Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-07-10
A little boy, pulled up from a sonnd NJ.

A. '''S wy, P~''e~ ~ Hou 9ounQ nap
to give place to incomers, was pacifed and
made happy by handful of ches,nu,s and
a glowing bit Of candy out of the big mans
pocket. When he left the cars for refresh.
mcut, he brought back handful Of les.
and distributed them among weary group.
A mother and seven little children, lie
eldest not twelve years old, whose hus band
and father left the cars at every stopping
place, and returned more stupid and beastly
each time, scOlding the tired, restless ones,
with thick tongue, aud glaring his furious
red eyes upon the poor grieved victim of .
wife, like tiger on its Frey, "because she
did not keep her young one still they
would disturb every body" No bite Of
refreshment, no exhilaraiiug draught, no
rest from that fat, cross baby. came to her
all the long night, save when the big man
stretched out his great hand and took her
baby boy for an hour, and let him play
with bis splendid watch to keep him quie.
'Tll give yer q thousand dollars for
him." said be, as he handed him back to
her arms
"You may have the whole lot for that"
answered the drunken man, with a swine.
like grunt.
dts bargair," said the big man, ,"pro-
vidin' the mothers willing"
"Iudeed, sir, its not one of them that
can be had 70. money" was the quie. ye.
determined response of the mothers heart.
How kindly he helped her of the cars
when, at the break of day, they came to
their journeys end
Thus, all night, be had been attracting
the attention of the waking ones in the
cars. But bis kindness and rough polite
ness would soon have been forgotten by the
mass of the Passengers, had be not stamped
it upon our memories with gold.
81 wonder who be Isl" "Wbere did
he get on ?" "What an interesting char.
acter = Education would spoil him"
What rich furs !" "Did you notice what
splendid watch he carries :" "Hs's some
great man, tncoy"
Such were few of the queries that
passed from lip to lip. But there came
no answer, for he, who alone could have
answered, sat crouching in his fur coat,
seemingly unconscious Of his own deep
"Chicago !" shouted the brakesm,n, and
in an instant all was confusion, and our
hero was lost in the crowd The next We
saw of him was at the baggage stand, look.
ing up band box for swee. looking
country girl who was going to learn the
milliner's trade in the city. As we passed
to our carriage We discovered him again,
holding an old man by the hand, while he
grasped the shoulder of the conductor Of
another train with the other, getting for
the deaf, gray haired sire, the right infor-
nation as to the route be should take to
get to 'his darter" who lived near Musca.
tine, Iowa.
"God bless him for his good deeds ~
was our earnest aspiration, as we whirled
around the corner May his shadow never
grow less, or the gold in his pocket dimin-
ish, for in his unnumbered charities and
mercies, dropped SO unostentatiously here
and there, he is, perhaps, doing more good
in his day aud generation, than be who do
mates his thousands to build charitable in.
stitutions, to give honor to his own name.
Oh, how much the world needs great
hearts that are capable to comprehend lit
tie things and yet how often i. happens
that the learned, the wise, and the rich,
outgrow the everyday wants of humanity,
and, feeling within themselves the power
to move nightly, pass by the humble du-
ties that would make thousand hearts leap
for joy.and push on, looking for some
wrong to right, some great sorrow to bs
soothed, some giant work to be accomplish.
ed and falling to find the great c0rk, live
and die, iucarcerated by their own selfish.
ness, and do nothing at all
The rough msu's nature seemed the ma
ture Of the little child. His quick eye saw
at glance; his great heart warmed, and
his great hand executed his little works Of
charity-so small that one would have OK
pected to see them slip between bis giant
fingers unaccomplished-yet they were
done. The "augel over his shoulder"will
have longer column to set down to his
account of deeds we'll done, than all the
rest Of the passengers of that crowded pas.
senger car, or that long, tedious stormy
night, in January, 1856.
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A Horrible Black Republican!
A negro deliberately raised his rifle and
shot n roencct,hla ub;to mon n,~ed pit