Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-10-02

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round Making molluay' ior WhlcN
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TOOK thelr luhcl III larm wagon ana
rodo 10 inc spot anu II 'hcir Sr"rch
was not altogether SUCCESSFUL IL lcil
them the memory OF very happS
time' ,
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ome ana all thc WORK IN lhe housr' anu
an thc sewing gong out IN the Ear-
Ich' 100 Whero Sho raIscu IL"
Mowers, ana hclpcu 10 gather N'HGta-
pies Dahlcl ana 'he Doys were oI''
terry oppoSeu 10 hcr hciP'hS thehi'
"Mothcr, said Jerry, lfyou won t
ever think you must 60 out I'll do any
thing to make up. don I want You
w i''N '''NN 'ANtS w s'N'-'N '''AA'' ~
in the fields"
Generally she yielded; her work
was enough for one pair of hands.
Through it all ran the thought that
her children were growing up; they
would become educated men; she
would not let them get ahcad-not so
as to pass her entirely.
Wintpr nn NnNV luninl pntilI
see to the work; but these habits Of
study were not to be broken.
"Boys, let us form history club, "
was the proposition. at shan inter
fcre with your lessons at school,
They took the history OF the United
States, which the younger children
were studying. beginning with the
New England settlements, and being
six in number, they called each other,
for the time, after the six states, per-
suading old Daniel to take his native
Rhode Island.
"That woman beats all creation, "
he was heard to cNclaim, "thc way she
works all day and goes on ut night
over her books.
The mother used to say she hardly
knew if she were any older than her
boys when they were trying to trip
each other with questions. The
teacher of the district school came over
one Sunday afternoon.
81 never had such pupils" said he,
"aS your sons in history; and, indeed,
they want to look into everything.
Aftcrward he heard with delight the
story of their evenings work. The
deep SHOWS often shut them in, but
the red light shonc clearly and bright
ly from that sitting-room window, and
a merry group was gathered around
the table.
Every two weeks an evening was
given to some journey. 1t was laid
out in advance and faithfully studied.
Once, Theodore remembers Il shout
of laughter was raised when nine
O'Clock came. by Jcrry's exclamation:
80 mother! don't go home; we are
all having such good time
Five years they lived in this way,
and almost entirely by themselves.
They studied botany. She knew the
/ HulHC VI tNtIN lItc uHu SnIuD luI
miles around. The little boys made n
collection of birds eggs, and then be.
gan to watch closely the habits of the
birds. 1t was pure, simple life. 1t
would have been too wild and lonely
but for the charms of this devoted
mother. Her hours of lonlinesS were
hidden from them, but she learned to
an unusual degree 10 throw every en-.
ergy into the days work of study, and
create, rs it were, n fresh enthusiasm
for the present hour. Her loving
sacrifice was rewarded. Each child
made her his peculiar conlidant. She
became the inspiration of his life.
English history opened wide field
to this family. One afternoon she
brought in Shakespeare to prove some
historical question. 1t was n rainy
day and the boys were all at home.
Jerry began to read Hamlet aloud
it proved treasure that brought them
into a new world of delight. Some.
times they took different characters
for representation, and the evening
ended in n frolic, for rood-natured
mirth was never represscd.
First of all preparation had beer
made for the Sabbath. There was q
church in this town, but at n distance
of several miles, and during many DAYS
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