Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-16

! ldCt pSIIectiJ TdGlauI Will nap ppl ueSS
that she greeted her friends as she
passed down Main street. Mrs. Bald
win told her husband all about her
walk, and her adventure, and he (silly
fellow kissed her and said:
"Bless your heart, dear wifeI You
are perfect sunbeam. Who, besides
you, could find anything but wretched-
ness in Howard street??'
Mrs. Jefferson thought she would
never go near the dirty alley again; but
on talking with some ladies of benev-
olent association of the degradation of
its inhabitants, she consented, after con
siderable urging, to go as missiogaaS
to the 'poor miserable creatures. w. :
She supplied herself with bundle of
tracts, and taking care to wear clothing 9
which would not suffer the least injury
from dirt, she sailed forth on her
mission.
"Dearl dear MEL she said, as she en-
tered a wretched domicil, 81 should
think you would infect the whole city
with fevers and choleral Don't you
know it is shamefully wicked for you
to be so dirty? Are you a friend of the
Saviour she added, in simple tone
II don't want to be if you are" was
the reply.
"Here are some tracts I should like
to have you read if you can
The woman snatched the tracts from
her hand, tore them to pieces, and then
threw them in her visitors face.
Shaking the dust from her feet, Mrs.
Jefferson passed from that dwelling to
another, making similar remarks, and
meeting with similar reception.
Here comes that cross woman, who
looks so ugly at baby's sister and COM
panion," and she slammed the door in
Mrs Jefferson's face.
81 should think you would be sick,
and I should think your husband would
drink" says Mrs. Jefferson to pale,
feeble looking woman. II am not sur
prised at it at all You oughtn't to live
in this miserable way
Mrs. Jefferson did her duty in distrib-
utiug her tracts, but she had the salts
faction of seeing the most of them fol-
low her into the street, and the rest were
to the flames:
''Those creatures are hopelesSly de-
praved, said Mrs Jefferson, There is
no use trying to do anything for How
ard street"
Mrs Baldwin could not help feeling
an interest in the children who re-
sponded so readily to her kind looks.
and so without telling even Mr.. Bald
win what she proposed to do, she set
out to make some calls among them.
She thought she would call first where
the baby lived, for she fslt quite sure of
q kind reception. -,
Twas 4 joyful welcome they gave her,
for the haty's sister exclaimed:
"Oh, here is the pleasant lady who
stopped to look at Patsev, the other day y!
D, she is coming right in here
ut is too dirty place for the like
o yc,' said Patsy's mother.
Never nind,' said our sun n-sEiny
NJ RS. Baldwin Il felt like dropping in,
and thought would ke tie liberty"
"Bless ye for it. I am ashamed to
have a raIe lady to see my house
Things didn't use to go so wild mel No
indade' And the poor woman poured
heriifes history into the strangers car
Tears filled the loving listener eyes,
and she replied:
81 think can understand your feel
ings my good woman. A poor, weary
body must require rest after she has
been ont over the washtub all day; but !
this sp1art little girl, who swept the walk
80 nicely the other day, could make a
"a pital housekeeper, | am sure Won't
you place everything, and scrub every
thing up clean. and keep nice and tidy?
Try! so when call again can say how
nice you look here Wash your dear
little baby brothers face, and brpsh his
hair, and have his clothing clean, and l |
shall love to tend and kiss him, for he
IS beautiful baby, think"
Mrs. Baldwin called upon every fam
.!y in Howard street that afternoon
None treated her rudely, and many
o2ened their hearts to her, as the baby's |
mother had done. They promised to
follow the kind advice she offered, while |
her tears fell with theirs, and the kind |
ook and encouraging words lsft sun
beams in the cheerless homes after she |
had gone. $50 at
In two or three weeks Mrs. Baldwin
,alled again. Baby's sister bounced to
meet her, exclaiming with eight: /
~"The sweet lady has come at last!
she's come at last" rsr.
The ''sweet lady" could hardly believe
t was the same place where she had
called before. The cobwebs had been
or ashed down-the old broom, instead
Of dciIg service in the mud puddle, had
swept and scrubbed the floor Every
thing was liz order A few weeds and
flowers formed bouquet for
the table, and Growing, .capering baby,
gas perfectly bew witching in his whole
some elsanliaess. ..-.s ..
"Well done, my braFe little grill 1
hope you will keep on
Keep on! Indadc, an 1 will keep
on, ma'am! Father says he won t stop
away at nights as long as everything is
SO nice and pleasant here-and my
mother says she can rest great deal
better when she comes home and her
face looks so happy, too! o, amt it
nice ts be cean!'' -...
Some had failed to carry out their
plans of reform; others had succeeded,
and testified to the delights Of a neat,
orderly home. The indolent and dis
couraged housekeepers were reused by
the good example of their eighbors,
and one by ORG they followed suit, un-
til at length the leaven had leavened the
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