The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-12
THE QUAKER WIDOW.

But blessed is the single heart that comes toI
us at need.
Come, sit the down. Here is the oench "here
Benjamin would sit
On FirsG-day afternoons in spring, and Watch
the swallows fit
He loved to smell the sprOuting box, and
hear the pleasant bees
Go humming round the nlacS anu through
the apple trees.
I think he loved the spring not that he cared
for flowers: most men
Think such things fooIshness-Out we were
first acquainted then,
One Spring the next he spoke MS mind the
third | was his wife;
And in the Spring Qt happened so) our chill
dren entered lie.
He was but seventy five: did not think to
lay HIM yet
In Kenneth graveyard, where at Monthly
Is Meeting first we met
Tne Fathers mercy shows in this; It's better
I should be
Picked out to bear the heavy cross-alone in
age-than he.
We lived together fifty years: it seems but
one long Gay,
One quiet Sabbath of the heart, till he was
called away;
And as we bring from Meeting time a sweet
contentmenJ home,
So, Hannah, / have store OF peace Tor all the
days that come.
I mind Gor can tell thee now how hard it
was to know
If had heard the spirit right, that told me
should gO
For father had deep concern upon MS MIND
that day,
But mother spoke for Benjamin--shc knew
what best to say.
Then she was still: they sat awhile: at last
she spoke again,
THE LORD incline thee to the right !" and
Thou shalt have him, Jane -
My father said. l cried. Indeed, twas not
the least Of shocks,
For Benjamin was Hicksite, and father Or
thOdoX.
I thought of this ten years ago, when daugh
ter Ruth we lost;
Her husbands Of the world, and yet | could
not see her crossed.
She wears, thee knows, the gayest gowns, she
hears hireling priest
All, dear the cross was ours her htes
happy one, st least.
Perhaps she'll weara palmer dress when she's
as old as l.
Would thee believe it, Hannah? once felt
temptation nigh!
My wedding-gown was ashen silk, too simple
for my taste:
1 warted lace around the neck, and ribbon
round the waist.
How strange it seemed to sit with him upor
the woman's side
did not dare to lift my eyes felt more
tear than pride,
Till, lin the presence OF the LORD, ne salo
and then there came
holy strength upon my heart, and coulc
say the same.
l used to blush when he came near, but the1
I showed no sign {;
With all the meeting looking on, held hi
hand in mine.
It seemed my bashfulness was gone, now
was his for life:
Thee knows the feeling, Hannah-for the
too hast been wife.
AS home we rode, saw no fields look half 81
green as ours;
The woods were coming into leaf, the meadow
full of flowers;
The negbors met US in the lane aud ever
face was kind
IT'S strange how lively everything comes OacI
upon my mind.
1 see, as plain as thee sits there. the weddin;
dinner spread
At our own table we were guests, with fathe
at the head,
And Dinah Passmore helped us both-tWs
she stood up with me,
And Abner Jones with Benjamin and no,
they're gone, all three
It is not right to wish for death the Lor
disposeS best.
His spirit comes to quiet hearts, and fits ther
for His rest;
And that he halved our little flock was mer
ciiuI, | see
ForgBeniamin has two in heaven, and two ar
left with me.
Eusebius never cared to farm-'twas not hi
call in truth,
And | must rent the dear ola place ana go
daughter Ruth.
Theell say her ways are not like nine
young people nowadays
Have fallen sadly off, think, from all ia
good old ways
But Ruth is still a Friend at heart ;she keep
the simple tongue;
The Icheerfui, kindly nature that we love
when she was young;
And it was brought upon my MIND remsm
bering her Of late,
That we on dress and outward things p6rhap
lay too much weight.
once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothe
with grace, - ~
And pure almost, as angels are, may hay
ahomely face.
And Oh ess may be of less account the Lor
willlook within
The soul it is that testif1es of Righteousness
or SIN. ga. 1880
Thee mustn't be too hard en- Ruth; She
anxious l should go, 81. r..
And she win do her duty as q daughtc
should, know.
IT'S hard to change so late in life, but y
must be resigned stf5 aH Ada .
The Lord looks down contentedly npon
willing mind. T FaHf.s E.4
TENDERNESS FOR ANIMALs.--A little Incl
dent. showing Washington Irying's fondnes
FOR even the lowest form of creation, was toll,