Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03
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Four Good Things

lJ is better 10 be good looking than III
looking. Nobody should be vain and take
pride in his looks. but il God has given ne
beauty we should be thankful tor it, People
who care nothing about their looks are very
likely TO care but little about their actions.
Ii the young man OF woman ha- the four
good things the good looks will De great
advantage Everybody likes 70 see good
looking men aud women. Good looks are
an attraction, and God designed that we
should he good looking Ia an the brute
creation there is no such perfection of forum
as in man. and of all the beautiful thing- in
nature and art there Is nothing fuller oi
beauty than 4 human face Painted and
chiseled faces arc the works o. art which we
study most
But there is great difference between
pretty looking and looking good This look
ing good Is the best kind Of good looks. The
homclv features can look good, while some
Of the iairest face; look evil The homely
GOOD person always looks better than the
handsome bad person. Indeed, there is no
real beauty without goodness Tho most
repu.sive face Is that lair face which speaks
Of evil in the heart.
Let the young be careful in their personal
appearance. II is not of much importance
if the garments are not made of finest cloth
or in the latest fashions. Be neat and tidy
in dress. The best styles are the simplest
Discard barbarian ways of rigging up the
head. Use only sun paint.
IT. GOOD MANNERS.
Somebody says, A child is known by his
manners A good hammered child is thought
well of by every body. He may be poor and
wear plain and patched clothes, bat, little
matter for that, everybody is pleased with
the child that behaves well. And there are
no looks handsome enough OF clothes fine
enough to make up for i'll manners in any
child.
In GOOD manners there is kindness to ones
mates, loving obedience TO parents, and re
spectful conduct to everybody else. Our
looks will change. The eye will become
dim the cheek will become pale deep
lines will creep into our faces but our
manners will stick to US. If we are rude,
and coarse. and clownish in youth, we shall
be SO in age. Grown people are children
with all the wrong fixed
III. a GOOD MIND.
II our eyes are black we cannot make them
blue. If our hair is sorrel or hax-colored
we cannot make it auburn but we can
make our minds about what we want them.
A good mind is a thousand times better than
gold mine. 1t is a storehonse Of useful
knowledge. The more we take from it to
benefit others or ourselves the more there is
left 1t keeps us in good company it brings
good company to us and often keeps bad
company away.
One may have the iairest features and be
dressed in the perfection of style, and know
all the polite ways Of society, but if he does
not know enough to get living, what
poor, good-for-nothing simpleton he is
There are many such in the world, and we
fear the number is not growing less.
" GOOD HEART.
And of all the good things this is the best.
II keeps the face looking good when all that
was handsome has faded away. A good heart
always makes the poor, the lame and the
hunchback, good looking. A good heart is
GOOD for both worlds This is what God so
much loves.
God does not make all flowers equally
beautiful or all faces handsome, and some
persons will at best be more awkward than
others, and some viii not be very learned or