Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 June 1869 — Page 2

TOUC1X1KG STORY -OR-

What C*nic of l'srciitnl IUwIihcss# The following narrative, from a centleman iii Boston, is true in ever^ particular. A few weeks before he wrote, he had buried his eldest son,

fine, manly little fellow, some eight years of age, who had never, he said, known a day's illness until that which removed him hence, to be hcic no more. His death occurred under circumstances which were peculiarly painful to his parents.

A younger brother, a delicate, sickly child from its birth, the next in age to him, had been down for nearly a fortnight with an epidemic lever. In consequence of the nature of the disease, every precaution had been adopted that prudence suggested to guard the other members of the family"against it. But of this one, the father's eldest, he said he had little to fear, so rugged was he and so generally hearty. Still, however, he

Kept

a vigilant "eye upon him, aud especially forbade his going into the pools and docks near his school, which it was his custom sometimes to visit for he was but a boy, and boys will be boys, and wc ought more frequently to think that it is their nature to be.

One evening this unhappy father came home wearied with a long day's •hard labor, and vexed at some disappointments, which had soured his naturally kind disposition, and rendered him peculiarly susceptible to •the smallest annoyance. While he was sitting by the fire in this unhappy mood of mind, his wife entered the appartment and said: •'Henry has just come in, and he is in a perfect fright! He is covered from head to foot with dock mud, and is as wet as a drowned rat." "Where is he asked the father sternly. "He is shivering over the kitchen fire. He was afraid to come up here when the servant girl toM him you had come." "Tell Jane'tcTtell hi in" to come here: is in an as re to xhis information.

Presently the poor boy entered, half perished with fright and cold.. His father glanced at his sad plight, reproached him bitterly with his disobedience, spoke of the punishment that awaited him in the morning as the penalty of his olience, and in a] harsh voice concluded with, "Now, sir, go to your bed." "But, father," said the little fellow, "I want to tell you''— "Not a word, sir, now go to your bed.":. "I only wanted to say, father, that"—

With a peremptory stamp, an imperative wave of the hand toward the door, and a frown upon his brow, did that father, without other speech, again close the door against explanation and expostulation.

When the boy had gone supperless and sad to his bed, the father sat restless and uneasy while supper was heinsr prepared, and at the tea-table ate but little. His wife saw the real cause of his emotion, and remarked "I think, my dear, you ought at lea^t to have heard what Henry had to say. My heart ached for him when lie turned away with his eyes full of tears. Henry is a good boy, after all, if he does sometimes do wrong. He is a kind-hearted, affectionate boy. He always was."

And therewithal the water stood in the eyes of that tender mother, even as it stood in the eyes of Mercy, in the house of the Interpreter, as recorded by Bunyan.

After tea the evening paper was taken up, but there was no news for that father that evening. He sat for some time in an evidently painful reverie, and then arose and repaired to his bed-chamber. As lie passed the bed-room where his little boy slept, he thought he would look in upon him before retiring to rest. A big tear had stolen down the boy's cheek, and rested upon it but he was sleeping calmly and sweetly. The father deeply regretted his harshness, as he gazed upon his son and in the enight, whn talking over the matter with the lad's mother, he resolved and promised, instead of punishing, as he had threatened, to make amends to the boy's aggrieved. spirit in the morning for the manner in which he had repelled all explanation of the offense.

But that morning never came to the poor child in health. He awoke next morning with a raving fever on his brain, and wild witlT delirium. In forty-eight hours he was in his shroud. He knew neither his father nor mother when they first called to his bedside, nor at any time afterwards. Waiting, watching for one token of recognition, hour after hour, in speechless agony did that father bend over the couch of his dying

son. Once, indeed, he thought he saw a smile of recognition light up his dying son's eye, and he leaned eagerly forward, -for he would have given worlds to have whispered one kind word in his ear, and been answered but that gleam of apparent intelligence passed quickly away, and was succeeded by the cold, unmeaning glare and the wild tossing of the fevered limb, which lasted till death came to his relief.

Two days afterward, the under taker came with the little coffin, and his son, a playmate of the deceased boy, bringing the low stools on which it was to stand in the entr}T hall. "I was with Henry," said the lad, "when he got into the water. We were playing down at the Long Wharf, Henry and Frank Mumford and I, and the tide was out very low and there was a beam run over from the wharf, and Frank got out on it to get a fish-line and hook that hung over where the water was deep, and the first thing we saw he had slipped olf and was struggling in the water. Henry threw oil' his cap and jumped clear trom the wharf into the water, and after a great deal of "work got Frank out, and they waded up through the mud to where the wharf was so wet and slippery, aud I helped them to climb up the side. Frank told Iienry not to sciy anything about it, for if he did his father would never let him go near the water again. Henry was very sorry, and all the way home kept sa3"ing, "What will father say when lie sees me to-night'? I wish we had not goncto the wharf." "Dear, brave boy," exclaimed tlie bereaved father "and this was the explanation which I so cruelly refused to hear!" And tl:e hot and bitter tears rolled down his cheeks. .-•/

Yes! that stern parent now learned, and for the first time, that what he had treated with unwonted severity as a fault was but the impulse of a generous nature, which, forgetful of self, had hazarded his life for another. It was but the quick prompting, of that manly spirit which he himself had always endeavored to graft upon his susceptible mind, and winch, young as he was, had already manifested itself on more than one occaon

Let me close this story in the very w'ords of that father, and let the lesson be engraven on the .hearts of os re ad is "Everything 1 now see that belongs to him reminds me ol" my lost boy. Yesterday I found some rude pencil sketches which it was his delight to make for the amusement of his younger brother. To-day, rummaging an old closet, I came across his"boots, still covered with dock mud, as when' he last wore them. (You may think it strange, but that which is usually so unsightly an object, is now most precious to me.) And every morning and evening I pass the ground where my son's voice rang merriest among his play mates. All these things speak to me vividly of his active lite but I cannot—though I have often tried—I cannot recall any other expression on that dear boys face than that mute, mournful one with which he turned from me on the night I so harshly repulsed him. Thus my heart bleeds afresh."

Oh, how careful should w7e all be in our daily conduct towards those little beings sent us by a kind Providence, that we are not laying up for ourselves the sources of many a bitter tear! How cautious that by neither inconsiderate nor cruel word or look we unjustly grieve their gen" erous feeling And how guardedly ought we to weigh every action against its motive, lest in a moment of excitement we be led to mete out to the venial errors of the heart the punishment due only .to willful crime. a

Alas! perhaps but few parents suspect how often the fierce rebuke, the sudden blow, is answered in their children by tears, not of passion, not of physical or mental pain, but of a loving, yet grieved and outraged nature. I will add no word to reflections so true—no corroborative incident to an experience so touchins:

PAINTING.

T. H. WINTONj

HOUSK, SIGN AND

ORNAMENTAL PAINTER

WOULD

return his sincere thanks to a

generous public for past favors. As a Glazier, Gilder, Paper Hanger, Engraver on Wood, &c., he is equal to the best workmen in the State. Shop oo. Green street.

WANTED.

WANTED—To

buy, or lease for five

years, a small farm of not more than 80 acres, situated within four miles of Crawfordsville, on some gravel road. Possession wanted in the fall or spring. For further particulars inquire at the Kecorder'suffice.^ may20tf

CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL: JUNE 3,1869.

DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, AC.

CAMPBELL & HARTER

Are now Displaying a

SPLENDID STOCK

SPRING GOODS,

HIGH they ofl'er to this community at the lowest prices touched since the

They'have made a .specialty on

DRESS GOODS,

And can exhibit alHlie_••..

N E W S E S

And the latest

Imported Novelties,

in SPLENDID DESIGNS, MAGNIFICENT SHADINGS, ENDLESS VARIETIES.

GOODS FOR.

WALKING SUITS,

.v.

Traveling Dresses, ISridal .L* Robes Mourning au3

Hall' Mourning.

They also uiakc.a specialty of

I A O O S

No outfit will be so rich and unique as that, which can be purchased of them.

TIIEIlt TERMS ARE CASH,

Which of itself is a guarantee that all their goods are marked at the lowest possible price. Examine.for yourselves.

Now is the time to buy

your goods, and Camp

bell and Harter's is

the place.

O O L,!

Campbell & Barter have added to their

Woolen Department

A FULL LINE OF ft I

Factory Goods, Jeans, Counterpanes, Flannels, Blankets, Quilts, Yarns, Satinets, Cassimeres, Cloths,

And Balmoral and Felt Skirts, which they will exchange for WOOL at the market price.

CAMPBELL & HARTER.

may6

•t,

CORNER BOOK STORE.

THE OLD

CORNER BOOK STORE.

THE

lire'of December 23 has caused a removal of the old

CORNER BOOK STORE

To the

South Room, National Block,

STREET,

Where mav be found a full stock of Miscellaneous, School, College, Toy, and Blank--

O O S

Including a choice lot of Bibles, Prayer and Ilvmn Books. Note, Letter, Cap, Bill and Wrapping

E S

Bull' and White EN VELOPES, lates, Ink, Mucilage, Crayons, Pencils, and all that is necessary to make a full stock,of,Stationers' Goods.

A full and nice line of .*

Pocket Callcry and Pocket Books

Having lost our entire stock of

WALL AND WINDOW PAPERS,

we have received since an entire new stock in that line, and ask your attention to the best, prettiest, and cheapest assortment ever offered in this city....

Curtains, Woods and Fixtures,

A nice assortment.

PICTURE FRAMES & MOLDINGS.

Wc had also to lay in a new stock of Frames and Moldinrs, which are cheaper than ever. Particular "attention paid to FRAMING Picture.', and no extra ohanre for -work Cords, Tassels and Picture Nails.

Toys and Notions by the Million.

We receive all the leading

Magazines and Newspapers,

Having over fifty different kinds, and any not on our list promptly supplied.

The Indianapolis Daily Papers,

Journal and .Sentinel, and the Lafayette .Journal, received every morning, and delivered to subscribers at publishers' rates.

We cannot begin to enumerate all that we have to sell, but ask you to hunt up the old establishment, and sec what we have. And while wc would thank the public for their former liberal patronage, we would ask a continuance of the same, and shall try and deserve it by our attention to the wants of the community, and selling at such prices as will suit all"reasonable people..

L. A. FOOTE & OO. ja-S

CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.

"KSHKi: 1)011 KltT M. I).

nOIIEHTY

ESTABLISHED IN

D01IERTY & DEIGIITON,

Manufacturers of 7

Carriages and Buggies,

"VELOCIPEDES,

Sulkies, Spring & Farm Wagons

OF ALL KINDS,

New Brick Shop, WnsIilnRlon Street, opposite Center Chrirch,

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.

TIIE

very liberal patronage bestowed upon us in the last ten years by the citizens of Montgomery, Parke, Fountain, Putnam and Boone counties, and our large and increased business, impresses us with the sense of obligation wo are under to our customers, and we feel it our duty as well as pleasure to express our thanks for past favors. and hope to retain and merit in future a continuance of the same. Wc would desire to state that the quality of our work is nearer perfection than ever before, owing to

Enlarged Facilities

for Manufacturing and keeping a greatly increased stock on hand. We would call special attention in this connection to our styles, which are up to the most approved fashions of the East.

We invite the farmers and all others to examine our work, which wc are determined shall stand on its own merits.

We warrant all our work from one to two years.-

Old Work Made New.,

Repairing done to order in wood, blacksmithing, painting and trimming. Will take Old Vehicles in exchange for new work.

HSfEemember the place, Washington St., opposite Center Church. apl 'fP-OBERXY. & DEIGHTON.

DRUGS.

Read Tliis

T. "W- FRY «fe CO.

HAVEJUST OPENED A

Fine Assortment of Drugs,

A I N S

OI3L EMICALS

MD OII.S,

E S S

TOILET AND

JF.fl.VC ARTICLES,

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

CIGARS AXI) TOBACCO

OF THE FIXET ftUALITV.

All of which we will -sell at the very lowest market price. Call and see us, on Green street, two doors above I. W. Lvnn ic Sous.

June 21. I860 T. W. FRY fc CO.

MILLINERY.

I I N E

FULL assortment of Millinery Goods.

Spring and Summer Stock.

The Ladies of Crawfordsville and vicinity are invited to take a look at them.

Miss Pierpont will also be found .*i in the rooms. .1*

Kliop in National Block,

usliiiigtoii Street.

Orawfordsville!

Mrs. M.

mavlStf

G. II. DEIGIITON

Williams.

Nl 1L UNERY.

jliggTsiJE DARTER'S

New Millinery Rooms.

MISSthis

DARTER would inform the ladie3 of city and viciuity that she has opened New Millinery Rooms, in Darter's new building, corner "Washington and Pike streets, opposite Center Church, and would solicit their attention to her

New and Beautiful Styles

Of Millinery goods, and quality of her work. m^Bleaching and Pressing done to order promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. declO

SEWING

MAC WES.

THE

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MACHINE COSIPANY'S

SEWING MACHINES

FOR

Families & Manufacturers.

THEHonor

Great Prize, the Cross of the Legion r, of and Gold edal, awarded to American Sewing Machines at the Paris Exposition of 1867, over EIGHTY-TWO COMPETITORS, as per Imperial Decree, published in the Monitew Universel (Official Journal of the French Empire), Tuesday, 2d July, 1867.

The ock-titch invented by Mr. Howe, and made on this Macliinc, is the most popular and durable, is alike on both sides, and will neither RIP NOR RAVEL, and all Sewing Machines are subject to the principle in- .» vented By him.'

A Machine was needed possessing SIMPLICITY and DURABILITY, aiul adapted to a great range of work one easily understood and comprehended by all. To produce such a Machine has been the study of EliasHowe •'." Jr., who travc to the world the First Sewing Machine,"more than twenty years ago and now we offer his last production, a machine embracing all essential qualities, and pronounced the Best Machine in the World.

Persons from a distance can order a Machine with perlect confidence of being able to operate it in a few hours successfully, by the aid of the printed instructions that accompany each Machine. Drafts or current funds must accompany the order. Machines may be ordered by Express, also to collect. on delivery,"if the purchaser prefers. «e advise shipping by express, as the most convenient and expeditious way. ,s

The demand for this Hew auil Improved Machine Is unprecedented in the history of Sewing Machines.

In all the principal towns where Agencies are not already established, _we desire energetic and responsible parties as Agents. Many places are of sufficient importance to warrant persons in making it their exclusive business.

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General Agents for Central Indiana, •••-,•-* North Pennsylvania si. Indianapolis. Qecl0m6i2

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