Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-11-27
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, THURSDAY NOVEMBER D. 1873

wrappiOgs closer around her. She
had known nothing of the grim, pinch
ing poverty in which so meny of our
fellow beings exist, and was surprised
and shocked upon her first introduc.
ton ~ it.
Flenty OF opportunity she found for
the exercise OF charity, not only in
Mrs. Martins home, but among sever.
al other families that were crowded
together IN that miserable abode, and
she found also, among these people
who walked lite's rougher ways, ex
amples of Christian patience and
more than Spartan endurance which
would strengthen her to uncomplain,
ingly bear her own trials through all
the coming years.
swell, she said to herself as she
turned her steps home ward, if / can
not bring cheer To my own heart on
Thanksgiving day, | can, at least,
bring II TO those suffering ones"
Tnat afternoon EiInor went her
self 10 market to order such things
a. were necessary IN her preparation
tor Thanksgiving. This was quite
a. unusual thing for her, as she had
tor some time excluded herself as
much as possible from the busy stir
Of life.
1t was the day before Thanksgiv-
ing. The store fronts presented an
unusual display of fat fowls, fine veg
etables, red checked apples, aud 9TH
err eatables from which TO select a
Thanksgiving dinner. The streets
were thronged with people who were
hurrying TO and fro, intent on bust
ness or 10 making purchases l0r the
morrow.
There is q spirit of active life and
keen interest prevailing the streets
Of city on business days that is
really invigorating, A person, no
rmatter, how liteless or listlesS' can
hardly walk through them on such
days without catching some of this
strong, vigorous life and interest.
Aud so Ellinor's steps unconsciously
quickens and her face grew brighter
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wholly deserted her when her pur-
chases bad been made and she had
returned homo.
Ellinor was very busy the rest of
the day and evening, and when
Thanksgiving morn dawned, she had
every thing arranged for the comfort
of the needy ones she had visited, as
well as her own family. To you, for
whom each day comes oveIho wing
with all the necessaries and Injuries
of life, it may seem small matter
but not so to those for whom each
day drops but the crumbs that suffice
TO keen soul and body together
ooh" exclaimed little jamie Martin
dancing about the room in gIee, II
knew God wouldn't forget US. if we
are poor. Yesterday Johnnie cried
when he saw 50 many folks taking
home nice things for Thanksgiving;
but | was sure He would send us
something too"
Ellinor kissed the happy child,
whose sweet faith touched her heart |
as no lengthy discourse from the lips |
of learned divine could have done, |
and then she came away from that
humble abode with the gratitude and |
thanks Of its inmates lingering about |
her ike q benediction.
The chul CD bells were Just poaling |
forth their thanksgiving chimes as
she walked homeward; and invOlun-
tarily berheart caught anechOed their
glad tones The morning previous
She had sadly said: 1t | cannot |
bring heer TO my own heert on
Thanksgiving day, | can, at least,
bring IL 70 those needy ones
She had brought cheer TO them, and
lcl IL was reflected back upon her
self with two-told brightness,
As + linor SAT down to her dinner
that day, the room had u brightness
20 her eyes. the food sweetness to
her taste, that were not caught from
the glow the freight, nor the rich.
ness Of the Aavoring; but from the
memory OF thejo she had brought
TO other homes, and she began to
feel the great truth which her friends
words had implied, that just in the
same proportion as our sphere ofuse-
fitness and spmpathes broaden, so
does our happiness.
In the quiet twilight of that No
vember day Eliinor stood by the
window, looking out into the gather
ing darkness and thinking of the les
son she bad learned. The clouds
which had been lowering over the
sky all day were beginning to de-
cend in feecy snow Scftly, swiftly
the snow flakes fell: lovingly they
covered the bare branches of the
trees; tenderly they shrowded the
dead leaves and grasses, and lovingly
tenderly into EIlinor's heart came
the consciousness of the care and bIes-
sings which our heavenly Father is
constantly showering upon all the
works of his hand-from man down
to the humbleat plant, for which the
snow is kindly sent as protection
from the wintry blasts; and she rea
lized that in nature God sends fully
aslmany blessings in the clouds and
stormy days as in the sunshine and
bright ones, so TO US bis blessings do
not come bright robed, but some are
clothed in darkness and tears. And,
kpeeling there in the cleaning, Eli
nor breathed an earnest prayer of
thanksgiving to God--not for bis
sunlight alone, but for his clouds as
weli.-La Crosse Leader.
par General Ryan, the victim OF
SPAN, 10 Cuba, was well known in
Washington, D. G., as a great ladies
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