St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-09
To Murmuring Parents.

was tired Of washing dishes: | was
50. and ! vas dissatisfied. Incvcr SAT
clown Il moment to read. that Jamie
didn't want Il cake. "r pirr" Of paper
t" Sciihhlr on. nr :, hit of soap to make
hHhheS. I'D rather hc III prison. |
aid enc day. than have my lie tcaSed
"i't 81. - Jamie knocked my elbow.
when WAS writing t" Il friend.
i'it - morning came when had one
plate less To wash. one chIi less to set
away by the wall in The dining room
when JaImic'> little crib was put away
into the garnet. and it has never come
down since. | had been unusually fret
ful and di>c"lIt"nted with him that
damp May morning that he took the
the Group. Gloomy weather gave me
the headache. and had less patience
than ut amy other time. By-;Ind-bl he
WAS singing in another room. Il want
To lc an angel ami presently rang
ont that metallic Group. | never hear
that ny nm since that il don't cut me to
the heart: for the Group cough iimg>
ont with it. lie grew worse towards
night. and when my husband came he
went l"l the doctor. At first hc seem
ed Ia help him. but il merged into in
tiammatorN Group. and was soon over.
Il ought To have been called i'll soon
cr.' said the doctor.
| have Il servant To wash dishes now
and when Il visitor comes. | can sit
down and entertain her without having
{" work all the time. There is no little
hoy W"lrl ing Inr toe open his jack knife.
and there HIr Hu SHAY imgS on the ilour.
The magazines are not Soiled with
looking At the pictures. hrIt stand. prim
and neat on the reading table, Just as
leave them.
y oar carpet never looks dirty" say
weary Worn mothers Ia me.
Bat my face i ~ weary as theirs
weary with sitting in my lonesome par
i,r at twilight; weary with Watching
for the little arms that used to tNinc
around my neck. for the cul- that
brushed against my check. for the
Young laugh which rang out With mine.
~ We watched the blazing coal-tirc. "r
made rabbits with thc shadow un the
wall, waiting mcnily together foI papa
coming home. | have the wealth and
ease lomgcd ful. Int nj what price
And when see other mothers with
grnWn-up soils. driving tU town or
church. and my hair >ilycrcd over with
gray. think what might HAY" been.
had | mmmlIrcd less ~ the providence
of God The IPp"Gj
MAKE \ NnrE OF IT, GOING Men.
l"u are having startling examples in
these days uf the great law of Divine
Prov idrmcc. thai no man proSperS thor
uuglIll and for Il long time on money
dishonesty gotten. The men that late
Il succeeded to sudden power or for
tame 10y speculation, 10y fraud, 10y sharp
ur bold dealing. went up like rockets,
and are, coming down in miserable and
disgusting wrecks in the sight of all
men. and wrecks forever. Men m"st
pay. in some way, for all they get
therefore they can not gam rapidly
without defeating all advantage and ali
safety of gaining. Beecher says Wall
street is dung hill of mushrooms, and
that he has buried four generations of
these suddenly prosperous men. st.
Paul, long ago. wrote to Timothy by
the authority of God. ''Ihev that TjH
hc rich, fail into temptation. and Il
snare. and into many foolish and hurt
ful lllsts. which drown men i'll deStric-
ton and pcrdition." If men (and wo-
men tuo) will not believe or heed this
law of human probation, they must
take the miserable consequences. Hon
estv is tine only safety, and happiness
and religion the only road to honesty.
An old edition of Morse's Geography
says: Albany has four hundred dwell
ing houses. and two thousand and four
hundred inhabitants. all standing with
their gable ends to the street"