Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-06-26

the army.
They had three children. and no
property. The mother was compelled
to support the family by working
from ten to twelve hours sper day in
a cotton factory. and do the house.
work as we'll. She dio all this and so
reared her children that one, daugh
good in the county in which she re-
sides. One son was killed in an acct
dent and the other died in young man
hood. For years they suffered for
food and for sufficient clothing. The |
mother endured severe sickness she
buried her husband and her two chill
dren. With her it was work, work,
work, and one sorrow after another,
with little in the way of compensa-
ton, as the word looks for cmpensa.
ton.
know IF no woman who ever had
harder lot. yet this woman, in her
old age. looking retrospectlvely over
her life, her hardships. her suffering,
her sacrifices. and casting a balance
between these things and her joys.
over. knowing that she would have to
encounter the same experiences, and
with the same result, she would
gladly do so.
Whatever the facts may be, each
child has the right to believe that its
mother was good and pure woman.
| nave seen many extraordinary
things in the court room. If were q
trial Judge l seriously doubt whether
| would ever grant divorce to a man
who placed his child upon the switness
stand to testify against it's mother.
Such an act is an act of the extrem-
est cruelty toward both the child and
the mother.
That great preacher. Mr. Sunday,
tells of young man WHO was sent to
college through the self denial and
sacrifice of his parents. The grsdua-
ton day approached. A gold medal
was offered as prize for a certain
achievement. He entered into the
competition. He felt that the prize
was within his reach in fact, that it
was assured.
On commencement day his old faith
er drove into town, hitched his horse
to the campus fence and fed him some
oats, and while doing so he was
jeered at by group of college boys.
He saw among that crowd mis- own
son. He was so grieved that he
turned away without speaking, united
his horse, got into his buggy and
started home. AS he did so a profes.
sor approached and spoke with him.
lie inquired if he was not planning to
stay and see his son graduate. The
old man. with tremor in his voice,
said that he did not wish to remain
and have mis- son ashamed of him.
When the time arrived for the
award of the medal he young man
was ready to receive it, but to his
great surprise and CONSERVATION i,
was given to poorly dressed young
man, member of the class, whom he
looked upon with contempt.
The young man who received it re.
sponded suitably. He then leapec
,, from the platform and sought out al
old lady, dressed in calico, occupying
a seat in the audience. He pinned
the medal upon her breast and tolC
|, , her it belonged to her rather than tt
him, because she had made it posi-
bic for him to win it. The audience
broke into applause as it recognized
in her woman who had been doing
: washing for college students. b.
this means she had helped her sol
! through college.
> Do you think that this young mar
2 lost anything in the estimation of hi.
classmates, because he was no
ashamed Of his mother? But such ex
amples are not limited to everyda.
life nor to everyday people Nearly
every really great man has owed ant
9 has admitted that he owed his great
f ness to the example and the Teachings
! of his mother. You have all heard o
and admired the devotion of William
$ Mckinley, that most beloved of al
5 presidents, that most skillful of al
. modern politicians, the creates
D statesman who has occupied the ex
ecutlve mansion in recent years. t,
his wife. But his devotion to her ir
no way excelled or exceeded the love
.. the veneration, and the attention
] which he gave his old mother.
> During the great crisis in affairs
: when the nation was in an uproa
. over the declaration of war against
Spain, for which our country was blu
, i'll prepared, when means of trans
, plies were short, and when soldier
were undisciplined and all thes,
.. emergencies had to be met, when 20
! litical enemies were setting traps TO-
the president, when with mind S,
filled with questions of world wild,
, Importance, when the lives of, thou
, sands were dependent upon his acts
his old mother lay on a sickbed il
E Ohio. She kept calling for William
to come. A special wire was strung
from her home to the White House
and at regular intervals of few min
utes, the president of the United
States was advised of the condition OF
his mother.
Unknown to her he left word with
the attendant physicians to notify
him whenever they thought her in
danger, and he would come. Wher
this point was reached. the president
Of the United States. on whom 81
, much devolyed, to whose solution was
submitted so many great questions, il
whose hands were the lives of 81
, many soldiers, left his desk, will
weighty public documents unsigned,
with public business, so far as his
office was concerned. at a standstill
: and fastened. by special train, to tn,
: bedside of his mother, that he nigh
= cheer her dying hours. that he Nigh
show fN har tho and