Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-19


himself is human windmill, veering each
minute TO a new point. He has no mind Of
his own, no faith 10 his own abilities, aud
people accept him at his owu valuation. We
need all the discipline which He sends us
that we may exercise this faith, for exerci Sc
is just as necessary to its growth, as it is to
the growth Of the body.
Consider the people Of the tropics, when
you find Yourself irettiug on cold morning
because He was pleased to open your eyes in
this northern region. They have little need
Of forethought. They have the problem Of
getting living solved for them. The fruits
Of tho land are 30 abundant that they need
only to stretch forth their hand and gather
il. They need but little clothing, and the
earth is rich in everything but men aud wo-
men. IL IL true that men and women are
the chief products Of this climate, but it is
by the harsh discipline that real men and
women are produced. Character thrives
very poorly in warm countries, and what
climate can boast Of more eminent men and
women than ours 2 Nature does not require
the exercise of the faculties which produce
energetic, cultivated men at the tropics, but
in our climate nature gives less and requires
more. For this we should be thankful in
stead of complaining. Everything which
comes to us from the hand Of God is bless
ing, and how cold and unworthy is the heart
that never goes out to him in love aud graf
itude. We would say to these fault-6nd.
ing ones, stop your grumbliug or immediate.
ly start for the tropics, aud there drag out a
useless, iudolent, miserable existence under
some broad-leaved tree, like the brutes which
perish and are forgotten!
Economy is virtue as we'll as an art, and
will bear cultivation. Extravaganza Is its
opposite, aud ought to be despised. IL ouly
the rich were extravagant we would say Ego
ahead" by all means, even If you do not leave
million or 30 to some charitable institution
when you die The money paid to minister
to your far.reaching whiins will keep your
tailor and wifes dressmaker, cook and coach.
mau from the need Of such an institution
But it is much oftener the poor who lend
themselves to this folly than the rich. The
love of display extends over all the land
and is eating out the heart Of the republic
Real culture avoids everything like mere
display, aud parade Of superior wealth il
always offensive. But how much more des.
picabe is display in those who cannot afford
it. The savage delights in parading his fin
cry, 10 order to make his comrades jealous
and in proportion to a persons refinement
will he avoid this exhibition Of bad taste
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars have beer
wasted in our large cities in ostentatious dis
play Of flowers, viands, wines, 60, &C., Al
dinners, balls and weddings. And such il
the rule, not the exception, in these cities, the
details Of which appear in print to sicken
and disgust all sensible people. Ostenta
ton is not refinement, aud true elegance il
not display; and it is certainly wrong to
thus waste money that might help poor
starving women and children, who live al.
most under the shadow Of their elegant man
slons. To surpass each other in the slpendol
Of their entertainments seems to be thei
chief ambition. 1t seems to have hardly en-
tered the minds Of the rich Of the presen
century that God bestowS wealth principally
as trust, to be used for the benefit Of 9th
ers, and not merely for personal qualification
II they could only realize the truth they
would know that the happiness Of doiul
good is infinitely greater than any self.Satis
faction gained from outshiniug neighbor o
defeating a rival. 1t has been truly said
That is the greatest man who does the mos
for his fellow man; aud that is the loves
man that does the least for his fellow man
and such men are more to be pitied thai
censured." If only small part Of the mil
lions spent by women on gorgeous appare
were used to aid suffering humanity, hal
tho wrongs of women would disappear. |
is mistake to suppose that woman doe
but little to amelorate the suffering of he
sex. She is power in the United States
she can influence her father, sons aud broth
erS; many can also WELD eloquent pens
And if only the rich wives and daughters @
our land would enter this field, what
glorious reward would await them. An
how would their hearts rejoice to at last hea
the blessed words " Inasmuch us ye hav
done il unto one of the least Of these ye hav
done it unto me-" Q. CUMBER.