The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-08-22

+ iaose ne MAS alfealf feeling. Tie fA0iil-
sr sat down. enjoyed The sight ii her sick
child. rs -iih undated eageTness sic ena-
iinued 10 extract The refreshing juice from
the fruit. When she went down stairs
AMI resumed her household duties her
heart beaI more lightly in Tier bosom Than
il had beaten for long time.
Not once through The whole day did he
feel The wanl Of hrs pipe. fnr The thoughts
ii The orange kept his mind in 50 pleased
! state illal mere sensual desire. like that
for a Whiif OF tobacco, had no more pow
CT over him.
Thinking Of The orange worked good,
for before The day closed Claire had made
. calculation Of how much his beer snd
tobacco money would amount 10 in a year.
The sum asionisked him. lie paid rent
Cor the liIile house in which he LIKED. Two
pounds sterling wear, which be always
thought large sum. But hls beer aud
tobacco cost nearly seven pounds. Tie
went over the calculation . dozen Zines.
in doubt Of The frsl estimate. but il always
came out The same. lie began 10 run over
in his mud the many comforts seven
pounds per annum would give hls Family,
aud particularly how many linle Injuries
be purchased Tor little Lizzy, whose deli
cate appetite turned from the eou sc food
that was daily sci btime her.
| But TO give Up The beer and sohocco IN
} TOTO, when il was thought Of seriously,
appeared impossible. How could he live
without them
: On that evening the customer whose
! boots he had taken home in the morning,
called IN Unexpectedly and paid Tor them.
! Claire retained a sixpence of the money,
j and gave The balance TO his wife. With
! this sixpence in his pocket, he went out
: for mug Of beer, aud some tobacco TO re-
e plenish his pipe. lie siaid some time
q longer than he usually took Tor such an
$ errand.
T., When he came back he had three or.
e anges in his pocket, and in his hand were
two fresh buns and a cup Of sweet milk.
d No beer had passed his lips, and his pipe
IS was yet unsuppIie,l. lie had passed
e. through another conflict with his old ap.
III peliles; but love for his child, as before,
pr came of conquerof. ....
is Lazy, who had dropped about all tay,
ID and lying most Of the time, never went 10
>. sleep easily. She was awake, as usual,
when her father returned. With scarce
Y " less eagerness than she had eaten the
K orange in the morning, did she now drink
d the nourishing milk, and ca, the sweet
buns; while her father sat looking AT her,
le his heart lhrobbed with inexpressible lie.
!. light.
From that day, the pipe and mug were
II thrown aside. II cost prolonged slrug.
il gle. But the man conquered the mere
animal. and Claire found himself no worse
n off in health. lie could work as many
\. hours and with as little fatigue; in fact,
n he found himself brighter in the morning,
!. and ready 10 60 to work earlier, by which
q he was able To increase at least two OF
three shilings 10 his weekly income.
n Adding to the comfort of his family eigh
,C or ten pounds year, produced grea
. change. Bnl the creates, was TO lille Liz,
Lls Ioi lCN MVehs WHY ptHHl sdNtN
from the beer and tobacco, the father rcgu.
: larly expended for the sick child; and il
: !. soon became apparent that twas nourish
= ing food, more than medicine, that Lazy
y wanted. She revived wonderfully; ant
:, : no long time passed before she could 81
!, = up for hours. Her little tongue, too, be
!" came free once more, and many hours 0
ar labor did her voice again beguile. AM
~ the blessing of better food came also, il
~ time, TO the other children, and to all.
- SO much 10 come from the right spen
:" ding of single penny Claire said Il
:. himself, as he sat and reflected one day
:. Who could have believed il z
= : Aud as il was with the poor cobblel
:, ~ so il will be with all Of US. There ar
'a little matters of sell-denial, which, if W
'u had but the true benevoence, justice, AM
- resolution 10 practice, would be the begin
~ ming Of more important acts Of a like ng
:. lure, that, when performed. would bles
'e. not only our own families, but others, an
:" be returned upon us in rewards Of deligl
=, incomparably beyond anything that sci
~ ~ ish and sensual indulgence have it in the
-, -, power to bring.