Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-01-30


date, is to be out of mind. Your tallov
candle plcascs me. We ghosts like tn,
light Of other days around Us. We al
ways, In the body, burned tallow can
dies
The fine eyes of my grandmother ga2ed
at my penny dip steodiastly for \ moment
She seemed to SEQ visions and dream
dreams.
NY dear she said, you arc the first Of
the family that have turned to candles
since the innovation Of gas. You arc in
debted to your dip for my presence. How
hollow l would have looked under chan
delier, how bloodless, how white As it
is think I am looking very natural, am
not"
She glanced up at her portrait and wal
ted a reply.
"A little pale, grandmother said l, but
tell me, dear madam, your pursuits in
the other world are Of such nature that
they admit Of your returning to this at
any time"
by no means. am permitted to ap-
pear in this sphere but seldom. My in
tluenco can make felt oiteHer. I have
not been seen tefore since my coffin lid
was closed. | came to tell you there
arose a yell in Pandemonium. I looked
in to see whence it came. I found the
great chamber assigned to little children,
and which is always full of little ones of
all sizes and ages, the scene Of great com.
motion. Infants were craN ling into cor.
ners three year old toddlers were totter>
ing out Of the way. Older ones were has
tily finding seats, and all faces sore a
listening expression. A small voice was
saying:
1T was 70 fault of mine shat brought
me hero ISho am now but five years
old, might have lived to be fifty. Ma,
ture unfortunately, gave me very fine
physical development. My chest was
round and full, my skin clear, my limb,
finely moulded. Ny birthplace was in
a cold climate. NJ tender mother, proud
of her offspring, barred my neck and arms
in the chill winters, when her rose bushes
and vines were packed in warm straw
and throughly protected from every blast.
l was brought down to be viewed by com,
pany, and exposed to different lempera-
tdres, as l went from room to room. Nv
mothor wrapped in soft velvet and com,
Portable silks, did not suffer. became a
great trouble in the house. Ny beauty
faded, fingered from month 10 mouth,
and died at last, at five years old, of con-
sumption. NY mother cried over my
Iftle coffin. l knew, but | could no
her then, that her own vanity had placed
me here
Il was trotted to DEATH cried a more
piping voice, as the first speaker sat down
A woman was hired expressly to TAX
care that should not want for exercise
Her days and nights were spent in keep
ing mo going up, up, uppy,' and down
down, downy That unknown wonder
perpetual motion, was to be found in m.
nurses knees. Every bone in my poo
little body was racked, every ounce o
flesh was sore. Ny food went down mill
and came up cheese. If | cried wa
trotted: il | screamed, was trotted
if was still. l was trotted Il be
came little better than human
churn. from which the butter had teeI
taken, and the sour milk left standing
Ny brainu turned to bruises, my blood t.
whey, my bones grew so sharp they al
most pierced the knees which. trotte'
them. As l began to cut teeth, my tongu
was constantly jolted between my jaws
and in danger Of being bit of. | dare
not whine, for I knew the penalty.
began at last to calculate how long tn
torture could possibly continue. Warn
weather was coming on, and / though
one or tho other of US must soon give u
the ghost; and as my nurses exertion
we're almost superhuman, I imagined pei
haps that might outlast her, Oneun
lucky day, however, my mother enterin
the room unexpectedly, ! smiled at her,
had never done so before
The darling cried my parent, se'
it knows me-
Poor thing, rather said the nurse, 4
has wind on its stomach !
Forthwith she proceeded to trot it on
Every thump Of her foot was, know,
, nail in my coffin. felt | should neve
smile again. Ny faithful nurse continue
t her efforts, aud was trotted out Of exis
p. tenee on the poor old woman's knee
9 As the speaker ceased, one of the Ell
= der occupants Of the room deserted mt
o said nv grandmothsr He at once mad
5 room for me to enter, and begged me t
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