Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-03-19
LETTER No. III.
FrrrurRo, Mr., March, 1850.

was speaking in my last, Of the beauty !
and praiscworthy act Of a dutiful, pious wife,
lin p5ruiy and among strangers, in a dis
tan, city. 10 1, hospital, in New Orleans
when some friends calling In, cut me OIL short.
now resume It,
This sick mans name was William Howe,
of Stafford county. VI Iiswife was a neat,
udv. wcll-drcsscd womau,--a native Of Ire
land,-l should think about 20 years Of age.
d.d not speak TO her on my fin, visit to the
Hospital but returning On the next day,
there she sa, with her PRAYER book open be-
fore her, pcusi,c and sad On going into the
sick ruom, there found seven sick IHeH and
asked tins wife. Il she was not afraid To he
,hcrci ooh. no, SIR" she replied. asked
&c Do thc,c mcu ever say anything unhccom-
my or improper To youi" She said, No,
indeed" and pointing to another bed, she Re-
Piled, &" tina, gentleman SAYS he wishes hi'
-if was herr tn read To hint ?" Aud as it's,
,hrrr T. a charm which Is angelic IN such du-
ties on the par, Of the wife, and, though all
these sick men were poor mere AhoTcrs' and
all strangers to each other and thrown To-
gc,hcr by a common calamity; vet, in that
Hospital. an were lr5'lrs and SISTERS. And
the man Who would, under such cir'um''an-
COS. speak a mishchollcn word. OF do an I'M
Becoming act toward any one OF '' ~
l''>' VINO nurse '"'" 3 Of ''""' ANY
male friend who might call To ''' the '''N =
ihc ""'nd'' ~ sue" a case "o"'' w ''.''''
'd Demon a"' NOT "' '' ""''' '' '''''
Hence however O'o'l m'" anu W'''" ''
have when "Hi "' The Hospital ava sure
while H %, they all behave wei.
Passing along The entry way ~ the "''
men, apartment ~" q I'''' Dow '''u'
four N,ar' ODD sitting on u'' stairs a. "',
mum looking and h'1r'Irs,' a' though all
heaven and earth had h"cn closed against
him No chlds pAylmnr, had he No
mother io love him No sister ,oqulc, him p
No brother tn play with Noih,hcr ,o cheer
hum For an, father, mother brother, and
sistcrs-wcrc either killed outright or drown
Cd hy 'hc blowing mp ol q steamboat and
this little fellow, badly -caldcd' had been tn
Zen 800 charge by these goo" '''..'' WOMB, 3
who, hy great care. as,IduItN and w5ichiuI-
ness. had sucrcc,lrj nm spaunr hi, life. but
hr hmc fellow r-5uH c-g c0.r has mother
10 appear, tia, hr, parent, were from Scot.
land. and were going ou Co Ohio. when sud-
denly hurried into eternity. Their name,
n,rr Nur>rr>r.-aui ,hi. little bows name
Jacob Valentine and ! hope some Of the
r.ll. hearted Sruirhm,n boz Louisiana. or
.r.,,,r.r.. ,,,rl ...- ito having this child pr,.
..-Iy and we'll educated for h,r.a fine child.
NJ r,,, r,,rr IyrlErrr remark ih1tibrrr
--, .r,r-al other nrrlrr. children In New or.
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Tn,r..nrr nl Me-, Orlr1r. bnv,,rr. lpou
..r. 20 Io this and ,hry do d, handsomely
without ru.drlnr ur rrumhlur hui u isnu,
f.rturIra irrr people 10 death. because
fhrg aye kind and benevolent ,o uhr poor
Orhgr state, uush, to share some par, Of this
ru..pr... and the Cfar.l.-Pra,,vgDn, /
.rr7l ,1 ,ou an. rr.. ought. surely. ,n make
-.mr better provision ior their iarr,r3 hYI
ar.,. vho-r parent, cave them up Co Cod in
infancy. and not suffer th,-r children 90 grow
rn .n Ignorance Of God and thc.r duty
Sr.urJ tb.. latter meet , GOOD Scu,rhman',
eve. anal ne WANTS ,o a9sp,a prty child
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