Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-01

night would fall upon us If we tarried
longer we could not accept. But l
shall cherish with delight the memory
of that charming visit " it'll this bright
and CHEEKY old lady. She was at
tended by studious Japanese servant.
She said they had educated one, who
developed great literary ability and
had gone back to Japan to shine in
that capacity for his own countrymen.
The situation of this home, or series
of homes, as the author knows how to
solve the family quarrel problem by
providing a separate cottage for each
member of the family, is very beauti-
| full indeed. 1t is on a wooded hillside
overlooking a broad expanse of sea
and land, of city, town and country.
The simplicity of their living with no
gilded trappings to distract their
thoughts from soaring in freedom to
lofty heights, beautifully illustrates
Charles Wagner's idea of simple
I life. A lesson in contentment for
those who think happiness is found in
| outward possession instead of well
stored mind and noble heart. So my
hard climb was not in vain. The de-
scent with frequent resls was quite
easy. A young lady driving alone
gave me lift of the last half mile.
lam going to insert Joaquin Miller's
"Columbus' and hope every gram
mar and high school pupil will COM
NIT it to memory. Such useful lesson
is to be learned from it. Seek some
high and noble purpose in life and
then sail on, and OF, and on toward
is accomplishment, no matter how
dark and tempestuous the way, and
the "ight'' will certainly appear
either on this shore or the next.
Columbus.
Behind him lay the gray azores,
Behind, the gates of Hercules:
Before him not the CHEST of shores.
Before him only shoreless seas.
The good mate said, s'Now must we pray.
For 10! the very stars are gone,
Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?'
"Why, say, Ssi! on, sail on, ani O. !"
"My men grow mutinous day by day
My men grow ghastly wan and weak"
The stout mate thought Of home. A spray
OF salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.
What shall say, brave Admiral, say
If we sight not but sea, at dawn?"
why. you shall say at break Of day,
Sail on, sail on sail on, AMI on!'
They sailed. and sailed, as winds might blow,
Urtil ct last the blanched mate said,
'Why now, not even God would know
Should and all my men fal dead.
These very winds forget their way
For God from these dread seas IS gone.
Now, speak, brave Admiral, speak and say"
De said, "5ail on, sail on and on!"
They sailed, they sailed. Then spake the mate
'iThis mad sea shows his teeth tonight,
Ee curls his lip, he lies in wait
With lifted teeth as if to bite!
, Brave Admiral say but o e good orc:
What shall we do when hope is gone?'
The words leapt, like 1eaping sword:
sail on, sail on, sail GU ana on!'
5 Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck
T And peerld through darkness All, that
night
; OF all dark nights! And then a speck-
} "A light! A light A light! A light!
: | II grew q SOdF HI nag AIlIuEIGQ!
f II grew to be Times burst of dawn.
He gained world; he gave that world
It's grandest lesson: "On! sail or!"
JOAQUIN MILLER,
The second Sunday Of our stay in San
, Francisco, we attended the First Uni
} tartan church The speaker TOOK for
his text "God is a spirit and they that
worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth" He spoke with
T ont any apparent bitterness of their
exclusion from the Conference Of
churches, and appealed to his hearers
to make their lives such as would
show to the world that they really wor-
} shipped God in Esprit and in truth"
, and said their power for good as a
Christian body rested wholly upon
this, and the case was the same with
any Christian body, no matter what
z name they sailed under. This church
does good deal of practical Christian
work in paying the rent, aud assisting
with food and clothing aged or invalid
: women, with little or no means, no
i matter whether Within Or without the
pale of any church. We dined that
] day with Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs.
3 Northern. Found them surrounded
by all the comforts, aud many of the
5 luxuries of life.
The last day of our stay in San Fran
, cisco We made the ascent of Mt. Ia
malpsis. 1 want to advise all who
come after US, with no heart trouble,
to be sure and make this trip. This
mountain is about 2 500 feet in height,
and it was these figures which de-
TERED Us from taking the trip the
first time we visited the city, as we
thought it would seem tame after cur
higher mountain climb. But I assure