The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-01
ssTIPTON, ;IOWA,.MARCH /, 1866.

itheir ow-clsatures some kindneaa. -
And then, son go, Jonah, when osice
- pleasure u thus acting began 70 Be
nlt, there wouid Be pretty general
sSf1iingness I'd make greater enorts, and
even sacrifices OF sslf4hterest, a. it is
wrongly oallsd, I'm rssdef 70 experience
trester pleasure, and likewise to IN
'csssase the worlds happiness." tai %
saaH Truly, dasne, y said the pedlar, 'you
,1ome good y hear YOU talk. I'm but a
rbSf schoilf; yst, I can tell you. without
book, that you must 6e right" b5l1o4do
AStyls,t t,,sssy youl see, s>..aans'> ~,---saaa-
ued the dame, half unconscious Or Jo-
,nah's last observation, III everybody
were to say, Charity begins as hon,s,'
this general happiness would never he
gin.s I like best, Jonah, to think Of the
example Of the Blessed Being who came
into thei world to do us al good. He
went about pitying the miserable and
afflicted, and healing and blessing them.
Charity did not begin at home with him,
Jonah" |" l"g i .s,Ea # sL@, H. uGH
The tears were now fastening down
Jonah's rough checks. How forcible
lessons of goodness! how irresistibly the
heart owns their pow,erl Jonah could
not support the. conversation further,
Dorathy's plain and unaffected remarks
sunk deep into his bosom; and when he
rose up and 4buckled on his pack once
more, and the aged dame, gave him
"handsel," or the first money for the
day, by purchasing few Itns and need
les, the poor pedlar bade her farewell in
an accent that showed he felt more than
common thankfulness for her Kindness.
Alas! this II . world whore good inn
pressions arc, too often, speedily enaced
by bad ones. Jonah callsd, next, 1t the
gate Of . wealthy squire, and, with hat
in hand, asked for leave TO 60 up to the
kitchen door and expose his wares to the
servants. The squire refused and when
Jonah pleaded his poverty, and ventur-
ed to demonstrate, the squire frowning-
ly threatened to set the dogs upon him,
if he did not instantly deoamp! Jonah
turned away, and bitterly cursed the un-
feeling heart of the rich man, ,-avowing,
internally, that Dorothy Pycroft was
only q doating, old fool,--for after all,
"Charity begins at home"
Scarcely had the pcdlar taken twenty
steps from Dame Dorothy's cottage, ere
the village clergyman knocked at the
door. The dame knew the young par
sons "rap-rap-rap!" It was quick and
consequential, and unlike the way OF
knocking ut a door used by any one else
In Sturton who thought it necessary to
be 80 ceremonious as to give notice be.
fore they entered their neighbor's dwell
ling. Dame Dorothy ceased her spin
ming, and rose to open the door, curtsey
ing with natural politeness, and inviting
her visitor to be seated. g. ..sa.
"Thank ye!'' said the parson, raising
his brows superciliously, putting the
hook END of his hunting-whip to his
mouth, and striding about the floor in
his spurred boots; ''sit you down, 1 beg,
Dame Pyecroft! sit you down-I'll not
sit, thank YEP baa
II fear, Sir, there is great deal Of suf:
fering, at present." said Dorothy, sitting
down, and fixing her mild blue eyes UP.
on the thoughtless young coxcomb, and
feeling too earnestly In love with good.
mess to lose any opportunity of recon-.
mending it's glorious lessons. .a,.
.'Oh!-sutfering!-ay! !" observed the
young clergyman, In tone that showed
], he did not know what 1t was to think
seriously "you know there was Away,
a difference between the rich and the
poor" #es s2t.4 t.'i'92
"But do you not think, Sir, that tn,
rich might lessen the difference between
themselves and the poor, without injur
ing themselves ?" asked Dorothy, in Z
tone of mild but firm expostulation.
! "Why,-as to that,--I can't say, ex
! actly," replied the parson, apparently
brought to halt In this thoughtlessness
and unable to extricate himself from tn
!
difficulty In which his ignorance place.
him; Il can't say, exactly; but, yo'
know, Dame Pyecroft, some people hav
nothing to give away, though they ma,
be better off than many Of the poor
with such people, you know, Dame Pye
croft, the old proverb holds good, ths
, Charity begins at home.'"
: II am grieved to hear you quote tina
proverb, Sir" said Dorothy; II ha
just been exerting my poor wits to sho'
, that that saying was not q right one, i
the hearing Of poor Jonah, the pedlal
before your reverence came In"
"Not q right saying Dame Pyecroft
} Why, you know it is very old estal
! lished saying; and think 1t . yer
: shrewd one," ]" reoined the clergyman.
"But It is not 90 old as the New Test