The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25
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woman poured her LIES history into the s,ra,
gers ear.
Tears filed the loving listeners eyes. A.,
she replied: ~a
:" Think can understand your feeling, -,
good woman. A poor weary body mus, -
quire rest, after she has been out over the wa,
tub all day; but this smart little girl, rSa
swept the walk so nicely the other day, wonld
make capital house keeper, Il am sure. Won.
you try Tiny little girl? Won't you place ever,
thing. and scrub everything up and keep pis..
and tidy Try! so when cali again can 50.
how nice you look here. Wash your dear II,
tie baby. brothers face, and brush his hair And
have his clothing clean, and shall love to tend
and kiss him for he is beautiful baby, I think
Mrs. Baldwin called on every family in How.
! ard street that afternoon None treated he,
rudely, and many opened their hearts to her
as the baby's mother had done. She promise5
to follow the kind advice she offered, while bs,
tears fell with theirs, and the kind look And
encouraging words left sunbesms in the chez,
less home after she had gone.
In two or three weeks Mrs. Baldwin called
again. Baby's sister bounded to meet her,e1.
claiming with delight:
"The sweet lady has come at last! she,
come at last !"
The "sweet lady" could hardly believe i,
was the same place where she had called be-
fore. The cobwebs had been brushed down
the old broom, instead of doing service in the
mud puddle, had swept and scrubbed the floor
Everything was in order. A few weeds and
common flowers formed a bouquet for the
table, and the growing capering baby was per.
fectly bewitching in his wholesome cleanliness
"Well done my brave little girl l hope
you will keep on"
"Keep on Indade an will keep on,
mann Father says he won't stop away nights,
as long as everything is so nice and pleasant
deal better when she comes home, and her face
looks SO happy too! OH amt it nice to be
clean"
Some had failed to carry out their plans Of
reform but others had succeeded and testified
to the delights of neat, orderly home. The
indolent and discouraged housekeepers were
reused by the good example of their neighbors
and one by one followed suit, until at length
the leaven had leavened the whole lump.
After two or three such friendly visits, Mrs.
Baldwin took some tracts with her. They
were not only kindly received, but different
families met together to hear them read-not
SO much for the good they might get as for the
kind lady's sake. The tracts produced some
good effects however, and from time to time
there was added to the various city churches
from the inhabitants of Howard street of such
as should be saved.
1t was two years ago that Mrs. Baldwin
made her first call and now the walk which
shorters the way down i. filled with neat cot,
tages, with flowers in the yards and vines cur.
tanning the windows-the houses of sober, con.
tented working men and women. Mrs. Jeffer-
son wonders, and many others, what can have
wrought such happy changes Mrs. Baldwin
has never blazoned her successful work abroad,
but she thanks God that He made her the in-
strument of beginning the work in Howard
street.