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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER,
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Christian Family.
FRIDAY,
JUNÉ 13, «79.
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The Morrill Twins.
way he could.
“ At a station among the hills, a
little girl easse into the ears, leading
a feeble eld man. Morrill sprang to
help them to a seat, and then he
came back for his valise.
“ He sat by the old man at intervals
during the whole day, helping them
on and off the train when we stopped
for meals, and, I fancy paying for
sumptuous repasts, to which his com
panions had long been strangers.
“ Once he came back to me.
“ A fine old gentleman,” he said.
‘Singularly intelligent. And there’s
something very reverend in his sim
ple piety and goodness. If you had
lived among heathens for thirty years
you’d appreciate it.’
,
“ Al
At DUllnCv
sunset we
Wc reached
IcBLUCU C
V7
,
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the feeble blind
hand on his shoulders.
“‘You are a fraud,’ he said, quietly.
’ You ought to be dead. I’ve been
digging for you for months.’ Then
the tears came to his eyes, he choked,
as if he had swallowed something, and
was silent
.
“ The two men walked away to
gether as calmly as if they had part-
but yesterday, instead of thirty years
before.
“But they did not seperate again.’
They went together to China, and are,
most likely, still wandering through
the world in each other’s company.”
— Youth’s Companion.
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assembled for a drill as a neighbor
hood orchestra. They made some ex
cellent music, and from the ineerest
manifested in their undertaking, we
think those farmer boys will not be
found in saloons these long winter
evenings and judge they have no de
sire to leave the farm.— Ohio Fanner.
“ No boy or man,” said the doctor,
“ accomplishes so much in life as the
We mean to do it. Some day, some day,
one with the bull-dog jaw and set
We mean to slacken this fevered rush
purposes—in short the quality of hold
*That'ia wearing our very seals sway,
And grant to our loaded hsarta a hush
ing on.”
That is only enough to let them hear
“ N o,” hesitated the colonel. “ And
The footsteps of angels drawing near.
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yet the success of these strong-willed,
At}».mean to doit. Oh, never doubt,
vThen the harden of daytime broil ia obstinate fellows depends altogether
How Franklin Was Cured.
q’er,
on
the
track
on
which
they
run.
They
‘WeVl sit and muse, while the stars come
Somebody has brought out the fol
out,
go down hill just as the go up. Did
As the patriarchs eat at the open door
lowing
interesting reminiscence :
Of their tents, with a heavenward gazing I ever tell you abont James Mor
"When Benjamin Franklin was a lad
eye,
rill ?”
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To wateh for the angels passing by.
he began to study philosophy, and
“ Probably not. I don’t recall the
We see them afar at high noontide.
soon became fond of applying technic
When fiercely the world’s het flashings name.”
J
al names to common objects. One
* Well, he was a classmate of mine
beat;
Yet never have bidden them turn aside,
evening when he had mentioned to
when I went to a distant school up in
And tarry awhile in converse sweet;
Farmers' Sons.
his
father that he had swallowed
. Nor prayed them to hallow the cheer we the mountains of Vermont.
spread.
some
acephalous mollusks, the old
“ There Wfere two of the Morrill
How shall farmers treat their sons
,
To drink of our wine and break onr bread.
man
was
much alarmed, and suddenly
!
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boye—twins—James and Jack. Red-
so as to stimulate in them a desire for
We promised onr hearts, ¿hat when the
seizing
him,
called loudly for help.
headed, ugly fellows, so much alike man to descend the platform.
farm life ? First, is it not desirable
- stress
Of the life-work reaches the' longed-for that their mother scarcely knew them
Mrs.
Franklin
came with warm water,
“ This is my home,” said he. ‘ Do that all sons of farmers should have a
close,
desire for farm life. Some have tact and the hired man rushed in with the
When the weight that we groan with hin apart But Jack was an easy, good- you stop here ?’.
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.
ders less,
garden-pump. They forced half a
tempered, noisy boy, while James
“ ‘Yes,’ stammered Morrill. ‘ I have for mechanical and other pursuits,
We’ll loosen qftr thoughts to auoh re
was
silent
slow,
and
almost
as
sure
as
and it is worse than useless to try to gallon down Benjamin’s throat, then
pose
business in C—-—.’
As banishes care’e disturbing din,
held him by the heels over thè edge
death itself.
“ ‘ You will come to my house, then’ divert a boy from any honorable cal
And then—We’ll call the angels in.
“ James had a few ideas and as few when it is finished ?’ said the old man. ling. for which nature has adapted the porch and shook him, while the
The day that we dreamed of comes at
friends, but he held to them both with Yon have been very kind to me. I him. Besides farmers’ sons often old man said :
length.
When tired of every mocking quest,
“‘If we don’t get them things out
a tenacity which I never saw equal feel sure that we shall be friends. My make the best professional and busi
And broken in spirit and shorn „of strength
of
Benny he will be pizened, sure.”
ed.
ness men. But how can we keep our
We drop, indeed, at the door of rest.
name is Ruddiman !’
“
One
day
Mr.
Ruddiman,
the
teach
And wait and watch as the day wanes
“ When they were out, and Benja
“ Morrill's face grew pale, then scar boys on the farm, rather than have
on—
er, accused James Morrill of some mis
min
explaned that the articles refer
them
swell
the
crowd
of
loafers
and
But the angels we meant to call are gone !
let. He shook hands without a word.
chief—I have forgotten what—the
red
to
were'oysters, his father fondled
—Baldwin’s Monthly.
dead
beats
in
our
towns
and
cities
?
When we had gone down the street,
breaking of a window I think. Jim
him
for
an hour with a trunk-strap
Let
the
boys
be
allowed
an
actual'
he laughed aloud, .like a woman in
The Banks of Ayr.
denied it; and the dootor, to punish
for
scaring
the family; Ever after
ownership
in
some
of
the
products
of
hysterics. But when I smiled, he
him for lying, whipped him severe
ward
Franklin
’s language was mar
the farm. The practice of giving a
The gloomy night is gathering fast,
turded on me fiercely.
ly.
.
'
velously
simple
and explicit.” !
Loud roars the wild inconstant blftt,
“ ‘ Stop !’ he said. ‘ I’m a fool, but boy a sheep or a colt to call his, and
Yon murky clond is fonl with rain,
“ Teachers are mortal and the doc
■induce him to pet and care for it, and
I sde it driving o’er the plain ;
tor was mistaken. Jim, as it turned I know it-! I know it!’
How To Become Graceful.
The hunter now has left the moor,
then for the father to sell it and pock
“ He proved a good friend to the
The scatter’d ooveys meet secare.
out afterwards, was innocent. He
et the entire proceeds, has a chilling
While here I wander prest with oare,
bore the thrashing without a word. old teacher, whose life became more effect on the rising aspirations of a . The Young Woman’s Journal
Along the lonely banka of Ayr;
thinks a refined, graceful manner can
When it was over, he stood up before comfortable after that. Morrill was a farm boy.
The Autumn mourns her rip’ning'corn,
be acquired by any wonjan. 'It says:
generous
fellew,
had
plenty
of
money,
By early Winter’s ravage torn ; .
the doctor, pale as a corpse. The doc
Again,
a
boy
designed
for
the
farm
Across her placid, azure sky,
“
The best grace is perfect naturalness.
tor was a big burly man, and Jim a ane I think felt that he ought to make
She sees the scowling tempest fly
is
made
to
feel
that
he
is
good
fpr
Sjtill,
you must study yourself and
amends for every blow that he had
Chill runs my blood to hear it rave,
little fellow of ten.
nothing
else.
He
sees
his
smarter
I think upon the stormy wave.
form
your
manners by the rule of that
-
“ ‘ I’ll pay you for every blow,’ he not given.
Where many a danger I must dare,
brother
dressed
and
better
schooled
art
which
is
but the carrying out of
“ I left him in Providence, on his
Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr.
said, if. I have to wait for fifty years
or
his
mates,
the
children
of
the
neigh
the
law
of
nature.
But if it is your
to do it I I never was struck before, way to New York to meet his brother.
' ‘Tie not the surging billow’s roar,
borhood,
have
these
privileges,
while
nature to be forever assuming some
’Tie not that fatal deadly shore ;
A few days later, 1 received a letter
and I never will be again ’.’
Though death in every shape appear,
he*is denied them, and naturally asso unpicturesque, ungraceful attitude,
from
a
friend,
in
which
he
stated
that
“ He walked out of the school, and
The wretched have no more to fear ;
ciates farming with social degrada pray help nature with a little art.
But round my heart the ties are bonnd,
never came back. The Morrills, soon the exploring party had been- attack
I hat heart transpierc'd with many a wouad
tion, and either resolves to leave
If you are stout, avoid the smallest
after that, moved to Boston, and Jim, ed on the plains by Indians, and all
These bleed afresh, those ties I tear,
home and the farm, or sinks into a chair in the room, and be sure you sit
To leave the bonnie banks of Ayr.
but
three
had
been
murdered.
a few years later went with his Uncle
Farewell, old Coila’s bills and dales,
“ The next week I went down to condition of indifferent inferiority. on it, not to lean back in it with your
to China.
Her healthy moors and winding vales,
New
York, and hunted up Morrill. Better educate them thoroughly. If hands folded in front of you just be
“ He was employed in an English
The scenes where wretched fancy roves,
Pursuing past, unhappy loves !
house in Foochow,, as tea-taster, and He was very pale and quiet, but had he developes a taste for music, or sci low the line of your waist, especially
Farewell my friends ! Furewell my foes !
made preparations for a journey across ence, or literature, give him an oppor while the present fashion lasts.
My peace with these, my love with those— did not return to the States until he
If you are thin, do not carry your
'Jibe bursting tears my heart declare,
was a man of thirty-five, with a griz the plains. This was before the days tunity to gratify it. If in time he ex
Farewell the bonnie banks of Ayr.
hibits
a
peculiar
fitness
for
any
other
self
with your chin protruding and
of the Pacific railreads, and the jour
zled beard, and strong as Hercules.
— Written by Robert Burns when preparing
calling,
do
not
spoil
a
good
preacher
your spinal column curving like the
“I suppose that the comparative ney would be one of months, and must
to embark for the West lntli.es.
or lawyer, to make a bad farmer, If bowl of a spoon.
solitude in which he had always lived be made in a wagon train.
The Choice.
Do not wear flimsy materials made
“ ‘ John, they tell me, was murdered farm life can be made attractive to
—for there were but few^nglishmen,
the boy while at home, added years up without a ruffle or a puff, or flounce
They
buried
him
there.
I
am
going
and
no
women,
then
in
Foochow
—
BT MRS. M. M. B. GOODWIN.
and maturer judgment will usually to fill up the hard outlines of your
had given morbid strength to the feel to bring him home.’
Which shall it he, dear mother ?
bad figure, so cruelly defined by the
“ ‘Bring him home ? Impossible ! lead him back to it
ings and prejudices of his chilhhood.
To which home shall I go—
Again,
the
life
of
a
farm
boy
is
of
tightly pulled back draperies.
“
‘
I
must
see
John,
dead
or
alive.
“ He came home purposly to see his
The grand old castle beude the sea,
ten
unnecessarily
made
one
of
con
Study the art of dress. We once
Or the little brown cot below?
Dp
you
think
I
would
leave
him
there
brother John, for whom he had that
stant
drudgery,
He
has
no
time
giv-
knew
a very plain woman who
“ Which shall it be. deaf mother ?
strong attachment which often exists for coyotes and savages to dig out of
A plain white muslin gown,
en
him
wherein
he
is
exempt
from
dressed
so tastfully that it was an
Or the richest and rarest of laoe and silk between twins. John had gone to the ground ? ’
calls
to
“
bring
wood
”
and
"water
”
absolute
pleasure to look at her.
To be found in Insleytown ?
“ He went. The men who had re
New Mexico, on some wild exploring
If
he
tries
to
read
If you have been moping until you
“ Which shall it be, dear mother ?
expedition—for the vagabond blood turned gave him accurate directions “ hunt eggs” etc.
A tiny, plain gold ring,
or “blow his flute,” or “make his hand are sick with the thought of your own
as
to
where
their
slaughtered
comrad
was
strong
in
him
yet
—
but
he
should
r a wealth of diamonds and gems most
sled,” he is told that he is lazy and hopeless ugliness, be up and doing.
rare,
havq returned in June, and this was es were buried.
That would ransom a-captive king? ”
“ ‘ But there were twenty of them,’ will never amount to anything,” Forget your disappointments, forget
in August.
My child, your heart must answer
"He will be in New York by the I demonstrated. ‘ How can you tell Should he be attending school, he is the past sneers of your own family
The question your lips have asked,
Lest sowing in pride, yon sorrow
time I return,’ said James. 'In the which is John’s grave ? It is unmark liable to be taken out to help “finish over the mistakes you have made.”
When the harvest is overpast.
ing husking,” “ butcher hogs,” and the
meantime, I have a little business to ed.’
Strychnine.
“ Choose with your heart, my darling,
like,
and soon gets behind his class
“
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I
shall
dig
them
up
until
I
find
attend to in Vermont. Old Ruddi
Let pride be swept away ;
and loses all interest in his studies.
In Ceylon and several district» of India
him.’ he said, with compressed lips.
man, I hear, is still living.’
Flowers are fairer than jewels,
grows
a moderate-sized tree, with thick
Gather them while yon may,
A
little
system
in
farm
labor,
with
“ And he did it. I am stating a
“ I looked at him in astonishment.
and shining leaves and a abort, crooked
“ Often, glittering diamonds
due
regard
for
the
boy
’
s
welfare,
“ ’ Morrill,’ I said,’ you surely do fact, and one that always seemed to
Conceal bat an aching brow,
stem. In the fruit season it is readily
not, aftea half a lifetime, bear a grudge me terribly pathetic. The man jour would avoid all this and give him recognized by its rich, orange colored
And the chill heart’s bitter throbbings
Bear record to falsehood's vow.
neyed for months before he found, on time for self-improvement.
for that childish squabble ?’
berries, abont as large as golden pippins
Trtrttrhr thebrightest- jewwi
< *♦““ww no child? 'He--vraw ■■-»■[a I
plat», the-Wpu of
Becautly.we visited,* frieifoL Uwpg.
JbvQrifo Imif Pt»»ny binU—yitl»'» ....
.That womanhood can wear—
which are the flat, round seeds, not aa
on
a
farm
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
earth
over
the
murdered
travelers.
man
!
He
struck
me
unjustly.
There
Never a silken robe can core
A heart grown sick with oare.
“ Then alone—for his compan ions acres, keeping horses, cattle and sheep inch in diameter, ash-gray in color, and
is not a day in which those blows
covered with very minute silky hairs. The
*• Thia world ia not all sunabin« ;
have not burned into my flesh ! I am would not aid him—he uncovered most of which were high grades; no Germans fancy that they can discover a
There's many a stormy day.
a man, like himself, now, and I’ll give every grave, ’looking for his brother, “fancy strains. The barns and sheds resemblance in them to crow’s eyes, but
And love is the sweetest shelter
t
were ample, not elegant The house the likeness to them is purely imaginsry.
When clouds obscure ths way.
and covered them reverently again.
him blow for blow !’
had an appearance of comfort not ex The tree is the strychnine nux vomioa ;
“ So choose from your heart, my daughter >
“ John was not there I
“ I alfio had business in Vermont,
Remember, this life of ours
and the seed is the dqpdfr poison nut.
“ One or two of the bodies had al travagance. The tables were loaded The
and 1 went with him, hoping to en-
letter was used as ¿echcine by the
Must have some thorns and briars
with
substantial,
not
dainties.
The
ready
been
tom
up
by
the
coyotes,
Among its fairest flowers.
terfere, if possible. But the sence of
Hindoos, and its nature and properties
injury had rankled so long in his and his, it was supposed, was one of sitting-room contained a first-class were understood by Oriental doctors long
" But thorns, and tears, and darkness,
Matter not, ao love ia true* '
piano; the walls were adorned with before it was known to foreign nations.
brain that it almost amounted to in them.
While you climb, keep step together,
drawings
and portraits, most of which Dog-killer and fish-scale are two of its
“James Morrill returned to the
With a higher life in view.”
sanity.
Christian Standard.
“ He was a genial kind-hearted fel States, and prepared to go back to were the work of the wife and daugh Arabic names. It is stated that at present
lew, except when Ruddiman’s name China, to remain there the rest of his ters, and were fine specimens of art. the natives of Hindooeten often take it for
many months continuously, in much the
The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”
For reading, besides many books,
was mentioned. Then he would grow life.
same
way as an opium-eater eats opium.
Mrs. Jane Miller, a member of the
“ The day before he was to sail, I there were two of the leading maga They commence with taking the eighth
gloomy and silent.
,
Central Methodist Episcojud church,'
“ His long absence from a civilized was walking with him on Broadway, zines, one by exchanging with a part of a nut a day and gradually in
Brooklyn, has left to the different
country madte him ready to note all when his brother John met us, face to neighbor, and several religious, polit crease their allowance to an entire nut,
benevolent objects of the church the
ical and agricultural papers. In the which would bo about twenty grains. If
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than happened about him. He took, face!
they eat it directly before or after food,
sum of $23,000.
“James stood looking gt him in evening a company of eight all sons
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no unpleasant effects are produced, but if
There is a greater tin committed when a and woman that entered the cars, and blank amazement, with staring eyes and daughters of farmery the young they neglect these precautions, spasms re
parent fails to make a child mind, than in
was always ready to help them in any and open mouth. Then he laid his men themselves working on farms, sult.
the act of disobedience.
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