Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-02

one. If you have attempted to tear
out one stump from your field by
your oxen, lever and screw, and
could not raise it, will you not put
on more oxen and thus increase the
power? Oh no, say these gentle
men; if you cannot uproot the
stump with the strength you pos
sess. then by all means hitch on to
eighteen other great oak and hem
lock stumps at the same time and it
will be sure to come Apply your
ciphers to this rule of three and let
US know, if ten yoke of oxen cannot
cause the roots of this sturdy
stump to forsake its ancient bed,
how many yoke will it require to
upheave this and eighteen others at
the same time? Men differ in their
belief, when they attempt to make a
creed, in proportion as they multi
ply the number and elements of dis
cord. And it has always been found
a great achievement in reforma-
ton to reduce the undertaking to a
single object, for. as subordinate
subjects are increased, the best
friends fall out by the way, as to
the means of prosecuting the main
design. Irish emancipation was car
ried alone about 1925, after the la
Dor of quarter Of a century. The
English Reform Bill was carried in
1882 3, after the nation had strug-
gled for it for more than a century.
West Indian Emancipation tri-
umphed in 1888, after terrible
combat in the public mind. The re-
ductiOn of British postage was
Fachieved about 1910, and the aboli-
tion Of the corn laws effected in
in 1916, after an unparalleled COM
motion. Now, had these five ques-
lions been yoked together en-
bodied in creed-men Withholding
their votes for candidates unless,
like a jury, they were unanimous
upon all these topics, all would have
failed. Our friends in England
have only accomplished these glori-
Gus objects by doing one thing at a
time. 1t is here, as there, the only
key to success"
i think" said the Judge, that
Mr.. Stewart is right, but he en-
counters quite bitter opposition
from many who have cut aloof from
the common crowd, in their hostil.
ity to slavery"
Thus discoursing the party wend.
ed their way till Hunter John called
halt by a beautiful mountain lake,
where the trout were disporting
, and the gentlemen enjoyed a fine
sport in catching them. No better
| fare" said Hunter John. as he
dressed the fish as fast as caught
: and placed them nicely mealed into
| the sissing frying pan, mo better
: flare than trout cooked in three min.
) utes arter they are took alive from
: such cool waters" The colored
| man showed great alacrity in serv.
{ ing at the table, and soon won the
? confidence and admiration of all the
! party. In the evening he sang mel
6. odies and plantation hymns, with
1 that richness of voice and plaintive
1 ness blended with sympathy so pecu
-, liar to his voice. AS the party sal
:. or reclined about the campfire or
S the thickly wooded shore of the lake
n so crystal pure, the hermit thrush
t lighted in tall beech tree owe
l. their camp and began singing hi
o evensong, much to the delight o
ii his listeners. That Bird" sail
o Hunter John, sings O. the myster
l. les O. the wildwood, solemn n
If holy"
G Yes" agreed hardwood, 1T
II the bird poet, chanting and enchant
D. ing, of the primeVal wood"
e. After listening in almost sien
l. rapture to this most beautiful, an
e now rarest, of songsters of the Ne,
sc England woods, until its voice wa