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VOL. XXXIX.
3IOXTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1882.
NO. 24.
.V'.tlrM nf ppithd n.1 Marriairt-H limi-rl' -l :
tuli.led Ol.ltu.ry -S'.tis ..-try mill tt-Lu.
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a ch i h n a h mi II u ' i a ay i w w a i m v,.,..
ur ia:v. j. o. sukbduun.
Jnue 1-: TuelChild-iiks L.lie.er-Jrk 9: v ;,
As llio disciples were led to look
somo great change in tho condition
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aflairs hy tl'.e words of tha Master nono rn.
ing his death ami tising from Ibe dean,
and still thinking of un earthly kingdom
which he would set up the; began to dis
cuss the question, Who shall be chief or
greatest in this kingdom? Tho very tie
tion of our Lord may have fostered such
questioning. Peter bud been pronounced
blessed, in the presence of tbc other dis
ci pits, find ibe doubtful expression con
cerning the keys of the kingdom being
delivered to him hail beeamafl?. V'Tfce
tnrOB-wK-- . -. jW wrlBeeied tho woa
derful erenti of the trnnsflgaratlonr 44
had beard ('f yeloe . from the glory
clood, witnessing to the divlno Sonshlp of
bim whom they call Lord and Master.
These things looked as though a distinc
tion was made and was to be made nmong
tho disciplci. The friends of different
disciples were also helping on this matter.
A littlo further on in the history wo find
tho mother of JamcB and John presenting
tho special request that her two sons may
sit. one on the right hand and the other
on the loft of Christ, in his kingdom. She
would bavo secured his promise to make
her sons the first ministers undor him.
Such questions about place and rani; be
gan early in the history of tho church,
and they have had a tolerably persistont
lifo ever sinco.
When Christ and tho twelve arrived at
Capernaum and woro in the house, some
think tho home of Jesus' mother, ho asks
them about the subject of their discussion
by tho way, not that ho did not know
about it, but he wished a confession from
thoir own lips. What wonder that in the
presence of the self-sacrificing Son of Man
nil their ambitious desires should be
rebuked, aud they become speechless!
Worldliness and sollishness will be re
bukod in all our lives, and will dio out in
them if wo are much in the presence of
Jesus, holding communion with him
Jesus declares to them that if any man
desires to be first among them, the sanXi
shall be last of all and servant of all. Ho
thus states two groat laws governing mat.
tors in his kingdom. The first, that pro
eminence thorein is to bo secured by
serving others; and second, that tho desire
for pic-emincuco defeats Usulf, and puts
the one moved by such desire fast 01 all
ami lowest of all. As an illustration of
these rualt'TS Jesus brings forward in hi.-;
anus a littlo child, and declares that an"
one who shall receive even a child in fin
name, and care for it for his sake, rcccivi
him.
The term child here may lie understood
to mean a weak or feeble olio among lis.
followers, or t-itnply a young child wco
sng rare and training for the M.t-urs
service. Any server for mmta n n.K r d
lor Jesus' ;iiie, and Willi u p II ) l". ti
help men puts man into immeduiic lel!,w -
hlmi with Un i.- i and tile Father, a ,. I
Ilia.
is the chance tor l.uuor in his Uui'jdo.i.
John, seein:: llie ltio-.nl iwa: ing ot tl
teachings
casting oiii
WO fol ll llle
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lit .-a.v before ho m ule .j, :
MatouiHtn that hr conduct li iu not I) .
in agreement with tho spirit of our Lord . (
teachings : hence he wanted to bring ui .
particular miller before him.
Cluist condemned tho narrow spir;
which John had showed, and virtual!., j
says: "Work in my name, for suu'ciinj
humanity, is iho highest proof of onenes- j
with me. And no ono thus working cu j
in spirit bo in opposition to mo. Labors:
of love aro the aivinest proof of fellow
ship wlili Christ. But it is to be remeni
beied that these labors of lovo are to he
performed out of love to Christ, and io
his disciples, because they belong to Chi 1st .
Much mat appears like this kind ol
servico fails wnen these tests are applied
Hat in proportion to the blessedness ol
thus serving the followers of Christ so is
il a fearful tbing to hinder them, or cause
them to stumble and fall Into sin; for
this is about tho meaning of " offend "
iiere.
As Christ honors and blesses those who
aid bis children, out of love to bim, so he
pronounces a woe upon those who cause
any to stumble or fall. It Is better, he
says,to loso life, even in the most pain
ful manner, than to be guilty of causing
any follower of Christ to transgress and
fall. From tho awful sin of causing
others to fall Jesus turns to the danger ol
transgression on our own part, through
the leading of our evil desires and pro
pensities. In this caso tho various organs of the
body are nscd to represent various propen
sities of heart, and are thus said to offend,
or cause to stumble, those who are led
astrav throuch their agency.
Ouo commentator savs tho hand may
denoto the means of acquisition ; tho foot
of intercourse with our fellows, and the
eye the cliUf agent of dosiro. Under this
explanation our J-iorcl woum Do made to
teach that it is better to fall of gain or
wealth than to be endangered spiritual
ly thereby, and bettor to be deprived of
social pleasures than to have them tempt
us from him, and better to be ignorant of
tho world than to he consumed spiritually
by worldly desires.
It is plain that Jesus intended to teach
here that to enter into tho kingdom of
hctven is the most desirablo thing, and
that any loss or suffering can bo better
endured than tho loss of tbo soul. The
alternative is very solemnly put, and its
repetition adds powerful emphasis. Christ
was too loving to havo used such language
unless there is the gro..teBt danger of our
falling into hell, and too faithful to have
r1r,tlw,l liiu Inne Iters in such aavfnl l.in.
Pinion were there not an awful hell lo lie
shuned. i in Hie Old Catholic college at Uerno, and
Tho closing verges aro not easy of ex-j fjr n,cir hencfitlivo professors are main
planation. nor do we readily apprehend I 0no of t,1((, stll,fflatat who is
llltiil cuiiiii ciiuu iviiu itii.tu u.in unu m;
fore. Pome would connect these veioc.s
with verses and Jl.'t, nnd make tliein
kind of closing address concerning the. j
dispute which had beon going on niuoii i
the disciples. This explanation Would gie
the passage a meaning liko thi.- : II .v, j
grace, or s Ut . in youi selves timt yo I), not I
corrupted tu d sp nlej by llio cuiuainin i
lion of worldly desires ami unhuly ambi
tions. In ttiis w as contentions about r n.k '
and place will i:e.o among you aud ye j
will have peace ono with another. " I
This explanation, however, appears io:
leave out the cixprcr-sum, "Lveiy ono shah
bo salted with hrC' which Would unu
natui "ly i Ii ve some, connection wi.u
what Immediately pr cedes ii. Tins saying
of Christ Una. howovor, a meaning yet io
bo fathomed and explained.
Youno Man Look Out IIeuf.. 1'ht
most attraolivo girl at a picnic does not
nlways make the best wife. Young man,
lake our advico and snicker tip lo tho girl
who attends to tho making of tbo salad
Her hoart's in tho right place, and she can
make her own. Npjd Yurki'ommfrrinl.
Pint Tij a- a Hi-cip'.iLC.
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.U'enilCil to tmVi
We often hear
h i h id K1' a
uieani In i Ins
ma ie use :
it stnl of a ruin i h 4 1 lii-...iv-ii'agBS
We hv
MiujpK the adv.tniai!)
which w. alih could buy university trtin
in::, trnvel. t.igh cie y. unlimiiod hook,
ec I i-t int ofiea we hear pov ru
-Kiki n ol a - ii n ailr tntage, yet we beiievr
ii to he dt-mensimbli true that of all ib
Mdvantages which comes io hot young
man this is ibe greatest The young man
who is saved li otu the tff Tt of making his
own way in the world and Ibe necessity
ol establishing his own position. Is denied
the most powerful stimulus to labor and
development. .The joonf me who are
coming every year out of the colleges and
it., " ..i .i v
ZuV professional sodoimS m h o-uniry.
starting into aeiive life, will Wi sue
cess or link into failure mainly ra accord
ance with the amonm of stimulus nnder
which 'their education has been acquired.
If they have been obliged to labor until
they bavo learned the value of money; if
they have been forced into those econom
ies, and learned, also, how difficult it is to
keep it; if they have grown up with the
consciousness upon them that everything
they hope for in the world must be won
by their own unaided force with industry ;
if ihey have acquired thrifty habits and
self helpfulness and self-trnst, they enter
lifo with great and most assuring advant
ages. Ko amount of woalth given to
young man can possibly give him so good
a prospect of a true success as poverty that
has secured such advantages as these.
Twice within tho easy memory of this
generation a man who started at the low
est extreme of the social scale has risen to
bo President of tho United States, Abra
ham Lincoln rose from his nest of leaves
in a western log-cabin to bo twico the
elected ruler of the nation, at a most
momentous period of the national history.
traversing in the passage every degree of
the social scale. The poor irontiersraan s
oh d. the fiat-boatman, the flay-iaborer,
tho indigent student, tho humble country
lawver. the politician, the stump-speaKcr,
the legislator, the statesman, the president,
and chief of one of the greatest armies the
world has ever seen, who believes for a
moment that, had he been rich at the start,
ho would have ended where he did? It
was tho discipline of poverty that made
him what ho wns. It gave him a profound
svmnathv with tho people, most of whom
arc engaged in a struggle with poverty
from t us cradlo to tho irravc. It stimula.
l ed and trained his powers to their highest
development, and it helped him to form
tltoso habits of industry and economy that
are essential to the best success.
James A. (larlield, wlioiu wo bavo nist
laid in the tomb with tears of affectionate
r v. rend , was another instance of tho
; . n. tie. iii!.ii..!iiets of poverty. Ho rose
fr.'nii as low a jiluc. as Lincoln, and took
v . a a hi'rher ilii'lit than ho. J ho most
'.liii.ianl man who ever occupied the
! 1 i . aideiiti.il chair, aud ranidlv becomin
i nios. :.'.n.i-. il and host Ii love 1 ruler
; i lie world, int was mourned when, in
1 . . .. n ; i.o . f t!i" iii.inv coincidence
! : :. i xi til i it-1 w i .-ii li i s bin and that ot
l. i i
he w.i eit.roi ieil by . ii assassin
All.' I1CC1' IIIOU Hell llelO I!. 11 S
iimp
Ililie.lilS .Uiil pow r
in,, ol the g.-ea , and
I e 'i 1:11 H .il W tilllllll
.vo 1 .
iiii.oi L toe. as I call
s . .a ii. tea, the be:
u .ay iiing man is
..I and eorupi lied in
ii'- i l;i all my ae
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io
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Knew a man to I)
iwnett wan a
v s a ;rth tho saving.'
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Katheh Kxi kn'Sive Eous. Down near
v i.l.esiiarra. IV, it pays to go a bird'
tutting, if Jin nest sousrhi b' long to itn
n.iwk snecies. I'he Union Lender says
in it it having heen learned tha' the enor
mous price of 8 10 a piece bad been offered
for hawk's eggs, a number of individuals
have given iheir attention to hunting
tln m along tho Susquehanna ol late. On
Sunday, three men lound a nest on Camp-
bell s lodge, Irom wnicn luey tooK lour
$100 worth of tho eggs. They went to
i he top of the ledgo nnd two of them lot
lie other down over a precipice by a rope.
After securing the treasure he was pulled
up. Tho party went along up the river lo
a point near Falls, where they say there
is another nest. In olden times hawks
were extensively nsed for hunting, and a
number of sportsmen along the Hudson
river have offered $180 a dozen for the
eggs now, with the intention of hatching
and rearing tho birds for hunting pur
poses. A rich farmer and his wife living near
Walnut Hill, 111., after dwelling together
iu unity for forty years and becoming
responsible fur no fewer than thirteen
children, suddenly came to the surprising
conclusion that their tempers were incom
patible, and accordingly separntod. The
wife then brought a suit for divorce, which
came on trial last week at Mt. Vernon.
The lawyers on both sides during the din
ner recess entered into a most creditablo
ngrcomcnt to reconcile tho aged couple, If
it were possible aud the judge cordially
offered to assist them. During the session
each mado a conciliatory speech, affirming
that his client was suscoptible to those
kindly sentiments which adorn humanity,
and tho judgo followed with a pathetic
admonition. At this point the husband
straightened himself iu bis chair and look
ed toward his wife; sho in turn threw a
magnetic glanco at bim; they both roso,
clasped hands, received the congratnlatiens
ot the conrt, and in two minutes Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas A. Mooro were driving to
ward Walnut Hill, at a pace which aston
ished the family horse.
'J'huro aro but nino theological studontB
I. irt.lv to bee line an Old Catholic cure
just
fought a duel with a fellow
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I. nl.
I lie Ln'lieran Missionaty .oinn! says
I'lm pnpul v ion of the world is 1,U1,
ii oi mi i. i ii 'his population SoC.Onil.OOO
a Ii alien, r.M.O'.'H 00' aro Mohammn-
i .us ; f- iiuo 0.10 are Jews; l'JO.000.000 are
K mi. n Ci hnlies; MOoOOOO urn Greeks;
l ,',ii .0 )0 nre Fro eel mis. Tu.iro uro
7: i 'iO')i In in. re In i Hi n than iliero aro
I' o e i' oi s ; 71 ") i 000 mom Ktujau
(. i li ill .-, it t ul 0I.iWJ.iM) morn Moham
i.eil 'a. Ui.oi Pi otc.i iU.s If the I'roiestant
,ion i. tlin iniii f.tu II if it is the rep.
ii Hive of ibe go'pul, ' tho power of
G i i uui'i sa v an 1 1. theu thero aiy 1,263,
i " iO.OuO out of 1.12J 000,000 who aiu un
evangeliz d wi.hout the faith that saves."
Thu harvest truly is great and the demand
for laborers and means for thoir support
ii 'ver greater than to-dnv. .
A. His Wi ' tad.
A STonr OF INVENTION.
'Tboull have to do the same as rest
ono W hat call hast tbou to set. thysen
up. a mm wi' only h.s day's wa,f e to look
II ? To look thp fivks would think tho i .
ci nld rocket-out l national debt at live ,
minutes notice. j
Nay, none so. mate. Times has been
pretty slack with most on ns of late
"Then what a fool thou must be when
a bit o' ti n work a: ii up not to take
'Ah!' interrupted another dust-bo
grimed mechanic, who, with bare and
folded arms, was leaning, half-sit'.inz, ball
standing, xgainst his anvil; "and there s
another mouth to fill at your plaoe, since
yesietday, I hear toll.'
I i s a little lass; the picture of bur
mother! 'said the man addressed, his ,
twth gleaming whitoly as be smiled. He
waa a nne iwia.og lenow tail, sirong aoa
punnnui, iti'u ivuu-uuuiuiau nino vyes
hining under a broad forehead, and
relieving by their brightness the nlainnvs
of the other features, Ho Wfi.fi?
breakfast la prln..',xnhtni, 'ulZ
Si'iu TWTt thick saadwleto wlih
bis poctrat-kalfa, , and. 'then.,- transfixing
lb em oa the blade, be speared them M1
his month, and aver now aad (ae 4av
, , ... r m 1 t . l i ; i.
rrosDeoi nimseii iiaewuso wiiu a uriua
from a tin bottle, which was standing on
the forge to keep the tea it contained
hot.
"Come In to-nlght,Aron," he continued,
looking np at bis mate wbo had last ad
dressed bim, "and thou shalt see her.
I was thinking thou'd stand for her."
"Well, lad, Fee none again' being
sponsor to t' little lass. I reckon I shan't
have so many sins to answer for her but
what may go along wi' my own without
making ihuch differ."
A shrill whistle rang through the vast
Elace, and in another moment the men
ad pocketed their pipes, Aaron aud
Stephen took up their hammers, Jerry
turned to the forge. The thnnder of
blows, the resounding clang of the struck
metal, and the rush and roar of the
machinery mado the very air of the
workshop pulsate and throb with sonnd.
For hours it went on, the sweat poured
from Aaron's face, and the muscles rose
and fell In great bands across Stephen's
shoulders, showing their quick working
through his damp shirt, i here was no
time for speaking now. Ihey worked
with a will.
"Though I say It what shouldn't," said
Aaron in a short pause, as he straightened
himself for a rest, "there's no two chaps
in Hanworth's can beat you aud me, at a
spell of piecework. Well, half-work I,
what I can't abide, nor thee either,
mate."
"Right, there, Aaron ; so here goos."
And again the regular rhythm of the
blows rang out. Once more the whistle
sounded. The hum of labor ceased, nnd
the workmen crowded toward the pay
window of tbo ofiico.
"Now don't bo a fool, lad!" whispered
Aaron as his turn and bis friend's came.
"Thou can't afford scruples just now."
"Can't afford ay, that's where the shoo
pinches," whispered Stephen back.
As each man had his little pile of mon
ey pushed toward him and passed on some
were spoken a few works to, and answer
ed, "All right" or, giving a short nod of
aemiit sconce, passed on Aaron's turn
had arrived, and Stephen was closo behnid
liim. Tho clerk hardly raised his head as
he said, j
"The anvils must work to-morrow.
You'll ho bore?"
Aaron gave a grunt which might bn
;akeu far "Yes," and thon Stophon was
j tiere.
I "1 m would hear what I said?" asked
tuu c islner
Yes Hut could not we throo work a
.ight instead, till nigh twelve to-night
and again from half-past twelve on, sir.
A c'd proler that."
Tho clerk turned questioningly towa d a
i-nnemun who, sitting in the offioe with
his banns in his pockots and bis legs
iretclicd out, was poising his ohair no its
tack legs and gazing into the fire.
"What am I to say, sir?" asked the
cashier.
"En! what!" cried the master, letting
ins chair come down sueddenly on the floor
md fixing his keen eyes on Stephen.
What does be want?"
"To w irk over night, sir, instead of
working on Sunday. Ho says his t u
mates he thinks will be willing to join
him too, and he'll make full lime."
Not oondeoending to notice the clerk s
explanation, the master, springing to his
feet, cried
"Come in here, Steve."
And Stephen entered the counting room
hat in hand.
"Now, my lad, what nonsense is this?"
demanded Mr. Hansworth. "Yon know
well enough how slack trade has bean,
and I think you ought to be glad Han
worth's has got the order. It's good for
yon as well as me."
"So I am, sir, I'm sure"
"And you know il has to be executed to
time?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then do you moan to tell me that you
won't work on Sunday?"
"I'll make it up fully, sir. I know my
two mates will come, and we'll give you
full satisfaction; but I cannot break tbo
Sabbath. I never have, sir, aud I hope
yon won't ask it now."
"shut up: cried Mr. iianwortu, angri
ly. "Do you think I'm going to be
preached at by any nana nerer aro yon
going to accommodate rao or are you
not.'"
Stephen stood silent, and then he raised
his eyes and looked full in his master's
angry lace.
That silent look was enough. White to
his lips Mr. Hanworth said slowly,
1 'If you won't accommodate me you may
go, ana tnen turnea ms oaeK.
Stephen waited a moment or two and
then loft the office, and passed out into the
now empty foundry yard.
In the slroet ho found Aaron linger,
ing.
"Well, lad?"
"I've got tho sack!"
Aaron would have said somo words of
consolation, but, glancing at tho sorrow
stricken face beside him, bo forbore and
left Stephen to walk homo alone. As he
did so, ho did not feel much liko a hero!
A man may do tho right tbing, but those
know nothing of such struggles who
represent that, thoreforo peace nay, joy
will flood his soul. Kothing of this
kind. Thero is only ono way into the
kingdom, nnd that way is strewn with
thorns, and tho thorns pierce tho feet
which press thorn; yes, sometimes they
wound so deeply that they even lame, and
il is with bositatiufe and bleeding footstep
that the iravelor passes sorrowfully -it may
bo regretfully onward. Visions of vlo
lory fade away, and all the worn and
wearied soul dares to hope for Is strength
to struggle ferwrrd, and, maimed and
broken hearted, to reach some day the
j;uul, and then rest.
S.epben, miserable and sad, grew more
lnw-spinted as be drew near homo. He
)iu not fear having to listen to reproaches,
but he trembled as he thought of the look
he would receive. It was with a slow foot
step that be entered the cottage and as
cended the stairs to tho neat room above
wm,re wife and child awaited him
With a brlebt countenance anj shininz
eyes Mary looked up Into her husband's
fnco, ao X then before he spoke a word she
stretched out her white hand and took bis
tondlv.
"Dear lad, sit down and tell me what
l9 tho msttcr."
"A great deal, wife! Ie got th.t
ack."
Certainlv aa bi amikit thit fif h t.tvn.l
so well became downcast Mary cast a
frightened ghnce toward the little bu. lie
by her side, but the ne intant she re -
(rained her confidence an I said cheerful -
ly,
oVer mind, you are sure to ket on
aomewhero cko. Thoti art a first-class
hand Steve, there are plentv more works
in this big town besides Hanwortu's.
Have any more got turned off f Is work
No; Its hath, and I'm the only one
Th, tl.. i. ,.n m ii i . i, '
ear Stew" y '
And then he related his story, and he i
poke his wife's face g.ew as qui,,, and
settled us hl nwn. MnH whnn ha AnnniniiA
.... nva . -
with the remrt r h.rrt n
(and the little ,ass M try hut whai oould I
..p She an,wered, "Nothinir but what ,
thou hast done. " My Steve won Id havo to
erow a aiurent man from what he is
5 ti'a pnt ns above his duty to God.
Never fear for ns, a way will be made;
kmei down and pray a Dlt. lad! '
And when in a few low murmured,
baanfelt sentences her husband had done
satMha fell qnietly asleep-holding his hand
fta hers. Afraid to disturb her, he sal
still thinking of many things, and his
thoughts were not sad, for now the first
shock of losing his work at such a critical
time was paBt, ho felt convinced that he
should have littlo difficulty in getting
another place Ho know himself tobe a
first-rate workman, and that his characlor
as a steady nnd reliable nun stood high
and was pretty well known amongst
those to whom on Monday he must apply
for employment, and ho thought with
somo satisfaction on the faot that from
his apprenticeship he had always remained
at Hanworth's. "Yes, I never was a chap
for running about. I've never worked
anywhere else, and though it's hard to be
turned out ol the old place, being so Ion
1 I. il rn u,Ul kal,, nm I . . . . nan. nna ' C. It
there will help me to a new one." So he
sat quietly resting till the gathering twi
light rendered all things indistinct, nnd
the fitful glow of tho firo threw long,
fantastic shadows on the ceiling of the
little chamber.
A quiet, restful Sabbath followed, and
on Monday morning very early, with a
hopeful, cheerful heart, Stephen sallied
forth to seok new employment.
CliAl'TliU II.
Mr. Hanworth usually usually as a
respectable custom attended church on
Sunday morning. There was a feeling of
satisfaction in accompanying his elegant
wife and well dressed children there. Ho
did not think much why he did go, nor
when he arrived at church did he think
about worship or praise. Ho stood up and
sat down in tho right places he did not
kneel, of course; so far as tho neighbors
saw he was sufficiently devout, but if some
unknown power had obliged Mr. ilan
wonh to reveal himself to public gnza,
his human fellow-worshipers as well as
tho "cloud of witnesses" would have
known the church time was a time of busy
business a quiot time for speculation,
investment, invention, calculation and
plans, anything but devotion to this seem
ingly correctly religious man.
Mr. Hanworth was "pntout" more than
ho liked to own by Stephen's resolute
bearing and the little incident in biscount-
ng liuuse and tho stoadtast look in his
workman's eyes kept recurring with disa
greeable distinctness to his mental vision.
Coming out of cliuroh he met as he fre
quently did, another ironmaster; living
in me samo direction tnoy usually waited
borne together, talking various little busi-
n ss matters over, lo-day Air. llaaworth
mentioned Stephen's ob-tinacy.
"Just shows now disobliging mow tei-
lows oan ho; man and boy he's worked
about the place twenty y a:s. Detestable
impudence! tie s only ono ot a class
Combination is our only remedy Are you
o. iming 1 1 the must-re' meeting c.aiorrow P
yes, oi course. I on II mention tms littlo
circumstance?'
"No, I think not; I don't waul to injure
the fellow."
'Then I shall. Fine day isn't it? good
bye" The next day the "little circumstance"
was mentioned , and called forth many in
dignant contemptuous commcn:s. Nearly
all the gentlemen present were self-mnde
men. And yet amongst no set of aristo
cratic land owners could more determined
counsels of olass (their class, that Is,) su
premacy be heard. One benevolent old
nian did dare certainly to remark this did
not seem to him a case of insubordination,
but of conscience, and that every man had
a right to bis Sabbath, but this gentleman
was treated with scant attention.
And there the matter was dropped but
not ended as Stephen found to his cost the
next day.
All Monday Stephen went from foun
dry to foundry but trade had been dull
and was just beginning to revive, no new
workmen were required, and he met with
refusals at all save one place; there he
as told by a foreman who understood
his own particular branch was wanted,
but tho master was engaged out at a
meeting, and he might call the next day.
When he did call he fonndte was not
wanted.
So a bitter time of trial began; for
three long weeks Stephen wandered
about constantly asking for work. When
he had penetrated into every workshop
and foundry-yard in tho vast town where
he had been born and lived, nnd mot in
variably with disappointment, he began
with his wife's advice to travel through
the neighboring smaller towns.
Frequently he walked very long dis
tances on vague rumors of employment,
which always turned out lo bo false, for
tho iron trade, which was beginning to
revive in the great town, was still stag
nant in the outlying districts. Constant
refusals crushed oven his brave and trust
ful spit it and he went now at the end of a
fortnight, on his daily search with so
despondent an air that misfortune seemed
to accompany htm and cling naturally to
his 6ide.
Stephen tried each evening as be neared
his house to put on the cheerful air he did
not feel, and enter his homo briskly, but
ono look at Mary's nnxious face and large
questioning eyes, and all his sham bright
ness vanished.
Thecouplo bad only boon able, on account
ot tbo lone; bad times, to niako nut a very
little provision against a rainy day. A
sick sistor a widow had needed nnd
receive) holp to the utmost of thoir power.
and manyunusual expenses had come to bo
paid during last month, so tlio littlo sav-
f I I .1 1 1 .. 1 n . i
ius uau uwiuuiuu ritpiuiy utvay, auu ii
was with a foeling akin to despair that
Stephen ou Monday In this the third week,
was obliged to go to tho savings.bank and
withdraw thoir last pound.
At the end of tho third week all tho
money was gono.
CHAPTER lit.
Another Sunday bad como round, and
perhaps, of all tha sorrow laden
souls m the great congregation assembled
in tbo blackened old parish church, none
carried a heavier heart than the work-
ingmaa who knell with bowed head
and passionately clasped hands in the
shadow of the farthest pillar.
Stephen was silting quietly by the fire
that aiternoon, ana Mary singing a hymn,
ins ah
was trying to quiet me oniii
ltd to sleep
a she rooked it to and fro In ber arms,
wnen me uoor openeu aim Aaron came
in.
"Well, old chap, aro you getting on
middling?"
"No, n it at all j I can't got a chance to
go to work."
Ar hut that's Kmtf Ynn ...a titiro tt'j
rotten out why Hanworth sacked thee
1 lave you tried old Mr Wilson? He s oi
, thv own way of thinking"
: -Av, and I should havo"got a job. mav
l.J; ,nt tbev'vo not work enough for their
. old hands."
j ' I'm sorry for you, Stevo. I've wihd
many a time since I'd been man enough
to do t same. All these throe Sunduva
I've beon fair miserable, and I've thought
sen toy. directly I've got washed I II
X0.fii I"" u. o .
. 'Have you been working every Sunday
" "Av. that we hev; and now. whenever
It suits Hanworth. we shall have to do It
.,r.in i j r. . h... i .
hhvii n aiuiu iti louts. I to tuuutMll LO IU t
r.-r..', i.wi . J.- .J T -i,h . i
flower in his coat. It fair' rouses me,
But what is a chan to do?"
"Oliey God rather than man." Stephen
said thu words sadly, and as though
speaking to himself.
"Ah, it's well enough for thee," Aaron
began, and then he stopped suddenly, for
be caught sight of Mary's face, and her j
eyes were full of tears. She rose hastily,
and began nervously moving about.
Jtephen looked up also.
"You'll stop, Aaron, and hare a enp of
tea with ns? We oan yet afford to give a
friend that."
"Yes, do, Aaron," echoed Mary. "Here
Steve, hold baby, will yon? while 1 gel
it ready."
Stephen took the little creature carefully
he was not so much used to holding
babies in bis arms; but he had hardly
received his little daughter when she set
up a pitiful cry. He rocked himself back
ward nnd forwards, holding the baby
closely to bim, and trying to hush it; but
in vain; the more ho rocked the more she
cried.
Mary, who had gone into the cellar to
fetch the bread, ran hastily up.
" What ever's the matter," said Stephen,
turning helplessly towards his wife. "I
never heard it go on like this afore."
"You've run a pin into It! Here, erivc
me hold of her; I'll soon put it straight."
The baby ceased to cry and remained
quite happy on her father's kneos till the
poor meal was spread, Ihen, though
Marv and Aaron talked cheerfully together
Stephen became quite silent, and when
tea was over, they drew their chairs
iround the hearth, his thoughtful gaze
turned to his little child, peacefully slum
bering In bcr wooden oradle, and he
became absorbed apparently in contem
plating her small face. Suddenly he ex
claimed :
"Yes, that's how it could be done."
"What done?"
"Why, I know how I could make a pin
that wouldn't hurt."
"Then do it," cried Aaron. "Lots oft'
women folks would buy them; ay! and
men, too, for naught drives a man out of
himscn like a crying bairn."
"Hut I can't do it."
"For why?"
"Because our money's done, and wo've
naught even to buy a pin-wire."
"Here, I lend theo. Will ten shillings
fit thee?"
"Ay, five shillings will, and plenty too
and thank you, mate."
"Nay, take ten shillings; you're kindly
welcome."
After that a cloud seemed lifted from
the party, and whon Aaron left at 9 o'clock
after again partaking of bread and cbeese
he thought, as he strolled home, ho bad
seldom spent so happy an evening and
found himsolf wishing he had a wife, too,
aud home of nis own.
The early dawn was hardly flushing the
sky above the crowded roofs when Stephen
the next day awoke, and be was tho earli
est customer tho wire-seller had that
moming.
Very diligently and happy he worked.
.Mary even heard him whistling and sink
ing al intervals; and before dinner-time
he called her.
"Wife, come hither; here are some pins
Snished. You must have the first, my
joy.'
And he held out before her half a hand
ful of tho now universally known "safoty
pins."
"Will they do?" Stophon added rather
anxiously.
She lookod at them, this first judge of
his invention, examining them minutely,
and ihen cried
"lof Yos, grandly!" She hastily laid
them down and turned to the cradle, and,
without any apparent reason picked up
therefrom the baby, covering its tiny face
with kisses. "My littlo bairn, my lamb!
I s idly feared for thee ; but father can keep
us both now." And the mother burst into
tears
" Why.Maiy, what hast thou been think
ing ol?"
"That I must get mother to take the
little ono, nnd go back to service till limes
are mended."
"I thought wife wo promised for better
or worse. We must always stick to
gether." She looked pitifully into his kind face.
"lint Steve, soon there would have been
no other way, though it would have been
the very worst that oould have come. We
are bound to bo honest thou knows, lad."
"Thank God!" reverently responded her
husband, "he has not let us be tried above
what we could stand. As long as !he
spares thee, everything else I can abide to
loss.'
Bui henceforward it was no tale of loss
that their lives told. Two davs later with
a workbox of his wife's filled with various
sizes of the new pin, Stephen sallied forth
and visited some of the largest drapers'
stores in the town. He retimed within
two hours with a handful of silver and an
empty box, and set to work making more;
and although Aaron joined hira the follow
ing week, the demand could not bo met.
Safety pins became the raze, and
Stephon soon had no difficulty in obtain
ing money to patent his invention, nor in
opening a small manufactory, which
presently grew to such large dimensions
that Aaron finds the salary he receives as
manager a very comfortable provision in
deed for the wife and child he has now
tho honor of supporting,
Stephen is able now to surround his
Mary with evory indulgence even his
warm lovo can wish to supply her with,
and perhaps the reason why ho remains
so unassuming and humble a man though
now a rich ono, is found in the fact that
he actually feels all bis prosperity has
come to linn a most unexpected gift
from following resolutely the will ol God.
It was because ho was at his wits' end for
bread that ho was led to think out and find
what proved to bo a blessing both to him
solf aud family and to tens of thousands of
roomers and their babies, uod s ways
are sometimes rough, but they always
lead to what is bright and good.
We need hardly add Sunday labor is un
known at the "Safety-pin Works."
Every-day religion Is the foundation of
thoroughness, which Is another word for j to bim by every ono who believes In giv
trnthfulness or honesty. Workmen that ing a petitioner what he asks for. As, In
aliffhfc thnlr work, whether thOY maku th rs.a nf Ihn deeaaea rf tk lnn,li.i
shirts for a living or sermons, build houses
or ships, raise flocks or raise families, will
some day or other bo found oat Wo want
clothes that will not riD. vassals that will
. not leak, and bridges that will not break
aown. oo we want cnarsciers mat win
stand temptation, and not snap asunder
under the sudden pressure of life. A'cit
York Eeanyelist. . . ..
Preny Smry of a Falthf il Woman'
Consecration.
At the close of the eighteenth century u
farmer's dsughter left her home in York,
shire, England, to go as a servant in a
farm house. She bad to fill the place ai
once of kiichcn maid, house maid, milk
maid and cook. She milked six co
morning and eve' Ing. besides all else and
when she found leisure bovondt hese serv
ices she occupied herself in spinning;
wool. Hut with all that was lowly ami
unpromising in this youns woman's Ijfe
hroU(fh, u Wlth iL Bible as her guide.
and with the pure and noWe ideas which
belong to Christian education. I. the
'T
100 mrled t
7" Jonn cross ey. i oey married at
Cu ..-.i l
en.ta "dt'd Cow u to a life of honest
Industry Crosslev was frugal and thriftv.
He got on well, laid by his earnings, and
at length was able to rent a wool mill
and dwelling house. When the couple
were about entering their new quarters a
holy purpose of consecration took posses
sion of bis young wife. On the day of
entering the bouse she aroso at 4 o'clock
In the morning and went Into the yard.
There, in the early twilight, before enter
ing the bouse, she knelt on the ground
and gave ber lite anew to Uod. she
vowed most solemnly la these words: "If
the Lord does bless mo at this place, the
poor shall have a snare or it."
That erand act ot consecration was the
germ of a life of marvelous nobility. It was
thelawof ibis home for many years, while
sons were born and grew np nnder its
ennobling influence. John Crossley died
leaving a comfortable property and a
good name. The widow lived on to old
age, and would nover consent to remove
from ner nrst tiorno to a better one.
The sons carried on their father's business,
educated and controlled by the spiiit of
tha mother's early vow. One of tho
youngest sons became a baronet and a
member oi parliament lor west Hiding.
In mature life he said, "It is to this vow,
made and kept with so much fidelity, that
I attribute the great success of my father
in business. My mother was always
looking how she could best keep her
vow."
The Crossleys grew rich and great. The
sons of the kitchen maid became owners
of mills which covered acres of ground.
These structures rose story above story in
solid masses. The work people were in
creased to the nnmber of 4.000 and 5,000.
The good old mother became alarmed,
and said that such large operations were
dangerous, and that a crash would oome.
The sons answered, "No; we are well in
sured, 'Honor the Lord withjthy substance,
and with the first fruits of all time in
crease; so shall thy barns be filled with
plenty.' This is oar policy of insnranco."
In 185:1 one of these sons was in America.
On seeing a fine landscape at sunset the
glory of the scene entered his heart and
he asked himself "What shall I render
unto the Lord?" The answer to this
question was the purchase of land for a
people s pam, alter nis return some, at a
cost of $.'30,000. The park was givon to
the town of Halifax. At length two
spacious almshouses were built and en
dowed by two of these brothers. Then
came a row of workmen's dwellings
houses, then an orphanage, and besides
these any number of less conspicuous
charities. .Yew York Presbyterian.
Fatal AML'SEMiiNT. Four vears aso a
,'ounz girl nelonging to an infiuenial
family iu Cincinnati was sent to a fashio
lole Doarding scnooi in an eastern cut
to finish " She was excitable, fond o
tdmiration. and intoxicated with glimpses
of the gay world around her and her free
dom from home restraint.
In an evil hour It was suggested to her
by a classmate as "good fun" to answer
an advertisment in a New York paper for
"the acquaintance of an Intellectual lady
friend." An Immediate reply came to
her letter; n correspondence followed
with the rascal who Inserted the adver
tisement and men wbo advertise for
young lady correspondents are always
evil -minded and al last photographs
were exchanged. The whole affair
seemed to this innocent girl, a harmless
little drama in which she played the role
of heroine.
After a few weeks her "friend and
correspondent" came to the oity where
she was. An hour was set in which he
was to pass the window of her boarding
house, and they were to see each other for
the first time. He was a middle aged
man, handsome and well dressed, with a
melancbolly, romantlo air which thrilled
her heart. A meeting was arranged in a
restaurant To keep the tryst she escapod
in the evening by a back window.
So far, a love excitement, of so-called
romance, outside of the humdrum round
of history and geography of the Bohool
room, had spurred her on. Bui now she
fancied horsolf in love. It would be cru
el in teachers or parents to keep her from
this prince among men. What "fun" it
would be to outwit them all and to sur
prise them by a secret marriage as he
urged !
One Bight, therefore, she disappeared,
and when bIio returned after a few wcekB
she showed her wedding ring, declaring
that she bad been married, lnvestigalioa
showed that the ceremony had been per
formed by some worthless friend of the
villain who had deceived ber. Both were
gone and no trace of them could bo
fouad.
The wretched girl, when sho learned
tho truth, escaped before her parents
reached the school, and took refuge in the
city almshouse, where she died from
shame, and from the result of her rela
tions with the msn who had deceived ber.
God, it may be, sent death as his most
merciful messenger to her.
The story needs no words to point its
meaning, innocent young girls are too
apt to carry on so-called flirtation and
even correspondence, for tho sake of tem
porary excitement or "fun," with men to
whom thay aro strangers, it is well for
them to rcmomber that although the fool
lsb drama may not end In a
traeedv like
this, they ate endangering their good
name for lifo, and placing themselves ir
the power of mon Whoso character may
bo vilo bevond description.
"Mamma." said a wco not. "thov suns
'I want to bo an ancel' in Sundav sohool
this mornrng, and I sung with them."
Why. Nollie:" cxolaimed mamma,
y. . . ... -
"could you keep time wit
itfi the rest?" "I
guess I could," proudly answered little
Nellie; "I kept ahead of them moat all
the way through."
Gnitoau's reoent letter. In which ho do
inands "an unconditional pardon or noth
ing," has been characterized by some
persons as arrogant. It seems, however,
upon reflection to be tha most modest of
bis many effasions. The alternative whioh
ha ioirccsts in the same breath as lh
I "unconditional pardon" sbonld be Granted
pompons personage, an appreciative editor
wrote of him in his obituary that "his
motto in life was to be Catsar or nobodv.
and ha lived no to it. althonith ha nr
was Osar" so it Is likely to be recorded
or Gulteau, that when no asked for an un
conditional pardon or nothing he was im-
mediately aocommodated ; bul ho never
' got llio pardon. Boston Journal
A Nashville mercltttn'' wife recenth
eav her IniVnn'l the following le'ter
wi h instructions th-tt it should not h.
opened until he got to his placo of bu?i
,.,. "I am forced to tell von sommhin
hat I know will irouhle von. but il is n
duty lo do so. I am determined ynu -ha
know it. let the rtul. b - what li m
nave known for a week that this uml
Roi.'lng but kept it to myself until io ila
when it hai retched a crisis and I canno
keep it any lonzer. You must not censint
me too harshly, for you must reap the
beneti's as well as nivself. I do h'.p" h
won't crush you The flour is all om
Please send me ome this afiern ion I
thought that by this method you woule
not forget it."
Bill Arts Views ok F.ducatiov.
There's more In tho boy than there Is in
tha college In these days of cheap books
any boy or girl can get an education if
ihey want it. but my observation is that
not more than one in ten want an unusun1
quantity. If the family takes a good
newspaper and has a Bible and a few
books in tho house and the children do an
honest day's work they'll get along auout
as well as the college boys in thu long
run aad do as much good in the world.
Congress has got more smart men than
any place, 1 reckon, but if I was hunting
for honest man I would oruise around out
side awhile before I went in, and If I wan
hunting for patriots, who thought it sweel
to die for their country, I wouldn't go in
at all. The best people I know of and the
most reliable In the time of trouble are
living an humble life and making no noise
in the world, and they are not surfeited
with education either. Atlanta Cnstitu
titn. Ti itN'F.D Whitk. Victor Hugo, in "Les
Miserables," tells a thrilling story of a
man who, after undergoing a terrible
temptation and coming off victorious,
found that, as a result of tho mental and
moral strain, his hair bad turned snow
white. The Louisville Journal gives an
instance that occurred recently where the
hair of a young man turned (white in a
single night as a result of fright. His
name was Henry Richards; his place of
residenco, Terre Haute. He was going
home one evening about dark, from a visit
to a friend, and was walking along the
railroad track. Some little distance from
town was a very high trestlework over n
creek, there being no plnnks plaoed across
it. People in crossing had to walk on the
ties. Richards was walking along at a
lively rate, and when he arrived at the
bridge he did not stop to think that a train
coming in was then due, but being in a
hurry to get home he started to walk
across on tho cross-ties. He was nearly
half way across the bridge when the train
came around a curve at a lively rate. He
saw tho train and commenced running,
but saw that this was useless, as the train
would certainly ovortako him btfore he
could get off the bridge. He now was in
a terrible plight. To jump oft was certain
death. If he remained on the track, the
train would crush him to pieces. There
was no wood work beneath the bridgo for
him to bang to, so he saw that his only
chance was to swing an a small lion rod
that passed under the cross-ties. No time
was to be lost, as the train was nearly on
the end of the bridge So he swung hitu
self under the tica, and in a few minutes
; was hanging on for dear life. The engi
j neer had seen him just before he disap
' pen red under the bridge and tried to -top
the train, but did more harm than good
', he ' lv succeeded in checking the spe.
it i tie tram, and made it a longer time in
pissing over Richards As tha engine
passed, the coals ot the fire from the ash
pan dropped out on his bands, burning
he flesh to the bone, as he could not shak.
hem off, and to let go would have been
certain death. The trial was at length
over, and nearly dead from fright and ex
haustion, with his hands burned in a ter
riblo manner. Pilchards swung himseli
upon the bridge again and ran home
When bo reached there his hair had not
turned, but in a short time afterward It
began to get gray, and by morning wa
alniost perfectly white.
Oppononts of tho system of ensilage
state that tho process of drying or evapo
ration of tho moisture from succulent sub
stances removes nothing but pure water,
bence well dried hay may be converted
back into June grass by the addition of
puro water, or we suppose on the same
theory a dried apple in springtime soaked
In a tumbler of water could not be distin
guished from a juicy Greening apple when
perfectly ripe. Most of our practical
farmers will bo willing lhat these agricul
tural college professors, who pretend to
know so much about the laws of evapora
tion, should eal the dried apples, while the
cultivators of the soil, who do not know a
good thing when they see It, from a scien
tific standpoint, will continue in their
Ignorance to select the fresh fruit for con
sumption. Would it not be well for our
college professors to establish a school for
cows and sheep to remove that culpable
iiraorance which prefers ensilage to hay ?
Perhaps these cattle do not know what
they like, and need a scientitic oxpiana
tion. American Cidlitutor.
Texas Cattli:. Westward from Hjus
ton the country becomes drier, though
there is still much low prairie. All along
tho road through this region ono sees
many cattle, and soon learns the meaning
of the aocounts, so often repeated, of cattle
being able to "live out all winter, without
food ar shelter." They do livo so; that is,
some of them do. Many die from starva
tion. I saw their bodies everywhere, and
many of those still alive were wretchedly
emaciated. Hundreds of them were, to
nso an expressive southwestern phrase,
"on tho lift;" that is, when they laid down
they wero so weak that tho.y could not get
up; but if they wero helped to get up they
could walk about and reed until woariness
or woakness prompted tbem to lie down
acain. when the process had to be repeat
ed. I saw groat numbers of dead animals
in the pools and ditches, where thoy had
; come, lo drink, and being too weak to
I struggle through tho mud they had fallon
j into tho water and been drowned. The
owners appeared generally to hold the
same cheerful philosophy with a man with
! whom I talked at Corinth, Miss., wuo
I ihmifht ho did not lose much whon Intnd
i reds of his shorp died for want of food
and shollcr, because, as ho said, "we git
i tho wool." So those Icxas cattle mon
seemed satisfied Willi memoes, nunaroas
I ... 1 ,.(. .tin Ilk. II. H
and tnousanos mini uamu mo u.-u mo
now grass begins to como," so i was ioia
I everywhere. Tho explanation is that the
! entile, weak from lonrr starvation and
ravenous with hungar, ear excessively oi
tbo fresh grass. Ihey havo no "ury ieea
to servo as a corrective, and the surteit on
wroen food kills them. Tho whole system
nnd nl.n of cattle raisin tr in this state
umail to ma to be enormously wasteful.
yet tho iadnstry Is a sonroe of wealth. It
would, nowever oo muco mum piumsuie
with bettor methods; and as population
becomes more dense, and tho range ot
oattlo Is clrcumserihod, these will of neces
sity bo adoptod. Nearly every pursuit in
Ibe south is to a groat extent carried on,
or rather goos on, with similar wasteful
nets of method and rosul'. Of course no
business thus managed prodooes so muob
as it would if prosecuted with oven mode
rata energy, foresight and prudence I
should not liko to express my opinions
nnnn such mattots so foroibly as southera
msn express theirs everywhere. June
Atlanta:
Butter .llakJor
(Continued from 4th page.)
What k;".l of ehurn sliall we tii
elv their name is lesion. m each ot.
med to he the he.t. h t fin ipe I woir.t
ne nt-hv!ne at.y floats or pt..Ie
de I he leve the butter globule ;
s' separated from ' he surrounding ra in
h agitation only, and it U not nores.-aii
I. it thN atri'ation shoold !c violent. L
'bis reason that I regard any median
d contrivance inside i he churn injurious
The rapid blows of paddles ugainst iNe
' bule-; of butter aro apt to injure ,l.e
tain and make it more oily. So 1 woti"l
select some churn having no inside gear
and prodneinp; a uniform Hgitation in n'l
iis parts, for unless the agitation s ur.i
form the separation Is not nil aeeomprs'ie.'
at the same time and there is a los.
When the butter has separated and
tTithcrerl in'o small lumps or sranu'es
.bout the size of kernels of corn b shotiM
he washed with water a little oo d i than
the butter until the builenn 'k is nil
removed. Twice I usually ufli -i. nt for
'his
I wish lo place particular stress upon
i tie importance of handling butter in this
granular state Thero are io thing in
he accomplished, viz : To . -n vi- he
hnttermilk nnd dis'iibme the , evenly.
The way to do this with the lean wet-ifg
if the butter isalwav the best. A i it
leal of butter is injured by being over
worked, some of it seriously sa If the
butter is gathered into large lump h. lore
being salted some buttermilk will be loek
d up and can only bo removed by addi
tional working. Now bv taking this butter
when In small granules the buttermilk can
ho readily washed out and the salt siftid
through it evenly, without working. Let
it stand about twenty-four hours and tin n
work just enough to make the color uni
form, which shows that the salt is evenly
distributed, remove what brine and butter
milk the salt and working bas liberated,
whioh will be very little, and it Is ready to
pack or send to market in the shape
desired. Use only pnre, clean sal', and
in such quantities as the market dem.tr.. I',
which is usually about an ounce to
ttound of butter, though for special cus
tomers it may vary from half an ounca to
an ounce and a half. 1 would also keep
the color ot the butter as nearly uniform
as possible, usiDg some coloring p.o ..a ra
tion, as might bo needed Cirrou are
very good lor this purpose, but rcquiin
some labor to prepare them. Thore ar
several preparations for this purpose m
he market that are harmless and easy to
u-e, giving almost an exact imitation of
the June color.
If butter is packed for the general
market use the kind of package which
sells best in the market whore sent, hut
whatever is used, let it be neat, clean and
attractive. Spruce and oak are the woods
mostly used for butter, and if maile as
tfeey should be, so as to hold brine, there
is no trouble in keeping butter iu them
through tho season without injury.
Tho butter is now ready to he mid
Markots have greatly changed in the last
few years. In fact, the whole business of
butter making has changed more the past
'en years tnan over before. the d.-a
ounerly prevailed that dairying would
wiys be conl.ned to a comparatively
-in ill section of our country, an 1 writu s
d speakers upnn this topic a few year'
i:n were fond ot alluding to the t!::;. ,
. so called, which, as tbrv explained,
- confinea to thu New F.ngland and
n d He states. Bill that notion is now
xp'oded nnd instead we have the nolo
i .yarning, and sometimes it sounds like
rv of distress, that the west is fas'.
oing the b- st places In the eastern
. rkets, and will eventually so control
e m that no Vermont farmer can sell les
it er in them at prices siillliont to cjver
eo'f.
Now while it is foolish lo disguiso facts
ir shut our eves to what exists, I would
. it, on the other hand, be unduly fright
ned. The situation is such that there is
re t danger western butter will force out
.ur Vermont product unless we wake up
o the situation.
I believe the New England dairyman
can hold his precedence if he tries, but he
must make a much bettor averaze product
'han he did ten years ago, and belter even
than ho makes now. But this can be
lone the limit of improvement has not
vet been reached. It is not claimed that
the western product excels iu any partic
ular our best Vermont butter; it is the
ordinary grades that Buffer by tho com
parison. Tnero is a great deal of bogus butter in
the market, and the q mntitv is constantly
increasing oleomargarine in the east and
htrdino ir. the west which looks as well
as the nicest butter and tastas better than
a great deal. But a great many people
have a very natural prejudice against it.
They do not want it at any price, and are
willing aud anxious to pay a remunerative
price for a good article ef genuino butter.
The only wry hy which they can secure
this is to buy direct from the farmer him
self, or through somo reliable grocery
man. For it is rumored that even the best
western creamery, which Is all handled hy
a few men, Is sometimes mixed willi lard
ine and cannot always bo trusted. It is
on these grounds that the Vermont dairy
man has tho advantage. If be can. let
him secure regular customers and if he
makes a superior article let him mark i
with his own name so plainly that he who
runs may read, by close care and attention
to all the details keep it up to the stand
ard, and if possible improve it, and it will
always he in demand at remunerativn
prices.
I do not anticipate that Vermont farmer-)
need to learn new facts or principles in
butter making though there is much to
learn so much as how to apply tboso
already known. With this view I need
not emphasize the importai ce of cleanli
ness. Kvcry one understands that this is
ono of the most important factors in tho
whole business. With any appliances,
however perfected, it is impossible to maka
a superior grado of butter unless the ut
most cleanliness, regularity and good
Judgment is exercised throughout the
whole process, and even then a moderate
degree of excellence only can be attained
until after one has had experience. None
oan at once make good butter by reading
rules or evon by seeing others. It requires
that skill In manipulation which comes
only from personal trial ; that judgment
which only a practiced cyo can givo to
reach any reasonable degree of success.
The best results aro not reached by
ohanco. Kvory stop iu the handling of
milk cream nnd butter should bo in
nooordanco with woll defined laws. If
theso laws are understood tho steps can be
taken intelligently, systematically and
with reasonable certainty. If they ara
not understood we mast go blindly and
expect unoertain results. In no depart
ment of farm labor does it pay better lo
understand tho reason wby than in the
eare of milk and batter. Let all, then.
who make batter study the matter, work
ing witb the brain as well as with tho
innsole, and they will thus be enabled to
see wherein tbey may Improve tho quanti
ty or quality ui inoir proauoi or tnsir
meihods and every Improvement of this
kind moans loss labor or mora money tha
very ends we are all working for. And it
behooves us to study this matter so closely
that others shall not see the boil opportu
nities first and make the improvements
we should, thus plucking from onr grasp
the benefits which might and shoold bo
secured by ns.