Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-12-26
have the tree, oh please give her those,
and | shall be so happy.
FRANTz IIorrMAN.

anu shall NC 50 happy.
FRANrz TIorrMAN"
Pleased with the simple, childish in
nocence of the letter. the postmaster put
it in his pocket. When he went home
he found a rich lady there who hal come
to take tea with his wife. and at the
table, when all were assembled, he drew
forth the letter Of little Frantz. and read
it aloud, telling how it had come into
his hands, and saying how the poor little
fellow would wonder at never getting his
tree, or ever hearing of his letter again.
g But he may hear Of it again" said
the rich lady, who had listened carefully
to every word There is so much
goodness of heart in tho poor boys love
for his mother, that it well deserves to
be rewarded. He nsoy hear Of itagaing
50 the lady remembered the name of-
the boy; indeed, she asked the gcurie-
man to give her the letter. which he did,
and by its aid she sought and found out
where Frantz lived From some of the
neighbors she heard, how little Frantz
helped bis mother all day chcorfully, and
was the best boy in the ncighborhood,
and that Mrs. Hoffman had not even the
money to buy shoes, for that her land
lord had raised her rent, and she hid to
give the little sum laid aside to bin
Aud the lady thought to hersefit would
not be likely to spoil so good boy to
have a beautiful tree. so she had one
brought to her house, large and full of
leaves it was; and she bought all kinds
Of beautiful aud useful things to hang on
it. and little rosc-eolored tapers to be
placed among the branches, and on the
table under the tree were laid two pair
OF shoes--onc pair for the mother and
one pair for Frantz and thick blankets
and IA large shawl AMI purse Of money
(tor the lady knew that poor Mrs. lIoF.
man mast have many wants Of which
she could not know. and she wanted her
to supply them bv means of tho pursa)
and. best Of all. there wax largo Bible
If Frantz's dream had Suddenly turn
ed into reality. it could not have been
more beautiful.
80 day'after day went on. AMI though
Frantz knew not the fate Of his letter.
he never doubted that all wnuld 90 well.
II WAS pleasant to see the sunshiny face
with which he greeted every morning ms
'one day nearer Christmas" And when
at last Christmas morning -came, bright
aud clear. there was a leaping bounding
heart IN his bosom, and n light in his
blue eye, that made his mother smile
though she scarcely knew where the mex
meal was to come from. The vince
kept on its whirrine. and Franz sa
with his eyes fixed on the blue sky. as i
he almost thought his expected trca woull
drop down from it. Suddenly low
knock was heard at the door, and vote,
aske -
{" Is little Frantz Hoffman here 2"
Frantz almost flow to the door.
:" am Frantz." said he.
And the little maiden who had asked
FIR him, told him to come with her, ant
his mother must como, too
Soon. very soon was fhc little party
ready, and the maiden "a them alone
rally to handsome house, whose door
she pushed open, and they entered in
How lightly trod Ffan'z along The
wide passage, for his heart whispered
aloul to him At the End STOOD door.
just ajar, AMI as the girl pushed il open
a Blaze Of light strcaned ont. Franta
canght his mothers hand and drew her
forward. exclaiUing
1t is my trec--my tree | knew so
well it would be readyw
And sure enonqh, there stood the
shining tree, all bright with shining ta-
pers and laden with fruit; AMI on high
was tho image Of the Ch.ist-clliIi hold
ing out his hand and smilny 50 loviogly.
and below was written - FoR FRASrz
BECAUSE HE LOVED ms MOTHER"
Col. BENrox on DISSIPATION "A few
evenings ago Col Benton delivered .
lecture in Boston. before ;he Appren-
tees Library association, A letter to
the New York Tribune says:
T" He opened it by giving. in kindly
characteristic style, some vcrv good all
vice to young men in general and APP
prentices in particular. They saw before
them. he remarked person who had
attained an age past the limit which the
Psalniist assigns to the line of life, and
now upon those years which the same
Psulmist associated with sorrogs and
weakness. Thus far he was exempt from
those infirDities. How came it that NJ
this advanced age he was blessed with
the absence Of those infrnitiea which
are supposed to belong to II? IL owol
it 10 the course Of bis early life. Frank
lin (whoh be warmly culogizd) wly
once nicl,named the American Aquatic.
because he drank nothiny but wefor. -
In that respect he had inflated Frank
lin, lie totally abstaiucl for he Gra
half Of his life anil was temperate the
other half IL bad not Only totally ab-
stained from spirtuons liquors. vinous
lianors. fermfntcd liquors. and every
thing Of the Kind, bnt he bal kept HIM
self free from ererg kind Of dissipation
Applause. He knew no game what
ever 3 ond 10 this moment conll M; tell
whom hooking ut = party PLAYING c9rI4
which was the loser apl which the win
uer He had often act mp MI night.
Watching the sick. on military duty, md
hook Joof had o6tcn kent him
awake; but he had never spcptone night
Of dissipation
To TAEg Russ our 81 srERt. Cover
tho steel with sweet oil well rubbed on.