The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-09
Sunshine Society.
HOW HE PASSED II on"

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bonuy Sunshine boy.
4 jolly little dog, with funny little
bark,
With his doggy heart ahubhling like
the fountain at the park,
Came to the fence asinging, in his fool.
ish doggy way,
But the little boy, with the Easter eggs,
just squealed and ran away.
a humpy little stone, and a very sud-
den fall,
A dusty little tumble, and you couldn't
see Mt all
The bonny little boy, that little sun
shine fellow,
For he was just a crazy patch, Of blue
aud green and yellow
For there were salty tears ON purple
bruised check,
And cggscclls brown aud crimson mixed
with many a dusty streak.
Aud ali Of sunshine there was left, cx-
cept his golden hair,
Were strcaks OF softly trickling yolks
that wandered here and there.
But whoever saw a Sunshine boy who
could not find joker
"lm awful glad ii was the eggs and not
my nose ! broke,
Aud when they ask me-" said tn,
boy, Where are your eggs, Lcon''
"I'm just agoin TO stand and say, 4
think | passed 'em on"
The eggs and scrap books foI
children in the Cily Hospital are com
ing in nicely, AMI We hope to have
enough to make several little invalid,
happy
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Dear Public, We want money
sunshine.
bear Seniors. We want SunShinrr-
that will come to our mcetings.--Jun
lurs.
Dear Juniors, the eggs are M
to be cooked or colored; but they mus
be fresh and not cracked the lcas
bit The Easter Rabbit will do IT,,
test for us. Bring them any time thi
week, or ut the Saturday meeting n
O'clock, and beg, ur bring some
hing nice of your own, for the Poo
Farm before Friday
The Sunshine Boys brigade is
reality AT last, and now we are tn have
a real military company 10 protect on
lives aud property. We timorou
women folks will rest better nights
Nine is what these brave Sunshincr
number, though more are promised
and we hope to swell the number t.
thirty this week They are II lively
jolly crowd Please send your TO; $;
we promise pure surroundings, aud
drill that is in Itself good training
The Brigade dsills at MIR. Huff =
Mondays from $50 to s p. N. MIR
win Wade has kindly consented t,
give ~ his time and know ledge o
tactics, and all boys from ten year,
mp are welcome. The kindergarten
boys Chose under tcn) will still atrcnc
the regular Junior meetings, and vii
have little squad OF their own, will
drum and flags
We expect to send an Easter greet.
ing 10 our old friends ut the Poor
Farm not later than Friday We have
illustrated papers aud cigars left from
the Christmas donations, and will nc.
ecpt gratefully any other matter that
you will cn:rust to Us, Please do not
forget it,
There are about nine women thgrc,
and eighteen men. One bcdriddcn,
gentle. voiced old lady, one blind bed
ridden cOlorcd woman, some whose
brains can not bear much reading,
but who will surely enjoy some dainty,
like those you will prepare for your
Easter table, Imagine that few
pounds of the delicious home. made
candy have tasted might be wei
come. Couldn't we send the women
an apron apicccP am sorry can.
not 20 out and see what is most de.
sired, but they were so pleased a;
Christmas, VIC can scarcely go astrny.
The society hopes TO get mn Easter
card for each one.
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II may occur TO some that VIC re-
port little done for Pennington in
valids. This part OF our work cannot
well be referred To, as it might expose
to publicity those who are III and un.
happy. may say that only two in.
valids have signiiied willingness to be
ministcrcd to by the children, and
most of such work is strictly personal,
from member TO some acquaintance
No one enjoys "duty calls"
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II is with gratitude hat we receive,
from time to time, mention of little
things that nre Gone as "Snnshine
dceds,n and now as We are reviewing
the saddcst, most touching scenes in
His life, in whose name VIC do this
work, and we are coming 10 the mos.
beautiful anniversary of the year, may
we not add to our uplifting of prayer
and praise the remembering Of those
tie loved to heal? those whose lives
are in shadow
We do not know each other by face
or by name, dear friends; but each Of
us has n silent ache in his life that is
only made cndurablc by the blessed
thought of resurrection, and may |
not, from my bed IN this quiet room,
hope that many busy ones who read