The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-12-11

Our Dravest LESSONS arc nOt IoutUoV snAv"6"
success, but misadventure.-lB Aicott.
Conversation cnriches the understanding, but
solitude Is the school of genius.-lGiobon.
The same llttleness Of soul which makes
man de- pise his interiors and trampie on them
makes him 0bsequiuus to his supertors.
To quarrel with a superior Is injurious; with
an equal Is doubtful; with an Inferior, sordid
and base; with any full OF unquletness.
The first mistake in the education Of girls,
and the one frought with the saddest results, Is
made when they are allowed TO leave childhood
too soon.
Write your namc with kindness, love and
mercy on the hearts of the people you come lii
contact with year by year and you will never
be forgotten.
In the great cathedral OF the Ag,s-the tenn
ple being huilt for an habltation OF God-we
shall ali learn some time that loves work IL the
greatest of all.
II men had only temptations to great sins
they would always he good; but the daily ssht
with little ones accustom them to defeat
rJean Paul Richter.
Teach self denial, and make Its practice
Measurable. and YOU create for the world a
destiny more sublime than ever Issued from the
brain Of the widest dreamer.
Sweetness of temper Is not an acquired, but
natural excellence; and. therefore 10 RECON-
mend It tothnse who have 1t not may DO deem-
ed rather an insult than advice.
The every dsy cares and duties, which mer
call ,rudgery, are the weights and counter
poses of the clock Of time, giving Its pendulum
a true vibration and its hands regular motion
Il Longfellow.
Selt.dstrust is the cause OF most OF our fail
ures In the assurance OF strength there
strength. and thew are the weakest, however
strnng. Who have no faith in themselves or theil
powers B0vee.
There Is nv sadness so utterable as that which
comes of the self-destruction OF our yOuthlu
prophesies; Of the change OF exultatOn, al
wears 90 on, into slothtulness and depression
-fStopford A Brooke.
We waste our time doing too many things
reading too many books, seeing too many PEG
pie, talking too much. Therefore We 90 notn
ing we'll read nothing thoroughly, know no ont
really, say nothing that Is worth nearing
flames Freeman Clarke.
To read, to- think, to love, to hope. to pray =
these are the things that make men happy
They have power to do these things: and the
will never have power to do more. Inc wOrid
prosperity or adversely depends upon ourknow
Ing and teaching these few things, but upon
iron or glass, steam or electricity, IS no WISE
-(Ru'kin.
So long az we are in world where sin and
su ftaring are companions, and redemption froI
sin i. not present exemption from sil its dis
asters, the praciousness Of the gospel must nave
its commentator quite largely through wna
il does for the care or alienation OF the visi b'
and palpable miseries of earth. With no mis-
conception of the relative magnitude OF the tw'
classes OF necessities to be met by 1t, 1t VIII
OF great service TO join them IN our view,. un
Outstanding that the limited Importance OF tn
one as confined to earthly life, should not Leaf
| 10 its being made too inferior departme mt Q
work under the gospel.-lDr E A Buckley.