Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
The Art of BEING Happy.

"Cheerfulness, says Ruskin. lis as
natural to the heart of man in strong
health as glow to his cheek. and wher-
ever theresis habitual gloom there must
be either bad air. unwholesome food,
improperly severe la Dor or erring hab-
it's of life" If children were taught
that one of the great life duties is to
unfold the fun loving side of their
nature, the humorous side, there would
not be so many suicides, so many un-
happy. discOrdant. miserable people. so
many failures in the world. Why
shouldn't we develop the humor fac
ulty. the fun loving faculty, just as
much as the bread earning or any
other faculty? Why should we think
it is so very necessary to spend years
in going to school and college to de-
velop other mental faculties and yet
take practically no pains whatever to
develop the humorous. the fun fbving
side of our nature ?-Success Magazine
Ant Sauce.
During the numbering operations in
the Canadian backwoods in the win
ter" said u lumberman. 1.-The French
workmen-you know the French eat
cocks combs and snais and skate
season their beans and bacon with ant
sauce. Nearly every tree that falls.
you know. discovers great colony Of
red or brown ants. These. the French
woOdmen say have an acidy, agree
able taste. They tone up the food like
tomato catchup or picked walnuts.
They dry the ants and eat them with
a plentiful sprinkling of salt and pep
per. or they steep them in molasses.
Strange to say. ant sauce, taken mod
erately. seems to improve the health
Now and then. though. the French
men take too much of it. when their
eyes become bloodshot and they shake
all over as with palsy. exhibiting the
symptoms of man recovering from
drunkenness"
Most Deadly of African Fevers.
we often hear of the African fever,
or jungle fever. But speak of the fe-
yer to the man who has been in the
regions where it prevails and he will
tell you that it is more feared by the
explorer than the most dangerous ami
NAL. There is malaral fever that
the African mosquito will put into you
with its bite. 1t may stay in you six
or seven years. but you can finally get
rid of it by proper treatment But the
black water fever Of German East At
rlca comes on you and catches you
when you may think the trouble is
only little malaria Unless there is
physician in the party who knows it's
signs the man who is stricken with it
seldom comes back in the civilized
world alive.-Van Norden Magazine.
Old Time Sea Food.
A glance at the fish shops today
arouses the reflection that one could
have tasted with far more variety in
the middle ages. Where is now the
whale of yesteryear that was roasted
and served on the spit or boiled with
peas. the tongue and tail being the
choicest parts? The porpoise. too. was
royal dish. roasted whole and eaten
with mustard. when Henry VII. was
king, and 50 was the grampus or sea
wolf. The lamprey. after its one dra-
matte and regicidal performance. seems
to have lost its popularity. and nobody
nowadays is anxious to eat the limpet
Many fish. however. seem to have en-
dured throughout the ages. such as
the sprat and herring. eaten especially
in Lent: the oyster officially fish
and the anchovy. sternly anathema-
tized by old Tobias Venner in 1920 as
food for drunkards. London Stand
ard.
LAS free as bird in the air." we
say Now.lof all the birds of the air
the eagle is king and. therefore. of all
birds he is the freest. This fact. cou-
pied with the eagles independence.
self reliance and unconquerable cour-
age. caused it to be chosen as the EN-.
blem Of our republic.