Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-25

! hearts but one must bear all TOR honor. I es,
e he may even put bit of lead in my heart, it
e he only makes me so that shall pass for real
heavy silver spoon So the goldsmith bored
deep into her heart, and filled it up with melt
( ed lead, which soon hardened within it. But
/; she suffered all for honor's sake Then she
was silvered over again, and brought back to
; the plate-basket. Now the servant came, and
took her up with the rest of the spoons and
saw and felt no difference so she was placed
with the rest on the great dinner-table, passed
for real, beautiful silver spoon, and would
have been as happy as possible. if she had not
got lump of lead in her heart. That lump
of lead caused a great heaviness there and
made her feel not quite happy in the midst Of
her honors. So time went on, and the wooden
spoon continued to pass for silver one, SO
well was she silyered, and SO heavy had she
been made. But the meat-mother died. At
that, the slvered spoon, instead of sorrowing,
as she once would have done, almost rejoiced !;
for every time she had lain shining on the
great table, she had recollected that the meat
mother was the only person who knew that
she really was nothing more than a simple
wooden spoon and so, if her mistress took
another spoon instead of her, she became quite
jealous, and said to herself: That is be-
cause she knows all about me she knows
am wooden spoon, slvered outside, aud with
a lump of lead within me-
But when the mistress was dead, she said
to herself: Now am free, and can enjoy
myself perfectly for no one will know now
that l am not quite what seem.' The goods
however, were now to be sold. The family
silver was bought by goldsmith, who prepar
ed to melt it up, in order to work it anew
ha npho ho,o~ xr,.fl
the rest she saw the furnace ready, and with
dismay she heard that she should be cast
therein. She was dreadfully alarmed, and
exclaimed against the cruelty practiced towards
the friendess orphans who had so lately lost
their good protectress, and began to appeal to
her companions in rank and misfortune, who
will burn us up ? she cried They will turn
us to ashes How quietly you take such iu-
hucan conduct =
go mol said an old silver spoon and fork,
who lay composedly side by side-they had
been comrades from youth, these two, and had
already gone through the furnace, know not
how many times O no ! they will do US no
harm. They may willingly melt us ; the fur
knaee will dc COED rather than harm, end
shall soon appear in more handsome and fash
ionable FORM
| The slyered wooden spoon listened, but
was not comforted 1t did not comfort her to
know that silver would not burn, for she knew
well that wood would do So
"Ah,' sighed the silly little spoon, I see it
is not by brightness only, nor yet by weight,
that real silver is known = The silver was
cast into the furnace but when the gold
smith came and took her up, she cried in great
excitement, aud with trembling voice: Dear
Master, | certainly am a silver spoon that is
seen both by my appearance and weight but
then, am not of the same sort of silver as
the other spoons am of a finer sort, which
cannot bear the fire, but flies away in smoke
60 Indeed What are you, then? Perhaps
tin?'
"Tin can the dear master think so meanly
ofme!'
"Perhars even Lead p
''The master can see if am lcad'
'Well, that will do said the master,
and began to bend the handle, when snap it
went in two, for wood will not bear bending
like silver any more than it will bear melting.
The wooden spoon broke in two, and out fell
the lump of lead. So cried the master
only common wooden spoon silvered over "
Yes cried the poor SPOON which, so soon
as the lead fell from her heart, grew quite light
and happy-'yes, 1 am only a common wooden
spoon. Take away the silvering, dear master,
cause me to be mended, aud set me in the old
kitchen again to serve out meal perridge for
the rest Of my life. Now know how stupid
it was for wooden spoon to want to pass for
silver one ~
/ And so the wooden spoon should be me-
said little Anna, pointing simply because 1
, know that the rich. live in gladness aud joy,
and the poor suffer sorrow and want
R {t NE o dc not suffer nav, want dear child
sary, and even more. Wait little you shall
l see that father will have coffee and sugar home
with him; yes, whole pound Of each sort,
) doubt not
But, mother heard father say that there
: are people in the world who drink coffee every
t day they are certainly happier than we are
There is doubt of it, my girl. God divides
!, not SO unequally as We thiuk.'
God gives us always so much as ought to
content US, but He cannot give US so much as
J that We shall be content, for thereto He will
not constrain u.s. said Anders as gravely as a
Judge
/ Hear Anders hear him ? cried his sister /;
, he talks like PRIEST
Yes FOR these words the priest said last
: year, when he preached down there at Bjork-
| dial, and we travelled to church,
t That do not remember said Anna
oh, thou vert but little girl +; and then
r the priests daughter was SO grand that day.
Yes, so grand she had q fine necklace Of
red stones, of glass, or some sort of red Der
ries, and they shone like glass stones
And you sat and looked at that said the
{ mother, instead Of hearing Gods word r..
/ She was only child, mother said Anders
F.; excusiDgly.
3 just then the rapid sound Of the reindeer
hoofs was heard, and the jiugIiug Of the sleigh
lbtlIs coming over the frozen lake, as if keeping