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Crisp Accounts Concerning Current Event.
milieu! From tin Highway. mi Byways
0| Typical Connecticut Tum
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Fire Police will take plaee Friday night.
Monitor's foundry commenced work
today. having shut down Thursday for
repairs.
Tho Norwalk tire tompanioa will re-
name their prtietieo runs tomorrow
night. ‘ <
Charles Beers has completed a new de-
livery wagon for W. B. Newe nnh, the
produce inert-hunt. ’ .
Ollieors lilortdioiue. Rooney. and
Bartram of the Norwalk squad, appear-
ed in new spring helmets, yesterday.
A live alligator. fifty-two inches long.
is displayed in the window of 1“. W.
Rogerir‘ bicycle store in Main street,
Norwalk.
George Fitch, a brother of Miss Sarah
Fitch. of Norwalk, and a former rosi-
deut of this town, died in Berlin. Wiri-
gout-iii, March :io.
L'George R. Baniuni is replaving the
fixtures taken from his resilieni‘e in
North avenue. whinh ho reeently sold to
8. F. (lardurer. of Wattn-huiy.
'I‘he Willing Workers‘ ( ‘ireleof King‘s
Daughters. of the Norwalk Methodist
Rpm-o ml rhureli. will meet with Minis
Mary .' ‘Ilt't‘li, of Merwin street. tonight.
The regular weekly union meeting for
the study of next Sunday‘s Sunday
eelioollessoriwil] be held in the Nor
walk (‘ongregational eluirch tomorrow
night. _ ____
'l‘he Norwalk Sons of the American
Revolution have ill‘l'lilt‘ll to assist the
Daughters of the. Revolution in deeorat
ing Revolutionary soldiers‘ graves on
Memorial Day.
Captain Dayle, of t loinpauy ll, Houth
Norwalk.was iir Stamford last week.
and made. arrangements with (Taptaiu
Fitch. of Company (‘, to hold a bait-al-
ion drill in Norwalk, on Friday everl-
ing. April 1?.
Mrs. Alice F) Cram. of Boston, a sis-
er-in-law of (George W. Cram. of East
avenue, has ueeurod. the contract to
supply 40,000 tons of storm to be used in
elevating tliotraeka of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad in
Boston.
In the cave of the. City of Norwalk
against George C. Lockwood, Judge
George \V. Wheeler has granted the
motion of the attorneys for the eity to
strike out the second anti third counts
ot'the. defendant's answer arid allows
the defendant to amend on the pay-
ment $lt) costs.
The house of Colonel W. II. 'I‘ubbs.
at the hoad ot‘ (iilly 's llilIIt‘, litiyesville,
which was burned last Friday night.
mention of whit-h was made in Satur-
day's Sentinel. was, during years gone
by. a favorite plane for the young people
of the neighborhood to hold dani'os. and
the genial eolont-l was never known to
refuse to grant the use. of his house. for
a soeial gathering. The house was in a
izet'ltidod spot in the woods, and was one
of the. oldest in the town. 'It was worth
about. $I.il(ltl, and insured for half that
amount with Uowles & Merrill. (tolu—
nel 'l'nhbs is the father" of M rs. (Iliarlu
.‘. ' Byxhee, of East Norwalk.
ROWAYION.
Miss Minnie Carpmiter. a sister of
Silas Carpenter, of Main street, who
has been a missionary in Yokahoma.
Japan. since her graduation front New-
ton Theological seminary, has recently
written very interesting letters regard-
ing her life and work. and also sent
.iiurnerous presents of Japanese manu-
facture to her relatives.
wrsreoar.
The Rev. D. )1. Seward, '1). 1)., of
South Norwalk. is to supply the pulpit
(if the (,‘ongregational ehurt'h during the
month of April. The Rev. Jain-'1; Backus
is in Florida to recruit his health. Yes-
terday Dr. Seward preaehed an appro-
priate Easter discourse to‘a larg! audi-
enee. The pulpit was ileooratod with
saga palms. Easter lilies, anti other
plants anrl eut flowers. The elioii- want:
an Easter hymn, written for the mutation
by Dr. Seward. Many of the eougrega
lion greeted him after the servire. a;-
Dr. Seward is a favorite prei‘ieher in that
church,
DARIEN AND NOHOTON.
At a niteimg of theeitizensof liarion
irrespective of party. held ‘ritturday
night tonominate a t‘arididate for to:
‘eolleetor, to be voted for at the town
meeting called by the Hoard of Sol-wt-
men. April ilth. W. C Hirwt waseloet—
ed chairman, and J. l). Moi'r-houso ap-
pointed t‘leik. It was: unanimously
voted to nominate Joseph Illll’ll' v. the
appointee of the Board of belevtuien.
E. Hartwriglit l= puttitigthp finishing
touches to the greenhouse he ret‘enily
erected at Nortlton f1“l;{lli5.' .laium
Vi’oorl. the plumber. put in the pipes for
heating Mr. llariwright has startrd
vegetables for early marketing. 9
Ira Boiee. the veterinary surgeon of
Noroion. is having his house. known or:
the old Weed estate, newly painted. Ilr
anticipates building a newborn. He
will their have llt‘l‘tlllllilitflzlil’lllfi for
twenty-five horses.
Ciseo Smith is oeenpying the Eu—
plirat place, wliieli he purthased last
fall.
The Smalley family has moved to
Quintard avenue. South Norwalk.
Ernest Lounsbury, of Brooklyn, spent
Sunday in town.
Samuel Wood is sick.
A, (3 Main moved to Darien from
South Norwallr. Saturday.
REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES A RAD
ICAL SERMON.
[In Harlin-I'- riuurn Plruloho m7
Thom For a Powerful Discourse—A It! i
vino Cure For the Illa of the World-wt
motion Invitation.
Wasiiixnros. April li.—-A most rndieal
gospel sermon ill the one of today by Dr. .
nliiingo. It runs tip and down tho whole *
gamut of glorious invitation. liil text
was Lnko xv. iii. "I will arise and go to V‘
my father." ‘
There in nothing like hangar to tah‘
the energy out of a man. A hungry man"
min toll neither with pen nor hand our
foot. There has been many an army do '
hinted not so much for incl: at airiniuni
tion as for lack of broad. It WM that fart
that took the fire out. of this young man
of the text. Storm and exposure will worn
out any man's life In time, but hunger
makes quit-k work. The intuit awful cry
ever heard earth is the cry for bread. A
traveler tel . its that in Aida Minor there
are trees which bear fruit looking very
much like tho long beau of otir time. It
is called the dumb. (lrion in awhile llli.
people, reduced todostitiitlon, would aai
those curobs, but generally the (inhibit. the
beans spoken of hero in tho toxt, Were
thrown only totiio swine. and they erunoli
ed them with great avidity. litit this
young man of riiy text ootild not even got
them without stealing them. So oiio day,
("hill the. swiuo troughs, ho begins to no.
illoquizo. He says: “Those are no clothe!
for ti rleh man‘s son to wear; this is or
kind of business for a Jew to he engaged
in. feeding swine. I'll go home; l'll gr
home. I will arise and go to my flit her."
I know there are a great runny per-ph
who try to thrown faselnntloli. a roiiianee.
a halo, about bill. but. notwithstanding all
that Lord Byron and George Sand have
sold in regard to it. it is a mean. low, mm
tomptlblt- business. and putting food and
fodder into the iroughaof a herd of llll'llil
ties that. root. anti wallow in the r-oul oi
man is n vory poor business: for Ill”) and
women intended to ho norm and daughto-rt
of the Lord Almighty, and when this
young lll'lli resolved to no homo it was a
very wlso thing for him to do, and the on
ly question it whether we will follow him
Satan I.‘l‘ilIlll~t‘l large wages if we will
servo him, but he elothes his vletlins with
rags, and ho pint-hes them with hunger.
and when they start. out to do better in
sets after them all the Idoodholinds ol
III‘ll. Satan eomesto us today. and he prom
isoa all luxuries and nominations if wo
will only servo him. Illar. down with the:
to tho pit! “The wages of sin Is tit-nth."
tili, tho young man of thotext was wis:
when he littered the resolution. "I will
nrlso and go to my father.“ In tho time of
Mary. tho persi-t'ittor, n perseeiltor ennui to
a Christian woman who had hidden in
her houso for the Lord's sake ono oi
Ulirlst's sorvnlnis, anti tho porseouior raid.
"Where is that lit-relic?" 'l'lio ('hrisiinn
woman said. “You open that trunk and
you will not: the lioreiltl,” 'l'lio porseeuior
opened the trunk, and on tho top of tin
linenof the trunk lie sawuglass. llo said,
“There is no horotlo hero." "All!" slit.
said, “you look in tho glass and you will
sen tho liorotie.” .
Seeing Ourulven.
As I trike up the mirror of God's word
today, I would that, instead of seeing tlu;
prodigal of tho text. Wu might. soo our
selves—our want, otir wandering, our sin.
our lost eondition—so that. We might. be Ila
wise as this young man was and say, "'1
will uriso and go to my father. " The reso
lntiori of this test was formed in a dis
gust. at. his present. t-lreuinstanees. If thi-
young man had been by his employer set
to culturing llowers, or training vines over
an arbor, or keeping an aceount of tho
pork market, or overseeing other laborers,
he would not. hair-thought of going home-~
if ho had had his pot-kids ftill of riiouey.
if he had been ablo to any: "I have $I,ilil'|
now of my own. What's tho iimof my go
ing bat-l; to my father's house? Do you
think I'm going back to apologize to tip
old man? Why, ho would put run on thi.
limits. He would not have going oi.
around tho old plaeo such onntluet no I
have been engaged in. I won't. go home.
There is no reason why I should go homo.
l have plenty of money, plenty of pleasant
surroundings. Why should I go home?"
.-\li, it. was his patiperism, it. was his beg
gory. Ilo lint] to go home. Sumo lnnli
cornea and says to mo: “Why do you talk
about tho rulnod stain of tho human soul‘:
Why don’t you speak about the-progress of
tho nineteonlh eentury antl talk of some
thing moroexlillarnting?" It is forthls rea-
son: A man never wants tho gospel until
he realizes ho is in a famine struek state.
Suppose I should eomo to you in your
horne‘,’ and you are in good, sound, robust
health, and I should begin to talk about
medicines, nntl about how min-h better
this niotliclno is than that», and some other
medicine. than soino other iiu-dinino, and
.talk about this physician and that. phy-
slelan. After awhile you would get tired,
and you wuuld say: “I don't Want. to hear ‘
about. medicines. Why do you talk to int» i
of physit'ians? I never havn’n tioetol‘."=
lint. suppose I eouio into your liouso and l ;
fliitl you severely nlok, anti I know the
ll‘tltll"lllt‘." that will cure you, aritl I know i
the physieian who is skillful enough to i
meet your ear-to. You say; “Bring on till 3
that liietllt‘inn, bring on that physioian. l .
am terribly slek, anti I want help."
Ruined by Sin. .
If I eomo to you, and you feel you an 1
all right in body, and all right in mind. i.
and all right in Emil. you hnvo need of
nothing. luit suppose I have persuaded you 1
that. the leprosy of sin, is upon you, rm 1
worst. of all sickness. 0h, then you say.
“Bring run that balm of the gospel. brioa ‘:
me that divino medicament, bring me .In-
so»; ('hrist.” “lint," says some one in the
audience. “how do you know that we art
in a ruined condition by sin?" Well, I can
prove it in two ways, anti you may have.
your ebolee. I can prove it either by tho.
Halemeiits of men or by tho stateriiont ol I
(hid. Whieh shall it be? You airy, "Let in» t
have lbo statement of God." Well. he says E
.III oni- plilt‘u, "Tho heart is tlet'eitful abovt- |
all things and desperately winked." Ilol
says in another plare. "What. is man that ‘
ho slwuld be clean, and be which is born .
of woman that he should be righteous?"
llo says in another plaeo, “Tho-re is nono‘l
that riot-iii good—no, not 0110.,” Ilosays in
another place, "As by one man sin onter- j
ed into thoworld, and death by sin. and so ,
death passed upon all men, for that all’
had sinned." ‘
“Well." you say. "I am.
willing to acknowledge that, but why
should I take the particular roacrrotlintg
you propose?" This istho reason: "Except ‘
a man boborn again he cannot soothe?
kingdom of God.” This is the ransomi
“There II one name given under heaven ;
among men whereby they may be saved." l
'I hen there nroathousand voices hero ready 1
many: “Wall, lam rsadyto accept this help i
of the gospel. I would like to have till-l
divinii euro. How shall I go toworkt" Lot .
me "say that a more whim. on undefinedi
v'r'f” l
.go untl walk around the old plnee.
' tor stay at home.
1 next'roorn, and there In tho rtorni‘and
Iihoiigbtrirl this Il‘s'lllllililfli‘ today tlu-ro
may» some ruin. “how do I know my to
thor wanil incl How do I know if 134
back I would hominid?" “0h." up ,
same man, "you don't know Him 1 him ’
boon; you don't know how far! have won
tiered; you wouldn‘t talk that way to an
if you know all the iniuuliiol l have «our
iiiitieti." What. lii that. flutter among ilu
angels of limit What in that hornetnui
running with quick dispatch? It ht hows.
it in now-i Christ liti- found the lost.
Nor angelic can their joy oontoin.
lint kindle with not! fire.
'I'lw sinner lost is found. they Ilntt.
And nirilio the Iournllu. lyre.
God'- lllnlu In”. .
When Napoleon tallied of going int:
Italy. they said: “You can't get lllilflt. it
you know what the Alps Were. you “limit.
not. talk about. it or think about it. Yon
can‘t. get your auuiiuuitlou wagons over
tho Alps." Thou Napoleon row in lib
stirrupu. and. waving his hand ttimirt
the mountains. he sold. "Tilt-rs shall be
no Alps!" ’I‘hut Wontlorful pass Wart laid
out which has been the Womlerinont of all
the years itinee—llio Wontlorinent of all on
ginoern. And you tell llil‘ them are sueh
rnouiitnimiof ruin between your soul and
God there ht no inert-y. Then I sue illirbt ,
waving his hand toward the mountains. i
hear him say. “I will come over the moon
Hill]! of thy trip and tho hills of thine lnlqv
irity." 'I‘lleroahuil he no l'yroneoo; then
shall be no Alps.
Again. I notion that this resolution or
the young man of my text was founded in '
sorrow a! his .laholiavlor. it. was not
lilt'l’i' phyeienl plight. It was grief that hr
had so maltreated his father. It is a sad
thing after a father hurt done l‘t‘t‘fl'lllilin
for a child to have that f‘lllifl ungrateful.
flow sharper than n -: rp'u nt'a tooth it in
To have a tlitiiiklcms eluld.
Tirol la Shakespeare. “A foolish ruin is l
the heaviness of his mother." That is lbt E
lilblt‘. Well, my frir-lnlu, have hot urine M l
its been t'rin'lprotiigolsi‘ Havovm not inul
treated our Father? And Hit it o l’iiihorl,
'l'hreo tlinea a day has be fed tin-o. lle ha- I
poured sunlight lnio thy day and at night
kindled up till the street lamp l of beau-ii ,
With what varieties of apparel he hath '
t'ltilllt‘ll then for the sensual-s. Who-a- t'VF
watt-lieu thei'r‘ Whose lmnvl deft-lids. ihi'w»?
Whose heart. syiripaihi/es will: tin-o? Wit-v ‘
guvo you your ehlidren‘r Who i-i “llllfillllil'
your loved ones departed? Snell a Faihor' i
So loving. so kind. If he had been a l-Il‘fltl
ger; if ho had forsaken us; if ho had ilogv:
ellnied us, il he had pounded us and turn
etl us out. of doors on thi- i-omtii-ilis. ii i
would not how been so wonderful will i
treatment of llllll'. but he is a Father, so‘
loving, so kind, and yet. how many of in.
for ottr wanderings have never apologized! .
If we say anything that burn: our friond‘a I
feelings. if We do anything that hurts tlati
It'i'liIlKH of those in whom we urn Intern-u
rd, how qulekly we apologize! We ran .
Hl'Ilrlii‘ly wait until \vn got pen anti paper i
to write a lelii-rof apology. How easy it ft
for anyone who I“ intelligent. right heart
I'll, to write an apolngv or make an tipolo
uvl Wo apologize for \vi'oiigs (lum- to our
fellows, but some of its perhaps llavu t'oiiv
initted lI'II thousand times ten thousand
wrongs against tiod and never llpnlugl/A-(l.
' An Irrepnriiblr limo.
Iroinark still further that this fiNflllI"
tion of the text. was founded in n feeling
of llflllll"lt‘lilll'£i§. I do not know how long
this young man. how many months. how
many years. he had lll‘l'll away from Ills
father‘s house. but. tliwrn‘ is something
about the reading of my text that makew‘
me think he was llotutmit'k. Some of you?-
know what. that It't lint: i~'. Far away from 3
homo sorta-titties, surroundml by every
thing bright and ple:t<.uut~pleniy oi
friends-«you luiio sold. "I would give tho
world to be hllllll‘ tonight." Well. thb
young man was litilllt-sli k for his failu V's
hon-'4'. I have no doubt ivlmi Im thought
of his father's lillliiii' he paid, "Now, per
hops father may not lm living." We read
nolli‘gigiu il.i~ story. this lml'nlilt‘, found
ml on everyday llll'~-“’l‘ ri-ud nothing
about the riiotlu-r. It mys noibit-gabout
going home to ht r. I think site was dead.
I think she Ind died of a lnrolo in heart at
l.is i'.'.'iiitlt-rll:g~, or perhaps he had trout».
into tllds‘lliililllll from the fart that In
tlilllll not l'l'llll'lllltl'l' a ho lug aml syiiipa
llu llo mother. A train never gel»: over litii‘
ing lost his mother. Nothing said nboui
her, but he is houiesh-k for his father":
house. [In thought he would just like it
Iii
thought. he. would just like to go and so:
if things worn "2- they own to be. Many a
mail after having been oil a long wliilt.
has gone homo and knocked at tho door,
anti a stranger has eoirie. It. is tho old
lioiiu-sit-atl. but a stranger entries to flu
door. Ilti finds out. father is goilo and
mother is guno anti brothers and sister.-
nll gone. I think this young man of the
text sold it!) himself. "Perhaps father
may be dead." Still he. starts to find out.
He Is homesick. Are. tlirreuuy lie‘ru today
lioint-Gittk for Hod, homesick for henven'r
A sailor, after having been long on the
sea. returned to his futhor's house, and his
mother tried to persuado him not to gt
away again. She said: “Now, you had bot
Don't go away. Wt.
don't. want, you to no. You will have it a
great deal better hero." lint it rnado liiiri
angry. The night. before he went away
again to sea he heard his mother praying
in tho next room, and that made him
more angry. Ilo went far out on tho Ft'fl,
and n t-‘toriii mum on and ho was ortlorml
ti. wry porilous duty, and he ran tip iht.
railines, and mold the shrouds of the ship
he heard the Video that ho had heard in
the next room. He tried to whiCtlt- it off,
he tried to rally his t-oiiijago, but ho f‘Iilllil
not. silence the voiro ho had heard in the
darkness Il" said: "Oh. lmrdf What a
“retail I have heen'.‘ What u \vreteh I am!
Help too just now, Lord tiod.“ AndI
may Lo soni'o who may have the rm-mt-ry
of a father's potltiori or n mother't- prayer
pressing mightily upon the soul, and that
this hour they may make ”w some resolu-
iion I find in my iu-xt, saying. “I wrll
arise and go to my father."
Hod In “Willing.
A lad at. Liverpool went out to bathe:
went out. into the son. went out too far.
got beyond his depth, and he Iltillli'fl far
away, A ship bonrid for llnblin l‘:|lllri
along and took bliii on hoard. Sailors are
generally very generous follows, and 'oiio
gave him a cap and another gavo him a
jtu'kot and another gave. him shot-s. A gen‘
tit-man passing along on the beach at Liv-
trrpool' found the lud'q elollies and toil;
them home. and the father was In art bro-
ken, tho mother was heartbroken, at Illl' .
loss of theii‘ehild. They had heard noth-
ing from him day after day, and they or-
dared tho usual mourning for the and
event. But the lad took ship from Drib-
lln and arrived in Liverpool the very day
the mourning arrived. Ho knocked at
the door. The father was ow-rjoyed and
the mother was overjoyed at. the re-
. time I will have my business matters all
. arranged, and I will have time to attend
jto. religion, and lwlll he a good. thor
'ough f'hrisilan."
1' hiiitt by side—«lio- gram-r. oi Milloirp‘
. Home of you have been there.
turn of their lost son. Oh. my frleizt'is,
have you waded out too deer)! Enrol. on
‘ in tho Savionr'tt rightwouoieut l hollow
‘ rennin to ' hooornoa Christian next your,
that amounts lll’ifllhlllfl at all. If I ro- ;-
salvo i9 lumino- a lllrrlstiaii tomorrow. ‘
that amounts to nothing at all. It In. 3
itolvn tit tlioservitariiila day to bot-muons
Christian. that nuiotiiztn to nothing at all. ~
It I resolve after I go Iioiuo today to yield .
I my heart to God. that amounts to nothing ‘
at. all. The only kind of resolution that. ,
amounts to anything is tho rrwrlutiori that '
hi linniivtllaiely put into exrreutlon. 'l‘liuro ',
In a man who had the tvphoitl favor. llo
said. "Uh. if I could get over this terri~
hlo disii‘et-‘I; if this It‘U'r should depart;
if I could be restored to lioiiltli. [would
all the rest of my llfuuervo God." The
fever departed. Iln gut. well enough to
walk around tho bloek. lie got \voli enough
to go over to business. lie is “'nll today»-
ua “T” as he ever wart. Where in tho bro-
L‘oii vow?
'l'o Bo Alum-t lured Iii to It. Loni.
There lit a man who said. long ago. “If
I roiiltl live to the year ltiilii. by that
ongh. eonstv‘raled ('ltrittimi.” The year
lliiu’l has room. January. February,
March, Apriln-u third of tho your gone.
Where is your broken vow? "tilt," says
some man. "I‘ll attend to that» “'Iii'll I get
my ehariieter ilxod up. when I win not
over my evil habits; I am now given to
strong drink " Hr. pays the man, "i am
given to uneleanrn-ss.” 0r. part. the man:
“I nur given to dishonesty. When I get
over my prom-tit hublls. then I'll boa thor‘
My brother. you will
get worse and worse. until i'lii'l:»t take.
you in hand. “Not the righteous. slum-r.
Jesus came to will." “h, but you say. "I
agree with you in all that, but I Iltllpl put
it off a little longer " llo you know there
Were many who earn" just all near us you
or" to the kingdom of that and never on
loved il'r Inns nt riii~tliitrritittvir. and l
went into tho renteieryio look lil’llllllil,
and in that i-i-uu-iery then- are l‘: grin-u.
'l'bbi
r-row, some yours “,1”, in u ship \vi-tit into
the breakers at J‘lllllfllillst'll, about llll‘l'i'
miles away. My brotlirr, their preiieblrig
at. Enslliarnptrui, in d been at the burial.
'l'hese llll'll of the New euiuo \ery near
being saved. The people from Aliingniisrti
saw llio vusai-l. and they siiut roekeis. mill 1
they sent ropes from the shore. and these '
poor fellows: got into the boat, and they >
pullul mightily for tho <hore. but ,gud be»
form they got to the shore tho rope strapped
and the boat eapsizr-d. anti they were lost, .1
their bodies afterwardwashed upon the
boneli. ()li. what. a solemn day it was—l ;
have been told of it by my liroilier——ii'lit~ii _
illostl 1:: men lay at llil' foot of tho pulpit, !
and he read ovu-r them the funeral servieo. ,
’I'ln-y t'lllllli very near hlltlTl'—»-\\‘lllllll shoot. 1
lug distant-n of the shore, yet did not or-
rive on solid land. There are r-Ullll‘ lill'll
who eotno almost to tho sltoroof God‘s
iiiei'tty, but. not quite, not quite. 'l'o heal
most ravod is to be lost!
Two l‘rodlgnls.
I will tell you of Iil‘lllil‘lltllflfllflvclllt‘ one
that goi‘ bark. and the oil or that did lie!
gel bat-k. Iii Illi‘lllllltlltl thorn is :i very .
prmperous and beautiful homo in many .
rmpm-ts. A :-'lllllll:lll.'|llWitlltlt'l'l'lltlll from
that home. He Wriiltll'l'l'll tour far into
~in. 'l'hey heard of him after, but III' was;
always on the wrong track. He would
not go home. At the door of that beatitl
ful homi- one. night there w:i~ :i greul out
my. 'l'lieyoltng man of the honor ran
d: wn to open the door to .wo what was the
matter. It was midnight. The rest. of
the family “‘I'i‘i' ash-op. 'l'ht-ro wero the
\i lie and t-hildreu of Ibis prodigal young
“tail. The fruit. \vushti liri‘il eoluo home
and driven illt'lri out. llo mid: “Hill of '
this house! Away with them: ('hlltlrenf
l will dash their brains out. tint. into lla-
slorlu!" Tho mollu-r gathered lllt'lll up
and ”Ni. 'I‘hu next morning the brother,
lluiyoung IIIIIIlWll-l bud rililll at home.
wont out to find this prodigal brother and
son. and ho i‘tillitl. whet-o ho was untl saw
the young man wandering up am] down
ill from of the plum who i his luitl lll‘l'll
staying, and lheyoiing i .in who had kept
his integrity said to ho older brother:
“Ili‘l‘t', what does: this iiieuti‘.‘ What is
the matter with y in? Why do you fit'i in
lhiawav‘t" 'l‘li prodigal lookod at him
and 1: id: "Wl Hill) I? Who do you lako
me. to In said, “You are my broth-
er." "No, I am not. I am a brute.
Have you soon nuylhlngof my wilt-and
ehildren‘.’ Are they dead? I tlr‘ovotlieni
out last night. in llitlhful'lll. I am a brute.
.loliii, do you think there is any help for
me? llnyou think I will ever get ovor
this'life of dissipation?" llo said, “John
llll‘f‘tl is non thing that will stop this.’
The prodigal ran his fingers across his
throat and said: “That will stop it, and I
will hltip it- lit-fore night. till, my brain!
I van stand it. no longer." ’l'liat. prodigal
never got homes lint. I will tell you of II
prodigal that did mt home. In l'illlenllll'
two young men started from their father's
homo and trout. down to l'ortsnionth- l
have been tliore—--a 'beuntiful soaport.
The father.
rould notl'ursuo his children—for some
reason he l‘tllilll not leave lltlllli’——tlllfl so he
wrote a letter down with. (:irlilin. saying:
".‘lr. Hrlffln. I Wish you Would go and
.metuy two Elrlli. 'l'hey llint' arrived in
l'orhmoutli. and they are going to Hike
ship and going away from home. I ‘Vlrll
:mu would persuade them back,"
The l‘nrrlnn of the (loom-l.
.‘ilr. tiriflili wool and tried to persuade
llll'lll loiv‘k. lie I"'I'~ll'ltlf‘ll 'lIlt' to go. Ht!
went with \t-ryeasy person-ion bit-ause ho
w i.: very I‘,"ltl"fil"li ulrr'itljt', The other
young man said. "I will not go. [lune
hail: lll'llLll of home. I'll never goboliin."
"Writ." said Mr. (irillin, “then if you
won't, go homo I'll get. you a re..pirtxil-lt~
t-lwltiv-u on n. rr-spt-rtahlo ship," “ ,\u,
you tioil'i.” said lho prodigal; "no you
\von'i. I am going as a private sailor; an
a eomnioii sailor. 'l'hat will plague my
father most and what will do most to inn-
i.’lll’r'.t' and marry bilu will pleaw mo best."
‘i'eiirs pit-st (I on and Mr. lii'illiti was sealed
in his study ono day when a IIl".~~t‘llRt'l'
name to him saying them was a young
man in irons on a ship in thedotk—a
young Ili'in i‘lllllll'l'llll'll to de:itl.-~\:bo
\'.‘l~llt‘il in see this t'lergyinan. .\lr. (urlIlIu
went down to the dock and went on t‘lii‘pt
board. 'l'lio young man said to him, "r'i’on
ililll'l lilltIW mo. (in yin)?" ”XiL” lll'hlllll,‘
"I don't know you." “Why, don't. you
r-nneiulwr that young man you irietl‘to
persuado to go homo and he \vonlvln'l no?"
“tlli, yes," said Mr. tirlllln. “ A re you that
than?" “Yes, Iain that man." said the
. down on iliodook and as lit-arrived on tho
i and at tho vary iiioinout Mr. tiriiiln offered
, ’l'hurstoii, Nebraska's senator. lloruiliso lm
' lor, (Whitman K. llnvls, liot‘miso ho tlrow
i lllul that at sortie time he was glad to do
other. “I would like to havegon pray for
l have
the latter. Ho homo ltlytruf Hm] today. .
llo ll waiting for you. lie hornet ,
lint “I remark the characteristic of this '
resolution WM, it. was initiimiiutoly put
into execution. The context say: "luv
moon and name to his father."
The trouble in nine hundred and ninety.
ulna times out of a thousand iii that our
ovulation: amount to nothing, Intestine
we make them for some distant- tlino. If I ‘
you pray for me."
Mr. (irliiln wont from indlolal authority
to Judicial Authority to got. that young
man's pardon. ilu slept not night our
day. He went from influential person in
lnfluontial imrtion. uiitli in some way ho
got that young man's pardon. No more
dork with tho pardon the father name. Ha
had heard that. his unit. under a iliagulsed
name. had been committing urban and
was going to he put to death. rio Mr.
iirlfllu and tho father want on ship's dork
thopurdon to the yonngiiinn the old father
threw his urnut around the lion's neck and
the non mid: "Father. I have doueverv
wrong anti I an: vory sorry. I wish i had ‘
iiover broken your heart. into very sorry 9"
“till," said the father. “don't mention it.
It. won't riroknuny different-o now. It is
all over. I forgive you. my son." And he
kissed him anti kissed hliri and kissed him.
Today I offer you tho pardon of the gospel
—-fuli pardon. tree portion. l do not earn
what your crime has boon. Though you
my you have tmiiiiuittod a orliuo against.
God, against your soul. agaliut your fol-
low mun. against your family, against tho
day of judgmunt, against the cross of
i'lirlst—whattwer your "fill“! has been.
here is pardon. full pardon. and tho very
moment you take that pardon your "th-
tnly Father tlirtws his arms round about i
you and says: "My son, I forgivo you. It
is all right. You are as llillt'll in my favor
now as if you hntl nnver sinned." tlh.
there is Joyoneartb anti Joy in heaven.
Who will take the Father's «minaret
Eminent Til-mater».
Allnding to Huriit‘ of the stories told
about (ieiierul liraut, ineludlng the one
about his drawing wood to market. tho
(‘hhugo 'l'irut-wllerald trays " liy thewuy.
other pretty good men have been team-
Mel‘s. turn of the grandest governor-o Witt
Ulll~lll ever luitl wusiisiugodrlvi-r for years.
It. did not hurt grand old .lerry Rusk later
on to ham ll lint-“ll ho had beenaalogo
driti-r. llowus pleased to hourtho fart:
ioenilonrwl Who think-i any tho lea: of the
giant war prm-ldt-ot Ian-nose .‘lr. liltil'oln.
'tl ki‘l'll tho [int Imillllu, Hill! Milli? (Ir ivf
tiolirgtl Wunhiiigton Iii-turtlht' h»- uiu't't‘ar
lli'll u riuiin for u surveyor? Who tlilnkaI
less of iintlit-ld lwv'oit‘ue he rodeo. mulo
that hauled n ranalhoat'.J Hartleltl was a
prob‘ssiiuml tennisler, in a way. but it.
didn't hurt hi~ reputation W'lt'll he was
great enough for president. Wtiothlnka
low of one of \t'isennslii'sgrandest. ehnrue-
ten. lu-t'iiirw. when he first euiiinto ilia
state, ho had to pimp t'orilwootl Ill. llh rental
in l'ord or go hungry? Who thinks lee-s of
ex tiovi-rnoi- W. ll, llonrd beenuso lm WIN
ii noodrbomu-r? Mon speak of it its Ii t‘lllll-
pliuo-ni. Who llillilni lew of John .\I.
was a druytuau in f'hleago at one time!
tlr of ex liovrrnor and liniieral Alger of
Mulligan, who drove a learn in the NIH!-
le-l‘ Who thinks less of )Iltrln'sola's sena-
bls father‘s foam and hold his failior'a
[iltil‘Ii’
\\ ho thought loss of Ileiiry Ward Ill'l‘f‘ll-
i‘l' liw'iillt-‘t'. when he first lit-51ml Iil‘l iiiinliv
terlal l‘lll'tl'l'. be was obliged to milk tho
tow and do the stoblowork? Does My our!
ever hold it. up against Daniel Webster In“
ran-a- he earned lltll'lll'd shillings as a thorn
l "" Who thinks less of Iii'lljflllllll ”and,
son llr‘l‘flllrd', when he first. began house-
keeping, he was his own ehoro boy and
his wife the kit: hen girl? Look bunk int-Ii
the life of almost any sin-rental inerrhani,
llililllifilt'llll'l'l', railroad olliolal, lawyer,
dot-tor, t'tilll’ltll'l'. publisher. and you will
work fora lit ing that “7“ not lu'llt‘l' than
llt'lllg ii teaznsler. 'l‘ho it'amsior has an
honorable walling. If it is in lililllllfll‘lfllllll‘
lilo from that milling " the head of ii t‘ol
h-ge. a nation, a railroad. a great paper,
why, of taiiirso, it is not against. him.“
Vermont "an Eleven [ix-Governorn.
'l‘he lb an of Vermont's emeritus exer-
olives now surviving in our venerable and
honored \vnr goiernur, Fri-derii'k llolbrouk
of liruttleboro, who was eleeied to llu.
position at» years ago The mat in point
of seniority are the lion. (ioorgo W. lleu
den of Morrlsville, who flllt'tl out the unex
plrrd term of Governor Peter ’1‘. Wash-
burii. duet-used, in lt-l‘ltl. and tho lion.
John W. Stewart of Mlddlebnry, who was
:ovornor during the gubernatorial li‘l‘lil of
in?” 2. 'ltedlloltl l'nn'ttai' was elected to tht
executive ehnlr in leN, and his sueeepvors
as ex-governorsuro lioswoll Farnhaiii of
Bradford, John 1.. llarstow of Shelburiio,
Samuel id. l'iugroo of Hartford, Ebola-mi
.l. tlrmsbeo of Brandon, William I'. l)ll«
i'lngliaiii of Waterbury, t'ari'ol 4:4. l’tigu oi
llydo Pork and Lori K. Fuller of liratllo
liorti, .
It is a notewtu'thy fart. that of tho men
who havo been governors of tho state from
laid down to the present. time all are liv-
ing, and inasmuch as their eonibinod
terms of oflleo have covered a period of 2:1
yours Vermont can undoubtedly safely
ohallengo any of her sister status to bout
this I't't'lll‘il. This distinction, in addition
to the fart.’ that wo have 11 ergovornora,
with iiovoriior Woodbury shortly to be ,
added to tho list by riilo, ought not. only
to reooininond our governors to the life in
suraiieo companies userninontlysafo risks,
but should also entitle Vermont. to the
palm among states for err-gubernatorial
longevity.“liurlington Free Press.
“'hero the l‘rlzel “'91".
Some time ago a Chit-ago paper offered
prizes ranging from Slitolio down for the
best original stories, and everybody l'l
('liiongo supposed, as a matter of course.
that the writers of (.Jhieago would carry off
all tho prizes, but it turned otit that or
('liir‘ugo writer secured one. The flrst prim
of ilmooll was awarded to a man who um
lll film-on, iiu.. and tha Shroud of HAW?
to an l'inglislunuu.llving ln \Vlllt'Jlt'hIi'l'.
England. Ateordlng to resident-e, the SJ
prizes awarded weietllstrlhuti-d fiS‘IllllUWS?
England. cert-ii; lilasav‘liust-its, three;
New York, tvvo: New Jersey. two; Keri
turkv, two, lioutou and New York, one;
tieorgio, one; New Haiiipshlro. one; ("do
ratio, one-J Washington. one, and ('allfor-
lilo, ono.»al‘.hlei.go Lettt‘r,
Congressmen liconnmininl.
“Things are routing to a pretty pan
them days," observed tho keeper of a
Washington boarding house, "when eon-
i-rt'ssnit-n M1: retltiringlhoirexpenseu. tln~
ly a few days ago I found that one of my
t-otigrosarm-n boarders from a southern
state was looking up rooms and board for
himself and \vlfu in another house, for tho
reason, as his wife told me, that they
wanted forcible-expensive. Ieliargod thorn
tiio por month for room 'nntl board for
both. and they were actually trying to
get it for W), though thoyflnally had
to pay $50. The wife told me that they
wanted to save mono per your out of her
husband's salary of 35.000. and that she
knew of other: who were doing so."—
titanic:
Luna uoprv:
Washington Star.
Ham. . . . .,. ‘.
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