I as well as work, and be
content With those means of advancement in life
L., 4
tence is of the most difficult les .ons to learn
1t is natural for the mind to look for immediate
re ults. Let this, then, be understood as startl-
ing that the patient conquest of difficulties that
rise IN the regular legitimate channels of business
and enterprise, is not only essential also to that
PREPARATION of mind requisite for the enjoy ment
Of success, and for retaining it when gained 1t is
he general rule in all the world, and in all time,
hat unearned success is a curse.