Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-15
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Eu; when I see a woman OF unblushinr
b0ldurss, loud voiced, with a tongue OF in
huite clitter-elatter. with arrogant look
passing through the streets With the step
Of a wslking-beam, gayly arrayed IN a very
hurricane Of millinery, / cry out: "Vashti
has Lost her veil!' When I see a woman
struggling for political preierment-trying
10 force her way ON up to conspicuity, amid
the masculine demagOgucs. who stand
VITA swollen fists ami blOolshot eyes aud
Ursiit-rous breath, t. guard the polls
wanting to go through the lOaferism and
dpliirurnt OF popular sOvereigns. who
crawl Ip from the saloons greasy and foul
ana yvrmin-cOycred. to decide questions az
Justice and order and ciyilization-yhen I
see woman, say, who wants to press
through all that horrible scum TO get TO
IUhii. place aud power. / say: All, what
a uity Nashti has lost her veill'
Wasu | see "a woman of comedy features
AMI of alrOitness OF intellect, aud endowed
VITA all the schools can do for her and of
high social position, Vet moving Ia society
wi.u superciliOusuess and hauteur, "a
though she would have people know their
PLACER and with AN underlined combination
of cigcle and strut and rhodOmontade. en-
Guwpi with allopathic quantities OF talk.
but only homTof athic iniinitesimals Of
sense the terror Of dry-goods clerks ami
railroad conductors discoveries of sirnil-
cant meanings in plain conversation, prof.
igias ct badinaSe AMI iuuuendo-I say:
"Nashti has lost her veil"
Again. want Won this morning to con-
slider Nashti the sacrifice. Who is this that
see romiHS out Of that palace gate of
ShuShln: Ii seems 10 me- that / have seen
her before. She comes homeless, house
less frieudips, trudginS along with
broken heart. Who is she? 1t is Nashti
the sacrifice. Oh, what change it was
from regal position To Il wayiurrr's crUstl
\ little while ago, approved AMI sought for;
now, none so poor as To acknowledge her
simultaneously Nashti the sacrifice,
An. YOU and haze seen il many u time.
Here il Il home cmpa.arrd with beauty.
All that refinement and books and wealta
can do for that home has been done; bur
AhasUerus. the hus lInd AMI the father i
taking hold on paths OF sin. He is gradu-
ally going down. After awhile he will
founder and struggle like 4 will beast la
the hunters net-iurther away from God,
further away from the right. soon the
bright apparel OF the children viii turn to
rags; soon the household song will become
the sobbing of a broken heart. The old
story over again. Brutal Ccntaurs break
ing up the marriage feast OF EapithT. The
house full of outrage and cruelty and abom-
nation, while trudging forth from the
palace gate are Nashti and her children.
There ara homes in all parts of this land
that are in danger Of such breaking up.
Oh, AhasGnrUs. that y1u should stand in "a
home. By a di~,ipated life destroying the
peace aud comfort of that hone. God for
bill that your children should ever have to
wiring their hands, and have people point
their tnger at them rs they pass down the
street, aud say, "Inerr goes a drunkar3'o
caiid." GOl forbid that the little feet
y, hGX,. IN trUiun fb,4 .
poverty ana wrctrheluusS, God forbid
that amy evil .pirit born OF the wine.cup or
the Drluiy-E,a-s should come forth and
uproUt that garden, aud with n lasting,
blisteriug. aIl-cOnSu ming curse. Shut for
ever the palace gate against Na-nti and
the chiIlrcn.
one might daring our Ciyi War went to
IIugerstuwn to look at the army, and |
stood on hilltop and looked down upon
them. | saw the camp-iires all through
the valleys and all over the hills. 1t was Il
weird spectacle. those camp-,lres, and |
stood and watched them; aud the soldiers
who were gathered around them Were, no
doubt, talking Of their homes, and OF the
long march they had taken, and Of the bat
ties they were to ii%at; but after awhile
saw these camp-llrcs begin to lower and
they continued to lower until they were all
gone ont. and the army slept. 1t was i'm
posin. when | saw the cGMp-ilres; it was
imposing in the darkness when thought
OF the great host asleep. Well, God looks
down from Heaven, aud II secs the fire.
side. OF CnristendOm and the loved ones
gathered around these ilresidCS. There are
the camp-tres where we warm ourselves at
the close of day, and talk over the battles
Of life We have fought aud the battles that
al yet to come. God grant that when Mt
last these fires begin to 20 out, ana con-
.
tiuguished, and the ashes of consumed
hope strew the hearth Of the Old home
stead, it may be because we have
Gone to sleep that last sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep.
Now we are an army on the marca of
lite. Then We shall be au army bivoUacked
in the tent Of the grave.
once more; want You to look at Eashti
the silent. You do not hear any cutlery
from this woman rs she goes forth from
the palace gate. From the very dignity Of
her nature, You know there will be no vo-
cifcrat0u. Sometimes in life it is neces-
sary to make a retOrt; sometimes in life it
is necessary to resist; but there are crises
when the most important thing to do is 10
keep silence. The philosopher, confident
in his newly discovered principle, waiting
for the coming Of more intelligent genera
tons. willing that men should laugh at the
lightning rod and cOttOn-Cin and steam.
boat and Telegraph waiting for long
years through The scotliug Of philosophical
school, in grand and magnificent silence.
Calico, condemned by mathematician,
and monks. and cardinals. caricatured
| everywhere, yet waiting and Watching
with his tele,rOpe to see the coming up of
stellar reinforrements, when the stars in
their courses would fight for the Coperni-
can system; then sitting down in complete
blindness ana deafness to wait for the
coming on Of the generations who would
build his monument and bow ut his grave
/ The reformer rX".ratel by his cOniempO-
rarics, fastened in pillory. the SLOW fires
| OF public contempt burning under him,
ground under the cylinders Of the printing
| press, yet calmly waiting Tor the day when
| purity OF soul and heroism OF character
will get the sanction Of earth and the
| plauiitS OF Heaven. Addiction enduring
/ without any complaint the sharpness of
/ the pang, aud the violence of the storm,
| and the heit of the chain. and the darkness
/ OF the mig waiting until divine hand
/ Shall he put forth to 500 he the pauS, and
/ hush the storm, and release the captive.
A vile abused, prosecuted, and IA perpetual
| exile from every earthly comfort waiting,
| waiting. until the Lord shalt gather up
d. His dear children in Il Heavenly home, and
no poor Vashti will ever be thrust out
/ from the palace gate. Jesus. in silence
and answering not word. drinking the
! gall. and bearing the Cross, in prospect Of
| the rapturOuS cOuSummatiOu when
Angels thIonged His chariot wheel
And bore Him to His throne;
| Then swept their golden harps and sung,
The glorious work is done!'
THE LABOR WORLD.
Salem, Ohio, has u chewing gum makers
union.
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eleven hours
Philadelphia Water Bureau laborers get
! Sl.75 for eight hours.
! Boston prntprs' Union Will celehrnta its