The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-09-18

OeCdub6 ono VlsiVoS aus ooh0 wrong !
No. let them come and see the beauti-
full grounds"
And when the gardener wished to
give the king the name Of the offender
who had taken the royal flower, he
said, mo, my memory 10 very tena-
cious and do not want to have In my
mind the name Of the offender, lest It
should hinder me granting him favor
some other time" Now, l want you
10 know that kindness Is royal flower,
and blessed be God, the King Of mercy
and grace, that by divine gift and not
by purloining, we may pluck this royal
flower and not wear It on the outside
Of our nature but wear It In our soul
and wear 1t forever, its radiance and
aroma not more wonderful for time
than wonderful for eternity. IN
POWER OF THE TONGUE.
Still further, must speak of kindness
OF word. When you meet any one do
you say pleasant thing or an unpleas.
anti Do you tell him OF agreeable things
you have heard about him or the disa-
greeablel When he leaves you does
he feel better or does he feel worsel
Oh, the power Of the tongue for the
production Of happiness or miseryl
One would think from the way the
tongue is Gagged in we might take the
hint that it has a dangerous power.
First 1t is chained to the back part of
the mouth by strong muscle. Then it
Is surrounded by the teeth of the lower
jaw, so many ivory bars; and then by
the teeth Of the upper jaw, more ivory
bars. Then outside Of all are the two
lips, with the power of compression and
arrest. And yet, notwithstanding these
four imprisonments or limitations, how
many take no hint in regard to the dan
gerous power of the tongue. and the re-
suits are laceration. specification and
damnation.
There are those If they know a good
thing about you and a bad thing, will
mention the bad thing and act as
though they had never heard the good
thing. Now, there are two sides to
almost every ones character, and we
have the choice Of overhauling the
virtue or the vice. We can greet Paul
and the ships crew as they come up
the beach of Malta with the words:
"What a sorry looking set you arel
How little of navigation you must
know to run on these rocksl Didn't
you know better than to put out on
the Mediterranean this wintry month";
It was not much Of ship anyhow, or
it would not have gone to pieces so
soon as that. Well, what do you wanta
We have hard enough work to make a
living for ourselves without having
thrust on us two hundred and 3eventy-
six ragamuffins.
Not so said the Maltese. q think
they said: Come inl Sit dbwn by
the fire and warm yourselves Glad
that you all got of with yoir lives.
Make yourselves at home. fou are
welcoN 70 all we have until s6aeship
comes m Sight and you resuIad your
voyage. Herey let me put a baAdag
on your forehead, for that Is an
ugly cash you got from the floating
timbers, and here is man with a
broken arm. We will have doctor
come to attend to this fracture" And
though for three months the kindness
went on, we have but little more than
this brief record, '"The barbarous peo-
pie showed us no little kindness"
Oh, say the cordial thingl Say the
useful thingl Say the hospitable thingl
Say the helpful thingl Say the Chris
tian thingl Say the kind thingl adj
NIT that this is easier for some temper
than for others. Some are born
pessimists, and some are born optimists,
and that demonstrates itself all through
everything. 1t is cloudy morning.
You meet pessimist and you say,
what weather today" He answers,
tits going to Storm" and umbrella
under arm and waterproof overcoat
show that he is honest in that utter
ance.
On the same block, minute after,
you meet an optilnist, and you say:
what weather todaya "Good wealth
er; this is only fog and will soon scat
ter" The absence of umbrella and alb
sence of waterproof overcoat show it is
an honest utterance. On your way at
noon to luncheon you meet an opti-
mistic merchant, and you say, What
do you think of the commercial pros
pectsw and he says: GLORIOUS. Great
crops must bring great business We
are going to have such an autumn and
winter of prosperity as we have never
SEEM"
On your way back to your store you
meet pessinistic merchant. What
do you think of the commercial pros
pectsw you ask. And he answers:
"Well, don't know. So much grain
will surfeit the country. Farmers have
more bushels but less prices, and the
grain gamblers will get their fist in.
There is the Mckinley bill; and the hay
crop is short in some places, and in the
southern part of Wisconsin they had a
hailstorm and our business is as dull as