Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-19
CHILDREN.
BIZ MRS. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE.
n Httie Child shall lead them"

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One cold i%uorning. | looked into a miliner's
aud there I saw a hale, hearty. we'll.
his long cart WHIP and a long shag coat, hold
ing zap a little matter, aud turning il upon his
great fist. And what 10 you suppose it was?
AbaOyS bonnct! A litIlc soft blue satin hood,
with d swans down border, white as the fall
Ell snow. with a lrilt ofrich blonde around the
edge. By has side stood a very pretty woman,
holding with no small pride the baby-for ev-
identity it was hs baby. Any one could read
that face III every glance, as they looked ot
each other, and Tue little hood, and then at
the large blue, unconscious eyes, aud tat dim
Piled checks OF the little one. 1t was evident
that neither OF them had ever seen a baby like
that before.
But really, Mary, says the young man, isn't
three dollars very highl'
Mary, very prudently said nothing, but TAX
ins the little bonnet, tied it on the little head
amt held up the hlby. The man looked and
gunned; without another wort down went
The three dollars-all that last weeks butter
came TO; and as they walked out of the shop, il
Is hard 10 say which looked most delighted
with the bargain.
All! though /, "a little child shall lead
them
Another day, asG was passing carriage fac
tory along one of our back streets, / saw a
young mechanic at work on a wheel The
rough carriage body stood beside him-and
there, wrapped up snugly, all hooded and
clodked, sat little dark-eyed girl, about n
year old, playing with a great shaggy dog.
Asl stopped, the man looked UP from his
work aud turned admiringly towards his little
companion, as much as 10 say, See what |
have got herel'
Yes thought ], and il the little lady ever
gets a glance from admiring SWANS Bs sincere
as that, she will b. lucky
All, these children! little witches pretty
even in all their faults and absurdities! win.
ming even lin their sins and iniquitiesi-See
Tor example, youder little fellow in a naught,
ht-he has shaken his long cnrls over his deeI
blue eyes-the fair brow is bent in a frown-
the rosy lip Is pushed up in infinite defanc,
aud the white shoulder thrust ma ughtily for
ward, Can any one but a child look 50 pret.
~ even in their naBghtinessl
men come the instant changc-nashinr
smiles and tears, as the good comes back all IN
a rush, ami you are overwhelmed with pro.
testatlons, promises aud kissssl They are
irresistible, too, these little ones. They null
away the scholars pen-tumble about his ma.
Pe,fs-make somcrsets over his books. and
what can I've do? They tare newspapers
htter the carpets break, pull, and upset. and
men Jdhber unimsginable English, in sclEde.
NH' "tN 'htA NNA ip TOT NOilreHif
III bad q child, says the precise man. 'yot
Should see.
IL does have a child, aud his child tears nm
his papers. tumblcs over his things, and pull.
bis nose, like all other children, aud what ha.
tite precise man TO ssy for himself Nothinl
he $ like every body clss-'a little Child
shall lead himr
Poor little children they bring and teach
US huinun beings more gpoi than they get in
return. How often docs thc infant. with IN,
soft checks and helpless hand. awaken a mo.
ihcf rom wohdiiuess aud egotism. foa whole
world OF new aud higher lecllugsi-How often
does ihe mother repay this. by doing her best
10 wipe, even before the time. the dew aud
ifesh simplicity II childhood. aud make her
daughter too o O a woman at The world. A.,
she has been.
lhe hardened heart Of TIE worldly man /,
unlocked by the g]uileless tones anI simple
tdresses of bis son-bit he rcpays N. I'm lime
10y inPaTllng TO his boy ul the crooked trfrks
400 harl ways, aud csllous msxims which
have uDjoDe himself
TO TO the iail-t0 ihe pcniicntiau, aud find
There the wTetchcd, mOst sullcn. 6tut.i ami