Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-07-21
The Wear OF Life.

Al every rtlITOtl station rs lllc tralD
stops. the man whose duty II Is, may be
Seen passing around and under the car.
oil-c.n in hand, pouring i'll upon all the
movable part, OF the machinery. the sooth
lny oil. How much Wear and tear of
machinery that drop OF OIL saves; indeed.
how it makes possible what would other
wise be impossible, the long life and use
fulnesS OF the machinery.
Not forgetting the sub-celcstial position
Of humanity. ii must he confessed that we
are All for practical purp ',cs. like to M
chimes, and that we al move with more
or less friction, according to the steam
power that propels Us. and the weight We
carry in life. and the collisions we expert
ence with oar fellow-machineS. Also.
that our out going> and in-comings can
not be attended by the man with the oil
can; that being sub celestial we must
ID IKE our own steam and likewise do our
own luhricating But ii we only knew it..
We mi yht have less need of the oil-can.
For instance 1t + the fail OF the year
summers heat and dust. and specially sum
mtrS flies have left their traces through
the house from attic TO cellar; and carpets.
curtains, and paint. must be renovated be
fore we settle down for winter comforts.
/ e fall fruits present themselves from
week to week and tempt II. 10 fill all the
empty cans. The sunny south windows of
our sittlng-roOm have shelves and brack
cts fitted TO them for our garden treasures.
and we cannot neg lcct the htiIotrOpe and
calla and grr1nlum that so generously
bloom in response to our ittcctioItte care
And if our hnus S are blessed with growing
boys and girls. how tie summer time has
told upon them too. and stretched their
elastic bodies quite beyond the provisions
of last wears wardrobe. And however
proviient we may have been, our own and
thc wardrobe OF oar honorrd mate de-
mands some thought and stitches too. All
these things, a,d more might be named.
add themselves every autumn to our ordi
nary daily duties. Now ii is the way with
some of us, to SET about one f these tasks.
bearing on our minds the weight Of all the
Others While our hands are working as
fast us they can ut this piece of - letting
down.. OF making those new trOwserS for
to-morrow's school, we are cOntiiv ng in
our minds how We can possibly get the up
stairs rooms all settled before Saturday
night, and the lears and ounces attended
to in the meantime. How the work piles
| up i)tlOI oil IIlIilu SNt W VIC
heights Furer:,sting. to - take Time bv
the forc-lock y is excellent. and greatly
facilitates work; but Uorryiny about the
amount of work before us is really more
wearing than the work itself. And it is Il
sheer waste of nervous force. for it does
not in the least hel p on what we are doing
and does result in utter WEAKNESS of the
flesh. At this point how much we need
! I Snothipcr oil ,,n,,rnJ in nn,n am. ,,.a,r
led and worried minds. And this is tn,
way we can do it ourselves We mus
bring our wills to bear and resolutely sIu
out of our minds every piece Of work hu
that which engages oar hands. We mus
train ourselves to do The matter in han,
with all the ease and calmne>s that W,
shoud feel if we knew it We're to be fol
lowed by the imagined delights of unlim
tied leisure.
This is matter of temperament, do yol
say? To be sme it is, us wha: about us i
not; but because we are born with ten
dency to see the discouraging aspect o
everything. and to waste in uoyry tn,
force that might be spent in overcoming
difficulties, shall we yield ourselves t
this weakness of temperament? We do no
excuse the unfortunate whose tempera
ment leads them to steal
Sometime we are born to worry an,
sometimes we have worriments thrus
upon us in the shortcomings and unf,ith
fulncss Of others upon whom we depend
These worrmcnts from without are ex
ceedingly trying for they may canse tn
discomfort Of IL whole household or the
may lisk our own reputation for faith
fulness. or they may put in leopard
some important enterprise. But eve
these trying things may be met by tn
disciplined mind with a courageous from,
Is not this the point to be aimed alto s.
bear ourselves toward all our trying e1
pe1iences, whether they be from with
or without. that we waste not an atom {
force in the friction Of worry, but ca
gather ourselves up in the fall might {
our manhood or womanhood to strik
down that which interpose between us an
deserved peace or earned success!