Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-08-19

sung in their souls. | can see the lines OF
thought. and of care. and of fcar.-moncy
lines, slrewd, grasping incs,-but how few
happy lines The rarest feeling that ever
lights the human face is the contcntment of
II loving soul. Sit for an hour on the steps
of the exchange in Wall street, and you will
behold II drama which is better than II thou
sand theaters. for all the actors are real
There is no greater mistake, (says an emf
nent divine,) than to suppose that Christians
can impress the world by agreeing with it.
No! it is no conformity that we want; it is
not being able to beat the world in its own
way; but it is to stand apart from and above
it, and to produce the impression of holy
and separate life this only can give us n
true Christian power.
a poor woman kept a strawberry plant in
a broken pot in her window. 1t grew and
ilourished finely, and when friend congrat
ulated her on the promise of fruit, she re-
piled, "Ah, it is not for the fruit keep it.
am too poor to keep any living creature,
but it is great comfort to me to have that
plant for know it can live only by the pow
er of God, and to see it live and grow from
day to day tells me that God is near
Frederick the Great was very fond of dis
putation but as he generally terminated his
discussion by collaring his antagonist and
kicking his shns. few of his guests were dis
, posed to enter the arena with him. One day,
when he was even more than usually dis
posed for an argument, he asked one of his
suite why he did not venture to give his
opinion on some particular question. at is
+, impossible, your majesty" was the reply,
''to express an opinion before II sovereign
; who has such strong convictions, and who
wears such very thick boots"
Now, young people" said professor of
a natural history to his class, 'now, then, rs to
hens; II hen has the capacity of laying just
ri six hundred eggs, and no more; and she
finishes the john just about five years. Now
: what is to be done with hereafter that" "Cut
of her head and sell her for II spring chick
en!'' exclaimed an urchin whose father dealt
- in poultry.
In reply to young friend leaving II town
:, because some things in it were not exactly
to her taste or content, i'm old lady of eXpe-
q rlcncc sitlu: MY uetr, when you nave lOllnti
q II place where every body and every thing
are always pleaaant and nothing whatever
3 is disagreeable, let me know, and III move
there, too"
+ Why is your chiumbermaid immortal? Be
cause she returns to dust every day without
:. dying.
Is The Christian Union follows Beecher by
e declaring that there is no such thing us I'M
actual devil.
G The census returns of Great Britain show
e that the surplus Of female population is ON
l. the increase.
4 Eaton, Ga, mOralizes over II snake that
II crawled into a house, and was found coled
IL up on the family Bible.
Ignorance does not SIMPLY deprive us o
" advantages; it leads us to work our owl
l. misery it is not merely vacuum, void %
knowledge, but II plenum of positive errors
n continually productive of unhappiness.
, Boarding house chicken soup can be made
is it is said, by hanging up hen in the sun 5,
r that her shadow shall fall into II pot of sal
I IL