Milford chronicle., 1888-04-27
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, APRIL q, 1883.


"a limited gulfaw and cachinnation, as in hia
, weather the water has uickled through
slight opening in the mill dam, but afterwar
makes wider ard wider breach until il ca
L ries all before il with irresistible fIeshet i
I not be too much offended at the noise yor
+. children now make. It viii be still enoug
\ when one Of them is lead Then you woul
( give your right hand to hear one shor
\ from their silent voices or one step frol
/ the stin foot You viii not any Of 80
+. have to wait very long before your house
stiller than you want IT, Alas that ther
are so many homes not known to the Societ
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children
where children ere put ON the limits am
whackcd and culed and ear-pulled and sense
lessly called 20 order and answered sharp an,
, suppressed until it is a wonder that unde
such processes they do not al turn ont No
docs aud Mana Sahibs
What is your influence upon the neighbor
hood, the town or the city Of your residence
will SUPPOSE that you are star Of wit
What kind OF rays do you shoot forthl d.
you use that splendid faculty TO irradiate th,
world or 60 raukle it! | bless nll tho apos
tolic college Of humorists. The man that
makes mo laugh is my benefactor do not
thank anybody 10 make ine cry / can dc
enough and have enough to cry about. Cod
bless all skillful punsters, all rcparteeists, all
prupounders Of ingenious conundrums, all
those who mirthfully surprise us with m-
| usual iuxtapositon of words Thomas Hood
and Charles Lamb and Sidney Smith had a
divine mission, and so have their Successors
in these times They stir into the acid bever-
age Of life the saccharine. They make the
cup Of earthly existence, which is sometimes
stale, olfervesce and bubble, They placate
animosities. They foster longevity. They
slay fOllics and absurdities which all the
sermons Of all the pulpits cannot reach
/ They have for examples Elijah, who made
| fun Of the Baaltes when they called down
/ fire and it did not come, suggesting that their
/ heathen god had gone hunting, or was Off on
a Journey, or was asleep and nothing but
vociferation could wake him, saying: Cry
aloud for he is a god; either he is talking or
pursuing or peradventme he sleepeth and
must be awakcd.n They have an example in
Christ, who with healthful sarcasm showed
up the lying, hypoclitical Pharisees, by sug-
gesting that such perfect people like them
selves needed no Improvements, saying: "The
whole need not physician, but they that
are sickn
But what use are you making of your wit?
Is it besmirched with profanity and unclean-
ness? Do You employ it in amusement at
physical defects for which the victims are
not responsible} Are your powers Of nimicry
used to put religion in contemptl Is it
bunch of uettles0ne invective! Is it a bolt
Of unjust scornl Is it fun at others mis-
fortuncl Is it glee at their disappointment
and defeat3 Is it bitterness put drop by drop
into a cup? Is it like the squeezing OF arte-
misia absinthium into a draught already dis
tastefully pungenti Then you are the star
Wormwo0d. Yours is the fun Of a rattle
snake trying how well it can sting. It is the
fun Of a hawk trying how quick it can strike
out the eye Of a dove.
But l viii change this, and will suppose
you are star of worldly prosperity Then
YOU have large opportunity. You can en-
courage that artist by buying hls picture
You can improve the fields, the stables. the
highway, by Introducing higher style of
fcwI and horse and COW and shccp You can .
bless the world with pomological achieve
ment in the orchards. You can advance
arboricliture and arrest this deathful icono-
clasm Of the American forests. You can Dut
a picce of sculpture into the niche Of that
public academy. You can cndow college.
You can stocking a thousand bare feet from
the winter frost. You can build a church
You cen put "A missionary of Christ on that
foreign shore You can help ransom a world
A rich man with his heart right Can Won
tel ae how much good a James Lennox or n
George Peabody or Peter Cooper or a VIII
lam Z. Dodge did while living, or is doing
now that be is deai9 There is not citv.
town or ncighborhood that has not glorious
specimens of consecrated wealth
But suppose you grind the face of the moor.
make him wait for them because be cannot
help himself Suppose thut because his
family is sick and he has had extra expenses
be shoull politely ask you 20 raise his wages
for this year, and you roughly tell him if he
wants better place TO so and get it, SUP
pose By your manner You act as though ha
we're nothing and you were everything
suppose you are selfish and ovcrhearing and
arrogant. Your first name ought TO be At
ia, and your last name Attiia because you
,rc the star Wormwool and YOU have en-
Filtered one-thiId, if not three-thirds. of the
waters that roll past your employees and
,pcratives and dependents and associates.
md the long line Of carriages which the I'M j
leItaker orders for your funeral in order to
make the occasion respectable. viii be filed
With twice rs many dry. fearless eyes as there
re persons occupying them The clumsy /
all bearers may make the gates of vo;lr {
epulcher quake by striking your silver
anGled coffin against them. but tie world G.
viii feel no jar as you go out of it. G
There is an erroneous ilca abroad that /
here are only few geniuses. There are [
Millions of them; that is men and women C
rho have clpecial adaptation and quicsness y
Or some one thing It laay be great. it may y
> small. The circle maybe like the c'ry.um- S
renee Of the earth or no larger than S
inbie There are thousands Of geniuses -
ere this morning, and in some one thing =.
gu are a star What kind of a star are :
on! You will be in this world hut few s
iinutes As compared with eternity the =
ny of the longest life on earth is not more =,
IAN a minute What arc we doing with =
nat miaute. Are we embittcring the domes- y
G. on social, or political fountains, or ara =
q like Moses, who, when the lslaeiites H. ..
.e Nildenc complained that the waters p"
lake Alrah were bitter and they could !.
1t drink them, their leader cut on Tie -
0nch OF a certain tree and threw that y =.
anch into the water, and it became SWEEP Z,
I'd slal;el the thirst Of the suffering host. =.
re we with a branch Of the tree OF life -
c.teaing all che braclish fountains tina. "a
e "1h Jouch' Dear Lord, send US all q. =
! thy mission. All erounu US embittened - -
'es, einbitteroi by persecution, embittered ~,
7 hypercriticisrn, eInbittered by poverty, i,
lbittered by pain, embittered by in. ~
stice, embittered by sin. Why not ~
forth and sweeten them BY ~ ~
lile, by inspiring words, by bene- ~
ctions, by hearty counsel, by prayer, r.
gospelized behavior Let US remember ~
at if we are wurmwood to others we are ~
to ourselves, and our life will be -. -,
ter AID our eternity bitter The GosDel g.,
Jesus Christ is the only sweetening power -,
1t is sufficient 1t sWeetens the DISPOSE - -
n It sweetens the manners It sweetens -, -,
e. 1t sweebens mysterious Providences. a.
sweetens Affections 1t sweetens death. -,
sweetens everything. have heard people - -
led in social company; "If you could have -,
zee wishes gratilied what would your three on,
shes beF If | could have three wishes ~ ~,
Z this morning / tell you what they would na'
Fnst-More Of the grace Of God. Sec
i-More Of the grace Of God Third
re Of the grace OF God. In the door ward
my brother John, missionary in Annoy, ~,
ina, there is a tree called the emperor
e, the two characteristics Of which are
Ill.