The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-12
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"S'e "'"'e 'o b~ mothers Tor e,ers
body else What blessing in the circle OF
iamilie. 10 wh'ch she belongs. ,s an pnm.r
r'ed sister She watches Nv the ac-d father
or mother With vestsl's fidelity. while her
sisters or brothers abandon the old bomp.tead
for Cupid. or cupidty. Who so ready a.
she. 70 solace the bereavement Of q friend.
all Of whose earthly hopes have been swal.
lowed up in the grave: To the widowed
brother, her sympathetic voice and spontane
ny OF kindness seem almost like a return
from the tomb OF the idol be had laid there
and to the bereaved sister whose stay and
support have been stricken down, she becomes
as 1t we're the support of another manhood
Next 10 the mother herself, she is the last to
cease her expostuIations with a wayward
daughter, or her -fforts to reclaim an undu-
titu son. To children bereft of parents. .b.
becomes both father and mother, and train.
unconscious orphanage in the way it shon'd
go. How Protean her capabilities of useful
ness. Transforming herself BY turns into a
TREND. narse, physician. or spiritual guide
INTO the grave companion Of the old, or the
trolicsome PLAYMATE of the young. as ever
varving- occasion NAV demand Who Dies
not know that when any child Of all her
kindred j, deaf or blind, or halt. or whom
step dame Nature has matrea,el in any 9th
or way. never failing resource is fo,nd in
the universal Auntv;;" as thoryh she kept
full assortment Of eyes, and ears, and tacul-
ti"s. tor all kind Of ''impotrnt tolk Z" Then,
tor the children, dresses. does she not know
the Iafes! styles for N r learning has she
not seen the >age>t books and for their health
has she not the newest cure ais all t,y heart:
aud ~ tor the rompinS and registering
groups of the nursery, does she not carry all
the toy>hopS Of France and China in her
Porkets: Who. of all the household. can
help paving homage TO such divinity. even
though II sometimes does seem as though she.
would kill us with kindness:
Outside, and beyond the family relation.
this person often becomes a kind Of pull;,.
character, though without the envy or the O.
dunn which attaches 10 the noto,i.tv of pub.
Inc men. As a teacher Of schools, how she.
shames the wisdom of the lawsver and the
tefrihut'ons OF the Judge. by saving where
they sacrifice. and re,leeminc where they de-
>troy To hospitals for disease and suffer
ing. to prisons for penal retribution, to re-
cfPtac'es tor reformation from deepest de-
basement and guilt how diynelv does she
come her head encirclcd with a halo o;
heavenly hight her feet sweetenins the earth
on which she trtads. and the celestial rad
anre OF her benignity making vice begin its
work OF repentance through very envy of
The beauty Of virtue The two Misses Eel
lows, OF Boston. within the last ten wears.
have found for more than a thousand desti
tnte orphan children. CARRYING on this war
fare against ignorance and perdition. As the
apostle SAID, at their own charges. What
mothers. unless it be such as the mother Of
a>hngtOn. deserve SO much As they the
admiration and homage of mankind :-H,-
dce Man,
A SAND SToEM.-Thc editor of the PA
cerville (CalD imeric.n gives the following
description of sand storm which he wit
messed in Humboldt river valley, while on a
Journey across the plans
1.-The sun was scorching hot: not a cloud
visible, nor breath Of AIR stirring: and WE
were all oppressed with extreme Iassi,utle
and fatigue, and stirred not. as We feared ro
storm for should rain come upon us it would
be hut God send But at this moment ",
heard the low rumbling of distant thunder
and presently dark. Hvid. rather than black
cloud, was scer rising over the summit OF III.
Humboldt Mountains. eight or ten miles 10
the southeast. and Immediately thereafter
like great arch Of half-moltrn iron. il hat
sPanned the entire eastern horizon 1t ar
peared. what it proved to be-a storm cloud
Occasional flashes of lightning were seen
but very little thunder was heard Soon
heavy. continuous roar. like a gale of win,
nPOn forest, became audible, and in les
time than it has taken to read this descrip
fon were the clouds nearly over our heads
the mountains completely hidden from ou
view. and a roaring storm of some kind al
most upon us. We as hastily as possible NJ
our wagons and camp equipsce in POSITION Z,
receive it our affriyhted animals had a!
rushed into camp. and Immediately it strucl
us: a storm of wind and sand from the crea
American desert. but without one drop of
rain. The sand dust completely darken-,
The air, and yenetratcd every possible plac,
about our tents and wagons where the All
could circulate. For halt hour or more ;
sharp prickling sensation was felt upon tn.
back Of the hands and upon tie face. Will
an irresistible desire 10 remove with the fin
gers something that seemed to he upon tn.
tace, producing sensation as though spider
webs were being drawn over it, We attrib
nted This to electrical agency. perhaps prop
erly for during the storm the needle of q
pocket compass cut up all manner Of antics
and ranged to every point of the compass a.
we'll as North and South. And this was ou,
first and last sand-storm."