Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-04
1.-THE BRIGHT WEATHER OF The
HEART"


Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t has been called the
bright weather of the heart. 1t gives
harmony of soul' and is a perpetual
song without words. It is tantamount
to repose. 1t enables nature to re-
cruit it's strength; whereas worry ana
discomfort debilitate it, involving con-
slant wear and tear.
How is it that we see such men aS
Lord Palmerston, growing old IN mar
ness, working on vigorously TO 'he
end? Mainly through equanimlty OF
temper and habitual cheerfulness'
They have educated themselves IN the
habit of endurance, of not being easly
provoked, of bearing and forbearing'
of hearing harsh and even unlusU
things said of them without INDUCING
in undue resentment, and avolo
worry ing, petty and self-tormenting
cases.
So far as can be learned from blog-
raphy, men of the greatest genus
have been for the most par1
cheerful. contented men-not eager
for reputation, money or POWERFUL
relishing life, and keen'y susceptible
of enjoyment. Such seem to have
been Homer, Horace, Virgil, Mon
taigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes.
Healthy, serene cheerfulness is ap-
parent in their great creations
Among the same class OF cheerful.
minded men may be mentioned
Luther, More, Bacon, Leonardo De
vinci, Raphael and Michael Angelo.
Perhaps they were happy because
constantly occupied, and in the pleas
ATTEST of all work that of creating
out of the fulness and richness OF
their great minds.
Sir Walter Scott was man full OF
the milk of human kindness. Every
BODY loved him. He was never I'VE
minutes in a room ere the little pets
of the family, whether dumb or lisp
ing. had found out his kindness for all
their generations. Scott related to
Captain Basil Hall an incident of his
| bovhood which showed the tenderness
of his nature. One day dog coming
towards him he took up a big stone,
threw it, and hit the dog. The poor
creature had strength enough left to
crawl up to him and lick his feet al
though its leg was broken. The incid.
emit, he said, had given him the bitter
est remorse in his after-life; but, he
added, can early circumstance of
that kind, properly reflected on, is
calculated to have the best effect on
ones character throughout life."-
Samuel Smiles.
The work which pr sents no diff
cuIties to be overcome soon grows
uninteresting.
There are some workers so anxious
to catch time by the forelock thai
they almost tear the forelock off.
If it is true that good work implies
that the workman knows himself, il
is equally true that the best worh
shows that he has forgotten himself
There is only one right way tt
work, and it is neither in doing
things before they are started, nor il
doing them all over again after the.
; are finished.
Go to some successful workman
and ask him which of his days Wer
happiest and it's long odds that he'l
say to you, "Those in which begal
1 my career"
a Tt is only when at work that ma
$ fufills his proper place in COO
) creature scheme. They are lndee
> rare exceptions who "also serve, WI
n only stand and wait"
The world is altogether too restrlc'
IS ed in it's use of the word "art." Wor
d of any kind, done superlatively vel
is art,-dusting pictures as well 9
q painting them.
e A good worker is pretty much liz
= a horse, after all. When it's up MI
>. going don't worry him; when 1t
+ down Hill, going don't hurry hin
and be sure and take good care
1T him once he's in the barn-Succes
=, His peculiaritv