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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18
PARABLE OF THE PROD
IGAL SON.

Never certainly in human language
was so much-such world of love and
wisdom and tenderness-compres in
to such few immortal words. Every
line, every touch of the pictures is full
of beautiful eternal significance. The
poor boys presumptuous claim for all
that life could give him-the leaving of
the old home-the journey to far coun-
try-the brief spasm of enjoyment here
the mighty famine in that land-the
premature exhaustion of all that could
make life noble and endurable-the
abysmal degradation and unutterable
misery that followed-.the coming to
himself and recollection of all that he
had left behind-the return in heart
broken penitence and deep humility
the fathers far-off sight of him, and
the gush of compassion and tenderness
over this poor returning prodigal-the
ringing JOY of the whole household over
him who had been loved and lost, and
had now come home-the unjust jeal-
ously and mean complaint of the elder
brother, and then that close of the para
BILE in strain eff mnsic-"9on, thou art
ever with me, and all that | have is
thine. 1t was meet that we should
make merry, and be glad for this my
brother was dead, and is alive again
he was lost, and is found" this i:
indeed divine epitome of the wander
ing Of man and the love of God such a
no ear of man has ever heard elsewhere
Put in the one scale all that Confucius
or Sakya Mount, or Zoroaster, or Socra
tes ever wrote or said-and they wrot
and said many beautiful and holy word
and put in the other the Parable 0
the Prodigal Son alone with all tha
this single parable means. and can an
candid spirit doubt which scale woul
outweigh the other in eternal precious
ness. in divine adoption to the wants G
man - Canon Farrar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.

l often wondered, when at night
The curtaining lids had shut from sight
Those eyes so overbrimmed with light,
How 1 could sleep the long hours through,
As even the watchful-hearted do,
Nor have their violet once in view.
Sometimes, as love late vigil kept,
Hearing him stir, I've closer stepped,
HalEmlnded, If he lightly slept,
To test him with a whispered vile,
(Meant my own reason to begnile,)
To see il he would turn and smile.
Then would hush my heart and make
Myself ashamed, that should break
Such sleep, for loves own selfish sake.
"Wait till the morning." would say;
"Wait till the slumber drifts away;
Then where are eyes so bright as they?"
Il wonder now, as, with my head
Bowed on my hands, uncontrolled,
My heart keeps watch above my dead,
How l can live and meet the sum
OF years that stretch a martyrdom
or yearning, till the dawn shall come!
Yet in this vigil of my woe
Starts forth the thought that shamed me SO
Beside his cradle long ago.
"oh aching, anguished soul r. say,
"'Until the day break watching stay,
Until the shadows feeAyay,'
"And thou shalt find that God has kept
The ewes whose closing thou hast wept,
All heaven the happier that they slept!"
Margaret j. Preston, in Endependen
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18
NOBODY'S CAT.

He comes again, that sneaking scamp,
That vile, disreputable tramp;
That yellow cat, with one eye out
And minus half his tail-the lout;
His scanty hair torn out in hght-
A wretch forlorn, a sorry sight
l mind me well not long ago
He passed these fields a fullhedged beau,
His whiskered head. his dainty paw,
His glossy coat without flaw,
His well-curled tail, his high-bred stare
Proclaimed him favored of the fair.
Oh, then his food was creamy milk,
His bed a lounge Of down and silk;
A darling mistress sought his veal,
No grief her petted puss might feel.
By night, by day he went his ways,
Well surfeited with love and praise.
But now, you beast. you wretched wight,
Begone from decent peoples sight.
Go steal from swine your moldy bit,
Make haste my premises to quit,
Or else be pelted well with stones,
There, now, jog on, old crazy bones.
But what is this that dims my eyes?
What STRINGS of my soul arise?
There's something human in your look,
A something that l cannot brook.
That boy of mine In foreign lands,
Afar from reach Of loving hands,
Toled on by fortunes hckle beams.
Only to see their fading CLEANS,
(For some get wealth and some get pain,
And some get want and others gain);
In life's hard race, oh, Wharf.-The
A friendless, homeless wand'rer be!
Come back. Grimalkin. wretched thief,
For all your pains now here's relief;
A kindly hand to stroke your fur,
A bed where you may dream and purr,
No more on winter nights to roam.
For here are friends and here home.
Mary E. Miller, in Independent
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

into lethargy by the sophlstry of the
South until the government, saved at
such fearful cost, is almost captured
by its enemies, and the fruits of that
terrible contest in danger of being over
thrown? Let us not mock our bonored
dead by speaking eulogies to-day, but
rather let us bow our heads in. shame
above their hallowed graves and swear
by the Great Eternal, upon the altar of
our country, that we will never lay off
the armor until these wrongs shall be
righted, until the liberties of the people
shall be made secure, until the rights of
every citizen shall be respected and pro-
tected, until life and property are safe
wherever our flag flies; until every citi-
zen can cast vote expressive of his
honest sentiments, without fear of mo-
lestation, and have that vote honestly
counted, and until loyalty. at least, shall
be made respectable, if not treason
odious. Already the North and West
are awakening to the dangers that
threaten our republic. Vermont has
spoken, and in tones too audible to be
misinterpreted. Indeed. 1 feel justly
proud of dear old Vermont. She did
nobly, and when the news of her in
creased majority was wired over the
country, it electrified every loyal heart,
and the moral influence of that verdict
is felt in every nook and corner of our
broad land. 1t gave me feelings of hon
est pride. when | read the head lines in
western paper, saying: "The Green
Mountain Boys can always be relied
upon" Yes, Vermont is truly the ''star
that never sets," and she may indeed be
termed the polar star in the galaxy Of
states. You remember the order of
Gen. Sedgwick when forced march was
to be made: "Put the Vermonters ahead
and keep we'll closed up" The same
order is again applicable in the great
political struggle now before US. We
are called upon to contend at the ballot
box for the same cause and for the same
principles for which we fought. The
country is told by confederates, high in
authority, that they are fighting for the
same Qos) cause for which Lee and
Jackson fought for four yoars. Hence
it behooves every loyal state, now that
Vermont is in the lead, to keep the col
umns we'll closed up. If this is done,
victory will again be ours, and the enc
mics of this, the best country the sun
ever shone upon, will be put to fight.
Minor issues should not blind the people
or stand in the way of the great issues
now at stake.
Believing that every one of my old
comrades is as true as the needle to the
pole, to the sacred cause for which he
imperiled his life, l subscribe myself
your old friend and comrade.
F. M. KIMBALL.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18
IMPERFECTUS.

] wonder If ever a song was sung
But the singers heart sang sweeterl
wonder ifever rhyme was rung
But the thought surpassed the meteri
wonder If ever sculptor wrought
Till the cold stone echoed his ardent thought!
Or If ever painter, with light and shade,
The dream of his inmost heart portrayed!
wonder if ever rose was found,
And there might not be a fairer!
Or if ever glittering gem was ground,
And we dreamed not Of rarerI
All never on earth shall we find the best!
But it waits for US in the land of rest:
And perfect thing we shall never behold
Till we pass the portal of shining gold.
james Clarence HdTTev
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

One thing which the farmers neglect
is the honey-bee. 1t is really too bad,
while nature has furnished so many
plants and flowers for the secretion of
honey, that the people SO much neglect
to care for and encourage honey-bces.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

ANTIQUITY OF MAN-Believers in the
Mosaic account of the antiquity of man
NAV derive some comfort from the fact
that the ablest geologists and antiquarl-
ans have varied in their computations
as to the age of man not less than 6OO.-
600 years. Sir Charles Lyell, for ex-
ample, first placed the appearance OF
man on earth about 100000 years ago;
his later computations reduce this period
to 100000 years; others formerly as
signed 100000 of years as the age of
man; more recently the supposltlon OF
MANY scientists reduced this to 10000
years. DR.. Fowler's Red Indian found
buried sixteen feet in the Mississippi
mud was believed to be $4,000 years
old, but Mr.. Fontaine found skeleton
in the same neighborhood under hfty
feet of earth which had been buried
only four years. United States engi-
neers by careful calculation find that
the whole New Orleans delta to the
depth of forty feet is the product of
little more than 1000 years. Professor
Andrews gives the probable glacial age
at Lake Michigan as about 5000 to
1000 years, which other scholars are
adopting as the antiquity of the "ice
age" Man, according to geologistS,
came after the ice "age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18
A LONELY GRAVE.

Thae afternoon | found something L
had never seen before-a little grave
alone in wide pasture which had once
been a field. The nearest house was at
least two miles away, but by hunting
for it | found very old cellar, where
the child's home must have been, not
very far off, along the slope. 1t must
have been great many years ago that
the house had stood there; and the
small slate maidstone was worn away
by the rain and wind, so there was moth
ing to be read, if indeed there ever had
been any letters on it. 1t had looked
many storm in the face and many a
red sunset. suppose the woods near
by had been cut, and grown again, since
it was put there. There was an old
sweet-brier bush growing on the short
little grave, and on the grass underneath
l found ground sparrow's nest. 1t
was like little neighborhood, and |
have felt ever since as if belonged to
it; and | wondered then if one of the
young ground sparrows was not always
sent to take the nest when the old ones
were done with it, so they came back
in the spring year after year to live
there, and there were always the stone
and the sweet brier bush and the birds
to remember the child. 1t was such a
lonely place in that wide field under
the sky, and yet it was SO comfortable
too; but the sight of the little grave at
first touched me strangely, and l tried
to picture to myself the procession that
came out from the house the day of the
funeral, and [ thought of the mother in
the evening after all the people had
gone home, and how she missed the baby
and kept seeing the new grave out here
in the twilight as she went about her
work. l suppose the family moved
away, and so all the rest were buried
elsewhere.
I often think of this place, and link
it in my thoughts with something | saw
once in the water when [ was out at
sea little boat that some child had
drifted down the river and out to sea;
too long voyage, for it was sad little
wreck, with even its white sail of
hand-breadth half under water, and its
twine rigging trailing astern. 1t was
silly little boat, and no loss, except to
its owner, to whom it had seemed as
brave and proud a thing as any ship of
the line to you and me. 1t was ship
wreck of his small hopes, [ suppose,
and l can see it now, the toy of the
great winds and waves, as it foated on
its way, while | sailed on mine, out of
sight of land.
The little grave is forgotten by every
BODY but me, l think the mother must
have found the child in heaven a very
long time ago; but In the winter shall
wonder if the snow has covered it we'll,
and next year shall 60 to see the sweet
brier bush when it is in bloom. God
knows what use that life was, the grave
is such short one, and nobody knows
whose child it was; but perhaps thou
sand people in the world to-day are
better because it brought a little love
into the world that was not there be-
fore.-Harper'S Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

Wise people cultivate a taste for
mutton and avoid pork. Let farmers
remember that there is double advan-
tage in raising sheep over swine. They
have the fleece.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

A French paper relates the following
experiment: A COW was 'milked three
times day for eleven days. and yield
ed 10 quarts of milk. With two milk
ings daily she gave only l46 quarts in
the same number of days.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

If you desire to get large yield OF
rich milk. give your COWS every day
water slightly salted, in which bran has
been stirred at the rate of one quart to
two gallons of water. You will lind, II
YOU have not tried this daily practice
that your cow will give 20 per cent
more milk Immediately under the effects
of it, and she will become so accustomed
20 the diet as to refuse to drink clear
water, unless very thirsty.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-18

he undersigned hereby gives notice that parties
Citing orders for Marble Work in my name do SO
|hout authority, as have no travelling agents nor
l in any way connected with any other firm.
HENRY r. MACK.
iardwick, Vt. Aug. "a, 1880.
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While every sob-so mute were all
Was heard distinctly through the hall
And eyes that mocked at tears before,
With bitter drops were running DER.
The court was much affected at the
scene, and even the old "hard-headed"
lawyers in the bar, who for years had
not shed tear (unless paid for it) look
ed on with sympathetic features and
aeistened eyes.
The judge, a kind-hearted old man,
struck by the language and manner of
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-05-28

bruised and bleeding, and some dying
All were rece we'd by our party, and
kindly and tenderly ministered to.
last there came moment-if Mel
lie should live to SEQ the next centennial
she will never forget that moment--when
the last man was safely landed and the
rope came up alone. AZ that instant
low, rumbling sound was plainly audible;
Nellie bowed her head.
Oh, my God, what shall | dor she
walled, then, with sudden desperation,
she sprang forward. Lower the rope
once more" she cried. In her heart she
had determined elf he does not come
UP this time, | shall go down there my
self. At least we can die together
With deferential glances at the young
girl, the men obeyed her mandate,
while Others stood near, awed and
silent
Sinking upon her knees, Nellie waited
in awful suspense for that which was to
come. The rope descended; it dangled
loosely for a time, then there came a
feeble pull. With loud cheers of en-
couragement, the men abooye drew it
slowly upward. Oh, the agony to the
waiting heart, which now for the first
time was unvailed, for Nellie knew, be-
yond doubling, that she loved Allen
Trevor.
AT labt-at last--the end Of the rope,
and fastened to it. pallid and nearly life
less the form Of the brave man who had
50 nobly risked his life. Risked it in
behalf Of the rough and uncouth men,
who, as the death-white face of their
preserver appeared above the awful
chasm, rushed forward, and, wounde,
and bleeding as they were, lifted him ii.
their arms, and bore him away triumph
ant They would not lose sight of him
They hoyered around and waited for his
eyes to open, that they might grasp his
hands, and pour forth their wild and in.
coherent gratitude.
Last Of all came a white-faced girl,
agitated and worn with suffering. She
knelt by the side of the brave man, and
laid both her hands in his. And SO Nell
lie found her hero after all.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-05-28
A Brokers' Political Ignorance.


But few politicians have an idea how
lit G the general pub ic know or care
about them. The writer, last winter,
met numbers Of New York people ia
Washington, and the amount Of ignor-
ance displayed by them about public
men and affairs has been simply appal-
ling What could you think of brisk
young business men who understand
horses and money making to perfection,
and who do not know whether Sam Ran
dali was Speaker Of the House or pre-
siding officer of the Senate? The worst
case ever knew was a provincial broker
from the heart Of the bowling wilderness
known as Wall street. He was in Wash
ington for the first time in his life, and
was anxious to see the Congressional
boys. :" am death on Sightseeing YOU
know said he, but would like 10 take
in what you think might lie interest
ing" In the Senate he looked placidly
around moment.
Where is our man, Conkling?' he
asked.
cover in that corner, talking with
some Of the strikers
"Oh, yes; that is the first time | have
ever seen Conkling. Broad-shouldered
some chest, but bad legs. Where is
Senator Sprague? | would like to see
that cuss."
"Sprague is not in the Senate now"
Is that So? Well, who is that stout
man over there?'
David Davis"
Who is he ~
David Davis
"See here, that won't do. You are
chatting. Where is he fromg'
Illinois"
"A Western buck? Been in the Senate
long|
Thought not; never heard of him
before. Where does Carl Schurz sit?'
Mr. Schurz is not in the Senate at
present"
"0ut of the city?'
"Oh, no. He is at present a member
Of Hayes Cabinet
Come to think, ! ought to have re-
membered that. Where is Charles sum
ner ~
"God knows"
"What do you mean2r
Alasl poor Sumner has passed
away"
Too much rum? Was it suddenY
The Senators are gay old boys, under-
stand?'
Thus this gay New York child Of Ma
ture ratified on. His ignorance was not
assumed. In the House of Representa-
tives he asked, What place is this ?''
IT more closely resembled his stock hoard
room than any other place he had seen.
N the Supreme Court room he asked if
all the old cocks always sat in row
listening to cases. He thought one at a
lime quite enough, and did not see why
the nine should not change about so as
to rest each other. For the full Bench
to sit was to him an aggravating waste
of the raw material.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-05-28
Talk Around II.

An old lawyer was giving his advice
to his son, who was Just entering upon
the practice of his fathers profession.
"My son." said the counsellor, eff you
have case where the law is clearly ON
your side, but justice seems against you,
urge upon the court and jury the vast
Importance of sustaining the law. if on
the other hand, you are in doubt about
the law, but your clients caseis founded
in justice, insist on the necessity Of
doing justice, though the heavens fall"
sBut, asked the son, chow shall I
manage case where both law and JUS
tice are dead against me?
In that case, my son, talk round it,
talk round itp'