Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-12-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
Scraps from Leisure Moments
No. l.
Claims Of(hildrc,p.


, Wepity the human being who cannot low
e child. 1t is an instinct implanted fol
= blessed purposes. In this stormy world W,
must cling to something. We read of pris
eners cruelty kept in some Bastile, till, il
the loneliness Of the dungeon, the heart ha.
50 yearned for companionship that they hav,
caresscd as bosom friends, the loathsome raj
and crawling spider,
Some times, when oppressed by bereave-
ment or disappointment, as we open the lat
tice, we may be brielg charmed by the Gagged
s3nSster that fiuttcrs recognition, or the
heart-aehe may be lulled for awhile, as we
nurse some dropping bud, till petal after pc
tai Is uniolded and it bushes queenly flow
er- These are not sad. and they contrast
sDothinEly with the unqniet breast. But
they compare not with cherub child 1t
has opening thoughts, beautiful as down and
it humanity loves, There Is music in It's in
FAINT speech more eloquent than the one, and
in It's well turned limbs, wayy eurls, glowing
check aud sparkling eye, more Of captivating
grace than the other
1t is only when through the meiinm Of
the heart we have intimately known, that
we can appreciate such i creature Before
it is tainted with our full grown nature. it
returns cur affection as tie gushing fountain
gives back the cup that is lourc! in it, a
hundred ioid. In It's guileicss love there is
none Of the hollow m7shery Of deception.
When you would hide from the f4lse world.
let it answer your si5iHs with smiles, and
iaashinEIy nestle its head upon Your anxious
breast !et II y lyet hand c.res- yaar cure
wotn brow, and its joyous grat,le recall the
bright dreams Of your cAiidhooi; let 1t Irvine
ryuui va in SAD. css, like creeping dover,
let it, iAea beam ceaGingly upon yours, till
i, seems rs the lik ness of innocence fresh
from the sculptor, and as though the curse
e E!gn fingered ere it FIJI there, let You
gaze upon that siniess child as chosen by IN
spirati n itss.t, Is the type gf the pure srir-
X allow, and then You may begin fully to
realize that the training Of sach being
happier destiny i,an effort worthy of YOUR
highest energies. les ia just tie stag %
formation. |; may now be easily moulded
into an image Of delormity or }eautv. You
may he reminded ly the pslitciln.that upon
early influence may possibly very much de-
pend the question whether it shall be ia
ture Cataline or Washin.ton-a Robes ierre
9r Howard. But the eloquent voice OF one
from the sacred desk may reveal more. lie
may til YOU that tina; child, 50 impre>sihle
an. SO lovely is young immortal-that fair
form Is but the earthly casket Of gem that
you may Lelp to purity Tor higher sphere,
whore it may shine forever.
Yet creatures like these are every day sink
ing IN the abode of misery around us. as
pearl, in the mire. Poverty is tempting
their iii to lie, and their hands to steal
How would we feel were the bri.ht-faccd
mrs to whom We cling 50 fJndly, suddenly
doomed To be taught by hunger and { ID to
sin
We plant young trees by our future hoiaes
already, perchance to shed dewdrars over
the remains ofloyed ones departed. ". watch
their growth from year t. year with fond in
teEe>t. But in halt century the eletncnt,
may blast them, the storms lay them lo,g.
and our names may be forgotten Mia; il
wesh0uld . into tie lanes and valleys ani
rear al4aa weepers, VIC after the SHOWS OF
many winters Shall have swer. ever our