Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-06-11
WASTE NOTHING.

Everything has its use, and both
reason and time are well employed in
finding out the use of the various OBJ
jects in creation. The Creator is
glorified, and the man is made happi-
er by such discoveries. 1t is true
not only of great, but small matters.
1t is overlooked by too many that
there is ''power in Titles" By care
fulness in little things fortunes are
made. and vast good done. Parti-
cles of gold make ingots moments,
years, drops, oceans. Crumbs are
trifes, but they feed birds and barn
fowls. Scraps of cotton and linen
made the finest paper; and decayed,
moth-eated garments may be wrought
into beautiful rugs and carpets. All
such things should be gathered up,
and the inventive faculty should be
taxed to discover the use for articles
now thrown away as refuse. ScaUen-
gers are not to be despised though
the office is not to be coveted. Ev-
cry useful employment is worthy of
respect. Ruth's poverty caused her
to CLEAN in the field, but neither her
piety or subsequent fortune was the
worst for it. True humility conde-
scends to men of low estate, disposes
one to take hold of everything by
which good may be done, and "does
not despise the day of small things" ?"
Many families waste yearly enough
to reduce their expenses third or a
fourth; or to increase their contribu-
tions that much to benevolence.
The bees teach us 4 lesson. They
carefully save the parings of their
cells, and construct others with the
material.
An agent of some benevolent pur-
pose called on a gentleman of wealth
for his contribution, but before any
application was made, he overheard
HIM charging the servant to take care
of the candle ends. He Immediately
gave up the hope of anything but a
pittance from such a man; but what
was his surprise when the subscrip-
tion was made, to find that it exceed
ed the sum originally expected. He
was ingenious enough to confess his
hard thoughts, and he received for
reply:
''Sir, that is the way l have it in
my power to give. / waste nothing,
as our Lord said, Gather up the
fragments, that nothing may be
lost"
That man understood the nature
| of Christian virtue-not sufficiently
practical economy. 1t is not mean
ness or parsimony. That is covet-
BUSINESS and is counterfeit. All
goodness is counterfeited. Shall that
prevent us from seeking and using
the true coin?
So much the more ought Christians
to live virtuously, because the wicked
counterfeit the good.
At the same time the saving will
degenerate TO selfshness and avarice
unless the proper motive is cultivat-
ed-the habit of giving is kept up
Save so as to give as you save
Every steam boiler must have scapt
pipe; every receiving runner mus
have an outlet for his receipts, :
safety-valve. One virtue thus feed
another, and all virtues hang togeth
er. OH how good causes every
where languish for the want of thes'
associated graces among Gods peo
pie.
There are not too many calls fo
each. Save to give. God waste
nothing. Christ gathered up tn
fragments. II is one of his PLANES
precepts-it is one of life's creates
lessons-waste nothing
t The increase of speed in America
| trotting horses during the last decade
g due to careful selection and breeding
/ has been remarkable. According t
the record of Mr.. Brewster, it
found that while in 1871 there weI
n SO horses that could trot in 2.21
there was only one that could max