The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-12-01
Don't Forget the Oh Folks.

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Let ma say few words to children
who have gone ont FROM their old
homes, but who have parents sriil
There is always u liability, when suns
and daughters have gone away from
the home Of the = childhood, apd have
formed homes Of their own, gradually
to lose the old attstchmcnis'aud c.a,c
to pay those attentions IT, their lnr
ents which were ca-y ani natural H.
the uldtn time. New as~uriatiuns.
new thou .htS new cares all come IN.
filling the miLd aud heart. aud t.
-pccia puius be not taken. they cr.w
cut the old lov,s Thi. ought never
(" be You should remember thai
he change Is with y'u aud n,l vii
those you lett behind. You have
Everything new. mncn that is ,tlrnc.
tive III the present AM hri.ht iu tie
future; th,ir hearts cling to iLr IaSt.
they have most 10 memory. when
/ YOU went away yOn knew not, 40
will never know TIL yoI experience il
what 1t cost them TO give YOU up. nor
whit II vacancy you left behind
They have not, it you h,se, any new
loves to take the place Of the oil
d" not, thcu, hcartlr,slv deprive them
Of what you still eau give Of attention
aud love.
I,St your povent; II you live IN
the same place, let your step BE- p'r-
hap' daily, familiar Que In the old
h"mc; II you are miles yea, nnny
miles away. make it your business T.
go to them In this matter d, not
regard time aud expense the one Is
we'd spout and the other will be full,
yea, u hundred fold repaid When
s'me day the word reaches you. ila.h
eel over the Telegraph, that f,thrr or
m ther has gone, sou will no; think
them much, those hours OF travui
whvh last bore you to her side.
Hr'te II voUr parc"tS. | have
known father and muther wait with
sick hearts through weary mOnths
longing that some one wori night
reach them from an absent son. The,
have watched he mails Till IN despair
they have ceased TO expect any more
aud While they may not have the
guet OF great bereavement, they
have what IA almost a. bad. the bitter
CONSEQUENCES that they are not III
mud enough even t. call out iv "
poor lines from one whose infancy ani
early years thry watched with s,crpIcs'
love. Sous are "lten guilty OF ,hscrlm,
i can't call it Iess-irom sheer neg
,ect or Incidence. While sn hour
perhaps u few moments. would suihct
to write "a letter winch would civ,
unNprakablo satisfaction. they lr'
mouths aud even years Zip away II
utter indifference To all the pam the,
are causing. Oh, how full /, many
mothers heart oi sIrrOw aud tUrbud-
InI, when just a icw words from at
absent sou would Till It with joy an
praise Such III iIllcrrucc or uvslec
/, snDmriu, and wicked One nee,
uUt wonder that sons guilty of it az,
not lrpspc ell. that they wait in vaiI
tor those turns ui fnrlunc wblch vii
,rui them home. a, they dream, tC
surprise the oil uei.nbnrh 10 | WITH
lh-ir wealth. Tner thong shllrss
ness has bcen productive ony OF dis
ustcr
Keep mp your Intercourse with fam
cr or molher; de- not drcm II sutliclrn
20 write when rOmeIhlng lmpOrlan, /
To br It'd do not say No news 4
good news II II be but u lew llnc.
write hem write, II it be Only I,
ray, " | am well" il it only be to sen,
the siIulsllon that says they al
" dear Ur the iarewrll thar tells thv,i
that You are a,lectiDnatr sui. tn
little messenger, shall be like ca>kct
ui Jewels; AMI the tears that Ia.l fond
| Is uvc- them will he trea,urc, lor yuu
Say with "a warm beartei soil
} The hills may tower. the waves may rise
Aud roll between my home ami me;
Yet shall my qrench,ess mc,n'ries
Turn WIN uniyIng love tv inre,'
ln the uOsslUg vi humaD lie ther
frequently comes n time when III,
mdIuai dute, II child aud parent ar,
reversed. Advancing years bring
chllU houl TO Que AMI the care ot chI!d
hoot TO the other. 10 the aged ia b
er and motAer the day. of labor aI
1ver; the work ot life has ueen iouc
Now attentive tenderness becUmes th
duty OF those who once received IL a
themselves, while those ure dependeu
upon II who once did II ali. Now tn
pareul i, the chli, aud III" chlld Il
the parent, The watchluiues. an,
care al m ny years ago Is 10 be rcpea'
ei over aauln only that the give
then ls the receiver n0w. To u trne
hearted child here is return OF luv
winch /. is good 10 make There Is
deep satisfaction in being able to re
pay 10y words ani looks tn, lavi,he
lnve of the hy-.one time.
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