Year: 1867

: My DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS:


Let me say a word to you in this


letter about KINDNESS. / once read OF


two little boys, whom / will call Eddie


and Teddie. One day Eddie, who was


the oldest, said to his brother, Lets


play church; and I'll be the preacher


'Well, said Teddie, 'and I'll be the peo-


ple.' So up stairs they went, and as


soon as the people were all seated the
preacher began.


Ny text said he, is Be kind, and


these are the divisions of my sermon:


First, Be kind to father, and don't


make a noise when he has the head
ache. Perhaps you don't know what
a headache is, but l do, for had one
once.


Secondly, Be kind to mother, and
don't get cross and cry when she wash
es your face and combs your hair
I[Here Teddio hung down his head, for
like most little boys he was guilty of


this every morning.1


Thirdly, Be kind to sister Minnie,


and don't take her play things and make


her cry But you took her doll the


other day and made her cry spoke up


Teddie.


People mustn't speak in meeting


said Eddie. 'Fourthly, Be kind to the


kitten, and always stroke her back the


right way, and don't pinch her tail and


make her holler' And then the meet
ing ended.


do not think I can say much moro
about kindness than Eddie said Ihope


you will all take his advice. Be kind
. to your fathers, mothers, brothers, sis
8 ters, and everybody. The better you
7 make others feel, the better you will
feel yourself. One time little Freddie
!, came rushing into the room, crying,
= Where's my grammar Seeing his


sister there, he said, Please, Aggie,


help mo find my grammar But the


selfish girl, who knew all the while
= where the book was, refused to move
or speak. At length he spied it on the
} mantel, but in his haste to reach it
" knocked down his sister beautiful glass
Z vase, which broke into thousand piec-
9 es. At this she flew into towering
- passion. He told her how sorry he
= was, and begged her forgiveness, but
v she refused to listen to him After
= starting away, he came back and want
u ed to kiss her goodbye, but she rudeIy
. repulsed him, and with a sad heart
IL Freddie hurried off to catch the train


which he took every morning to reach
l. his school. The cars were just moving
II off as he reached the station. In his
4 haste to jump on, his foot slipped, and
he fell right beneath the heavy iron


wheels, which passed over his body, and


in moment the young life was crush
D ed out, and he was borne all bleedinn.
: back to the home he had left so short
} time before. Oh, how bitter were tho
feelings of Freddie's selfish sister, as
she saw that lifeless form borne to the
t door, and remembered the unkindness


with which she had treated him when
last she had seen him alive. All, chill
dren, be kind to your friends while they


are living, and you will escape many
e bitter feelings of reproach when they


are dead.


), Like Eddie, would have you be kind


not only to everybody, but to every
d thing. Never be cruel to animals, birds,
e or insects. 1t is cowardly and wrong.
n [ will close this letter by telling you
e little story which will show you why
e it is wrong to treat with unkindness
e anything that has life


d A little girl had beautiful maltese
1t kitten, which she thought great deal
d of, and would allow no one to hurt -
e One day her brother Jack, to tease her,
If began to poke the kitten with long


stick. Now, you jack said she, stop
It that But Jack only did it the more.
S You Jack, tell you to stop teasing
e that cat Still Jack kept on teasing
d pussy. Now, Jack, tell you to stop
?, that; don't you k,.oao that as Gods cat"
d That was something that Jack had not
1t thought of, and he left off teasing kitty
f and has been kind to animals ever since.
g IF YOU have been as thoughtless as


Jack in the past, l trust you will now
+ learn the lesson that his little sister
4 taught him, and hereafter be kind to
d every body and everything.


It Your friend
,fl MAJ LYNNE.