St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-08-06

Seek We the power to rule your fellow men
By right of silver speech or golden pen
Seek We above the common herd to rise
ar earn first thysef to rule" the wise man II
erica. n
Seek We the power to save thyself from fall n
And so obtain the mastery over all
"I,earn. !" saws wiser still. Ito conquer iate'
ave needs must be in all things temperate" I
To CRoAKERs.-If the balloonlst now c
drifting across the friGid north asserted g
that his beloved homeland did not exist, |
for the reason that it was out OF sight, ne t
would not be more unreasonable than we t
who decide the world to be retrogradng {
and worthless as a whole, just because {
we ourselves, are retrograding or our
outlook is cheeress. The world is VIDE
and the view of any one person narrow.
Because. perhaps, tor us there Is no good
thing AT this moment we may even deny
blasphemously that there is sunshine Tor
anybody, for we try to believe only In
those things we see. We see selhshness
but we do not see lar enough, for there is
much else in the world that is better: we
see immortality near us but we must DC
blind if we conclude, therefore, that all
women or all men or both are plunged IN
seething caldron OF vice. Take broad
view of life, and despite murders, rapine'
cruelty, you will be convinced the hanos
of time move forward. Bear IN MIND TO
your comfort that the things OF good
are ever queter than the things OF evil
and yet as the quiet river erodts the iano
more nightly and more etftctually than
volcanic outbreaks, so these quiet e'e-
ments of humanity are working our
whole selves ever upward, despite INC
crashing noises of downward tendencies.
How sweet it is when soft Spring shoo's
appear,
To mark their dainty dress, their coior eeai'
And follow forth with fancy's filmed eye
Their futures glorious possibility
This tender twig with dewy verdant spray
Fresh as the promise OF newborn uay'
Fed nv the suns rays, tn untainted air,
May grow a tree majestica and fair
So childhoods years with anxious Joy we
view,
Knowing the noble deeds mankind may oo'
Yet fearing lest the step of sorid gam
Their promise pure, unworthily should STAN ;
Or lovely poisonous vine, with soft caress'
Their bounding healthy upward lie compress
Or bouphs of other trees, with selfish growth
Induce sicky feebleness ana sloth'
omay we strive, who now have reached ou'
prime,
Though dwarfed perchance by ignorance OF
crime. .
To clear the ground and give the Nation
youth
The air IF dom and the sun of truth
ToSAp ONEs.-M ark the tappingat III
barometer during the next ram spei
No matter how lowering the sky, II tn
mercury rises upward ever so little 20
are sure of the better day coming wher'
in the rain hath its rest and the sun II
victory. Look out now through u
streaming lattces OF your soul; scan a
the Affections that have come on yo
from every side. Question them close
as il were. to see if sorrows will ev
cease. Then you will note an upwai
tendency in them all, promising brigh
er dav wherein peace dwelleth. AS q
storms lash the earth with iury y
clothe If with verdaut beauty, so yo
Affections cleanse away evil ana wea
ness and unproductiveness IN your cn'
acter that good may the more Tree
abound.
To ALL.-The death OF an individu
however prominent matters very ~
except to a few immediate frienos d
relatives The few who suffer loss are
nothing to the millions who not k"o
ing the deceased, feel no poignant &
at his departure. Ifall have ever W.
ten before is false, this at least Is J.
and true universally. Viewedtrom ms
our own hearts, some OF us ee' pu'ieo
with Importance; viewed from wlth'
we are only units in vast crown, '.
unit living it's life and then pe''S"