St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-21
Extras,
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"NOrth rooms are let cheaper" said
Mrs. Garrity to me, when Iremonstrat-
ed with her about taking north room,
whose only window looked out upon Il
high brick wall.
"But it is too damp" said. "The
sun never shines into it,"
Eyes ma'am," she replied, "but | can
not afford to pay for extras. If rent
south room, l must pay two dollars
more month as it is the rent will
come hard enough on me. Two dollars
a month will go good way toward get
ting bread for the children"
''Mrs. Garrity calls sunshinean ertra,"
[ said to myself, as sat down in my
sunny south room at home that aftel-
noon. In selecting a room we had
made sunshine a speciality, choosing one
with an eastern and southern exposure
but l had taken the sun, shining into
the windows as matter of course, not
an extra. / took up my sewing, but my
thoughts were more busy than my fin
gers. | kept asking myself why had
sunny south room to sit in. and poor
Mrs. Garrity only north one
Why God has given to some of the
human family extras, and to others not
even the necessaries of life, is prob
lem our finite minds cannot solve; but
one thing we do know, that "TO whom
much is given, of him much will be re-
quired." There are great many Sex
tras" to give beside money; those who
have no money to give can distribute
among the poor many things that otter
times are more valuable than money.
1t was an extra to little Dan Murphy,
after the school boys had been taunting
him on being a drunkard's son, when
Mr.. Percival followed him into the al
ley, and, while slipping a scrip into the
little, dirty hand, patted the boy on the
crown of his torn hat and called him a
"manly fellow" 1t was the turning
point in the boys life, and Dan Murphy
from that day resolved to lie "manlv
fellow" and he became one. He stands
behind Mr.. Percival's desk to-day,
cashier of his establishment.
1t was extras to the little barefooted
children, peeping through the garden
fence, looking at Mrs. Judge Winifreds
beautiful flowers, when the lady herself
saw them, and gave them each boquet
to put i'll the window that looked out
upon the high brick wall. She spoke to
them about the Maker of the beautiful
flowers, and told them of his love to
little children. They carried the words
and the flowers both home with them ::
the flowers withered after time, but
the words are fresh in their hearts to-
day.
1t was extras to the Dalton children,
whose poor mother used to send them
to school with only Que slice of bread
and butter apiece for the noon luncheon,
when Mrs. Golding watched for them
every morning, and, while engaging
their attention in another direction.
opened the little dinner pail and filed
up the vacant spaces with turnovers
and good, large, fat doughnuts.
The poor washerwOman thought the
whole world was north room, when
she went home from her days work at
Mrs. Proudfit's. "You know" said Mrs.
Proudfit, when she took her pocket
book QUITO pay the woman, 'that YOU
didn't come till an hour after the time,
so shall deduct twenty-five cents fl ON
the regular price! !" II am very sorry,
ma'am," the woman replied, s'that
couldn't come earlier, but my baby was
sick all night, and l was so tired that
fell asleep and forgot myself.n "That
of course, is no affair of mine," said
Mrs. Proudfit, putting the extra twen-
ty-fve cents into her pocket-b book, and
handing the woman the balance due
her for her days work. The woman
went to her cheerless home, and Mrs
Proudfit sat down in her easy, velvet
rocking-chair, congratulating herself
| that she had saved twenty five oan+.
out OF the poor washerwOman that day
Take care Mrs. Proudfit, that thai
Twenty-Five cents is not inquired for a
the judgment. 1t would have been yer,