Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-10-05


tons nave known such cases. have
known family after family blastei In that
way In one OF the other Cities w''T'
preached. Father and mother turning th"'r
backs upon all quiot culture and an the
amenities OF home, leading iorth
their e..tire iaI'ly in tho wrong itrer-
ton. Annihilalei-worse than annthi's'Hi'
for there are some things worse than aunt
hiation. I give YOU the history OF more
than one family when | say they went on IN
the designations OF social lie until the Luher
dropped into lower style OF dissipation,
and after awhile the son was tossed out into
society n nonentity, and after awhile the
daughter eop'd win French dancing mas
ter, and after awhile the mother. getting on
further and further in years, tries TO hide
the wrinkles, but fails In the attempt, trying
all the arts OF the belle-an old flirt. a poor,
miserable butterfly without any wings.
II there II anything ON earth beautiful TO
me, II IL an aged woman, her white locks
flowing back over the wrinkled brow-lotks
not white with frost. as the poets say, but
white with the blossoms Of the tree OF Lille,
/ in her voice the tenderness OF gracious
memories. her face q benedi ,tion. A grand
mother passes through the room the grand
children pull nj her dress, and she almost
! falls in her weakness, but she has nothing
but candy or cake or "a kind worl for the
/ littl" darnCl. When she gets out OF she
wagon in front OF the house, the whole
! family rush out and cry, "Grandmas
come" And when she goes away from US,
never 10 return, there ls n shadow on the
] table, and u shadow on the hearth, anti
shadow on the heart.
There is no more touching scene on earth
/ than whel grandmother sleeps the last sum-
Der an I the little child is lifted up TO the
/ clsket to give the last kiss, and she says,
/ "Gooiby, gran Tina" on, there is beauty
/ in OLD age. Col says so. The hoary heal
ia Of ghonll
decline to get old2 The hes: things. the
greatest things. | know OF are aged-old
| mountains, Old seas. Oil stars ami Old etcrni-
! ". But Il there is anything distr"s3fn 1t is
| 10 60" an Old woman assumed OF tho TACT
| that She is old. What with all the artificial
! appliances she is too murh for my gravity.
| laucn even in church when | see her CON-
! ing. The worst looking bird on earth Is "A
! peacock when II has lost its feathers.
would not give one locS OF my Old mothers
/ gray halr for 30, 600 such cHrtClturcs o. hui
manly. And If the life OF a wording, II
! the lite OF IA i sctplc given TO the world, is
! sad tho G lose of such Iilais simply "A tragedy
Let metell you that thu designations o'social
/ life are dospoilnS the usefulness OF vast
multitu le OF people. What 30 those people
| "lro about the fuct TINT there ARE whole M
! lions in sorrow and suffering and agony
! when they have for consideration tho more
! important question about the size OF n glove
|
! ever hound up tho wounds of the hospital?
/ Which ono Of them ever wont out 10 caro- for
the poor? Which OF them do you iinl in the
/ haunts OF sin distributing tracts? Tncy live
! on themselves, AMI IL is very poor pasture.
! Syhnris WAS great city. and II once srnt
| out 800 horsemen in battle. They had a
minstrel who had taught the horses OF the
army "A great trick, and when tho old min
strel played a certain tune the horses would
I VI Ia
time TO the music Well the old minstrel
was offended with bis country, and he went
over TO the enemy, AMI he said to the enemy.
You give me the mastership OF the army.
and will destroy their troops when those
horscmen come from SyJarts.'
So they gave the old min istralthe manage
mcnt. AMI he taught all the other fainstrels
a certain tune. Then when tho cavalry
troop came up the old minstrel and all the
| other minstrcis played certain tune AMI
! NJ tho most critical moment in tho battle,
when tho horscmrn wanted 10 rush to the
| conflict. tho horses reared and beat time 10
the music with their fore feet. and in dis
grace AMI rout the enemy fed. All, my
| friends, have seen It again AMI aGnin-the
| Ministries Of pleasure, tho minstrpls Of dissi-
| patton. tho minstrels & goddess association
| have defeated people in tho hard
est fight Of life Frivohty has
lost the battle for 10000 folk
Oh, what heIittIing process to the human
| mind this everlasting question about dress,
| this discussion Of fashionable inilntesimals,
this group, looking askAnce NJ the glass,
wondering with an inAnity OF earnestness
how that last grraniun leal does LOOK. this
shrvcinG OF mans moral dignity until II Is
rot observable 10 the naked eye, this Span
ish iuQuisltion OF tight shoe. this binding
up OF An immortal soul In n rune, this pitch
ing OF OF Rn immortal nature over the rocks
when God created 1t Tor great and everlast
lux uplifting
With many lito is a masquerade ball. and
rs at such entertainments gentlemen and
ladies put on the garh OF kings and queens
or mountcJauks or clowns, and ut the close
nut or tho disguise, 50 n great many pass
their whole life in q mask, taking of the
mask at death. While the masquerade ball
OF life goes on they trip merrily over tho
floor. Genmcl hand is stretched to the
gpmmct hand, AMI cleaning brow bends TO
cleaning brow. On with the dance Flush
and rustic and laughter OF immcasurable
| mcrrymlEing!
But after awhile tho languor o! death
comes on the limbs and blurs the eycsight.
Lights lower. Floor hollow with sepulchral
echo. Music slldrncd into wall. Lights
lower Now the maskcrS are only seen in
the dim light. Now the fragrance OF the
flowers is like the sickening Tor that comes
from garlands that have lain long in tho
gather in the room. Glasses shake rs though
uuaked by sullen thunder. Sigh caught in
the curtain. Scarf drops from the shoulder
oil BEAUTY shroud Lights lower Over
the slippery boards in dance OF death gldes
jealousies, cnvies. ravcnges, lust, despair
and death. stencil the lamp wicks almost
cxtinGuishel Torn garments will not hall
cover the liberated feet. Choking damps.
Chilliness Feet STILL Hands closed. Voices
huShed. Eyes shut. Lights out.
On, how many otyou have iloatcd far away
from God through social dissi pations, and it
is time you Turmoil, for | remember that
there were two vessels on the sea In storm
1t WAS very, very dark, ami the two vessels
were going straight for each other, and the
captains knew 1t not. But after awhile the
nun on the lookout saw the approaching
ship, and he shouted, Hard a-Iarboard =
and from the other vessel tho cry went up
lizard a-larboard!" and they turned Just
enough to glance by and passed In safety to
their harbors. Some OF you are in the storm
OF temptation, and you are driving on anc
coming toward fearful collisions unless you
change your course Hard a.larboard! TURF
ye, turn ye, for why will ye die, o hous,
OF IsraelY'