Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-05-22

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A little boy, pulled up from sound nap
to give room to incomcrs was pacified and
made happy by handful of chestnuts and
a glowing bit of candy out Of the big mans
pocket. When he left the cars for refresh
ments he brought back his hand full Of pics,
and distributed them among weary group.
A mother and seven little children, the old
est not twelve years old, whose husband and
father left the cars at every stopping place,
and returned moro stupid and beastly each
time, scolding the little tired restless ones
with thick tongue, and glaring his furious
red eyes upon the poor grieved victim of
wife, like a tiger upon its prey, "because
she did not keep her young ones still y 'thoy
would disturb every body" No bite of re-
freshment, no exhilerating drauglt, no rest
from that fat, cross baby, came to her all
the long night, save when the big man
stretched out his great big hands and took
her baby boy for an hour and let him play
with his splendid watch to keep him quiet.
"rll give yer a thousand dollars for him,
said he, as he handed him back to her arms
"You may have tho whole lot for that,
answered the drunken father with swine,
like grunt.
!, ats a bargain" said the big man, "pro
? vidin' the mothers willing"
/; Indade, sir, it is not the one of them car
: be had for money" was the quiet yet deter
r mined response of tho mothers heart.
How kindly he helped her off the car
when, at the break of day, they came L
their journeys end.
' Thus all night had he been attracting
! tho attention Of the waking ones in the cars
But his kindness and rough politeness would
soon have been forgotten by the mass oil
|, the passengers, had he not stamped it upor
our memories with his gold.
a ~ wonder who he is" and "where did h,
+, get on" "What an interesting character.
d Education would spoil him." 'What ric
@ furs." "Did you notice what a splendi
v watch he carricsG" "He's some great ma
= = ncog."
d Such wore few of the queries that pass
IS ed from lip to lip But there camo n
10 answer; for he, who alone could have al
l. swered sat crouched in his fur coat seemin
d unconscious of all but his own deep thought
,r "Chicago~ shouted tho brakesman, an
rs in an instant all was confusan and our hor
"a was lost in the crowd. The next we sa'
o of him was at the baggage stand, lookin
% up band-box for sweet looking countr
% girl, who was going to learn the milliner
if trade in the city, AS we passed to our cal
h riage, we discovered him again, holding al
h old man by the hand, while he grasped tn
i shoulder of the conductor of another trai
IS with the other, getting for the deaf, gra
4 haired sire the right information as to th
X route he should take to get to "his dart
n. who lived near Muscatinc, Iowa."
cr "God bless him for his good deedsr W,
7 our earnest aspiration, as we whirled rour
% the corner. May his shadow never gro
" less, or the gold in his pocket diminish, f
y. in his unnumbcrless charities, and merci
10 dropped so unostentatiously here and ther
g he is perhaps, doing more good in his da
n and generation, that he who donates h
rs thousands to build charitable institutions, (
: give honor to thoir own name
N Oh, how much the world needs grel
h. hearts that are able to comprehend lit
things-and yet how often it happens tn
to the learned, the wise, and tho rich outgro
50 the every day wants of humanity, and fec
a ing within themselves tho power to mo,
ID mightily--pass by the humble duties th
re- would make thousand hearts leap for j
" --and push on, looking for some wrong
he right some great sorrow t6 be soothe
some giant work to be accomplished; al
ty failing to find the great sOork, live and d
an incarcerated in their own selfishness, and
I nothing at all.
be This rough mans nature seemed tho n
7 ture Of tho little child. His quick eye sa
ss at glance; his great heart warmed, Al
IT his great hand executed his little works
NJ charity---so small that one would have c
be pccted to see them slip through his gia
GU finger unaccomplished-yct were they dor
it The "angel over the right shoulder will ha
nd a longer column to set down to his accou
= of deeds well done, than all the rest pass
no gers of that crowded car, on that long, te
,er Gus, stormy night, in January, 1855.
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