The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-23

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iwouldlet her mother come and seetit, she
was so fond of flowers ~ la yass aai is
q ssBut, Florence, only think of this rare
flower standing on a table with ham, eggs
cheese and -four, and stifledsin the chose
littlearoom where MRS. Stephens and her
'deughtermanage to wash, iron, cook,sand
nobody knows what besides :'d 10 aoJgls|
.Well, Kate, and sif i were oobliged
to olive in one coarse room, andsawash,
ironiand cook lasayou say ;eifs1s had, to-
spend evcry,momeitao Of my time in hard
toll, wi.hono prospect IRON my window
but a brick, ,siliess alk. or = dirty lane
ssucaY a flower as rsthis,S swould be untold
tonne" .acilalo5as 4sd e3 bsis
i -..Pshaw > Elerence-+-all sentiment;
poor people have no time ito be sentiment
tai; beside, lattun' t. think itl,iwilL grow
with ttem=-it'i ist "a green house fower,l
ahdsaee,eto lelicate living.''I baa 1es,sr
ESQ as 10 that, afiowen never inquiries
wliatsuri sssa5w leribe ricE1ord poorssoan
Mrs Stephens swh atever9 else shtshas not
has sunsinne'of as good "a quality as that
which streams through our window
Thelbeautiful,rhings that God makes are
stlre gift of all alike You will see that
my litde rose will be ds weli and merry
#in Mrs. Stephens room as in ouis.pag hr
"Well, after alT, how odd When
one gives TO poor people, one want. TO
give them something useful-a bushel, of
po atoes or a ham, for example - IN.
"Wny, certainly, potatoes and ham
must be had, but having ministered to the
first and most craving wants, why not add
any little pleasure or qualification that We
may have it in our power to give. | know
there are many Of the poor who have fine
feelings, and keen sense of the beauti
full, which rusts out and dies. because
they are too hard pressed to procure it
one. qualification. Poor Mrs. Stephens,
for example,; | know she would enjoy
birds. and flowers, and music as much, as.
[ do. IhaYe seen her eye kindle as she
looked these things in our drawing room,
and yet not one beautiful thing can she
cemmand. From necessity her room,
her clothing, all that she has, must, be.
course and plain. You should have seen
the almost rapture that she and. and. Mary felt,
when l offered themmy rose y, r,o ios ar,
y:.hDear me, allthis may be true,b but l
never Thought, Of it before 7 never.
thought that these hard working people
had amy idea of taste y bal st.ssd q;s9
| I'd Then why dc you, sessd SO ivften the
ggeranium eran or rose carefully nunsed inoaanr in an
old cracked teaspet. .in;tthe poorest, room,
or.they corning 8 6 gslories. planted ina box
and made to..itwine around the wy.igndowi
Do net athese, ess, show shhaW hows every human an
heart yearns, after Fl 1.-THE the sbeautifull2 sYtqu You
remcmberaheWa Mary, our WashpeerwEolml pel on an, ana,
set UP aewhele pights after a hard days diay 3
work, that she night=make her first baby
pretty little 'dfess to bet! Baptized in.
7" Yes, 14eemneemdber, ana how IlaugRed
at yon Il for making Such tasty, heat lit
IL IL q Car yff5ri ffo5rr it - df E& ,aso7 Sd % ,ss71sa
s's Well, Kite. thaf 1 think nat TIE io0t Of
perfect delight and satisfaction witt which
Che epeorwpmanregarded herbaby in Tits
new dressand cap, was something quite
worth fereating II do believe she could
nothaxe thanked me more, if I had sent
her a barrel OF -four - sf-&4sen&s--
6isWell, ], never before, thought of Civ
ingto the poor anything but what they
really needed and have always been
willing to do that, when 7 could, without
going far out Of my way p. - 49, s.s-.,...;
Well, cousin, if our Heavenly Father
gave to US as we often give. We Should
have only coarse, shapeless piles Of pro-
vision, lying about the world,, instead Of
all the beautiful variety Of trees, fruits
and flowers Which now delight us ~ . ~
a' "'Well, we'll, cousin, suppose that
you are right, bu; ;pray have mercylon my
poor head ;iti too small to- hold SO many
new ideas atonce ;even 60 on your way, y
and the little lady began practising "a
waltzing step before the glass with great
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~ PART H. a1e zeds ice
1t was very small room and lighted
by only one window. There was no
carpet on tie floor, there was clean
but coarsely covered bed in one corner
chest of drawers; and before the window
stood "a small cherry stand, quite new,
tandiindeed the only article in the room
that seemed So A pale, siekly7looklng
woman Of about forty, was leaning; back
in her rockingrehairs her eyes closed and
her lips compressed as lifiin pain. She
rocked backward and forward few mo-
mnents, pressed her hand hard upon her
EYES, EYES, and ne then langqidIy resumed the fine
stitching on. which she had been busy since