Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-09-18
Doung Soils Department.
Letters to Boys and Girls.
NO. Y.
NO. V.
My DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS

: My DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS:
Let me say a word to you in this
letter about KINDNESS. / once read OF
two little boys, whom / will call Eddie
and Teddie. One day Eddie, who was
the oldest, said to his brother, Lets
play church; and I'll be the preacher
'Well, said Teddie, 'and I'll be the peo-
ple.' So up stairs they went, and as
soon as the people were all seated the
preacher began.
Ny text said he, is Be kind, and
these are the divisions of my sermon:
First, Be kind to father, and don't
make a noise when he has the head
ache. Perhaps you don't know what
a headache is, but l do, for had one
once.
Secondly, Be kind to mother, and
don't get cross and cry when she wash
es your face and combs your hair
I[Here Teddio hung down his head, for
like most little boys he was guilty of
this every morning.1
Thirdly, Be kind to sister Minnie,
and don't take her play things and make
her cry But you took her doll the
other day and made her cry spoke up
Teddie.
People mustn't speak in meeting
said Eddie. 'Fourthly, Be kind to the
kitten, and always stroke her back the
right way, and don't pinch her tail and
make her holler' And then the meet
ing ended.
do not think I can say much moro
about kindness than Eddie said Ihope
you will all take his advice. Be kind
. to your fathers, mothers, brothers, sis
8 ters, and everybody. The better you
7 make others feel, the better you will
feel yourself. One time little Freddie
!, came rushing into the room, crying,
= Where's my grammar Seeing his
sister there, he said, Please, Aggie,
help mo find my grammar But the
selfish girl, who knew all the while
= where the book was, refused to move
or speak. At length he spied it on the
} mantel, but in his haste to reach it
" knocked down his sister beautiful glass
Z vase, which broke into thousand piec-
9 es. At this she flew into towering
- passion. He told her how sorry he
= was, and begged her forgiveness, but
v she refused to listen to him After
= starting away, he came back and want
u ed to kiss her goodbye, but she rudeIy
. repulsed him, and with a sad heart
IL Freddie hurried off to catch the train
which he took every morning to reach
l. his school. The cars were just moving
II off as he reached the station. In his
4 haste to jump on, his foot slipped, and
he fell right beneath the heavy iron
wheels, which passed over his body, and
in moment the young life was crush
D ed out, and he was borne all bleedinn.
: back to the home he had left so short
} time before. Oh, how bitter were tho
feelings of Freddie's selfish sister, as
she saw that lifeless form borne to the
t door, and remembered the unkindness
with which she had treated him when
last she had seen him alive. All, chill
dren, be kind to your friends while they
are living, and you will escape many
e bitter feelings of reproach when they
are dead.
), Like Eddie, would have you be kind
not only to everybody, but to every
d thing. Never be cruel to animals, birds,
e or insects. 1t is cowardly and wrong.
n [ will close this letter by telling you
e little story which will show you why
e it is wrong to treat with unkindness
e anything that has life
d A little girl had beautiful maltese
1t kitten, which she thought great deal
d of, and would allow no one to hurt -
e One day her brother Jack, to tease her,
If began to poke the kitten with long
stick. Now, you jack said she, stop
It that But Jack only did it the more.
S You Jack, tell you to stop teasing
e that cat Still Jack kept on teasing
d pussy. Now, Jack, tell you to stop
?, that; don't you k,.oao that as Gods cat"
d That was something that Jack had not
1t thought of, and he left off teasing kitty
f and has been kind to animals ever since.
g IF YOU have been as thoughtless as
Jack in the past, l trust you will now
+ learn the lesson that his little sister
4 taught him, and hereafter be kind to
d every body and everything.
It Your friend
,fl MAJ LYNNE.