Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-16
Youths Column

/ LITTLE kAIpRoPs. - Was that ;
dream / had, or was it somebDd
voice, that seemed to me like the rain
drops talking. Now, perhaps my LITTLE
/ friends can tell.
You see, there had been some show
ers, aud while / stood at my window
looking ont. could not help thinking
how beautiful the drops of water looked
! as they hung glisteninR. like diamonds
from every branch and twig, and how
they had fallen from heaven. drop b,
drop, instead OF in great sheets o
water-each one coming to do good.
1t was a cool Autumn day yet the
air was so fine 1 wanted to enjoy 1t. So
wrapping a shawl around me, and
taking my knitting, walked towards q
grove in the rear of the house and
seated myself in a rustic bower, with
work in hand. This is the talk which
heard-or thought / heard-perhaps
while dreaming:
I'm tired of living in this dark,
chilly place." said rain-drop. as it lay
in the hollow of a great leaf. az don't
see ,ohy that big bush was put there, so
as to hide the sun from me /; aud L don't
see why | was put here at all. / was
made to float about in a cloud, have
not seen the sky these many days. 1t
is getting awful cold too L shall be
frozen to death, if 1 stay here much
longer. o. if were only up in that
big tree This morning l heard some
ladies' pass, and one said. 'Oh. see how
pretty the raindrops look, as they hang
on the branches, III the sunlight Then
L said to myself, L could look bright
and pretty too, if 1 were only there"
81 don't care about looking bright
and pretty" said little drop, as it fell
from a leaf into a tiny stream that was
trickling down a rock. We're all got
to help in a great ,0ork; and each one
must do something, if ever so little,
and Just as much as he possibly can"
Patter, patteri heard the sound of
little footsteps tripping through the
grove. Soon little girl appeared. and
1 wondered if she had heard the talk of
the raindrops, for she sang,
"No; mighty deeds make up the sun
OF happiness bel ".
But ttir acts Of kindnssses
Which any child may show"
She sat down behind some bushes
and then conld not see her plainly I;
but could hear her talking to herself.
while arranging MOSES; for as she
could not see me, she probably thought
herself unobserved and unheard.
lin glad mother taught me that
verse;" she said, land I'm glad Mrs.
Somers gave me that orange. I'm glad
too, that thought to give it to sick
Kitty for she said, 30, it's just what
I've been longing for : and that made
me feel so happy! And now, | have
some pretty mOsses to take to her. She
does SD delight to see something green.
And when 1 go there, mornings, to
comb her hair and sing a little song,
she says, 'What comfort you are 10
me, Nelly = When she says such things
| don't care IL | don't live IN a big
house. Our dark lane looks bright
nor. And the minister said something
one day about Jesus being the Sun of
Righteousness, and shining into such
dark homes, and making even the chill
dren feel his love. He said too, that
he has put them here to do some good,
and doing so makes them happy. Yet
once, used to grUmble and wish / were
a rich little girl that could have any
thing she wanted.
The PHaoPHErIC DEwDRoP.-A deli
cate child, pale aud prematurely wise.
was complaining on hot morning that
the poor dewdrops had been too hastily
snatched away, and not allowed to
glitter on the flowers like other happ er
dewdrops that live the whole night
through the morning onwards to noon
day. "The sum-" said the child, "has
chased them away with his heat. or has
swallowed them up in his wrath. Soon
after came rain and a rainbow, where
upon his father pointed upwards.
"See," said he, "there stand the dew
drops gloriously reset-a glittering
iewelry-in the heavens and the clown
lsh foot tramples on them no more. BY
this, my child, thou are tsught that
what withers upon earth blooms again
in heaven" Thus the father spoke,
and knew not he spoke prefguring
words; for soon after. the delicate
child. with the morning brightness of
his early wisdom was exhaled, ike
dew. drop. into heaven.-Jedn Pa,d.
Rev. JoHS BRowS, when a poor
shepherd boy, conceived the idea OF
learning Latin and Greek, and having
procured a few old books, actually
accomplished the task while tending
his cattle on the hills. On one occasion
he went to Edinburgh, plaided and
barefoot, walked into a booksellers s
store and asked for a Greek Testament.
"What are you going to do with a
Greek Testament p said the bookseller.
Read it," was the prompt reply.
"R sad it p exclaimed the bookseller,
with a smile ''ye may have 1t for
nothing if yell read it." Taking the
book, lie quietly read off n few verses
and gave the translation F; on which be
was permitted to carry of the Greek
Testament in triumph.
HORSES ARE Powers. -"What is the
reason, Auntie, that If a fellow takes to
horses, they all think he is going
straight to the bad? WHAT Is there SO
abominable about them?"
Nothing" said Miss "On the
contrary, everything grand and splen-
did,-in type, you know, horses are
powers men are made to handle pow
ers, and to use them 1t is the very
manifest instinct of a man by which he
loves them. Only, he Is terribly mis-
taken If he stops tbere,-playlng with
the signs. He might as we'll ride a
stick, or drive a chair with worsted
reins, as the little ones do, all his life. "
Dps'r WANT HIS EARS PULLED.-Sir
Humphrey Davy when n child was pale
aud frail, but q witty little fello v
withal. At the age of six he was sent
to the grammar school, the master OF
which was incompetent for his work,
aud celebrated only for his severity TO
the boys. Little Humphrey often had
his ears pulled, and one Jay he went to
school with large plaster on each ear.
What does that mean p asked the
master, with his usual barbarity. The
child looked up with an archly grave
face, and said, "Please, master, put
on the plasters to prevent modification.