The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-03-13
THEFATHER.
AN INSTRUCTIVE SKETCH.
lar MAS. slsouaNHE.

1Bx MRs. sIsoUaEET.
tits the duty Of mothers To sustain tho rsvOr.
DsS Of fortune. frequent and sudden aS these
have been 1 our own cuuntry, il is important
Thai young females should possess sOme employ
lneni, by which they might obtain aAvehhoOd
in case they should be reduced to the necessity
disappearing themselves. When the families
are uneK Kpeeiedly reduced from afluenee to pov.
eny, how Ptfu and contemplate lie il, see the
mother dNpondng or helpless, and permitting
her daughters To amharrass Ihose whom, 1t Is
1heir dG,y to assist aud cheer.
Il have lost my whole fortune, said a mer-
chant, as he returned one evening to his home.
we can no longer Keep our carriage. We must
gsAve this large house. The children can no
longer 20 to expensive schools What we shall
do for a living, ! know not-YestssdaY was
rich man. To>day there is nothing can cali
my own
Dear husband said the wife, I'VE are still
rich in each other and our children, Money
may pass away but God has given US better
treasury in those active hands aRd loving ghsarts.'
Dear father said tho children, do not look
80 sobsE. We will help you to get living.
Wha. caa you do, PsOr things said he.
You shall SEA. you shall see, answered sev-
eral chaesial voices. 1t 10 pity if we have
3, been To- school for nothing. How can the ia.
thsr Of eight children be poSri We shall work
-.and make you rlch-sgaia.
Il shall help said the youngest glrl, hardly
: four years old. Il will not have any new irock
> bought. and Lshall cell my great wax doll
The heart Of tho husband and father, which
had sunk within his bOsom like stone, was lii
cd up. The sweet enthusiasm ofthe scene cheer
cd him, and his nightly prayer was like song
s-cf praise.
He left his stately house. The servants were
dismissed. Pictures and plate, rich carpet and
- furniture wore sold. and she who had so Tong
been the mistress of the mansion shed no tear.
PAY avery debt said she, let no one suffer
through US, and we may yei be happy
He rented neat cottage and smal piece Of
ground, few miles from The city. With the
aid Of his sons, he cultivated vegetables for the
market lie viewed with delight and, astonisf'
ment the economy Of bis wiis, nurtured as-she
had been in wealth, and the efficiency which
his daughters soon acquired under her training.
The eldest one assisted her in the work ofthC
household, and also assisted the younger chill,
dren. Besides, they executed various, works
which they had learned as accomplishments
but which they found could be disposed of to ad
vantage. They embroidered with ta,te some o
the ornamental parts of female apparel which
WeIe readily sold to merchants in the city.
They cultivated flowers, aud sent bouquets to
market in the cart that conveyed the vegetables
they plated atraw, they painted maps, they OK
ecuted PLAN needle work. Every one was al
her post, busy and cheerful. The cottage was
ikea bee.hlvs.
never enjoyed such health before, said the
father.
Audi never was as happy before, said the
mother.
'Wene7cr know how manv things we could
do, whom we lived in the great house, said tho
chldten, and wa loys each other great dea
better here You call US your little bees.
'yss, replied the father, and you make JUS
such honey as the heart loves to feed on;
Economy, as well as industry, was strictly
observed. Nothing was wasted. Nothing un.
necessary was purchased. The eldest daush.
tor became assistant teacher in distinguished
female seminary, and the second took her pace
a. s;nstFuctrsss to tbe family.
The little dwelling, which had always been
kept neat, they were soon able TO beautify. IT.
construction. was improved, and vines flower
ing trees were planted around it. The .mer-
chant was happier under his woodbiue covered
porch. on summers evening, than he had peen
In his snowy drawlng-rnom.
We are Row thriving and prosperous said
he, shall we return'to the city.'s
oh, no, no. was the unanimous reply.
'Let. US remain said the wife, whore we
have found health aud conlsntinent.'
Father. said the youngest, all we children
hope you are not going 10 be rich again. for
then, she added, we little ones were shut up
in the nursery, aud did not see much of moth
er. Now, we all live together and sister, who
leyes Us, teaches US, and we learn TO be indus
inous and useful. We were none of US as hap
py when we were rich. and did not work. So,
father, please not be rich man any more.