Connecticut western news., 1884-02-20
VOL. XIII.

COAo hC1hA AIOLLl 1OO111 "ICh GIlC plAA ON children were together, and the laugh was often Joel's.
 How he learned to manage, and espe cially to cook, nobody knew; and he could himself have told little more thar that he wanted to see how people did it and looked accordingly at every oppor tunity. He certainly fed the children well; and himself, too. He knew that everything depended on his strength being kept up. His sister sat on his knee to be fed till she could feed her self. He was sorry to give it up; but he said she must learn to behave. So he smoothed her hair, and washed her face before dinner, and showed her how to fold her hands while he said grace. He took as much pains to train her to good manners at table as if he had been 6 governess, teaching little lady. While she remained "baby" he slept in the middle of the bed, between the two that she might have room, and not be disturbed; and when she ceased to be g baby, he silently made new arrange. ments. He denied himself hat, which he much wanted, in order to buy con- siderable quantity of coarse dark calico, which, with his own hands he made into curtain, and slung across part of the room; thus shutting.o off about third oi it. Here he contrived to make up lit tie bed for his sister; and he was not satisfied till she had basin and a jug, and piece of soap of her own. Here nobody but himself was to intrude upon her without leave; and, indeed, he al- ways made her understand that he came only to take care of her. It was not only that Willy was not to see her un- dressed. A neighbor or two now and then lifted the latch without knocking. One of these one day heard something from behind the curtain, which made her call her husband silently to listen; and they always afterward treated Joel as if he were a man, and one whom they looked up to. He was teaching the child her little prayer. The earnest, sweet, devout tones by the boy, and the innocent, cheerful imitation of the little one, were beautiful to hear, the listeners said.
 Though so well taken care of, she was not to be pampered; there would have been no kindness in that. Very early, indeed, she was taught, in merry sort of way, to put things in their places, and to sweep the floor, and to wash up the crockery. She was handy little thing, we'll trained and docile. One reward that Joel had for his management was, that she was early fit to go to chapel. This was great point; as he, choosing to send Willy regularly, could not go till he could take the little girl with him. She was never known to be rest less and Joel was quite proud of her.
 Willy was not neglected for the little girls sake. In those days children went earlier to the factory and worked longer than they do now, and by the time the sister was five years old Willy became a factory boy; and his pay put the little girl to school. When she, at seven, went to the factory too. Joel's life was altogether an easier one. He always had maintained them all, from the day of his mothers death. The times must wages steady--or he could not have done it. Now, when all three were earning, he put his sister to sewing g-school for two evenings in the week and the Sat urday afternoons; and he and Willy attended an evening school, as they found they could afford it. He always escorted the little girl wherever she had to go; into the factory, and home again to the school door and home again, an6 to the Sunday. school; yet he was him. self remarkably punctual at work and al worship. He was 8 humble, earnest docile pupil himself at the Sunday school-quite unconscious that he was more advanced than other boys in the sublime science and practice of duty He felt that everybody was very kind tc him, but he was unaware that others felt 1t an honor to be kind to him.
 I finger on these years, when he was fine growing lad, in state of high content. I finger, unwilling to proceed But the end must come; and it is soor told. He was sixteen, think, when he was asked to become teacher in the Sunday-school, while wholly not ceas ing to be scholar. He tried, and made @ capital teacher, and he won the hearts of the children while trying to oper their minds. By this he became more widely known than before.
 One day in the next year, tremen l dous chatter and crash was heard in tht factory where Joel worked. A dead si lence succeeded, and then several called out that it was only an iron bar that haC fallen down. This was true, but tn, iron bar had fallen on Joel's head, anc he was taken up dead
 Such funeral as his is rarely seen There is @ something that strikes on al hearts in the spectacle of 8 soldier funeral-the drum, the march of com rades, and the belt and cap laid on tn coffin. But there was something nor solemn and more moving than all sucl observance in the funeral of this young soldier, who had so bravely filled hi place in the conflict of life. There wa the tread of comrades here, for the long est street was filled from end to end For relics, there were his brother an, sister; and for a solemn dirge. the un controllable groans of heart-strickel
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