The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-08-11

the new teacher; mother don't believe but
what she's very bold, because she goes out
so much, with young Mr.. Hartley, and be-
cause Mr. Hartley comes to our school
sometimes, and she thinks Mrs. Hartley
won't board her great while longer, and
I'm sure mama won't boa,d her, and then,
dolly, it'll be so nice, she will have to leave,
and there won't lie any tiresome school
t"r you and l, will therel" Then the lit
tie faced changed from glee to gravity.
20! dolly, don't you know how beauti-
Ful Mrs. Harper dresses when she comes to
churh'-well, mama says that she isn't
tidy at home; that she believes she's real
dirty, because when mama went there
"ne day, she didn't take off her nasty.
greasy apron that she'd been cooking in.
but sat right down on a nice chair. And
there was dust on the table, mama said
YOU might write Oh it, and the sofa was in
the middle Of the floor, and the broom
right i'll the corner, and-oh! forgot, Mrs.
Lee, too, does dreadful things, dolly-oh!
you wouldn't believe what dreadful things
Mrs. Lee does. Mama went there one
day, aud she said she was sick, but mama
told Jenny that she knep she'd been drink
'ng--only think! drinking. dolly, Mrs. Lee.
her eyes were real red, and she couldn't
stand up very well, and she tried to ;urn
1t of, You knew, an! say she was div:
hut she wasn't dizzy, dolly, any mole
than you or | arc dizzy; III cont your"i
any body, bccausc mama >:,ys she wou.,.n',
'lare 10 say it t" any one but Jenny.
Don't Won pity little ~r"p-dsuyI,crs.
d"iN Those two little Jc>sup girls ar,
step daughters, and mama says, f.r ~
'l"y look 5" nice and neat, she don't be-
iH"'" but their M thrr- tia, ant their
0~n mo;hcr, YOU know trrat., them real
cruel. And don't you think ..skc,l them
to 60 to the pond yesterday, after some
lilies, and Della said her m"thcr always
wanted her to 'comc right straight home
after school" anl the chrttcrlox mi,n;ckcd
her voice and mariner.
"And then told her it wasn't any mat
ter, it wasn't her rcui mother, and she
said she was good, dear mother, for all
that and she wanted to mind her; bu,
mama says, she supposes that crafty Mrs.
Jessup teaches them to praise her up
There dolly what do YOU think of G.at 2
you ought to be thankful, as mama tells
me, that you aint little step daughter.
Let's see; can't think Of any more.
dolly; Tomorrow aunt Sally is coming up
from Denton, and then I'll hear lots about
folks. and if you mind and not repeat it,
III tell you every mite. Aunt Sally, you
know, is uncle Peters new wife, and she's
real dressy, and wears all the fashions,
and mama thinks she aint a going to like
her, but she don't know, she may maybe
She ,cds milliner before uncle Peter mar
ried her, and it's kind of vulgar to be
millincr, hut then she had lots Of money.
She's been married before, and her hus-
band used to get drunk, and she's got
one child that's worse than fool, mama
says; don't know what ails him. So do
you sit there, and l'c good dolly, and
not go spinning street yarn like that Kate
Miller, that knows every body's business
hut her own, If you do, III whip you, and
put you into Mr.. Bakers family. mama
says she shouldn't want to be punished
worse, for it's real--I darsn't say the
word, dolly, but it means a wicked place
ON earth"
Parents, look round upon your delicate
Observation-Disclosures, rarer than the costliest
porcelain or the richest gold; will you
drop within them, words Of pollution, thai
shall make them hut fair rcceptacles of
NIL that is poisonous and loathscme, or
will you fill them with gems that shall
make earth bright with the light of heav-
"nly purity?-Your children are in your
| hands.