The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-05-23
NOUtb's department.
Talk for the Little Folks.
WAITE r.


other day, and I asked them to tell me
'What water was good for"
"Good to drink, said one.
"Good to wash clothes will" said a
second.
"Good to wash dishes with" said a
third.
And a little timid, blue.eyod girl,
whose cheeks we're so clean that they
fairly shone, lisped, "GOod to wash
faces with"
"Pshawl" exclaimed her brother John,
"I should be ashamed to say that, Fam
I say it's good TO swim in" This mag
niicent assertion produced a momenta.
ry silence. AT length some one said,
"Good to make tea with"
"Aud coffee, said another.
"Good to paddle boat in, said
John.
"And steamboats," added another.
"And ships; great big ships with
sails" shouted a third Then came a
pause in which all seemed buried in
profound thought.
cts good to rain with, said the
clean faced little Fanny.
"And for snow" added John.
"Why snow isn't water, by a great
deal, stoutly asserted Mary r, a
child Of FIVE years old, with very rosy
cheeks.
81 should like to know if it's any
thing else?" said John "Melt it and
you'll see what it's made Of
Another pause, "You have remem-
bered many of the uses of water, said
I, "but there are some important ones
still omitted. There is one I should
expect you to think of now" 1 said, as
a train of cars went whizzing by
Cars don't go by water?" inquired
little Fanny.
"No, indeed" said some one in re.
ply
eyes, water is good for all animals.
1t is good for other things too, Thinl
again.
30, I don't like to think" said littl
Fanny.
"Itis good to turn mills with, ," sale
John. "Why didn't I think of that be
fore? Saw-mills and grist-mills, and al
kinds of mills go by water"
eyes" said l; "that opens a wild,
field of usefulness before us, for all ou
manufacturing machinery is carried b,
water. Who will think AGAIN." Fl
nally all declared they coul
think of nothing else, and even Johr
Patterson gave out, as he called it.
"Water is good for steam, " said ]
"and steam is one of the most importan
agents known. 1t is doing wonders il
our day"
"Why, how many things water is goo
, forW exclaimed little Fanny, 81 neve
thought of them all before"
"Littlo girls ought to think, said ]
: "To go through such a world as thi
, without thinking, is very much like tax
, ing a journey with your eyes shut
81 Unless the eyes of your mind are wild
open, you will never perceive the exec
f lence and beauty with which you al
% surrounded, or know the exceeding
kindness of your Heavenly Father
Having now seen how useful water i
% you will understand why it is found i
J all portions Of the earth, and so plent
{ fully distributed. just imagine for
D moment a world without water. Whi
f would be the consequence? Every hr
man being, man, woman and chill
t would perish of thirst, whether livin
0 in the city or country; whether rich {
!, poor; whether American or Europe q
t Asiatic or African; all would die
= dreadful death"
"But couldn't they drink milk?" sug
b gested Mary.
"Why, the COWS wouldn't give an
milk if they didn't get water to drin k
i inquired John,
t mo. Not only all human being
but all the races Of animals found {
t the face Of the earth would perish
Every beast that prowls through Il
d lonely forest; every animal that lev
the dwelling of man, or ministers to
j. wants; all the feathered tribes; and {
the fishes in the great sea would at on
g die for want of water. All these a
thirsty as we'll as man, and to all G,
has given drink He is a kind Faith
who never forgets the wants Of his ere
tures, or fails to supply them. Let
a be thankful for his goodness, and prai
him for it with loving hearts cOntinut
" ly."-[ Flowers Of Spring Time.
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