The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-25
OUR DOLLAR FUND.
BY M. H. I,

ways t1IC uAOACy W sI'ON - =
quidating the parsonage debt. One class OF
Dung men earned nearly $40 by supper said to
prepared by themselves. The following is the
cord of the ladies assisted by few others.
NTH Soule, was omitted. She earned $1.oo by
ellyering books for an AGENT
In the twilight sat musing,
thinking of the work to do,
Longing for the many dollars
W hlch must come to swell the few
That to Gods work had been given
For the church and PASTORS home;.
Great the need-not much accomplished;
All in vain my thoughts did roam.
Weary were the willing shoulders
Which had borne the weight of care,
Furrowed grown the broWs and anxious,
Deep the lines which centred there.
Every member hard had striven,
But our numbers were not great,
And If long the money tarrled
Well could we f0resee our fate.
Der my head bird sang softly,
Sweet the notes yet low and clear;
I've good news faint heart, = he Warbled;
"Shall drop missive here?"
At my feet there gently futtered
Dainty paper-'tWas a note;
Eagerly read as follows,
Thus verbatim do quote:
'.This is my dollar that pledged
To give toward the parsonage,
Earned in a way so different too
From what I've been accustomed to do;
Going out ironing and sewing besides,
q hope none will have too much pride)
To earn by the sweatof their brow their mite,
For such good cause, which we know ls right.
May we ever be willing to work and not falte1
For this is duty to our Heavenly Father.
Call them all in sooner or later;
Please accept mine, Mrs. j. L. Cater.
''There are others close to follow"
Sang the robin loud and clear,
Mrs. Borden took in washing"
Hear! We weary souls, oh hear! r
Mrs. Barker tried boot blacking.
But her trade became so dull,
That she changed her brush for needle;
Anything the dimes to Gull. .a.
"Pop corn balls were sold at Rines's,
Mrs. Steadman was the firm.
Up and down the streets there wandered
Mrs. Charlie Rines a term.
She was bent upon like mission;
White corn balls sold thick and fast,
For the treasury she gathered
Sev'ral dollars at the last. .E... -.
ssMrs. Ross and Mrs. Justice >
q, Hulled their corn and sold the same;
Mrs. Hatch for ginger cookies
Won an enviable fame. .....'..
Mrs. Campbell cleaned the stable,
MIXED the COWS and fed the horse,
Dehlia Stone worked hard at washing,
Others followed in their course. '.
'E'en the children were not idle;
George Campbell brought in wood,
Ethel Warner helped her mamma,
Little maids they both were good. 3.
Mrs. Bloomingdale for concerts
Meier was noted, but this time - ..
She procured some Swedish Songsters,'
WOndrOus were their notes-sublime! r#-.
MRS. Stevens charged commission
On some cattle which she sold,
And by deep planned speculation
Mrs. Cater earned her gold;-
Mrs. A. M. Cater, for she
Sold her wheat and threshed her beans,
Two whole dollars were the prOfits,-
Princeton girls may yet be queens.
"Miss Lou Sadley furnished breakfast,
Made the fires her way to earn.
After this shall any christian
Humble duties dare to spurn?
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Buck went tripping
Down the street morn, noon and night,
Telegraphic notes to carry
That she too might bring her mite.
MRS: Page earned hers by labor;
Mrs Palmer rag dolls made; r....l
Mrs. Warner chocolate candies
Manufactured for the trade.
Little Ray, her son, sold brown bread,
Also threw wood in the shed. ....
Mrs. Jack did tinware soldering,
Collars wrought of linen thread.
Mrs. Thomas Scheen sang sweetly, ~
Charged one dollar for her songs;
Mrs. Henry M, of Bridgman,
Raised chickens, sold them and belongs
To our number in this effort; -
Heartily we thank her here.
MIS-. SAQl0y WHCCloQ the nay mOWS, g. i
Sold fresh eggs, paid her way clear. T..
s'Little lassie scarce ten summers, a.
Daisy Bloomingdale alone
Wrote three stanzas of fine poetry,
Earned a dollar of her own.
Cease not with your first endeavor
Little girl, for one so young,
Fen our country's greatest poet
OF turnip once hath sung.
$40! our worthy Superintendent
Tramped full many weary mile
That he might save dimes and nickles,
Thus dollar earn the while;
And his wife up street and down street
Wandered through this little town
Selling ugly felt pen-wipers;
Where hath fled earth's vain renoWn.
s'Mrs Williams gave one dollar,
Whence it came she did not state;
Mrs. NJ. j. Rines one dollar;
Five more came one day of late
From our Mrs. A. M. Cater,
For that lady kind of heart
Felt altho' she'd earned two dollars,
Five more yet should be her part.'
Hereby hangs a moral; may we
Not give five as well as one?
GAS man thinketh cen SO is he;''
. Shall we call our duty done
/: When we've earned one meager dollar?
Let us take the lesson home.
May we reach deep in our pockets,
When we pray ''Thy Kingdom come!''
Overhead the stars shone brightly
AS awakened from lily dream.
One far-distant bell chimed midnight,
Earth lay wrapt in rest supreme,
But the God who rules the heavens
Was the monarch of my heart,
And knew that closer to Him
I'D been drawn, and naught should part.
Oh dear friends, not for mere dollars
| Are we toiling here On earth; ..
| Not for treasures moth corrupted
| But for those of endless worth. ..
We must give our hearts to Jesus a.
Ere we dimes and dollars bring,
If we cannot leave that tribute,
! Vain will be our offering.
For we work for things external.''
All the prayers and tolls and tears "
Strewn along Christian pathway
Shall be gathered not in years,
But above in Gods kingdom ...n..
| They are treasured every one. ~
Give us grace to pray, o Father,
| From our hearts ''Thy will be done.
| For Sale at the Bakery.
All kinds of cider, pop, ginger q
birch beer, lemonade. Ice cream