The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-12-30
WHOLE NUMBER 320.


LITTLE CONTEMPORARIES.
A poor widow called her four little chill.
drcn to her one morning, and said 10 them.
My doar children, this morning can aivc
you nothing to eat; there 10 no moro broad.
nor meat, nor even potatoe iu the house.
have worked for you AZ heard % evcf I
could, and ! nm now sick, and can do no
more. You may pray to God, who has him
self said, Call upon inc In the day oftsoublo
md will deliver you.'
Little Johnny who was scarcely ok years
old, was very tnuch troubled BY what his
mother had said. As he was on his way to
school, he knclt down and pray cd aloud:-
oh God! my Heavenly Father, and nv
dcnr Savior, through whom I may como
to thee, hear me little child, pray. Our
mother has, no bread, nor meat, nor even q
potnto--do give rs something, that our
dcnr mother may not starve. Help 10, oh
Lord! thou nrt rich and good, and can a.
silly help us. And thou hast promised 10
hear the cry Of tho poor and needy, %
help mud hear us for thy dear sons sake.'
This was Johnny's simple prayer. A.
ter saying il he hurried on to school,
When he returned home in the middle Of
the day, what was his surprise and ioy to
sec great loaf ofhrend, large dish of meat
and basket full Of potatoes upon tho q.
bic.
'Now, God he thanked said he, sfor no
has heard my prayer. Dear mother. did
not an an angel bring oil these to you
through the Window
no. said the mother, but God heard
you when you were praying. A lady was
near the place, where you could not see her
but she could both SEQ and hear you, end
SO she sen, all these things She was tho
angel that God sent 10 help 10 ia our need.
And now, dear children, let Us return
thinks to God, ond trust ia him alwsys.'
A young gentleman from vicksburf
shipped M soldier in the Second, and per.
formed all his duties admirably. lie wss
smart, dappcr li,.lo fellow, without hair
on his face, in the shape Of mo,islache OF
whislicr. There was always joke on HE
tongue and smile on his lip, and the men
usually relieved him from such hard work
rs cliopping wood, &c. Ills checks were
very s,nooth-he WINS very hsndsome-aud
his nnme was luko Surrey. Barring sixs.
he was tho very counterpart of Luke Sore.
late deputy sheriff Of New Orleans. The
boys called him Lucy. Don't toll SefS I.
bout i, or fnaybo They'll Lucy him. Aller
while, Luke grew sallow about the pills.
aad his corporation waxed rotund % on 81.
dcrman's. Luke was sick his friends ad-
viscd doctor, but Luke sad il was the
dropsy, hereditary complaint--his mother
had !. before him. lie became very insi.
mate with m old Mexican hug, a yosrcss
OF Lucins. and bu,toned his JACKIE, closer
up to his throat. Tho jacket was pigeon.
breasted and we found afterwards that
Luke, by tight squeezing, had con.rivcd to
do what some say the Omni potent himself
cantd Dc, viz: make Two mountains without
a valley between them. lie grew sicker-
tho hing wns sent lor-(they call her sa1e
.femmc, Mexican Cor foolish womcn)-and
Luke soon had a little dr"psy 10 his arms.
Mother and bnby nrc rs we'll rs can DO az.
pectcd. don't know whether the bows
lad or wcnch, but they're going to christ.
en- him utter the Comma nder in. Chief.
When tho NIcxicans heard il, they cjacula4
ted "iIoly Virgin il was hard enough 10
fight the Americans when they sent men
against ns, but when the women come, and
bring little soldiers with them, We must b
bcaten.n