Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-22

of his improvement. Norman is better living
Oh spontaneous emotion. No man is better
who does not fight in battle that has vic
tory in it which crowns him with the merit
and virture of winning it.
Some mems kindness and love making are
more cXasperating. more humiliating, than
others dcrision; but the pit;,ble woman who
has once made herself secretly dependent
upon man who is beneath her in feeling,
must bear that humiliation for fear of worse. !
1t is in the power of every man to preserve
his probity; but no man living has it in his
power to say, that he can preserve his repu-
tation, while there are SO many evil tongues
in the world ready to blast the fairest char
acter; and so many open ears ready to re-
ceive their reports.
Sir Walter Scott tells II story of Scotch
minister who, on an icy winter Sabbath
threatened his congregation with everlasting
torments in thck-ribbed ice. Being taxed
with the heretical tendencies of such II ver
sion, the crafty Scot replied, I'D no try to
scare sinners this cauld weather by making
EN- think about hot fire."
Here is the last of II shoemaker, beyond
which let no cobbler go: A lady complaining
that the soles of her shoes were too thick,
the artiul manufacturer said to her: I" Is that
your only objection to them. madame?" 1T
is" replied the lady. "Well then, madame,
/ if you take them | think | can assure you
you will find that objection gradually wear
away"
Our industrious search and inquiries should
chiefly be employed about our own affairs mt
home: for here we shall find so many often
ccs in our conversation, such variety of per-
turbations in our souls, and manifest failures
in our duty, that it will take up so much time
to reform them. rs not to leave us any leis-
ure to be impcrtinent or i'll natured in re-
marking upon the faults of others.
At one of the labor conventions" held in
Washington during the strike, Mr.. Green
made speech eXhorting his hearers To
work IN the interests of harmony and
peace" Whereupon an ablc-bOdied striker
sprang to his feet with the exclamation,
YES, sab! dnt's what we want; hominy and
peas, but d-n if we can git it wild dollar
an II half IL day"
An advanced thinker" is described rs II
creature with long hair, cadaverous face,
peaked features, short pants badly bagged ut
the knee, liberal supply of dandruff and
loose hair on his coat collar, nasal voice, his
liver and digestive organs out oforder, wears
spectaclcs, is heavy on progress sound on
the goose, and generally delivers fall and
winter lectures. He is, of course. very rad
} ical.
A negro orator in Texas, speaking OF" car
pct-baggers." says ito the colored people =
"Thcre are some old black men here who
have danced to the music of the dinner horn,
and not much dinner ut that, and who de-
served chicken pie, and who are better
: worthy of position than the imported little
worms that have crawled into so many Of
fees. These little fellows are too weak TO
pillow and too small to breed. Give your
provendcr to better stock. They will wear
out our majorities. They never had decent
suit of clothes till they came down here from
, Connecticut, OF thereabouts, and got office.
. They hardly speak to you now, and won't
shake hands. But just before election, they