The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-01

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thinkas,, II my time.'''',cl, -! / lGd1
Ard then, the old Armsr woald smile
agsin, and say, tssWeil, that's iaSt ike
thee! Cod 6le thee, Dolly, and ,gpod
,moornirg ta thee " aadAwayu he would
turn DobbiAb hssd, and proceed On his
asdai racfnirk Hide nom neld to neld.
10 70 ne wosk u her pttle daisS dsed b
The, ,eare Of q hamble household, compss-
Cd AZ IN tnlRm and helpless. hustAnd,
Snd n equally infifmm maiden sjstes,-
With ~ and supdry, a stout house-dog,
.two ,tahby- cats, aAd s fruitful paelMZ-
yurdlal1ee6l3$ stAeIpied Dor0< -
croft thf0AEh the bnstling forenoon of
each day. And when there was no Inn
nne11iate call upon her skill and benevo-
hence among sick neighbors for she was
the cleyerest herb woman in the village,
and, exercised the knowledge of the
healingl art without fee, or willing &C
ceptancel even Of thanks she would pit
III her polished high backed chair and
work through the nvelong afternoon at
her spinning-wleel, browsing her two
infrnd companions into. ! salutary rest
apd ,fargetfglness with the shumming
naonotony 81 her labor, but revolving
within herown mind many ! useful and
solemn thought meanwhile. 5jH, -no
l. Dorothy sat absorbed In this, her fav-
erite employ, one afternoon IN autumn,
when an itinefant pediar made his cus-
tomary call at the cottage, door. The
DANES mind was 20 deeply involved in
the contrivance Of one Of her little plans
Of benevolence, that she did not recog-
nize the face Of the traveller until he had
addressed her twice. 'aa@ A ....''
3"Any small wares for children? any
needles, pins, OF thimbles?' cried the
pedlar, running through the list of his
articles with the glibness of frequent
repetition. ~ 'l.' -, ~, .',..,' ,t,'
i,"No, Jonah, I want ,none," replied
the dame, kindly; "but, may be you'll
take q horn o. beer, and q crumb or two
o. bread and cheese ?'' ..,...,, .'''. .,.r.
The pedlar assented, well pleased; and
lowered the pack from his shoulder and
set down the basket from his head next,
seating himself in q chair. without the
ceremonial of asking, and in all the
gladning confidence of welcome. ill.,
."rhalk you, thank you. dame." he
said, and smacked his lips with pleasur-
able anticipation, as he took the horn OF
smiling beer, and the piece of bread and
cheese from the DANES hand. t..
''You'rc welcome, Jonah" replied the
old dame, heartily. 'Have you walked
far to-day, and what luck have you
had?" ..M..
-"I've come twenty miles, and have
never taken handsel yet, DAME" an
swered Jonah, in a melancholy tone.
$50, poor heart!" said Dorothy, very
pitifully ;"I must buy trifling dozen
Of needles of thee, however, before thou
goest. II fear these times are hard, JO-
nah; I hear many and grievous COM
plaints.' +,.l.,s -..1[ ..r3!g ~ .lu,.
/ "Times are harder than ever knew
them to be, dame, I assure YOU" rejoin-
ed Jonah; land they that have a little
money seem most determined 10 hold it
] fast. Sore murmurings are made about
this, by poor folk but I don't wonder at
1t, myself" concluded the worldly ped
lar; ''for, in such sore times as these,
there's no knowing what body may
come to want; and as the old saying
goes, you know, dame, Charity begins
at homel'" and Jonah hurried his nose
in the Alc-horn, thinking he had said
something - wisely conclusive that 4
ticould not be cqntradicted. raa aais
''They sayrit was a, parson who first
fused that saying" observed Dorothy
'Eglancing from her wheel, very keenly
4 towards the pedlar; ''but, for my part
Jonah, am very far from thinking i,
such saying as a parson ought TO use.
.SAy you, ,ldahssn said Jonah, open
ling his eyes very wide. -,~..,,e~.>
did charity begin at home with ltheil
Master ?" said Dorothy, by way of ex
! PLANTATION. :AWOL ,TOTITT
! "Ah; dame!" said the pedlar, quickl.
discerning DWothy's meaning, II fea
but few parsons think of initiating thei
Master, now-a-dayst'A L.1s7 /,
"That's more than / like to say" Oh
4 served the gentle Dorothy; II, thinl
There are more good people in the worl,
4 than some folk think for but I'm sure
lJorlah, we oil want better understand
ing Of our duty towards each other .
f. "Right, dame Dorothy, right !-that'