Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-06
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ALetter From North Adams.

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this gives it sanctity and beauty. This
home-feeling grows upon me with pass
ing years. There is a sense of free
dom, of resting, of real heart satisfac-
ton in ones own home, not to be en-
joyed elsewhere, no matter how kind
and thoughtful and interested they may
be in you.
There is restful feeling can hardly
describe-but it is glorious to feel.
Blessed are they who have home and
know how to enjoy it. Blessed are they
who strive to make home beautiful by
cultivating those sweet graces that
adorn life, aud in the home-circle are
more to be admired than beautiful and
costly painting and statuary.
Home again ! Old and familiar pic
lures look down upon US and speak an
easy interpretable language. How they
seem to welcome US back. The clock
ticks cheerily, the bird sings merrily.
the fishes glide gracefully amid the
growing fags-and everything puts on
an air of cheerfulness, and so we feel
happy. Thanks to our dear Heavenly
Father for His care over us amid all our
journeyings. By-and-by we shall reach
the heavenly home. o, how sweet to
bear it in joyful anticipation. May
writer and reader all be there.
In the study again My books are
dear friends. They look down upon
me as much as to say, 81 am glad you
are home, for l want you to take me
down and read and study my precious
pages" Yes, yes, we will, for we love
your society you speak only words of
wisdom; your counsel is most pre-
cious your lessons are most profitable.
Yes, dear old study, we love you for the
memories of many happy seasons when
we have cleaned knowledge from the sa-
cred page, making US wiser unto saliva
ton.
Home again in our pulpit, with hosts
of glad friends to give US most cor
dial welcome, and again to proclaim
the unsearchabe riches of the Lord
Jesus.
o, for wider knowledge, intenser
zeal, stronger faith and purer love, and
then cheerfully spend all for the glory
| of God
OLD BERKSHIRE
il one of the live counties of this vigor-
erous commonwealth. She is alive to
every interest. Her sons and daughters
are widely and well known for moral
and educational enterprises. Week be-
fore last large Sunday school conven-
ton was held at Lee, and our village was
fully represented.
! The temperance work is most faith
| fully looked after. State agents are
/ doing effective work. Numerous or
| CARNATIONS such as the ''GOod Templars, "
"Sons of Temperance" ''Rechabites,
etc, each are doing a good work in their
own way But in large manufacturing
! places there is abundance of this kind OF
work to be done. | have before me the
"Twenty-second Annual Report of the
! Massachusetts Temperance Alliance, a
! pamphlet of thirty-one pages brimtul OF
| the most vital temperance matter.
The financial panic is beginning to be
felt here quite seriously. Some of the
shops have already closed up, Others are
working on half time, but few will run
on full time for the present. We have
! eight large shoe shops, some of them
working nearly 200 hands, while Others
work so, IS and 100.
On Monday of this week quite an
episode in the otherwise peaceful life OF
the Chinese occurred. There are about
! 1876 Of them working in one shop here.
! and for some time they have been lit
/ tie wilful, bordering upon the ugly. II
| advised or corrected in their work they
! would get mad and throw their work
across the shop, and otherwise demon
| strate. This proved too much for the
4 gentlemanly proprietor, and so on Mon
(, day morning he dischaFgede eight OF them
i and this proved the signal for a genera
! row. One of them having plsto
threatehed the life Of the superintcnd
ent. Charley Sing. fled t0 the office
| and soon an officer was called in. anC
arrested the most violent one, All Coon
| and led hin off to the l0ck-uB, where
upon about seventy of the Ceiestials fo!
/ lowed him, with the ayQw6d PURPOSE o.
a rescue. r.. ...I. ~.
i The officer, resisting as long as posi-
i BILE, called upon the crowd 10 help him
and ibis they seemed to relish wontrous
! " well, for they pounded and kicket
the s.Heathen Cbinec" most terribly
/ Oneof them was very severely wound
ed, and probably will die. They are al
quiet, aud have gone to. work again, w
hope wiser and better.
| The one they have IN the lookup vii
I probably fare hard, for they are deter
mined to make of him an example t
I awe the others. ~
r. A dozen new ones, are. expected iron
/ San Francisco this week. Alas, for thi
CelestialsI They find themselves IN
terrestrial sphere, and hardly dealt by.
2. In our visiting, we spent q day mos
pleasantly with the Young Mems Chris
tan Convention at Burlington, and en-
/ loved the privilege of greeting dear Ok
i friends in. the noblest work of earth.
+ We spent a day and night with th
. dear people of Castleton, our forme
j.. field of labor, and tried to preacl
to them on building after tn
heavenly pattern" May the choices
4 blessings abide with them, and mpltipl.
their graces and joys. 49, =
1 A night we spent with our life-loni
friend and family, Rev. FL. 7: Austin, Q
your village. We rejoice in his deserves
success, and the favor that is erownin
him as a worthy and efficient pastor.
. We cannot refrain from speaking
few words upon the improving conditio
4 of the HERALD. While we were visit
ing in your county we heard mos
i friendly mention made of the HERAB
: in its Increasing xigor land ability. 1t
a tol MI
I assure you. Many blessings upon ii
editors and publishers and readers.
e ~. st..-.s 81 -. 81. G. FARRAR:.
(. North Adams, Mass, Oct. 80, 1873.
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