lISiES PltOitl A 3IOT1IEK, WITtI
A BIBEE, TO HER SOM.
Keniember, love, who .g’avi tliee this.
tViieii otlioi' diiys shall eome,
AViiPii she who had thy earliest kiss
Sleeps in tlie narrow houie,
llemeinber, ’twas a in«the.r gave
The gift to one she’d die to save.
Tliat mother sought a i)lodge of love,
nie lioHest for her son,
And from the gifts of God above.
She chose a goodly one.
She cho.se for her beloved boy,
The sonree of light, of life and joy.
And bade him keep tlie gift,that when
The parting hour should come,
They might have hope to meet again
In an eternal home.
She said, his faith in that would be
Sweet bicomso to her memory.
And should the scoffer in his juide
Laugh that fond faith to scorn,
And bade him east the pledge aside
That lie from youth had borne;
Slie bade him pause, and ask his breast
If he, or she, had loved him best.
A jiareut’s blessing on her son
Goes with the lioly tiling^
The love that ■would retain the one
Mnst to the otliei' cling.
Kemember, ’tis no idle toy,
A mother’s gift—remember, boy.
THE BirSTEIMG WAY AMD THE
«IEIET AVAY.
Jane'E. is one of the bustling
cliaracters. She is always ready
and willing to help her motlior,
whom she loves very much, and
to tvhom she is always obe
dient; but she makes so much
noise and talk about any little
thing she has to do, that -one
would rather do it ten times over
than be present while she is doing
it.
“ Mother,” said Jane, one morn
ing when she sat reading; “Mother,
mother!” calling several times
before her mother had time to
look up.
Jane ought not to have inter
rupted her mother while she was
reading, unless on some import
ant occasion, which in the present
case it was not.
“ Mother, motlier, I want to
know whether I may go and put
the back parlor to rights V’ _
“Yes, yes, you may,” said her
mother, going on with her read
ing.
“ Well,—mother, mother !”
“ What now, Jane 1”
“ May I take down all the
books from the shelves, and put
them up better? I know I can
put them up right again.
I, mother?”
“ Yes, you may; but do
talk to me now, because I
engaged.”
Jane went to work,- making a
great noise in taking down and
putting up the books. Instead of
clearing one shelf at a time, and
filling it again before she cleared
the n'ext, she took down all the
books at once, and as she stood
on .a cliair to replace them, she
must needs jump down for each
parcel, as she set tlieni up again.
“OJane!” her mother would
now and then exclaim, as the
volumes came tumbling upon the
floor, “ do be a little more careful,
and try to make less noise.”
But" for Jane to have carried
on airy work without making a
great fuss, or occasioning inter
ruption to other persons, would
liave been quite out of the ques
tion.
“ There, mother, just come and
sec how much bettor that looks,”
she would say, each time she had
filled a shelf.
If her mother did not attend at
once, she would go on
“ Mother, mother,” until at last,
May
not
am
becoming quite tired of being in
terrupted, lier mother bade her
leave the room as it was, and sit
down to her sewing. Jane felt
mortified and grieved at the re
proof tlius given, and could
scarcely repress her tears.
“ Why, what -is the matter,
Jane ?” said her mother, laying
down her book, and seeing lier
sorrowful look. This question
■brought the tears at once into
Jane’s eyes.
“ Whjq mother,” she answered,
“I was putting the book-shelves
to rights as well as I could, when
ytou spoke to me, and—and I was
going
“ Well, you did them very
w'ell, and I should have been glad
if you had finished them, but j'ou
made so much bustle about it,
and talked so much, that I could
not go on with m3' reading, I
have never spoken to 3’on seri--
■0USI3’ about this fault, but itisene
that vou must tiy' to overcome.
You are a very lively, active lit
tle girl. I should bo sorry if you
were indolent and dull; but when
5'ou have an3’thirig to do, I wish
you to do it with as little noise
and bustle as possible. Now, I
will show you the difference be
tween the bustling and the quiet
way of doing things. Let me
see, what shall I do ? 0 there is
the hearthrug wliich is out of
order.”
One edge of the rug w'as turned
under, and Jane’s mother w'alked
to tlie fireplace, stooped down to
the rug, and with one or tw'O
strokes of her hand, spread it
even, and smoothed out the fringe.
“ There, that is the quiet way
of doing the thing; now I will
show you the husUinr) wa}'.”
Her mother then burred to the
fireplace, pulled away the chairs
that stood near, rattled the shovel
and tongs, then turned over the
rug in such a manner as to cause
a great puff of smoke and dust
from the fire, and then, in the
same fussy style spread it down
again.
“ Tlint is the bustling way of
doing it,” said her mother, sweep
ing up the liearth, and brushing
off the ashes that liad settled up
on the chimney piece. “Now I
will sliow you how annoying it
is for persons to talk and disturb
others' while they are engaged.
Let us suppose that 3'ou have lost
3'onr thimble, and that I am go
ing to look after it for v'ou.” She
then pretended to bo looking for
the lost thimble.
“Why, Jane,” said she, hastily
turning over the things on the
table, “ where do you suppose
3'our thimble can be ? Surel}',
Susan must have mislaid it when
slie swept tlie parlor. I wish she
was not such a careless girl.”
She tlien went to anotlier part of
the room, and looked under the
sofa, continuing all the while to
talk: “ Why, Jane, perhaps yon
left your thimble up stairs, did
■vou"not? Jane—Jane—Jane—
tlid you not leave your thimble
up stairs? Shall I go up and
see?”
Jane stood laughing to see her
mother acting in this strange way.
“You think it odd forme to
act in such a manner,” said her
mother, “but it is quite as im
proper in a little girl like you.
Now,” she continued, “ I wish
30U to learn the quiet way of
doing things, and then 3'OU will
be much more useful to mo than
3’ou are at present; for very of
ten when there is something that
3-ou could do, I say, ‘ No, I will
do it myself, for Jane will have
so much to say, and will make
such a fuss about it, that she will
cause mo more trouble than site
will save. But I wish y'ou to
begin now to learn the quiet wa}'
of going about everything; and
then you will be a very great
help to me.”
Jane had many opportunities
throughout the day of practising
her new lesson, and she felt am-
pH repaid by her mother’s smile
and approving looks, and resolved
ever afterwards to tr}' the quiet
imy rather tlian the hustling wag.
—Early Bays.
FORM OF AFPEICATIOM FOR
THE ADMISSIOM OF H-AEF
ORPHAMS.
E'ASHIOM—WHAT SHE DOBSs
Fashion rules the world, and a
most tyrannical mistress slie is,
compelling people to submit^ to ^
the most inconvenient things im-
TMs is to certify tlmt - -
...is a Mlf orpliOK;
sound in body and mind, and with
out any estate. II- - - - father died
ire 18..... I being h... - mother,
Iverehy make apiilicafon for h....
admission to the Orphan Asylum at
Oxford, and I also i-elinquish and
aginable, for fashion’s sake.
She pinches our feet with tight
boots, or chokes us with a tight
neckerchief, or squeezes tlie
breath out ot our body by tight
lacing.
She makes it vulgar to wait on
ourselves, and genteel enough to
live idle and uselessly.
She makes people visit when
they had rather stay at home, eat
when they are not hungry, and
diink when the}' are not thirsty.
She invades our pleasure, and
interrupts our business.
She compels people to dress
gail}', whether upon their ow'n
property or that of others; wheth
er agreeabl to the Word of God,
or the dictates of pride.
She makes people sit up when
the}' ought to be in bed, and
keeps thorn in bed in the morning
when they ought to be up and do-
ing.
She ruins healtli and produces
sickness; destroys life, and occa
sions death.
She makes foolish parents, in
valids of children, and servants
of all.
She is a tormentor of con
science, despoiler of morality,
and enemy of religion; and no
one can be her companion and
enjoy either.—Church Union.
—In a fashionable family in
New York the word “style” is
often used, and such distinction
given to it that the youngest—a
child of six or seven-^on retiring
for the night, was heard to make
this addition to, “Now I lay me
down to sleep: God bless dear
papa and mamma, and oh, dear
Lord, please make us very sty
lish.”
Love is a big thing for con
victs. An Illinoisan, on his way
to the penitential'}', w'as kissed
by his sweetheart, and with her
lips she passed into his mouth
the key with which he subse
quently unlocked his handcuffs
and gained his liberty.
FORM OF APPEICATIOM FOR A
BOY.
My residence is in
County, and my occupation
tire munayement mid control of said
orphan UU the — - day of
(tlmt being the day on which
.... will he fourteen years of age,)
in oreler that ... - may he trained
mid educated according to the regu
lations prescribed by the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. I also
promise not to annoy the Orphan
Asylum, and not to encourage the
said orphan to leave without the
approval of the Superintendent.
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Approved by...
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FORM OF .APPEICATIOM FOR
THE ADMISSIOM OF ORPHAMS.
N.C.,!
1877. )
This is io certify that
. _.. is ail orphan, sound
in body and mind, and without es
tate. Hfather died 18—-,
h.... mother died in 18 I,
being h... hereby
make application for h... admission
into the Orphan Asylum at Oxford,
and I also relinquish and convey to
the officers thereof the entire man
agement and control of said oiphan
till the.... day of.
18 - - - .,(thatbeiny the day on wliich
tvill he fourteen years of age,)
in order that .... mag he trained
and educated according to the regu
lations qyrescrihed by the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina.
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