The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-11-02
ryrG oily regardless Of The suffering. Of hi.

wife.
o. u when sorrows come, they come not single
b spies, but in battaliOna'
s Al, this time AIDA was attacked with
3 f~ca,isina-lhal dreaded disease that has
: robbed so many Of US Of our sweetest bios
n q snnis--ihat has vacated one little chair in
., 5 almost every household.
u tssA In less than Twelve hours after The at
.,#s lAek, AIDA was slarmingly i'll. The most
ss +kiilfol physicians were summoned, but all
In no purpose-she grew worseand worse,
The mother and the father too, become (ul
sgoilv alive to her dangerous situation. Their
- minds were diverted from all other inter-
ssaa tsis--they forgot their former troubles, for
y gnuw The life of their child engrossed their
N'sg@lols being. 8 90.
st Mrs. Piper, although a fashionable wo.
ris im1n, was a very affecliona!e mother; and
Ygi, she fathers whole heart was bound up in
% Ais darling. 1t isirue he had treated her
3. Z very u~nkindly within a few weeks, but he
lr was evidently deranged-he knew not
ads what he did. Now he would give oil
ss that he ever had and all he might ever
fas acquire, to save his idol. They glided
noiselessly around the couch of the linle
sufferer, they gazed earnestly into the
'a,i dim eyes and on the livid face OF their
-a4f 7 we'd on. Hour after hour was passed
e.lH in suspense and in anguish and The silent
ils watches Of The night found the heart sirick'
en- parents bending over the diving child
sl Anon was heard the wall Of prayer, and
l the Good Father of US all, who never will
ingly %afilicls his children, was lmplored tt
sa, her.
But death claimed for his own the bean
90, ,iiGul AIDA. On the third day of her IL
ness, when the morning sun struggled
sJlrOugD the closed windows of her slcE
room. the lille form that had been burn
. iug with fever, and restless with pain
.rf was cold add sill. No murnur was heart
then-no tear was shed; The affection ws'
a 400 deep.
The parents left no, the precious clay
ill il was taken TO the tomb. Two day
.t and Two nights they spent alone with thei
.gn dead child-and a very profitable season
il proved 10 be. They were sorely tried
and they came forth purified, with highel
v aims, with nobIer views OF life, with de
sire stereolyed into their souls TO seek loI
spiritual riches more earnestly than fol
temporal goods.
How hum,liali g, that we cannot learr
IN live Alright without such bitter, such Ter
rible experience! Aud how much 10 b.
o. regretted hat 20 few Of US learn the les
SOD, even lhen! .
Mr.. Pyper's fine situation in G--wai
sold All The property that could be dis
posed Of was converted into money. Hi
vile saw all the beautiful furniture Ia
ken away, and all the rare and costly
o. things that had minisiered to her vanity
but MOI a single sigh escaped her. She
said in her heart, 4 have done witt, them
O,her and higher and better Interests oc
aupy me. These are good in themselves
and much to be desired, but they proved
to be a sNare.' Every thing was given
mp 10 The creditors; and even then o1ly
sixty cents was paid on The dollar,
They removed 10 Iowa, AID Mr.. Pypcr
soon engaged as book. keeper in mercan
tile establishment. His salary was sui
fcicnl for their support. Mrs. Pyqer hal
become a great economist. She is he
own hcusekeeper, and declares she ike
il very much. They are now very hap
py IN each other, and in another liltlt
Ada that has come to bless Them,