The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-01-07

Il 20 Why, DIR. Iaflcton, whom | happened L
mest with yesterday, told me that the gentle
/ pencil our society, il they can raise mOnel
| Enough have It in contemplation to purchas
/ new bell; but, added he, so many throw
i cbld water on the project, that he don Y knos
| but they shall be obliged to give it up. A
by request he showed me the subscription pa
Der, and was truly mortified to find that you
9amo was among the missing"
| "Wo have good bell now" said he.
| at is not good toned bell, nor never was
and now when it is rung at the same time thI
| tell at Mr.. YarmOuth's church is, | feel fair
| " ashamed Of it. Five hundred dollars, Mr.
carleton said, would make up the necessar,
| sam, and am sure you might put down you
| mime for fifty Of it. DIR. Southwiek nami
d down for hundred, and l don't belevt
| that his profession is more lucrative thar
yours. wish ladies subscribed for the bell
| II they did my name would soon be down fol
a hundred dollars"
.'lf should put my name down for five
dollars, couldn't pay it. If were able Ia
give my sister only one dollar a week, which
would pay her rent, she and Fanny could sew
enough 50 as not to suffer for bread-now it is
impossible"
II cannot believe, Horace, that your sister
is in the suffering condition she represents
herself to be. When you call there, because
you don't sec her surrounded by all the luxu-
ries you are accustomed to at home, you are
easily made to believe that she is in want Oi
the common neeessaries of life.
81 wish, Jane, you would call with me-ii
you would, | think you would change your
mind
swell, perhaps may sometime, but as you
know, it Is very busy time with me now"
Mr.. WillertOn was, just then, so much
pressed with business that he was obliged tO
be at his Office early and late-sOmetimes as
late as midnight. This prevented him from
calling on his sister, though his thoughts often
wandered to her humble abode, where, in i'm.
Ggination, he saw her surrounded by her chill
| dren, whose meagre faces would have bright
ened with JOY, could the delicaeies which Mrs
Willerton bestowed on her pet dog have beei
aa4ss 70 their scantys fare.- -
Mt. Wiilerton, as well as her husband, bat
| been extremely busy, and had not left tho
house at all, for several days, except to do
little shopping. One morning, when out ma
| king few purchases for the completion o
the f,ncy articles for the Fair,iWhen She fell in
with Mrs. Somers, lady Of her acquaintance
As ttey walked slowly along, they became SC
pleasantly engaged in conversation that Mrs.
| Wiilerton did not observe that they had ar
rived at portion of the city Inhabited by the
poorer classes. Mrs. SomeFs suddenly stop.
ped opposite one Of the houses.
q have a call to make here" said she; twill
you not 90 in with me?"
: Hrs. WilertOn glanced her eyes over her
elegant and fashionable dress, and as she did
SO, mvoluntarily drew back.
'slOu will not find better opportunity, J"
said Mrs. Somcrs, "fOr the exercise Of your
well known beneVOlence."
| ha inA az
spaFe the time to 90 with you now. In few
| davs shall be more at leisure"
fsIt may be too late then, as far as you are
concerned, and know that you would be sOr-
RI q miss the opportunity Of helping to carry
| into effect plan for ameliorating the suffer-
! iuas of the worthy and industrious pOOr.-
! me case in question is one too urgent TO be
DELAYED. Last evening, for the first time,
was informed Of the sufferings of the family
I a. now going to visit. / called Immediate
iv and have since found that Maria Vernon
| bad already commenced arrangements, which,
H carried into effect, will enable the poor
wiaow and her daughter to maintain them
selves and the rest Of the family in cOmpara-
tive comfort
Mrs. SOmers had already raped at the door,
and il was now opened by q little girl about
aNy dear" said she, "please tell your
mother that Mrs. Somers is at the door, and,
II convenient, would like to see her."
Beiore the child turned away from the door,
she raised her large, dark eyes to the face Of
Mrs. WilertOn, inquiringlY.
Mrs. SOmers saw the look, and said In an
swer-- ), !.
| have A friend with me, a very benevolent
/
s:Yes ma'am," was her reply.
Altar an absence Of abOaCa minute, she re-
turned, and said her mother would be glad to
zee her aud the other lady.
The first object that attracted the attention
Of Mrs. Willerton, on entering a room flu
isbed IN a coarse rough manner, expressly for
m, accommodation Of the poor, was q woman
boldered up in bed, holding in her left hand
a rlarse shirt. sleeve, she had commenced max
inc. She vas about thirty-five, and traces Of
up1bmmon loveliness still remained on her
couitenance, though pale, eare-wOrn and ema-
ciaed. Mrs. Willerton gave q nervous start,
for she at once recognized in the lady before
! her Mrs. Woodbridge, her husbands sister.
The recognition was mutual, for though.nei-
therM them had ever before entered the 9TH
sr's home they had often seen each other at
cbnteM Mrs. Willerton hoped that her sister,
| IN .law did not know her. Mrs. Woodbridge
was nale sensible Of this, from her noticing
her ID "a other way than BY 3 slight iAclina-
tion oflthe head. As Mrs. Willerton took the
cLair oliered her BY the child who had con
dnrted iher aud Mrs. Somers in, her eye fell
an fhsl Sleeve Mrs. Woodbridge held In her
hand. Aud BY its coarse texture, she knew it to
IN werk furnished by the Dorcas society.
aIIob DO you feel tO-dayf' said Mrs.
SomeFsl going up to the bed.
aBaler than did last evening bet
ter. .'' as the reply. IA
aYoi should not attempt to sew, - said Mrs.
Somsfs
aIt hight must try and do few stitches, |"
sbe an kered, for Fanny IS almost as feeble
| and 81 lusted as am. FOnr mediciae, how
ever. Ind she family smiled as she empha-
sized wOrd, has restored her quito as
much nit hiss me.
aWb.ie Is Fannyi" asked Mrs. Somers.
scoId to carry home some work We have
been aahg for Mrs. Underwood. She is q
very hiteVoleut lady, and though her means
| are Tinted, does . great deal II her quiet M
ostsniadbus yay, fOF Die relief u tho pooF,