Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-12-21

and IT the same time both are 50
blinded 10y the hot fires of domestic
dissensicns that they cannot see that
each is black. 1t may not be clear who
started the family trouble. 1t is enough
10 show that If both parties had not
erred there would not have been con-
tinued domestic disturbance.
Father and Son.
Take. for illustration. the trouble be-
tween a father and his son. Every lit
tie while we hear of the son of some
prominent man being at variance with
his father. An inkling of the trouble
may get into the newspaper or be Cos
siped about the neighbOrhOod. Some
of us side with the parent. We say:
NO matter what the father may have
done. the son has no right TO turn his
back upon his sire. He has no right to
despise the parent who cared for him
when he was a little child and who ed
ucated him and started him out as a
young man into the world" On the other
hand, some of us side with the son in
stead of the father. We say that some
fathers are mean and selfish and grasp
ing. They never want to give their
sons their rights. 1t is told of old En-
peror William |. of Germany that when
the court artist painted a picture of
the German court, with Crown Prince
Fredericks foot upon the lowest step
Of the throne. King William called the
artist to him and said: Take that
boys foot off that throne step. AS
long as | am king | want to have the
throne for myself" But in all proba-
bility if you can get to the inside facts
of that quarrel between the father and
the son they can all be traced to dis
position in the father which has been
inherited by the son. The father may
have been Il high strung. nervous. quick
tempered, overweight, overwOrked,
impetuous man. The son may have
inherited the same fiery disposition. 1t
is a scientific fact that OppOsiteS con-
join, not similarities. The positive and
the negative poles work together in
] harmony, not the electric wires carry
! ing the same current. The reason the
wife is able to live tremendously with
| the husband is that her nature is en-
| tirely different from his and is it's nat
ural complement. The father and the
son were continually irritating each
| other. One night there was domestic
explosion. The father ordered the son
! from the house. The boy never came
back. He went to live in another city.
He plunged into a life of dissipation.
The father blamed the son. The son
blamed the father. But are there not
grievous faults on both sides?
Heal Family Troubles.
Take for illustration, that difficulty
| which exists between the daughter and
her parents. There are faults there just
the same. Faults are on both sides
The daughter may have grown up tC
be the pride of the parental heart. She
was the idol of her father and mother
They sent her to school and gave hel
every educational advantage that mon
ey could procure, but while they were
giving money and. seemingly. every
advantage those parents were not care
full about the acquaintance thei
daughter was forming. They were no
careful about looking up the records O
the young men who were calling durin.
the evening hour. The result of thi
parental negligence was that the daugh
ter formed an affection for a youn;
man who was not regarded favOrabl,
by the parents. They did everything
in their power to prevent the marriage
but the trouble was that the parent
awoke to the danger too late. TIL
young girl was obstinate; she marie
against their will. After the daughte
left home she felt that her huSban
and children were not wanted back i
the place where the wife and mothe
| was born, therefore she does not Wis
where they are not welcomed. Th
parents, in an unguarded moment, ma
have said that all their children wan
ed of them was their money. Tt
daughter is poor, but very proud.
times she has not had food enough eve
for her babies. How much happine:
it would give on all hands if recol
Citation could be effected and if IL
parents. remembering that their neg
l |
| the daughter. remembering that hal
= words. spoken in a moment of irrit
ton, should not weigh against lor
5 years of love and parental kindnes
: should come together again and ayr
: to forget the faults on both sidesI
!. What is true of the difficulties b
5 tween parents and children is also tn
= of the difficulties between brothe
s and brothers. sisters and sisters.
5 evitably faults are to be found on DO
- sides. Therefore what is the practic
v conclusion of all this trend of though
- You, o man, and you, o woman. ha
$ no right to complain about the init
G tees which others have done again
Il you unless you at the same time ha
2 done all in your power to atone
d the sins which you have, intentional
or unintentiOnally, done against yo
brother! If you will go and honest
Y ! ask YOUR brother to forgive YOU t