The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-01-25

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A. i- r..I .n.U H' f'f tH'ur ut Owe HH..
NDihar mi .iII uept together Then
rhrNn.rl of fhr n,l h1} whose heart bad
Dpenri fur fHnm 900 that new y,art day
Ihu thrl lrr the.r furir uu and grow
u.d. aud rn.I as lrr ehl.a They looked
40 fha e. r,H.ua p.ra There wa- bread
aul lla, aud clothing, sod every Other c1m-
i01 Iu .i i.pihs They continued o. mle
u.Du DO sos fhg saw within be- rn pic
rns %. delight hnd ipl,isinns long ooni-
a.i wreai'mI aui decorated with rvcrprrruf
lul nlHr tsiour nf smiling larrr aud hap
w rhillrm sights oi merry laIgh-rIdo., and
thr di.l,uIneuf bright ruuucu otr' thr
-iunurh-s"0 snow They heard the mingled
sounds ofmwp 'p.nr aui the Ginning of
musical bnlr tho afrut NJ innocent tongues
and tho,laugi ni gladstone hearts, Al what
aplilu.D,lol'- stour was tlIat coin How b
turned everything. Grsl into gold, aud theu
into huppIuc. How il grouped around
them Kind and cheerful iiirndr, and Oiled
tcr clr- with kind ,pioc-l How % garlau-
rl 40 thc bour Of that day with e,crgrocns
and h,-piovu roses How 10 spread them
laden table aud crowded 10 with merry
gusts and those guests too all satisfied all
happy %, what bright rays shoue forth
iruru ti''Tr same writing coiu0r gold could
IL have been a. bright IN the chi's or the
u,aus dark porkotY No else It had before
then burned 10 very way through, and lent
H. radiance "a ulher- Could II have shown
with such visions IN the rich mans hand f-
No, else biz ayariro would have vanished at
once, aud bic heart have oycrowod with
pcnuo.iry 80. no. II was only 90 such as
-r7v-vI17v 661 TgTdITid. tLbi u Vurr turh
.l,ipe spd emitted -pul brilliant nave and
revealed such ,vtrD ana welcome 'lf,ou' p
Only lur such as thcy
That night returned this angel 10y 60 the
tr,k r"um lhou hIlrl Will happiness, and
lighted win JOS bur hc wa, not alone hi-
own motl,cr wac with him Blessed h,y r.
Ily had passed ihc whole ofucw years dny
ia making olhcr h'ppy And how uurh
happier VA hc himself How hi. liulc heart
warmed aud plowcd, ca see the child uncoy-
cr the basket he had brought with him, and
take our one by one, the yin, dat wore siO"
ed there Aud how oyerioycd was hc, a. see
his mother offer the siX woman work, aud q
new home and 20 see the sick woman grow
suddenly strong aud almost we'll, under thr
influence ofther Kind oacr' lie wondered
ifthcir happiness could possibly be- a. deep
a. his own; IL their new years was a. bright
a. thou a. Wa hi- ,o him lie knew NOT
how any one could be- happier than hc wasAt
that moment
Years have rolled away into tho.,lrut past
That liitlc girl Elsc GRAY ia a La Nj
lady only ia nau,. but one IN every deed,
in heart, in conduct She dwells in a sweet
suburban cottage. aud her husband IL devoted
only 10 her That husband Is no other dian
the generous little boy, who on the nrN
years festival accostcd her 40 tcudcrl, la the
street and went home with heb Her poor
mother sleeps quietly in the ltlc church
yard Vet .hc lived to know that God bud
provided for hcr child She died, resigned
aud happy
Arc there coins, either Of gold or silver,
that must bc Il. kcl away from sight ou obi.
day of the new year, Arc there any, cun-
aiming within their dcp'h. "a ia sweet visions
such happ, sight. that must he under loah
and key al THE day, lest happiness and com
frrT' ~ U"TuWy Zoo universal.