Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-01-28
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RI MRS. SARAH HEPBURN HAYES.

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pY MRS. SARAH HEPBURN HAYES
The great Teacher, on being asked
"who is my neighbor!" replied, "a
man went down from Jerusalem to jericho,
and the parable which followed is the mos:
beautiful which language has ever recorded.
Story telling, though often abused, is the
medium by which truth can be most irre-
sistible conveyed to the majority Of minds
and in the present instance We have de-
sire to portray in some slight degree the
Importance Of Charity in every day life.
A great deal has been said and written
on the subject Of indiscrimina;e giving,
aud many who have little sympathy with
the needy or distressed, make the supposed
unwor:hiness of the object an excuse for
Withholding their aims; while others, who
really possess large proportion Of the
milk Of human kindness, in awaiting great
opportunities to 90 good. overlook all in
their immediate pathway, as beneath their
notice. And yet it was the "w:dow's S
mite" which, amid the many rich gifts
cast into the treasury, won the approval
of the Searcher of hearts; and We havc
His assurance that cup Of cold water
given in a proper spirit shall not lose its
reward.
! Our design in the present sketch is to
call the attention of our own sex to sub
ject which has in too many instances cs-
capped their attention; for our ideas Of Char
ity embrace wide field, and we hold that
it should at all times be united with JUS
tice, when those less favored than ourselves
are concerned.
al do not intend hereafter to have wash.
ing done more than once in two weeks"
said the rich Mrs. Percy, in reply to an
observation Of her husband, who was stand
ing at the window, looking at woman
who was up to her knees in the snow, hang
ing clothes on line in the gard. ~ de-
clare it is too bad to be paying that poking
old thing a halfa-dollar a week for our
wash, and only six in the family. There
she has been at it since seven o'clock this
morning, and now it is almost four. It
will require but two or three hours longer
if get her once fortnight, and shall
save twenty five cents week by it"
"When your own sex are concerned,
you women are the closest beings" said
Mr.. p, laughing. "Do just as you please,
however," he continued, as he observed
frowu gather on the brow Of his wife "for
my part, should be glad if washing days
were blotted entirely from the calender"
At this moment the washerwoman passed
the window with her stiffened skirts and
almost frozen hands and arms. Some en-
otions Of pity stirring in his breast at the
sight, he again asked, "Do you think it
will be exactly right, my dear, to make old
Phoebe do the same amount of labor for
half the wages:'
"Of course it will, replied Mrs. Percy,
decidedly; "we are bound to do the best
We can for ourselves. If she objects, she
can say SO. There are plenty of poor l
can get who will be glad to come, and by
this arrangement shall save thirteen dol
lars a-year."
$50 much," returned Mr.. p, careless
ly; show these things do run up Here
the matter ended as far as they were con-
cerned Not so with cold Phebe," as
she was called. In reality, however, p br-
be was not yet forty it was care and hard
ship which had scanned her once blooming
face, and brought on prematurely the ap-
pcarancc of age. On going to Mrs. Percy
in the evening after she had finished her
wash, for the mcagre SUM she had earned,
that lady had spoken somewhat harshly
about her being so slow, and mentioned
the new arrangement she intended to carry
into effect, leaving it optional with the
poor woman to accept or decline. After
moments hesitation, Phoebe, whose nc
cessi,ics allowed her no choice, agreed to
her proposal, and the lady, who had been
fumb!ing in her purse, remarked:
al have no change, nothing less than
this threc-dollar bill. Suppose pay you
by the month hereafter; it will save INC !
great deal of trouble, and l will try to give
you dollar month regularly"
PLebe's pale cheek waxed still more
CHASTITY as Mrs. Percy spoke, but it was
not within that lady's province to notice
the color of washerwoman's face. She
did, however, observe her lingering, weary
steps as she proceeded through the yard,
and conscience whispered some rcproacLes,
which were SO unpleasant and uuwelccmc,
that she endeavored to dispel them by turn
ing to the luxurious supper which was
spread before her. And here l would pause