The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-18

swine last In the mire, after awhile
cried to his horses, "iow and said to
the gentlemen, II must go back ana
help that hog ont Of the mire" And
he did go back, and put on solid
ground that most uninteresting quad
ruped
That was the spirit that was mani
tested by my departed friend, Honor
able Alexander H, Stephens, of Georgia
land lovelier man never exchanged
earth for heaven), when at Washing
ton. A senator's wife, who told my
wife of the circumstances, said to him,
'Mr Stephens, come and see my dead
canary bird" And he answered, No,
could not look at the poor thing
without crying"
That is the spirit that Grant showed
when at the surrender at Appomattox
he said to General Lee, "As many Of
your soldiers are farmers and will need
the horses and mules to raise the crops
to keep their families from suffering
next winter, let each Confederate who
can claim a horse or mule take Il
along with him."
That is the spirit which last night
ten Thousand mothers showed to their
sick children coming to give the drink
at the twentieth call as cheerfully and
as tenderly as at the first call Sup
pose all this assernblage, and all to
whom these words shall come by print
er's type, should resolve to make kind
ness an overarching, undergirding and
all pervading principle OF their life, and
then carry out the resolution, why, In
six months the whole earth would feel
1t. People would say:
What is the matterl It seems to me
that the world is getting to be better
place to live In. Why, life after all is
worth living. Why, there is Shylock,
my neighbor, has withdrawn his law
suit of foreclosure against that man,
and because he has had so much sick
ness in his family, he is going to have
the house for one year rent free. There
Is an old lawyer in that young lawyers
office, and do you know what he has
gone In there for9 Why, he is helping
fix up case which is too big for the
young man to handle, and the white
haired attorney is hunting up previous
decisions and making out brief for
the boy.
Down at the bank l heard yestef-
day a note was due; and the young
merchant could not meet it, and an old
merchant went in and got for him three
months extension. which for the young
merchant is the difference between
bankruptcy and success in business
And in our street is an artist who had
a fine picture of the Rapids of Niagara,
and he could not sell it, and his family
were suffering, and they were them
selves in the rapids; and lady heard
of it and said 4 do not need the
picture, but for the encouragement OF
art and helping you out of your dis
tress I will take it, and on the drawing
room wall are the Rapids of Niagara.
DO You know that strange thing
has taken place in the pulpit and all
the old ministers are helping the young
ministers, and all the old doctors are
helping the young doctors, and the
farmers are assisting each other in
gathering the harvest. and for that
farmer who is sick the neighbors have
made bee, as they call it, and they
have all turned In to help him get his
crops into the garnerl
+ AN ALMOST INCREDIBLE, INSTANCE.
! ''And they tell me that the older and
more skillful reporters who hSye perma-
nent positions on papers are helping
the young fellows who are just begin
ing to try and don't know exactly how
to do it. And after a few erasures
and interpretations on the reporters
pad they say; Now, here is readable
account of that tragedy. Hand 1T In
and l am sure the managing editor
will take it, And l heard this morn
ing of poor old man whose three chill
dren were in hot debate as to who
should take care of him in his declining
days.
1.-The oldest son declared it was his
right because he was the oldest, and
the youngest son said twas his right
because he was the youngest, and Mary
said it was her right because she better
understood fathers vertigo and rheu
matism and poor spells, and knew bet
ter how to nurse him, and the only way
the difficulty could be settled was by
the old mans promise that he would
divide the year into three parts, and
spend third of his time with each one
of them.
''And neighboring stores in the same
line of goods on the same block are act
ing kindly to each other and when one
is a little short of certain kind Of
goods, his neighbor says will helr
you until you can replenish youl
shelves 1t seems to me that those
words of Isaiah are being fulfilled wher
he says, The carpenter encouraged the
goldsmith, and he that smooths will
the hammer, him that smote the anvil
saying it is ready for the soldering.
What is the matter9 1t seems to mt
our old world is picking up. Why, the
millennium must be coming in. Kind
ness has gotten the victory"
My hearers, you know and know
we are far from that state of things
But why not inaugurate new dispen
!, sation Of geniality2 If we cannot ye
have millennium on large scale, le
us have it on small scale. and undel
! our own vestments. Kindnessl If thi
world is ever brought to God that 1
the thing that viii do it. You canno
fret the world up, although you ma.
, fret the world down You cannot scolC
6 it into excellence or reformation or god
illness.
: The east wind and the west wine
{ were one day talking with each other
and the east wind said to the ives
wind: Don't you wish you had m.