Milford chronicle., 1906-04-06
An UngovernabIe Temper.

The ungOvernable temper is TO D'
dreaded and feared for a second rea
son. No sooner does man lose his
l temper than he drives from his side
5 those who would naturally come for
J ward as his defenders. He spikes the
{ guns of those who would be his pro
tectOrs. All through the world there
is a desire to see fair play. If when
going down the street you see a big
boy whipping a small boy you natural
Iy take the small boys part. And so
in this great wide world if the masses
Of people see that you are being abused
they will take your side if you your
self are willing and ready to suffer in
silence.
/ If you govern your tongue amid at
/ taclls of SANDER and injustice your re-
endorsements will come from friends
in the most unexpected places When
young Sir John Fox BurgOyne was a
lieutenant colonel Of the Royal en-
gineers fighting General jackson be-
fore the cotton bales of New Orleans
the English forces became demOralized.
what were the English troops to dO"
was the question. The commanding
general called together a council Of
war to decide whether to renew the at
tack or to retreat to the British gun
boats. Lieutenant Colonel Burgoyne
was one of the few officers who ear
nestly pleaded for the renewal of the |
attack. The council of war met in /
room where the supposed corpse Of a
staff officer, Major StOvin by name,
was lying upon the table covered over
with Il sheet. The vast majority of
officers voted for retreat Retreat it
was. But strange to say, no sooner
did the fleet sail back to England than
the English papers began to attack
Lieutenant Colonel BUrgOyne. They
said he was the cause of the New Or
leans disaster and that he was the
coward who got his fellow officers to
retreat in disgrace. Sir John Fox Bur
gOyne said nothing. He was too much
Of a man to try to clear his own rec
)rd by besmirching the characters of his
brother officers. In all probability had
le tried to defend himself by denounc- !
ng his companions in arms his last
would have been worse than
he first. But there at last came for l
yard an unexpected defender, who
vindicated Burgoyne. {
This was Major Stovin, whose sup S
losed dead body was lying under the b
heet upon the table of the council
DOM. Major Stovin had been very seri- y
usly wounded. but he was still alive d
nd heard all that had been said in the b
Ouncil Of war. He took up his pen and Il
igorOusly champiOned the cause Of the b
efamed officer. He wrote: 81 was lying o
lere in the room during the council Of y
ar, and heard all the officers speak. b
want to testify that Colonel Bur fl
1yne pleaded for a renewal of the a.
)nfict and not for retreat" And so, e.
y friends, even when injustice is be- tC
g practiced against you, do not waste 10
our time by going forth to attack b,
me one else and trying to besmirch al
her peoples characters. Be like Sir al
,hn Fox Burgoyne-hold your peace. pi
o your work; do it faithfully, and W
cd will raise up your defenders. ey
ave no fear of the results. The strip W
lg David going out to meet the Phil re
tine giant had good cause to resent X
e taunts of his brothers, who mocked &c
M and bade him go home and tend al
e sheep, but it was a good thing for
S people that he controlled his tenn
r and went out to slay Goliath. h,
Work Of the Bitter Tongue. hC
The ungovernable temper is to be si
ared and dreaded for still another B.
ason-the bitter tongue never made is
enemy less bitter; the angry retort a
ver blunted an enemys sword or &C
rev him off his guard or made him al
IS energetic for your destruction. We bi
We read about a great ambassador sa
ho was a man of such violent temper it
at even the grand vizier of the Turk ey
! sultan would tremble before him. "
e would rush into the Turkish Off be
il's presence when anything went vi
rong, crying, 'It must be done, 1 tell al
u; it must be done, or else our war
ips will soon be bOmbarding your m
pitalr' But that is not the way you o'
d l are going to make our enemies ru
w before us. We will not subdue el
em by torrents Of invective, but only pl
kind words. "It is the angry tongue le
at breaketh the bone" says the hi
Bile? Oh, no! by long forbearing b;
a prince persuaded, and a soft W
ngue breaketh the bone" All, my to
lends. you want to overcome your la
emies, do you? Then do it not with Y
sledge hammer. but with the power yC
kindness. When a person hates you by
i'll treats you, then systematically &C
forth to win him over by love and re
rgiveness. pI
was never more impressed with th
nat love and kindness can do than CO
len studying the life of Lincoln. His in
did more to save the coun- o
: and give us a reunited north and 1t
dth than all the bullets ever fired or pc
the swords ever drawn. His policy
conquering by gentleness was beau
ully Illustrated by au incident tod
reference to General Rosecrans.
lssouri was at that time under his
mmand. Guerrilla bands. for which