Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-09

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! heart. and this world has shone on you
and blessed you and caressed you for
i these so or 70 years, and yet YOU dare
| talk about the nothingness of this world |
Why. it is a magnificent world. [ do
not believe in the whole universe there
is q world equal to it, except it be heav-
en-. You cannot expect your children to
stay in the house these long winter even
ings to hear you denounce this star light
ed, sun warmed, shower baptized. flow
er strewn. angel watched, God inhabit-
ed planet.
Oh, make your home bright! Bring
in the violin or the picture. It does not
require a great salary, or a big house,
or chased silver, or gorgeous upholstery
to make a happy home. All that is
wanted is a fathers heart, mothers
heart, in sympathy with young folks I
have known a man with 500 salary
and he had no other income, but he had
a home so happy and bright that, though
the sens have gone out and won large
fortunes and the daughters have gone
out into splendid spheres and become
princesses CT society, they can never
think of that early home without tears
of emotion. It vas to them the vesti-
bule of heaven, ard al their mansions
now and all their palaces now cannot
make them forget that early place.
Make your homes happy. You go around
your house growing about your rheu-
matism and acting the lugubrious, and
your sons will go into the world and
plunge into dissipation. They will have
their own rheumatisms after awhile.
Do not forestall their misfortunes. You
were young once, and you had your
bright and joyous times. Now let the
young folks have good time. I stood
in front of a house, and [ said to the
owner of the house, ''This is a splendid
tree. " He said in a whining tone, Eyes,
but it will fade - I walked around in
his garden and said. "This is glorious
garden you have" eyes, he said,
"but it will perish. Then he said to
my little child, whom I was leading
along, Come and kiss me- The child
protested and turned away. He said,
"Oh, the perversity of human nature!'
Who would want to kiss him? [ was not
surprised to find out that his only son
had become vagabond. You may groan
people out of decency, but you can never
groan them into it, and [ declare in the
presence of these men and women of
sense that it is q most impOr
tant thing for you to make your homes
bright if you want your sons and daugh-
terS to turn out we'll.
The Young and the Old.
Alas, that old people SO much misun-
derstand young folks There was great
Sunday school anniversary, and til ere
were thousands Of children present-in-
deed all the Sunday schools of the town
were i'll the building, and it was very
uproarious and full of disturbance, and
the presiding officer on the occasion
came forward and in very loud tone
shouted, 'Silence - and the more noise
the presiding office made, the more
noise the children made. Some one else
rose on the platform and came forward
and with more stentorian voice shouted,
Silence - and the uproar rose to great
ar height, and it did seem as if there
would be almost riot and the police
nave to be called in, when old DR.. Bea-
man, his hair white as the driven snow, |
said, "Let me try my hand" So he |
came forward with a slow step to the |
'front.' of the platform, and when the |
children saw the venerable man and the /
white hair, they thought they would |
lush up that instant and hear what the /
I'D man had to say. He said: "Boys, I
want to make bargain with you. If /
you will be still now, while [ speak,
when you get to be as old as am | will |
De as still as q mouse - There was not /
another whisper that afternoon. He was
is much a boy as any Of them. Oh, in
hese approaching holidays, let us turn
pack our natures to what they were
years ago and be boys again and girls
again and make all our homes happy.
Sod will hold you responsible for the
influence you now exert and it will be
7ery bright and very pleasant if some
winter night, when we are sleeping I'M
Ter the blankets of snow, our children
hall ride along in the merry party and
lushing a moment into solemnity, look
IF and say, 'There sleep the best father
nd mother that ever made happy new
ear Arm yourself against these
of December, January and
February. Temptation will come to you
n the form of an angel of light.
I know that the poets represent satan
s horned and hoofed IF I We're poet
nd I were going to picture satan, [
would represent him as human being,
With manners polished to the last perfec-
ion, hair falling in graceful ringlets,
ye a little bloodshot but floating in
ewitching languor, hand soft and dia
nonded, foot exquisitely shaped, voice
yellow as a flute, breath perfumed as
hough nothing had ever touched the
ips but balm of a thousand flowers,
conversation facile, carefully toned and
Trenchy. But I would have the heart
ncased with the scales of monster and
ave it stuffed with all pride and beast
mess of desire and hypocrisy and death,
nd then [ would have it Touched with