The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-31

| On their clover blossoms StraS.s
There's III amber Ssl tthlss ff.S9R Nest,
| And the hymn ,pf the thrYsQs, by; its nest
Ana tsS %s, snS asfsb hTss s$s 81 sSr
by the ived TWISTING trea;p,ao~c. IN
! But, ali. never, never. .nevcrnorp:
Can my sweetheart come tv me! -, =.
New York Ledger.
UNCLE J0SEPH'S W00lNG:
One of the MOST PROMINENT ,6Spres, II u
our meeting ,hoase. Iffser many years, was
that of t,ncle Joseph. efar thus was be
known by the lxoung ana pid who tre-
quented our religious gatherings, -,
He occupied the second seat i'll the
mems gallery. and 1t was with him that
the elder shook hands i'll sign that
Friends should separate, WHEN 1t scented
likely that the spirit would move no
others to utter gentle words of blessing
or stern warning against tempter.
AS children we regarded Uncle Joseph
i'll the light of a patriarch, although I
now know that his, years ut the tilhes of
which l write had scarce reached the
limit of half century. - So; ! i
He was conlely man, strut sht and
tall. his smooth shaven face beaming
MIN goou nature. anu ms sou n,a a ss ,t
nshteo WIN s;Xmpatnv, out ne Was not
intellectual. Slow OF movement ana un-
certain i'll expression his hearers were
often troubled to follow his excellent
thought, and it was no uncommon thing
t Es my as p"hbe e"s g a6o re We had
consciousness. buse,l perhaps upon acci-
dental knowledge. that he was ulicotil-
monty we'll to DO. and also that there
was considerable feeling III the, society
sight and fncile speech, would be Il fit
companion for the good n1af. But time
wore on. and thhfe SEEMED no likelihood
of a realization III this desire:
| can remember ono occasion Whtii the
subject really ASSUMED the ijnpbrtanee
that is usually .iykn ia. et,Ss,,: hit it vas
50 lovingly and fo,}sfiSntiGtisiy t6iit:iief
upon that | Vas greatly iliipressed.
NV father and niather wefe in tie way
of inviting MANY friends to dine NTH
them on monthly injecting day. Qitafter-
ly meeting brotight, even tiinre iefsQns
from il distance. and ainohg the childfeh
little unaccustonied duties We're dis
tributed. | was freuuently desired to lie.
main for !, time in the front cha Ii Be-, Ser
and assist our WOMEN visitors i'll, remoN-
ing their wraps and adjusting tile CAB
crowns that often met with disaster be-
meath the stiff bonnets. It was always a
olcasurablc duty, for Friends never for
get the young. AND as each one Erasped
my little palm she did not neglect to
speak an an encouraging W9rd to ne. :,
On the occasion, to which l have, al.
luded meeting broke tip somewhat later
imam usual. hurried nome, warmed
my chilled myers anu ran upstairs
M ,nt9 PrlSnt nfe MaH oarnlng On t ths
hear5h; l glanced ABOUT 70 see that the
WOOD box was tull anu, looked gut OF
the Wnn mac, where my nSes resteq, on, +! a
snof ;a nne OF carriages &H Dent m tae u.
fec,loh OF our nome: FIRST came fatner
ana mother: grandfather aud ting three
Younger chlldren, theh Venlcie wen
known to me as that OF Elias Chase from
Derry Quarter. and thus counted them
off as they drew up beside tho h6rst
block.
MISSED Sarah Sidney. who generally
and. having seen her placid face, III it's
usual place on the seat beaeath the gal
lery. fronting the meeting, | was at d loss
to explain hcr absence. She was tender
ly attached to mother. and | could not
believe any light. matter would take her
to anothcrs table,, :..
\ gentle. voice called int to My duties:
been very spry to get home before u.s.,
was pleased to. see thy interest iii the
meeting today
The good woman kissed lie and
thanked me for the little aid | was able
to give in unpinniNg her 81 awi. DiFett-
" afterward sweet JANE Sbeiicer came
trippins up the Stairs. sill WAS o of
spoken of :s exhibiting '+ovcrn;lch ar
dor" in ali her Good wnrlx hi H.o ch;i
dren loved the cnthusi,s t;r l;ttle WE Woman H
20. Katherine ! an, giad tn n,aka ;,.o
Of thy mick tinycis Aiy can str;nSs a a
forta h,s in tho, al thn ev KS ' unatG
Orr hre,tfast was y tr;Aa ia+ -" th;n ',,ni.;S
ing. and WI had far I'd ,, ir;vc;' 'n'' HUI IL
One and another , rr;x..j e,ch with :,
+honobt ~ NO VIM art +h rcn M;;;H i =
or ssi,hv mother * E1essed ~ Se, S' Httio
helpers'' ''>''-
Thc roo, was wal, ,,;,b e,,ll ,,.ho,,
some on "o axk MS t Men nastnn TUX Tia, " zen
been trembling on nv iins D''>
"Nhcre is Sarah S;dnppy?',
No ono DIRECTLY roniini Int flor q ,;,o.
mont.s reflectioH MARY ali had ;, $40
cestion of \ LITTLE intrfnst in hpr T., SS-
nress.
"Nethourht her face bore tracps Of
any;rtv th;s ,,,orn;n" + trnst sha has
mot With no further financial d;sastci:
Thee knows. Rhoda. she is benevolent to
a surprising degree in one whose purse
is not lengthy and # is therefore a seri-
ous matter to be forced to curtail in her
giving"
Sarah is too true follower of the
Great Teacher to be long afflicted by the
things of this worl1,'' replied an aged
friend.
"Ah, Hannah, dear" answered. the
first spea ker. thee has never had the
bread and butter trouble: and therefore
thee can hardly compass! it's Misery
l think we all felt the force of this
argument. for Hannah vas richly dow
cred. Presently Jane Spencer sighed:
II cannot help wishing that Uncle Jo-
seph would recognize that the hand Of
the Lord is pointing him to Sarah Std
ney:
IF such be the will Of our heavenly
father, j doubt not 1t will pc Repealed i'll
due time. and Hannah spoke With great
deliberation.
That is quite true, and undoubtedly
1t IS only those among us who are Il
tribe worldly minded that show dispo-
| SltlOn to hasten these THINGS