Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-27
nature, and the two girls were after
wards fast friends.


and your fortune shall be the first.
Here it is-'Helpful in counsel o that
means you will be lawyer, l suppose.
And here is Phineas close by-'Mouth
of brass Phin Blake. you'll be
trumpeter, if can read the fates Alright.
"What shall be ?" asked little Phil
ip Leighton. "Isn't my name next p
"Yes you'll be "A lover of horses;
but please don't be horsejockey, or a
circusrider, will you Phil? Who comes
next 2"
"What does Deborah mean ?" asked
bright-eyed girl, peeping over Esther's
shoulder.
"a bee" Esther replied. go you'll
be busy little housekeeper, I think,
Debbie.'
"Is mine there o. asked Josie Lee.
Josephine? Yes, here it is-'He
shall add That means you'll be
great mathematician, Josie. Ruthie,
your name means beauty"
But | heard a minister say once
that it meant 'amiable,' and | like that
meaning BETTER" replied Ruth; and
there was bright blush upon the sweet
face of the timid little girl, which made
it really very beautiful to look upon.
MARX means "A hammer, Esther
continued "Your brother Mark'll be
carpenter, Ruthie, and Ike ventrilo-
quist, or something like that for Isaac
means Laughing Asa Brown, you'll
be doctor, for it is written here in my
book of fate; and Matte and Mollie
Brown-well, the meaning of Martha
and Mary are bitterness and rebellion.
No matter, girls. They're nice Bible
names so that's worth something"
Just then Dave Benton, tall, strong
boy, called from the outside of the
group, snake way, make way here, for
David and Jonathan to approach the
!, fortune-teller and in a moment he
presented himself, bringing the little
twin brothers-Johnnie Gray upon one
arm, and Nathan upon the other.
Dawes pun upon the names brought
, down the house and when the cheer
ing was over Esther said, gravely
: Brother Dave. I'm ashamed of you tc
! make such an uproar. Your name
means beloved : as for John and Ma
| than, guess their mother must hav,
looked in the dictionary to find twill
names for them, for John means Ora
: cious gift of Jehovah, and Nathan a
4 gitt.'"
e "Is Sarah there ?" asked tall, erec
8 girl, whose arm was locked in that 0
s another of just her OWL height.
}, 80 yes Sarah means "A princess
d and Addie, yours means "A princess
v too. No wonder you're SO intimate
J. girls. You'll surely think you're twin
n in reality after this, And your brothe
e Luther, Sallie, his name means illus
n trious : we'll, it ought to, really, for m
o Sunday school teacher said. last Sunda
r that Martin Luther was one ofthe great
n man hof ova. l;uad -
D. "I've been thinking" said Beckit
% show strange it is that almost all {
he US have Bible names. l never notice
it before. l Away knew mine can
- from the Bible, but thought 1 was a
exception to the rule
"Mine isn't in the Bible, l guess,
: said Annie Ray.
"Why. isn't it the same as Anna
"a asked Beckie. "And there was Ann
j" the prophecies, in Christ's time, "
~ know"
I'd Eyes, and Anna is shortened fro
d, Hannah" said Esther, who had four
it in her book !; "and she was the moth,
re of Samuel
as sis Libbie in the Bible too ?" asks
ly little six-year-old girl, who had BET
e; very much interested in listening
~ what the older girls were saying.
r. "Yes, indeed p said Esther. ''Eli2
beth was the mother of John the Ba
In fist. Don't you remember 2"
a, "What does it mean in your book
lst asked the child.
at Just then the bell rang, but as tn
ut went into school Esther told little Ii
1t bic that her name meant 'worshipper
int God"
IRE When Libbie went to bed that mig
The she asked, Mamma, what is a W
wa shipper ?"
We, They had a long talk about it; a
rst then her mother kissed her good nis
led and said, Sand so my little Libbie "
lge never forget to pray to her HEAVIER
Id Father every night and morning. no
There was one boy who had stood
her ening upon the outside of the gro
ary that neutrality-suspicious. Miller.
for name had not been mentioned, but wi
vas he went into school he looked it Q
me "Andrew-courageous." That '
the splendid. He liked to be thought bra
But when he was on his way home fl
SUI school he was met by two boys, who 7
led posed to him to do something, that
rls. ening. which he was sure his mot
z" wnnld disannrnue He hesitatad .