The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-20
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About Trihes

LIT has been questioned sometimes ifthere are
such things as trifes--if there is not weight
and significance in every occurrence, no matter
how trivial il may SEEM Things that seem the
most utterly unimportant have often the most
startling results, as witness the ancient story
that Rome was saved by the cacklng of a
goose;' and that onewe all know only too we'll,
OF how Mother O'Leary's COW kicked over the
lamp whose flame sent shiver over half the
world.
But it was not of great or startling events
was thinking, but of the little incidents of every
DAY lie. II youare "a mother, it may seem a
tafie thatln' YOUR hlr1yayou say to your noisy,
lnqulsltive boy, Oh! do go away and not bother
| me with your questions!6 or as I have some
times been shocked to hear, None of your bust
| ness-te tend to your own affairs and keep out of
my way! = but do you think your harsh injustice
ls forgotten? Do you not know that all through
life there will be q crook IN his character
warped by your cruel uncalled for "snub?" :
If you are a son or daughter old enough to
be help and comfort to the patient mother
who has cared for you so wisely through your
helpless infancy, do you think it is trife when
you forget or refuse to help her, or do it in a
surly, ungracious way, which makes her feel
that she will never ask you again? Or, if you
have noted her languid step and tired eyes,
and you put her in the rocking chair with a
LOVING command to sit still while you finish her
work, note the happy smile which overspreads
her face and you " Ill see that it is anything but
a trife to her to be SO, cared for by her dear
child. She is wondering If any other mother in
all this world was ever blessed with such a
loving daughter-such a manly son-as hers,
and her heart goes up in fervent thanksgiving
that her life is so best When father comes in
tired and hungry 1t may cost you only trif1ing
exertlon to have fresh, cool water and clean
| towels ready for him to battle his face and
hands: to have the sitting room in bright order
with his favorlte chair near the favorite window,
but it will repay him for all his care and labor,
| make him love his home, and atone for all the
annoyances or disappointments he may have
met with |, through the day, to have his comfort
| so considered
It is these little things often apparently I'M
noticed, which make the sum of human happi-
ness, which constitute the difference between a
home and q mere dwelling place. 1t is SO true
| that @''""
Homes not merely four square alls- liz 81
SO very true that ~ e'2Nif3 F'ii@ '4
Be it ever SO humble there's no place like home
But it is made SO only by investing the walls
With the fragrance of patient loving life
| which puts self aside and out of sight to make
the dear ones happy, It is the willingness to do
whatever seems to be the nearest duty with
cheerful prolnptness. 1t is shown in the pleas
ant word and merry laugh which betoken the
happy spirit; In the little nameless deeds of
kindness which are perhaps noted only by the
Recording Angel. These are the very soul Of
home, the presiding genius of the fireside.j Let
us cultivate the close acquaintance of this
blessed spirit Let us so order our lives that our
| presence among those about lis may be as well
come as the sunshine, and our influence as
cheering. It is not much to giyea smile or a
word of cheer; we are not Impoverished there
by; while to the recipient they may be las cold
water to thirsty soul" GRANDMA OLDwAYs.