The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-13
The Scribe's Report.

to express themselves in verse in re-
Spouse to the question of two weeks
ago about the ships that we can not
make room for them all, but give above
the briefest, which includes all the
points indicated in the others-hope,
love, contentment, rest. Frank"
says: cit seems to me that the ships
were freighted with the fruit of the
Spirit found in Galatians " DO"
Eliza" says, "The ships were loaded
with the lessons of experience" and
"V" has the following:
The lessons of wisdom, the subduinp
of passions, the strengthening of vir-
tue, acquired by the varied experiences
of life, to which may have been added
the pleasures of a home, more humble.
perhaps, than anticipated, but quite as
satisfactory, from the wealth of love
and sympathy it brought
To these Cloverpatch " adds: g Abil-
ity to look on the bright side of troubles,
friendships, an honorable reputation
ard the knowledge that a well-spent
life lies behind" Several have men
toned contentment and peace of mind,
and this is indeed a cargo which in
cludes within itself many of the most
valuable commodities. A long while
ago your Scribe was taking stage-rde
in the hill country, and among the pas
| n r,on1 i,,;o
then to some of your fathers and moth
ers, and young man just approaching
middle age, who was on the way to visit
his native town among the hills. The
young mans ships were beginning to
come in, we'll laden with this worlds
riches-at least, so people said; but, as
he pointed out one familiar object after
another along the road, he seemed a
boy again, and one would suppose he
cared for nothing else so much as for
the scenes of his childhood. AT last
he exclaimed, when l can have two
homes just to my liking, one in the city
for winter and one out here for summer,
shall be perfectly happy" Then the
old minister said gently, and with
pleasant smile, " Wouldn't contented
mind do just as well?" cob but that
would be a much harder thing to get,n
was the frank response. 1t is true that
ones ships seldom bring in both kinds
of freight, and that may be why the
Lord often chooses for us which they
shall bring, lest we make the poorer
choice. Yet, if the Lord peases to
send them in laden with learning or
gold, one need not sefishly appropriate
the whole, but send them out again to
do service for him; and we may be sure
that he will send them back again with
the other and better freight And now
we must let our ships float on, while
we attend to other things.
A few more answers to the first three
questions have come in, correct so far
as they go, though some of them are
not very full. One definition of liter
AZURE contains this valuable hint: "It
yields its best treasures only to those
who are willing to think, and think, and
THINK"
One member says I" never heard
of a Morning Star of English litera-
ture before, and so have guessed at
the answer" She doubtless knows by
this time whether her guess was right;
but the Scribe desires to explain that
this title is a prose translation of Ten
nyson's allusion to Chaucer in his
"Dream of Fair Women" as "the
morning star of song" the earliest
English literature having consisted
chiefly of poetry, or song" Kate F.
r. quoted stanza of this poem of
Tennyson's in giving her answers:
" Dan Chaucer the first warbler whose sweet breath
Preuded those melodious bursts, that fill
The spacious times of great Elizabeth
With sounds that echo still"
And now the Scribe wants to whisper
a word in the ear of those who are try
ing to find the answers to Aunt Becky's
questions of last week, if she will
please just look the other way mo-
ment, so as not to see us. Don't forget
that one person may have more than
one title; that's all.
1t is impossible with our present sys-
TEN of questions and answers to adhere
strictly to chronological arrangement
of the authors and events we consider.
But it is important that we fix them in
our minds in their right order. The
Scribe would suggest that each one have
small blank-book, or spare leaf in a
larger one, and note down in chrome
logical order each date given in these
reports, leaving spaces in which to in
sert any that may be spoken of later.
We shall have no occasion to go back
earlier than the invasion of Britain by
Julius Caesar, b, G. 90; 80 that will be
the first date The NEXT one will he