Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-19
" l was here few months when child," re

piled Mrs. Maynard.
 Their curiosity was excited Have you friends here 2" asked third af ter moments silence
 have not. resided with my mother, the widow Lee. We lived in a little cottage which stood upon the spot now occupied by large store on the corner of Pine street." The widow Lee ?" repeated Mrs. Britton i; l we'll remember the cottage, but I do not re- collect the name"
 "I think attended school with you at the Academy" replied Mrs Maynard "you were Miss Mary Lark, were you not 2"
 " That was my name," replied the lady, as smile passed over her features at being rccog- nized but I am really quite ashamed that my memory has proved so recrcant"
 was known iu the academy as the little Calico Cloak Perhaps you can remember ne by that name"
 The smile faded from Mrs Britton's face and a deep blush overspread his features which iii 3 few moments was seen deepening upon the faces of others present.
 There was silence for some minutes when Mrs Maynard looked up, she found she had caused considerable disturbance among the la dies of her own age by making herself known.
 "Oh remember very well when the little Calico Cloak went to the academy" said an old lady, as she looked mp over her glasses, and think, if my memory serves me right, some of the ladies present will owe Mrs. May nard an apology"
 "I had no intention whatever, ladies" repl ed Mrs. Maynard, "to reprove any one present by making myself known but, as'it may seem to some that such was my intention, will add few words. Most of the younger ladies pres ent will remember the little Calico Cloak; but no one but the wearrr knows how deeply each unkind word pierced tile little heart that beat beneath it. And as I again hear the old acad- emy bell ring, it brings back fresh to my mind the sorrows of childhood. But let no lady mis- take me, by snrposing l cher sh an unkind feeling toward any one. know that whatev- CT the past may have been, you are now my friends. But, ladies, let me add, if you have children, learn lesson from my experience, and treat kindly the poor and despsed. A calico cloak may cover heart as warm with affec ton, and as sens tive of sorrow as one that heats beneath a velvet covering. Whenever you meet child who shows a disposition to despise the poor, tell the sto"y of the Calico Cloak it will carry it's own moral with it."
 "That is the shortest but best sermon ever heard," said the old lady, again, as she put her handkerchief under her glasses and l do not believe its moral effect will be lost upon any of us"
 The old lady was right. The story went from one to another until it found it's way into the old academy At that very time little boy was attending school there, whose mother was struggling with her needle to give him an cdu- cation. The. boys often made sport of his patched knees and elbows, and he would run sobbing home to his mother But when the Calico Cloak reached the scholars, the little boy (for lie was naturally noble hearted child) became very popular in school and the child ren, from that time, were very kind to Little Patchcy,' as he had always been called.
 When Mrs Maynard heard the story of Lit tie Patchey,' she felt that she was well repaid for all she had suffered in childhood