The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-02
ANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1856.

striving to make her day s work as long as may
be, shorten it, tighten it,
Few women will 60 out to daily washing un-
less their needs are terrible. No woman on
her bridal day expects to labor in that way; and
Be sure, my niece, if constrained to do so, it is
the last resort That poor woman laboring
now so hard for you, has not always been a
washerwoman. She has seen bright, gladstone
hours. She has seen awful trials, too. l can
read her story in her pale, sad face. Be'kind
to her, pay her all she asks, and let her go home
as early as she can.''
"You have finished in good season. to-day,
Susan" said Mrs. Merton, as the washerwo-
man, with her old cloak and hood on, entered
the pleasant chamber to ask for her pay.
t'Yes ma am, that I have, and my heart,
ma am, is relieved Of heavy load, too. Twas
so afraid I should be kept till night, and l am
needed SO at home" E
ssIs there sickness there?' said aunt Hannah,
kindly T....... ...
Tears gushed to the woman's eyes, as she an
swered, "ah, ma am, left my baby most dead
this morning; he will be quite so tomorrow |
know it. l have left it too many times, and
none bat child of nine years to attend to IT.
O, must go, and quickly" and grasplng the
money, the hard earned money that she had
toiled for while her baby was dying, that when
dead it might have decent shroud, she hur-
ried to her dreary home. 74
They followed her. The young wife who had
never known a sorrow, and the aged matron
whose hair was white with trouble-followed
her to her home-the home of the drunkard's s
wife, the drunkard's babes. She was not too
late The wee dying boy knew its mother yet,
and craved a draught from her loving breast:
Until midnight she pillowed him there, and then
kind hands took from her the breathless form,
closed the bright eyes, Strengthened the tiny
limbs, bathed the cold clay, and folded about it
the pure white shroud-yes, and did more
They gave, what the poor so seldom have, time
to.weep.
90, aunt said Mrs Merton, with tears in
her eyes, as having seen the little confined babe
borne to it's last home, they returned to their
own happy one, eff my heart blesses you, how
much more must poor Susan's. Had itnot been
for you, she would have been too late-the babe
would not have known its mother. 1t has been
sad, yet holy lesson-I shall always be kind
to the poor washerwoman. But aunt, was the
''The reality ofthat story whitened this head
when it had seen but thirty summers, and the
memory Of it has been one Of my keenest sor-
rows. 1t is not strange that l should pity the
poor washerw oman-Ada and aunt Hannah
were one and the same
The Boston Times makes itself responsible
| for this rather steep marathon
We see, occasionally, in the papers, accounts
of persons swallowing living reptiles and sub
sequently ejecting them; but all such state
ments have been treated as either entirely
groundless or else greatly exaggerated Blu
we have now case of this descr ption whici
admits of no cavil or doubt, but may be relied
upon as wholly and strictly true. For perioe
of two years or 1ore, respectable lady, Mrs
P. residing in Amesbury, has experienced
very unusual and, at rimes, distressing feeling
in her stomach, the cause of which no one coult
divine.
This state of things continued without inter
ruption and resulted IN the complete physca
prostration of Mrs. P, with unmistakable symp
toms of speedy DEATH Her case had attracted
the attention of the neighborhood and she hae
called in the best medical assistance at hand
but all Is no purpose. Her physicians gave i
up as a hopeless case, and acknowledged them
selves unable to discover the cause of her sick
ness. Having thus exhausted all human mean
for her relief, Mrs. P. (who is a spiritualist ant
a powerful medium resolved to test the poweI
of the spirits in the matter of her ailment.-
With this object she called on another siady
medium, and stated her case, requesting he1
to invoke the aid of the spirit Of doctor Rush
which she did, and the answer was, that Mrs
P. had within her stomach living reptile
which, if not soon ridden of, would be ths
means of her DEATH It also prescribed the
course to be adopted, giving the name and tht
quantity OF the medicine to be administered
These directions were Immediately followed
and the result was the election from the stom
ach of Mrs. P. of live snake, Of the water ad
der species, which measured upward of four
teen inches in length and one and a quarter
inches in circumference! The snake was dis
gorged upon the floor, and was not only alive
but exhibited all the venomous traits of its
species, running out its forked tongue and ever
kissing at those around. This event occurred
about ten days since, and, we are happy to add
Mrs. P. is fast regaining her health and bel
strength. She supposes that she swallowed
the lePtlt TWO years siHCc Hlll!c VI !ihl!S oti
a springin Maine,
The Nashville presbytery, at its late meet
ing came. down on dancing in the following
style:
On motion, the following preamble and re
solution was adopted, and ordered to be inclu
ded in the abstract for publication, and ordered
that.it be read from each pulpit in our bounds
Whereas, The presbyterian church have
through their highest judicatories condemned
dancing; and whereas members of the church
are often found ignorant of the sentiment and
decisions of the church, and often engage in
this amusement; and whereas, circumstances
seem to demand the opinion of this presbytery
upon this subject, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the practice of dancing, and
attending parties, is eminently and exclusively
that of the world which leth in wickedness;
so inconsistent with the life of A christian and
that purity of heart which christians should
strive to sustain that it is not only improper for
christians to allow themselves or children to
engage in it, and qualify them for it, but ses-
sions of our churches should treat it as an Of
fence worthy of discipline under our rules al