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We have a fine line of
Come and see us.
FOSTER, BESSE & CO,
THE NEWTOWN BEE.
NEWTOWN, FRIDAY, MAR. 19.
CIBCULATIOfl:
JAHDAET 1. 188.
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The Home Circle.
. r . . . AS TOOtlKE IT. . . , . .
JIm gorgeU hluisell on turkey till bis clothes
(fotmwtul tight,
And munched away at stuOllng till the stufl
was out ot sight,
-lie jauihleil RhOcratuuielii'cr!iuberrls,lll
plckle, and Chow-chow, v ' " " -
Till his vitals ami his Inner man were In t
dreadful row.
Mttuhod potatoes, stewed tomatoes, BOtgy
turnips he devoured.
And waded into eala.lo till his stomach talrly
oured. 1
Three quartern of a inlnco pie on this mass he
laid away,
. .A ad ajlut oiiemqalpe eain lia hadseen
a better day, .
Ho tapped the whole with coffiee, well, a cup
ot pondrous Hlze,
Then lor lialt an hour blew cigar smoke In
his eyes;
And,wiuw4ext day he sickened headmlt
; tod rather grhn,
.Tliat be must have eaten sdWolhlng that aid
not agioe with him. (St Paul Plspatch.
Chacacter, the Chiet Thing.
A SKKMON BY KKV GKOROE T. LINSLEY,
1'KE ACHED AT TRINITY CHL'ECH ON
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT, MARCH 7,
1897, THE SUNDAY AFTER THE DEATHS
OF CHARLES MOREHOUSE AND PHILO
CLARKE. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST
Text : St Luke 1 : 8. "Righteous, before God,
walking in all the . eoinmandments and ordi
nances of the Lord blameless."
There la a common Idea very prevalent
to-day that men are estimated according
to certain false and low standards and
ttaaUneWrW stamp? f lth lt?
approval those things which are not ln-
JUerenUj. thft.bet.For example It 1'
said that men are-judged according to
the amount of wealth which theypossesi
or the position which they occupy, 01
the worldly honors achieved, or the show
' and noise and stir which they make. ,
It it thought that in the midst of oui
material civilization virtue is not appre
ciated,' and that' honor, integrity, and
hlrh character are not truly valuedrthai
'men and women who lead quiet, .uboM
; trusive lives are loss ii(ui i m wKmut
, ' for . existence and are trampled under
foot and fall behind In the race 'of (tie
world. i
:lirenirVn;i pfoWsX Iilalnst these ideas.
' I declare that they ;( are"more snperflcial
than realT . I affirm thai even among the
'.. "worldly i'knd'the careless', and the god'
V.". lest, and the skeptical, and the cynical,
.'. and the sinning, the life whlch is truly
:j'iespectable It really Respected, that the
)lfe which Is Wulyl' honorable Is really
honored, that the life which it "bid with
:V: Christ to God7.1i not even lost tight ol
. " ; by mn, bui It' truly .'renowned and of
the fairest fame., j".; . ;M :
I reloice to hold this position though
' I am aware of the flippant talk, the loose
' ideas, and the specious" pleas put forth
:'.". to lustily crooked dealing, and Bhrewd
. negotiations, and .underhanded "work In
'. ',' . ' ,'.:., . mamt walks of ijfe,T
- It Is freely t&ld that the standards ot po-
: litlcallife. and the standards of business
life, and the standards oi social life, are
' almost universally low-and that one can
.not resist the current arid should --not be
expected to." Bubl believe It is possible
to be 'jpncrnipi Tfn'puUtics, and honest in
slne, knd pure" in society. I go fur.
day by boat and rail, and they are nobby spring goods too, right in style and A No. 1, in every respect. We- want more
advantage, and this is the way we are going to get it. The callers at our store for the next few days won't be able! to get''.' !'"
the stock now on hand, and there are some choice bargains jto be had, for; we ar going to sell them at prices that will make
during trie nexc iew uays aim suu
CLOTHING, GENTS' JFUBNISHINGS, TRUNKS AND
Dress Smits if you need one or feel
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thor. I know it is a fact that there are
men above reproach in the,, political
world and men undoubtedly and thor
oughly honest In business dealings, and
men and women pure and clean in the
vry midst of social life. I will go further
still. I say that even those with low
ideas and worse achievement do vet
praise and honor the uncorrupt and un
uorrupted politician, whenever and
whereever found, that men conspicu
ously honest in business and of pure in
tegrity in laces of trust and responsi
bility ace, truly honored and respected
even by men who themselves could not
be so trusted, and (hat'the purity so be
yond reproach in some men and women
in society still commands true respect
andJreceTves.jsundant honor.
So it is, too, of home life and of marri
age. Loose laws of the different states
in 'regard to'diyorCe andf most reprehen
sible habits among the people have long
been invading the sacred precincts of the
home and been naking a travesty ol
marriage, which is a divine institution.
JTetstill the inviolable purity of married
life, and the love of one man for one wo
man till death do part, is the accepted
ideal and is so acknowledged and recog
nized to be, and even impure men bow
the knee in a respect bordering upon
worship to theTpuTityTof womanhood,
frhut meifboBt prize after all and recog
nize . of ! the best and highest worth
is not fabulous wealth, nor
unlimited power over affairs, nor military
achievements, nor civil prominence, but
character.
Perhaps you have read Hawthorne's
short story of "The Great Stone Face,"
which well illustrates the true value ol
character. Ou the perpendicular side of
the mountain, visible always to the in
habitants of the valley near, was the
form of the Great Stone Face "precisely
resembling the human countenance.
The valley was supposed to owe mueh
of its fertility to it and there was a tradi-
tionthat at some future day a child should
be born who was destined to become the
greatest Indlnoblest personage of hie
time and whose countenance in manhood
should bear an exact resemblance to the
Great Stone Face. For a long period
such a man had not appeared. Finally
there Was a rumor that the man foretold
hatt coqie at last. A Mr Gathergold was
building a large ' mansion near the town
and when he came to occupy it the people
imagined that he, so great in" Wealth,
must be the one, but be was lacking in
character andttrey were disappointed.
Afterwards came a renowned soldier
and illustrious commander and though
widely known for bis achievements he,
tela, lclkee aualitlps suggested by the
countenanceyot,-tfae. Great Stone Face.
And the people were disappointed again.
Then after another interval came, an
eminent statesman. But he with all his
high performance lived a vague and
empty life, endowed with no" high -par-pose.
.-J. !
-' After him came a poet, but though his
words had power and a certain high sound
they did not accord with bis life and the
people were disappointed again Finally
they found the prophecy to" be fulfilled
ra'aTi aJSd rffsCh wtior bad lived among
them from his birth. . " . " ". ;
1 ' Jtbf A" DA HAD PASSED
but the workt-was. better because , this
man, humble aehtr; wire,' bad lived.- He
never stepped aside from Jbla : own path
yet would afwaleaeti a blessing to his
neighbor tTostfAabti f or, " , undesir
came the fame which so many' seek, and
made him known fri thef world and be
yond the limits of the valley In which be
had' dwelt to - quietly." -i His .words "bad
power beeause they accorded' with bis
thoughts and bit-thoughts bad reality
nuw iu .yuui muu m
that you would like one. We
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acd depth because tbey harmonized with
the life which he had always lived. And
the resemblance to the Great Stone Face
was found not in the wealthy man, npt
in the soldier or. the statesman or the
poet but m the man' of hfgb;-noble
character.
That is what the world needs. That
is what the Church wants. That is what
God approves. O, it is not money, it is
not fame, it is not position, it is not
power. It is character, character,
character. Give us character first and
all these things, all these accessories will
come after. I say the world needs it- I
say more. J. say that the world ac
knowledges character to be best, that.it
remembers men of character longest,
that it profits by cbar icter most. Let us
view all this in the light ,-of the life of
Jesus Christ. Shall I gay that He was
the greatest personage of . all history ?
Undoubtedly He was that, viewed only
as a man. He is now universally ac
knowledged to be the greatest man that
ever lived. And what does the world
see in Him that constitutes true, .great-,
ness? Not only what He did, llis . mira
cles; not only what He said, His words
and teachings ;
BUT JESC8 CHRIST WAS GREAT FOR WHAT
, HE WAS.
It is His holy life, His pure character
which guarantees all the rest. If it is
conceivable such miracles could be per
Carmedor such words tittered apart from
the life He lived they would be of none
or little effect, would be barren and fu
tile. But back of the words which He
spQke is' the. tr.ue man .who spoke them,
back of the wonderful works which He
wrought is ' the moral and spiritual
power of Him who wrought them. He
was accused of casting ' out devils
tbroughBe.eJze.hftb, .the prince of devils,
but that' would "be ,'self contradictory.
His wbrk against the powers of evil was
from a character that bad conquered the
devil himself. The . vorld nay even
deny the Divinity of Jesus Christ and
reject His teaching or ignore both, but
the world cannot impugn His character.
The world is compelled to honor the
spotless character of Him whom we be
lieve to be also the Sou of God.
. A'eimllar 'tribute may be. paid also,
though in a far less degree, to any of
His faithful followers. V. Show rue a man
of. undoubtedly high character, & .char
acter above suspicion. beyond reproach,
out of the reach of a whisper or even a
breath. ' I tell you the world, suspect
ing, even hostile ' to righteousness, reor
ognizes It, honors it, praises it. I have
in mind a well known clergyman in one
of our Targe cities. : Ha is no inan of af
fairs, not sought 1 for as an after dinner
speaker, not a society favorite, not re
garded as a brilliant preacher, but be is
' ' f HONORED, RESPECTED, LOVED .
by all classes, by. Churchmen, by Ro
man Catholics, by all . denominations, by
the worldly the" indifferent,-the irrelig
ious; and why is It?. It la because of
his ' character, his 'pure life, his strong
faith, his singleness of purpose, bis com
munion with God. I recall, to memory
the late bishop f Massachusetts. Not
only all Churchmen but all Christian
people, he whole country, the' press and
readers of the papers honored him and
mourned his untimely death. Why was
it? . Not for, bis theological knowledge,
though he bad that. . Not for. hit broad
learning,-though he was learned. Not
for his" great preaching, though . he was
great in that way.- But Phillips Brooks
was most honored for his personal char
acter,' hist life, bis.. soul, himself.
' "And -now what " is the lesson
for y B9 . in ail tnlsr it , is - a
very importast .ooe.,; : It ' may io'
FOE
NEW
.. GOODS
iuc otapu? uuuo u
BAGS, HORSE GOODS,
can fit you out in every way as far
317 MAIN ST,
AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. , '
be possible for us to gain great worldly
renown,, or, to rise to the pinnacle of
earthly fame or to amass much material
wealth., This may not be possible and
may not matter. But one thing is pos
sible fo ev'e'ry one bf us, and that is, to
make for ourselves "a good name."
High and noble character is possible to
every one of us, and this matters a great
deal. So, the best thing that I can say
to young men at the threshold of open
ing manhood,"and to boys with unde
fined, dreams of possible f utueea grtafe
ness, and to men of middle age with a
prospect of many mere years of life be
fore them and ' to men ' and women, too,
of every stage, of life, seek not first and
foremost for mere external honors, or
fame, or business succes?, or? power, or
position, -or wealth; but in seeking' these
(and tbey are not unworthy ot any one
when' rightly estimated,) .keep, to, the
path of uprightness, , . . ,
WALK IN THE WAY OF UNSULLIED HONOR,
of strict integrity, of perfectly , opim
aeallnglnot merely.." iO. things outward
and known to' other' men but in what Is
unseen and unknown save of God Him
self. Resort not to questionable meth
ods and doubtful expedients when you
can be sure that you can cover up all
trace of your ( lack of principle. But
make it certain that there be no need of
covering up any part of ytrtir Waflsac
tions, that there be 1 never any fear ot
any unpleasant secrets' being divulged
bur that everything in which you-have a-
hand be as open and clear as the noon
day. In a' word .be not' only outwardly
correct in your life but be inwardly
righteous.: "Righteous before God."
And I say to-day not only is this urged
because it is right and, according to the
will of God,' but I -say . that really, seri
ously;-truly, the world in general recog
nizes the glory of such character ' and
praises and honors such men. . . ; . .
Possibly you have already anticipated
the particular application of the forego
ing remarks.' 'Within .the past weektwo
men, both respected and honored In this
community,-and -both' faithful communi
cants of tbfa -parish, hive Jeeica!Jed
from this earthly life" into the Paradis
of God.. The one had lived "far beyond
the allotted time ol man, . almost reach
ing ths limit of a cen1;ury. Having sur
vived for so many yes.rs.nearly all of his
contemporaries and experienced the lone-J
liness of old age he has cf late been fa
miliarly known to but lew. But be bad
lived an active,' useful,' honorable lile as
a citizen and was-a faithful Churchman
of the staunchest kind, serving the par
ish as warden and-vestryman lor tome
year8,.and receiving 'fche "ministrations ol
the Cbutcb until-almost his last hour.
"Righteous1 belore'God, walking ln 'all
the commandments and ordinances of the
Lord blameless.
... The other nn'U very .recently went .'In
and out among .us,. a familiar figure to. us
all, and 'ol him desire eepeclally to
speak. - That was ''.,".
A MOST IMPRESSIVK OBJECT. LtSSOlT. : 1
f urnished to us yesterday in the large at
tendance at the luneral held.in this, house
of God. yl believe I express! the. general
conviction of all when; t say that there
was also recognized In, trim- whom ..so
many gathered here to-honor that" char
acter described In our text': ''Righteous
belore'God, walking in all the command-
ments and ordinances of the Lord blame .
less.1' He was a man known-not lor any
worldly honors,-though he received tbeuj,
not as some sons .Of this tOwnwhq have
gone out of it to higher j earthly "places,
not a man thrusting himself lorward and
making a stir Ibut rather of a 'retiring
disposition, living a - Oalei, . unobtrusive
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BRIDGEPOET.
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me, comparatively uneventinu A man
caring not for mere externals and with
no regard for that which is superficial
but seeking the essence of all that was
good, and particularly in religion, going
beneath the outside cover to thStrueker
nel of it and laying hold of Its deep real
ities.
Walking in all the commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless."
The term commandments I here take as
standing for the moral law of God and
the ofbex pterin -as suggesting the outward
ordinances of the Church. Our deceased
brother was a moral man. But be was
not Only that, he was a religious man
His daily path Was In the way of God's
laws and also according to the ordinances
of God's church. He' Was baptised at the
font, confirmed by the bishop, and a
faithful communicant alj, through life'.
He, went to. cb.urch.on jtb,e Lord's Day to
worship-his God and toe,8erv'rris "oil
through the week.'. -f ';
WAS A.TEuVcHHISTIAN MAN.
& It was my, privilege to stand by his dy
ing bed three hours before he entered in
to rest and to repeat to him those' won
derful words wfc ich have brought, com
foit to millions of believing sd'uls of ev
ery age and ol every clime formore than
1800 years : "Let not your ' heart ' be
troubled; ye believe in God, believe also
in Me. In my Father's house are many
mansions"; If ft w6re'not so I would have
toJd.yo.u, J go to prepare a place for
you.' And if I go and prepare a place.fbr
you,. I will come again and receive you
unto firySell;" that where" I am, there ye
may be also." And then in an audible
voice he said : "I believe that; I do be
Jleve it." That faith, m,ybrethren, was
the secret of all his lifers Jt was his sol
ace in death. "Z -
cie -?Fas a paorai marj, ana more a re
ligious man, and more a Christian man.
Look back at him as he was in his home
among his friends, in business- relations,
in official position, in places of trust, and
responsibility. Recall bis strict honesty,
Mr sterling integrity; h1s conscientious
ness. 01' him it could be truly said I
have olteh heard it said of him "His
sword,isasgood aji )pnd." ' The se-
cret or tt'all, tne power wbich made -.him
-what be was, underneath, ail outward
conduct and pervadicg all his life was his
faith in God and in the promises of
Christ.
-Such a-4ife is tfee-highest kind of suc
cess. To leave such a record-behind us
is the noblest, thing We can do, the great-
ess, of a41 bequests that can be made to
the world. And even the world Bees it,
and acknowledges it and honors and re-
Imembers the, man ol such high character.
"He being dead yet speaketh." And we
may appropriate other ancient (words to
our own use with an obvious application,
"Let me die ttie death of the, righteous
and let my last end be like his." " "
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A" STOHr -POB- THE TOUNQ .. FOLKS, BT
live in Ashlord", abbttt hall, a' mile
from the village, and on j account of a
grove cl chestnut trees near the 'ho rise,
lt ; U cjtfkd ; "The ' Chestnut "Farm."
Aunt Ellen lives at the other end of the
Village' and when she went away lor a
Visit this, summer, she got lather to -take
her cow nd look after 'it, for tier till she
came back. "As 'we have! more than a
dozen- cowsialready,, ope more don't
mako mncfa difference' Iq; he work, ex
ceptbat itanakes that much more milk
to look after and. ;ma gaid s tie'd more
milk already than she wanted to bother
withi'lToa seej-tbera's'a jfearful lot ol
worK in our, bouse, And w have only one'
hired fc'1'.jfhfl xteri are six hired men
Tailor
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k xtr f t .-5 j-M PfJee9 l?yddf?nte. wll help you to a pair to
-.it-. w.vtji - 'X I ' "' '"."patch b'uf that 'wio'teK,' fiiit -until warmer weather.
J '"w "1 S1-50A?j J2.50 and $3. '- ,5
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ti) ebok and wasb 1 or", be"sjdesthe rest of
the family.
Aunt Ellen tola 'nM to'give mifk' kway,'
if she did not want.tomsa it, for there i3
a lot of poor peopW in" the - village who
would be glad, to- get, the -milk if .tbey
knew about it.' So ' when Aunt Ellen
went away ma told Jack to tell any of
the poor people that be happened to see,
that she had plenty of milk to spare
them, ff they would come after it.
"And be sure and tell them," she
added, "to come for it early before it
sours."
While She was speaking about the
milk, she expressed a wish that she
could sell some of the tajik that she had
to turn into butter, as churning wts
such, hard work,, and the butter-I1rdught
such a low price.' ' : "
' pfstinguish Aunt Ellen's cow from
QuXMAwnXbe hired man used 'o carf her
all Presbyterians. I may as' well:, tell
you, ako that Jack and- I had to belp
weed the gardfen'' la tjftrV time, and it
was a job neither .of jU. likifl,' pftAicu
l&iyben be Wi "waVttotl When we
coroplainedi- to i mother ..about it she
Hire r'irtn r ,
"Wellrif you like, you 'can pickwnd
sell some of tbe garden stuff owjfujy.
for tfse, an, keep the money -yourselves.'
There- is three times, -as pin'n 'tjie.
garden as we shall be able! to use, -and
that will pay you for what ou"are doing'
for mej in weeding the garden so nicely.
lam sure-Mrs Gibson -.would' buy ednre'
oi tnose-nice peas ana-cucunuws. '.n
. Well, that set Jack and. ,me"to"ihinxt-
ing't.'b'nT,.. I,nl,--n6tl,m;uch'.'0fe Jiand -At
thinking out any new -pTani ffiafs worth'
doing, but I'm great,. to-help Jack in
carrying out, the .plans "that he makes,
so I feel g'ood for something. I am not
gp smart as. Jack, but he's"a boy and I'm
a girl, and that makes a .difference-jn
Neither of us likcid thfr' ldea 'Wgofng
around to tell the people to come for
the milk,' neither did want- tjo go around
; 1 1 i t a .rfr
with a basket on our arms',; se4Ung,,peas
bean?, cucumbers, and the jlike1: "But we
.found' a way out. of qjij difilculties.
Vou see, Jack was down "to the village
one" day,' and he saw a. niaiipostjlrig up
advertisements " on fences and barns ;
and when Jack asked him why he went
to so much trouble, the man told him
that it saved trouble; he did 'riot have 'tf6
go 'around and tell the people what, ,be
had lor sale ; they could read lor them
selves. ,.," . 1 '
So Jack thought he would advertise,
too; and it would save us the trouble of
going around and telling about the milk
and things. So we hunted up a big
piece -of wrapping paper, and took it -'up
to the garret where the paint pots are
kept, and With a little help, from me in
wording it. Jack painted Uietofaow1ni
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Ii Anv ona wAnTi inilK For :NoThlng, They
Can. GeT IT By oomlnff To: 'The cbesTnaT
farm tor T. .If jyou PonT TtfLa To say yer
poor, az lor milk, from Tne- fepteaejwU ,09w
we.; have- also ' plenTy of mUK' teom good
preabyTerian cons, which anybodytcsn geT
by paying six .cenTs atos.tT tat T. -sis
plenTp of 'b iTTor" anr; j 6(iG8, and oTber
Garden sToffaT Tbe ftu-mrhilch anybody can
geT In QnanTiTtes to auiT by paying- lor
Them-,-", ' r';J- .
Call early for IT sours. " f
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t 'We had looked over several advertise
ments in the newspapers, to see how
they were worded, btrt foundrtotfitngffo'
help us much, except in one which had
the words "in quantities io suit" ; that
sounded well, so we adopfed Tf.'", WKr
lorgot to say, "come eariy tor tne mils,"
until it was all done, -a it reads as II it
was the stuff tbat' would sour; bat I
guess everybody would understand that
we 'jmeafi'jtibe'jnaTik, ,esef:lally II they I
tead it over more'lh4)..ncef,.1Teiii.
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n a t ready-made prices are demanded -by economical . . . !k.
Itl CfMk W, tneetlih&yemand in every tort' of t
ccrfhmj for men. ' Our latest , triumph is in ' clay
worsted suits at $10, ' $t5! $20 and $25. . t
First we selected our on fairies, had them made in '
yw "duP way'iy"theubest''t(fjqrs, used fine finings ' and t
strong inter linings resaltj the best black cutaways
wmtpteifiad in the store. - - t- -The
$25 three button 'cutaway frock coats and rests Z-
are lined with the fjfresfjquqjity silk and equal to i
the made-to-measure at double that 'price. A St '
eUffl.&ze.'ijfid, sfigpe'.jof man. Double breasted t
Ji'l''' TfroeKeoats'andyests,"satin faced in
vr- - w m v wvaau if I w wwwb
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,pters did. not Joq straight and even, but
Some capital letters are easier to make
than' t"he small ones, and that it why it
looks so mixed up like.
After we got it all down, Jack made
some paste in an- old can, and took it
down to the village, and pasted up his
advertisement in the lobby of the post
office, where everybody else pastes
their papers, and it made a big show, I
can tell you. I guess everybody in the
village saw it, for most everybody goes
to the postofflce once a day for letters
and papers.
None -of our folks Raw the advertise
ment;" though, for several days, asevery-
oody was so busy with the hay and
Other things- that either Jack or I was
sent down lor our mail ; so when a little
girl came to the house and ssked for,
some milk from tbe Episcopal cow, ma
j Jijit ht" Vupw . 'what she , meant. She
snoo found out though, when two little
boys came. in and asked for the same
thwg; for 'when- ma- questioned tbem,
the fact advertisement came out.
- Ma said she was shocked at Jack's
'behavi6r,ba't as sbg kind of laughed, I
guess she was not shocked to hurt. We
lo'und'there were a lot of people who
cbougtira 'dr'iflkpf mijk a great luxury,
and tbey were giad to walk twice a day
fp tJieffarmor,, a,, quart' fan full. We
Iso-found .there were-a let of children
yffio iete'gTad of the J9b' pf weeding the
garden, -ven when the' -sup was hot;
'and they thought tbemserves well paid
when ma gave them as much as tbey
wanted td' eatl Atd' Vou ought to have
seen how pleased- they looked when ma
gave'the'm"a basket 61 eatables to carry
home with-them.it,.- .-,.,
'"aa'e'day,' a' girt talleV than I, but
awful thin, came for some Episcopal
milk, and ma talked to her for a while,
and found out that her mother was very
poorly, and her brother coula not walk
ptmicb'onfecoduBtvf a:sore loot.
1 Nextj3ay'..i drove1 with ma Into the
village on some errand, and we called to
see the poor woman. Ma bad a basket
of, things fof. her, under. tie seat of the
!wagon, thatj did not'see'belore, and I
tell you 6he was surprised to see us, as
to get the basket.' -Tbey all looked as
Jl'j tjiey " were , about starved. Such a
place to live in you eever saw! Why, it
was worse than our old barn I --
There . was- & pile -of straw in one
cprner,' covered with an old ragged quilt,
and on it lay the boy with the sore loot.
The mother sat on a low stool, mending
a coat, so ragged that I don't see how it
held together at all. She did not ask us
to come in, and I thought that strange
at first. ...
- "We have-nothing lor you. to sit down
On, -ma'am," she said, "so I need not ask
you to come in."
' Ma asked her how she came to ba so
tad off, and she told us a sad story. . . .
"-We Hved at' Barton,. ma'am,. In. tbe
bfg1 tep'emept " house that was burned
down; I suppose you beard iol it... My
husband lost bis life trying to save, two
DjJJYilreq. .T)ieya'.were all burnt,
as well a everything else' we possessed
mine 'woftdT f thought."!! J could live a
summer in the country I might get work
somewhere, and get strong' 'enough to
boar anotbex ..winter ot, cold and " star-
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vation, but I fear" we will hardly" pull
thrdugrj tbe summer itself. We have
got leave to use this shed for tbe sum
mer, .but it won't answer for cold
weather; but it is not likely we will be
alive when the wiiiter sets in."
She spoke in such a depai;icg tor.f
that it almost made me cry. Ma looked
distressed but told her not to fret.
"I'll see that you don't starve," t&id
she, "and there is no danger of freezing
for some months yet."
After we went borne, I beard ma tell
ing father about tbe poor woman, acd
tbe next day one of tbe hired men drove
down to tbe village with a parcel oL
clothing, and brought the whole family
home with him.
It was a marvel, the change tbe few
days at the farm jnade with them. Tbe
woman turned out (o be, a woiderfuJ
worker. Such a hand to milk and cburc '.
to wash and scrub ' She put our hired
girl qqite in the shade. , ,
The boy could weed beets and carrots
.like . a. machine, could peel pot&tore,
shell peas, -and do lots of easy thiLgf
without hurting his sore foot, which
soon healed, and tbe girl just doted on
washing up thepiles of dishes, that
used to give me tbe headache, jun to
look at them-. Then the dishes of
berries they picked af tor the work was
done up! Recliy nothing seemed to
tire that family.
And when Aunt. Ellen came home
again, she took the boy home with ber.
He had grown well.and strong, and be
is to do the chores around tbe boiie.
and when school begins again, she it
tends to send him to school for tbe
winter. Ma says the Episcopal cow
brought her a treasure, in the shape of a
gaod,.&trang, trusty servant, and a
-smart tittle maid as well, and Aunt Elien
is equally pleased with her chore boy.
So -while the milk from the Episcopal
cow was tbe means of bringing com
fort and blessings into several homes, a
blessing also returned to the home of
those who gave the milk.
I must not forget to say that Mr
Holmes, a' trader, drove up to the farm
one day, and after explaining that be bad
seen the advertisement in the cfBce, be
-engaged to lake all the vegetables, batter
and eggs that we coald spare. " Three
times a week he 'drove into Batton, a
town three miles off, wath a load of
country produce, and our farm contii
buted a large share to his load.
Jack's advertisement brought him and
me a snug little sum, for mother
allowed us to keep'the money lor all the
peas and beans, and other things that
we picked and prepared properly for Mr
Holmes, and we are saving oar money
until tbe ChrUtmas holidays, when
father says be will take us to Boston to
see the big stores there. We are making
up a long lrsrof things that we want to
hold out to buy half of them.
, Is there not many a farmer who lives
within easy reaching distance ol many
poor people, with whom he might (bare
ne' ot his surplus milk and other
comnrotbtles-" easy lor him to get, but
beyond the reach ot many others? Try
lu, yeu big,- broad shouldered farmer.
"ou, .will;, not be any poorer lor it.
Remember "He, that giveth to tbe
poori lerdeth to tbe Lord" Portland
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