The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-07-03
chartered for some special purpose" +"
said the mother as she mused upon the
dinner

"And another" said Ellen.
'There is quite procession Of them,
said the mother.
"And the first one is stopping at our
gate" said Ellen.
"What in the world do all those for
lorn looking creatures want here p cried
Adelaide In CONSERVATION.
"Do go and send them away before
our company cones," said Mrs Good
man. ..E
81 have seen some of them at the In.
dustrial School," said Ellen with sud-
den CLEAN of merriment; "can this be
one of fathers curious tricks ?"
at certainly is," said Adelaide, "fal
here he comes himself out of the omni
bus"
And in fact the good deacon was now
seen making his way through crowd Of
poor people, who stood humbly by the
gate, and offering his arm to a withered
old lady in rusty black .bombaziDe, " ho
had been among the first arrivals, be
presented ner and the foremost of the
guests to his lady, who stood in rustic
of astonishment aId stiff brocade on the
Seranda steps. and his elegant daugh
ters, who were half between laughing
and crying at the novelty OF the scene
before them. Mrs G.. fortunately had
the good sense and philosophy to per,
ceive that state of things which could
not be cured had better be endured with
the best grace possible,and her innocent
guests, though somewhat awe-struck at
such undreamed-of magnificent apparel,
were all unconscious of the struggle
and triumph, too-of grace that was 60
ing on beneath the studied hospitality
with which she received them
Taere was the old lady in black, who
proved to be widow, and utterly alone
in the world, about the supply of whose
wants the deacon probably knew more
than any man living.
And there was an old man With one
wooden leg, and blind man who was
strongly suspected to have been seen at
the wayside begging, until some beneyo
lent individual--unknown--had supplied
him with basket of salable articles, by
means of which he was able to support
himself and family. There we're women.
too, with wan faces, who seemed to have
never enjoyed the freedom of Gods
blessed air, and puny children in their
arms. whose heavy eyes frightened at
the sight of green grass and waving
trees. The older people were soon seat
ed in the house and on the piazzas, while
the children, under convoy of Miss Ell
len, who entered heartily into the spirit
Of the occasion, scattered about in mer.
ry games on the green lawn Never was
there such play before, and to Ellen
herself il seemed that the little birds
never sang so sweetly, nor the fresh
summer air breathed so delightfully."- as
ou .hae aay. ----rce disposed OF, so
Der, second thought occurred to the lady
hostess, more distressing, doubtless, than
the first An appealing look brought
her husband to the corner. "What in
the world am to do" she said al have
not half enough for them to eat"
That is all right" replied the deacon,
pointing to a wagon which was just un-
loading at the kitchen. gate; "There is
abundance for them all, and l have given
directions to the cook"
Anxiety was needless; every arrange
ment had been completely made and the
entertainers devoted themselves again to
their guests. Happy passed the hours
of the golden afternoon. The ladies OF
the family recovered speedily from the
shock of disappointment, and could not
help admitting that they had never so
thoroughly enjoyed company 1t was
a lesson worth learning.
AT six the company were assembled
around the long table which, by the dea-
cons direction, had been spread upon
the shady lawn aud never, probably, did
guests more heartily unite in thanksgiv-
ing for the bounties of Providence. Be-
fore they rose from the banquet there
was gorgeous sunset, all in full view,
to be enjoyed by many who. within the
narrow walls, were almost as effectually
excluded from Gods free picture gallery
in the heavens as from mans aristocrat-
ic ones on earth At the same time the
moon was rising in the east, and there
was delightful evening, with the dan
cling fire. flies among the glass, and the
cool breezes that never dreamed of black
walls and heated pavements-and by
niEe O'Clock the whole company had de-
parted in their train of conveyances for
home.
The lady hostess was too tired or too
thoughtful TO demand explanations now
When children and servants had quietly
assembled in the sitting room at the hour
of prayer, the worthy father of the fam.
! lily read from the great Bible the story
of a great feast given OF old at the house
of chief Pharisee; and his voice lin
gered with special emphasis on the fol
lowing words;
when thou makest a dinner or 6
supper, call not thy friends nor thy breth
rem, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rict
neighbors, lest they also bid thee again
and a recompense be made thee. Blu
when thou makest feast call the poor
the manned, the lame. the blind; ant
thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot re
compense thee; for thou shalt be recon
pensed at the resurrection of the just"
He was certainly strange man, tina
Deacon Goodman. and unfortunatel,
very different from the rest of the w~rld
EFIt doesn't seem possible that il
this time of war, and business depress
ion, and suffering that people could fin
time to indulge in the folly OF jealousy
But it is even so, and recognizing th
fact we reproduce from the Baltimor
Bee the following sound counsel. 1t
/ applicable to both sexes: "a woman
, either worth good deal or nothing.
) good for nothing, she is not worth ge
ting jealous for !; if she be true woman
E she will give no cause for jealousy" 5
: mon Cameron says he has always acte
E on this principle, and found it correct
A bartender can get more informatic
/. from street crowd than any other tt
men can. 3.
e Nothing has yet been invented th
d would successfully gather up the smol