Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-03-20


monster seized him. and he drew forth Q hand
torn and mangled and bleeding. p
Oh, touch not the evil even with the faint
est strokel Though il may be glossy end
beautiful, touch 1t not lest you pull forth
your soul torn and bleeding under the clutch
Of the black leopard. But you say, 'hor
can fnd out whether a book is good or bad
without reading itF' There Is always some
thing suspicious about bad book. neveI
knew an exception suspicious m
the index or style Of illustration This ven
omous reptile almost always carries warn
ing rattle.
The clock strikes midnight A fair form
bends over a romance. The eyes fash
fire. The breath is quick and irregular.
Occasionally the color dashes to the cheek,
and then dies out. The hands tremble As
though a guardian spirit were trying 10
shake the deadly book out OF the grasp. Hot
tears fall She laughs with a shrill voice
that drops dead at its own sound The
sweat on her brow Is the spray dashed up
from the river OF death. The clock strikes
four, AMI the rosy dawn soon after begins TO
look through the lattice upon the pale form
that looks like a detained specter Of the
night. Soon IN q madhouse she will mistake
her rir ylets for curling serpeants, and thrust
her white hand through the bars Of the
prison, and smite her head rubbing 1t back
.hr;aLi1a. oIy brsir' p,r hr,inr or
stanj ~ fron, +batI WIZ viii ror az,
so,,dir,, va,,r ,ror, o,,,id tha rooss nd 80
inc, h,,nSs yrbor t6ora is s,,cb a yas, Gear
;n which Won NAV VOYAGE ali sail sat,
we see so many books we do not under
stand what a book Is. Stand it on end.
Measure 1.-THE height Of it, the depth OF 1t,
the length Of it, the breadth OF it. You can.
not do 1t. Examine tho paper and estimate
tuo ]! Iiiaeio lIoui .ue tlIne VI lne LII,
~ Ia .latt anu thsu oll .iie oa'A Vi
nd -arn anu 'uv ~ oh , hi b;da ~ ,9 10
anu anu oi pdpJ "a ~ tuu LII ipe y. "iii osas.s
until the miracles OF our modern papsr man
ufactories, and then see the paper. white and
pure as an infants soul waiting for Gods in
scription
A bookl Examine the type cf il, Examine
the printing of it, and see the progress from
tho time when Solon's laws were written on
oGS blanks. and Hesiod's poems were written
on tables OF lead and the Siniatic commando
we're written on tables of stone. on down to
Hoes perfccting printing press
o'Ta w; ~ 90 "a. luo uiiIr % oi .no
pas; al .ne martyr hIes ail tue ciViilAatlonS
az tHe UatueS' al tne victorles, an Vhe ue, u,,
teaus, an tne siooms, an tne prignIhesh aii
lhe TehtuIieS 10 make ~ poSsioie :
thS craving ro9h III "hicn kings anu queens
ana orators ana poets ana historians come
ou' 70 xr9es You ~ ! WoEsa'Pcu @ any .nLnS
ou ,,ti. eai W Noui9 W.T. snip NM ~ nuI =,
incense 70 any iuoi "ouii ouhi an aitar 70
% sna,. Ihank uou Lor soou poosS heautnlui
oooSS Inspiring oooHS CHRISTIAN 1 Doo"s
,t'ohs ~. OF men, DOCKS OF women, Dook Oh uou'
~ - WIN WIN tuese ~ BVoo Bse oooAs tGat we are 10
overcome me cuIrup' u. nteraeure. upon tne iross
t .ue ~oSeItuiu" ~ Vi iuiqulVous hNe' atui upon
ihe mortaity OF BOOKS, Even good Dooks
hIpe naru suuesi 70 I'VE.
IoSpius WI ''e iorty oooAs' only n'e Oh
them left, Thirty books of Tacitus have
perished. Twenty books OF Pliny have per-
ished. Livy wrote one hundred and forty
books; only thirty-fi OF them remain
ESchylus wrote one hundred dramas only
seven remain. Euripides wrote over hun
dred; only nineteen remain. Vatro wrote
the biographies Of over seven hundred great
Romans. All that wealth OF Biography bas
persisted. IL good and valuable books have
such struggle to live, what must be the
fate OF those that are diseased and corrupt
ana blasted at the very start! They will die
Us tue troSs wheh tee LORD turned back the
plague. me WORK OF Cnristtaplhatlon VIII
30 on uhul there VIII oe mourning lett but
Booo DOCKS, ana tney VIII tage the supremacy
vi oi tne worm. "hy YOU anu hSe to see the
i"ustrious asy. ,,
AgsihsI every oaa pamphiet send good
Pdil lpnlet' AGAINST every uhclean picture SEND
M M iniiocen' pIG'urei against every sour
M nous song eeHu Sarlsunn Shg; against
nFery pad Dooh senu good o0ok; ana then
- ~, VII ne as IL was IN ancient ioIedo' wnere
tlo AoIetuti e nl'SSaS ll we're kePt oy tne SAINTS
III il slA ehlIenes, anu the sacriiegious ROMANS
i uenhahueo anu. tnse tuose hlsssis Dc DESTROYED,
d ald tu .tat ene iSoulan i"lsssiS oe SoDstituted
that thu whole matter h. ay;ns haaS,, .asarr,Sg
10 cbamuions the chamnion of tha ToI.t,,n,
missaIs with me blow hronoht Sown the
chamnion Of the Roman miSsais '-'
So Il will he in our dav TIM coo1 utar,.
,ure tha Christian Iiterat,,ra In 10 cbnn,
nionshin for God and the tr,,.h will bring
jowp Tho evil lit,r.iura In lie oh ,n,n;o,shiSS
for ths devil | fa,I tiro,i,o ~ tba ti1s e
NV fingers AMI thro,,-h al rho nerves ok ~,
body and nIl tha d,,.bs of NV sori ~
sertaintv of onr +r.Isnnh Char nm Oh oh'
r,an ao5 ,,or,an ,vhn 49,, to;lin, Sar en-, th.
o,rir,oation " s1ciatvt Toil witS Sonr t.caS
n tho s,,nroht NJ Coi ba fo; ns Sbo
bo 60 he saa;rst ,,syt '
-. s,. ..
Laoy hesCSI ~ 1'atinope iH was eno uauSuoeI
OIL tne tnlrd Earl OF SIshhope, ana ai.er her
nearest irienus hsu uie1 she wen, Mens u .ue lar
east uok PosssSsloh oi .t aeseiseu oonseh.
Ihre" up iortressts a'niu tuo uioun.alns Q,
ii ieosuo.i, oPeieu 'ne 'asS' ia, 70 'ne pJG' anu
.ue ~leecneu unu tno SicA ~uo "ouiu Conc