The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

sstats two AZ the store two AZ IN.
home. The burdens Of life are oompara.
lively lieht when there are other
hands 10 helm us lift them. III. Greatest
difficulties have often skunk sway because
thera we're fonr syss N Iook than ont ~
eonntensnca What care Won for hard
k-ocks IN the world as long as Won have
/, BRIGHT domestic circle for h.rhori
me cheerful word in the evening tide as
you come in has silenced the ciamor OF
unpaid notes and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of moor
Investments, Your table NAV be ouite fru.
eally spread hut II seams mora beautiful To
YOU than many tables that smoke with yeni.
son and blush with B1roundv Peacn meet.
Won AT the door sits beside Won st the tsbls
lights up the evening stand and sings In m,
nSrssry w w Won hana ssa a anu sss =. sho
for scores ~ yssrs havs h.,nsS ..,h n,h.r nn
in lifs,s nil..;ma ss soing 49, ~. Stao, -,
wears long associstioS has msds tb.m
much .,,ts rbsv ra;o;csd az ths s.n,s cent
lhay h.nt ox.r me ssma craJ,s thsn want y,
the same grave Tn the sy.ninc thsT sit
AZ the stand father In his arm chair M ths
are w."
Nov and then , yr,,dcb;ld com.s and
th.y lool, ~ him with ,fysction nntoId snd
soma wall n;gh sno;l;nv him With Lindn.ssas
IN. life cnrrsntl heat fseblv in their nnlses
and thsir work will soon Ina done and ths
Mas,sr will c.u Afa- short A. vs 49, s.,s
N = in tvNA ~ Ia
part,,re thew ioin each pther ON the othe,
side the food' Side nv side let Jacob and
Rachel ha bur;sd ~ ons ,v,Iiov oyararch
their graves Lat their tomhstonss Stand
alike marked with the same Scrintura C,hiL
dren and grandcbiIdrer will co,na in the
mrins time To hiring flowers The n,tris rchs
Of the town will come and drop . tear over
departed worth Side by side at the marriage
altar Side by side in the long tourney,
Side Inv sida in tbe;r graves lfter Tfe,,
6tfnl fevsr tbsv sIsnt we'll
But there are. as NV mbiect suggests do
nestle scenes not go tranopil What 4 curse
10 Job and Potiphar were their Companions,
to Ahab was Jezebel. to Jeboram was Atha
iah, to John Wesley was Mrs. Wesley. "a
Samson was Delilsh. While the most excel
lent and triumphant exhibitions of character
We find among the women of history. and the
world thrills with the names of Marie An.
toinette and Josephine and Joan of Arc and
Maria Theresa and hundreds of others, who
have ruled in the brightest homes
and sung the sweetest cantos, and en-.
ehanted the nations with their art and
swayed the miehtiest Of scepters
on the other hand the names of Mary the
First of England. Margaret of France Julia
Of Rome and Elizabeth Petrowna of Russis
have scorched the eve of history with their
denominations, and their names. like banished
spirits, have gone shrieking and cursine
through the world. In female biography va
find the two extremes of excellence and crime.
Woman stands nearest the gate OF heaven OF
nearest the door of he'll. When adorned by
grace she reaches a point of Christian eleva
Zion which man cannot attain. and when
blasted of crime she sinks deeper than man
can plunge Vet am glad that the instances
In which woman makes utter shipwreck of
character are comparatively rare
But. saws some CYNICAL spirit what do YOU
do with those words in Ecclesiastes where
| Solomon saws: "Behold. this have / found.
| saith the preacher counting one by one to
| find ont the account which vet INV soul
seeLeth but I find NOT. one man among a
thousand have found. hut a woman among
| ali thos. ba We NOT foundsv NV answer is
that n solomon had behaved himself with
common decency and kent out of Infamous
circles he would not have had so much
difficulty in finding integrity of char
acter among women and never would
have have uttered s sucb 1 t;r,de Ever since nv
childhood / have heard speakers admirinr
Diogenes, the cynical philosopher who lived
In 3 tub for going through the streets OF
Athens IN broad daylight with a lantern,
and when asked what he did that for said:
ST an, Iooting for an honest man Now
warrant that that pbilosopner who had
snch hard work 70 find an honest man was
| h;oseIf dishnnnst / think ha stols both tha
! i.n4arn and Tho t,,b So yvhan bao,. a man
| .Y,,atiatino on the weakness of vome,,
;nmediateIv snsnect him and saw there ia
another solomon with Solomon's wisdom
left out. Still, / would not have the ilus-
trat;ors bavs o;yan Of trspScendiny eYcel
iancy in female biosranhv lend yo1, TO suppose
tha+ .hars a,.a NO nsrls i, womanis natbwar
| CoJ,s GRACE alone oan make an Isabella
| crah,m Or =. Cbr;stiro AJson or = Fidei;a
E;si-. a.. a cstbar;n. Of Siena Tamntations
lnrt, about the BRIGHTEST domestic circle II
800 No ,,nnear;ng thing wb.n God sat rr
/ "no nv ~
tsr of Infamous Delilsh
AGAIN this strange STORY ~ the text
,.ads mo IN consider. soma IF the WAYS In
| vhicb etrono man oct their locks shorn God
| for soma raaSon hest tnown N himself made
| tb. stranotb If Ssm:o,, In d.nend on tine
| length OF his hair. when the shears clipped it
| his STRENGTH was rome The strength of
men IL yariomslv distributed, Some
| times II lies in nhvsic.l deyelonment
| sometimes in intellectual attainment,
| sometimes in banrt force sometimes
in social position. sometimes in finan.
cial accumulation. and there is ALWAYS
a sharp shears ready TO DESTROY it. Every
| day there are Samsons UNCLAIMED I saw a
yonng man start in life under the most cheer.
Ing advantages His acute mind was at
home in ali Scientific dominions. He reached
| not only all rugged attainments Int by deli.
cate annrec;atio1 he could catch the tinge of
the cloud and the sparkle of the wave and
the diapasOn of the thunder. He walked
forth in life head and shoulders above other.
in mental stature. He could wrestle
with giants in opposine systems of philosophy
and Carry off the Gates of the opposing
schools and smite the enemies of truth hip
and tbigh with great slaughter. But he be-
pan to tanner with brilliant free-thinking.
Modern theories of the soul threw over
him their Establishments. Skepticism was
the DeliIah that shore his locks off, and
ali the Philistines Of doubt and darkness and
despair were upon him. He died in q very
prison of unbelief. his ewes out.
Far back in the country districts-just
where purposely omit to say-there was
born ono whose fame will last as long as
American institutions. His name was til
terror of all enemies of free government
He stood. the admired of millions: the nation
uncovered in his presence and when he spoks
Senates sat breathless under the SPELL The
nlotters AGAINST rood government attempted
to hind him with Green vithes and weave his
loci. in a web vet he walked forth from the
enthrallment not knowing he had burst
= bond Bit from the wine cup there