The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-21
NFRDING FLOWERS.
ny 7. 5. ARTHUR.

Thirty years ago, small. barefooied
boy. paused 10 admire The flowers in a
well cultivated garden. The child vas
an orphan. and had already felt how hard
The orphans lni. The owner Of the gar.
den, who was trimming a border, noticed
the lad. and spike 10 him kindly.
.ilo YOU love flowers" said he.
The hoy replied. Oh yes. We used
10 lave beautiful flowers IN our garden. .
The man Laid down his knife, and gath.
ering few flowers, look them 10 the
fence. through The pannels of which Inc
boy was looking, and handing Ihcm 10
him. said las he dill so.
. Heres nice luiie bunch Cor you."
A finsh went over the child's face as
he took The flowers. lie did not make
any reply. bur in his large eyes. as lie
liiied them 10 the face Of The man. was an
expression of thankfuaess, 10 be read as
plainly as words in book.
The ACT. on ll,e part of the man. was
one Of :. .onianeous Kindness. and scarcely
,honght Of again; but, BY the child. il was
never forgotten.
Years went by, and through toll. priva.
lion and suffering. both in body and mind
The boy grew up 10 manhood. From or.
deals like this. come forth our most effec
live men. II kept free from vicious ssso.
eiaies, the lad Of feeling and mental acli.
viiy becomes ambitious, and rises in so
ciely above The common level. So i
proved in The case OF this orphan boy
lie had Few advantages ol education. bu
such as offered were well improved. I
-aissi laaa Lat -s.ssi
ing office: and The young composition soor
became interested in his work. lie di,
not set the types as mere mechanic, bu
went beyond the duties Of his calling, en-
tering into The ideas TO which he was Civ
ing verbal expression, and making then
his own. Al iweniy.one he was youn
man OF more Than ordinary intelligence
! and force Of character. Al ihiriy-five b
: was The conductor Of a widely-circulaie,
and profitable newspaper. and as man
respected and esteemed by all who knew
, him.
, During the earnest struggle that all me
enter into who are ambitious to rise in III
!, world. the thoughts do not often go bac
, and rest. medlta,ively, upon The earle
! lime of life. But after success has crown
, ed each well directed effort, and the gaiI
: inc of desired position no longer n
: mains a suhjec, Of doubt, the mind oiie
r brings IN from the far.off past most viyl
/ recoIlec,ions Of incidents and impression
i iha. were painful OF pleasurable at III
time, and which are now seen 10 ha'
had an influence. more or less decide
upon The whole alter life. In this sta
oi reflection sa, one day the man we ha'
here introduced. After musing for loI
. time, deeply distracted. he took up b
: pen and wrote haslily-and these we
the sentences he traced upon the pap
i that lay before him.
= .How indellibly does little act
;, kindness, performed at the right momel
: impress itself upon the mind. We me-
: as we pass through the VERDI SO much
. rude selfishness, that we guard ourselv
apalns, il, and scarcely feel It's effec'
: But spontaneous kindness comes SO raj
!, !. ". ,l,a, we are surprised when i appeal
y and delighted and refreshed as by The ~
:. lume Of flowers in the dreary wlntt
= When We were small boy, an orpha
and with The memory Of home iorev
los, TOO vivid in our young heart, M
!, into whose beautiful garden we stood loo
" inc. nulled rewsnowers, and hand
:. them through the fence, speaking 2 III
= word as he did so. He did not Rno
:. aud perhaps never will know, how dee
y IL we were touched by his act. From
:, little boy we loved The flowers, and
~ that heayisl affection child ever kno
y, the loss Of parents-iell upon us,
:" almost lived among them. But death
y, m, s,ed between us and all those tent
nv assacia,ions and affections that, 70
Y. hearts Of children, are ike dew 70 the =
- der Grass. We entered The dwelling 9
7. stranger. and were treated iherfcelorlh
:. :" 9f we had, or ough. 10 have, no ieeiin
- no hopes. no weaknesses. Inc ma
=. command came daily and almos, hoari'
~, our ears; aaslaps even for sork wen do
r. or faithful service. were we cheerea
,,a, words of commentator.
,Ia .ones day-we we're npt more !
~, eleven veins old--.sme,ians turned