Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
LEFTY PARSONS TRIAL.
A True Story.

Sweet Lefty Parsons, the nrctticst
uirl in Grccnnlnin. which ioastcd if.
Self thc home Of So many nrrttv rirls
so said romuctcnt iudGcs-nui os
rood as She was nrcitv, Poets and
Story tcllcrs have often ottrmntcd to
describe beautiful focrs. but words ,rc
very inodcmotc. u comnlryion of
lilies and roses ovcs like tbn bluo of
,Junc skies tccth like prorls hair soft
rs silk and thr color of thc rod rod
rold. that thc old ballads tell MS nhout
we'll tbnv orn all onnd comno,isnr.
but oftcr Mi thrv don't show v6u nrnttv
Lofty Parsons Who cam aver Jcscrihr
broutvp What noct over desrriheJ -
limo mnrnin~p Whom tbc sun hos ;nst
come ..forlh like a bridcrroom from
his chamber and thc earth. icwclrd
with dew. smiles to meet himg Who
ever rcpcatcd tbc sonr of thc sweetest
of our forest birdsP All God raye
the oift of lanouape TO the last and
rrrnicst of his creatures il is truc'
Int if is for the heart and NOT thc eve
to see oll ooodncss and bcontv. and
words nrc Yer, wcok after aIl
Lefty Parsons had bccn left an mr.
phnn When n child in n distant western
iown. where her father had bccn ono
of thc first settlers: and when stricken
down by malarial fever. if was his
DYING wish that his wife and children
sEonId sock his old homo in Nav Enr-
l,nJ. hut tbr mother onJ two IittIc
onrs som fnllownd him. and Inttv thc
youn~cst was left alone Kind hands
Smoofbrd tbc rough way for brr little
foot travellers c6min~ to tbn forsnC
east brou~ht her ON her woy to thc old
home where the oropdpnrcnts GLADLY
received bcr Sbr hnrnmc thn inIirht
of their ewes Dutiful and obcdirnt
if was her pleasure to serve those who
b,J sn lnvinrh, cnrod for hnr md
never WINS service moro chrcrCnIly rcn.
Jcrcd. How GLADLY She took thn hard
cst of fine worE os She GROW nm from
bor inlirm rr,nJmothcrN how IiHht
wns hnr sion how sweet her. son~ 49,
shc hostcncd from kitchen to ch,mhor
from nontrv to doirv--onJ in thosc
nrimitiyr JSvs when ncigbbor" assist.
ed rach othcr md thcrr wos fricnJIy
intorrhongn If work in nil homcly
tnsEs how rcoJv thr vour% man
always % wcro in 5ovinr or boryScstinr
tn Icnd n hclnin~ hand to GOOD nTJ
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