Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-16

still = athey would disturb every body
No bite of refreshments, no exhileratin
draught, no rest from that fat, cross baby
came TO her all the long nigh. save whe
the big man stretched out his great hand
and took her baby boy for an hour, and lc
him play with his splendid watch to kee
him quiet. 80 g --oz 1 f. f+
all give yer a thousand dollars for him,
said lie, as he handed him back to he
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s. ''You may have thciwhole lot for that,
answered the drunken father with swine
like grunt. -4.g-4
"It's bargin," said the big man, "pro
yidin, the mothers willing" ' -
"Indade's sir, it's not the one Of then
can be had for money" was the quiet ye
determined response of The mothers heart
How kindly he helped her off the cars
when, at the break of dsy, they came tc
their journeys end. a+as
- Thus all night had been attracting tn,
attention of the waking ones in the cars
But his kindnes and rough politeness woulc
soon have been forgotten by the mass O
the passengers, had he not stamped it upon
our memories with his gold.
81 wonder who he is" and eswhere did
he get OF" "what an interesting charac
ter" es5E- ss1e
Education would spoil him." "What
rich frrs." "Did You notice what splen-
did watch he carries" afIe's some great
man in cog" ,s7. .a-sfHfa s5.-f- 81
Such were few of the queries that pass
ed from lip to lip. But there came no an
swer; for he, who alone could have answer
ed, sat crouchedin his fur coat seeming un-
conscious of all but his own deep thought
"Chicagow shouted the breakman and
in an instant allwas confusion, and our hero
was lost in the crowd. The nextwe saw of
him was at the baggage stand, looking up
a handbook for a sweet-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 nan by the hand, while he grasped
the shoulder of tho conductor of another
train with the other, getting for the deaf,
grayl aired sire the right information as to
the route he should take to get to s'his dar-
ter, who lived near Muscatine, Iowa" ts7
--1"God bless him for his good deeds ~ was
our earnest aspiration, as we whirled round
the corner. May his shadow never grow
less, or the gold in his pocket diminish, for
in bis numbered charities and mercies drop
ped so unostentatiously here and there, he
is perhaps doing more good in his day and
generation, than he who donates his thou
s.nds to build charitable institutions, to
give honor to his name. tT -e si-s-a
=: Oh how much the world needs great
hearts that are able to comprehend little
thing,-and yet how often in happens that
the learned, the wise, and rich, toutgrow
the everyday wants of Humanity, and feel
ing within themselves the power to move
migh.i'y-pass by the humble duties that
would make a thousand hearts leap for Joy
land push on, looking for some wrong to
right some great sorrow TO be soothed,
some giant work TO be accomplished; and
failing to find the great vork, live and die,
incarserated in their own selfishness, and
do nothing at all. .5ai 70 b.z1- -si IS 9ss,a
The rough mans nature seemed the ma
turc of the littlechild. His quick eve saw
at a glance; his great heart warmed, and
his great hand executed his little works of
charity-so small that one would have ex-
peeted to see them slip between his giant
fingers unaccomplished yet were they
done. The @angel over his right shoui-
der'iwiil have a longer column TO set down
to his account of deeds well done, then all
the ercst Of the passengers of that crowded
car, on that long, tedious stormy night, in
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