The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-11-03

sent toinquire for his old mother; so don't think
there is much probability that he will come, or
any of,hs proud family" Il {
.s.The more shame 10 him. answered John,
waxing little warm, ''to neglect his poor old &
mother, and he rolling in g Id as heis.''
Never mind the gold, John,' said his wife
soothiugIy; he has, thet, and you have your
mother, and am sure she is worth all that ever
was dug; and you knoO you wouldn't for the
whole world change places with Sam this mo-
ment' :. 3.
mo, thn.s true! only would like to seq
him little more kind 10 hs,poor relations
.sAud tben,' pursed his wife, "there is Susan,
who hasn't home in the wide worid, and has to
go TO the minister's to be narried.t Well have
her here. and the wedding shall be where grand |
mother is; .and now ! think. of It.: Suppose we |
have. the ba5y baptsSeis rs the minister will be |
here; and there is Jane's child, just about Bessjes
age, and mother never has seen it, Well have |
that ehrstensd, toa; and perhaps we could induce
poor James to come. My heart yearns after that
boy he is just the age of our Eddy; and who
knows but Eddy would have been as bad if he
had been thrown so the world; if you and /
had died. as his parents did; yes, he is Susan's
own and only brother. He shall be gnoons's man,
and cur Martha brides maid. She is almost ff-
teen, you know ..s :. =.
"Oh stop Hannah-stopl exclaimed john
You will frighten TO death! Have you been
making this plan for. one, or two years, that you
have got ita cut and dried so! %
| Hannah had indeed quite forgotten herself. 1t
had BEEN her design to unfold her wishes one by
one, TO her husband. as she thought him interest
ed in hars and prepared fer thep, but having once
fairly comrnenced. the subject, her own interest
and enthusiasm carried her, a1ay--ana she now
began to be little alarmed, .Iest. so many things
might destroy the charm with which she had hoped
to invest the plan in her husbands eyes. She;Mas
therefore glad as the clock struck eleven, to make
preparations. for Immediately retiring to bed, but
there was little sleep that night for hsrl She was
walking through largo poultry yards singing out,
! now this pefrooster. nuw that white turkey, and
daring even, with bold hand, ,fto snatch from bis
dgnised :pesitipn the head gander of the flock
And then when heraserry eye-Ids dropped, she
would lose thisscene and anon be- putting Pic after
pie, mince; apple, and FIRST and bestof all-deep
golden puSapkin, upon the Hhite, Shelves of an in
termiuable pantry, and when her feet refused TO
bear her there any longer, she in the ample
4 kitchen, and slegh7bels ringing uatriy.up
to the door, and then, sucha shaking of hnnds and
meeting of,Iips, that poor Hannah, fairly wearied
at last fell soundIy asleep. With the morning
light came again the host of ways and means that
were to be comprised to bring about the desired
end-never was busy mind more weighed down
by cares than hers,sand never kinder heart more
willing TO supply in happy expedients what the
head failed to suggest. =. .
/: 1t wanted now but three weeks TO ThanksEir-
ingsand what p be done must be done .quick-
J ly. Hannah considered the consent of her hus-
band as having been given, and the next thing was
to consult with the old mother, for aged people
sometimes fear the fatigue than they expect
to epjoy pleasure FROM such scenes, but grand
mother had always possessed warm heart and
lively sunny disposition and often the last thing
that s chilled by the touch of age is the heart and
the habit Of locking at tthe silver lining o. the
Clouds" will keeptthe souls eye bright long dfter
. the natural vision has become ,dimmed, and so
happy, aad making happy, though with feeble
frame, the ,oId lady had sat for years in her old
arm chair by her sons, fresde, and the growing
infrmties and decreptude CT age became heauti-
full and holy lessons in reverence TO the young
| sOOi
that word of reproof, Of approval, from grand
mother, was the highest reward or' panishEaent
that could be- given them. And to attendto all her
little wants. the greatest privilege they could enjoy
and thus, in this farmers quiet family, met the
two extremes of life-aud. the rosy,light Of the
morning was softened and meowed, by the fading
rays Of the sinking sun, while its deepening twi-
light was made beautiful by the laughing light OF
the small golden clouds, which lay around it it
sank to its final rest. Oh the influence of the
pious aged upon the heart of the young, can never
:, :, be too highly valued, and happy indeed is tina;
family beneath whose roof yet fingers one whose
gray hairs and faltering steps are spared q little
= longer from the home Of aA the living Is Z
So thought Mrs. Norton, and it had always been
frem the first hour that her husbands mother had
chosen her home by their fireside, the object oi
her endeavors to IKE those last days of long
and useful life the happiest Of them al; and now
. to change little for her the. mOnotony, of quie
, , indoor life, to gse her something TO think over
when thbse cold bitter winter storms should shut
out even tho. little variety she NOW had, and to
gather enee more the members of large family tc
i receive the blessing, which she much priced fo
y herself and children such were Mrs Us motives
y in the aborious task. Of keeping "afreatNew Eag
, land Thanksgiving" il =
Martha was the eldest ehild now nearly ffteer
years old, and as there six younger, she hat
Ealwnys been accustomed from a. child to q" taking
,, care" The mother depended very much upor
" her, she consulted her in little arrangements ane
:, would have felt as'ifa great part of the house
/ hold had been removed if aay thing had deprived
IL I,ol hoor
:; her mothers confdante respecting Thanksgivn!
and had, in her own quiet way, made thou
"a sand plans for bringing it about 1t is astonishing
,r in how many ways children of that age, or ever
much younger, may be not only comforts. but aids
p, to their parents. There were nunlberless htti'
acts of self.sacrifce which Martha was daily per