Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-07-25
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WE SHALL BE CHANGED,
STO2Y OF THE WORM.
BY THE REV JOHN TODD, D. D..


BY THE REV JOHN TODD, d. d.
On Que of our autumn days, during what
we called our Indian summer, when the
beaver and the muskrat do their last work
on their winter homes, when the birds seem
to be getting ready to wing themselves
away to milder climates; when the sun
spreads warm haze over all the fields, a
little child went out into his fathers home
lot. There he saw little worm creeping
towards small bush. It was rough, red,
ugly-looking thing. But be crept slowly
and patiently along, as if he felt that he was
poor, unsightly creature.
Little worm," said the child, 'where
are you goin %
Il am going to that little bush yonder.
and there am going to weave my shroud
and die. Nobody will be sorry, and that
will be the end of me-
"No, no, little worm My father says
that you won't ol,rays die. He says you
will be 'chonged,' though don't know what
he MEANS
Neither do l." says the worm. "But
[ know, for feel, that ana dying, and 1
must hasten and get ready: SO good-by, lit
tie child We shall never meet again !"
The worm moves on, climbs up the lu III
and there weaves a sort of shroud all around
himself. There it hangs on the bush, and
the creature dies. The child goes home
and forgets all about it, The cold winter
comes, and there hangs the worm. frozen
through and through, all dead and buried
Will it ever ''live again ?" VIII it ever be
changed2 Who would think it?
The storms, the SHOWS, and the cold #
winter 60 past. The warm, bright spring
returns The buds swell, the bee begins to
hum. and the grass grows green and beau-
tiful
The little child walks out again with
father and says: Father, on that little
bush hangs the nest or house of poor little
worm. It must be dead now. But you
said, one day, that such worms would be
changed, What did you mean? I don't
see any change!'
Il will show you ina few days" says the
] father :
He then carefully cuts off the small limb
! on which the worm hangs, and carries i
home. It looks IKE a little brown bali or
cone, about as large as robbins egg. The
father hangs it up in the warm window of
the south room. where the sun may shine
on it. The child wonders whatit all means!
Sure enough, in few days, hanging in the
warm sun, the little tomb begins to swell,
and then bursts open, and out comes-not
the poor, unsightly worm that was buried
in it, but beautiful butterfly! How it
spreads out its gorgeous wings! The little
child comes into the room, and claps his
hands, and cries,
ooh! it is changed! The worm is chang.
ed into beautiful butterfly! Oh, father.
how could it be dones"
Il don't know, my child [ only know
that the power of God did it. And here
you sec how and why we believe His prom
Use, that we all shall be raised from the dead,
The Bible says it does not appear what we
shall be; but we shall be changed And
we know that God, who can change that
poor little worm into that beautiful creature
no more to creep on the grounds
change us, our vile bodies,' and make them
like Christs own glorious body Does nay
little boy understand me?"
Eyes, father."-S. s. Times.
CARE FOR TIE FuRs-The question of
interest to the ladies now is, how to keen
their furs from the invasion Of the moth
The best way to preserve them from destruc
ton, so far as we know, is to pack them in
a box lined with brown holland, first sprink-
ling them literally with black pepper. This
is better even than camphor, for dealers in
furs are often victimized by Genealogical
pests, though their goods be saturated with
this powerful odor. Before packing away
furs, they should be we'll beaten, to dislodge
any larve that despite the most scrupulous
care may be deposited in them. The supe-
riorlty of pepper to camphor as preserva-
tive to furs, consists in the fact that while
larvae will incubate among camphor, there
is something in the aroma of pepper which
destroys them in embryo.
BLACKBERRY CoRD1AL.-To one quart Of
blackberry juice, add one pound of white
sugar, one table spoonful of cloves, one of
allspice, one of cinnamon, and one of nut
meg. Boil all together fifteen minutes
add wine glass of whiskey, brandy or rum.
Bottle while hot, cork tight and seal. This
is almost a specific in diarrhea. We have
known severe cases of dysentery cured by
it; and one dose-a wine-glassful for an
adult-balf that quantity for ld-will
often cure diarrhea. 1t can be taken three
Or four times day if the case is severe.
The FARMERS AND THE TINES s-A coun-
try paper, descanting on the times as they
effect business, says farmers will have no
hard times. Crops are good, prices will be
good for everything excepting hay, the plcn-
teousncss of which all over the country will =
make it very cheap. While the farmers
will be getting good prices for their produce.
;he price of everything they consume, cloth
ng. dry goods, groceries, all will be chcap.
This pleasant prospect ought to induce all
Who know anything about farming to turn
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