Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-30

swered the old Quaker farmer. thee
will find the same kind of people living |
In the next town. Next day another |
emigrant drove up to the same farm
house. He asked the same question. |
Friend" asked the Quaker farmer, |
what kind of people did thee leave in |
the place from whence thee Gamer
ooh" answered this new arrival, "they
were the kindest, the dearest people on
earth. | would never have left them,
but my dear wife died. Then the old
homestead became intolerable. Every
room reminded me of her. Every friend
would open the bleeding wound of my
heart | could not believe that any
people could ever be so kind as my
old neighbors were during my late
trouble" Friend" answered the Qua
ker farmer, "thee will find the same
kind of neighbors in the next town as
in the place from whence thee came"
Speak Only of the Good.
Like the cid Quaker farmer, would
declare that each nearer can find good
in all men or bad in all men just in
proportion as his own heart is good or
bad. And if we have any good in our
own makeup it is very important that
we have the silver tongue of speech
in order to talk about other peoples
virtues. Let others, if they will, ad-
vertise the errors; we will only speak
| about the good.
| The golden lips of gospel silence new
er foolishly whisper sinful. tales into
the ears of wrongdoers by which they
shall try to justify their own sins. A
| good example is infectious. When Mr..
Beecher was young pastor in Indiana,
he made up his mind that he would
| try to preach the love of God from q
| flower garden as we'll as from his pull
pit. He laid oGlt his parsonage grounds
in rows of roses and geraniums, vio-
let's and hydrangeas. One year he
planted bed of over 5000 hyacinths.
At first the village people in great
wonderment would come and look at
his garden. Then they would soIilo-
| quize why cannot we have flowers
in our front yards?' After awhile the
little flower gardens began to grow ev
| erywhere-here one, there another. At
last Mr.. Beecher was able to say pub
licly, Let your flowers so shine that
men, seeing how beautiful they are,
will go and make gardens for them
selves" The young preachers love of
flowers began to take root and blossom
in many hearts.
What is true in reference to the in
lection of a good example is also true
of the infection of bad example.
Some of the toll keepers in New Zea-
land have trained sheep, which, for a
small consideration, they let out to the
sheep drovers to lead their fiocks of
sheep across the bridges which spaE
the rivers or the ravines. When the
sheep which are being driven to mar
ket come up to these bridges, they are
frightened and will not go over. Then
these trained sheep come to the head
of the flock and lead the way. When
the unframed sheep see that some Of
their number can cross the bridge,
with a steady rush they follow after
their leaders. There are scores and
hundreds and thousands of men and
women who want to do. wrong. They
are afraid to do wrong. But when
they hear of the shortcomings Of their
fellow men, they say to themselves:
"Well, if So-and-so can sow his wild
/ oats, | guess we can. If So-and-SO can
safely cross the rickety bridge span
ming the river of death, l guess we can
also trust ourselves upon the swinging
span. Here goes!'' Finder is not
more apt to take fire. once wrote
Phillips Brooks, NOR wax to take the
impression of the seal nor paper the
; ink than youth is to follow i'll exam
PIES" when the abbot throws the
+ dice" goes an old legend, "the whole
2 convent will gamble Also" The reason
, the Chinese ladies of today crush and
, distort their feet is because centurie:
ago a Chinese empress was born will
, deformed feet, and they are initiating
, the deformity. Everywhere we fine
, that when great man does wrong hi:
i, evil conduct is taken as an example, o.
!. rather as an excuse, for hundreds ant
q thousands Of similar sins.
f The Artists Masterpiece.
:. Never give any man a chance by tn
:, recital of some wrong or sin to turn hi
n face for one instant from purity an
Il right. When Leonardo da Vinci fin
n ished his great painting, the LAS
II Supper" he made cup which was
, masterpiece In form and characte
r. and i'm the luster of the precious meta
V this central cup was clearly and beat
n tifully wrought out. The commo
Y praise which was first heard from e,
# cry lip was this: How marvellous is tn
II art displayed in the wine cup" Tn
. eulogium so incensed the great Italia
IF artist that he took great brush an
X blotted out the splendid cup as he sai(
n II meant the face of Jesus Christ
N be the only and the central and til
" most important part of that pictur
v Whatever draws away the eyes of tt
beholder from that must be blotte
Ne out" And so whatever draws ava
Y the thoughts and the desires of OIL