Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-12-26

!. Think Of these things now, for 1t will be
no use to reflect on them in summer. Char
ity is never so cordial as when it feels the
misery it relieves; while you feel the cold,
then do something to protect others from the
incleinencv of the season. Ii is enough to
be ill-fcd, and ill-clothed, and to sit bending
over a dying fire without a handful of fuel to
revive it; but after that to pass the night with
out a blanket for a covering, must indeed be
terrible.
See in the sharpest night the poor old man,
over whose head threescors and ten winters
have rolled. climbing with difficulty his nar-
row staircase, to creep beneath his thin rag
ged c%overlet! Sec the aged widow. once
lulled in the lap of luxury, but now girt a.
round with trials, in castings often, in cold,
and almost nakedness, worn by poverty to
the very bones, stretching her crdmped limbs
upon her bundle of straw ! Fancy-but why
fancy what you know to be true?-these poor,
aged, miserable beings have to shiver through
the livc-long night, when n blanket would
grid them round with comfort. | could weep
at such misories as lhesc,-miserics which SO
small an effort might relieve. The table
crumbs oil the rich would make a banquet for
the poor, and the spare remnants OF their clo-
thing would defend them from the cold.
Come, come, reader! you are not without
some feeling Of pity and affection for your
fellow creatures. BE not satisfied in wishing
them well; let something be done for their
welfare.
Ii there be a heart within you, if you have
a soul that ever offered up an expression Of
thanksgiving for the manifold mcrcies which
your heavenly Father has bestowed upon you,
then sympathiZc with the wretchod, aud re-
lieve. according 10 your ability, the wants Of
the destitute. Let me beseech you TO do
something this very winter towards enabling
some poor, aged, helpless, or triGudioss per-
son, who is slrnderly provided for, to pur-
chase n blanket. You will not sleep the less
comfortably, when you reflect that som sliiv-
ering wretch has been, by your assistance,
enabled to pass the wintry nights in comfort.
1t is not a great thing that is required; do
what you can; but do something. Let me
not plead in vain; and shame be.ile me if |
neglect myself the thing that ! recommend 10
you to perform.
Did you ever lie snug and warm in bleak
December, the bed-clothcs drawn close round
your neck, and your nightcap pulled over
your ears, listening to the midnight blast,
and eXulting in the grateful glow of your de-
lightful ~snuggery? | know YOU have, and
trust, too, that the very reading of these re-
marks will affect your hearts, and dispose you
to some ''genlle deed Of charity towards
those who are destitute Of such an enjoyment.
Now, then, while the subject is before you,
while you look round on your manifold COM
forts, while you feel the nipping and frosty
air, resolve, aye, and act. in a way that will
bless others, and give comfort to your own
heart.
Youth and health may rejoice in frost and
snow, and while the warm blood PUSHES
through the eYulting frame. we can smile at
the wintry blast; but age, sickness and in
trinity, can tlHc no exercise Sufficient t.
quicken the sluggish current of their veins.
W rap them round, then, :th your charity;
help them to obtain a pair Of warm blankets,
and the blessings Of the widow and the faith
e]rless, the aged and infrm, the destitute, and
those ready to perish, shall rest upon you.
AJUVENILE PHILOSOPHER.
OF perfect social freedom | never knew bu:
one instance. DIR. IL of Boston. COM
ing home to dine one day, found a very bright
looking, handsome mulatto on the steps, APP
parently about seven or eight years old. As
he opened the door, the boy glided in. rs il
it were his home. What do YOU want!' said
the doctor. TIN child looked up with a smil-
ing confidence, and answered, : | am a little
boy that run away from Providence; and |
want some dinner; and | thought maybe YOU
would give me some.' His radiant face and
childlike freedom operated like a charm
lie had a good dinner, and remained several
days, becoming more and more the pet of the
whole household. He SAID he had been cru
ely treated by somebody in Providence, and
had run away; but the people he described
could not be found. The doctor thought it
would not do 10 have him growing up ia idle
ness, and he tried to find a place where he
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his living. An hour after this was mentions
ed, the boy was missing. In a few weeks,
they heard of him in an opposite part of the
city, sitting on the doorstep at dinner time.
Wnen the door opened, h.wa,lel in smil n :,
and said : | am 4 little boy that run away from
Providence; and | want some dinner; and [
thought maybe you would give me some.'-
lie was not mistaken this time either. The
heart that trusted so completely, received a
cordial welcome. After a time, il was araip
proposed to find some place at service; aud
straightway this human butterfly was oil, no
one knew whittier.
For several months no more was heard
of him. But one brigh. win!er-day, his
first benefoctor found him seated on the
steps OF a house,in Beacon street. Why,
Tom, where did you come from!' said e.
Il came from Philadelphia
ROW on edrlh ala you get tlereP
i heard folks talk about New York, and
thought should like to see it. So | went
on board a steamboat; and when it put off,
the captain asked me who ! was; and | told
him that was.a little boy,that run AVA from
Providence, and | wanted to go to New York,
but | hadn't any money. You little rascal
says he, III throw you overheard | don't
believe YOU will, said l.; and he didn't. |
told him was hungry and he gave Inc some
thing to eat, and made up a nice little bed for
me. Whom | got to New York. [ wen1 and