St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-09
From the Hearth and Home.
JethrO. 1NrOoD'S Night Thoughts. &.
NUMBER ,.
Time u,d scene rs JeJoie. !

Poor George Ross. Sick in board
ing-housc in Il great city-dead yester-
day-buriel to-d2y-torgotton to-mor-
row. They make short work OF it here.
George had been ailiug for ten days
before he gave up and took 10 his bed
| WAS in the middle of the busy season.
and lie kept on his feet ten days longer
than he ought to have done, for fear of
losing his situation Day by day be
grew paler; hour by hour his strength
lei, HIM, until, two weeks ago, the fever
overpowcred him, and lie lell ON the floor,
too weak to rise.
We picked the poor boy up and car
ried him out. Putier 9rowlcd at the in
tcrruption Mr. Dimity was standin.
on the stairs as we carried him down.
talking with customer. and he never
noticed him: anl Mr.. Crash remarked.
with a tocrable emphatic oath, that it
>ccmci IL though the house was cursed
with more young men in ill-hca!th than
any on the street. Tim Dopley, who
l. next below George, and desires pro-
motion, asked ea@crly ii there WAS any
chance of his getting well The two dol
!nI> advance OF salary he'd get in case
of G,oruc'- death promoted IN. irnnirv
We took him in The boar,jiuu-hou.a mud
lad Linn on hi, bed III his room. the
next but one 10 mine, and hurried back
tn onr work H.. cot no ottnnd.,r.,.
tlat afternoon When | arrived in ,b,
evening. Mrs Moss. our lanlladv, asked
me whether ne had means 10 nav for
medical attrndlncc, whether III, ,av
womb ~, ,a In1.., his -i,.L,,.... -.
.vrc.l..r .l, -bonIJ Ia ac,,n,...II.I tn In.t
fl, hi. r,.r-,u.,i ,tf..,,- t,,. hi b..,I ana,
care, Mr., Moss snake very d.Iiberat.-
~. She WA. lonLin, dire,tiv at 1br n,nr
,.,,.r-r,r,rL Lov MI, ,y,. .L,n.. .u5
sick ina ar,at city bat | SAW mo oI,..u
nt ri,y in b,r ,.v,-no ;nd;r,tior tbo-.
which h,tokenei rood for t3,c wretch b..-
tore L.r, nor ,IiL detect .,ny thin.. ia
the tone oi her voice that led me 10 hope
that he would get any more care and at
tcutiou than lie, or some one else. could
pay for means lie had two suits OF
clothes. = few books, and silver watch
PAY. Wnilc We were carving him
down the stairs. Mr.. Crash notified the
timc-kocprr that vouug Ross was oft
The sickness or death of one person
mahc> little difference in the great house
of Dimity, Crash " Co. The grcat
wheels turn-young Ro-s. Young Throop.
OF youn. any body else, may be crushed
and ground in the co.'s. hut the wheels
move on lust the same.
couldn't bear 10 see poor Geor.e 90
through sickness uncarcd tor, aud -
told Mrs. Moss that would see his board
paid while he was sick. tried to yet
some OF the boys 10 JOIN in dctraylng the
expense. but they laughed at me tor what
| had done. They had enough TO do To
take care OF themselves, they said. Let
INN 20 TO the hospital.
George lay in his bcd.Ius two weeks.
y doctor came once Il day and prescribed
for him-a slatternlv glrl went to hi,
room three time. a day, TO give him
medicine and the food permitted Inn.
He lay alone all day, and nearly all
niuht, for all the ,lav | was empIoycd.
and with the work had TO do. wa,
too tired to give him much time at
night. But for what little | did rive
him he was thanktul-hc knew could
do no more
| know GEORGES mother very well.
She Is a widow. and lives on u little farm
three miles from MIillburs. How the
poor fellow did long for his home dur
/ inr those terrible davs His room was
in the fourth story of the house, in the
rear. his one window opened upon an al
lev. and we were compellcd to keen if
omen or smother with heat. A. the
death-,a,led air crept in tbrourh the
easement. tainted with the stencil of the
putrid nltters. he wouId turn his head
weorjly and sinh for his GtiIe room ot
hnmc-tI,a .wcst cro.s ou,siJ, ,be riv,,
bevonJ the cool breeze from its surface.
pertumrd bv the roses that curtained the
window. One breath of that air would
have niven him "A month OF life. And
\. the trowzy nirl would enter his room.
| knew that he thought of the mother
he left in the North, whose hand. labor
hardened us it was, was always soft
when laid upon his forehead He called
her name in lis delirious moments, and