The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-10-27


man in his pride has accomplished 10 des-
troy The peace and happiness Ofa family, who
like him could claim TO b, children Of the
same Heavenly Father, for know, that the a.
gony which they suffered was the work Of
man. proud naughty and avarieIOus man.
The girl had always been Of delicate con.
slituiion, ono Of those mild and gentle beings
who seem 10 good for eartb.-The long hours
Of labor, and close and heated atmosphere Of
a cotton mill, had the effect TO impair health,
and weaken tho frame Wl,lch never was hardy.
Possessed Of lively senslbties, with fond
ness for reading, a strong thirst for know
ledge, and hear, that delighted 10 tha beau
tiful and good in OG'ure, she could i'll bear the
confinement through the long aud dr0ary
houIs required by her Occupation. The "a.
Iigues of the body had day by day, preyed
upon The mind, and produced such an inaction
of intellect through very weasiness, that she
forgot all her natural viVacity, and in the
hours of Leisure would sink into a state of
listtess inactivity, only 10 be aroused again by
the breaking Of another morning 10 her ac-
customed toll.
On The morning previous 10 that in which
we have introduced the foregoing incidents
TO the reader, she had boen somewhat later
than usual al her work, when one Of those
sordid souls, menin name not 10 reality, who
through some adventurous circumstances have
obtained station and power, mad struck her to
the floor because the poor gitl had answered
not TO his harsh rebuke for tardnees.
And, 0, what sorrow what desolatlon, what
a load of human suffering that blow had
brought upon the innocent and unohendlDg,
can never be known until the great day,
when man, the author fity shall stand before
just God, one who is no respecor of persons.
do not mean 10 say that all Of our manu-
factuIe ers and overseers would be guilty Of. or
tolerate, such an act as have described. No,
God forbid. PherS are many of them who
are known to me as mon Of the finest feelings,
who are possessed of liberal hands and gener-
cue hesrts; but such one as have pictured
10 no fiction, but fact, and he siill lives, con-
SORTS with his fellowmen at church and in the
market place, moves in the most fashionable
circles. talks loudly Of charity subscribes Lbs
orally 10 the foreign missions, occupies high
place in The sanctuary, and partskes ofthe ho-
ly communion with the disciples of Christ,
and yet pride and arrogance, and a wicked
and hypocri,ical spirit, have prompted him 10
that which has broken mothers heart cut
down in the spring time Of youth one Of the
tsiresl flowers that ever bloOmed upon the
pathway Of life, and sent out upon the cold
charities Of the world three helpless children
to struggle as they may, with adversely and
want, 10 resist or 10 fall by the thousand temp
tatIons which ever boset the paths of tho
young and Giondless. But anticipate my
narrRllvs '...... ..
Hour by hour the girls illness seemed 10
increase; and as the mother sa, watching the
palhd form of the loved one near her, she
seemed 10 forge: all else in the th0Hghts that
she must die; and che gazed upon her with a
look that told, far more than tears, ofthe IN
tensily Of feeling and Of ofunutlerable woe. Sud.
denly she seemed to recolect herself and
having summoned kind neighboT TO attend
upon the sick, she hastened for the physician
who had been wont 10 attend her when in i'll
health, one whose kind heart and benevolent
deeds had endeared him to ell who know him.
In lew moments he arrived accompanied BY
the mother, and as be examined the situation
and behed the symptoms of the patient, there
was something which told, bow much seever
he strove 10 conceal it, that the worst might
be feared. A fever of the brain was the dis
ease, and he knew that with all his knoWledde
and skill in medicine, itmight, indeed, be
hopelesss case. ..lr @
Having prescribed the remedies which he
deemed the most proper 10 be administered,
and spoken in words Of hope and encourage
ment 10 the widow, he retired, not, however,
until he had placed within her hands an order
for whatever necessaries might be needed for
the comfort of the sick.
Hour by hour the poor girl grl grew worse.
The disease seemed to increase with each sue.
CeediDg day. The kind-hearted neighbors,
poor like herself, (but where do The poor find
so we'll the sympathy which they need as With
The poor9) did all in their power 10 aid the
widow in her efforts to watch over and take
care of The sick, and 10 provide for the yOun~
ger ones who still kept on with their employ,
for we'll has,it been said, "the Poot must work
IN their grief" --...-
AfISr some days when hope and despair
had from time 10 time giveA way TO each other,
during which time the kind doctor gave The
most wa,chful attention. 10 the progress, the
disease was making, the patient seemed better,
and from time TO time began slowly to recover
and gain strength, Then; indeed, did that lone
mother give thanks to God for bis blessings;
and as she called her little ones around her al
Al r. H.. : Oh lhaI tha;u