The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-08-25
sent it to her in such a way that the do
nor could not be detected.

hOA SOoiu uOG Uc ueCeCLeu.
Very bright and happy looked Mary
Gray on Friday morning, as she entered
the school at an early hour. She wait.
ed only to place her book neatly on her
desk she approached Miss M. and whisper.
ed in voice in spite of her efforts to make
it low and defferential-
After this week, Nelly is going to
school every day, and oh, I am SC
glad " a .. " -a-...
This is good news replied the teacher
kindly. Nelly is fond of her books, sec
and am happy to know she can have
an opportunity 70 study her books every
day. 5...e ...
Then she continued little good hu.
mored mischief encircling her eyes.
But can your mother spare you both
convenieutly?' s E.e7 szf.
o yes, lna'am, she can now. Some
thing has happened which she didn't ex-
pect, and she is as glad to have us come
as we are to do so.' s@a .
She hesitated moment, but ber heart
was filed to the brim with JOY, and when
u child is happy it is as natural forit to
tell the cause as it is for bird to warble
when the sunshines. Esss .ss ...-ssas.z
So out of the fulness of her heart she
spoke and told the teacher this little sto-
ry: z 81 "1E a.s a- a3 fsfs zsv-,
She and her little sister were the only
children of poor widow, whose health
was so feeble and delicate that it was al
most impossible to support herself and
daughters. She was obliged to keep
them out of school ali winter because
they had no clothes to wear, but she told
them if they could earn enough by doing
odd chores for the neighbors to buy each
of them a new dress, they might go in the
spring. Very earnestly had the little girl:
improved their stray chances and very
carefully laid by the copper coins which
usually repaid them. They had each say
ed nearly enough to buy calico dress
when Nelly was taken sick, and as the
mother had no money beforehand, her
own treasure had to be expended for med
icine. =s- = es-ses-s vs. va
o. / did feel so bad when school open.
ed, and Nelly could not go because she
had no dress said Mary, 1 told her, ]
would not go either; but she said l had
better, for could then teach her some
and it would be better thanno schooling
I stood it for fortnight, but Nelly's lit
tie face seemed all the time looking at me
on the way to school, and couldn't be
happy bit, so finally thought of a way
by which we could both GO and Itolt
mother I would come one day, and thu
next day I would lend Nelly my dres.
| and SHE might come, and that is the way
we have done this week. But hast nigh
somebody sent sister dress just like mine
and now she can come too O!ifI onl,
knew who it was, would get down OF
my knees and thank them, and so woulC
Nelly. but we don't know, and we have
done all we could for them-We pray TO
them; and 60, Miss NJ. we are all so glat
now. Amt you too?' ....
| :, "Indeed am" was the emphatic an
swer. And on the following Monday
when little Nelly entered the school room
her face radiant as q rose in the sunshine
and approached the teachers table, sh,
exclaimed in tones as musical as those o
freed mountain--"I'm coming to schoo
now, and I'm so glad!'
Miss NJ. felt as she had never felt
that it was more blessed to give than t,
receive. No millionaire, when he saw hi
name in public prints, lauded for hi
thousand dollar charities, was ever half 81
happy as that poor school teacher, WIKI
wore old gloves half a summer longe
Than she ought, and thereby saved enough
to buy that little fatherless girl calic'
dress.
MAGNIFIcENTLY SoLD.-No medical so
ciety could be imposed upon as ouce wa
the London Medical Society. They wer
automatically informed that a sailor hat
broken his leg, and it had been cured il
three days by the application of tar ant
oakum. They Immediately broke the leg
of such animals as they could get. bandag
ing them with tar and oakum, but the leg
uiu uot BcI "eh, dnu thcy "aulcu W uicd
some mans leg to test the wonderful cure
Finally, they wrote to their informant t
learn if they had used the right kind ofta
and oakum, and in the right proportions
He assured them all was right and adde
In postscript, that the leg being Of 10000
tar and oakum was probably as good any
thing they could have used.
POVERTY runs strongly to fun. A ma
is never SO full of jokes as when he is re
duced to one shirt and two potatoes.
Wealth is tacituru and frctful. Stoc