The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28

The education to happiness is Il pos
sible thing, not to a happiness supposed
to rest upon enjoyments Of any kind
but to n built upon content and resig,
nation. This is the best part of philos
Ophy. This enters into tho wisdom $40.
ken OF in the Scriptures. Now, it car
be taught. The converse is taught every
day and all day long. C%aptiousness, sen.
sitiveness and n Martha-like care for the
things of the world are often the direct
fruits of education. All these faults Of
the character, and they are among the
greatest, may be summed up in n dis
prOportionate care for little things. This
il rather "A growing evil. The painful
neatness and exactness Of modern life
foster it. The tide Of small wishes and
requirements gains upon us fully asfast
IN we can get out OF it's way by our i'm
proved means OF satisfying them. Now,
the wholesome concern that many pa
rents manifest as to small things must
have a great influence on the governed.
You hear a child repriman.led about II
point Of dress or some trivial thing, ~
if it had committed n treachory. The
criticisms, too, which it hears upon 9th
Grs are often Of the same kind. Small
omissions, small commissions, false
shame, little stumbling blocks of Of
Tense, trihing grievances of the kind
TINT DIR. Johnson, who had known hun
ger, stOrmcd Mt Mrs. Thralc for talking
about, are made much of general dis
satisfaction is expressed that things are
not complete, and that everythingin life
il not turned ont M neat as n Longacrc
carriage these ways, to which children
nre very attentive, teach them, in their
turn, to be querulOus, sensitive and full
Of small cares and wishes. And when
yon have made n child likothis, can you
make n world for him that will satisfy
him? OF all the things which you can
teach people, after teaching them to
trust in God, the most important is to
put out Of their hearts any expectation
of perfection, according to thoir notions,
in this world. -Heips.
CLARA N HER THOMAS. This is not
a love-story, IA lovc-stories generally
run. That is, there were no sentimental
letters between Clara and Thomas, no
cruel parents to interfere and make trou-
BILE for the young people, and the story
doesn't wind up with II wedding. CLARA
was too young to marry, for she was on
ly n little girl, and Thomas was a-cat !
Thomas was II knowing cat, II black cat,
Il honse-cat in the cold weather and a
woods-cat in the summer. Clara lived
On y farm in New Hampshire, and she
ind Thomas loved each other dearly.
Every spring for several years, whentho
jenveB began TO show themselves andthe
grass peepcd up out of the ground as
much M to say to the weather, Gan
ready up thero2 Has winter gone, truly?
Thomas became nervous, and some
bright day he would come into the house,
ind purr very softly and ~aifectionately,
M much AZ to say to Clara, "Well, bus
mess before pleasure, my dear. | must
10; and, if l I'm ~prospered in health, |
shall zee you again. BE II good girl, and
have 0 place for me by the broad hearth
when | return" All day long, he would
appear to be taking leave of the house
md household, from Uncle David down
to the dog, and tho next morning
Thomas would be gone. All through the
summer he was never seen, but stayed
in the spruce woods, where he followed
. rambling hunters life, living, | sup
pose, on the choicest game; and when
the first snow came in the autumn,
Thomas would come picking his way
home on tho tops of the rail-fencos and
Btone-walls, and suddenly pop into the
house, ~ tickled as n schoolgirl home
for the holidays. He seemed to say,
Well, friends, here | am again. Clara,
how dye dop glad to see mo | know
You are. Haven't had drop of milk in
many months. Plenty of birds and rab-
bits, and all that sort of thing, you know
but one gets tired of such steady fare.
Bee how sleek my fur is. Purrmoouw,
just a little milk, in a saucer. I'm very
cold. Snow, you know, interferes with
my hunting. Milk, please" Clara
would answer his request with n liberal
dish Of milk, and Thomas would take
his old place by the fire, and dream of
his summer rambles. One autumn,
when Thomas had been gone longer than
usual there came n heavy fall of snow in
the night, and in tho morning Clara was
straining her little black eyes to
catch a glimpse of her pussy. BY and
10y, she spied what appeared to be a long
black snake on top of the fence, closely
The woods. 1t came nearer and nearer, ,
shd hnally she discovered that it was ,
~, "snake but several black cats. Thorn ,
10 nac brought his whole family, wife !
md mint kittens nearly grown, TO his ,
warm winter home. o but they were !
wild England winter black cats ware |
10 plenty about the house that they were ,
nearly a nuisance. Only think of eleven
black cats in n house for the winter
but then it was a farmhouse, you must
Well. The next spripo opo