Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-01-06

VI, and William Pitt, and Francis JEFF
frey of the immortal pen, and Disraeli
the first, and Edward Everett, and
Bruce, and Catiline. In this month died
Peter the Great, the man of whom it
was written: HE gave a polish to his
people and was himself a savage. He
taught them the art of warfare, of
which he himself was ignorant. From
the sight of small boat on the river
MOskwa he erected powerful feet,
making himself an expert and active
shipWright, sailor, pilot and command
er. He changed the manners, customs
and laws of the Russians and lives in
their memory as the father Of his coun-
try"
But cannot read the epitaphs of one
out of a hundred illustrious graves in
this first month Of the year. Many Of
those well known gained half their re-
nown and did half their work through
the help of those of whom we know
little or nothing. Lord Herschel is
known all the world over and will be
known through all time, but little is
said of her who was born this first
month Of the year and without whose
help he never could have been what he
waS-hiS sister, Caroline Lucretia Au-
gusta. She helped him hunt the worlds.
She repaired and adjusted his tele-
scopes. She ciphered out his astronom-
ical problems. She was his amanuen-
sis. She planned for him his work.
She discovered seven comets and made
"a Catalogue of Nebula and Star
Clusters" The month of January in
troduced her to the observatories, but
she has never been properly introduced
to the world.
Preparing For the Future.
According to my text, ''This month
shall be unto you the beginning of
months; it shall be the first month Of
the year to you" Through it make
preparation for the other eleven
months. What you are in January
you will probably be in all the other
months of the year. Prepare for them
neither by apprehension nor too san
guine anticipation. Apprehension of
misfortune will only deplete your body
and gloom your soul and unfit you for
any trouble that may come. On the
other hand, if you expect too much, dis
Appointment will be yours. Cultivate
faith in God and the feeling that he
will do for you that which is best, and
you will be ready for either sunshine
or shadow. The other eleven months
of the year 1902 will not al be made up
of gladness or Of grief. The cup that
is all made up Of sweetness is insipid.
Between these just opened gates of
the year aud the closing of those gates
there will be many times when you will
want God. You will have questions to
decide which will need supernatural
impulse. There may be illnesses of the
body or perpleXitieS Of mind or spir-
itual eXhauStiOnS to be healed and
comforted and strengthened. During
the remaining twentysix days of this
month lay in a supply Of faith and
hope and courage for all the days Of
the eleven months. Start right, and
you will be apt to keep right. Before
the ship captain gets out of the New
York Narrows he makes up his mind
what sea route he will take. While
you are inAhe Narrows of this month
make up your mind which way you
will sail and unroll your chart and set
your compass and have the lifeboats
we'll placed on the davits and be ready
for smooth voyage all the way across
or the swoop of a Caribbean whirl-
! wind.
The Monster Abomination.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for
some time in poor health, and to while
away the time he wrote a preposterous
religious romance. One Joseph Smith
somehow got hold of that book before
it was printed and published it as a
revelation of heaven, calling it the
'Book of Mormon" and from that pub
LEGATION came Mormonism, the monster
abomination of the earth. Rev. Solo
mon Spaulding might have been better
engaged than writing that book of