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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
READING IN THE HOME CIRCLE.

Good books and newspapers should b
angels in every household. They are urnA
to bring US the golden fruits OF thought and
experience from other minds and other
lands. AS the fruits of the trees of the earth's
soil are most enjoyed around the family
board, 80 should those that mature upon
mental and moral boughs be gathered
around by the entire household. No home
exercise could be more appropriate and
pleasing than for one member to read aloud
for the benefit of all. An authors ideas are
energized by the confidence and love OF the
tender family affections, and every heart Is
open to the truth, like the uufolded rose, to
receive the gathering dews. The ties OF
love between parents and children, and
brothers ana sisters, are. thus cemented
more and more, and varied charms and
pleasures are constantly open through this
medium to make a home a very paradise. II
the parents would introduce this exercise IN
their families, they would soon see the levi
ty and giddiness chat make up the CONVEX
sation oftoo many circles giving way to re-
finement and chase dignity. Read to your
children, and encourage them to read to you
instead of reading your papers and books In
silence, and laying them away.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15

ing fresh in his recollection the events of
childhood, while all the wide space between
that and the present hour is q blasted and
forgotten waste. You have. perchance,
seen an old and half-obliterated portrait, and
in attempting to have 1t cleaned and restor-
ed, you may have seen it fade away, while
a Fighter and more perfect picture painted
beneath is revealed to view. This portrait.
first drawn upon the canvas, is 40 inapt il
lustration of youth and though it may be
concealed by some after design, still the
original traits will shine through the out
ward picture. giving it tone while fresh, end
surviving it in decay Such is the tireside
the great institution furnished by Provi-
dence to educate men.-Journal OF Educa-
fson
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
SLIGHTLY Mixed.

The musical critic of one of the New York
papers having been compelled to leave town
suddenly on the eve of a concert by the Phil
harmonic Society, a confere on the sporting
department. of the journal kindly volunteer
WI take his place for the evening. His
wofS' whatever his shortcomings in IN ar
aAue sense, certainly lacked nothing in orig
nahty, and we commend his style to some
@e Doncaster critics. Hear him: thine
vas called exactly at eight O'Clock, and
.Dou1 nifty bugles, flies and fiddles entered
.e contest. The tiddles won the toss and
%'A Tue inside with the chandeliers right in
ueif eyes. The umpire, with a small club,
"'el rs starter. Just before the start he
F''0a upon a cheese box, with 3 small lunch
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
ANOTHER HEROINE.

A correspondent writing from Kuruh Da-
IA, Turkish Armenia, in describing the bat
tie at KILL Tepe, says: 1t is currently re-
ported to-day about the camp that one OF
the attacking columns OF cavalry was under
the command of a woman named Fatma, a
daughter Of an Arap sheik. A woman on
horseback was seen at the front of the Cir
cassian cavalry line when the first dash was
made, after the pickets had been passed by
means of the watchword, given in perfect
Russian. 1t is stated by one of the few sur
yiyors whom I conversed with that this wo-
man appeared utterly fearless Of death, and
that she rode across the line of her own
troops when they were firing, in utter dis
regard of the usages of warfare and in evil
dent ignorance of the absurdity of her con-
duct. She may have seen a picture repre-
senting Joan OF Arc leading her troops.
The poor, brave girl was killed before her
men reached the Russian camp, indeed be-
fore the retreat became precipitous. She
was seen to fall from her horse, and her
whole troop of cavalrymea, doubtless una
bic to restrain their steeds, passed over her
quivering body. May she go straight 70 the
harem OF Mohommed in paradise.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
-1r ~yUr-BROWNE MAYBE.
AUTOMNE.

AUTOMNE.
morn I met, while wandering down
se,d,. . maid in gray
THO .,ot dress. with all her brown
n.;rbt eurls in disarisy.
Civ Won good morrow said.
"%1ioiue. her walk among
ioa,,ed paths, where overhead
~ss, retty pink plums hung
soft, gray, lovely scene
o "- which we passed; q hazs
c.on the hills; yea, most serene =
NJ a1tumn's silent DAYS!
Wild eld-lily's proud, bright head
Wa lifted here and there;
.4o,, lobelis's flame shone red
IN the soft, unstirred air.
But 10! aleng our lustrous way,
",here leaf or bright stem burned.
3D.. maiden stole its life away
tsb,oom to ashes turned.
~. bruised the lily's golden cup
p,o curled vines tossed about
MA cardinal flower she folded up
And put its bright fire out.
,coh c,,,e] maid!'' / sighed with woe,
nWhat mischief have you done!
Who are you that destroying go
peneath the warm, sweet sun q
,ur nomc,,-she turned and ~looked-her fac'
Grew strangely wan and old;
r. tbat brief pause, from youth and grace
She aged a thousand fold;-
aNv name! IT'S Autumn! l have slain
The innocents. Forgive!'
Her tears rose chill! " 1t is not pain
Enough that must liye?"
faint sob shiyered down the air;
%"Hush-hear," she startled, said
.sTis Eachel, weeping everywhere,
Mourning her children dead
she went her way and while / stood,
All through that fair, fall land,
The lovely lights in feldand wood
Died, smothered by her hand.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
r CHARACTER.

There is nothing which adds so much to
the power and beauty Of a man as a good
moral character. 1t is his wealth-his infiu-
ence-his life. 1t dignifies him in every sta
ton, exalts him in every condition, it glori-
fies him at every period of life. Such achar-
acter is more to be desired than everything
else on earth. 1t makes a man free and i'll
dependent. No servile tool-croaking syc-
onhant--no treacherous honor seeker-ever
bore such a character. The pure joys of
truth and righteousness never spring in
such a person. If young men knew how
much q good character would dignity and
exalt them, how glorious it would make
their prospects, even in this life, never
| should we find them yielding to the grove
Ing aud bass-born purposes of human ma
| ture.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
THE PRESIDE.

The freside is a seminary of infinite lnl-
portance. 1t is important because it Is uni
yersal, and because the education II oessows
being women with the wool OF childhood,
r;ves form and color to the texture OF life.
Thare are few who can receive the honors OF
college. but all are graduates OF the hearth.
The learning of the university may fade
tro,n ,,acollection. its classic lore may moi
der in the halls of memory but the simple
lessons Of home, enameled upon thO heart
of childhood, defy the rust OF years, ana OUT
live tile more mature but less vivid pictures
If after DAYS. So deep. SO lasting' indeeu'
are the impressions of early life that you o.
tan ga. . man in the imbecility OF age hold
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
The HON I CIR LIE.
WOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONS.

The cardinal mistake which irrational OPP
pnerltts of women's rights have made, is in
lbeIinlgs their actual intention by All appar-
nt pretense that oma in the professions
\ to be something less of a woman and a lit
de more of q man. The women who have
successfully entered the professions of law,
medicine and journalism, and those who,
like Mrs. Livermore, carry a finer culture
than many men into the pulpit, are the best
answer to the charges so flippantly made
that a v woman ceases to be a feminine when
.he turns her brain to account in a practical,
honorable, and capable way.
The vulgar absurdity that she is "woman-
y" who darnes stockings, scrubs floors, and
carries garbage; and she is ''womanly" who
Qeotes herself to gossip fashion, dissipation
and vice; while she is not '.womanly" who
becomes a physician, a lawyer, journalist,
minister, Turks only in heads too stupid to
understand their own better instincts, or too
base to value in woman that which is dearest
10 her in man and most esteemed in her own
eyes-the power to win and to keep mans
love through his respect for her and her re-
ipect for herself. There is no lasting love
without respect; and, looking over the face
Of society, who are the happiest mates:
Whose are the attractive homes? What class
@women make, by universal consent, the
knderest and most faithful wives, the most
devoted and efficient mothers? The women
between whom and their husbands there is
We closest bond of intellectual sympathy
Asryerel Buchanan in Romans Words.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
GOLDEN SHEAV S.

There are in this rude. stunning tide
OF human care and crime,
With whom the melodies abide
or the everlasting chime;
Who carry music in their heart,
Through dusty lane and wrangling mart
Plying their daily toll with buster feet,
Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Religion would have no enemies if itssR
were not an enemy to vice.
All Christians should be living temples
and spiritual priests, dedicated to the honor
of God, and employed in his service.
We may lose the whole Of our worldly
property, and yet be rich; but if we lose our
souls, the world, though gained in lieu of
them, is but an insignificant toy.
Prayer is the weak mans refuge, and
the strong mans hope:-its power opens the
heavens, and closes the yawning Of the pit
AS one who carries gunpowder would
not wish to be where sparks are flying, lest
he should be destroyed; so should we care
fully avoid such places and company as may
lead us into sin.
As well might the chemist hope torn
universal elixir from the polluted water Of =
stagnant lake. az mankind expect from earth-
ly things the light and bliss of their immor-
tai souls.
down as we pen these golden sheaves. The
past has been well let u gather resolutions
of more vigilance for the future. and bless
the mercy and grace Of God, that has sup
ported us.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
HUMILITY

The greatest minds are those least imbued
with self-conceit. Intellectual talents can
not expand in a brain charged with egotism;
and eyes blinded by standardization are not
capable of penetrating into the mysteries of
art and science, or perceiying the beauties
with which Gods fair world abounds, aud
all Of which contain lessons for the improve
ment of the industrious observer.
There is a trite saying, which must surely
have originated with some shallow world
ling, that, elf we do. not think well Of our
selves no one will do it for u.s." But beware.
young tyro on life's journey, how you &C.
cept this as your motto!
1t is true that the inflated, clustering bragg
CART may, for a while, impose his seeming
grandeur upon the vulgar, ignorant million,
who will bend the knee for a season. But
sooner or later the scales will fall from their
dazzled eyes. Then woe to the impostor!
For nothing is SO violent of unreasonable as
a reyulsion Of feeling among the untutored
mob.
But the man of great parts and modest
conduct, though he may pass unnoticed
through the common crowd, will sooner or
later find his abilities recognized by the re-
f1ecting. "polished ten,'' each one of whom
is a host in himself; and friends of this char.
acter are not under the sway Of that restless
caprice which continually agitates the tickle,
undiscriminating herd. They will adhere to
the man whose worth they have learned to
prize, through all vicissitudes, and will form
around him a solid plalanx, against which
the shafts of petty malice will glance oil,
harmlessly.
Humility is not inconsistent with genuine
self-respect, as shallow thinkers are apt to
imagine; but the two qualities are generally
found existing amicably together in the
same nature. And the man who most hon
estly and religiously values himself as ths
representative of his Creator, is the most
ready to recognize excellence in his neigh
Dor. He will not spend the period OF MS
non-success in cayilling at the advancement
of those whom he considers OF inferior Herl'
to himself; but, possessing his soul in pa
) ~tience." he will wisely accept his present lot
and sedulously dultivating such opportunl
!, ties as NAV offer themselves, will be prepared
for the day, which must surely dawn upof
!, him. when-not the ''wheel OF fortune" bu
the hand of God shall draw him forth IRON
his obsccurity and place him, "a burning ant
shining light" among his fellows.-Dnsg
Rural.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-15
THE EXPRESSION OF DRESS.

Women are more like flowers than We
think. In their dress and adornment they
express their natures, as the flowers do IN
their petals and %'colors. Some women are
like the modest daises and violets-they new
er look or feel better than when dressed ina
morning wrapper. Others are not them
selves unless they can flame out in gorgeous
dyes, like the tulip or the blush rose. Who
has not seen women just like white lillies??
We kow several double marigolds and pop
pies. There are women fit only for ~velvets,
like the dahlias others are graceful and
airy, like ~azaleas. Flow and then you see
hollyhocks and sunfiowers. When women
are free to dress as they like, uncontrolled
by others, and not limited by their circuna-
stances, they do not fail to express their
true characters, and dress becomes a form.
Of expression very genuine and useful
Meredith.
A TEAcHEn of a Sunday school i'll the IN
terror Of New York was impressing upon the
scholars a lesson in connection with tho
death of one of their number. She told them
that little Amy was now a saint in heaven.
Whereupon one of the girls spoke and said,
''she will get plenty of preserves there" Az
tonished to hear her make such a strange
statement, the teacher questioned her to az
certain what could have put the idea in her
mind. It was finally traced to the following
question and answer: Question-"Why
ought the saints to love GodT" Answer
because He makes, preserves, and keeps
them.0
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-08-27

ABOUT THE FLY.-When a Detroit
woman answered the door-bell the other
day she found a stranger on the step.
He had bundle in his hand, smile
on his face, and he said:
MADAM, can 1 sell you some hy-pa-
per?"
"Does the paper fly ?" she asked.
'.No, ma'am, but it makes the flies
fly"
"What do l want the flies to fly for ?"
she continued.
every fly, madam, he was explain
ing, when she called out:
81 want you to fly l can get along
with the flies better than with agents %
"But am not on the fly" he softly
protested.
"Our dog is, she grimly replied, and
so he was. He few around the corner,
the agent flew for the gate, the roll Of
fy-paper few over the curb, and news
boy climed tree-box to be out of the
muss and shouted:
''She few, thou ayest, he flied, and
believe the dog got piece of meat with
that coat tail !'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-08-27

A Telephone can be made in a few
minutes by anyone, by means of which
conversation in an ordinary tone may be
carried on between parties hundred
yards or more. Knock both ends out of
two tin cans-old oyster cans will do
paste letter paper tightly over one end
of each can, through which insert the
end of common wrapping twine, although
silk line would be better; tie knot
to prevent the string from slipping
through extend the string as far as you
can without allowing it to touch the
ground or any intervening object; place
your mouth at the open end of the can,
and a slight whisper will be heard at
the other end of the line, where SINH
lar arrangement of the string through
the can and paper must be made
Eaachdnge.
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concluded next week.l

SHAKESPEARE AND THE QUEEN.-There
is story aAOat in the newspapers which
is worth repeating. According to ira
dition Shakespeare played the part of a
king with peculiar grace and majesty.
One day the Queen was in the theatre,
Shakespeare mimicked royalty so well
that Elizabeth, who was always ready
to have little fun, whispered to her
ladies that she would try if she could
not turn this pretended monarch into an
awkwrd fellow enough at a moments
warning. Accordingly at critical
point in the scene, the Queen (who was
sitting just over the stage, whic was
then held to be the place Of honor let
her handkerchief drop at the feet Of
Shakespeare. He mischievous Majesty
expected to see the actor start and red.
den and lose his cue. Instead of that
he finished his speech with all his usual
power, and without seeming to notice
the handkerchief. Then, STOPPING and
picking it up, he gave it back to the
Queen with bow, in which there was
an indescribable mixture of dignity anC
homage, saying as he did SO, thes'
words to his train of stage courtiers:
"But ere we get to horse and ride away.
| Let us pick un our sister,s handkerchefn
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-08-27
Men give away nothing so LIBERAL,

Men give away nothing SO literally
as their advice.
"How are you getting on in your new
place ?" asked lady of girl whom she
had recommended for situation. "Very
we'll, thank you." answered the girl. 81
am glad to hear it, said the lady. "Your
employer is very nice lady, and you
cannot do too much for her." 81 don't
mean to, ma'am, was the innocent reply.
Two Irishmen were recently looking
at people stretching rope from one
house-top to another, for the purpose of
suspending banner. "Shure an what
will they be after a-doin' at the top of
thin houses there ?'' Pat asked. "Faith,
an it's a submarine telegraph they're
afther putin up, 1 suppose" answered
Mike.
1t is a beautiful starry night and the
seniors are out singing: First senior,
who studies astronomy-"Look up there,
and see how beautiful Orion looks. ="
Second senior, who does not study as
tronomy, but who has streak of Irish
blood-"Is that O'Ryan? Thank the
Lord, then there is one lrishman in
heaven, anyhow"
The Richmond Dispatch says: "The
past is gone; the future is before US. "
This is important if true. The Dispatch
must have had revelation. 1t would
be terrible awakening, indeed, if we
should discover after all, that the past
won't be here for hundred years, while
we passed the future and left it behind
US in the middle of the last century.
1t was very muddy weather when
President Hayes visited Rhode Island
and when he went away he carried away
about three-fourths of the state on hi:
boots and had to sit down in Connecticut
and let his feet hang over the line while
the despoiled inhabitants scraped of
their estates. The Islanders don't wan
him to come back again.-HaaOkeye.
With face as red as a lobster, anC
back like a she'll of clam, the wifi
stands over the kitchen stove and ma
nipulates raspberry jam.-Berkshir
Courier. While her husband, with nos
like sunset, and mouth like the son,
of year, leans over the counter o
'free lunch" and elcvates schooners o
beer.-HaaOkeye And her daughte
with an ear like shovel and eye like
Florida bean, swings on the front gat
with her fellow, with darkness to cove
the scene Graphic. While her son
who don't earn dollar, sports roun
with big diamond pin; wears at leas
six inches collar, and plug hat as shin
as tin.-7riter.
What DO we have Fourth of Jul
2" asked broadway boy of his m;
Fourth of July? Why, Freddy, II
ashamed of you We have Fourth
July to celebrate the-husband, / d,
clare l can't think for the moment, VIII;
is it?" "Why don't you know why v
celebrate the Fourth ? Who was it di
covered America ?" christopher Colun
bus 70 exclaimed the mother and be
simultaneously. "Right, and when d
he discover it ?" why. on the Fourt
of July, of course" replied the mothe
''but I've got the worst memory abo
. these historical facts That's it
said the wise father, encouragingl
columbus discovered America on Il
Fourth Of July, and the nation celebrat
the day in honor of the event. Fredd
l want you to study up. l should fe
@ awfully mortified had you asked me su
D question before cOmpany.-Camd
Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-08-27
SUFFERING IN THE HOME.

It is in the family that we for the
first time learn, with some degree of
clear intelligence, what is the meaning
of vicarious suffering. I suspect that
no other teaching in orthodox theology
has brought upon that theology so much
opprobrium as the teaching of the suffer-
ing of Christ for sins which he did not
commit. That God should have permit
ted his Son to take on himself the con-
demnation which had fallen upon the
world by reason Of its transgression has
struck men as odious, and as subverting
moral foundations and in some modes
of presenting this truth it certainly is
shocking to natural justice. If it is SO
presented that it allies itself to the usu-
al code oflaws and penalties among men,
it is abhorrent to every man, and will
be more and more SO as in the minds of
men the gospel grows more gospel-like.
But when you look at vicarious suffering
in the light of the household, it is differ
ent. Is there anything in this world
that is more beautiful than the suffering
of strength for weakness2 OF all the
creatures that are least likely to have
power, and strength, and stability is
that gay butterfly lowering in the cote
rie, in the party, in the gaiety of life.
She is seventeen or eighteen years of
age, and disports as humming-bird
around the mouth of a honey-laden flow
er, as giddy as the gaudy insects Of trop-
ical lands; and men look upon her and
say, "Frail folly Oh, how life will
sweep her away! Whose builds there,
builds on sand and weakness But love
comes. 1t comes surely, as the juices of
spring are sure to come. She is called.
She is elected. She is chosen. She is
welded She becomes mother. And
who is it that sings all night by the side
of the cradle ? Who is it that has for
gotten gaiety? Who is it that carries
the sickly child day and night in her
arms? Who is it that grows thin and
loses the blush from her own cheek that
she may restore it to her child's Whose
thought, brought back from the gay
great world. pours itself out on this lit
tie unrequitting thing? Long before it
knows how to call her mother, before it
can caress the fair head thob bonds- over
it, before it is conscious of its own self
or life, she wastes herself for its sake
without murmur or complaint. No call
in the night is too often for her. She is
the first to respond to the child's outcry.
She is the last watcher in the morning
over the helpless babe. Tell me, is this
unjust and unbeautiful !? In this con-
secration of beauty and loveliness and
grace and wisdom and culture to the
needs of nascent being in this dedi-
cation of her herself in love to that lit
tie child-in this is there something
sublime, or is there an odious injustice.
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AT MERRY MOUNT.

by r. II. sToDDARD.
Oh, what Is the use now OF signing, I.. -l
When any or all things 60 wrong?
Why question, when there's no replying?
Much better 60 sing an old song.
Leave TO women ropining and dying,
A man should be merry and strong,
The worst when II comes, is but dying,
And the longest Of lives 10 not long.
Sing "Care hanged cat,
And Sorrow drowned q rat,
But cavalier wears a long feather in his hat
.t In his hat-hat-hat,-
For the cavalier wears a long feather in his hatl"
Suppose you have lost all your treasure,
(If you ever had any to lose)
You still have enough left for pleasure,
II you still have your legs and your shoesl
Come on, then, and trip us measure,
Round the merry May-pole in the dews;
Dance the Sun dances up in the air,
To the time Of away with the bluesT
Sing, scare hanged a cat,
And Sorrow drowned rat,
But the cavalier wears long feather in his hat -
In his hat--hat-hat-
For the cavalier wears long feather in his hat;
Hearts go pit apt.
CTake that that and that
Oh the cavalier wears long feather in his hat ~
-ScTibneT for September.