The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-06-15
VOLUME NJ

bgE. then dva huudrcd lBIe hands were
c'apod together aud Hlile tvcs closed
during a brief prayer hy he suptiplan.
dent was struck with Jbe uniform
gaoj expression o. ths 6ces, and ,bo
wonderfully perfect behavior. Tie total
Iasb Of mjs5hjcfaud naughtIuess, such as
we always expect from Che best regulated
younE.lcrs, was something prgttmbuml
not 70 say miraculous. There must bc
tremendous discipline somewhere, lpt ID.
hope ltis always tempered with Kindness,
( Tho exercises consisted Of singing and
brief address. Tho children sang re-
mmkRhly well, and although the amer.
noon was exceedingly warm, ana the
poor little things bad already been in
( Sabbath School for au hour, they listened
aticntiyeiy and showed more spirit than
oue would have supposed possible. 0ucc
+ In a while a little head would gct to nod
ding, and then the teacher would have
the little dyowsy sonl stand up for
while, just as good old Puritan deagous
used 10 try to wake themselves up, when
the parson was drouing away ON his
"sevcutecntbIy."
. Some Of the children were really beau.
tiful, and none looked low aud vicious as
might naturally boczpoctcd, They were
/ of every nationality and of every huc--
doubtless too of every temperament aud
character. Would that somc loving
mother could train and develop each
one, Bot lacking This, the mission does
noble work; gives wholesome food TO
both body and soul, and sows good seed
against the great harvest time, The PER-
feet cleanliness which is insisted upon 4 of
/ itselfan excellent piece ofipstructon, aud
tho religious teaching Is ofthe very purcst
and best character. Tie address to which
we all listened ns we'll as the children,
was lively little picture Of country life;
the story Of hen taking good care Of her
chickens, used as an illusratiou of the
tender care of Christ for his little ones,
The children all took an interest in II, al.
/ though not one in ten Of the poor things
had ever seen brood ofchiekens Whom
the speaker described the alarm which the
old hen would show when she saw a
speek lar off in the sky, and how the
/ chickens would scamper aud hide under
her wings, he paused and asked the chill
dren what they thought her cry Of alarm
was about, "Showcr comm mp suggcs.
ted a bright little girls whcreat my little
tellow-trayeler smiled knowingly; but
when the gentleman went on to describe
chicken picking up worms and bugs
'as big as ITSELF" she came very near
laughing outright.
A last the public exercises were over,
Again the pianist played march, again
the little people fell into line, and went
tramping out, but this time, am happy
4 to say, they marched toward something
to eat, and saw with real pleasure onc
little fellow give the boy before him a
/ regular jolly little poke under the ribs,
as if he was a real nesh and blood boy
and not an automalon. We, too, march
ed down in the rear Of the procession,
and saw the children take their suppe Of
good bread and milk. II was a pleasant
sight, though the same fearful and won-
derful order was preserved, from the time
when they all wheeled around at stroke
Of the bell, closed their eyes, and said 4
few words Of grace at another stroke, and
fell to eating at third signal, all through
the silent meal.
We went up and looked at the nice
large schoolrooms, the light, pleasant
play rooms, the long dormitories with
the clean narrow beds, where ! thought
with another sudden dimncss Of vision,
no mother comes with tender good night
kiss aud "tucking mp" ] should tmnk
there would be the greatest tumb-
lings ont there. Then we went up
into the hospital where the little sick
folks, Of whom there were only a few,
looked very comfortable and wen cared
for, with nice books aud playthngs to
amusc themselves with, and plenty Of
fresh air aud good food
The Nursery was a more ptifal spot
than the hospital. o, the poor babies,
the poor little babies, who need such ten.
der mothers lovcl But this feeding aud
clothing is far better than the starvation
and wrctchcdncss Of the homes fromwhich
they were brought,and a drunken, brutal
mother is worse Than none. Heaven bless
/ this home for the fficudlc.sl
81 am very grateful to you for taking
me to your opera, Miss 81" | said "It IS
the most interesting and profitable one
ever attended"
Aud fyou had been there know you
would have thought so too. p.