The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-26

Rev. MyrOn w. Reeds sermon yester-
day was Colonial Days and George
Washington" Mr.. Reed said:
find that one must arrange events
around a man. One cannot write an
individual biography Of the 6,O0O men
whose bodies are Mt rest In Chalmette
cemetery, New Orleans. Their only
biography is this: "Unknown United
States Soldier" We take one man,
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas
and we will consider the type-I sup
pose that George Washington stands
for the American revolution. He Is a
center. The man who left his little
clearing in Vermont and marched with
Arnold and Montgomery to Quebec is
perhaps nameless.
History has no time to mention the
private volunteer. l do not blame his
tory. st. John says In the last verse
of his gospel: "And there are also
many other things which Jesus did,
and which. II they should be written.
every one. i suppose that the world
would not contain the books thnt
should be written"
Whenever a sergeant. corporal or pri-
vate dies u lot OF history perishes.
Ht llle VI u .NeW TluEihhu
Mt 40 cents day, three days In the
week, interests me. But there are too
many Of him.
We read that Israel Putnam left his
| plow in the furrow and went to Bunk
| or Hill to plow n deeper furrow. l
| would like to hear more about Mrs
Israel Putnam and the children. There
was snow and there was hunger at
Valley Forge-thcre We're also bare
footed children in Connecticut. The
| plow of Israel Putnam did not rest
and rust. am intimately interested
in a grandfather who, at the age of
IL. thought II his duty to go to Quebec.
But we cannot call the roll. In the
| flock of great people living l like to
think of dead great people. II ! had
been recommended for dismissal from
the service should he ditiidcnt rs to
| being secretary of war. Buried all over
the country are some fine kinfolks.
| farm In Vermont will hardly keep n
| French Canadian to-day. But 1t kept
the wife of soldier and three chill
dren seven years. II is possible that Il
woman of that strain has right to
vote.
We talk of hard times! Those We're
the times that tried mems souls"
That sentence is from Thomas Paine,
who had rs much to do with the revo-
luton as Jefferson or Franklin. His
| book, THE Crisis" was ms timely Il
book ms was ever written. Thomas
| Paine secured for us money and men
| from France. One Of our best Amer
leans was Lafayette. 1t is singular
how Thomas Paine has been abused
by legend and rumor. About TO die. n
l rnls Of
men waited on him to hear his death
bed confession OF his sins. and he list
rned to them and turned his face to
the wall and said what Cambrace. the
captain of the remnant OF the old
guard. In the twilight OF Waterloo.
said when sumoncd TO surrender. You
can find what he said In Victor HUI
go's story OF Waterloo.
In 1884 the minister alone had white
brend. Brown bread and calving in
stitutes give him the heartburn" In
| n paper called "'rhc Cause and Cure Of
Hard Times" published In 1857. an old
farmer says: "My farm gives me and
my family good living and left me
one year with another 100 silver dol.
lars. for ] never spent more than $40.
which was for salt. nails and the like.
Nothing To wear. eat or drink was pur-
chased. as my farm provided II nli."
Trousers We're made ont OF tow. Ex.
ercise took the place of nm ulster. The
school master boarded round" so
many days To the scholar. As young
as am have done that. l used to
ask the children II the family was
ready for me. Generally they would
say. I'VE have not Killed yet" The
people WAS acquainted with ms n hoy
had from two To four pigs which they
faitcnetl on corn mush and table
scraps. The pig Is clean animal. II
you will give him n chance. Ours, MS
] remember them. had n bedroom fur
nishcd with clean straw. Along In No
vembcr came killing time" Ny faith.
err always had an crrand away from
home ri TINT time. lie was severe
with men. but tender toward every
other living thing. In every New Eng
lind or Northern New York village
there used TO bc two or three men who
could tap u maple tree with two clean
strokes: stick n hog and scald him and
cut him and salt him down. They were
handy men and went n.ilshing often.
! do not remember much beef. I can
see my fnth"r coming home with u
piece OF beef on n skcwcr-a splinter
Of pine. ! supposed nt the time that
ieef steak had reference 10 the little
stake Of pine driven through Il by
which he fetched 1t. ! got the thing
mixed.
The school master could not 20 10
the home Of his scholar until they Ind
"killed." lie was fed on spare ribs nnd
tiOughnuts-known as nut cakes" In
my coun,ry-nnd on apples and hard
cider. II Is n curious thing. hut the
hoy who went down cellar for apples
WINS carefully instructed 10 bring up
the sIsrkled oncs-il,osc thnt had In.
gun 10 decay. We ntc unsound apples
every evening from August until April.
What is stlll the habit of the people or
the s.atc of MnlncY Why not cnt the
apples when they nrc sounil That
/ question has not occurred 30 anyone
on TINT parallel Of latitude.
The school mnstcr 'boar,icd round"
! remember one place where they Ind
KILLED" The lndy. the hrnd of the
fnmIly. 'old me TINT ms I had only
three days TO siny she did not think II
worth while TO use the spnrc issi-I
might sleep with the boys. I wns
Irntcful. II was kiondikc weather
and II firm house. an,i the bedroom,
under icnky roof Ind not known the
heat since July LIST. ! wns juiIcious In
those days. The two boys were young
and fat and warm. They went 10 lad
ntOut \ y. IN. nnd ] f0llow,si nionp