Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-10-17

daughter elopnd with French dancing mas.
ter, and alt or awhile the mother, getting on
further and further In years, tries to hide
the wrinkles, hut fails In tho attempt, trying
al tho arts OF tho hel'e--an old nlrt, poor,
miserable butterfly without any wings
III there Is anything on earth beautiful to
me, II Is nm agel woman, her white locks
ilowng back over the wrlnkled brow-locSs
not white with frost, ns the poets say but
white with the blossoms OF the tree Of life,
IN her voice the tenderness OF gracious
memories, her face benedlction. "A grand
mother pnsses through the room the grand
children pull 0t her dress, and she almost
falls in her weakness, but she has nothing
but candy or cake or n kind worl for tho
little darngs. When she gets out OF tho
wagon in front OF the house, tho whole
family rush out and cry, "Grandma's
Gomez And when she goes away IRON US,
never 10 return, there is n shadow on the
table, and shadow on the hearth, and
shadow on the heart.
There Is no mors touching scene on earth
than wheE grandmother sleeps the last SUM
her AMI the little child is lifted up to the
casket to give the last kiss, and she says,
"Gooiby grandmaw Oh, there is beauty
In old age. Gol says so. "rhe hoary head
is crown Of glory" Why should people
decline to get o!dY The bes. Things, the
greatest things, | know OF are aged-old
mountains, old seas. old stars and old etern-
~, But II there is anything distress'nI 1t is
TO see an old woman ashamed OF the TACT
that she is old. What with all tho artificial
appliances she Is too muc h for my gravity
| Iaugh even in church when | see her COM
ing. The worst looking bird on earth is
peacock when it hns lost its feathers. |
would not give one lock OF my old mothers
gray hair for $4,000 such caricaures OF hui
manly. And If the life OF wording, II
the lie OF disciple given to the world, is
sad the close o such life Is simply a tragedy.
Let metell you that the designations o fsocial
life ARE despoiling the usefulness OF q vast
multitude OF people. What do those people
care about the fact that there are whole M
tiOns in sorrow aud suffering and agony
when they have for consideration the more
important question about the size of glove
or the tie OF II cravale? Which one of them
ever bound up the wounds Of the hospitalf
Which one Of them ever went out to care for
the poor? Which of them do you find in the
hnunts oil sin distributing tracts? Tney live
on themselves. and it is very poor pasture.
Syharis was great city, and 1t once sent
out 800 horsemen in battle. They had a
minstrel who had taught the horses OF the
army great trick, and when the old min
strel played a certain tune the horses would
rear and with their front feet seemed to beat
time to the music. Well. the old minstrel
was offended with his country, and he went
over to tine enemy, and he said to the enemy
''You give me the mastership OF the army,
and will destroy their troons when those
horsemen come from Sybaris.'
So they gave the old minstrel the manage
ment. and he taught all the other rninstrels
n certain tune. Then when the covnlrv
from came nm the old minstrel and nil tina
other minstrels plnyed n certain tunc. and
ut the most critic ii moment in the battle
when the horspmrn wanted to rush IN tbe
conflict the horses reared and heat time to
the music with their fore feet. and in dis
grace and rout the enemy feel. All nv
friends. | have seen il arnin nm opnin-the
minstrels of pleasure. the minstrpIs Of dissi-
nation. the minstrels cf goddess nssociotion
have defeoted neonle in tho hard
psr 6rht of lifel Frivolitv hns
lost the hottle for 10 OOO foil,
On what a helittling nrocess IN tha human
mind This everlasting 1nestion nhout Irrss
this discussion of foshionoble inHnitnsim,Is
this group, looking askance at tho class
,vonlGrinr, ,vith an in0ni,v of eorros,noes
how that lnsr ppraniun leaf does Iook this
YbrivnIinc, Of n,,n'a n,or,l di,ri,r NH Il T.,
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~ .V VI. nnaoL y % tni9 oPah-
,an lgI "inl'ioI -. ,iHit snor; t"Is o'nilnS
up VI Sl 'Iii'or,ul SOU III rune, TINS pltch-
Ins o'l -, VI an lluil9rtai n"lure over tne rocks
Mnth u"'. r'e'tco II Ior Sreat anu eVeriast-
'hE ~, ul'ilIIh.
WIN mi'ny ii'u Is u mus ueraue oal'' ana
as "t su'n '.'ei.nh''le ~ Sehsiet,eh auu
hules put On we sarp OF klnSs ana queens
OF cc As vi elo"n9, huu ~ tue close
put OIL the u,ssuisH' 81 steat many pass
thelr wloIe l'ie n IN u mass, taking OH me
lna ,3S III "c'h. Mh''e rue masquerade Dail
OF me goes Oh they "TRIP ihprr,.y over me
hoor' gehllhGd mana Is stretched 10 the
S1lhllleu manu. "hl EIennlihS prov 1eIus 10
sleahlhg brow. oh win the 9aAce! fluSh
ana rustic anu lauShter OF lmheaSuraoie
merryHlakins -, ,
but atef hWh'le the lhh9uor o! aeath
comes on Tue l'nlos ana plurs tne eyesisht;
Lights iUwer. fioor hoiloW WIN Sepulcnral
echo' MUSIC sAlaeheu into wall L'ghts
lower. NOW the niSNerS arc Oniy seen In