Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-21

A RUSSIAN CROWD.-EVcry crowd has
q physiognomy and character of its own,
and after an experience of an English or
an Irish crowd, one is rather pleased with
Russian one. Not that it is particularly
clean or savory, but it is SO extremely
good natured and well.behaved There is
very little pushing or elbowing. Every
one is courteous to his neighbors, and you
are sure not 10 see any acts of brutality
or to incur any danger in mixing in it.
Smiling, g0od-natured faces are every
where, no matter what the rank or posi-
ton, for good humor is the chief Russian
virtue. And then such q curious mixture
of people in such crowd!-merchants
with long dark-blue or black caftans,
reaching to their heels, and their cravats
tied tight around their throats, not show
ing a shirt collar if they indeed have one !;
stout old women with silk kerchiefs wound
about their heads so as to conceal their
hair; shoemakers' boys and apprentices in
what seems dirty muslin dressing gOwn !;
artisans in their blue working blouses; the
ordinary town peasant in his red shirt and
high boots, and the muzlib fresh from the
country with coat of undyed homespun,
cloths woond round his legs in lieu of
stockings and sandals made of plated lin
den bark; here and there student with
dirty shirt and long hair and most foul fin
ger-nails, evidently of the idea that neat
ness is incompatible with lclrning; there
will probably be Il priest or two and few
soldiers. Eugene Schuyler, IN Scri6ner
for april.
HOME.-There are so many ways in
which father may contribute to happy
home life that it seems strange the num-
Der of houses should so greatly exceed the
homes. 1t takes SO little to make children
happy at home that it is wondrous pity
so many little ones are miserable, or un-
easy, or disconnected. If for an hour af-
ter the evening meal the father should
give himself to his children, would the
mother wear out so fast, or the children
be so lawless, troublesome and uncomfort-
able? What ministry of good to both
parties is papas frolc with the babies!
What an interest is added to the books,
the drawings, the games, or even the
studies, if father enters into them! What
boy will sly off to play surreptiti JUS games
with his mates if his father takes IL hand at
whist or euchre with him around the even
lug lamp-with mother for partner or
spectator? How much it lightens the
drudgery of piano practice for the daugh-
ter if papa calls for and praises her efforts
1t is strange that with such sweet compan.
iOnship, such pure affection, such unselfsh
enjoyment, such natural happiness as may
be had with the children, men do not give
more time to their homes Golden Rule.
WORKING AND WAtrING,-You are ten
der-hearted, and you want to be true, and
are trying to be-learn these two things:
Never be discouraged because good things
get on so slowly here; and never fail daily
to do that good which lies next to your
hand. Do not be in hurry, but be dill
gent. Enter into the sublime patience of
the Lord. Be charitable in view of it. God
can afford to wait; why cannot we, since
we have Him to fall back upon? Let pa
tience have her perfect work, and bring
weave your little thread into the great
web, though the pattern shows it not yet.
When Gods people are able and willing
thus to labor and wait, remember that one
day is with the Lord as II thousand years,
and thousand years as one day; the
grand harvest Of the ages shall come to its
reaping, and the day shall broaden itself
to u thousand years, and the thousand
years shall show themselves as perfect
and finished day!-MacDOnald.