Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-05

He will see plenty of desolate-looking
ranches" - very few attractive country
"Homes"
Let US give the ranches" their due. In
a favorable season they will produce i'm
mense crops of good, plump wheat-but
they don't grow the right kind of children.
When they begin to turn out large families
of industrious, intelligent, self-reliant chill
dren-families, for instance, like the one
my father raised on the dear old farm in
Irasburgh-when they deserve even a Sec
ond-class premium for this sort of produc-
ton. promise to reconsider the whole
question.
Religion in our state has made fair pro-
gress and has supporters of nearly every
known denomination. Churches in our
cities are quite as grand as it is necessary
to have-with room enough for two or
three times as many people as usually at
tend. Smaller churches in smaller towns
are seldom well filled, and it seems con-
fessed and general failing-"Folks don't
60 to church as they used to do in the good
| old times" Perhaps you will be surprised
to hear that this complaint is not confined
to young states but has even been heard in
the land of the Puritans 1t is also notice
able h a t congregations and Sabbath
schools seem to lack the humble, devotion
al spirit that prevailed in former years.
Careless, giggling, boisterous young Amer
lea is often a sore trial to those who remem-
Der the meaning and practice of Sacred
Worship" If the old spirit of reverence
has gone by the board, what have we in
stead2 More of charity perhaps-certain-
ly a more liberal feeling between professors
of different creeds. Charity is better than
creed and they ought to be in harmony.
Cheerful tolerance is much better than
stern bigotry, and these cannot harmonic
what one gains the other loses.
five can but keep the true christian
spirit we need not mind the changes that
happen to forms and -creeds, yet these
should be treated with respect, and it al
ways "hurts my feelings" to see young
folks whispering, giggling and flirting dur
ing church service Not that believe you
have any Of that sort in Vermont-but we
have few here who deserve just such a
"gooa shaking" as two of them got in San
Francisco at the hands of a vigorous Scotch
woman. She endured their nonsense till
forbearance ceased to be a virtue, then turn
ed and fairly shook them into good behay-
ior Their mothers should have done il
long ago and saved her the trouble
Among our summer visitors are several
distinguished lecturers. The papers grum-
Bile alittle at their prices. Thesame talk
that you get for % cents currency they
consider worth to Us from 80 cents to 81 in
coin. Bayard Taylor is giving a series il
San Francisco that are said TO be Fare
well fredericksburg his career in tha
line. The eloquent Blind Preacher, Rev
w. II. Milburn, IS now among the country
towns, telling delightful audiences "Wha
f Blind Man saw in England This lee
ture has been called for by more than fiji
teen hundred different communities anC
Literary Societies, and is still good a
new"
P T. Barnum is making the round tril
jolly and keen as ever. Ayoung sea-lior
has been captured for him. He has founc
poor little baby-dwarf and tries to pur
suade humbug- loving public that it is
, Phenomenon Twelve years of Age"
NJ J. LOCKE