The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-06-15
WHOLE NO 1899

Ah PiSoeilCS Vi VIC COHipdug mere ASSenDleu
of two gross sinsl First, Of an attempt to
ruin all the poor people of the city, by Civ.
ing them taste for expensive luxuries,.
beyond the reach ofany but the wealthy
Do You plead guilty or not guilty to this
grave accusation?'
Not guilty said Lucy of any intention
TO injure the poor of your city, in whose
welfare you seem 10 take so deep an inter
est. And as to giving them taste for
flowers, wiser one than | has implanted
that in the very humblest Of his own chill
dren; else why do we slways see few
roses or morning giories shading the win
dows Of the vefiest novels in the country,
and little spotSon the rudest garden re-
deemed from cabbage and onions, for pink
or peonies? And even in this great city
rose bush, geranium, or few chrysan-
thems growing in CRACKED tespots and bro
ken bowls. ornament the windows Of dilapi-
dated dwellings saying to the paesers By,
hat this universal passion for flowers will
burt out in spite Of poverty and toilp
"A most able defeucel Not gpiltyp said
the gentlenen.
But the Second charge continued her
cousin, is stih more serious one. have
to accuse you of the base act Of giving a.
way q PRESENT.
1 did not think Of tha said Lucy, with
heightened color, 4 suppose it was dis
honorable; but / forgot they had been
present!
1 wondor if it was 50 very mean in mo
to give away my howersP thought Lacy,
as she laid her innocent head upon the pill
low that night. Could she have followed
her bouquet to the place Of its destination,
and seen the sunshine it brought in that
humble abode, she would have dismissed
her anxieties. When the aged grandmoth-
er first saw the bouquet, she stretched forth
her withered hands to take it, with an
exclamation ofjoy; but as soon as she saw
how rare one it was, she shook her head
saying 'Ah, Susan, you must have spent all
your earnings for this. You should not
1t was selfish inne To wish for flowers, but
old people are apt to be selfish; if we were
only in the country again, we could have
flowers without feeling the cost of them.
I'VE need not feel this, grandmother, for
it was present TO you from the young la
/ dy WHO'S staying at Mr.. F----'s.
How very kind other! Tell her l will
breathe prayer for her over each bud and
flower other sweet present. and the old
wSman turnedher bouquet round and round
admiring the colors and seeming refreshed
and cheered BY their odor.
She declared that they made her feel
twenty years younger, end that she. could
almost fancy herself back again in the lit
tie white cottage, standing in the midst Of
fower-garden which she had taken so
much pleasure in cultivatihg.
There were no such roses within twenty
miles of u.s. she said; and then she went in =
to full description of each variety; what
difficulty she had in obtaining it; how anx-
iously she had watched it, lest it should
not grow; and how proud she feltwhen all
her neighbors stopped to admire the first
roses it borei
Meanwhile, Susan diligently piled her
needle, while greaGful feeling stole over
her, that the usual petulance Of ageand sick
ness had been SO pleasantly dispelled.
The next morning, as Mr.. I. was pass
ing along the street, his old friend Dr.. M
greeted him with, Where have you been
hiding yourself, young man? have beer
wishing to meet you for the last two weeks
Come with me, and let us have little chat
if you are net engaged
Entirely at your service, and most hap
py to have met you
BY the way said the Doctor, i have 1
patient living in that alley-a poor old wo.
man look in upon occasionally. viii yol
step there with we? 1t wIlnot detain us q
bdve ten minutes
Mr.. T. willingly asssnted, and they en-
tered a neat room. On little table cover
ed witha white cloth, stood an elegant buo
quet, which diffused an agreeable perfum
throughout the apartment.
why, Miss Susan asked the blunt ol,
physician, 'how long have you been SO ex
travagant? Those flowers have cost n
trihe'
"A young lady sent them to grandmotll
er, sir, and think they did her more goo
than all the medicine she took yesterday
A young lady, eh?'
MY buoquet, as sure as fate though
Mr. t.
doctor, he asked, as soon as they wer
in the street again, If you had take
great pains in selecting choice flowers
! please young lady, what would you thin
to see her give them away to an old We
man?'
Think! Why, that she considered Il
the gift too bright a one to wither anon
the heartlcss scenes Of fashionable life, an
wished to place it where it would awake
sincere pleasure
A few days after, Mr.. T--manage
+ + as if by accident, to meet DR.. M-aga
in the vicinity Of the house to which h
: costly bouquet had been transferred. Fc
: lowing his old friend again to the sick roo
he took from the little, table as shily as
could the withered flowers, and put son
fresh ones in their place. OF course,
{ was only in fit OF abstraction that he CO
veyed the faded ones to his pockat inste
. of throwing them away.
= Some two years after, when Mr.. a
Mrs. T--wero packing up for !ripto E
rope, the former took from hisp private draw
n a withered bouquet and said, There, |
y cy, where do you think / found that?
I'm sneI cannot tell, was her laugh
le reply.
TX 4 stole it from an old woman's sick roo
y he said. Your cousin offered to show y
re how to preserveit, butt seems you md