Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-05-18

nave only HILL d Hl1HuUo 10 live. Let
me have it right away-your soul!''
"No," says the young infdel, "here
are my gold rings and these pictures.
Take them all. - No. says Death.
"What do I care for pictures Your
] soul'' ''Stand back!' says the dying
infdel 81 will not stand back, saws
Death, ssfor you have only ten seconds
now to live. I want your SOUL The
dying man says: Don't breathe that
cold air into my face. You crowd me
too hard. 1t is getting dark in the
room o, Godr' "Hush,'' says Death.
''You said there was no God "Pray
for me-, :" exclaims the expiring infidel.
"Too late to pray" says Death ssBut
three more seconds to live, and I will
count them Off-one, two, three!o He
has gonel Where? Where? Garry him
out and bury him beside his father and
mother, who died while holding fast
the Christian religion. They died sing
ing, but the young infidel only said:
Don't breathe that cold air into my
face. You crowd me too hard. It is get
ting dark in the room.
Again, [ urge you to shun the COM
! partnership Of idlers. There are men
! and shop who have nothing to do or
act as if they had not They are apt to
come in when the firm are away and
| wish to engage you in conversation
while you are engaged in your regular
employment. Politely suggest to such
persons that you have no time to give
them during business hours Nothing
would please them so well as to have
you renounce your occupation and as
sociate with them. Much Of the time
they lounge around the doors of engine
houses, or after the dining hour stand
upon the steps Of a fashionable hotel or
an elegant restaurant, wishing to give
you the idea that that is the place where
they dine. But they do not dine there.
They are sinking down lower and lower
day by day. Neither by day nor by
night have anything to do with idlers.
Before you admit man into your &C.
quaintance ask him politely, "What do
you do for living?' If he says, Moth
ing; I am gentleman, look out for
him. He may have a very soft hand
and very faultless apparel, and have
| high sounding family name, but his
touch is death Before you know it you
will in his presence be ashamed Of your
work dress. Business will become to you
drudgery, and after awhile you will lose
your place, and afterward your respect
ability, and last Of all your soul. Idle
ness is next door to villainy. Thieves,
gamblers, burglars, shoplifters and as
sassinS are made from the class who
have nothing to do. When the police go
to hunt up and arrest culprit, they
seldom go tC look in at the busy carriage
factory or behind the counter where dill
gent clerks are employed but they go
among the groups of idlers. The play is
going on at the theater, when suddenly
there is a scuffie in the top gallery.
What is it? A policeman has come in,
and leaning over has tapped on the
shoulder of young man, saying, 81
want you, sir. - He has not worked
during the day, but somehow has raked
together a shilling or two to get into the
top gallery. He is an idler. The man on
his right hand is an idler, and the man
on his left hand is an idler.
Sin Breeding Idleness.
During the past few years there has
been q great deal of dullness in business
Young men have complained that they
have little to do If they have nothing
else to do, they can read and improve
their minds and hearts. These times are
not always TO continue. Business is
waking up, and the superior knowledge
that in this interregnum of work you
may obtain will be worth $50, 900 of
capital. The large fortunes of the next
20 years are having their foundations
laid now by the young men who are
giving themselves to self improvement.
went into a store in New York and
saw five men, all Christians, sitting
round, saying that they had nothing to
do. 1t is an outrage for a Christian man
to have nothing to do. Let him go out
and visit tho poor, or distribute tracts,
Or go and read the Bible to the sick, or
take out his New Testament and be
making his eternal fortune. Let him go
into the back office and pray.
Shrink back from idleness in yourself
and in others if you would maintain a
right position. Good old Ashbel Green
at more than so years of age was found
busy writing and some young man said
to him: ''Why do you keep busy? It is
time for you to rest. - He answered, 81
keep busy to keep out of mischief y No
man is strong enough to be idle.
Are you IOnd OF pictures! Ii SO, Will
show you one of the works of an old
master. Here it is: ST went by the field
of the slothful and by the vineyard of
the man void of understanding, and 10!
it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and
the stone wall was broken down. Then
I saw and considered well. I looked
upon it and received instruction. Yet
little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep. So shall
thy poverty come as one that traveleth
and thy want as an armed man. I