The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-01

here to praise her. And Just here want TO sa, ~
before forget it, you don't know how she an
preciated the kindness shown her in those DAVIS
OF early struggle. Sometimes would come home
and say such did so and So and che would
say, Don't say that, Dwight, he was kind to me-,
WY 1ather died bankrupt, and the creditors
came and swept everything we had Thew took
everything, even the kindling- and there
came on a snow storm, and the next morninp
mother said would have to stay in bed until
school-time, because there was no wood to make
a hre Then all at once l heard some one chop-
ping wood and there my Uncle Sam l tell
you have always had warm heart for that uncle
1or that act And that night there came the Dig
gest load of wood L ever saw in NV life If took
TWO yoke OF oxen to draw it. That act followed
me through life, and good many acts in fact
MT Everett (the pastor of the Unitarian Church,
L remember how kind he was in those DAVIS |
want to testify to-day how my mother appreciated
that
Il remember the first thing l did to earn
money was to turn the neighbors' COWS up on
Strowbridge mountain. l got cent a week for
It, L never thought of spending it on myself
1t was to go to mother. 1t went into the COM
mon treasury; and | remember when George got
work, he asked who was going to milk the cows.
Mother said she would milk. She also made our
clothes, and wove the cloth, and spun the yarn
and darned the stockings; and there was never any
complaining.
l thought much of my mother | cannot say
halt enough. That dear face! There was no
sweeter face on earth. Fifty years l have been
coming back, and always glad to get back
When L got within fifty miles of home I always
grew restless and walked up and down the car
1t seemed to me if the train would never get
to Mortified. For sxty-eight years she has
lived on that HILL and when | came back after
dark always looked to see the light in mothers
window When | got home last Saturday night
L was going to take the o'clock train from New
York, and get here at IL. | had business
to do, but suppose it was the good Lord that
sent me; took the IL o'clock train and got here
at S. l. went in to my mother. | was SO glad |
got back in time to be recognized. l said
Mother, do you know me?' She said L guess |
do l like that word, that Yankee word guess
The children were all with her when she was
taking her departure AT last called Mother,
Mother No answer. She had fallen asleep;
but 1 shall her again by and by. Friends, it
IS not a time of mourning. | want you to under
stand me, do not mourn. We proud that we
had such mother. We have wonderful legacy
left us.
Zone day mother sent for me- | went to see
what she wanted, and she said she wanted to di-
vide her things | said We'll, mother, we don't
want anything you've got. We want you. We
have got you and that is all that want Yes,
but | want to do something l said to her, Then
write out what you want, and | will carry it OUT
That didn't satisfy her. Finally she said, Dwight
| want them all to have something That was
my mother, and that the way she bound us
to her.
my mother used to punish me. / honor her
for that; | do not object to punishment. She
used to send me out to get stick 1t would
take long time to get it, and then | used to
get dead stick if / could She would try it. and
if it would break easily, then had to go and get
another She not in hurry and did not tell
to hurry, because she knew all the time that
l being punished. / would go and be gone
a long time When | came, she would tell me
to take off my coat, and then she would put the
birch on; and | remember once / said: That
doesn't hurt She put it on all the harder, and
l did that the second time. And once in
while she would take and she would say