Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-07-09

Il is very pleasan. to hear the children.
voices
| The cordage Of Aunt Het,y's mouti
relaxed into smile. She accepted III,
invitation, and was so much pleased, lha
she went every Sunday evening. The
simple tunes. and the sweet young voices
fell like dew upon her dried up hear, ant
greatly aided the genial influence of her
neighbours example. The rod silently
disappeared from the table. IL Peggy
was disposed to be idle. il was only nee
essary to say. when. YOU have finished
your work, you may 60 and ask whether
Mrs. Falrwealher wants any errands
DONE Bless me how the fingers f. v!
Aunt Heuy had learned TO use ,urnips
instead of the cudgel.
| w hen Spring came, Mrs. Farweaiher
busted herself with planting roses and
vines. Miss Turnpenny readily consent
ed that Peggy should help her. and even
refused 10 take any pay from such a good
nelghbor. But she maintained her own
opinion :ha, it was mere waste of time
TO cultivate flowers. The cheerful phil.
osopher never disputed the point; but she
would sometimes say, i have no room To
| plant this rose bush. Neighbor Turnpen.
ny would you be willing 10 let me set il
on your side of the yard. 1t will take
very little room, and will need no care.
Al another time she would saw, well,
really my ground is too full Here is
root Of Lady's delight. How bright and
pert i, looks. 1t seems pity TO throw
It away. If you are willing | will let
Peggy plant it in what she calls her gar
den. II viii grow of itself. without any
care. and scatter seeds, that will come up
and blossom 10 all the cilnks of the bricks.
| love il. 1t is such brigh, good na,ur.
ed little thing. Tins by degrees. the
grabbed maiden found herself surrounded
bv flowers; and she even declared. Of her
own accord, that they did look pretty.
One day when Mrs. Lane called upon
Mrs. Fairweaiher, she found the old
weed grown yard bright and blooming
Tab, quite fat and sleek. was asleep in
the sunshine, with her paw on Plnk's
neck. and little Peggy was singing al her
work as blithe as bird
'How cheerful you look here said
Mrs Lane. 'And SO You have really
taken the house for another year. Pray,
how do you manage to get on with the
neighbor in.law!
Il find her very kind, obliging neigh
Dor. replied Mrs Fairwsalher.
We'll. this is mirace!' exclaimed
H~- I 4Nnh.,I,, 4
have undertaken TO lhaw out aun, Heuy's
heart
THAT is probably the reason why ii
was never lhawed,' rejoined her friend.
i always told you that not having enough
of sunshin was what allied the world
Make people happy and there will not be
half the quarreling, or tenth part of the
wckedness there IS.
From the gospel Of joy preached and
praciisej, nobody derived so much benefit
as little Peggy. Her nature. which was
ias, growing crooked and kno,y, under
the malgn influence of conslrant and
fear. siraighie ned. budded and blossnmed.
in the genial atmosphere of cheerful kind
ness.
Her affections and faculties were kept
in such pleasant exercise, that constan,
lighlness of hear, made her almost hand
some. The young music teacher thought
her more than almost handsome, for her
affeciionate soul shone more beamnglv
on him than on others; and love makes all
things beautiful,
When the orphan removed 10 her
pleasant, little cottage, on her wedding day
she threw her arms round The blessed
missionary of sunshine, and said, 'Ah,
thou dear good Aunt, i, is thou who has
made nv life Fairvea,her.'