St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-25


badly brought up Loud laughter.
There are two wrc:It CLASSES i'll the COM
munity. The first is the useless class.
and who are they Perhaps You VIII
say Il baby is useless. God forbid. |
had rather have Il baby in the cradle i'll
my hur>r than amy organ OF pian" ::
better than ing"t> of gold {" silver ::
better tlam any Schoolma>tcr III the
world For of all the lessons we learn.
how to serve and suffer for others Is
the best. and one little baby III the
cradle teaches more of tins than all the
>choolmaStcIS and ministers III the liind
Preaching is very well. but | will put
the cradle against the pulpit amy time.
Laughter. No. babies are among the
useful l will not say husl'andric> but
among those useful things that str up
society night and day I"ar~ of laugh
ter. and keep the world moving. Per
haps Won will say the old are useless
and mpruductivc who produced You
then No house is perfect that has
not III one corner Il gray haired old sire
and in another Il laughing OF crying
baby. The old. for the ripe beauty of
their autumnal days and their wise
counsel, are productive. but there are
the feeble whose portion III life Is very
small who had one talent gwen to them
and never knew how to use ii. These
are objects of compassion in every com
mmity. The feeble in understanding.
| in moral sense. in body. If You build
Il mill ON IL dry fork. y"u will have con-
siderable difficulty in grinding: hut :;
mill on il dry fork has every advantage,
] "a I al h.IlN
! I.aughtcr. These are the men that
have dyspepsia. whose mill wont work,
| for il is here striking his stomach that
49,. ,,nlng is ground up that makes
/ thought and feeling. y imam may nave
| IL good head and nothing To run il with.
! while Il man may have il small head
hut if he can make IL good deal OF steam
| he will Iuu like fury. These small hnl
| let -hcadcd men. with their heads sci
well on their mcrk> and their mcck> sci
on broad shoulders and thcir shoulders
resting on Il good stomach. often exert
great force in running Il community
but if the head j. seated on hut l,ttl,
| neck, narrow shoulders and no stomach.
| he is called Il >hiftlr>> nthn, ant! thrI.
| il no worse place tor Il >hiiilc>- man
than New England. y criminal that j.
smart has :. better chance here. think.
than Il >hittlr>> man who j. good. hut
not smart. Laughter. Well. thrr,
are SOME who az. Useless who al.
they ? In the fist place. hold ,.,r.N
man that thinks things a> they were
hen he Wis born were III THEN mani
mum that there never will l." better
lou"hmut> and pies than he had i'll hi
mothers Kitchen. and he don't want
any better; he NInt Ia school ~ the
old brown. unpaintrd school l,nJI>''. and
/ that's Uond cuough for his aud hI>
, ncighh"r> childIcn to-day. DaIW III
tells H. "" cam" mp ti"n the animal
! kingdom; ! strongly >u~pri II J. 80,
| Laughter. Ih,lr l. Il ur.tm ~ iin cam,
from the monkey there one Wli" cam,
from the fox. and there one " llu Ia- in
/ nim something" of the bear: and some
/ men feel pretty >mlc camr from the
| hullir"y~ y II" sit ON TIA" edge of tn.
/ pond ON u summers night aud keep
rr"akin". rI"akin". cr"akiu". nr..rr
/ iau"htcI And though think NrIN
| we'll OF buIlir"y>. don't think we'll at
| hulllrne> IN hircI.hr~. Loud laughter.
Another class al Useless persons air
/ those " lO are able in body and mind.
Who have attained >IIc,'>> in life and
have >uuittrd down on then wealth.
though more competent to serve 50
| rirtN than ever hctnrc These arr the
men that have Vet full power and know
now Ia work. and Vet draw out Of won l.
and sit upon their nests ui r;l>,' II.! let
| the world 90 10y. while they. criminals
self inlnl%tri. rnI"N themselves. CA
! the nthrl lLluh. VIA" AZ lie. "'".'r'.'IlN'
| persons Whcn We make up tiu. ~
| Ncntorl of practical efforts IN >"ri,tN
| the best and most irnp"ltanI Of all are
the obscure h"U>cW lie. the maiden. tin,
/ sister. the working yirl. rank these
| Imon.. the first of useful industries.
/ Without ,i,. mdu-rIiou> American Wo-
men men were either honr- ~. bears. ol
both. Then comes the nottingham.
not less those VIII" vuIk with then
I hands than thn>" that work sill more
! Significantly with the head. and | men
! tIon with hou"i n.n who invent and
construct. on NouI SELVES IIr ,in'~>,~
h"W through the fruitful Thought al one
/ brain he " hole community round about
| has been nIId" richer and happier. 80
| that our mans Thought aud it~ >kllliul
production in material inIiu has hrrm
blessed Ia generations unc"llntrd Vet.
The men thai make roads. HOUSES. fur
uitUIr. engines. m:ichIlrIt better. and
:" make work more productive. thr>.,
are the t.. mrtactoI> ot ~ociriN. II it
we've not Tor those, over >ln"Iliin. men
that tail in life the prudent men W"lildnt
hr half 50 prosperous. buc man pro
lcct> an idea; another takes il up and
carries il ont. There are men " lao are
IL I,..,, l..
hatch them aud have the rhickrm>
Laughter. 80 We ara. not /" dc>pi~c
the oNcr->iu"uInc man. rich in ideas.
hut poor III packet. Bur. friends. there
is one consideration which | feel it is
worth white 10 insist upon with more
speciality. do not count all industries
all alike nor all work alike. Ii ranks
itself The man that >hnVcl> dirt for II
dollar and a-half Il day often giIImhl,>
1T the man who gets two and ahalf for
handling clay in Il pottery. forgetting
that he does work requiring less
Thought. He i the fellow of il, ON and
ass. and they beat him because they
have more bone and muscle. Indus
tries that require II" thinking. no man
power. but only animal power. will
rank lowest and i> lowest. He that
does only What IN animal can d" must
take pot luck with the animal. aud live
ut the bottom. Democracy Is perfectly
consistent with the plan of Socicty a>
div idcd into GLASSES, only they must
not he artificial. Tall j. tall, low is
low. and middle j. middle. SO when Il
man has inventive brains. stirred in
with the tintS of beauty. he gels very
high. Men are high in >orcty just in
proportion aS they are able to conduct
business that requires more or less