Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-11-06

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Truth will be uppermost one time
or another, like cork, though kept
down in the water. ....
Truth is the ground Of science,
the centre wherein all things repose,
and is the type Of eternity. a.,
"Is not life useful when 1t in hap.
pyi' asks the egotist. "Is it not
sufficiently happy when tits useful =
asks the good man. ...
Men of the nobIest dispositions
think themselves happiest when 9th.
ers share heirhapriness with them.
The head truly enlightened will
presently have a wonderful influence
in purifying the heart. and the heart
really affected with goodness will
much c0hduce to the directing of
the head.
Never believe to be right those
who, having but II piece OF metal in
their chests, would persuade you
that to be cold is to be wise.
Warmth is the vivifying influence
Of the universe, and the heart is the
source of noble deeds.
Impatience, says Sterne, is the
principal cause of most of our ir.
regularities and extravagances. /
would sometimes have paid guiu.
ea to lie at some particular ball or
assembly, and something has pre-.
vented my going there. fter it
was over would not give shilling
to have been there ! would pay q
crown at any time for venison or.
binary. But after having dined on
beef or mutton, l would not give a
peyny to have hal it venison.
When the stiffened body goes
down to the tomb, sad, silent, and
re,n0rsless, says Theodore Parker,
l feel there is no death for the man.
That clod which yonder dust shall
cover is not my brother. The dust
goes to his place, man to his own.
1t is then l feel my immortality. l
look through the grave into heaven.
l ask no miracle, no proof, no rea'
sonins for me. l ask no risen dust
to teach me immortality. l am
conscious Of eternal life:
--re----
now MONKEYS ARE CAPTURED.
Monkeys are pretty common, yet
as all the families are remarkably
cunning, has it ever occurred to the
reader how they are taken Pitfalls
will take lion, and the famished
monarch will, after a few days star.
walton. dart into cage CO lt;,ini ng
food, and thus be secured. But how
are monkeys caughti The ape fam
lily resembles man. Their vices are
human. They love liquor, and fall.
In DarfOnr and Sonar the natives
make a fermented beer, Of which
the monkeys are passionately fond.
Aware of this, the natives go to tie
parts of the forest frequeled by the
monkeys, and set on the ground
calabashes full of the enticing liquor.
As soon as the monkey sees and
tastes it, he utters loud cries Of joy.
that attract his comrades. Then an
orgie begins, and then in short
time they show all degrees of intox.
ication. Then the negroes appear.
The few who came too late to get
fuddlcd escape. The drinkers are
too far gone to distrust them, but
take them for larger. spe.
cies Of their own genus. The negroes
take some up, and these begin to
weep and cover them with mandlin
kisses, When, a negro takes Que by
the hand to lead him off, the near.
Est monkey will cling to the one
who thus finds'a support, and en-
leavOr to get along also. Another
will grasp at him, and 50 on until
The negro leads a staggering line Of
.en or a dozen ripsy monkeys.
When finally brought to the village,
hey are securely Gagged and ,gradl.
lilly sObered down; but for two Or,
.hree days gradually Diminishing
,upply Of liquor is given them, SO as
% reconcile them by degrees to theft
'tate of captivity. ''.f <'''+.' j" 7''
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