St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19

as playing, eating, studying OF working.
The prayer, the self-cOntroi, the dali
~ example by word and even look
needed by every mother. make her vo-
cation one of greatest tself-improvemcnt.
| if used Alright. And the little rewards,
sprinkled along the way-the unlocked
| for returns i'll deepest affection are
sometimes almost overwhelming.
Tell no lies to your children about
the ''origin OF species or any other alb
strusc subject, but meet every question
fairly, and seem to hide nothing even
while postponiug details to future
time. Place yourself on It level with
their minds. and show Il disposition 10
give them all needed reasons for and
explanations of things. rather than hush
them up.
Make the story of the cross 80 t;tmil-
lar i'll earliest years thar it will always
be remembered among the first
things" Jesus entering life as an i'll
tant will touch the child's heart. and
the !'Swect story of old it will want
often To hear. Make jesus. praNe
heaven. and going to heaven. 50 COM
mon as to disarm death uf it, t'irorS.
and religion of all its stiffness and i"r-
mality.
Make family worship pleasant to
them, and give them 4 part i'll it. When
they talk and cannot read. let them re-
peat the VERSE after You which comes
To them in turn. After the reading let
them repeat with others the verses
they have learned. Ending your pray
or with the Lords prayer; the very
t,, IA
the other members of the family. Let
them each have Il Bible and hymn book
for their OWL list.
Make the bed tim, and rising of l"tI
little ones a> pleasant and .i"y"u> as
possible. \ happy beginning and end
ing will hr likely to carry the rest of
the day. Help the little ones over the
difficult places in learning to dress, the
buttons and hooks and pins. ia I'M
rcachahlc places fnr inexperienced
hands. Let bed time he associated
with Il good tIolic with some noise at
tending, Il PRAYER to .ju>us. the smooth
ing of the hcad with loving hands. the
good night kiss. the quick aud innocent
sleep. H"nGy"gnti"naIiSi
DIpNi Know ADAM. As .kitrma>
Ward WIS once travelling III Tie ears.
drcadiAS to lc bored. and feeling mis-
erahle. Il man approached him. sat down
and said
Did You hear the last Thing On !Im'-
ace Greeley
"Greclcy! Greeley ;" >aiI Ar'rmu~
- Horace Greeley! Who is he ;!
The man was quiet about five min-
utcs. Pretty soon he said:
George Francis Train is kicking up
4 good deal of a row over in England
do you think they will pnt him in Il
hastilc p
..Tr"i". T..im, GEORGE Francis rr:um,
said ArtcmuS, solcmnly. II never
heard of him."
This ignorance kept the man quiet
for fifteen minutes then he said:
what do you think about General
Grants chances for the Presidency
u" you think they will rl,u him :,''
"Grant. Grant hang il. mIlr. sid
Arlemus. YOU appear tn know more
strangers than any mali ever SAW.
The man Was furious: he walked up
the car. but n la. camc back and
said:
''I"u cumfoundcd iy,nlamrl~. did y"n
ever hear of Adam >
-Artenas looked up aud 7:ih Nv t.a;
Was his other name -
DIp\'I Know THE GENTLLMAN.--A
correspondent of the Cincinnati TOM .
mcrcidt tells the following:
heard 4 good story told Of The col F..
ored ex-senator from Mississippi ;hr
other day. GcvclS while in the senate. ,
WAS pctted somewhat by the New Eng f.
land people. and. | fear. somewhat /.
spoiled. for he had NOT been III the Sou +.
ate a fortnight before he had adopt
ed the practice of Mr. Sumner. Of ntV-
cr receiving any cards while the Senate
was III Session. Every other senator.
If he gets card from Il pci>"n. goes
ont into The hall 10 see him. Mr. sum
ucr instructed the d0orkccp"I, never IL
bring him :, card during the session "i
the senate. and Alr. PcNcls followed hi,
practice. and became. ul coul,c. = little
unpopult.. But that i, nothing IL The
purpose. Ervcl~ received many iHVi-
tatiuns from New England To lecture.
OF course he couldn't maxi, =, decent
lecture and he was no speaker hu. hs
WAS cplored brother and ii Senator. +
and they made the most of him. He
was. as all know. in the Senate hut Il
short time: vet he made it pay. lie
was rarely i'll the city and accepted all
the invitations tu lecture that came ~
him. While being made the most ot
in Massachusetts. by the old aholit ion
element, he frequently heard the name
of Mr.. Garrison. lie finally asked some
man Harrison was. They answered
Il L..