Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-20

FARMERs w1rEs STORY, WITH VERY POINT
Ed MORAL.

I'D MORAL.
The Tylers are all down with diphtheria !
DR.. Pitman says that two of the children can
not live over twenty -four hours he was there
all night. Mrs. Tyler is very bad and grow
ing worse all the time; and Edward is lust
coming down"
ooh, dear Why is it? Every year since
they moved into town, they have had some
terrible sickness in the family; and they
have buried six children! l am sorry for
them. They must need help"
mo doubt But, Ellen, we are not COM
manded to love our neghbor better than our
selves, and shall not consent to have you go
there to nurse them. Diphtheria is terrible
| disease
'But what will they do? Everybody is
afraid to go there, of course and it will not
do to let our neghbors die, through want of
care. do not see why they are SO sorely
| smitten."
According to the sermon preached at Eta
Tyer's funeral these Affections are all sent as
tokens of Gods love"
Now, Will Eden, you turned that a lit
tie"
"well, believe it is mans duty to him
self and family, to try every means in his
power to ward of these Affections and do
not believe in sitting down, folding up your
hands, and saying meekly, 1T is the Lord, let
him do as seemeth him good. II l had been
in Tylers place four years ago, as soon as
got round after the fever he had then, when
two of my family died, l should have gone
through the cellar and cleaned out the decay
ed vegetables that had been accumulating
there for a whole generation. | should have
dug up the drains, and ascertained the cause
of having the fever in my house, when not
another family within three miles had it at
all"
"But you know, Will, that you and Tyler
could never wear the same shoes he is so
easy
Easy! should think he was Just look
at the mass of bushes and rubbish around the
house 1 do not suppose the sun has shone
into room in that house for years. No, he
could not cut down bush or trim tree. for
it would spoil the beauty of the place. like
to see shrubbery, but l want sunshine and
brightness. l do hope"-but the entrance of
Mr.. Tyler cut his sentence short
Mrs. Eden, he said, "our little Nell is
dead will you be so very kind as to come and
help us? The Lords hand is laid heavily up
on us again"
The tears sprang into the eyes of Mrs. e.
den as she turned to her husband.
II do not like to expose Ellen to that dread
full disease, Mr.. Tyler" he answered "She
has not been well herself for some weeks l
am very sorry for your distress. but do not
think it right for her to go. Her baby is too
young to be left at home, and it would be
perfect presumption to carry it there. | will
go with my horse and buggy and get help
for you If possible"
You are very kind, but my wife does want
Mrs. Eden to come. She has been with us
in all our former Affections and it is great
comfort. But the Lord will care for us"
The Lord cares for those who care for
themselves said Mr. Eden, as he put on his
fNt-ar rot nd laf tltsah
"Why is it, Mrs. Eden" asked Tyler,
that we suffer so much z"
Il cannot tell Such things are mysteries
DIR. Pitman hurt me to-day. He thinks
just us your husband does-that there is a To-
cal cause for our being sick so much. He
said that l might thank myself for all our
sickness and trouble and that no man could
be a Christian and let his habitation be as un.
healthy as my house 1t was rather hard"
Yes but if it is true he ought to tell you
1t was his duty as your physician"
But the idea He thinks man ought to
have general clearing out of his premises
twice year :"
1T would be better to do it than to suffer
SO much
81 suppose So but l do not believe a word
oft"
Mr.. Tyler walked slowly home. meditating
upon the very mysterious Providence that
udu hlLbltu put MS lhlnlll 10 DthT 80 nchNl u
cross.
There were no funeral services when Nelly
Tyler was laid away and two days later Mr..
Tyler himself was stricken down and be-
fore he rallied, his wife and youngest child
were carried to the cemetery to sleep by her
side. 1t was a broken household. Out of
ten children only two were left alive. The
townspeople were much agitated. The home
stead of the Tylers was denounced as unfit to
-. II. Al.
offered at auction. The house was large and
capacious, and the farm fertile one but no
one wished it for home, and no one would
make an offer for it until one evening Mr..
Tyler offered it TO Mr.. Eden for less than
half what it cost and so he sold it.
The very next day the new owner went to
work and cleaned the dense shrubbery, trim
med up some of the trees and cut down more,
letting the sunshine into the musty rooms
whose walls were covered with mildew and
mould of years standing. Next, the cellar
was cleanscd and the stopped-up sink and
cellar drains were torn out There was deal
of work in the job, but Will Eden was a man
who accomplished what he commenced, and
he made thorough work of it, and left no place
or corner uninvestigated. He found the sink
drain so clogged that the refuse from it set
back and emptied itself into the we'll. The
walls of the rooms were scraped and newly
papered the woodwork was all newly paint
ed and lime and other disinfectants were
employed in the work. There is now no
pleasanter or more healthy residence to be
found. The curse of uncleanness has been
removed, and the everything Providence has
blessed the home that for years was under the
gloom of sickness aud death.
Sunshine aud purity are actual necessities
to life and health AS well as to happiness
and no one can live without them. Why is it
that so many people are neglected., and pay
the penalty that follows p" Farmers WIFE"
in TyuufrU EsUfLs,D1n