The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-01-29
THE wooDcUTTERs WARNING.

From the N. Y. Weekly Herald.
During walk that l once had with
the clergyman of Lands, ,dorfl and his
wife, they told me of sudden death
which had lately taken place in the vii,
age.
at is very awful" l said; "what q
thread life hangs npon p
"That was really the case with one oI
my family in times psat" said the cler'
gyman's good wife.
"Tel me how it was," said.
1t was that story" said the lady which
caused the inscription you see to be plac-
ed over cur door way"
The inscription was as follows
If once we learnd why Ged sends grief and
woe,
How great his boundless love we then should
know.
read the lines, and then asked the
ministers wife if she would kindly tel
me the story.
"About hundred years ago." she be
gan, "my mothers aunt the Countess
Won Meritz, was living with her two
daughters in castle of Germany. They
were once invited to a wedding, which
was to take place by torchlight, accord
ing to the old German custom. They did
not, accordingly, set out till it WAS be-
ginning to get dusk. They had to pass
on their way through a part of the Black
Forrest.
"Now it happened that wreath Of
pearls had been given to Gertrude, the
eldest daughter Of the countess, and she
wore them on the evening of the wed
ding. But it CHANGED as they entered
the forest that branch of black thorn
caught in her hair, and before it could be
disentangled the thead broke, and the
small seed pearls were scattered far and
wide. The servants and ladies' busted
themselves alike in picking up the scat
tered pearls, when suddenly q woodcut.
ter came running from the forest, and
went up quite out Of breath to the count
ess.
Pray go no further ladies, he ex-
claimed F.; when I was clesving wood just
now, | heard two robbers planning how
thew might waylsy your party, rob you,
and kill your servants if they made any
resistance. The forest is full of these
men, and I had the greatest difficulty in
reaching you in due time. If you had
not been later than you expected, you
would certainly have fallsn into the hands
of these robbers"
"Of course no more was said about
going on to the wedding, and the horses
heads were directly turned homewards -
On arriving safely at her castle the good
mother thanked God who had preserved
her and those with her. Nor did she for
get TO reward the woodcutter who had
warned her in time of her danger. And
there were two lessons which she tried to
draw for her children from the history
OF that evening. First, that our life al,
ways hangs on as weak thread as that
which held Gertrude's pearls, and that,
God only keeps us alive and
that all our troubles and disap-
pointments are as much sent for our good
as the delay in getting to the wedding,
which saved the family from the robbers.
"From that time," continued the cler
syman's wife, "the lines you read over
our door became the motto Of the good
and her family. And when |
married and my husband had the parson-
.ge repaired, he had inscribed over the
II once we learn'd why God sends grief and
woe,
How great his boundless love we then should
know.
EFT A gentleman was presented with a
beautiful kitten. A couple of young la
lies, one of them named Laura, happen
ID in the store, and, Of course, Kitty (asI
Kittens and babies always do) came in
or an immense quantity of endearment
and caresses.
"0h, my. what sweet darling kitty !?
Will. what is its name 2"