Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1885 Page: 6 of 8
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7"" u vTu lTx ft if K t Mr. Morto* had forgotien hfe eager .leeping babe, while a tear trickled jgrain as left by^ the .aw, and the other
1 H 'listeners, but was recalled by the ques-1 down her face. In her unselfishness the finely polished wood. On opening
she had arranged to provide for all the the book one finds the fruit, seeds
WAS IT LUCK?
Tte curtains were
the wintry blasts, and the bright fire-
light aided the shaded gas-light tn re
tion : /‘But what did you do ? ”
“Well your grandmother finally got family except herself. She did not tell
me to promise that if I saw the man her husband that her shoes were worn
again I would return the money. No through the sole, and that the dress she
dmwn to keep out i fcir of my knowing him ; hi. face was proposed to turn had been turned be-
before me all the time. Next evening I fore.
book, in the elegant hook-case and the J tl I ^ ^ ^ conrage boys were in high glee in anticipation
numerous papers on *he table, indicat- _ . ’ 0f Hie good time they were to have and
ed that the owner was a man«of culture,^“you bought a paper from me last the nice things they were to buy with
und familiar with the world e daily -1 . their dollar. About noon the wagon
ings, while the Usurious chairs and ai(J j ht drove up to the warehouse, where the
lounges proved that he was mot unmin - ^ some^oy. Did 1 not pay you cotton was sold; the team was unhitch-
ful of physical Comfort. Indeed, we , ed and fed, and the boys left to watch
look at the ewn« of this beautiful es- (< ^ what wft8 the matter, and the things while ‘papa’ went to the bank
tablishment, as he is seated in an easy | ^ agtenishment wag great. he looked to get the check cashed. The check was
chair, rea^ a paper, we fe^ t me as if j were a curio8it7) a8ked my paid, and John put the money in his
is eveiy intih-a ““’“dp^°^^inalne and where I lived. Others heard pocket and had started back to his
T«“ ^ RiJ -s rr thlfoXvs1 the conversation, and my papers were ' wagon, when he met a friend(i) who
the fire who«re visitors for the ho «y>■ ^ ^ ^ ^ dQuble thoir price_.the said, “John, let’s go and get a drink.;’
evidently share our opinion. Sudd i y; _ntlewan laughingly telling mo they After they had drunk at the friend’s
one of the'bqys turned'!© lus unc e wi h what they were about. I fairly expense, John ordered ‘the. drinks;’
ui/T^m an von believe in flew home that night, and I never felt then another friend came in and they
Uncle «arry, y j so proud and happy in my life as when drank again, and again. By this time
wnw»-Hil.s “that is rather'I poured that money into my mother’s John was pretty drunk. He sat down
Well, boys, said he, that is rat ^ n v_______ i by the store to sober up before he went
leaves and other products of the tree,,
the moss which ugually grows upon its^
trunk, and the insects which feed uponr
the various parts of the tree. To all
this is added a well printed description,
of the habits, usual location, and man-
ner of growth of the tree—all forming a
complete history of eacbJund of timber
represented, and in a form readily un-
derstood.—Ex.
FAITH ALONE.
A poor little street-girl was taken 6ick
one Christmas, and carried to the hos-
pital.
While there, she heard the story of -'
Jesus coming into the world to save us.*
It was all new to her, but very precious^
She could appreciate such a wonderful
Savior, and the knowledge made her
very happy as she lay upon her little
cot.
One day the nurse came around at
the usual hour, and “Little Broomstick”
(that was her gte*t name) held her by
the hand and whispered :
‘Tm havin’ a real good time here—
ever such good times ! S’pose I shall
a heading^uestion. 1 willtell yeu a | ^a^boy who has Kept! back to where be left his little boys, ever such good times !. S’pose I shaU
little story, and you nan call it what you T ^ ’ y y ’ ? But the effects of the warm fire soon j have to go away from hare as soon as I
Please: ,, “ The next dav mother had a call' put him to sleep, and he forgot the hard | ge« well; but I’ll take the good time
“When 5 was about ten. years old, my gentleman and the result was ’ summer’s work. He forgot hi, tired jalong-some of it anyhow. Did you
father died, after a lingering illness. ' 0 S ’ ^ ; wife at home he fonrot his two little ^now ’bout Jesus bein born?”
He had 'been ' i and mercantile life began. I attend-, boys shivering in the cold, he forgot his
businesswenturesaad his sukDees had ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ manhood ashe 3at for hours in a drum
entirely exhausted -ou . eft a know j ken stupor. When he awoke it was
school, and felt that as I was the old grees J rose till, as you xno TTe starred out into the dark-
t . , , tbJa partner in the house. Now you night, He staggered out into tne aarK
est, I mus e p PP , ^ ^flge whether j beiieve in luck, ness, when he thought of his money.
■ ¥t oiipyed’me ereat- or in Divinity that shapes our ends, .Putting his hand into his pocket, he
l away | rough fcew them as we will.”—L. B. I found that it was gone! Half dazed
ly to see hei pa a. . ® 7 \ Christian at Work with drink and a sense of hls loss’ - ke
on the coarse wolk she received each a Lovely m Christ,anjt Work, went to his wagon. The mule. were
pittance for from the shops. I tried to
get a place in some store, but could not
succeed. My efforts in that line and my
rebuffs would astonish you,_
“ I concluded I would sell papers, but i
at first it was very hard work. I did
not mind the fiatigue. I only sold eve-
ning papers, but1! could not call my
papers eut loud and clear, and then
some other boy would get ahead of me.
Then, too, I was'better dressed than the
other ‘newsies,’ and so they lodked up-
on me as an interloper, and tried to run
A BALE OF COTTON.
asleep on their feet, the two little boys
had wrapped themselves in an old quilt
forked deer blade, jackson, tenn. anq were adeep under the wagon.
TT . , . “TT 7~ ,, tt ! John hitched up his mules, awoke the
He had worked hard all summer. He, , ,, , . ,
, , , , , , . . boys and told them to get in; then he
had plowed and hoed through rain and * ,
, . ,, r ii i j 4.1 •,! started homeward. The little onts Knew
sun, and now in the fall had gathered , . , , , ,r .
one bale of cotton, with which he was
to start to market next morning.
The family were assembled around the
fire. The tired, careworn wife looked a
by the wicked oaths their father swore
at the hungry mules that he was drunk.
So they nestled together, and during the
long, weary ride home they never once
said: “Father where is our dollar ?
• i
me out of the trade.% But I thought of twelve years of age, who had each been
my mother at work at home, and deter- promised a dollar to spend “j ust as
mined I would succeed. One evening I they pleased,” were planning how
jumped-on a car, crying my papers in to spend their money. Little Maggie,
my best style. Treold several, and was who had been promised a new doll, with
just Jea^ng the car, when a gfcjrtleman real hair, was arranging the scraps of
called mo : “Here boy, a Chronicle.” I calico <*ut of which she designed mak-
gave him one, and he gave me What he ing the dollie’s new dress
little more cheerful than usual; the two , _ ,
4 n m j where are the mice things for mother and
little hoys, Frans and Tom ten and . °
supposed was a three-cent piece, but
saw it was a gold apiece.
Mother what do you wantT’ said the
husband. “I can get along with my
I jumped off the«car in a hurry, and j old clothes, John ; but you have to be
soon went home. I felt a little ’ameer- out in the cold so much you had better
tain as to how mother would view the
matter, but I never had any secrets
from her, so I told her all about it, add-
get you a good pair of high boots,
some warm stuff for me to make you a
pair of trousers and a coat. Frank will
1
ing that I considered it a rare piece of need some shoes and a pair of trousers ;
luck, for we did need the money more ' Tommie wants a coat; I can make him
than you children cam imagine. But some trousers out of your old ones,
mother argmed that morally I had no Get some dark calico for a dress
right to any more than the price of the for baby and some flannel to
paper, unless it was given to me ; that make him a petticoat. Maggie needs
it was a mistake ; but I insisted that some shoes, a dress and some aprons,
uny man so careless ought to lose his and you had better get a dollar’s worth
money, and that it was intended to re- pf quinine.”
lieve our necessities. But mother said: “Yes ; then I’ll get a barrel of flour,
‘My son, He on whom I have put all my five gallons of molasses, $2 worth of
trust has never deserted me yet, and I j sugar and the same in coffee; that will
can not so distrust him now. I would take about all the money I get for the
rather starve than have my boy become bale of cotton—so you will not get a
dishonest’ I believe there comes to ev-1 thing, Bettie.”
ery one some supreme criiis in life,; “I don’t need anything John. lean
when good $nd evil strive for hU soul, turn my last year’s dress ; and besides,
and that night was the battle fought for i the weather will not be cold and I’ll
pine.
the baby and little sister T But we will
uot follow them into the house. We do
not want to see their little faces by the
light of the lamp burning so brightly
within. We do not care to see the tears
of disappointment when little Maggie
finds that papa has not brought her
doll. “Tears are unmanly,” and we fear
they would come unbidden to our eyes
if we entered that house and looked up-
on the facef of the wife and mother
when she met the man who had prom-
ised to love and protect her. Her look
of despair would affect us even more
than the tears of the little babes whom
God has given them.
A WONDERFUL “LIBRARY.”
“Yes,” replied the nurse, I know.
Sh-sh-sh! Don’t talk any more.”
“You did ? I thought you looked as
if you didn’t, and I was going to tell
you.”
“Why, how did I look?” Asked the
nurse, forgetting her own orders in her
curiosity.
“O, just like most of folks—kind of
glum, I shouldn’t think you’d look glum
if you knowed 'bout Jesus bein’
bom.”
Dear readers, do you know “’bout Je-
sus bein’ bom ?”—Ex.
CARLTON COLLEGE,
FOR MALES AND FEMALES.
The ]8th wsaion of Carlton Cnlleja will befin Sap
tember 7th, 1885 and cloea Mar, —, 18*6.
The location Bonham, Fannin county, is ansur-
paased in keaiibfulness, food water, ease of ap
proach, food aociety and feneral advantages.
The bnildiuf ia entirely new, well axranfed, well
furnished, and has no equal for strenfth, comfort
and central position.
Degrees will be conferred upon thoee who hava
completed the English, Scientific or Classical coum.
All students will be under the general supervisioni
of the President.
1 he primary and preparatory departments will be •
under the successful management of Mias Gracie E.
Carlton, assisted by Mrs. Janie Neal, of Atlanta Ga.
Two rooms, and pianos, are under the imme<pate
control of Miss 8allie Joe Carlton, teacher >t vocal
and instrumental music.
The Art department is under the control of Mias
Jacksen, who is now in New York or Washington,
further qualify aud improve herself.
Miss Bailie Joe Carlton, has been for several mouth*,-,
attending the New England Conservatory of Muaic, ,
in Boston, the finest in America.
Mira Grace E. Carlton, will attend the Chautauqua v
Society, in New York, where she will have all the ad-
vantages that the greatest edncatienal movement^ in
the United States can employ. This ia to the United'
States what the Normals art to our state.
We give these items to show that we are not above
improvement ourselves and desirete qualify ourselves
as much as nossible, ao that whatever we do we may
have not only your approval, but the sanction of our
own conscience.
Monthly reports will be made to parents of th*
•tedent’s stsn^ ng. §
Girls and boya who are immoral in con
or conduct, disrespectful to the facultv, or
111 the Agricultural Department of a
library at Warsenstein, near Cassel, ______________________________
Germany, may be seen a most novel in their .todies, will be <fismh»e<h
collection of books. At first glance TUmON:
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they appear like rough blocks of wood, I Primary Department: :::::::: 918UJQP
... a. . a -. Prana nl/irl [Iorv>r i Bins t ■ * • ■ • • ^ . jy qq
: *: na’.oo-
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but on closer examination it is found
that each is a complete history of the
particular tree which it represents. At
the back of the book the bark has been
removed from a space large enough to
admit the scientific and common name
of the tree as title. One side is formed
from the split wood of the tree, shewing
Preparatory Department:
Collegiate
Music, Instrumental, per menth, ;
Music, Vocal, per meuth : : : ; j j ^
Clara leraen*, j gfr.
Painting, Drawing,Oil and Crayaa, * :t : 60O
Incidental Tee, per term : : , : • im
1 AU tuition naUI m adraac* ia the Literary >lC
.te centicuaaMM, ai'tre *
•access
grain and natural fractal*; the other ;'TdSikoir<ii*» nih.k*M^niaMiu«:*t
shows the wood when worked smooth “ “k* "T7* _»*«•««
• me weaiuer win not De cold and 1 11 shows the wood wnen woiaea smootu p^ititoinr*.
j not go oat much.” And she kissed her and varnished. One end shows the I
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CUAS. CAREvoB. PrenUn*
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Burnett, Thomas R. & Wilmeth, C. M. Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1885, newspaper, December 16, 1885; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914179/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.