News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-06-07

! another, and another, and another, and
then she brought them all together, and she
threshed them out, and she had an ephah Of
barley, nigh busheL Oh, that we might all
be gleanersl
Elihu Burritt learned many things while
toiling in blacksmith's shop Abercrombie
the world-renowned philosopher, was a
philosopher in Scotland, and he got his
philosophy, or the Chief part of it, while, as a
physician, he was waiting for the door of the
sick room to open. Yet how many there are
in this day who say they are so busy they
have no time for mental or spiritual improve
ment; the great duties of life cross the field
like strong reapers, and carry Off all the
hours and there is only here and
there fragment left that is not
could go into the busiest day and
busiest week Of your life and find golden OPP
portunities which gathered might, at least,
make whole sheaf for the Lords garner.
privileges which taken up and bound to-
gether and beaten out will at last fill you
with abounding Joy.
There are a few moments left worth the
cleaning Now, Ruth, to the field MAY each
one have measure full and running over!
Oh! you cleaners to the fieldl And if there
be in your household an aged one
or a sick relative that is not strong
ensdgh to come forth and toll in this
field, then let Ruth take home to feeble
goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious
seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoc-
ing, bringing his sheaves with him" May
the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi be our
portion forever!
11ckET-oFFIoEs nowadays transcend
the bookstores in selling costly vol
umes, says the Detroit Frce Press.
Think of books at $40, $25 and 500
each. The 500 ones are the 5000
mile books. They are not very bulky
volumes, but contain strip of paper
three inches wide and possibly six feet
long. It is figured off in lines, each
numbered and representing a mile.
The conductor tears off the number of
lines that represent the distance jour-
neyed by the traveller, asks him to
write his name on the back, and com,
pares his visage with the photograph
of the purchaser pasted in the front
cover of the book. The photograph is
defaced WITH the dating stamp of the
ticket agent and gives the traveller
hard look about the cheek, but of this
he tries to make light if the conductor
Jokes him about it. The photograph,
the signature and the dating stamp all
serve to protect the purchaser as well
as the railroad company against theft
or transfer. These 5,000-mile tickets
are good over fifteen or sixteen rail-
roads, but whether they will come
much into favor or not is sometbi7g
that railroad men disagree about
OCCASIONALLY the son comes up to
worthily represent his father. The
London Star says: Herbert Glad
stone bears a striking physical resem-
blance to his illustrious father of years
ago, and speaks with the same seduc-
tive sweetness OF accent, the same
light, silvery tone, the same unfatter-
ing evenness and smoothness of pro.
nunciation. Even in the matter of his
speech the son does no discredit to the
sire"
ONE of the most successful features
of a recent literary entertainment" in
q town the other evening was "bung-
whiting contest by ladies'" Each of
the contestants received a square bit
of wood from which to whittle bung
to fita large stone jug. They could
all see the hole to be filed, but none