The Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1876-1878, November 15, 1876, Image 1

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    BY -- .HAWLEY
THE BLIND MAN'S ,
Oh, ye whose eYes are open to
The glorious light of day,.
Consider how the: darknessfalli 1 , '.
Upon the blind min's way : ; 3(
And.let compassion's tingers.strik •• ,
' , Upon our heart's pure strings, •
That•hope may O'er his darkened life
Throw her protecting.wings. •• "fri
' Ah' me, ah ine l 'the blind' man's lot .--
` ' , ls . freighted deep:With woe ; • '"'
The thorns that throng his daily path; '-':
' ..None but•the slightest know ;
Then ah 1; letiniergy's „gentle. voice, , _
~.. r.m ft o'.eryqur senses steal ,•-,
Allnitlisten, with, kind, eharit t.
TO thia-lny sad. sppeaL.,!, ~,, .z - " - ,•- , - -
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• ' liti fate lb liard-icannot . Work, : , .
-'' .Aa in die:days gone by ; • ' • • ,
Yet still t'must-my house 'support; '‘, ' ,
YAnd all,their wants supply, - , .
God knoivil'l'd not shrink from work;
'Nor ha ( rdihip• would kmind," , '' ,
But ab, alga ! hope's star has sunk,`,',
' I'm blind-I'm • bliud . 'm blind , .
._ _ .. .
As'one by one the,eveningetars._.. • '
Forth trom their chambers creep,- •.
And twinkle is the roiling waves. - '--
*•• teeth's Obe's Waters deep ; '''' " '
Their many glittering beauties rare, .
Are not for Buclr as me, ' ' •
Ob, God I my heart is crushed with grief
My hard,- my wretelied lot:
Then oh, turn not away from this,
1 Mrsorrowing appeal, ,
- Alit** , thP„...NTice 9t4 tine sweets :' - -
Soft o'er yoUr heart strings steal, '
And this-pure truthtrom Holy Writ, .
Shall be your sweet reward - 1 ..
That whosoever help the boor,
But lendeth to the lord.
‘
Oh, when you read the Book of life,
This lesson bear in mind
That God, the Savionr 'can restore sight
• ", • lliiicithe helpless.blind.
And he bas left his lolloWers here, \ •
To carry out his - Will, . .. \
'. To bay unto the blind man's woes, '-' ' -'
I bid you to be still.
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Remember, to o , that - hough on earth,
You cast your blessings round,
They will yield rich and precious fruit,
_ In God's own heavenly ground ;,,,,
'And Oh, 'how 'gteat will be the, oy
That unto you is given
When the blindman - shalt and bless'
Your entrance into Heaven. •
,
THE TWO LOVERS;
."11TE'RE GOING to talce„ some city
T boarders," said farmer Parsous, - EiS ,
he put his . packages of sugar . - and tea
into the big basket he had -brought to
the store in his wagon. ,"Wife and I
be down to fetch 'em to . Morrow.
'There, is a lady and sottie children,
,atid
young lady, a great heiress. She is in
mourning for the uncle who,left the, prop ;
erty so she can't go to alively place. Quite
a young gal. and very pretty. Two pounds
of raisins, Mr. Jones, and some currants;
reckon a pound ) 11 dp."
News isne,ws- it the conntry. ' The
farmer's audience listened intently.-=-
The doetor—young pr. Phrl--'whO has
stepped in for letters, l 7 -the gore was also
the pcistollice-- took note of every - word,
and Marcus Morelaud, who had come, to
post a 'ietteralio remembered what th e . old '
man had said. AR 1)e walked .away,
"pretty. young
.girl," he' saiki to limseit
"An - heiress gets the reputation of, being .
pretty ; -probably she is not half so.niee
looking as farmer Parsod's own daugh-,
tvrE. lieiresserare apt to thick too much'
of themselves."' , ,„
"An heiress. Well I - shall go.oyer to
see Parsons pretty soon. No place like ;
the country for 4 coUrtship, and a fellOvir,
who marries an heiiess i need not wait!
year in arid year out to build up,his own
practice. I , wonder lin_W much she is
really. worth ? A great heiress. That
oughtn't to mean less :'thani a hUndred
thousand dollars. 1 should like, 'a Wife
with a nice little bank account of that
size. Young and pretty, :too, is a - rare
ctiailpe,"' Rad the doctor . as he jumped
into his gig.
115 e. city hoarders' barne next day. The
loungeraut the.store saw their' get in to the
wagon—a fat younig matron and three
little , girls, a nutee,-a baby and a young
lady dressed in. mourning. :Thee store
keeper's wife noticed the elegant cut of
the over-skirt which the latter wore,
and more than one saw • the diamond ,
ring flash on her finger, but it was just
park and the beauty was not a settled
point, for no on could see ter face.
Marcus Iticireiand -who„ was the-poor
elergyman's-soo, and had just fought his
way through college , with prospect of
teachibg the male department of the dis
trict school that winter, as his best one,
while working ih -his lather's garden the
next morning, was ' planed in [a position
to judge on
,this matter.
He heard a little scream, and looking
up Eov a very' pretty young lady and a
vtry pretty little boy flying in, terror
from a perfectly harmless, hrnwl-faced
white milelr'bow, who in the exeesli of
her content, as she stood deep in the•wii
ler of a pond, chewing the end, had ele:
vati-d her nostrils turning hWollow
brown eyes in tae direction of the pedes
trians uttered I long tnoo-o-o.' - •
`9lll7 ; soreatned theyountiady, faint
yf "ca n' t i you- ran faster;, - TotilnlY ' I
think she's'ooming atter us."
"I beg your pardon ma'am, but mooly
won't touch Sh e, would , hurt
one. ; ' is " perfectly harmless. A sSee
cried Mamas, as he approached the .nd
side and patted the white head. •
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&:: .CRUSEFI.
e have had her ten years and:she is the
gentlest
'cluiteashanied of,.tifysof, blit,
:not used to 'Cows. `thought..-I'd :made
her angry; 'and. when you , have other's
Children it's
-:such aresponeibility. Tom,
;don't touch 'he gentlenian'S flowers:. I'm
ashamed-of ,You, ' Said the young lady.
• !For city Ts;ni. with aleiieral idea that
the country lielonged to everybody, was'
'helping',fiimsdf to roses... '
Of Courses after: . that„. Marsha plUcked
.floweralor Toni, and IC' bouquetiorthe
,younglady pand as she walked be*itch-'
:up the, road, with ' he flowers!
'against her pretty OWN decided that ,the'
heiresi certainly wiis cue lovbest .thing
'that hia eyed had ever rested upon.
That:afternOon sDr. Purl rode over to'
.Mrs. Parsoni, made a' call and , was intro- .
duced4ldeeided that the, heiress was a
beauty, Conveised 'With her in a manner
Calculated to prove. :that 'he aCleast waa
uo cotiutry;'made; pUmpkin, 'made; a, point of
limkink at hid beat tifullwatchbefore he
left, and hehad the satisfaction of , feel-P
thatthe had made an 'inipreasion.
Mean While Marcus Moreland had been
thinking, about her more than 'law guess
ed, and thaf,' evening there was another
introduction., ,
Marcus did not make big eyes at her,
nor-try to - show his' superiority to his
neighbors, 'neither had he any gold watch
to consult. He was younger than the
doctor by ten' Years • and , very much of
boy,itill,-And the 'rising moon'found May
and her little _cousin Tom, and Marcus
alt sittng together on the lower step of
the porch, ;talking .blackberrying as
three children thight., ,
• The heiress wore a linen dress and a
knot of ,blue ribbon in her hair. Mar-'
Cus forgot that she was an heiress. It
was On ly a dear little , girl, just the nicest ,
.creature heever met, who looked at him
frankly withher blue eyes, not blue gray.
.He . went home in the first stages of love,
and sat at the window looking at the
'moon, and thinking of Bier nearly all
that night., .
_May, Dimple was very inexperi enced;.
and•very willing to think the best of
everybody;
At eighteen she was mistress of aline
fortune; and being an orphan, her Own:
mistress altogether. Her heart, was yet
a white unwritten .sheet,i, and { 411 e first
that Made -lOVe to her was likely to win
it. 'Vague 'longings for that peCuliar
tenderness which only a lover can offer
already possessed : her soul, and 'she waSi
iCIPt= the sort of 1,4' little woman to forget
her own advantages arid feel .very grate-*
fill for love and 'adintration. - The doctor
was tall and fine looking, and She caught '
'herself (plashing as she looked into the
glass after his departure and thought
what a aoft look had collie in LQ his eyes :
as• he hoped they should soon meet to- .
gether ae.ain."
Map had: never .had anything like.a
.bean in her life... Shut up with an inva
lid_ a. great city hoine that was
like.a Prison, seeing no 'one but the doe
tor.an.4 nurse, and now and. then some
.old - gentleman whom her father'wai per
suaded to admit.On the ,score of friend 7
'ship—she-had no idea that she might be
a belle. Even her . cousin was a new
--found relative who had 'taken to her
- .When the:friend§ gathered ; " - the old
man's' funeral. -
People whci had' never -remembered lit
tle May until the- news of-
.hei heiresship
brought her to notice had : been so very
kind , ! since. The .. L iberty she enjoyed
.made the quiet:country hOuisea.very- hap
:py. place, : and. now, two. admirers dawned
upon her horizon and made life.lierfect
ly. scile . paid" to May, much as, -the Bitua
'tkor(*ould have bOred many an-_.experi
enced belle. ,
Matteis naturally : gamed this form
as the _time- passed on.. May bad two
lovers and 'hardly knew Whieb of them
sheliked beit. •
MArcirs did not make love be did not
dare4—but looked , it. 'The doetor made
love seientifically; he had even'extract
ed fkoin" the ' 'Married ','cousin 'lt - statement
thrit "uneleleft everything to May.",
He had three.months 'to work in be
fore,the heiress' knew her' power, and
learaed; from one gay winter that lovers
folldw morteY thick arid fast, and he was
a determined sort of a fellow, where there
was'anything, to.get. ,
Marcus'his no 'plans. His boy'a heart
ran away with -hirn—that was all. He
could not keep away from. May's side,ner
forget her when they were apart, and sn
'summer passed and autumn approached,
and the.eity folks were going home, and
the district 'school was to be opened, and
cousin' Ellen's husband, .a hard driven
.street man, came down to spend a
week before he took his family home,and
all ,this rlelightful time was 'at =an end.
„ Marcus was to be examined for his spo
sitiob as a teacher of the school—a mere .
form with' Ills fine education. The doc- -
tor, .lu3 a learried gentleman, was one of
the , committee to examine the coming
sehoOl militn for the girl's department.'
"kpleasant task;'; as be said, jesting,
•Fif he expected to see anybodythere but
Only.old Miss' Cynthia - -Alderny, , and old'.
Miss taker.” .
Atay heard-a good deal of the school,
MONTROSE, .p i *, NOV. 7. 15, 18 76.
especially as farmer Parsoni was another
,ot committee, and she felt an inte
rest L in i \ t, too, as . Marcus WBB to teach.—
It senile() so odd' to think of.
Cousin Helen's bialiand 'went about
Its men ustiallyfcle, and heard more in, a
clay than the li(diFs could in :a year. He
returned one-evening with-a soletnn faCn,
and informed his wifit- in ionfidenCe tit
the talk of the 'place - , Was 'May's:fortune,.
and 'that the doptor, *tin had done nolth
lag bat rtin..attgr : - rich: women since , he
camei to the.place, waa , "afterlit." • • i";
"Airegular fortune;fiuntar,'.myl : dear,"
tiiai(F . the husband. "You must useyour
infltience with poor May."-' ;
gay, meanwhile,t had been, in ter fa
vorite.grove, and.there' had Mama More
.land:betaken hithself to sayigood-bye.- - - -
- I'ook : h 2
oy
.he had' some bitter heal ,of
late . 0 'The fact that May's ;love was the
one thing worth having upon earth, had
dawned upon i him
' au& livith it, *the
knowledge that he had no right, to offer
.himaelf to an heireas: ~ H ow he hated her
; money. It stood between 'them like ari
awful spell.' It she had beerif: , the poor
'eat girl liVing he.enuld 'have said all that
`was in his,heart to her--not now.
SO the poor boy uttered a 'few faltering
words and went his way.
"It was folly- for me to think heliked
me much,"'said May as be left her:—
"Row formal and cold after all our-sOeia,-,
bility," and a little pang nipped her heart
and ahe smiled - more brightly on the doc
tor, when fib. entered the grove, than she
had ever smiled before. --
He made love to ,her that afternoon
after true story-book fashian.' On the
'stage at - he would have - eati.:ed
tender-hearted ladies to say, "how. sweet."
It was a pretty little scene rehearsed in
private. Had - May .but ;.known it 'the
night before ; mud no girl could have
failed to understand his parting words:
"To-morrow, before you leave, I must
see you. You will grant a private inter
view, t will you not ? I have, somethiing
of intense importance to 'myeSlf, at least,
to say to you. I—I—" a falter, a look, 'a
snatch at her hand, a touch of his lips
: upon it. •
Then the.ourtain should have dropped.
.1:16 rode away in bis gig,and said to Wm
,
self :
"I always wawa luCky fellow , —to think
that Providence should* have sent an
heiress to such a place as thik, 4Tretty
one too 1"
When May entered the house, surprise
awaited , her. Cousin Helen took her at
once to her bed-room, and there,- behind
closed doors, repeated her husband's in
formation.
"You know you are so young and in-.
experienced;" said she, "and a fOitune
bunter is such a dreadful creature."
May's face flushed crimson.
. "Do you really think nobody could
love me for myself ?" she asked in a 'bud
,
den - fit of . indignation.
Then common sense came to her aid:
She fiat quiet , for a while, and then drew
near het cousin and whispered something
in her ear. It was a long whisper.'
"I will prove him; and you will help
me," she said aloud. . '
•
Cousin - lielen promised, and May
tired to her own room, there to a
tew-not untiatdral tears.
Night passed—the mot ping came., The
school-house doors were ea' open for the
first time for mouths. The committee
was to meet at eleven to examine the can
didate for the teachers' positions.
Old-farmer Parsons walked over, also
farmer Brown. The dowsor was there,
and the lawyer, Kr. Triphimiter. Miss
Cynthia Alderney was seen walking to
w:n.o' the door with a defiant face: klieg
Baker followed with a scared one. Mar
ous Moreland took . his way in and juei,t
as all settled into their seats a little fig
ure in huff-litien, with 4, blue-ribbonsd.
hat on its head, slipped into one ol the
doors and stood among thetn.
• ".I , lay Ditiiple," said the doctor, ad
vancing with a gallant air
"Yes, sir," said May,- ,quietly. "I un
derstand you examine candidates to-day.
Lam fond Of teaching, and when,,one.
Must do something, one seizei every
chance, you know. May be examined ?"
,-,“1" suppose you are jesting, Miss
?" said the doctor. 4
"Not I," said May. "I suppose, :you,
have heard that foolish , story about Jne.
TWo or thrfe hundred dollars may be a
very pleasant' little sum to spend on a
summer vecation,but it dpesn't make one
a great heiress, you knoo.''
"Folks will talk," said farmer Par
sons, with. a twinkle in his eye. A poor
gal is as respectable Vaa a rich one, long
as she conducts proper. Set down Mies
Dimple." V
,
The doctor retiredVto ilia seat, • pale
and, rigid.. Marcus Moreland, or. the
contrary had flushed scarlet..
May's two lofers were 4 'strange con
trast at that - moment. ''For her own'
part ;she was quieter.' and Sadder and
more womanly than usually.
She went through the eatnination
braVely, under the fire of ,gl4l cynthiii's
indignant eyes and Mica Baker's despon.:
dent sighs. Then she walled haulm and
waited as she promised, in the garden.
Would the doctor keq his engagement.
He.did.
.... ,
katy dear Miss Dimple ) ! said he t as he
a need gag 'but not quite naturally, .
"I feared I should - scarcely ;get' here in
time to bid you gorid-bye.. sorry the
committee think . you too pang for the
place. They've given it•to Miss Cynthia
Really, it would be .. .;very dull for you
very. -I told you r . .something very
-particular to say to you—Aida% I.?, You
remember, I - see ; think 'you
would. wanted to gay that, I have real
ly, enjoy. Your little. visit', to - this place so
much. . Lailiesrioaiety i 8 ,treat to a poor
batchelor doctor, who.expects to Ise*
batchelorall his life, by , the way:' You
know What the society •is bere, Miss
Dimple and !zsu've ,quite - brightened the
summer for me. rve' had .a treat. So
that's what I :wanted to tell-you and bid
you- a last gostid7bye." • •
The man had made • such 'dupe"-
rate love;.io Ler•frae„oth#i 'day, ;who had
,defined his attentions toward her in
manner that no girl could inisunderstarid
had slipped calmly out of the aflair,;arid
she oould match him in
.cOlness, girl as
she was. .
They shook - hands.
''Adieu," said the doctor, with the true
Parsian accent, and jumped into his gig,
thanking heaven that he had . Escaped
making an .offer to
. a poor girl; ,
The.heiress stood_ by - -;the gate where
he left her ' .thanking .heaven much 'more
devotedly for her, escape.' Yet, I *shall
not say she was - happy, It was not in
nature ; for she had thought this man
her true, earnest lovor. Trie 'first bitter
thought that had ever troubled her young.
heart filled it now; her first glimpse of
real life was taken. As'Ae stood there;
she began to doubt whether there was
such a thing as true love.
-A. tear or two fell ; "she wiped . them
away, and through the! mist that . roiled
her eyes she saw a bright l -arAenp,young
face, stranger
,in C9ll tp9 p old,
fOrinal; . inimoVed obniftenaii6, wit h _ :its
handsome features and practised
that bad just pass -d from before her vie-'
ion. It was the.- face of Marcus More
land and , before she was aware of his
tention'he had passed his arm aronn
her' waist and kissed her. • •
"If I never do again linnet now," said
he. "I have never dare:l to tell you
while I thOught you so - rich, but I have
hived you since the first day we met.. We
are both poot ; let me fight the battle of
life for you. I can. do it-1 will do
God always prospers love like mine."
' The twilight shadows were creeping
over the scene. The distant mountains
were losing the faint rosetim. that \ they
had worn. A - soft sweet breeze sweat up
from the meadow full of the fragrince
of grass and clover. Did these thin&
bring, the sudden calm and sweetness to
May's wounded heart ?
She stood still, MakingMarcus . rin an
swer but she did not repulse him.
"Tell the that you like me a little,"
pleaded the bey.. •,
"I do like you, Marcus,"said May '"but
don't say any more, just now ; I, can't
tell you why, but this not the time ;,—; h
—l—just' say good bye, now Marcus,
must go away to-morrow ; but I will
write to you."
"Remember, my. love is life or death
to me," said darcus, and they parted:
One day when May felt that she had
nothing but scorn for her fortune buntL
ing doctnt she did write to Marcus .More
land, and *hat she 'said , may be inferred .
from the fact that they are. to be married
when the nextspring comes, and ,that
the people at the store, and doubtless the
doctor also, know that farmer Parsdne .
prettfyoung-toarder' was reelly and-a ct nally an heiress,' and that farmer Parl
sons, a shrewd old . man ckf good senP,
knew and approved of the'ruse that : test
ed the heiress' 'lov€ra all along. ,
The Mebrella.
A dozen or more men stood at, the,
eastern entrance of the City gall yester
day when. it ;began. to4aip, 'and along
came aril individual with Umbrella
over his head. As. • he, reached the . top
. 4
step one Icflhe mec adyshced and said:.:...
been waiting for you. I :
kneiv yon had it, and it's all right.
The man surrendered th'e umbrella in
a hesitating ,manner, and his sheepish
look sl2owed very plainly that he was . not
the lawful owner of it,. As he pasied
into the hall' another of .the crowd step
ped out and:eaid
"That's my .umbrella, 'find I can prove
it. I has a"J" cat into the.handle.'
So it . liad, and after some parleying it
- was handed over. The new owner WliB
smiling very blandly as the crowd' ap !
plauded, when `ii mon turned in. off the
avenue to escape a wetting. As sooir c ia ,
he saw the umbrella he Called out
but where r'did:you. get
this ?"
"It's thine4ought it at 'the
'Was the reply:
'Not much, sir. - It' was itolen from
niy, oirima-munth tig?, , . , andlott habet•
ter hand4t averif you dont 'want trouble."
It was:passed to him, . and be started
for home, Only the angels know wheth-
=EN
.y - 0::::0:0'#.'t)'.4i:
er, .not the, real owner atoppcd
ei~meßhe Woodward ivenue. -
;,Soft lietirts often harden, but '.= tea . ;
heads neVerphange. , • •
Non,espreliches better than the ant,:and)
the sap ,. nothing. _
It' requires gfeater virtue, to ,sustaitil
good fortune,Aan bad.. •
"Charity gives itself rich but ,covet
onsnesshdards itself poor. . .. 8
- .`Except a manrise above ! find gobe;tl
ybld - hiihselt; lie iweiCeedinginikll.
`Prefer loss before unjust' ,
gain, Jrp that
brings grief but once,.tais for;iet. ~
, Unpopulirity or popularity. ..hi utterly':
worthless as.a , test tif-msnhood's'wortk:
Error will slip through a crack,' while
,troth : will get struck n a door-way.
We know, God ea:ily provided ) , we,do . '
,not constrain °um Pea to define hittito
—[Joubert. . - •
bark in. no <: enterprise whioh 'pm
cannot _submit ; to the test of prayer.--.;
[tloBea Ballou,
Idleness is the - strdity of the body,
and stupiditylathe !ems of the
.mind. ,
--,[Seittne:l
Most 'of the Shadows that "croes our
path throigh life are caused . by standing
in, our own, light.
Take care.to be an economist .is pro's:
polity ; there is no fear of your not be
ing one in adversity. • „
To know a man, observe howbe i. wina
his object rather than how le loses it;
for when we fail, 'our pride supports;
when we succeed, it betrays us:
The syStem, of ejecting ammonia' nte'
the veins as a cure for snake bite is
ing into general use in Australia; where -1
it has saved many lives.
.
'ThOse Who,report 2 - nohdal-about others..
Should make it a subject of prayer before
doing it. If the spirit tells,them to in- .
jure their neighbor, it will be proper to `.
do so. If: not, : don't do it, even if yon
have. the inclination.
It iniot generally known that the good,
custom of keeping birthdays ie ..many
thousand of years old. It is recorded in
the fortieth chapter of Genesis and
twentieth verse : And it came to pass the
third,day, which was Pharaoh's birthday s ..
that he madefeast unto all his ser
van t.". -
a.
'Good humor, gay spirits are the llb
erators, the sure cure - for,splene and Mel.
ansholy. - Deeper than- tears, - these -
radieite the tophets with their glad hear.;
ens. Go laugh, vent the pits, trausmut..-:;
ing !nips into angels by the 'alchemy At
smiles. The satana flee at the sight
these redeemers.
Like most garment's, everjtthing~in life
him .a right side and a wrong side: You
can take any joy,, and by turning it
around, fine troubles on .the other side ;,
or, you may ' take the 'greatest trouble,
and by turning it around, find joys' on'
the other side. The glootniest mountain
never cast a shadow
,on both sides -at
once. -
A wonderful curosity has just been is
sued by ,the Oxford University Press, in
the foini of the. smallest prayer book
ever. printed. It is bound • in'. leat4r,
weighs just Under au ounce; is thee and
a half inches in length,. two 'and an,
eigth in breadth,;_ and -a- quarter of an
inch in thickness. It is intended as a
companion volume to the "smallcsk,Bible
in the world," lately issued from the
same E , stabl fa II men t.
A popular preacher recently quoted the;'
dreain of a - sneer, who .saw a man in'.
great torment in every - , eicept his:
right foot aeked . why that •.watre-"
leased. "This inan,"s,vas the answer, 'it:
being punished fOr his selfishness and
indolince;' and Was never known to '46
good deed,' 'except that he'once'lucked`a - i
tur& Of. fresh. grass to 'a lethered.ox;7
standingin the - hot ,sup, and for thin one :
act that foot ii .saved from torment." , • •
in order to furnish some sort :of sat..„
isiaction Id . themselves when they feel,
hOsrlittle tlief:have left, and not - to scare,
others by the emptiness and lonelidebect'
the prospect,' materialists are ever fain*
hack on some unknown power: Mika,
they know it to be, a power they know,,
something of it ; it is not absolutely'
"inscrutable." We ask -then how they
know it,to be power, and we show them
that on the same grounds we may know
it to be, something more—to, be .vastly
more, to be alsointelligenee, wisdom, and. ;
goedness,--McCosh. , - ,
•
Tea and coffee used at each • regular '-,
meal, as the exclusive drink of all classes
and all ages, will add to thelealtb,
happiness and well = being of; any. nation.• - •
All nations, of all., ages have solid or;
liquid excitants, or stimulants, made*.
hand, or'have discovqed or. iny'enti34's
them, or found Out' the mode of 'ate aditit•
ed. to the would !mein from •
this that a beneflunt Providence intend
ed their employmon_t for ,, the 13 0m0rt,.0, 1
the oreatities - ofhts powr---written rev
elation giving the explicit conditions of
their.usee—Dr. Hall.
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