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SOUTH NOBWALK CITY OFFICERS.
Wm P. ELY.
Clerk—Enm Wthox.
55
WWII—JOB B. Roms, Tacoma: \\ twox
Judge—Wm ’1‘ WW
Coroner—Jon
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Chg’i qf Him—mecca S Pun
first ltnrd—Tnons 0mg, 1.0112130 Dmsu,
WnuAI E Wilcox. Kmv W. Luau-r.
Sewud Ward—303ml. Tom. Jon L Ricu-
Anus, SAW 1’. Pscx. Down A. Wmm.
‘ Thu-d Ward—650393 an‘smcr. Gxoms W.
In“. Hrsnv H. Ens-nu. Josm R. BAvonn.
I or: :2! Election—
F? ”Ward—Mom M. Santos, WuLuI )1.
, KeroxD. in.
Second ll‘ard—(‘mzsnm F. Tongs.
Brxsxs.
Third lVard—JAIES C. Cnowx, CnAmxs H.
Wan-s
1.151 or rm: s‘uxnxxu COIIITTKBs or 1115 BOARD
0P cot’scxusx.
Ordinances—George IV. Smith. Joseph R. Ray-
mond. Robert I. Tolles.
.4xéemts——George Benedict. John I. Richards,
Edwin A. “'bitmsn.
Stl‘éiffi and SidewaIb—Iprcnw Dibblc, John L.
Richsrdi Robert I. Tollcs.
Lamps and Gas—John L Richards Henry \V Los-
1.01- Joueph R Raymond
Sun-In): D.
William E. Wilcox
P'xbfic hinting—Henry \\
Smith WilliIm ll. Wilcox
Lt‘r‘tcr. George “‘2
FEW Healxh— Samuel F. Peck George W. Smith
but-cum Dibble.
Remand i(8—“ illism ll “ ilcox George
Bent-dict. Henry L(Ekl
SOCIETY INDEX.
RELXHIOI'S
)1}! 4. — “net in their Hull on “111‘. at. \‘ur-
valk. H. B “iuham Pres
HASO\I(.
01"! ll'dI Lodge \0 1C8 F. and A Auchvulsr
communications holden on the first and third not
1111) (vetting: in web mouth at their Hall on Main
strvct. South .‘Iorwslk. George Knight \V. M.
5/. John x Lnng \0 6 —Meci:l on first and third
Thursday ownings in CSCD month. Hall 011 \l' all
strm’! Nomalk. David El. Pollard. W. M.
ODD FELLOWS.
Our Bmflvn Lodge V0. 10 —.\leets cvcryMondny
evening. at their Hall on “all street. Nonvalk
Jsmcs llodgns. .\. G.; E. J Hill V G. J T.
Prowitt. Secretary; 'l‘. S. stout. Treasurer; Chas.
Olmstvad. permanent Secretarv
j Imbaom Eurmm magnum! W. Palrlmrlu V011,] 0
U F‘ —\{rets 111 Follow 5 Hall on the fir and
third “ cdncsdsy owning-s in each month. James
fund“ (hlcf Patriarch: (‘ucorgc L Tnllcr 111:1:
‘ Priwt; Alex. 5 Gibsor. Scribe; J. T. l’rouitt
g Truss. J. C. L'rowe Junior \V urdcn.
CLI'BS
UM ll [1 (Inf. it‘oruer Main and \l ashingmn
stret ts >Uulll \‘nrwslk Room.- open mun day und
, evening (Sundayscxuptch Elbirt A. \\ oodtvarti.
s Prcsidcnt.
harm-21k (lab. —Rooms in 5111‘ ing's Bank Building
Sonvslk. Upln an ry day and naming {Sundays ex—
cc tut! Chase. (1. MWQM
y Club —Rooms in New York and New
2 Raven Railroad Depot, South Box-walk. 0-11 cv
; chning (Sundays excepted 1 Chmstcr 1“. Tel a Presl-
, cut
‘ Base Ball (lob.
Soul-ck. President:
, E. H. Norton. Secrcwry
. Smith. Captain.
.4167", Jr._ South hut-walk?“ 1n.
(it-o. K. Board. Vice anidcnt;
and Trvasurcr; Charla E.
(refill/1!! t‘lub. “Fm/'1.-im. “Hum-ts vvcry Friday
chcninz. in South Noru‘nlk. l‘rcz-idvnt. Henry
, Strauss: \icc Prvsidcnt. Herman Jaw: Secretary.
Paul Hcrthcr; L‘asl‘xit-r. F. Bcckcr; .‘Itl~if‘3‘1 Director
l Geo. Scimub.
i NURWAI K 5mm: 11. .\~50( 1 n 14:\
1 Meet: the flr~t Monday m nir‘ : of c 1r}- :uu: 1th to
plan the best means of pics: ning the health of tin
community
Pronidm' Ira (71-1531”), 31’. D. . \' ice President, )1.
Ex Pardee. M. 1).: Secretary, ‘1". A. Lockwood, 34. D.
Tmsurcr, Samuci Lynus.
TEXPERANCE
.Vavtsiu' Soda! Tim \0 5.—\icets ever? l-rlday
evening at their in Dibble 11 Block. Main -u-ee1,
South Somlh Hrs. Dr. Purdue IV C T.
.‘oru'all' Lodge I. 0. T—Heets every Wednes-
dav evening at their Hall. lain street South Nor-
u-a'lk. Charles “shock W C.T
W 3!“ Honor and Tan " '
Water. .\0. G—Mccts cvwv ue~dsy men st
their BAIL on CMsin sn-cet South SSmslk. .R.
Rnymonmw
824:1qu Dim-9n. .\'o. as S qu T—Heets Pr
Tuesdsv evening at their Hull. m; Buildingfi'h‘
sheet. Vex-wait c: F. Sellec
Cor-cord Pinon, No 9. S. of T Mt‘CIS every
Friday eveuln
mgr?” tha‘r PHall on Wall street, Sor-
nlk.
St Haw-y: T. A. B. “Daddy—fleets first Kondsy
evening in each month. Rooms in Issacs' 2 Building.
WAD street. over lanai-Ines ofllee, Sonrslk. James
sherry, Preside“.
BENEYOLENT SOCIETY
Sf. Joaquin W Auction—fleets first
T'bumsv evening of esch mouth. Rooms in Bob
,bell's Block. corner mum! sndWsll streets. Wm
1 Hands. President.
TRADE I’VIOVS
(‘arpexlm' andJos‘nev-x‘ ['sion, 3.0 an. of South
\‘urwslk. —fleet on the m1 and third Friday even»
ings in each month. at their rooms on lain street.
Xomlk. Win A. Kellogg President; R. H. Dibble.
Secrets
812' nfixidim Local Trade Amdafiow of South
horwslk. —-Xect.s on the lst of anusrv, April. July
andOctobPr.inachyesr. 11100 (kmelLPresidm
1 Thoma ! Secretary.
FIRE DEPARTE‘EXT
Pioneer Bad: and Ladder 00 No. Sons]:—
leeusemud Thursday in mhmth. KS Wil-
cuxnn, Forum.
Me (.11. No. 1. Namath—fleets
* first 'I‘uesthv in each mouth. .1. 3. Eli, Foreman.
Mi: Has: an .30. '1, CNN—fleets mt.
Wednesday in and: mouth. CF. 1min, PM
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GROGERIES,
PROVISIONS, ,
Mum—Joseph R Raymond. Edwin A Whitu an, .
finances—Henry I]. Elwell, Samar! l-.l‘c1‘k,l,o« .
ream Dibble. l
Mia—Robert 1 Tollcs George Benedict. Henry
H. Elwcll.
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Her Story.
WASHINGTON GLADDIN.
Here, at the gste. let us stand and wait
’Till the grunt! procession pus;
The marshal fl st. in msrvelous state,
With the drums sad the sounding brass;
Then the veterans brsve in blue draw near.
With s sober, soldierly :11»:
And the halt Ind the maimed sre riding here,
And the priest and the poet there.
And now the troop of the children comes,
In wavy, hesltsnt files,
All bright with the blush of the early blooms,
All wresthed in roses and smile.
They are halting now at the gruves of the boys;
And A dlrge will be softly sung;
And the patsou will givetow I value,
And the poet to love stoma.
But you and 1. my Hurry sud Bess.
“’11! turn from these well-meant words.
Apart through the wood-land silences—
Aloue with the breezes sud the birds.
Here, st this grave, where the pine-bough- grievr,
When the solemn rout]: winds roam,
Our rosemary sud our rue we‘ll leave,
And carry our hesrtm home.
Did I promise .’ Well. there is nothing new,
But the joy and the pain sre one.
Sit down on the bank here, Bessy. and you
Lie here on the grass, my son.
Fourteen next month! You were only four
When your father went away;
And you, little queen, were scarcely more
Than s babe that desolate day.
A sudden And terrible call had come
I For an army of voluntecrs;
And the tidings brought. to our happy home
Bard struggles and bodlng fears.
That night he sat. in a silent mood.
And held you both to his breast:
I saw on his brow the shadows brood
And darken—l knew the rest!
Ho can‘icd you up to your crib that night.
A1111 watched with you till you slept;
Then prayingflhst God would guide him aright.
The strong man wrestled and wept.
I found him praying, Ind left him there
Alone with his Father and you;
"1 ill the helper lifted his load of care.
And lightened his sorrow too.
4 And then be cum- forth and told um All,
I could neither sznvc uor cry;
He would follow his suffering country‘s cull.
Who should dsrc to forbid? Not I.
You know the story—the parting word~
The year that dresrlly passed,
The droning pain of a hope deferred.
The blinding blow at .119 last.
But 11ch is :1 picture you nt‘ver an" 7
011 this side mother and Boss,
Hal on the other: the little flaw
Is the dint of a bull, lgucss.
L11- carricd it always here. by his heart:
And, when they led him sway
Faint. from the field, where he bore his {rt
50 gulluutly on that day,-
W‘heu they laid him down in a sheltered nook
(The chnplsin told me this‘.
He drcvv it forth, and with many :1 look.
And many I passionate kiss,
EC gazed, till he heard thc ordl-r "
And then, when his spirit passed.
It dropped from his hands upon his breast,
.\ud lhry found it more. :11 the lust.
Rust Z"
That is all, 111) darlings. I have to tell.
Like another divine Friend.
Having loved his own in the world so well,
ll: loved them unto the end.
The love that he lett to you and me
Is our fortunasndmm"*"" L ’b'
The truest, muliest mun wss be—
.\_11d he loved as All till he diedi
Come hither. flurry! I'll lean on you.
Ills brow and month are 111cm:
And yours, little Bess, am his eyes of blat-
And his ucnltb of golden hair,
So here a: his grave, where the pine bonghs grit-1 1-.
When the solemn south winds roam.
Our rosemary and our ruc we'll leave.
And carry our hurts-casc- home.
_ flu: game gird;
How the Deacon’s Wife In-
troduced the Beacon.
Helicon Flint had decided to move; had
decided to move in (‘.; had decided to com-
mcucc moving at precisely five o'clock, Mou-
duv morning, July 18th; andsoon that iden-
tical Monday looming you might, had you
been an early than have seen the Deacon,
divested of his coat and his Sunday dignity,
shaking the best-rootu carpet in the back
yard.
There is no need of saying what he did
next, or what Mrs. Flint was doing then.
They went through the tearing up process,
very 111qu as other people do; and not be-
ing endowed with :111 over abundance of this
world‘s goods, the lust load of furniture.
consisting of the Deacon's wife and baby,
the twins and the besbvooni looking glam,
was on its wnytto the. depot at five o‘clock
P. M
‘ Blessed by nothiug2 said the [med little
woman. as theDeacou helped her: out of the
wagon. “ If we had been SquireBansom‘s
folks, Samuel, Vic wouldn‘t have been more
than a quarter through now,\vould we ? My !
how my poor bones would have ached
through this time tomorrow night. I‘m
glad the Lord knows what’s best for me,"
she added taking the baby from the Deacon,
looking around for the lwiua
It was but a few hours’ ride to (‘., and
just in the coolest dusk of the July twilight
they walked up the street to their new home,
very tired and thankful ; thankful they were
not “ Squire Rausom‘s folks," but just them~
selves, if that did have to work late that
night putting up the kitchen stove and un-
packed dishes and beddinfl‘.
Tuesday was a day of many troubles. The
babies were tired and fretful, - daylight re-
vealed a coating of dirt on doors and win-
dows, the depth ofwhicb'thev knew not be-
fore; and the beams/intense.
But the Descos pm; nothing energy
and his little wib 111:: We! tempers,
they suécssdsd so Iciflbitfirymy,
he tame into the km -W In Mal—of
wood, whaehis wife was snaking Mes,
she unnamed singing:
mum-11mm)“ '
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UTH NORWALK, CONN,
probably not till Monday noon; guess there’s
enough wood split. to last till then. Good»
bye,” he said, and was gone.
The wee woman went singing back to her
half-washed dinner dishes, and with one foot
on the cradle-rocker, she scoured the knives,
while she told the story of “ Jack and Gill"
to the twins.
When the last. kettle was washed. the
kitchen stove and table brushed and scoured
to the usual shades of black and white, the
baby asleep in her little nest. of a cradle,
” bless her 1" she washed the pretty twi
faces 1111 they blushed like red peppers, the _ - *
settled them in their trundle-bed for a 1111;).
Dear little woman. ' she did look so and
as she came out. from the bedroom, and amp-
ped to brush a fly from under the mosquito
uet- over the baby, it would your back 11ch
to look at. her. But the 'cheery heart in the
weary body asserted itself, and she smiled
with the thought of all she would do before
the Deacon came back.
“I must slick my hair over a l1ttle, so if
any one should come in I wouldn‘t spoil the
Deacon‘s reputation," she said to herself.
going up to the little glass that hung between
the kitchen windows.
Just then a gem of a sunbeam flashed in at
the window, and seemed to tangle itself all
up in the wavy brown hair.
“ 011, how pretty," she said with 11 blush
and a laugh like a child. “ Guess if some»
body had been at home I‘d had a kiss, then I"
and uti‘ she flew to her work.
How like magic the white curtains went
up and the cobwcbs came down; how the
best-room looking glass shone after its pol-
ishing, and the old dagucrrcotypes of “Sam-
uel In his best days," never shout: through so
clcun a surface as it. did that day. So the
time flow, bringing the Deacon's return
nearer,
()nc umrning 5111‘ Wanted curly, cutircly
frcc from :1 wretched headache she had had
the darv brfnre. “ Now for the washing,"
she said to hcrsclf. “ I Want to have it all
donc, the kitchen cle mod up and my dross
changed before Samuel comes at noon.
Quictly dressing so 115 not to awaken the
L'lllllll‘f'l‘l, she slipped out into the kitchen,
built :1 firc, 111111 commcncctl operations. How
shc did work! every step told of something
Ll0110.:llt(l at half-past ten, spite of all her
hindrances, from baby, who was ('russ, she
Wm hanging out tho clotlu-s so snowy white
they tlnzzlctl lwr cyt-s as the sun 511-1110 on
tin-1n 0119 (-111! of the clothes liuc 1'1111 ucar-
l_v nut to the front fence through flu: side
yard, and thc whitest, nicest clothes were
hung there, of cout‘sv.
“ How munv people uru passing," slut
thought to herself, “ and how tlicy all stare
guess it must be the clothes though
and shc tenderly pinned the
at 1111‘;
instead of me."
3 11411 of one of the Deacon's shirts to the line.
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cnetgttu Silltlti hul brought him «lnsc to
lur; but 1‘ but mm the umtler'
" Martlm—Pcudlctun—Flinl 3"
ml 1‘1!th in the world are youduiug? Come
81.13351“?an home!‘
“I ith' .11 look that defies description, the
little body straightened itself up as high us
it would go, as she said, “ Not till you speak
hc uxcluim»
, t0 IHC different from that, Samuel. and tell
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meeting, and you lumgin‘ out shirts.
' Inc why,"
her lip quivering.
” Don't you see the people all going to
9 It's
Sumlny morning ‘2"
Such :1 laugh “5 run; out then on Kim Sun-
: tluy :nir, I'm sure lln' good people of L'. never
1 hand bt'fxll‘t‘,
alic said, hold-
in; her slave, “ it‘s 50 funny I no Wonder the
folks stared at 1110 2111:! my clothes. Oh, oh,
oh 3" mil she sank do“ 11 on the grass in n
convulsion of luughlvr.
Tho punt Dt-scon was scuudulizcd ! “ Mur-
11111 3“ ln: suid, in such a sadly anxious wne‘
she only laughed the more, and it was not.
till slzc looked up in his face llmtshc realized
how badly ltc wus touched ; then she stood
up, 50!): rly, and walked into the house with
111111.
The door cloacd behind them, she went up
to him with 11 little caress, and said: “ Sam-
uel, kiss and forgive Inc, and I'll go to work
and rave! it all out. I truly will 2" and she
laughed again with the the thought of what
she had been guilty of, till the Deacon kissed
her, and laughed too, in spite of himself.
'l‘lu-n he walked to the window and looked
out.
“ You‘re not going to let them clothes hang
out there all day, are you, Martha Flint, ?“
“ Of course I 11111 ; you don‘t suppose, now
I've got them out, Godsgoing to grudge me
the sunshine to dry them with, because it's
Sunday, do you. 9 Why it uonld be wicked
to bring them in bifore suLdowu But see
here Mr Deacon, it 3 about time I called
vou to account 1 think How came you to
e traveling 10-day? Guess theres a little
Sunday-breaking on both sides, isn‘ t there? ’
The Deacon turned slowly uround,and sat
down. Then perchmg herself on his knee,
she took his honest brown face in her hands,
“ 0, Samuel."
and said : “ Be a good boy, now, and tell me
all the 1111111; remember George Washington,
dear.“
The Deacon smiled,just :1 trace of trouble.
in his smile, and taking the hands that. held
him captive. in his own, said: “ Well, little
woman, I had everything finished up last
night, ready to start for home on the five:
iO‘ClOCk 1min. Somehow, I must have been
uncommon tired, or else it was the heat,
leastways, I dropped to sleep in thedepot
and missed the train. Then I thought I’d
take the nine o'clock train and get hauls at
midnight, ads you wouldn't be so lonesome
Sunday, but we broke down, and just got
here a half hour ago. Than to think, after
walkin“ through town, from the ears, and
folks I lookin’ at meoulheirwsytochurcb!"
“ To 111m, Samuel,” sheluuksin,‘“sftsr‘
this, drudlultrisl, you should viking :
ymrfimtgsbudfludymwiflsmfi
unionism your front yud,su¢1you~s
mm; 111111 the clean clothes.
couldu’vsfindit, Hammond, inexpls-
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around his 3% .
get all shéutdt, dear, sud PIP—'- -
the door lute ptodrsfndshe ~
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dressed' in s 0601 white muslin tips, '
far between downs: of pins, andioofifi not.
was.B_l1c opened the door, and ,
Frost and Elder Cummings mtrOdnuuQ
selves and walked in with smtely‘hoivs.
Dtaoon Flint rose from his open Bible, and
more! introductlons followed, whereupon El-
der ummings cleared his throat, and, in s
piping voice, said: '
“ You must excuse, Deacon Flint, our com-
ing on such a day, but we thought it best
that some explanation should be made, be-
fore our people again gather for evening ser-
vice."
“ Oh, I know what you mean, I guess, El-
der Cummings, you want to know why I kept
yesterday for Sunday, instead of today,
don't you? Well, the fact was,t.l1e Deacon
was away, and I made 11 miscount in the
days somehow, I was so busy settling, and
so yesterday “as my Sunday, though! was
in bed all day with a sick headache, and so
(lidu‘ t. find out my mistake at all. Then,
wasn‘t it funny? I got. up at tive this morn-
ing and went to “asking, thinking it was
Monday, and I got all through before the
Deacon came home, I declare, I we laughed
so about it 1 fairly ache" and tbclittlc femi-
nine offender laughed again, and so contng
iously that the tbrce'laughcd with her.
" I've been so good though. Elder, the rest.
of the day, I'm sure the Lord has forgiven
me for it,” and 5111- smiled so sweetly, they
both were completely won. When they rose
to go. Deacon Frost said to Deacon Flint,
“ lt is our missionary 11181:!ng to-night,
brother, and a little explanation from you
there “'lll set the matter right, I guess."
I'p spoke the feminine voice again. “ Oh,
yes, Deacon Frost, Samuel was intending to
explain tu~nighL I only wish I could be there,
but lcan't leave the babies.“
“ If you have no objection, Bits. Flint,"
rcplicd lllC Deacon, “ My Susie will come
i and stay with them, and let you go, she Would
l bc delighted.
“,011 thank you' that would be so nice,
you are \ery kind! and she bowed them
out of the door
" A'm' t you glad_ You married me, Samuel,
instead of Abigal Howe?" said the small
woman, smiling up at him. No matter what
the Deacon said and did.
As she was setting the tea-table that. night
she broke out into another merry laugh.
“ What's tlw matter now, dear ?" said the
Deacon.
" 0, Samuel, I was thinking how you must.
have looked. coming up the street with your
Sunday walk. your hands clasped solemnly
behind you, till you got to the gate and saw
me hanging up your shirt in the front yard,
then suddenlv you broke into your week—day
stride! Ha. ha. "‘ and they both laughed to-
gether till the teams come
Supper over, disbm washed, baby asleep,
and Susie telling stories to the twins, the
Deacon and his wife started for church.
“ Don‘t be too l1umble,Sumuel," she whisper-
ed at the door, “ work in a little spice, if you
can, and I'll step on your corns when its
time to stop."
The meeting was opened as usual; then
Brother Dean was called upon for a report
from India.
A little wiry, black-eyed mun rose and
said, “ Brethren, it's not much use reporting
from heathen countries, when right. in our
midst Deacons travel on Sunday, and Dea-
cons‘ wivea wash and hung out clothes be-
fore our very eyes as we walk to the house
of God! I call for an cxplunationf’
Deacon Flint tried to rise, but somebody
pulled him down, and the next minute the
whole congregation 'was electrified by the
sound of a sweet womanly voice, saying:
“Now,0 Lord, stabllsb thy word unto
thy servant, so shall I have wherewitb to
answer him that rcproacheth me, for I trust
in thy word.’ ” Then turning to him she
said, “ my brother you shall burg an expla-
nation,” and' 111 a simple, almost child-like
way she told the story of her mistake, and
the Deacon’ a delay, then udded, «my broth-
er, judge nothiug before the time, until the
Lord come. Fur we shall sllmndbefore
the judgment seat of Glirist, and may one
shall give an accounts! himself to God, let
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Rev. Dr. Crane. of the South B'sptist
Church of Hsrtfoxd, preached mceutly from
the text, John 12:40, as quotéd £10th
:f‘fis hsth blinded their eyes sud hudsned
135,, :.
a. bit like the guilty little washes-rom- 11,311- heart " as, me lawn being thatrg-
' refusal to believe the gospel tends toward
impossibility of belief; in ofisr words, fist
persistent unbelief extirpstes theva es-
pscity fsr him. One of the concluding sp-
pllcstlous of the lemon was turned as fol-
lows agsiust certain phases of fashionable
life among us:
There is one class of petsous with whom I
feel a peculiarly tender and compasionate
sympathy. Many children, particularly
girls, are being blinded and hardened by
their parents, even by parents who in the
judgment of charity are Christians. They
are daily and carefully taught that their
chief concern in life must be to gain an en'
trance into “ good society." They must dress
to get into good society. They must acquire
certain superficial accomplishments to get
into good society. They must. be select and
exclusive, and even arrogant and contemptu-
ous, in the respect of choice of their oom-
pauions to get into good society. I find that.
the whole atmosphere of their homes, as I
snufl' its sickening taint, is calculated to in-
flame this paltry vanity and ambition.
Now I want to say to you that good soci-
ety, good society, will not open its inner
doors to these totally unqualified and fool-
ish aspirations. They may be able, occa-
sionally, in the promiscuous assemblage, to
come into external contact with those who
compose genuine good society; but they are
not truly received by it. They may in a
certain sort get into it; but they cannot
mingle with it, any more than water can
unite with oil. In its secret heart, and in
the respect of its natunil ufinities, good so-
ciety rejects them. Nevertheless they can
get. into the friendship of those dressy and
fashionable and frivolous people who name
themselves good society. They can go in
with the rest of the shoddy. But. what. have
they gained ?
Can I make you believe that. they who
constitute good society look upon society
and dreu sud equipsge and elegant houses
and polite secomplishments as being only
the accessories of life, and not the sum tots!
of in Culture, that true politeness whose
ground is philanthrophy, unaffected piety—
these are the distinguished characteristics of
what deserves the nsme of good society.
And they who lack those things, be they
never so showy and pretentioussnd arrogant,
will not. gain an entrance into it.
But there are parents, even pious parents,
who totally misconeeive this matter. They
teach their children that fashion and airy
accomplishments are the main thing, the
open sesame to all inmost and select circles.
Why should we wonder that their children
make these things which ought to be only
the circumstances of life, the very staple and
substance of it? Why should we wonder
that they are illiterate and proud, and abal-
low and dissgrwsble ?
A little girl is growing up ln one of the
homes of my parish—I 11m glsd that there
are many in my flock like her—who is dis-
tinguished by such modesty, sensibleness
of useful things, sobriety, sensiuveuess to
the truth and spirit of Christ, that all of my
thoughts of her are bulimia. Not long
hencegood society will seek he: that she
may be one of its chief ornaments.
In my own home is 11 little girl, very deu-
to me, who is so like her father tint it would
be pacing strange if she were not the faulti-
est of all children. But my daily prayer
for her is that she may grow up a true
woman, that. she may have a well furnished
mind, that she may always respect the dig-
nity of human nature even in runs; thst she
may have A tender compmion for the igno-
rant, arrogant young people who are tricked
outlufinery, and more than sli,thst she
may be a serious minded Christi-n. If my
prayer is answered, she will mean to (sin
an entrance into such society as I should
choose for her.
But my chief complaint is that the un-
wise parents of these most unfortunate chil-
dren whom I have been delineating, are
blinding their eyes and hardening their
hurts. They are sufl'srlng them to live for
such vanities, tint they become inapsd-
mod to apprehend and relish the serious
'thiugs of religion. They 11m, ‘mking their
nuturesso shallow that than when
germination in then of themdseed of tbs
kingdom. They sre msking themso
sndvsiuusnot to be cspsble at M
tbcirm eyes, sud linden Monk-4m
sflilrs,wlthout any of my Ill? interfer-
snee,"1md so, laughing mess-Hy, they (10-,
psi-ted.
“Samuel,” said his bonnie wife, as 3110'
when I'mhsnglngupyourshlrtlnthefxont
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misfionrdssmurmqs,
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was]: towards its support.
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Guts W 111335;! ’51, pct Ed-
fin he; an.» musicians:
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fieot tbs late any. who insulin an
d conflict. upon even ”than pith d
with, and! mm was up.” u
dtothose,wbomflghfin¢osm
of loyalty. .
We home she in the nuns of m
tomes-Ate the dubs, and tom
ustcthemsmoriesof those, whogwb-fis,
government was in pan, and trusses rm
inhigh places, cums imam sealant
this sucieut town, And buckled on the st“
of war,wholeftproperty, mm
fsmily, and hastened to the bsttle fleld;
who endured sufienngs, tbs; no moral who
hasnotpsssedthe ordealof buttleesn de-
scribe. Pmlcipsted in the sssuult, and
heard the groans of the wounded snddying,
far away from the hospital and commmry' ,
with empty havemcks Ind canteens. foot
sore and debilitated by the climate and
fevers of the country. And more! Oppress—
ed with the thought of dying, and being
buried beneath soil, into which tresson Ind
rébellion had taken deep root, hinting the
bones of the loyal dead.
But these Amictions were light compared
with the anxious hours spent, while far out
on the vidette and picket line, thinking of
the dear ones at home, dependent, perhaps,
upon charity for their dsily bread.
Our comrades died in the front ranks,
maufully battleing for the life of the repub-
lic. There hopas, and bright prospects,
perished with them, and III were buried in
one common grave.
Their sufi'erings of body and mind, will
never be revealed, until! the light of eterui
ty shall disclom the secrets of the grave.
Their patience and fortitude, under those
severe trials, challenge the admiration of
every loyal heart. '
Our dead, committed to those who passed
the ordeal of bums, those whom they loved;
Around the camp tires, on the march, and
upon the field of battle. we pledged to each
other our lives, fortunes, and honor, that
the widow and fatherles of those who
might go down in battle, should be the es-
pecial objects of our cure.
To some extent the pledge has been ful-
filled by individuals; but we have to confess
that the legislation of the state sud nstionsl
governments, have been too stinted in this
respect.
For instance, Norwslk sends - s soldius
orphan to Fitch’s Home, to be supported,
and educsted.‘ The state grudgingly en-
gages to pay one dollar and fifty cents pet
The town my
vote to pay one dollar more. The bslsnce
is raised by begging; thus virtually rushing
paupers of those, whom it is the boundeu
duty of the state to nurture, as a debt of
gratitude for the sacrifice of precious lives,
offered on the alter of patriotism, when the
life of the republic was assailed by traitors.
If the state when asssd‘ ed by enemies has
the right to demand that. every citizen shsll
rally around its standard, Ind if need he,
lay down his life to preserve the life of the
nation, then on the return of pace. it
should be generous, and not. only fwd, but
clothe, and educate the tubal-less who us
really the sufferérs in every war. .
A father who was killed in action in the
rebellion, left a wife and six smsll children,
to plod through the world unpmvided for.
The government gave the family I mull
pension; but the widow has had to kha-
excessively to kwp her fsmily 1032th ad
from sanction, and she has not bustle
toclotheher children Me. so fist
they could smut! mot, and tuba-h:
are as ignorant as the flindoo child's.
This oughtnot to be. If wewouldtn—ll
the blessings“ good mm to ti“
whomtofilltheplaces of them“
mustacetoituhst theehildrcnoffism-
try,snd especlslly the orphans‘ or sold“
are educsted.
Patriotism is born of heroic death and
educstion We caught the Who.
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adentsoftheBevolution, sndoffiswsrd
1812, while sitting in the chimney cuss,
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emplain- howthey missed wifihnngcr
how they wen:
their comrades not to give ovsrfis contest,
until the Republic was safe, sud its mics
seminourlstemy.
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