Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-05-26
The Story Of A Stream.

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on the side of mountain, whose tor
was cove. ed with snow. 1t had moi
always lived there it used to be IN.
der the ground, but it was SO dark
down there that it grew tired and
sought a new home. 1t pushed and
worked away, and at last reached the
top, where it filled little hollow place
about the size of a mush bowl.
There was quite a family of them
father, mother, brothers and sisters.
They were all clear. pure and bright.
They were very kind to each other,
and used to laugh and play all day
long. One of their games which they
enjoyed very much was for the faith
er and mother to jump up softly and
quickly, then they would make cir
cles around them.
One day the children were playing
little too roughly, and one of them
got pushed out far from the others.
He stood very still for moment, he
was SO frightened but, as he looked
about him, the new world seemed so
beautiful that he grew less timid, and
started to run down the side of the
mountain. He had gone only lit
tie way when he looked back and
saw that some of his sisters and broth
ers were following him; so he STOP
ped and waited for them. They took
hold of hands, and went down run
ming, singing and jumping.
AS they went along, they met some
cousins who joined them. Then thew
did have fun. When they came to a
rock they all jumped right over it. If
it was so large that they were afraid
part of them would 60 on one side
and part on the other, then they
would come together again, and such
laughing and talking as there would
be
They were so happy that they made
everything about them happy. The
birds built their nests near by, and
took a bath in their waters every day.
The flowers bloomed more sweetly,
because they were SO close to them !;
aud how the grass and ferns loved
them And as for the dear little bun
MES and the timid deer, they were not
a bit afraid. Even the cross bear used
to come to drink, and forget to be
cross when it went away.
After a while so many cousins had
joined together that they were no Ion
ger little, as they were when they
started, and they were now called a
stream; but they laughed almost as
much as ever. One day the stream
heard one tall pine tree tell another
that he was going to the ocean to live
on a ship. The little stream wonder
ed what the ocean was, and thought
it would like to go too.
1t hurried along as fast as it could
and, as it got farther from home, more
streams joined it and grew larger and
larger. 1t did not laugh and jump
so much as it did when 1t was little,
but it went softer, stiller, swifter,
deeper. One day it heard a man say
he wished he could turn his mill
wheels. Then the stream stopped
and turned the wheels. SO the man
made boards at his mill, and the
stream carried them to the carpenter,
who was waiting to make houses of
them.
AS the stream went along it left
the mountains far behind, and ran
where men were planting corn, pota-
toes and wheat. 1t said to a man:
eff you fill a boat | will carry that
for you.:' The man said 81 will be
glad to do that" SO he filled boat
with peaches, apples, corn and veg
etables, and the stream carried it to a
big town where the people were glad
to buy these things. SO it was al
ways helping some one, always being
kind.
One day it came in sight of the big
ocean, and sure enough there was the
tall pine tree on the ship. 1t was so
glad to see an old friend, and the
ocean looked so beautiful, that the
stream ran right into it, and always
lived there after that.-Kinderyarten.
Used up ball players and athletes find Johnson's
Anodyne Iiniment a balm in Gilead.