Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1877 — A Noble Act. [ARTICLE]

A Noble Act.

A beautiful story illustrative of some of the very finost traits of the Christian character belong to the family of Serg. Granvil, of England. The Sergeant had two sons, and, unfortunately, the eldest, on whom it was supposed the estate might bo conferred, was a fast liver, ana he promised soon to squander in waste and riot the property of which he was utterly unwortny. As neither entreaty nor threatenings sufficed to bring about a reformation, the father at last, in self-defense, settled the inheritance on the younger brother, who was of a more tractable disposition. After the good father’s death the youthful renegade sat down to meditate on his folly; ho grew melancholy,' but, at length, perceiving that he had forfeited an earthly estate, he determined to lay hold on a better inheritance in Heaven. The brother beheld the change with admiration, the evidences of its reality being quite convincing. Soon afterward the friends of the family were invited to a great feast, at which the rejoicings soon took an unexpected turn. A dish was placed before the elder brother, and this, on being uncovered, was found to hold a pile of deeds transferring the whole of the propery into his possession. The younger intimated that in so acting he had only done what their father would have done had he lived to see the blessedness of the change they themselves were privileged to witness. — N. Y. Observer. It is stated by a Pittsburgh physician that diphtheria is not a contagious disease, and that it never attacks a child whoso system is not depressed by bad health or by exposure to cold or dampness.