The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-10-10
"Who was the first mann"
who was the first woman"
"Who was the first murderer ?"

Who was the first murderer"
who was the first martyr?"
In type the old fashioned is used
: the same as f. Here are DR.. Watts
Morning and Evening Prayers fol
Children, than which nothing has evel
been better produced for that pur.
pose. 1t is in this Primer that we
have the picture of John Rogers, the
first Puritan martyr of England, being
burned at the stake. 1t is one of the
funniest pictures in existence, and |
suppose that many thousands of chill
dren have looked at it with trembling
horror. Rogers is in the midst OF a
fire of fagots, with his wife and chill
dren standing by as spectators, with
two officials also, who, although
standing on the same level with Mrs.
Rogers, are represented as almost
twice her height. The title of the pic
ture says, His wife with nine small
children, and one at her breast, fol-
lowing him to the stake" And it
used to be as good as a puzzle book
to us children to count the group and
try to decide whether it meant nine
besides the infant in arms; whether
the title meant nine or ten children in
all! Following the picture is poem
which he wrote some days before his
death" l remember that my blessed
mother used to tell me that the story
was that after his death some one dis
covered folded paper stuck in a
crevice of the stones of the cell he
had occupied, and it was this poem
1t opens,
"Give ear my children to my words;
Wh0,,, Cod hath Io,rl,, hou~L%
and ends, |
God grant you so to end your days,
AS he sail think it best
That may meet you in the heavens
Where l do hope to rest"
The Assembly's Shorter Catechism
constitutes the main part of the Pri-
mer. Speaking of John Rogers re-
minds me that we have family in our
city who trace their lineage back to
him, being in the 10th and 18th gen
Grafton from him; would rather have
that ancestor than any of the mobiles
and kings.
l was once travelling with one of the
of Lemhi county, a man
we'll read in all modern science, who
vas brought up in an eastern Massa-
.husetts town, and thought the teach
ng and life very narrow, and still =
bought it was so; but he declared to {
ne that after his many years here in
he west, mainly in Idaho, he had
ONE to the deliberate conclusion that
Notwithstanding the narrowness of f
he New England teaching, it yet fur n
ished foundation of character which v
eveloped men and women that one n
could tie to and trust" b
Eugene Field speaking of the pic t
Ire of John Rogers at the stake, says: h
Even now, l say, cannot contem- il
late that experience and that wood O
1t without feeling lumpy in my il
lroat and moist about my eyes. i c
I'd right truly can say that from the n
,ringtime day sixty-odd years ago,
hen my heart went out in love to f;
is little book, no change of scene n
of custom, no allurement of fashion, b
} demnad of mature years, has abat- o
that love. And herein is exempli- b
ID the advantage which the love of W
,oks has over the other kinds of II
We. Women are by nature tickle, IL
I'd so are men; their friendships are N
lble to dissipation at the merest pro- ii
,cation or the slightest pretext. Not d
however with books, for books can W
IT change" -... c,
The memories OF my youth and the n
ew England Primer are twisted in s,
e same strand with the hottest things n
that age. a,
OBSERVER II