Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

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child without brute force Why, they say
children tell lies When you catch "A
child telling lie, do not as if it were the
first lie ever told. Tyranny is the mother
of lies. Suppose man who is as much
larger than you as you are larger than a
five-year- old child, should come to you
with liberty pole in his hand ard say
"Who broke that plateo' You would
swear that you never saw it, or that it was
cracked when you got it, Think of a mem
her of the stock exchange whipping one of
his children for setting false rumor ahoat.
Think of "A lawyer whipping his child be-
cause it has evaded the truth, and he him
self gets his living that way. Think of a
minister whipping his child for not telling
all that it thinks! Think of any one beat
ing their own children whom they ought
to love with infinite tenderness have
known some Christians who act us if they
really believe that when the Savior said
"Sufler little children TO come unto me-
that He had a whip under His coat and
said that simply to get them within strk-
ing distance. know even Christians who
will drive their children out into the street
and then ask God to take care of them.
will never ask God to take care of any OF
my children unless am doing my level
best by them.
will tell you what say to my children
it is this Go where you may, do what
you will. there is 60 crime you can CON.
NIT, there is no depth of inftmy to which
you can sink, that can shut to you my door
my arms or my heart. As long as live
you snail have one sincere friend"
Another thing: There is nothing like
being honest with these little children
Do not pretend you are perfection. You
are not. Ifyou find one of your children has
been telling lie, don't let on as if the
world was going to burst. Tell him hon.
estly that you have told hundreds of them,
and it don't pay. You can't play any
George Washington business on this gen.
GRAFTON, and the sharp eyes of childhood
will look through the robe of hypocrisy
Some people say that will do for rich folks
and not for poor. It's Just as easy to wake
u child with kiss as with blow. From
papers published in this part of the coun.
try lenrn that | was matroated- in my
youth, left home on account of severe
whipping, and became an infidel. This is
not true. My father was more lenient an(
more lovable than any one l knew, and
received better treatment than any boy
knew, and yet my father had the severe
notions of the old time.
There is no day so sacred but that the
laugh of child will make it holier still
Strike with hand of fire, 0 weird musician
thy Tyre strung with Apollo's golden hair
Fill the vast cathedral aises with sympho
nies sweet and dim, delt TOUGHER of the or
gan keys. Blow, bugler, blow, until you
silver notes do touch and kiss the moon-i
waves, and charm the lovers wanderin;
on the vine-clad shores; but know you
sweetest strains are discords all compared
with childhood's happy laugh-the laugl
that fills the eyes with light. Oh, ripplin!
river OF laughter, thou art the blessed
boundary line between the beast ant
man, and every wayward wave o
thine doth drown some fretful fend of care
Laughter should make dimples of jo,
enough in the cheeks of the world to catcl
and hold and glorify the tears OF grief
And yet this doctrine has been forced up
on us.
The idea of immortality, that like u Sc
has ebbed and flowed within the huma
, heart, with its countless waves of io
heating against the shores and rocks of fate
was not born Of any creed, nor of any book
1t was born of human affection, and
will continue to ebb and flow beneath tn
clouds OF mist and doubt and darkness, a
long as love kisses the lips of death.
is the rainbow-hope shining upon tn
tears of grief. have sonre excuses fo
the race to which l belong. In my iudg
ment this world is not very well adapte
to raising good folks. In the first plac
nearly all of it is water 1t is much bette
adapted TO fish culture than the productio
of people. The speaker showed the intlu
ence of climate and soil upon the develop
= ment of the human race. High develop
ment is impossible in the torrid zone. Yo
have got to have Il climate where there
literally good winter. Not TOO mucl
but enough, In u country where ma
needs no coveret but II cloud, reyoutio
is the normal condition. Yon want
winter. That is the mother of industry
of prudence, and of the tireside; and, NOR
than that, it is the mother of the famil
relation. The winter gathers the Gnthe
and mother and the sweet children abou
it. The winter cultivates all the socia
virtues, and the sparks and the flame tha
go out and Join the roaring blast Simpl
Join that which produces them, and te
you tonight civilization, liberty, Justice
charity, intellectual advancement are a
flowers that bloom on the drifled snow.
have still another excuse. | think W
: came up from the lower animals. | wi
not say that us fact, but | rather believ
that way. Upon that question | stan
about eight to seven, which for all pral
tical purposes is very near. When fir.
+ heard of it, l felt sorry for the people wh
e had nothing to brag of but their ancestry
9 had rather belong TO Il race that starte
. with the vertebrates of the Silurian periot
g and las been advancing every day, till
l struck this fellow in the dugout; until hi
4 man intellect blosSOmed in such man {;
ShakspCare-the man who found til
G human intellect dwelling in II hut, touche
c palace domed and lurreted-I had rathC
. belong to race that has thus advanced
u than to have sprung from II pair create
+ perfect ut the beginning, and on which Ii
n Lord has lost money every day from th;
I time to this. If we did not come from I'll
e lower animals, how can we account fc
$ the actions of mankind? They have dor
so many things seemingly produced by
G happy combination Of tiger, snake IN
c jackal, that sometimes think it must b.
: and that this is the only way we can az
q count for the infamies that have bee
q recorded in the history of our poor worl,
9 Taking into consideration that we CON
: up from animals, think we did tolcrabl
/ well.
n If have said anything that will maxi
IS II man mole willing TO think for himself,
l am satisfied. Ii | have said anylhin
J, that will make IL man love his wife NOR
l | am satisfied. Many people quit cour
II ing when they marry. That's II mistak
n Do not have the egotism to think an
l. woman will love you unless you do yor
IL level best, and even then it's question
L. If have said anything to protect ii
G flesh of your child am satisfied | do n
e pretend to know what the future may brir
G forth, what invention is yet in the bra
/ of man, what glory is yet in store for hin
Is No greater blessing will ever touch tn
n universe, than the liberty of man, woma
t, and child.
Saying smart things docs not pay.
may crafty your spite at first, but it
better to have friends than enemies.
G Won cannot mako manila bannv of Ian