Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-01


ed the whole family Of Christian Nrac.a,
with all the children and grandchldr u.
and the command has come forth from the
heavens that that Womau'S face shall he
made to correspond with her superb soul.
Her entire face from ear to ear becomes the
canvas upon which all the best artists IT
heaven begin to put their finest strokes,
and on the small compass Of that face are
put pictures Of sunrise over th" sea, and an.
gels OF mercy going up and down ladders
all ailash and mountains of transiigura.
tion and MONDAY in heaven. Kindness II
Is the most magnificent sculptor that even
.St,ched human countenanCe.
No one could wonder mt the unusual gent
blty in the face Of William Window, secre.
tary of the treasury of the United States,
after seeing him at the New York banquet
just before he dropped dead, turning his
wineglass upside down, saying, ~ may by
doing this offend some, but by not doing it
I | might damage many" BE kind TO youi
friends. BE kind your enemies. BE kind
to the young BE kind to the old. BE kind
to your rulers. BE kind to your servants.
BE kind to your superiors. BE kind to youl
| interiors. BE kind to your horse. Be Lind
| to your dog BE kind to your cat. Morn.
! ing, noon and night be kind, and the effects
! of it will be written in the language of your
/ tace. That is the gospel of physiognomy.
ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN.
y Bayonnc merchant was in the south OF
Europe for his health, and sitting on tine
terrace one morning in his invalidism he
! saw n rider flung from horse into the river,
and without thinking Of his own weakness
the merchant flung off his invald's gown,
| leaped into the stream and swan to the
| drowning man, and clutching him as he was
about to 20 down the last time bore him in
! safety to the bank, when glancing ipto the
! face of the rescued man he cried: NY God!
| have saved my own sonN'
| All kindness comes back TO us in one way
or another; if not in any other way, then
! in your own face. Kindness! Show it &c
others for the time may come when you
will need it yourself People laughed at
the lion because he spared the mouse that
ran over him, when by one motion of his
! paw the monster could have crushed the in
| significant dsturbcr But it was well that
| the lion had mercy on the mouse, for one
| day the lion was caught il trap and roar.
! ell fearfully because he was held fast by
! ropes. Then the mouse gnawed off the
ropes and let the lion 20 free. You may
| consider yourself "A lion, but you cannot af-
ford to despse IA mouse
When Abraham Lincoln pardoned a
young soldier Mt the request of his mother,
the mother went down the stairs of the
| White House saying: They have lied about
the presidents being homely. He is the
! handsomest man ever saw" All over that
| presidents rugged face wa. written the
! kindness which he so well illustrated when
I he said, Some of our generals complain
that | impair discipline and subordination
in the army by my pardons and respites.
! but it makes me rested after hard days
| work if | can find some good excuse for saw
ing a mans life, and go to bed happier as
| think how Joyous the signing of my name
| will make him and his family Kindneesl
1t makes the face to shine while life lasts,
and after death it puts summer sunset
betw cen the still lips and the smoot he'd hair,
! that makes me say sometimes at obsequies,
she seems too beautiful TO bury
SOLEMN HYPOCRITES.
| But here comes another chise, and it's
name is hypocrisy. Christ, with one ter
rife stroke in his sermon on the mount. de-
| scrbed this character, when We fast, be