The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-12-20
UNCLE BBEL ANDLI TLEEDwARD.
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

dicdlar upright. downright, good man that
ever labored six days and rested on the
Sabbath. You remember his hard wealth.
cr-beatcu countcnance, where every line
seemed drawn with pen Of iron end the
point of "A diamond; his considcrale grey
eyes, that moved over the objects as if it
were not best to be in hurry about sce-
ing; the circumSpccl opening and shutting
of his mouth; bis down-sitting and up.ri.
sing; all of which appeared to be perform
ed with conviction aforcthought; in short
the whole ordering of his kfe and convcr
salion. which was, according to the tenor
of military order, $40 the right about face
-forward-march" !"
Now, if You have supposed from all this
triangulari,n of exterior that this good
man had nothing kindly within, vou are
much mistakcn. You often iiud the green
est grass under snow drift; and though
my unclc's mind was not eX ctlv OF flower
garden kind, still there was an abundance
of wholesome and kindly vegetation there.
1t is true he seldom laughed. and never
ioked himself but 10 man bad more So.
rlous or wrghtv conviction of what good
joke WAS in another; and when some
excellent wit,c,sm was dispensed in his
pre.cucc You might sec Uncle AhoI's face
slowly relax into an expression of solemn
satisfaction, and he would look at the au
thor with certain quiet woudcr, as if it
wa- astonishing how such thing could ever
como in.0 u mans head. Uncle Abel al
50 haa some relish for the fine arts, in
proo' "hcra,rl might adduco the pleasure
with which he gaz.I at the plates in his
dnIiy Bible, the likeness whereof | pro
sumo YOU never any of you saw; and he
WAS also such an eminen' musician that he
could 90 through the singing book at >
sitting. without the least fatigue, beating
time like IA windmill all the way. He had
too liberal hand-though his liberalitv
was by the rule Of three and practice. He
did to the neighbors exactly rs b would
be done by-he loved some things in the
world sinccrel y-he loved his God much,
was exact with others, he was more exact
with himseIt-and expected his God to be
more exact still.
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