The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-02-27
AuccdOIe of Washington.

Many years ago in a desoate little cabin IL
the suburbs of Philadelphia sat lonely widow
surrounded by her fatherless children. He
husband had fallen in the battle of his country
but since then she had earned a scanty subsis
tence by her own hands without being burden
some to any one and her little ones, though
but poorly fed and clothed, had never felt tina
bitserest ingredient of poyerty-slms seeking
from the public.
But recently sickness had laid its heavy hand
upon her; and stern want and starvation, almost
had followed closely in its footsteps. Yet die
not her faith fail. She repeated the words thai
often before had cheered her sad heart. Leave
thy fatherless children, and viii preserve them
alive have been young, aud now am old
yet never saw the righteous forsaken, nor his
seed begging bread and her heart rose in
humble yet firm reliance upon their divine Au-
thor.
| As her children had eaten nothing all day and
she was still TOO feeble even to rise from her bed
she now felt compelled, though most reluctantly,
to send forth the eldest of her children on his
first mission of begging to seek from some char
Isable stranger few shillings to buy bread,
hoping she should soon be again able 20 earn
some by her own efforts.
The child, noble little fello Of ten years
shrank from such an errand; bat, saeing his
mothers look of anguish, he husled his regrets
and rushed forth into the streets. little thinking
in his grief, what course he took but higher
power, though unseen, directed his steps,
AS the child walked mourniully on, looking
wistfuly into the faces of the people he met he
was too much disheartened by their cold indif-
ferent looks to adventure to address them. The
longer he put off the more reluctant he was to
ask the aims he feared might be refused, and,
weeping bitterly, he hurried OH unknown and
Undecided by the busy throng
Suddenly kind voice spoke to him, and look
ing up he saw mild, benevolent looking gen-
tleman, dressed in black, and wearing a three
cornered hat Taking the chiids hand into his.
the strange gentleman soon drew from the little
boy the whole history, the fathers name and
DEATH the mothers struggle to gain suppo IT,
her recent sickness, and the subsequent suffer
ings; and then he babe the child lead him to
his home, though stopping at provision store
on the way to order a supply for the pOer fam-
Ii lily.
Entering the house, the quick eye of the
stranger soon discerued the cause OF the moth
er's feebleness, and introducing himself as
physician quite suited to her case, though net
Il regular practitioner, he offered to write pre-
scription, which he said was sure would prove
beneficial. Leaving the paper on the table, at.
ter saying few kind, cheering words to the
mother, he left the house, promising TO repeat
his yisls in few days, and then renew the pre-
Scription If necessary.
When he was gone, the wido. looked at the
paper. aud found it an order tUr Il hundred dol
lars, to be paid OH demand, and was signed by
George Washington.
This is a true incident Such was the father
OF his country, II God fearing man not less pitt
full to the sorrows of a eeping child, and An1-
ietes of widowed mother than great in the
armies of his country and the councils of the
Nation. Thus were the widows prayers an
swered, aud the seed Of the faithful Christian
not suffered to beg bread. '-AmericGn Xesscn-
Oer.