Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-27
WOMAN AND HOME.
HELPFUL WORDS FOR THE OVER
WORKED HOUSEMOTHER.

a Good Decd Well Done Plea for Society
Girls Go west-DanGer In the Nursery
stage Struck Fire rrout in Wool
III" Hands Items
have a little story to tell you. boys,
the old doctor said to the young people tho
other e,eulng One day long, hot day
it hal b,yn, TOO | met my father Oh the
road into town.
Il wish you would take this package to
the village for me, Jim, he said, hcsl-
tatiug.
Vow, was "A boy Of T., not fond Of work,
and was Just out Of the LayIeId. where l
Ia bs"n at work since day break was
tired, dusty and hungry. 1t was TWO miles
into town
My inst impulse was to refuse, and
harshy. TOR | WAS ,e' ei that no should ask
me after my long day 5 work II | dId
re use, ms wuuli 20 hm-el He was a
gentle, patient old man But something
stopped No one of Uod's good angels, |
IhIna.
~OI course, father, I'll take it" said,
heartily, grvlnE my scythe TO one oi the
men. de gave mo th,' ia, kage,
Than, you, Jlmo he said, 4 WAS going
my self, but srmehow don .ell very strong
TO day
He walked with me to the road that
turned off e. town, and as no let put his
hand on my arm. saying again, Thank y on,
my son \ gu We always been good toy
to me, jim
hurrl into town and back again
When | came near the house | saw crowd
Of farm hands at the door Oue OF them
spoke to me, the t,ars 70 ling down his face
- our father" he said He fell dead
just as he rra he'd the house. The last words
he spoke, Were to you"
I'm an old man now, but have thanked
Col over and over again in all the years
that have passed since, that those last words
he spoke were, Y We always been II good
boy TO me
No human being ever yet was sorry for
love or klntness shown 10 others 10 not
begrudge loving deeds and kind words esPe
claIIy to tnOse who gather with YOU about
the anne hearth In many families habit
Of uagGing, crossness, or Ill-uaIured glOinS,
gradually overs the real feeling OF love
that lies deep beneath
And after all 1t Is such little way that
we can 80 to, ther .-Exchane
Good Deed Well Done.
A Pitsburg divine on a recent Sunday
narrated the following incident Of the ohio
tiOUd Two years ago there existed a small
settlement OF people on the banks OF the
ohio, IN the state Of Indiana who were
notorious for their criminal thriftlessness
They wore idle, drunken, proIane, and re-
garded 10y all who knew them aS beyond
FpIRmIflpn lht. or pf f>ar iAl
oil all that these people 20 o,sess.d in tue way
Of food, clothing, and household goods Ine
various relief parties passed them by with
out aliordnS them any help, pronouncing
them too utterly worthless to waste any
thing upon. Along i'll the summer de-
tatcument of the Red CI oss army, under
direction o. that noble woman, Clara Bar
ton. came by, and learning something about
the character and condition OF Lhrs- peopIe,
she invited them to meet her in the cabin of
her boat, she bang at that time prosrateI
with sIckn,s S. About thirty of them
which constituted all the grown people
accepted the invitation. for two hours
she talked to them kind y and diScreetly,
counsellIng them for their hishe, good
II was new experience III the lives of
those abandoned people Lefore leaving
them Miss Barton entered into a ontract to
pay them interest on all money saved 10y
them at the eni Of the year. She also sup
Piled them with such ne essaries aS were re-
luired Tor their immediate wants, and in
addition paid them tor the time consumed
in making this visit From that time she
has continued her interest IN this little set
tlement, which is known as the big Six y
A letter received from Miss Barton re-
Gently gives me- the sequel At the end of
the year they had paid oil all their debts,
yivSu up gaming, drinking AMI profanity.
\ gentleman who resides near by them
writes that they are industrious and thrifty,
they raise large crops, keep their store bills
paid up, minge Ill good society, send their
chiliren to school and that all Of them have
become members OF chur, h. With q case
like this before US it would lie cruelty sinful
to despair OF the reformation of any, how
ever hopeless and a. ert their condition
might seem TO us uS-Exchange
Go West, Young Lady, 60 West!
1t is marye Gus that so many young
women viii con ent to spend the best part
OF their lives LchInd counter or in an of
fee i'll an Overcrowu!ed city like New York
"a han au Of the far y..st IL oran IN tber,