Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-06
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One of our exchanges tells the follow
i.g pleasant little stony:
Away back i'll the years that are gon,,
rich merchant of New York, retuil.-
.ng to his home one cold Novembe!
'vrning, found poor, bare footed child
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tears from suffering and want. Many
persons would have driven her away,
but glance at her face struc; pity to
his heart, and he took her into his
house, warmed her by the fire, fed her
at his table, and clothed her in the
warm cast off garments of his own little
girl He listened to her tale Of sorrow.
believed it, and with basket of food
and an old though comfortable blanket,
sent her home, telling her to come to
his house whenever they needed food,
clothing or fuel. .t-.
1t seems the poor family struggled
on as best they could and whenever
poverty pinched too bitterly, the girl
came to the merchants house for prof
cred charity, until her face became quite
familiar H-
One day she came III great sorrow
and bitter weeping, Her mother was
dead, and she had no one to turn to in
the bereavement Of her little heart but
the. kind merchant. He buried the
poor, dead woman, and took the girl to
his home until he could, from the dy-
ing direction of the mother, write to
her relations; for,it seems the ,mether
had marlieaa gainst the will of her par
ents, and had been disinherited.
During her life she had preferred to
remain in poverty and obscurity rather
than to appeal to her relatives, but at
her death, pride was swallowed up in
anxiety for her helpless child The re-
latlons came and took the child away,
d I'd then her whereabouts was lost to
the merchant. - -,..t '4.'
Years rolled by. and misfortune
overlook our man Of generous heart.
Death of his family and bankruptcy OF
his fortune left him poor.aiid despond-
ing man. Many were the. ways he
strove to rise, again, but always failed
until he finally kept a street stand, sell
ing apples and cakes to the children.
One day a. runaway, team overturned
his stand and injured him SO severely
that he was taken to the hospital, and
a paragraph of the accident appeared
in the papers, with his name and a
sketch OF his life and failure. ,J.-a
This paragraph caught the eye Of a
wealthy lady living in neighboring
city. She fastened to New York and
to the hospital, and stood by the bed
of the poor old man. In her fine, gen
erous face, he could not recognise, the
little girl he once befriended. but
such she was. She had been educated
by wealthy relations, had married we'll
and lived in luxury. She had never
forgotten her first befiefactor, but had
lost all traces of him until, to her sur
prise, she saw the paragraph in the pa
pers. And now the bread cast upon
the water had been ,fpund, after many
days, eloriously multiplied, and taken
to the generous home Of the noble wo
man, he is passing his last days in peace
and happiness, loved and honored az
her own father, and the children ever
call him grandpa.
PAPER P1LLow.-Save all your scrap1
of writing paper, cast away copy books
old envelopes, old backs Of notes, ect
Cut them into strips about half an incl
wide and two inches long; curl then
well with dull penknife. Make a,spil
low case of any MARTIAL you have, fill i
with your curled paper, mixed with
few threads Of flannel. Stuff it quite
full, sew the end up and cover it as yol
please. These pillows are very usefu
in cases Of fever, as they keen continu
ally cool; they are a cheap and goot
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