Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1881 — A Redeeming Gat. [ARTICLE]

A Redeeming Gat.

The follow tug, from a correspondent at Colchester, Conn*, will help to redeem the character of the race of cats, which do not often have a good word spoken for them, especially in the city, and o’ nights: W “On the morning of the oth ult., Mrs. Me . a Jformer member of the late Dr; MeElroy’s church of your city, who resides in thiß phup, was awakened at three o clock by her cat', which had forced its way in to, her room and was making loud outcries. Mrs. McD Sot up and turned her out, and lav own again apd slept. Very soon the ing Mrs. McD.. Her son who-was in an adjoining room, opanad a door in the L chamber to turn the cat out whentheUaines burst in upon him! presence of mind he cl^« d Jne door and screamed W-his SfaaAndbfce* font, mmmss * rough in flesh and bWod yet do the

wotk of a soft head, and do It with a soft touch. Butthere is no one thing that love so muoh needs as a sweet voice to tell wh>|ilf means and feels; and It is hard m get and keep It in the right tonc# v pm must start In youth, and be otikhe watch night and day, at work ana at play, to get and But this is the time when a sharp voice is mqst apt to be got., You,often hear aowadsua ifGt were made up of a snarl, •* whine, and a bark. Such a_voice often speaks worse than the heart feels. It shows more HI will in the tone than in the words. -It 1s often in mirth that one gets a voice pr a tone that is sharp, and sticks to Mm throuh life, and stirs up ill will and grief, and fails like a drop of gall on the sweet joys at home. Such as these get a sharp home- voioe for use, and keep their best voices for those they meet elsewhere, just as they would save their best cakes and pies for guests and all their sour food for their own board. I would say to all boys and girls: “Use your guest voioe at home. Watch it day by day. as. a pearl es great price, for it will be worth more to you in days to come than the best pearl hid in the sea.. A kind voice is a joy like a lark’s seng to a hearth and home. It is to the heart what the light is to the eye. It is a light that sings as well as shines. Train it to sweet tones now. and It will keep in tune through life.”