Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-05-04

Little Girls.

You arc The fsirest flowers In ma.
ture's garden; and like ih,se tender
plants which daily greet your ese
ia the sweet spring time, you Hcea
careful aud constant cuttIro, lest
your beauty bc smothered BY ok
lOus weeds.
You need to be watcred BY the
dews # heaven lest tho parching
drought destroy your fragrance
| would not check the innocent
buoysncy Of your spirits, or cast
gl"om upon your young liyes. |
sympalnIse with you in all your
brilliant hopes and bright anticipa-
%ht'ons, ~ all your joys and fauci4d
sorrows.
Youth is the season of sunshine,
and radiant arc It's beams; out
changciul are the scenes before US,
and as life advances shadows fail.
II you have dnties TO perform, ei.
tier at nomG or in the school room,
do not neglect them iest you regret
l. III after years. .'oW my dear
little irieHds You have kind indul.
geht parents or guard ans TO send
you to school, and YOU must show
your gratitude, BY underwriting to
I"y up q large store OF useful knows
edge, ere wlntry ago comes on ; try
witt yourselves lpr.high positions
u lite, to become bright 'orpa.
meats Of society. Who knows
what sad fate may be yours-7%RD
can tell how soon your irailLAraQe
may be cast Upon the words wide
waters 10 buffet with it, waves :
or, perhaps, a long aud useiul lite
may be intended for you. 0! then
prepare in youth for I,s uutrled
scenes. Let tru h and virtue d..
all your actions, Be studious,
DO obedIent to your parents and
Struc ors. Bremh. ~ kindly feel.
ny Tor an. Desire to impart a
pleasure to all with whom you as
,0clate. Live to scatter flowers OF
II joy in every path you tread to
be Il golden beam OF soft and mel.
ow light in every homo you visit.
animated by inward emotion
md purpose, your out ard iItc and
Ictions will shine with a sotteued
ulster upuH all. PHYSICAL beauty
= very fascinating, but mSntal and
moral beauty wild last when their
'phcmcraI sister is destroyed, 1t
s your prv'Irgc TO approach very
to the pristine dignity OF
when she was made "a lit
lie lower than the angela" Love
) the golden chain which binds
our dear ones to yon and, the
nore lovely you arc the stronger ;
vi DO tho chain.
Have you mother She has
owed you all your lite, and her
interest and anxiety on your ac-
will cease only when she i
Allied up higher to receive u ccIes.
.Al d adem. Seek to know her :
'jshcs, tighten her ~carcs'and throw +
halo around her declining years .
= your tender affection. had u
once, a pure, lovely wo, 4
now living in heaven. We
)ved each other most lcndcrly aud
hen thinking OF her my mind is I
istantly' fllcd with "swcct mem -
the past"
Ny young friends, ] hope you
ill practice the many graccs Of C
ONE Kindness and courtesy, and C
II your example prove the taIacN =
{ the opiai n that female culliva- r
IN is lncouslstant with domestic :
Learn all the homo arts
nd leel it pleasure to attend to
ZEN. ElltivatD4 herevoIen"e hnd
learn to feel for others
ocs, and may heaven clothe all
~ pathways with light, ever t"
/, slrewn with fowers. Way there
for yoa- -
\ calmer sea. whore storms shall cease,
A purrr sky where all Ia pence" til
May the hajcyon moments Of IN
,ildhnod continue evGr to increase
iii life shall end, and may it Of
Ien be like that far of melody r
hich we sometimes hear in pleas. E
1t dreams, one holy, sweet sleep in
"- FLORENCE.