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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.
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UONTPECEB . VT.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30, 18X2.
Our Vacation.
We hail been saying that wo must go
somewhere for a chango and (or rest.
Ilome is quiet anil pleasant antl coniforta
blo. but we must sit in other chairs and
look out of other windows and niinglo in
other scenes in order to have a gennine
recreation. Wo tnust oloso shutters and
door of study, and turn our back upon the
same if we would calm our aching heads
and rest our weary bodies. But we cannot
go in this dust and heat, we think, and so
make a proposition to the clouds that if
they will pour forih rain wo will take our
departure the coming Tuesday. And in
spito of the prayers of a&xious house
wives that their olothes might have time
to dry the showers came on Monday and
we goon Tuesday.
Where shall we go? Well, evorybody
must so either to the hills and mountains
or initio lakes and seas; and as we live
among the former we must go to the
latter." AVe take the old familiar rout by
Weils River and Plymouth, where we
always find genial conductors and officials.
One of our p irty drops a few tears for the
hills which, perhaps, she will never see
again. Wceximltio our fallow travelers
and find that they, too, aro off for vacation.
Somo of them drop out at the summit for
a few days, isiuiping in the woods and
fishing in the lake and climbing the
mountain ; and wo love that quiet rotreat
bo much that we envy them thoir pleasure
anil almost wish that our journey was to
oud there. At Wells River and Plymouth
we meet crowded trains hastening to tho
White mountains and to our own Mom
phromagog lake. At the Pemsyewasset
house they are full of guests from the
citios tarrying hero for a whilo, and then
taking a coach rido through the Franconia
notch. Here we meet our friond Stowell,
in the new position of superintendent of
B. C. & M. R. R.. which he is filling so
acceptably. Aftor dinner tho rapid ex
press train soou brings us along tho shoro
of beautiful Winnipiseogeo, with tho fine
grove on the left, owned by the Metho
dists, and another on tho right ownod by
the lailroad company, and nice little
steamors at the wharf roady for tho pleas
ure seeker. Hero on our return Noal
Dow, J. W. Hamilton, Mrs. Foster, Mrs.
Maloy and others are horalding the glad
tidings of temperance. And here also,
Mr. Editor, your wrath would have a
chanco to
meetings
rise against Sunday camp
n you looked at the flaming
advertisements of Sunday exoursions to a
camp mooting on tho other sido of tho
lake.
Concord is aquiot but boautiful city, an,j
niuong the mint pleasant homes is the
homo of our warm friond P.irkhurst. lie
is spending the month of August in a still
more attractive homo by tho seashore.
Accepting his kind invitation we hurry
away from Concord to share with him his
kind hospitality at Revere Roach. Instead
of a htimblo cottage we find almost a
mansion in which he and his family aro
having a most delightful vacation. We
ride with him in his carriage for miles
along the beach, visit that most popular
resort forRostoniuns, tho "Point of Pines,"
listening to the music of America's most
popular band Gormania, which plays
thero every day at night; we dig clams,
swing in the hammock watching tho
waves of tho ocean, an J sit on the piazzi
by night looking at the beautiful fireworks
in the distance and talking of tho distant
friends and by-gone d lys. Charles Park
hurst is one of oiir richest men. (Now
do not let any tax-collector get mad and
nccuso him of covoring up his gold and
bonds ) Ho is rich in mind and heart
possessions,, and ho is generous with these
riches. He has friends because he has a
heart in which to hold them.
Wo stand in the Uid Colony depot
waiting for tho train. Whore shall we
go? Looking at the maps and guide
books of this company which owns about
five hundred miles of road wo conld select
more than a scire of pleasant summer
resorts, lint we are in a hurry so wo will
choose tho best. The Sonth Shoro branch
of the OldJColony, liending around Boston
harbor and passing through Quincy and
tho most dolightful villages of Woymouth
and Ilingbam and branch off to Nantasket
beach, to us tho most delightful section of
this great railroad. We spond a week
enjoying the cool soa-breezes, driving
over tho fine roids, eating tho froshly
caught fish, talking nml singing with tho
dear friends of the past, nnd resting in
one of the most dolightful homes. Nan
tasket Beach is within an hour's rido of
Boston either by Bteamboat or railroad,
and is probably visited by more pooplo
from that city than any other place In
Massachusetts. While many large and
small hotels aro full of visitors for the
season thousands como almost every day
returning after tho plonsuros of tho even
ing aro over.
But wo cannot go homo without taking
a run to Martha's Vineyard. Throo hours
by rail and two by boat and wo aro land
ing'iit tho wharf cf Cottsigo City. This
has beeomo a real city of summer homes
and every time wo visit it wo declaro it
to botho most pleasant and enjoyable place
wo have over soon. Roth the Methodists
and lliptisls havo large and costly taber
nacles for their camp nicotines, throo
societioshave churches.and there is a build
ing for tho summor school of philosophy.
Hut homo and camp meeting aro
sounuoii so lou. I in my oars that I shut
my eyes to oilier sights and haston, home
ward, lint hardly before I know it I got
one of theiu open enough to soo a steamor
ami 1 am horno soon out of tho harbor
again lo hotul I'embcrton. Walking its
verandas I enjoy a sea sidotompest tossing
the boats and sending tho water to whoro
fsttimf.
But Noithlield camp ground and
Maishliold church sound louder than the
water oi mo soa ami I start again. But
on the way, liko Lot's wife, I look back
Inulfi-i.l f I..! . . .
Nunurm, ui um turned to a
pillar of salt I find myself turned into
(fa tit ittiTimtiTtn. iferiirftrr 1
VOL. XXXIX
ono of the most lovely places in La sonisv
villa ge, which means tho loveliest pi: ico in
Xcv Hampshire. It is Iho home o f my
old Montpeller friend, James La-vto.
Tlit i largo shady grounds fiee tho ilepot
and John is there to lead us to tho house
antl I make us comfortable with ropoated
doses of ice cream. We lingor thcro till
tho last train before Sunday nnd then turn
noi thward again. Wo stop at tho su mmit
to take on tho last of the camp thero, send
to our triend Swincrton for an exel range
tlit i coming Sabbath and our v tcati an is
on. led.
C. II. Fakxswoutii.
Jlarshfield, Aug. 22.
Sunday School Lesson Notes..
r.Y Ri:V. J. O. SBEKDURN.
Hept. :id: I.ivo to Hod an 1 Man -Mark v::J5-n.
In tho last lesson the Siddueees were
sileuced, Christ declaring positively that
tluy know neither tho scriptures nor the
power of Go). Before he had put the
Pharisees to confusion, and sent them
away from all public attempts to entrap
him into secret plottings for bis ruin.
Matt1, writes that tho Pharisees were
"gattercd together." Now after oaoh of
thoso classes, or factions, have been dis- J
comlited another party, tho Scribes, ap
proach him. Generally they wero asso
ciated with the Phariseos, but at this time
they oaiue singly, or perhaps, an individual
scribo boing present asked tho question
here given of his own motion. Matthew
speaks of this man as a lawyer, but the
two offices might bo easily nnitod. The
Scribo, or writer, might easily unite with
that work tho other oflico of expounding
the law. It docs not appear that this
Scribo bad any malicious design in his
approach to the Master. His question may
not have been very pertinent, or in itself
of much particular importance, but his
manner of putting the question, as well as
the statemont that ho perceived that in
other things Christ had answered well or
wisely, point him out as a candid, fair
minded inquirer after truth. His question
has boon understood to mean "what part
of tho law, ritual or moral, relating to
God or man, is of the greatest Import
ance"? Mark.m ikes him ask what is tho
"first" commandment. Matthew says
"great" commandment. Tho idea is the
same in each. Christ has no robuko for
such a question. He proceods to give
answer in tho most positive, terse and
satisfactory manner. His answer is from
the book of tho law, tho scripture vener
ated in form, at least by ovory Jew. Tho
passago is from Peut, 6:4, and tho second
commandment, so called, ia from Lev.
19: IS. Tho introduction to tho first com
mandment to notico, "Hoar, O Israol, the
I)rd our God Is ono Lord." When wo
remember that this commandment was
given when men worshipped a multitude
of Gods wo sco the importanco of inserting
this declaration. Then, too, as the com
mandment is ono domanding supreme
love, how could it bo kept if there were
several Gods. Tno law of lovo to God
would lo meaningless if it were allowed
that theio was moro than ono God. The
commandment to givo our supremo, all
embracing lovo to God, Christ declares to
be first and greatest. But ho adds another,
which he says is liko unto it, so near in
importance that the two must not po sepa
rated, namely, "Thou shalt love thy neigh
bor as thyself., Tho question was only as
to which is first, but by uniting the two in
his answer Christ forever settled tin mat -
tor; clearly teaclrng that ho who would
love God must levo his brother also, and
that it is impossible to love aright the
Creator unless we lovo the creature, made
in his image. The Scribe can find no fault
with the answer, ho assents to what Christ
has said in the fullest mannor, and do-
clarcs his conviction that to koep theso
two commandments is of vastly greater
importance than all the observances of
tho ceremonial law.
Jesus approved tho position of this
Scribe, saw with pleasure his correct view
of this all important matter, and gave
utterance to a very significant expression,
"Thou art not far from the kingdom of
God." How many have come to just the
position this Soribo held and yet forever
remained outsido tho kingdom! Tho
apprehension of divine truth may b3
clear and comprehensive, the sense of its
importance deep and fixed, but until wo
yield ourselves to do tho things command
ed, we can nevor enter into tho kingdom
of God. Not far from this kingdom may
yet he so far as that we can never know
its joys, or enter into the possession of its
riches. From tho 35th verso onward we
have somo scraps of a longor discourse
which Christ delivered In the temple.
Yet we are not to consider these fragments
given us as altogether disconnected or
foriogn to the great question which then
pressed upon the minds of the people.
Christ asked tho question to draw tho
minds of the people moro fully to the
real meaning of his mission, nnd to the
prophetic declarations pointing to himself
as tho Messiah of promise. He wishod to
bring to their minds the great fact, clearly
foretold, that Christ, though of the lineage
of David, was yet far greator than David,
and worthy to bo called his Lord. Ho
reminds them that David speaking of
Christ called him Lord, and asks how that
could bo, if hu was his son. Tbo most
learned of his hearors had no answor to
bis question; henco all aro silent; and the
common people, who had no chagrin at
soeing thu Scribes and rulors unable to
answer, hoard lilm gladly. Thoy rojoicod
doubtless to find that Chri3t was fally
equal to their loaders in tho adroitness and
force of his questions. Noxt Mark gives
us a fragment of tho discourso Josus uttor
od against the prido and ostentation which
prevailed among tho Scribes. Matthow
23d shows us that tho Pharisees wero also
includod in tho reprobations hero given,
and also that tno discourso was niuou
longer than what Mark gives. Tho things
charged against those leaders in tho Jew
ish church wore probably vory familar to
thoso who listened to Jesus, and tho vory
fact of thoir known truthfulness gnvo
them their keenest edgo ngalnst tho ene
mies of Christ.
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I The next incident shows that Carist
had concluded his public teachings for the
timi and had taken a seat where ho could
view tbo treasury. This place is said to
havo beon a room, or inclose I space in
tho court of tbo womon. wberoin wero
thirteen trump it-sh tpi I receptacles, into
which contributions for various religious
purposes wero cast. It would seem that
the day had fir a lvanoeJ, and many wore
about leaving thn tomplo, before going
thoy deposited thoir gifts ib thoso recepta
cles. The contributions of tho day seem
to havo been liberal. Tho rosult of good
preaching was a goad collection. Many
that wero rich cast in much. Tho J,;ws
of that day, in point of liberal contribu
tions, would doubtless put to shamo our
Christian congregations of tho present.
Bt the divine sight of the Sivior saw
more than tho amount of the coin that
was contributed. Ho saw Iho motives
actuating each gift nnd tho sacrifice that
each gift cost. At length a poor widow
came nnd cast in two mites, tho smallost
brass coins of tho timo, worth about eight
mills.
Jesus saw her gift as well as the greater
ons, and looked with special favor upon
her offering. So true was this that Jesus
called his disciples near to him nnd com
mended nor gift saying, " she hath cast
in more than they nil." This statement
is of special importanoe to us as showing
us the divine estimate of suoh things. It
is only a comment upon tho text "Man
looks upon tho outward nppoaranoo, but
God locks at tho heart."
Russia's Bio Telescope. The Russian
observatory at Poulkovo will shortly bo
in posossion of a gigantic telescope. For
a loti2 time this observatory, constructed
in 1839 by order of tho Czar Nicholas,
posessed tho most powerful instruments
in the world, but of lato years tho scien
tific progress which has been mado in En
gland, France and United States, hss put
the .Poulkovo observatory in tho shade.
The university of Virginia, for instance,
has now the enormous MoCormiok teles
cope, the objective of which is 26 1-4 inches
in diameter, and 33 feet long, while the
the naval observatory at Washington has
one of the same caliber, and Mr. Lick, a
wealthy Callfornian, is about to place a
still greater telescope on Mt. Hamilton
Four years ago the Russian government
accordingly determined to construct a
new instrument which, both in respect to
its mechanism and optio power, would
surpass any existing telescope. The as
tronomer, Otto Sturve, was comissioned to
superintend the work, tho execution of
which was intrusted to Mossrs. Alvin
Clark & Co., of Cambridge, Mass. The
glasses, consisting of an amalgam of flint
and crown glass, havo been in hand for
nearly a year, and by the month of Octo
ber they will bo ready for use. The total
length of tho Poulkovo telescope will he
15 feet, and the diameter of the glass 30
inches, exclusive of tho mounting. The
teloscope will bo placed in a meadow to
the south-west of the principal bnildinz
of tho Poulkovo obsorvtory.and will stand
upon a movoablo iron turret which will
itself rest on rails. This tolesoopo will be
so powerful that tho moon willbu brought
to an apparent distance of only a hundred
miles Irom tho oarth. London Telegraph.
"OVEitTiiE RiVKii," Somo discussion
having arisen as to tho authorship of a
poem bearing tho abovo title, I havo been
requested to state the facts In tho caso. It
was written in 1850 by Miss Nancy A. W.
Priest, of Winchendon, Mass. At that
time she was an operative in a Neiv
England factory. Tho poem was exten
sively copiod ; probably none ever had a
wider circulation. Tho writer of this
noto loved tho poem, not only for its
beauty and pathos, but because it was a
fovorite with a bolove.1 sister who in our
household was to us the samo that "Dar
ling Minnie" in the second stanza was to
Miss Priest's homo. Being at the timo
connected with tbo Ohio Wesleyan col
lego for young ladies at Dolcware, tho co
operation and sympathy of Miss Mary
Monnett, w ealthy pupil and patron of the
college, wero secured, and bade mo send
for the gifted author, who greatly di sired
an education, that she might bo fitted for
teaching. Five letters wero received from
Miss Priest, who respondod gratefully to
the call ; arangomonts were cqnsummated
ami she was to havo begun in September,
1800, the college course, when, severe
inflammation of the eyes supervening, her
chrished hopes and our anticipations wero
swept away. In 1865 Mr. W. A. Ingram,
of this city, called upon the lady in the
homo of her aged parents; found her an
exceedingly sliy and rctlcont lady, devoid
of personal attractions; indeed, the expres
sion in ono of her loiters seemed almost
verified, "Do not ask mo for my photo
graph. I am so homely you would not
want lo konp the picture" She was after
ward marriod to Mr. Wakefield. Not
long ago this sensitive and beautiful soul
" 1'n.ssod from aUlit with the Inattnn palo
To tho belter Hhore ol the vi'irlt laul."
Cor. Cleveland (O.) Lender.
How to Keep i rom Dhow.ninc,. The
human body weighs a pound In the water,
and a single chair will support two grown
persons; it will keep the head above water,
which is all that is necessary when it is a
question of life and death. Ono finger
placed upon a stool or chnir, or a box or
a piece of board, will easily keep the head
abovo wator, whilo tho two foot and other
hand may bo used as paddles to propel the
body toward the shore. It is not at all
necessary to know how to swim to koep
from drowning in this way. A littlo ex
perience of the bonyant powor of the
water, and faith In it, is all that is requir
ed. Wo have seen a small boy, whocould
not swim a stroke, propel himsolf back
and forth across a deep wide pond by
moans of a board that would not sustain
fivo pounds weight. Children and all
others should havo practice in tho sustain
ing power of water. In nine cases out of
ton the knowledge that what will sustain
pound weight is all that is nocossary to
koep ono's bend abovo wator will sorvo
bettor in emergencies than tho greatest
expertness as a swimmer. A person un
familiar with tho buoyant power of tho
wator will naturally try to climb to tho
top of the floating object on which he tries
tosavo himsolf. If it is large enough,
that is all right. But it generally is not
largo enough, and half of a struggling
group is often drowned in tho desperate
struggle to climb on top of a piece of
wreck or other floating object, not large
onongh to koep thorn entirely above wator.
This often happens whan pleasure boats
oapsize. All iramodiatoly want to got out
of tho wator on top of tho ovorturnod or
half-filled boat, and aro all drowned ex
cept those whom tho wrecked craft will
boar np. If they would only trust the
water to sustain ninety-nine hundrcths of
tlioir bodies, and tho disablod biat tho
other hundrodtb, they might bo savod
under most ciroumstancos. An ovorturn
od or water filled boat will snstain moro
pooplo in this way than it will carry. It
would koep tho hoatls abovo wator of ns
many pooplo as could get thoir bands on
the gunwale. These ore simplo facts ,
easily learned, ami may somo day savo
your life.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30,
The (ireatest Tiling o i Earlli. J
The highest rango of mountains is the
Himalayas, the moan elevation bjin" esti
mated at from 16.0.M to IS.KV) tout."'
The loftiest mountain is Momt Everett
or Guarisankor, of thi Himilava rino,
having an elevation of 29 0)2 f-ot above
the sea level.
The largest tho tiro is tin nu t opora
house in Paris. It covers neirly thr.'e
acres of ground. Its cubic mass is 4.287,
000 feet. It cost about 100 0V1.00O frano-.
The largest city in tho world is Lmdon.
Its ponulation nnmbtrs 3.020,871 smls.
yew York, with a pipulation or ah ml
1.250,000, comes fifth in tho list of great
oities.
The largest suspension b'iilrn will bo
the one now building between Now York
and Brooklyn. Tho length of the in kin
spin is 1.595 feet and (i inches, tin. on'irn
length of tho bridge 5,989 foot.
The loftiest active volcano is P.ipviie
petl ' Smoking Mountain " tliir y-tive
miles southwest of Pueblo. Mexio t It is
17,781 feot abive tho sea level, an I hu a
crater three miles in circumference and
1,000 feet doep.
The largest itland In the world, which
is also regarded as a continent, is Australia.
It is 2,500 miles in length from east to
west, and measures 1 950 miles north to
south. Its area is 2,981.287 square miles
Tho longest span of wire in tho world
is used for a telegraph in In lia over the
river Kistnah. between Bezorah and Soc
tanagrund. It is moro than 6.000 feet
long, and is stretched between two hills,
oach of which is 1,200 feot high.
The largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern. She is 6S0 feet long, 83
feot broad, and 60 feet deep, boing 22 927
tons burden, 18,915 gross and l:)7314 not
register. She was built at Millwall, on
the Thames, antl was launched Jmuary
31,1857. 1
Tho largest univorsitv is Oxford, in
England, in the city of tho samo name,
fifty-live miles from London. It consists
of twenty one colleges and live halls.
Oxford was a seat of learning as early as
tho time of Edward the confessor. Uni
versity collogo claims to have been found
ed by Alfretl.
The largest body of fresh water on the
globe is Like Sjperior 100 miles long,
160 milos wide at its greatest breadth,
and having an area of 32.000 squaro miles.
Its mqiin depth is said to bo 100, and its
greatest depth about 200 fathoms. Its
surfaco is about 635 feot above the level of
the sea.
The most extensive park is Deer park,
in the environs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The enclosure contains about 4,200 acres.
and is divided by a small river. The lar
gost ploasuro ground in thi3 country, and
one of the largest in tho world, is' Fair-
mount park, Philadelphia, which contains
2,740 acres.
The biggest cavern is the .Mammoth
cave in Edmondson county, Ky. Jt is
near Green river, six miles from Cave citv.
and about twenty-eight milos from B.nv
ling Green. The cavo consists of a suc
cession of irregular chambers, some of
which are large, situated on difforont levels.
Some of those aro travorsod by navig..bo
branches of the subtorranean Echo river.
Blind fish aro found in its waters.
The largost tunnel in the world is that
of St, Gothard. on tho lino of the railroad
between Lucerne and Milan. Tho summit
of tho tunnel is 990 foot bolow thn surfaco
at Andermatt. and 6,600 feet bonoath tho
peak of Kastlohorn, of tho St. Gothard
group. Tho tunnel is 20 1-2 feet wide,
and 19 feet 10 inches from the floor to the
crown of the arohetl roof. It is 9 I 2
miles longer than the Mount Ccnis tunnol.
Tho biggest trees in the world are tho
mammoth trees of California. Ono of a
grove in Tuluro county, according to
measurement made by mouthers of the
state gcologioal survey, was shown to bo
276 feet high, 106 feot in circumference at
base, and 76 feet at a point 12 feet above
the ground. Soma of tho tracs aro 376
feet high and 31 feot in dhmoter. Somo
of tho largest treos that havo been felled
indicate an ago of from 2.000 to 2,500
years.
Ameiucax Discovery r.v Noktiimkx.
There are scarcely two interpreters who
precisely agreo as to the places visitod by
the Northmen, and thoo who are surest
in their opinions arc usually thoso who
live farthest from the points described.
Professor Rafn found Vin'iunl along the
coast of New Englaul; Professor Risk,
his contemporary, found it in Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland, or Labrador. The l itter
urged, with much reason, that it was f ir
easier lo discover wild grapes in Nova
Scotia than Eskimo in what is now Rho lo
Island, and that tho whole story of t lie'
terror of the Skraelings before the bull
indicates an island psopln like lh"i of
Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island,
and certainly not tho Now England In
dians, who were familiar with the moose
and might have seen tho butl'-tlo. Ho
might also havo ail led, what was first
pointed out by Mr. J. Elliot U.ibot. tli.it
the repeated voyages from Greenland lo
Vinland, and tho perfect facility with
which successive explorers found the
newly discoveroJ region, iudici'.o some
spot much noarer Greenland than Mount
Hope bay, which would have required six
hundred miles of intricato and dangerous
ooast navigation, without chart or compass,
in order to reach it. Again, Rafn finds it
easy to place tho site of Loaf's booths at
Bristol, Rhode Island; and M. Gravier, a
Frenchman, writing so lately as 1874, has
not a doubt upon the subject. But a sail
from Fall River to Newport, or indeed a
mere study of the map, will show any
dispassionate man that tho description
given by the sagas has hardly anything in
common with the Rhodo Island locality.
The sagas describe an inland lake oommu
nicating with the soa by a shallow river
only accessiblo at high tide, whereas
Mount Hope bay is a broad expanse of
salt wator opening into tho still wider
gulf of Narrngansett bay, and communica
ting with the sea by a passago wido nnd
deop enough for the navies of the world
to enter. Even supposing the Northmen
to have found their way in through what
Is called the Senconnet pnssago, the
description docs not apply much better to
that ; and if it did, theso hardy sailors
must havo recognized, the moment they
reached the bay Itself, that thoy had como
in at tho hack door, not at tho front; and
tho main acess to tho ocean must havo
instantly rovcalod itself. It sullices to
say that the wholo interpretation, which
soomod so easy to transatlantic writers,
is utterly rejected by Professor Diiuan,
who was horn and bred in Bristol, nml
lived nil his lifn within easy roach of it.
Having mysolf lived for fourteen yoars in
that rogion, I may venturo modostly to
indorso bis conclusions; nnd they have tho
weightier indorsement of Professor Henry
Mitchell, of tho coast survey, in a tunnti -script
report which lies beforo mo. And
tho samo vagueness antl indolinitoness
mark all thodoscriptionsof the Northmen.
Nothing Is more difficult than to depict in
words with any accuracy in an unscientif
ic age the features of a low monotonous
seashore; and this, with thu changes un
dergone by tho const of southern New
England during nine hundred years, I
think, renders tho identification of any
spot visitod by the Northmen practically
impossible. I'. W. Uigginson, in Jlnrper's
Magazine Jor September.
An exchange put a solemn truth lit a
novel and pungent way whon it says that
"somo men woar thoir trousers out in the
knees in winter getting religious, and the
seats of their pants out in suiftmcr backsliding."
Xaliiial Athpta'irtu Oar Schiol Master.
f k tmr roil -it tho metior of th It ir l of Arl
tulturo.hr M. W. Djrli, of Weat.ntuatnr. mjjibjr ol
-.he B urd
From Iho mirror of nature we are con
ttantly refl-ctod, consequently life's fu'ure
sxporioneos in successivo step? may bo
eorrectly read from first to last, prompting
as to a Iniit that nature should be regarded
s our faithful instructor. Through our
faciltio, of sense the unmistakon positive,
ncss of our tru characteristics aro unfold
ed, appuling not so much toourreason ns
to our vision of nature's varioty order,
hirnnnv prompted by our own intuition.
iying. "every man his proper gift." 1
am not unmindful that I am entering a
field of thought too broad for mo tn coin
prehind room for more able min is tn
explore. And when I swing open the doar
and ent -r this region, pardon mo it I in
this brief sp un of time, feebly attooipt to
jivo you a picture photographically idtnl
izal upjn your mind's canvass of life's
s'loeiss drawii from nature's harmony
Hoping I myy energizo somo latent ideas
in tlio minds of thoso beforo me, fanning
it into a hcenm that might bn productive
in giving ns a larger viow' ourselves,
oar relation to each other aXl to things
with which we are surrounded, learning
our true standpoint, thereby finding our
true place, as a companent part in the great
mechanism of nature's sucoessful harmony ;
thereby eradicating all discontent, de
veloping true satisfaction, as the result of
true sue icss. If I should even feebly ac
complish this much, my aspirations would
be satiated. It may seem somewhat novel
at first that a subject bearing upon agri
culture specifically should bo presented
under this head. Yot a moment's thought,
a brief examination and the conclusion is:
It is tho groat centre from which radiates
every line of true suocoss. It is tho heart
propelling tho lifo blood through all legiti
mate pursuits. In nature ono of its funda
mental laws. Every legitimate object or
persint that is ripened, matured into a
linal result, had its origin, growth in tho
fitness of the means certain to secure the
end designed adaptation. Naturo seems
to be filled with this element apparent in
every direction. Tho vory first ray of
ngnt tailing upon t tie pages ot tins great
volume, unfolds a fitness of ovory thing
animate and inanimate to a certain appro
priate end By the adaptation of our
organs of sight to the light of the sun fall
ing upon nature reflected in all its hues,
objects are rendored ploasurablo to the
souses, with perfect harmony of beauty,
exquisite in color, physical structure and
location evory thing in its appropriate
place, performing its own peculiar mis
sion, adapted and fitted to all tho surround
ings in nature's vibrations. No errors, no
mistakes. Creation from bsginnlng was
ono perfect adaptation.
Natural adaptation is one of the essen
tials of existence, evinced in tho forest,
throughout vegetation, as well as fully
demonstrated throughout tho animal king
dom, each species having largely its own
natural locality, instructive powers, and
forces to perfectly dovelop their organiza
tion in their preconceived mission. Tho
tree upon tho mounttin top, or isolated in
the valley, or on tho mountain side builds
its structure more slow and compact than
in the forest, obeying tho laws of light and
circulation, roaring itself no faster than
making safo the base of its superstructivos,
multiplying and extending its roots to call
into requisition more food to strengthen,
extend and doopen its foundation that it
may adapt itsolf to resist moro opposing
clotnents to porpotuato its healthful exist
ence. Each herb, plant, treo, lying latont
in its seed adapted paculiarly to soil ami
climate, is dcvelopod only by a chango in
tho elomonts of tho atmosphere nnd essen
ces of tho soil compatablo with its nature,
tis exhibited upon its own hill sides, by tho
removing of ono kind of timber by tho
woodman's ax or fire, and new spsclos ap
pears because a chango of situation in tho
obeying of the principles of adaptation.
This samo principlo has ever beon rec
ognized through all timo. Soo tho bot
anist walking hour after hour, in anxious
search for somo particular plant till at last,
wearied, he detects its habitation by tho
side of a stream or on the damp bordurs of
a lake, he takes In the surroundings of
sjil, climate, studios its structure, ho dis
covers tho fitness of its home. Tho orni
th'iloginal studios tho nature of birds,
stealthily climbing along through iho
bush, catching oaoh warbling note till his
eye falls upon some strange bird, watches
its h a'lits of life, propagation, instincts of
preservation and defence; the zaologlst,
ili'i history of animals, thoir climate, food,
instincts. Tbo geologist roaming over
hill, tin ou. Ml plain, reading a great his
tory of a hundred thousand years, in tho
swell ali i roll of thomoadow, in the round
ed escarpment of rocks, in the long lovo
of the plateaus; nsk each in his depart
ment of research to roil back tho scroll
reading down through the vista of past
ages, recording thoj footprints of birds in
the rock, tho impress of tlio forest loaf in
tho coal bed, the fossil hones oi the masto
don and monsters of the sea and land,
awakening tho decaying giant forest tree
from his long repose, and muthinks you
would have them say, "oach development
of life, animate nnd inanimate, from tho
essences of creation in the great periodical
spiral of creative power, had its perfect
adaptation contemporaneous to their varied
wants antl necessities, ns they swelled out
from the great bosom of nature's adapta
tion." While we mo thus viewing tho picture
of natural adaptation without, human life
is depicted upon tho canvass within; for
man is but a miniature of naturo, the em
bodiment of everything that exists, the
compound essence of everything wo soo
around us, henco wo begin to reason from
these symbols and trace the analogy ad
mitting that naturo proves truo to herself;
that every thing is wrought out and de
monstrated precisely proportionate to tho
kind of moans employed ns cause to effect,
always the same, changed only byoircum
stances. That wo each have an individual
mission particularly dosigned for some
particular path ot life adapted to somo
specific vocation, proclivities that naturally
tend to murk our pathway, accelerate our
progress, tecuring eflicienoy and ultimate
snocefs, other things being equal. The
old proverb is: "Takes all sorts of pooplo
to nitiko a world." This proverb express
es th wonderful Ifullness and richness of
tho world; its thousand-fold variotios, all
working together in one grand harmony
of adiptation, attractions and repulsions,
loves mid hates, conipartncrships and
comilitions, rivalry and opposition on
ono side, partnership nnd associations on
iho oilier all resulting in an orbed, beau
tiful whole, if wo find ourpropor gift tho
most iniporlnnt factor in lifn. To what
business am I called ? For what has God
gives mo a capaoity thnt I may do my
own work, and not somebody's olso P
Now, then, if wo err not in judging cor.
rectly of our natural adaptation, tho tend
oncits that well up in our boing, wo shall
bo powerfully aidod in bringing into re
quisition all tho means for a perfect adapt
ation ; such demonstrations do often exhibit
themselves in early lifo in youth and should
bo regarded with saoredncss. For a twig
naturally inclined ere long will most
powerfully withstand influences for wonl
or woo. Theso traits in youth aro evinced
in every family to tho knowledge of every
piront. Now, wo.'ns pitronts, hold an Im
portant position in the tomplo of human
life. Theso natural propensities, promi
nent in tho chiltl or youth, tending ton
limilthy growth of tho physical, moral and
intellectual man, tho socuring of a latidablo
end, howevor untasteful and humble it
may bo viewed by us oftentimes, should
k encouraged. Far better for a young
1SS2.
man to bo a successful farmer than a third
rate lower. Young lady yon had mm h
notter bo an industrious, irugal slron;
wife of a firmer than a puny, vain, ox
travagant, silly pet wife of a million iro.
Y ou will oach have made a success in lifo
not wrocks, but shino out in your own ap
propriate sphores, because you are in your
own true eloment tno end ror winch your
better lifo was designod. drifting along in
the essences and forcos of nature towards
the goal of your truo destination, adapted
to vour business nod your business to you.
Now if the boy exhibits a fondness for
tho horse, iheox, tho snoop, for mechan
ism, in carving, drawing, sculpturing,
encourage him; thti girl for the domostic
animals, for music, painting, books, needle
work, enconrago her somewhere in the
forepart of tho journey, you will see tho
guide board to succoss, and usually you
can make them proficient without trouble;
you will have an adept bpc tuso there is an
adaptation, other things being equal. Few
are the poisons who do not sooner or later
evince a taste or a lovo, a n itural procliv
ity for sometlaing in lifo which, if educated,
will develop into a lifo of sucoess; and if
that permit is honorablo, encourage it, for
life thus manned will be doubly empower
ed to meet life's ills and unfold life's
powor9,.irresistiblo in its growth and prog
ress. For an illustration : go with me
to Woodstock, Vt., some years ago, and
see that poor boy with his j icknifeoarving
oat somo imago from wood or bone.
moulding busts from mu l and snow when
a child, repairing clocks in youth; impel
led forward bv that unrest lo unfold the
inherent devotion to tho lifo of a renowned
sculpturer, conclusively brought out in
after lifo In his statue of "Evo," the "Greek
Slave," "Washington," and uriny others;
an honoretl son of Vermont. Again, in
Brattleboro, Vt., a lad w is frequently seen
making most exquisito images from the
snow, admired by every passer by, to day
is known as one of the lea lino; sculptors
of tho ago; and when you visit your stato
capitol ami stand in roverencu before the
statue of "Ethan Allen" or g iz3 up to the
"Goddess of Liberty," you will have
brought to mind that sa uo boy. Away
up in Norway (Ivirop?) a little girl, poorly
clad, finding her way to the singing
school, whose melodious voico interested
all, whoso ambition impelled by that na
tural inclination to beeomsa piiblio singer
that she might in the future lift bor dear
parents from poverty to comfort secured
an outfit to visit an export in vocal music
in Switzerland to havo her voice tested
for the work she idolized before her, a
public singer though mooting with dis
approval yet not dismayed, resulted in
the development of a voice upon whose
melodious sweetness Americtn audiences
hung in ecstasy to tho tune of hundred of
thousands of dollars, who expended as a
public benefactress, ami the securing of
life s competence tor horselt antl parents.
And again, in the little town of Athens
once could have been scon a lad not un
frequently gathering his littlo associates
around a largo stone in the orchard or the
leach tub by tho houso side, mounting the
samo, preaching to his young audience in
his infnntilo eloquence, amid showors of
npplanso; or the tumbling over of the
leach, exclaiming "it is good to be perso
cuted for rightoous sake ; Saul, Sutl per
secutest thou me?" This natural power
but devolopod into au eloquence unsur
passed at tho Windom count bar; aftor
years famous bdforo the jujicial tribunals
upon tho Pacific coast. Many a mother
has seen this samo gift exhibited in tho
little girl or boy upon tho 11 or, cutting
out paper dolls, making rag babies, carv
ino out something sojqo carricattiro with
his knife. Or, coming home from school,
punished for painting colorless pictures all
through thoir books, for making imagos
upon tho slates, etc. Tims wo must as
sume that natural adaptation is a powerful
auxiliary in the results of life, nnd it is a
fearful undertaking to thwart the momen
tum of its development, swerved only to
avoid precipitation that hang around hu
man life. Tfie sooner wo lia 1 our boat
upon tho voyage of lile adapted to the sea
the safer wo shall outrido thu dangers that
othorwiso imperil our safety. Though
somo seem to bj adapt id to most any pur
suit, but they are rare specimens, progi-
dies of humanity; vassal ition and defeat
usually awaits them. Then the first great
stuily wo shoulil make is: l ir what am I
best adapted ? Tlio parents lo so study tho
enrly proclivities of their child, thenatural
adaptation which daily shows prominence
so plain that it never seems right to stop
their end or lower their aim without just
discretion, others may 1m changed, but
they better succeed in life than fail in
moro. Though I would not havo It under
stood that there is not much in ourselves
oftentimes to adapt ourselves to our work,
though it is innch easier moving a pon
derous body when the lino of the centre of
gravity falls forward of tho centre of its
base. Our observation if not exporienco
must havo reminded us many times of a
want of adaptation in life. AI iny a boy
has been sent to collogo to their ruin that
might have made respectable and honorod
citizens had they rem lined on tho farm or
in tho shop, because they were not adapted
mentally, physically or both, and so the
reverse Sotno boys have been held upon
tho farm that had no taste, no love, no
adaptation. Many a daughter has gradu
ated tit our seminaries who h id better re
ceived her diploma from llio intelligent,
frugal kitchen mistress, because she was
not adapted to become tho exponent of
litorature or tho representative of tho fine
arts and sciences aimed unreasonably
high, hopes become blasted, ambition gone,
wrecked upon llio shores of disappoint
ment, unrecognized in tlio marsh on the
higher plain of human lifo as the result.
Wisdom it is that the business and fitness
of our lives bo well studied. For, again I
say, success should be the motto in life. Go
for the top round in the ladder in your
business or pursuit if legilitinte, though
humble, ami bo not content nhort; if a
farmer be the best; if a mechanic, skillful;
if a housewife, uono superior in your de
partment, a butter or chouse manufacturer
of tho highest order. Fix the mark high,
aim to it, obtain it.
Such may bo realized or approximated,
too, if adaptetl to your business nnd your
business to you. Because business will be
combined with ploasuiv, constantly incit
ing research, ovorcomiug nil difficulties,
and your march will be onward and up
ward. Now, if agriculture is your busi
ness, for this calling we mo fitted natural
ly and will so educate ourselves, so that
our understanding of the plants we grow,
tho stock wo roar, tho soil wo cultivate
that wo can, figuratively spoaking, take
thorn apart ami put them together, can
build over upon tho walls of tho one Bide
or. tho other, ns neods tho symmetrical
structure of their growth, so that whon
our professional noighbor, whom wo havo
regarded as our superior, visits our homes,
fields nnd llocks, watching our practice
and listoning to our theory, ho will fool
his inferiority that wo arii his educator.
Thon it will bo wo have risen in our man
hood, onterod tho now doparlnro (and n
truo one) adaptotl to our high sphoro of
lilo. 1 rotiu wo ought to bo that we, ns
agriculturists, laid the corner stono of the
national tomplo, and all other pursuits
havo and must bo laid to it to comploto
tho edifice ot a true republic. If a farmer,
then tho farm, its location, climato, soil,
proximity to market must bo studied.
But tho most Important question is, what
do wo wish to do ? And I moro particu
larly address tho .young farmer, tho con
servative farmer, for some ni o so radical,
havo boon so long in the rut that to reform
them would bo liko taking tho drunkard
from his glass might nlmo3t as woll lot
them alone. But, young farmer, what do
you wish? Havo you lotiiul your truo
ataml point? To what do you aspire? T .
enablo llio powers God has given you, by
possessing a broad, libera! conception of
him and his works, doyoloping into a
rounded Intolllgencn. then enter upun ihi
farm and you will open a vo'otue you
nuver can master, because life is so short.
yet every successive step will open no new
fields of interest. Ilerejlct me say ih .i
the English farmer studies adaptation the
most and the American the lent. We
American farmers soem to aspire 10 adapt
oursolves to every thing, hanging out like
a weather vann changed by every trade
wind or moved by each successive busi
ness breeze, multiplying competition of a
disastrous character. Soon as ono now re
munerative vocation presents itself twenty
are ready to embark in it to its ruin, vas
salation and inconstancy too often provs
our ruin; whereas if we would but cnlti
v.itn contentment, persevere in woll doing,
exchanging nj certainv for in uncertain: v.
ultimately we should make a point Coin-
mentiaoie in lire s i ourney.
In farming there are different denartniw
and all differently fitted for each, as well
as dtilerent soils are in growing different
crops, or In uerfectin diff;rent animals
Ono man will go miles to see a sheep, and
another like John Randolph, half as far to
kick one. The soil of ono farm will grow
swoetsuoculentgrasses.tho other saur. The
latter wonders why his cattle are not fat in
early summer for hoof, his cows giving a
largo now ot mils through an abundance
of foot), while the former succeeds In both.
flic difference in adaptation must be kept
inmin 1. It is the want of adaption why so
many farmers do not succeed, and the say
ing almost proverbial in this day is, sueh
a farmer is a lucky farmer, because suc
cessful whon, if you examine into the
matter you will find that adaptation enters
into all his arrangements, and noilimo- but
tho alllictions of providence will defeat hi in.
Ha uses his brain, his soil, his muscle all
to their appropriate fitness, influenced nut
by tno success ot others on different soils,
pursuing different branches of farmin r;
but guided by his ow i star of adaption t
i certain wiso result. Again, there are
many, and many a firm in Vermont upon
whioh tho grantor, or grantee has strno-
gled for years to succeed upon tint never
nas nor never will, lor a inaor part of
tuetr aereago are ntiaptea to no otlier pur
poso than to roturn to their primeval stati
to bo recuperated by its otvn foliage. Such
tiomos aro not adapted to tanning and
better be abandoned, the sooner the bettor :
and perhaps tho time h is coma whon a
new system should bo inaugurate I, firm
lines broken down in their oecupinoy to
warrant rebuilding consolidation of the
feasible aoreage for tillage and puture,
the remainder shut out for forest to re
plenish timber anl water.
When wo havo learned what branch of
farming we would prefer, if sheep raising
is our tasto, adapt the farm, the buildings.
all tho surroundings to the business, timos
and market, persevere, making but litllt
difference as to the prico of our products
as to the oven tenor, wo pursue our c illing.
Liko tno sun-glass concentrating the rays
if steadily held upon one point will pro
duce an effuet. If oattle is our choice,
hoof or dairy, soloct a farm for grass na
turally adapted, of tho right quality and
thon tho breed. For I hero venture the
statemont iu referonco to stock that if one-
fourth of all the sheep, catllo nnd horses
in the stato had been annihilated last No
vember and their places supplied by those
animals adapted to oach owner's specific
demand, woalth would havo been ndded to
the state; in other words that, as a rule,
ono fourth to one third of the stock win
tered in Vermont nnnualiy is not worth
wintering by whom, and where, and in
the manner which thoy aro usually kept.
Kxchango would remedy s jma of the evils
of tho samo stock by proper ad ip'.atioti.
For you go into a cheeso dairy of even
good milkers and nothing very string.!.
even at this day of progress, if one half of
those cows could be put into neighbor Ii a
butter dairy tor as many in exchange bet
ter adaptotl to cheeso making than butter
Such an obedience to tbo laws of adapta
tion would result in pecuniary advantage
to both dairies. 11 truit is our choice,
study tho soil, location, market nnd adapt
the variety and the nioars of utiii. ition
that with a given amount of labor will
bring the greatest returns. In thu in mti
faoture and application of manures, the
same principlo is of the utmost import
ance; the soil, rotation of crops must bo
studied with tno view ot constantly im
proving tho farm nnd m iking profits,
giving the crop all the desired food, and
in duo season for the perfect harvost, be
lieving that this principlo when under
stood and practically nppliod, ono hundred
bushels of corn can be raised to tho acre
whore but sixty bushels now are raised ;
and two tons of hay where now thero is
but ono ton. Again, I urge firm crops
should bo wisely adapted lo tho soil in
their rotary order, so that rest anil recu
peration will attend tho land. For as
chango of exerciso to tho human holy
gives rest, because a different sot of mus
cles are called Into existence, so with
the soil, dillcrent crops call into requisition
different constituents antl in different pro
portion of the samo elements. Thoiftitgain,
team and tools should bo secured by the
same rulo; many a farm is now carried
on when by a chango in the leaiti and
tools lor one just adapted for the business.
WutiM savo the labor oi ono man and
board and much in tho keeping of the
toam, making a handsome profit yearly to
the owner. Many teams upon our farms
to-day if to ba kept for three years longer
had better be given away, ami oue obtain
ed In the place that is just fitted, perform
ing a third more worK wun less expense
in"keoplng, Then our farm buildings,
their location, nrrangement, convenience,
fitnoss, economical construction should be
adapted to the farming business in which
we tire engaged. Very many farmers can
set down and devise a remodeling of his
buildings, saving hundreds of dollars in
securinsr and expending of his crops, ease
and comfort to himself, family and stock.
Many a housewife well knows the incon
venience of hor house (though exterior a
Dalacellho extra stops she must take daily,
making miles in a year, bocauso not
adapted to her business, not convenient
for hor nocessitics,;could have beon reme
died in construction or remodelod to
adaption with littlo troublo. Many of us
know full well how ill adapted many por
tions of our farms are to tho business to
which they are now put, either in tho too
lanro acres of tillage", or tho wrong loca
tion of division fences, or both, suffering a
yearly loss In tho availablo incomo of the
samo. With thoso inadaptations added to
many more nnmentioncd, shows why suoh
complaint is made against agriculture,
"That farming did not pay," that young
mon would not stay upon tho farm; and
what shall ho done to koep the boys at
home, etc.? When if this principlo of
adaptation throughout tho wholo routine
of farm life was practically observed in
tho man, tho farm, tho businoss of tho
firm making all tho wheels luatch.evory
thinw in eoar. self lubricating.no discords,
each resolved to fit his coniponont block
to bo laid in the tomplo ol agriculture,
that the sound of tho hammer or tho clink
of tho chisel will not bo heard, not only in
tho family, but in tho county, in tho state.
Mothinkj upon yonder riso stands tho
littlo whito cottage, whoso innor walls are
adorned with pictures and windows deck
ed with flowers, with tho neatly surrouud-
in" out-butldiugs, tho beautiful shade
trees, Iho lawn, tho flower yard, llio gar
den. I hoar th6 low of tho cow, tho bleat
of the sheep, tho noigh of tho horso. 1 see
the waving grain, the meadow grcon.
Yet tho olimax is not reached, true appre-
oiativo fooling is not tirifotdcj, iuoxpro.-3-l
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
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I'lt.-no.-J (jbilu.tr. N -t
at the rate of a, tntt. i"
iteness hronCs ovr it. As I g.tzo upon
this picture it ii'lines, broad back
grounds, with mv brush on. I tiencil in
html so un-kiillully wrought would that
I fiuild. Ripliitcl I ke, paint a VtHmont
j homo Ix-au ideal tioiun. Snuething is
I wonting, some ptomtnont tu'tiro must ba
I b'ought out to givo life expression, charac
ter cnarm ami peauty tr the wlmle. Now,
with all this system of adaption applied,
aid'..! by the teacllngs of theoretical dema
gogues, agricultural papeis, farmers'
clubs, farmers' unions, granges and boards
of Agriculture if not seconded by the ef
forts of a wife adapted to the farm, under
standing her business, making care a
pleasure, sunshine in darkness.it will nine
cases out of ten be up hill business row.
his aoainst the curr.-nt: hut if nidnrl liv
sueh a housewife, garnered not from the
city, as a rule, neither from the unfurtnn.
aro'y imrteeile frail, bntterll-cl:iss, th it
wo thi ht as tiseloss as a canary bird.
S i 'iiitr and walking her cae with rlroaa
'.hat would not complote its arrival until
tho next train; but a robust, common
sense lover of labor, of care, yet patient,
possessing the true cluracter of a lady,
with a clear mind anil a p irt heart. Ihu
ship of life thus manned will escape the
m ilstrom of bankrup cy and avoid the ico
bergs of money panics.
"PEKEEcri.Y Harmless." A Londoner
who lately crossed from Canada to Ogons
bui g Hskoil the hack driver as to to popu
lation and form of govornment of Ogens
burg. On being informed th it it w n an
incorporated eity.the chief officer of which
was mayor, lit) inquired : "And does the
mayor wear the insignia of office?" "In
signia, what's that?" asked thu astonished
hai-kman. "Why, a chain about his neck,
explained the Cockney. "Oil, bless you.
no," responded the oilier; "he's perfectly
Ii irmless, aad goes ab mt loose." lloston
Kudgtl
How to Ili'.coMi-: I.viiei-endent. Largo
savings invariably originate in small
sums, jas'. as money embarrassment
arises from littlo ex ravaginoios. Vory
few persons of ordinary honesty deliber
ately set to work to make large purchases
which they cannot affjrd.andyel numbors
spend jast as much in the long run In little
tilings that thoy scaroaly think tiro worthy
of notice. It is very difficult to fully
realizs the value of small sums. Little
savings, if made at all, must bo made in
personal expenditure. What is spent
upon the household is generally needed,
but the small personal luxuries which cost
so little, are not. And when any saving
is made in this way, the money should be
put aside and Saved, instead of being
mixed with tho spending fund, and addi
tions maae to it as frequently ns possible;
that will make you understand as soon as
anything, what small economies amount
to. When money is put aside to bo saved,
it should be put in some place where it
cannot be directly got at the savings
bank for instance. The very fact that a
littlo troublo and formula has to bo gone
through with bofore it can bo obtained,
m iny a timo prevents it boing spent, when
it certiinly would have been were it close
at hand. To secure independence to our
selves is ro illy worth somi self-denial.
Geseiui. Hakn-by i a Huuuv The
following comical story is told of Genoral
Harney when he was in command at
Camp Verde, Texas. Ha was an Intense
ly dignified ollicor, and if there was one
thing he detested moro than nnothor, it
was undignified haste. Ono evening just
as ho was about to hold dress parade, bo
perceived that hu had forgotten his hand
kerchief, and as tlio weather was very hot,
he siid to his orderly: "Go to my quar
tet's quick, anil bring my handkerchief."
The orderly touched his cap and started
for the quarters, several hundred yards
lisftnt After he hid proceoded a short
distance, remembering that there wis no
tittle to lose, he broke into a trot.
Sje tint scoundrel running its if tho
Indi in were after him. If theio is any
hiitg I hate it is to see a soldier running
instead of marching properly. Here, mv
m in," continued Hirey 1 1 another sol
dier, go after th it m m an 1 t ill him 1 siy
walk, blniuo liim.''
Tho other soldier stirted after the first,
but the first ono kept on running, tlio
second one saw his only chance to deliver
the iiijsstgo wis to hurry up, so ho, tor
broke into a run. To sav that Harnoy
swore is to uso but a mil l expression.
' II ere, s irg 'air, g i afier thit man an l
tell him if he don't' stop running I II ban;
him up by the thuaips."
The sargoant started oil'. In a bri.k
walK, put ns his prude jess-ir hid a good
start, he, to), begin lo run as h ir l as he
could.
"If all three of the scoundrels ain't
running like j ick riboii,!' ejaculated
Harnoy. "I'll s'nw V.ii." and tucking his
sword tinder his arm, he started in pursuit
as fist as he could run, but su lilenly
remembering his dignity be caiue to a
halt, and walked back to the p'aco where
tho dress para do was to com - oil'. Tex i.i
Sttings.
Models ok lovely ii inds. The craze
has beon revived among professional and
fashionable boautics Upon whom nature
has bestowed that rarest of all her gifts, a
shapely hand and a graceful wrist, of
having them modeled in tho finest Carrara
marble, and presenting thorn to lovers and
friends at souvenirs less readily recogniz
able by llio crowd than photographs, and
yot moro vividly suggestive lo those wh i
are familiar with the nervous grasp or
velvet touch" of tho living hand they rep
resent, in thu great Vionncsc exhibition
of 1873 there was to be seen an exquisite
reproduction of the left hand of the Prin
cess Pauline Bonaparte, of whom it was
said by sculptors and critics that from the
orown of hor head to tho sole of her foot
no flaw or blemish could be found, and
who had so largo a charity for those who
should bo born too lato to soe the full pjr
fection of her charms that she allowed
herself to ba modeled and painted in every
concoivablo costumo and nttitude, and
most frcquontly in nu costume Jat all,
exacting only that the studio in which sho
sat should be woll warmed and thorough,
ly protoctcd against draughts. The mar
ble hand wo speak of, however, might
havo belonged to tho Roman matron" or
Puritan maiden, so suggestive was It of
gentlo and refined womanhood. Tho work
was nttributod to Canova, but tho fact
that tho marble was slightly tinted, tho
palo flosh color doopening in the dimpled
KnucKies anu unuorneatn the long, filbert
shapod nails, makes this impossible. On
tho third finger was a wodding ring,
guardod by a brilliant soltaire sot in black
onamol, anil tho wrist, which rostod on a
cushion of black velvot, was encirclod by
a black cnamclod bracelet. Tho effoot of
tho whole was real and lifelike beyond
anything that chemicals or paint brush
can produce, nnd tho fair onos of to-day
aro wiso in thoir gonoration when thoy
sock to rovivo this most lasting nnd beau
tiful niothod of perpotuating ono of their
greatest charms, ino drawback to it is
that, alas! many lovoly women have hands
which thoir admirers would nevor wish to
be copiod or reproduced hands which in
England nro maliciously callod mutton
fists, and of which tho fingers look as if an
Indian's hatchot had trimmed thoir ends.
But this fact will probahly only make the
fortnnato few doubly anxious to havo
thoir digital perloctions perpcluatod. a .
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