The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-11-09
The Uay il Should Sc 4oRe, !. ]

~ way ~ SHoQle Oe 3GRe.
SMOTHER, how rs the -four bmrsEr .,,s,
getting low; !" said finely built man .as, ke,
gaused for moment before leaving the.
house where his grey-headed parents lived:
u must send You some have lately k,xebt
Of the No. Z brand, Just for goa to mr. M.
on my word it makes the incest and sweet
est biscuit that 1 have tasted-and youIr nav
so, think" '"'.'e'
And next day came the barrel Of fjot;r mt
not alone There was good supply ofenf.
Tee and tea, and dozen little nicetie, .,.at
all for tie old folks to try. That man knev,
the value Of kind parents. He was a sas, -.
be proud Of Were any repairs 20 be 1one
he found out almost intuitively; and he nev.
er called upon them with his hands emntv
Something "that mother loyed,u or Womb
make father think of old times, Tiinvariably.
found its way into their pantry. Andha A..
tually seemed to like nothing SO we'll !. ~
leave IN their absence some token of fonJnss.
and respect for those who had worn th.;,,
lives out IN serving him. -,
But ah +! how many leave their purens.
desolate, and in need, or give them n, pl,oa,
oy,their flreslde where they expected to delye
and a0ork out the obligations. Is Il nnv
wonder that such individuals, copsciou, tb.,
they are in the way, grow auerulous and
tretful, and die, perhaps, uDreeretted. OH
ers are ashamed of their honest old parenta--
shame on them-and keep then, in some nv.
place, giving them a small p;ttanca u,,o,,
which they can barely subsist. -
A would-be fashionable youno ladv ~bo,
had SACRIFICED everything 10 appearance,
once told some OF her newly-made acauaint.
ances' that the familiar old man laborsng in
the yard was the woodsawyer. Having
gone thus tar, she was base enough to carry
out the lie, and when he came in for a mo-
ment, and stood upon the threshhold of the
door with childish smile warming his wrink.
led face into sunniness as he gazed npon their
merrlment, instead of calling him by the dear
name OF father, she scbooled herself to saw
coldly, pointing to the yard, 1--WE cant p.y
you till the whole is done.' The old father
gazed |, moment in astonishment. compre.
hended her duplicity, and turned away Bro.
ken-hearted. Truly, then, the iron entered
his soul, for
90! who can tell
How sharper than'a serpents tooth It IL
To have thankless child"
Sweeter praise can never be than tba.
dying parent, as he blesses the hand tb..
has led him gently from sorrow, and !, even
now smoothing the cold brow damp with the
spray of Jordan. And dear the tbouoht ~
your tears fall upon the sod that cove1s tb.s
gfay-haired father, that you were ever kind
and loving to him that you gave cheerfuI.
ly OF your abundance, and never caused him
to feel that you were doing charity.
Never can we repay those ministerin0 an.
gels we call father and mother. ASoel.
though earthly, have they ever been. from
the time that Adam and Eve gazed unor
their first born, as he slept amid roses. wbila.
the tiny fingers, the waxen lids, and the che
rub form. were all mysterious to them.
Willingly they have suffered for us. let -,
bless them in our heart Of hearts, and sllo.
no love of gain or pride Of position, to sssr
them thence.
"Be kind to thy mother. for loi on her bro,,
May traces Of sorrow be seen; -.
o! well may'st thou cherish and comfort her now
For loving and kind has she been.
BE kind to thy father, for when tkou vert young.
None loved thee 8" fondly as he
lie caught the first accents that fen from tsv
tongue,
And smiled a. thy innocent gIee"