Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-07
For the vERnoSr FARMER
Letter from Medford, Mass.

hotVoh IEOm mouf0ru, Mass.
am under obligation to VIM II. Wheeler
for the issue Of the VERMONT FARMER OF De-
csmber 3, wherein find some one has been
to guessing school. IL is said that guess
work is as good as any IL you guess Alright.
Now just suppose guess for a few mo-
monts, and guess that "R. j. H." who
wants to be recognized a. such, would be
better recognized by her real namo, Mrs II.
j. Riggs, of Fletcher. SO you are not quite
sure Of Advance" Well, l am sure of
you, my sister, and feel that you are indeed
entitled TO a seat with the "Band," IL that
is what you have styled yourselves up thcre
in Vermont. feel that il is advance"
who ought to take back seat Ill be con.
tent las the young man was when he could
not 60 home with the girl) to sit on the fence
and see you Of the "Band" 90 by. As l
find have done so well guessing tmy turn
to guess till | faiD I'll guess again and tell
some more that belong, or ought to, to this
"Ban1." Mrs Curtis Wheeler of Fairfax;
don't remember what her signature is aud
Miss Alice D. Wheeler of the same place,
who il remember rightly has written under
the nom de plume Of lilly Granger" They
certainly deserve 4 place among you. l
don't know as ought to guess out loud who
IN. l.. ID" aud "E. A. j." are, but their
writings are so good that they need not be
ashamed Of them or of having their
real names known. won't guess who
paul Pastnor" aud "Zollikoffer" what
a horrid name to spell) are, for
don't know as should guess
right, but Que thing don't think that Paul
is man, for in his beautiful writings, there
are finer feelings than men are usually pos.
sessed Of. 10 the poetry "Unreaped" arc
such beautiful thoughts, and it is not very
often you find a MAJ that thinks he sows
anything but good seed. II that said Paul
is really man and has such conscientious
feelings he deserves high seat among the
"Band." wonder if he is Vermonter. q
Yankee, both, or what. l too am jealous
for Vermont but do not think she can be
outdone. Look at the Vermont boys that
have taken the prizes at the several colleges
last year, aud here in Tufts college is a young
Vermonter who was once pupil of mine,
poor fatherless boy, who has worked his
way up the hill Of science from a COM
mon school to Normal, then to an academy
and now in college, we'll developed mind,
and manhood, a self made man, his brothers
lean on him as guide. Well may mothers
be proud Of such sons and daughters. Look
at the brave men and women who have been
reared in Vermont, who have gone forth to
teach, preach aud fight for their freedom and
the flag. am glad that among its green bills
can claim n birthplace. Dear old coun-
try homesteads, beautiful fields Of forests,
beautiful hills and valleys, from you have
gone forth and are still going noble-hearted
men and brave but gentle women. Such
men and women make aud help to keep our
freedom. At times ii seems strange to me
that this beautiful world should have been
made for our short lives and each must live
10 its own little corner. He puts some in
the cleits of the rocks, as He did Moses
others in little oasis, and still others on
broad expanse, but all to work in their own
sphere, no matter where they are placed, and
it ought to make US satisfied with whatever
little place He gives us; but when see SO
many around me in this life that seem to be
and to accomplish so much, can't be sats-
: fed with my own, SO little have done, and
30 much have left undone, but we must
} believe however little Of tangible present
good we may have done, we at least have
the unseen good Of heaven and the sure
promise Of all things to come.
! At times our lives seem like little brook
in a great, deep, tangled wood, with ne
chance to flow on and throw of the mire ant
dirt and become a limpid stream, and car
only
fnrfsl ~
Hold thine own path hoWeveTwArd 1t tendeth;
For somewhere underneath the eternal SKY
Thou, too, shalt find the rivers by and by"
We are led OF God-those that ask to b,
led--it is only TO be willing to take His way
rather than our own. All, then, that seen
to depend so painfully on ourselves depends
on Him the act is human the consequence
become divine. Oak6eld says that to b,
wrapped unconsciousy by the magnetic in
, huence Of all around is the destiny, to
! certain extent, Of even the greatest souls.
think all, or nearly all. lives have their pros,
translations (uot much poetry about it, a
! we'll as their ideal meaning
Our lives are just what we make them
only footprints but we cannot make then
what we want they fall below the desire,
0 poiHt, the standard we have set up Thj
{ ideal reaches so far beyond the real that W,
q are unconsciously lost in the labyrinth o
time. and wake up to the realization tina
our lives are blasted-only with what differ
ent eyes from men do angels look upon oul
Q mortal career. The purblind, grovelling gag
Y Of our fellow men oft-times pronounoes scot
: ing Judgment upon a felow-creature, -"tha
mans or that womans life is a miserable fail
| M ha 4. nj,
see the real. They don't see what that maj
or woman has tried to accomplish; they onl,
see what they have accomplished. But ii
. sees and knows our hearts desires, and won
! the angels hold high revelry of joy an
Q Thanksgiving, waiting to crown that life W
= call blasted with the bright diadems @
kingdoms for those who wear the whit
flower" OF blameless life aud obtain III
I victory over all on earth.
:. Rouse to some high and holy work Of love,
sbSI. 5SSa an SaEs % ,b shalt 5S99T
The good begun by thee while here below
. Shall like river run and broader noW.
O This great beyond that we get glimps
@ Of even upon earth makes it so sare to u
q that there is an everlasting life to match tn
d Infinite creation, there is such hidden myi
!. terry about the unseen life. Are our for
@ tunes marked out for us? II so, then W
H may accept of Merchant of Venice
N 'Binee this fortune falls TO YOU
Be content and seek no new"
wish some one that belongs to this Hap
Ply Band or Our Happy Band as our sste
!, has 1t, would tell me something Of this hid
u den mystery, this unseen life, if the good be
: gun by us while here on earth will like ry
! or run and broader flow. had no idea @
y writing such lengthy letter and fear tn
editress will get discouraged too, WIT
y Sister Briggs will take up with the crumb
= that fall, for find that from the plentiful
: Of one life falls a crnmh that stava The nrav