Smyrna times., 1875-06-09
A Quiet Life.

som" forty years ago there lived in the
quiet town Of East llayorIill, Ma,sacllI.
sctt| nilch respected Quaker family Ly
the name Of Whittier. f'hcy were hard
working, thrifty farmers. and their home
was known to all Jhr poor in that section.
NO one wa, ever uuned away from thrir
door unpitird. nclothcl. or unlrd. Even
the Indians had respected Grandfather
Whittier in tn" stormy time, of the Indian
war. Among Mr.. Whttiors children wa,
boy named John, who l;t.l a very feeling
hoart and a quick mind. He was Il hard.
working larmcr,lld. who knew more Of the
axe, the sickle, and the hoe than of the
p!aYthn@S of childhood Indeed. New
England children had bat elim,,c at the
sJmninrSs of youth in tloS.. hard tiprs-no
long, dalsiod walks. stretching far into life.
they could call their own. His early c,},t.
cation consisted Of few weeks yrLonliuo
for number OF winters in the district
school y VlIc2r sort OF school it waS-kopt
III Il private house. John loved the mas
ter. and spoi," kind word for him when
he became man. In the library there i.
a beautiful poem callod Show Bound -
very good poem for good people t. read.
Now. tho boy lived in Just such a haIuc =. !.
described in that por!n. and hi~ Lovhood
was l'2*Sr'l o.n"u- iu,t such scenes ~ a,,.
pictured there. lie We q poet in Loyhood.
II" didnot knuw it, II" used to ry,r,S,
hl' f""Hn@- ia rhyme. How could he h,I
1t" He one day wrote one OF tie.,. ,ac,u,
on c"ar," l..por. anj '1u i privately 10
a paper called The r. P..4. published IN
the nr:4h'o.nL town of Nrvirli,,.orr
The 'dilor Of tine payer, whoeo name i,
''"li~on-Wiiiiun lloyd ,iarriean- found
tn" poem tuo!ed under Ia, door Of bi-
"'ilr" tr tie ro,y"u.n, and. notic,n-, THAI !,
was "r.t!"n "i,h blue iuh. vas tznluod t,
throw i int" the wastr-ha~hct. Ru Mr.
Garrison haJ Kind hcnt, anJ l,N,d f.
give cYr.y ONE a chance in tine world. II.
read th" l"rm. saw there was true gcniu~
IN It. and 50 hr published il. Iar,y was
til" 'lu','r f1rn.r-ho> when he saw hi,
verses IN print. He FL; lila: Gol lad
something IN tore in i..,, f.r li.n -tit, i.
wa called IN -u.nr way t. i. -o.d anil H..
tuI to "tllar~. i!o wto." u,L,. ;..r.i.. ami
sent thHn to tIr. c:u..-u The, were fall
Of brau;.. Those ,..r..-.
Mr. Garrison .1r 3ay asked HE l.o.nnal
from WIN: ,r'a.t.r J,,u came.
- mn .ccu,!ulu"t - dr.ir.g i .!c,a...
IF l",""- to 4 tarm.@-l.y in .,<, IIaycrhi.
! -Gc-, thoy c',nr ta.a him.
Ar. ""ri-.n thought ho mast VIII. over
t' i-:al I.av..j:.! "n3 -or =, H. a.,,., on.
j"y.a:i fmla -'.~;-r, -w,..;rl.,d .aru.,
I"' "".@."- VII. Nj plain. It....,.l t..,i...
Q" tn" ia@n The l.v mo..-.lv act,nowI.
edged tLat IL" h4j w..,t.u tho u.,..,: at |
which h.- Gather dI not -yo.n over w,H /
l.ca.,.i.
"Youmu.,.4dHlat1orta school. rrirnd
.a.I Mr. Garrison"
Fri"ai Wh.;..r7a. rot o-ur. Rpttb.
good counsel "r I'll, NcwLuiyl,oit cditor. in
tn" end, va. d"r.-irc. The boy wac sent to
ho acadoluy.
john is an oil u"u now alnos, sixty .
wears Of ago. lie live, at Amc.Lury. near .
In" beautiful Nvirinar, that he loved in
n'@ youth. Almost cvcry 10Y and eirI in
Ia" I"nd can repeat como Of tho poems he
has written. II" has no wiroand cnildrcn:
yet his home is cheerful and social, and i,
'Pen t" the stranger, like his fathers and
Of DID,