Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-22
MIFFLNTOWN, JUNlAVA COUNTY, PENNA NOVEMBER 22 1871

! nave your IaVorlte olsn-shortcake and
toast. Do not let your troubles impair
your appetite, and then, after tea, we
will talk it all over. God doeth every
thing for the best. And as our day so
shall our strength be-"
In the evening it was determined that
the quarters rent should be paid i'm,
mediately, a new supply of coal obtain
ed, and the remaining portion of the
money placed in the wife's hands to be
dealt out as spairingly as possible.
Then Mary suggested that all her par
lor furniture should be put away in the
garret, and the front room let out
Further than this they could lay no
plans, and as the husband went out to
pay the rent, the future looked so dark
to the young wife that she could not al
together restrain her tears but seeking
strength from on high, her face wore the
same cheerful smile when her husband
returned, and little did he know that
during all the long night, while he and
the baby were sleeping, his wife lay
awake. planning out the future.
Three months have passed, with
scarcely days work, in all that time,
and now an other quarters rent is due.
In vain the laborer thrusts his hands in
his empty pockets, and in vain racks
his brain for some solution of the prob
lem how that rent is TO be paid, The
lodger had paid his money monthly; but
then that was not enough to meet the
sum, if he had it, and of course his wife
had spent that as fast as she received it,
and it was an every day wonder to James
how Mary managed so well.
With feelings of great dispair he en-.
tered the house. The table was spread
with some favorite dish. There was the
shortcake and toast, fanked with a gold
en- lump of butter, plate of honey, and
deep dish of roasted apples to be
served with sugar and cream, while Al
his wife's plate sat the steaming teapot
As James took it in all at a glance, he
greatly wondered at the frugal, ye
comfortable way of living. How
his wife had been able to make the
small amount of money last SO long wa,
a mystery to him, and yet he coulo no
help wishing inwardly that she had beer
more economical; then, perhaps, the
rent might have been paid, and he fel
that it would be better to have subsistec
on one crust of bread rather than to b.
turned out of doors homeless.
He refused to sit at the table, pleading
that he had 10 appetite. And grea
large tear arose in the strong mans eye
as he informed his wife that on the NOR
row they would be turned from thei
home, to 90 he knew not where, as h'
had not a dollar in his pockets to secur,
them room elsewhere.
lis that p exclaimed his wife in
soft tone, and tripped up stairs, and soor
returned, and placed two ten dollar bill
in his hand
"Where did you get them p he asked
eagerly turning them over in his hands
as though to ascertain whether they wer'
really genuine or not.
81 earned then" replied his wife gaily
I knit afghans, shawls, children's hoods
saques and socks at first only for thos
whom providentially heard wished
articles of the kind afterward | wa:
employed to furnish a trimming estab
lishment with my work."
"And kept it secret from me p
Eyes, because l thought you would b.
worried for fear was doing too much
l love to knit dearly, and consider
more of pleasant pastime than labor.
"God be praised for giving me such
wife = exclaimed her hus sband earnestly
and pressing his wife and child closely
to his bosom, he said, Her children
shall rise up and call her blessed her hus
band also and he praiseth her; for many
daughters have done, ,vir.uously but tho'
excellest Them ALL
4
Twenty years have passed, and james
Hawley is a rich man. But JOSEPH
Smith is a confirmed drunkard, while his
wife has long since passed from earth ;
victim of misery and want.
Why will not wives assist their hus
bands to bear their trials, with helpin,
hands and hearts If they would but d.
this, how many families would be saved
from ruin and how sweet would be thei
reward. not only upon earth but il
Heaven.
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Papa said little urchin to his father
the other day, 81 saw printer go dow
the street just now
"Did you. sonny' How did You know
the person was printer :"
Because do, pa
But he might have been carpenter
black smith, or a shoemaker"
"Oh. no, papa; he was aprinter-likel..