The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-02-21
ComEoN BLESSINGS;
on, 4 REVIEW OF me pAsr yr.R,

On, REVIEW OF IHE PAST YEAR.
.lhope," said Mrs. sinp,:ins. II shall
have more 10 be thankful! for al lie Close es
tie year 1910, Than | have had dning
1885," She sighed as she uttered, !. lie
past year has been nothing bul trouble
from beginning 10 end"
/" How can you say 60. Maria." remark.
ed Mrs. Hopkins. her mother. in-law. II
an sure don't see what great troubles
Won have had; yonr husband and children
have been wc.i, and that alone Is su.!:-
rient subject Of gratitude. 10 lock ii
poor Mrs. Ames. who has lost every oae
Of her l;iile c.as with scarlet fever"
:. You are always pointing me. mother,
70 somsbody Wit is verse OF t.an am,
while yca never speak OF those WHO are
FAR better of Than myself"
!" II il best 10 remember our mercies,
child.r
And who can forget their trials, L
should like 10 knowl Have I had say
peace in my kitchen for moEths! I.aye
nolbeen continually changing l.slp! And
now Bridget says, unless ! raise her wa
ges. she shall leave me next week"
AS Bridget appears 10 be good girl,
perhaps, dear. you had better give her an
OTHER quarter week, and thus insure
good cook"
" ! won't DO i, mother; she may go as
soon as sic chooses"
" Bur, Maria. you won't get girl mn
der nine shillings; every family pays
lha;."
"Then will 60 without; will do The
work myself"
Mrs. Hopkins knew well enough
where The work would fall, If Bridge,
left; she had heard just such Boosting be-
fore.
Il hope in forty.nine money will be
pleniier than lhaye found il this last year.
suppose yol agree with me in this wish,
mother, il in no other."
Well, | don't know. child, but we
have had every thing for our comfort, and
SOME Injuries, too. Samuel has been
kept from failure, and how much better is
Thai than many whom we know, who
have lost all they have made for years!'
"You speak Of Injuries. | wonder
wha. you refer TO-" mu,tered Mrs. Simp-
kins.
Why, good food. sometimes rich food,
well prepared. Rich dresses, too; you
The rich silks you and The child
rem have had this last year. Good water,
loo; the Cochitnate carried 10 every cham
Der; the greatest luxury OF ALL"
Il wonder you don't add, the sun has
shone, and the light has come regularly
every morning, under This head. mother.
You are very specific in yonr ennmera.
ions. don't class common blessings
among lnyuries-eyery body has these
" ihink as you may. Maria. these com.
mon blessings, as you term them, arc tru-
y The greatest farors which Heaven be.
stows,-the beautiful sun. the grateful
lght,-l wish you could feel as my friend
did, who said he never opened his eyes,
but he first thanked God for the birth OF a
new day."
Il suppose you are thankful, mother,
hat YOU have moi had the hydrophobia,
nor the cholera. nor The yellow fever"
There is great reason 10 be thankful
or an escape from these ravages, Maria.
Don't, ! beg Of you. speak so lightly of
your many escapes, and your thousand
Il have truly escaped a great deal.
mother. have escaped the trouble Of
moving, because we were TOO poor 10 live
IN better style;-I have escaped the fatigue
attendant upon selecting some tapestry
,arpets;-l have escaped ever so many
rolds, because did not go to amusemenls;
i have escaped giving party, because
Samuel said he did moi feel able 10 give
me this year. Indeed" said The thought.
less giddy woman. II have escaped a
great deal moTe.-there's fire. sword, pes
thence and famine. None of these have
come nigh me-"