The Van Buren press., 1859-12-02

| never saw al OIuutDuS Vu tulS ROAD
BEFORE said Miss Ellen, as one of those
| plebeian vehicles made its appearance over
the brow of the hill.
Chartered for some special purpose,
said her mother absently, as she mused up
on the dinner
There is another said Adelaide
And another added Ellen.
| There is quitea procession of them,
said the mother
And the first is stopping at our gate,
exclaimed Ellen.
What in the world can all those forlorn
looking creatures want here 2 cried Ade-
laide, In CONSERVATION.
Do go and send them away before our
company comes, said Mrs. Goodman.
have seen some of them ct the Indus
trial School, said Ellen, with . CLEAN Of
| merriment can THE he one Of father 4
curious tricks p 1.s
And in fact the good Deacol. was now
seen making his way through the crowd Of
poor people, who stood humbly waiting
near the gate, and offering his arm to a
withered old lady in rusty bombazine. who
had been among the first arrivals. He pre-
sented her and the foremost of the guests
to his lady, who stood all in rustic of as
tonishment and stiff brocade on the veran-
dah steps, and to his elegant daughters,
who were half way between laughing and
crying at the novelty of the scene before
them. Mrs. Goodman fortunately had the
good sense or philosophy to perceive that q
state of things which was manifestly not to
be cured, better be endured with the best
grace possible, and her innocent guests,
though somewhat awe-struck by her un-
dreamed of magnificence of apparel, we're
all unconscious of the struggle-and tri-
umph too-of grace that was going on be-
meath the studied hospitality with which she
received them.
There was the old lady in black, who
proved to be widow, and utterly alone in
the world about the supply Of those wants
the Deacon probably knew more than any
other man living. And there was an old
man with one wooden leg and blind
man, who was strongly suspected of hav-
ing been seen at the wayside begging
until some benevolent individual-name
nknown-had supplied him with basket
OF saleablc articles, by means Of which he
was now able to support himself and family
There We're women, too, with wan faces,
who seemed to have never enjoyed the free.
dom OF Gods blessed air and puny child
ren in their arms, whose heavy eyes bright
ened at the sight of green grass and waving
trees. The older people were soon seated
in the house, or on the piazza, while the
children, under the convoy of Miss Ellen,
who entered heartily into the spirit of the
occasion, scattered about in little groups on
the green lawn. Never was such play be-
aRa ts assasV sang J5 s%ss thc
the fresh summer air breathed SO softly,
and never was it SO delightful to have
home in the country as on this very day.
The company once disposed, sober Sec
ond thought occurred to the lady hostess,
more distressing, doubtless, than the first.
An appealing look brought her husband to
her corner :
what in the world am to do q said
she. L have not half provisions enough for
them to eat
That is all right, replied the Deacon,
pointing to market wagon which was Just
unloading at the kitchen gate. There is
abundance for them all, and l have given
directions to the cook. Anxiety was need
ly made /; and the entertainers devoted
themselves again to their guests. Happily
passed the hours of the golden afternoon.-
The ladies of the family recovered speedily
from their shock of disappointment, and
could not help admitting that they had new
er SO thoroughly enjoyed a company before.
1t was only because the real delight of So
cial life, that of conferring happiness on
others, had never been so fully within their
reach. 1t was lesson worth the learning
AT six o'clock the company were assem-
bled around the long tables, which, by the
Deacon's direction had been spread upon
the shady lawn. and never, probably, did
guests more heartily unite in thanksgiving
for the bounties of Providence Before they
rose from the banquet, there was o gorge
Gus sunset, all in full view, to be enioyed
by many, who, within their narrow walls,
were almost as eifectually excluded from
Gods free picture gallery in the heavens,
as from mans aristocratic ones on earth.-
AT the same the full moon was rising in the
east, and then there was delightful even
ing, with the glancing fireaies among the
grass, and the cool breezes that never
dreamed of brick walls or heated pavements
and at nine o'clock the whole company had
departed in their train of conveyance for
home.
The lady hostess was too tired or too
thoughtful to demand explanations now
When the children and servants had silent
ly assembled in the sitting groom at the
hour OF prayer, the worthy father of the
family read from the great Bible the story
of feast given of old at the house of a
chief Pharisec; and his voice fingered with
special emphasis on the following words !:
When thou makest dinner or supper,
call not thy friends nor thy brethren, nei-
ther thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors !;
lest they also bid thee again and RECON-
pense be made thee. But when thou max
est feats, call the poor, the manned, the
lame and the blind and thou shalt be bles-
sed for the. - cannot recompense thee, and
thou shalt be recompensv,s. at the resurrec-
ton of the just
He was certainly strange man, that
Dr. Goodman, and unfortunately very diff
ferent from the rest of the world.
E< Garrison, the Abolitionist, calls
upon the Northern people to discard cotton.
That's an invitation to the Northern women