Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-10
Children's Convention at Longwood.
Isl Of TanM month, 1859.

) Children's Convention at Longwoot
Isl Of Tenth month, 1859.
UNCLE IosRPn's FIFTH ANIMAL LETTER no TIL
CHILDREN.
DEAR LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS THE 0tht
day was in west Chester, and before wa
conscious of it, Eva and Jennie, two little pet
Of mine, had their arms around my neck, an
the one that lisps said, sob, Uncle Joseph
when IN thee going to have the Children
Mecting" The same day William Everhar
said me might have his grove don't meal
that he offered to deed it to us, but lust Let II
take peaceable possession for one day. In al
hour after Imet Prof. Culver, and he said
Friend Dugdale, the children are asking M
when your meeting is to come off again. w
shall turn out twice as many as we did las
year," Well, all this happening in one hour
Just as the wind will sometimes blow down ;
peck of chesnuts. made my heart feel littl,
warmer than common; so started home, ant
the next morning went, with some friend,
from Philadelphia, over to G. w. Peace,
grand old Park. The place seemed alive Will
birds. You know all the baby birds of last
year are now full grown, just as many of The
boys and girls who attended our first meeting
are now setting up to BIO young men and wo.
men. Tote you the truth, was thinking
about our meeting for 1859, when my ears
were arrested by such torrent of warblinp
flint If II Ind hnatt I
would have sprinkled me all over.
Such singing as we shall have when the
jubilee comes, and the cry of no slave child
shall be heard in our dear cherished land -
Some people pretend to understand the langr-
age of beasts and birds, and Meg might have
interpreted these as saying, "Bring the little
ones here again, here agaia, HERE AGAIN oil,
40, d., no." Now, just between ourselves, |
thought the horses at the Yearly Meeting, had,
forwant of oats, chewed the rails so badly that
perhaps George would feel little cool about
our Convention but | tell you he never look
ed plcasanter when he was u boy. hardly
had told him what wanted before lie said,
" ies-oh, yes, certdiaignn Then my mind
was made up instanter, that whatever we may
do hereafter about the kind offer of friend
Eyerhart, we would hold our next Convention
at Longwood, OH Seventh day, the LIST Of Tenth
month, 1859, commencing precisely at 10
o'clock A. M.
Rise early, in time to see, the sun put ont
the stars Don't forget our obligation, if we
are young to help the little ones who have no
way of getting to the meeting. If all the
horses were like .old Major" they would
work freely, provided they had good mess of
oats and could see the fun. Sort ont the bas
kets and kettles, select the Jiggest, then pile
them full for we are to have Il big time, and
it would almost make me cry if one little bare
footed nrchin should go empty away. Look
out for 6 Aunt Dinah's, big basket.
One of the teachers at Media told me. the
other day, they would turn out strong. Lam
caster County, and our little State Of Della
ware, have always been represented. There
are two more acres to he added to Loncwood
and the Park extends over ten acres. After
the meeting is over and we have had orr mo
mores logged about the little Pilgrim, Pine.
tuality, Perseverance, Quareling, Guilds. and
other P's and as and some good SONGS about
Temperance and freedom, we will leave the
horses at the Westinghouse (for that is our
bargain) and HE off to the Park and spread
our lunch under the boughs of the grand old
Norways. The old oaks will all feel younr
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