The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-26
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Reverence for age should be Ins,illed very
early into the minds of'chilarsu; ara, hike
all seed sown By mothers hand, Il will
lake deep root there. Then will the viz
tues Of the eyed shine very brightly before
the mipd, and their iofTmities be looked ip-
on with more zleoleney aud pity. Nextto
moiherless children, the stricken in years.
claim our sympathy 5ser,.lsa - ass
ltBg5s s'The mossy marbles rest j usosa sG
COM q On tbeillPs which they hnd pressed ,atg
l-,ls,1 h,.s In their bloom, t-R e5a.g III.
l.,rs7 And the names they loved to henr,ss,aif
t. Have been carved for many Jear ,s,fe
To-, ~, On the iowb." I,-Ysl. d ,is..s
mot long since, a good,ldoking man, In
middle life, came to our door, asking for the
minister. When Informed that he was out
Of town, he seemed disappointed and anxi
Gus. On being questioned Us to his busi
ness, he replied, "I have lost nv mother,
and as this place used TO be her home, and
as my father lies here, we have come To- lay
her beside him. io iaFf ss asss..fl l5srao3
5-, Our heart rose in sympathy, and we said,
"You have met with great loss" .a ''as.
/ eWell--yes," replied the strong man.
with hesituncy, ga mother is greet loss in
general--but our mother had out lived her
usefulness--she was in her second child.
hood, and her mind had grown as weak as
her body, so that she was no comfort to her
self, and was burden to everybody. There
were seven Of US, sons and daughters, and
as we Could not find any ore who was will.
ing to board her, we agreed TO keep her
among us a year about. But Pye had more
than my share Of her, for she was too feeble
to be moved when my time was out; and
that was more than three months before her
death. But then she was very good mo.
ther in her day and toled very hard to bring
US all up.n sss 5s'-si '-a'@1a f.' ssss. %
Without looking at the face Of the heart
less man, we directed him to the house OF .
neighbor;ng pastor, and returned to our nur-
sery. We gazed on the merry little faces.
there, which smiled and grew sad in imita-
ton Of ours-those little ones to whose ear
no word in our language is half so sweet as
'MoIher;" and we wondered if TINT day
woul4 ever come when they would say of
Us, "Shc has out lived her usefulness-she
is no comfort to herself, and is q burden TO-
eve ybody else." And we hoped that be-
fore such a doy would dawn, we might be-
taken to our rest God forbid that we should
out live the love Of our children! Rather
let Us die while our hearts are apart Of their.
own, TINT our graves may be watered by their
tears, and our love linked with thei. hopes
OF heaven. '@p9 ~
| When the bell tolled for the mothers bu.,
rial, we went up tos,he sanctuary to pay our
only token Of respect to the aged stranger;
for we felt thai we could give her memory a
tear, even though her own children had none
TO shed. yEs9ss srrrQ - rsat sfsm roo "a.
"She was good mother in her day, and
toiled hard to bring us all up-but she had
out. lived her usefulness--she was no com
fort to herself, and q burden to everybo-
dy eise.'' These cruel, heaftless words
rang In our ears, as we saw the coffin borne
4 up the aisle. The bell tolled long and loud,
until its iron tongue had achronicled the
/ years Of the toil.worn mother. One--tloo.--
three four fve-hpw clearly and almost
merriiy each stroke told Of her once peace
full slumber on her mothers bosom, and of
her seat at nightfall on her weary fathers
knees. Sir-seven- Eight niie-tea rang
outthe ta.e other sports on the green sward,
in the meadow, and by the brook. Eleuen
I OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .Gfteen-spoke
more gravely Of school days and:little house,
hold joys, and cares. q Sirtesa. .-seuenteen-
) eighteen---sounded out the enraptured visions
of maidenhood and the dream oftearly love!
; Nineteea brought,before US the happy bride.
1iccnty spoke of the young mother, whose
heart was flled to bursting with the new
= strong love which God had Weakened IN her
A bosom. AND then, stroke after stroke told
Of eaflyswomanhood od--of the love and
4 crae, and hopes and fears, andatoiis through
which she passed during thoseF long years
till .Gtty rang out, harsh and loud. From
that. to sirty, eacb:sstroke toldsof thelstrong
warm hearted mother and grandmother, lliv.
!, ing over again her own joys and sorrows ii
those of her Children and children's chill.
dren. Every family ofall the group wanted
i grandmother them and the only strife was
i who should secure the prize. But. .hark
4 the bell tolls I on! Seventy y-sebenty one
tpo-vthree-zfour. d She begins to get feeble
requires sOmescare, 10 not always perfectly
II patient OF satisfied; she goes from one
4 chiIdss house to another. so tbatTInoo1 one ,n
place ,seems like home. She amuFmprs id
plaintiye tonees that sftersall aher toll ant
4 wearinessitsis haFdlsks cahnots be- Gll6we;
d home to diesins that she must be sseut ID. Il.
ther than invited from each house. Eiohtu-
ls ighty .o,,e-fD thTee- jour--al !! She is 4
4 second child, now;t"e enc has out lived hel
asefnlAess--she has sceasedi 10 be aecomfor
1toa herself oreanybody else;'.4-thatis, SID
i ceased To- be- profitable to herr esrthscfasins
and demoney-grasping childfsn.ea baafiEaa I
y Now sounds Dut,greverbetating through
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