The Nevada journal., 1861-01-11
IF WE KNEW.
If we knew the cares and crosses

Would we then often chide him
For the lack of thrift and gain
Leaving on his heart a shadow,
Leaving on his heart stainf
If we knew the clouds above us,
Held by gentle blessings there,
Would we turn away all trembling,
In our blind and weak despair
Would we shrink from little shadows,
Lying on the dewy grass,
While It's only birds of Eden,
Just in mercy flying past?
IF we knew the silent story,
Quivering through the heart of pain,
Would our womanhood dare doom them
Back to haunts of guilt again?
Life hath many tangled crossing,
Joy hath many a break of woe,
And the checks, tear washed, are whitcst-
This the blessed angels know.
Let us reach into our bosoms
For the key to other lives,
And with love toward erring nature,
Cherish good that still survives;
So that when our dsrobed spirits
Soar to realms of light again,
We may say, dear Father, judge us
As we judged our fellow men.
How SAL DIsGRACED THE FAMLY.-A trav-
eler in the State of Illinois, some years ago,
came to alone hut on the prairief, near
Cairo, and then halted. He went into the
house of logs. 1t was wretched affair,
with an empty packing box for table,
while two or three old chairs and disabled
stools graced the reception room, the dark
walls of which were further ornamented by
display of dirty tin-ware and broken
dclf article or two.
The woman was crying in one corner, and
the man with tears in his eyes and a pipe in
his mouth, sat on a stool, with his dirty
arms resting on his knees, and his sorrow
ful looking head supported by the palms OF
his hands. Not word greeted the interlo-
per.
Well" he said, "you seem to be in an
awful trouble here; what's up?"
q Oh we are most crazed, neighbor,' said
the woman, "and we amt got no patience
to see folks now"
That's all right" said the visitor, not
much taken aback by his polite rebuff
. but can be of any service to you in all
this trouble ?'
Well, we've lost our gal; our Sails gone
off and left u.s. said the man, in sad tone;
of despair.
"Ah. do you know what induced her tc
leave you - remarked the new arrival.
Well, we can't say, stranger, as how
she's so far lost as to be induced, but ther
she's gone and disgraced u.s. remarked the
afflicted father
ayes, neighbor, and not as 1 should say
il as is her mother, but there wan'ta poo.icl
gal in the west than our Sal she's gone and
brought ruin on us and on her own head
now," followed her afflicted mother.
| Who has she gone with 2" asked the
visitor.
Well, there's the trouble. The gal could
have done well, and might have married
Martin Kehoe, a capital shoemaker, who
although he's got but one eye, plays the
flute in a lively manner, and earns good
living. Then look what home, aud what
life she has deserted She was here sur
rounded by all the luxury in the country,
said the father.
''Yes, who knows what poor Sal will
have to cat, drink or wear, now" groanet
| the old woman.
And who is the fellow that has taken
her from you to lead her into such misery? 2
| quoth the stranger.
.'Why, she's gene off and got married tc
critter called an editor, as lives in the vii
lage, and the devil only knows how they
are to earn living!"