1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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fully. He has taken, as any good boy would, the 

 hardships off his mother's shoulders, and borne them 

 himself; and, by the help of the great Father, they 

 managed to keep food and raiment, and also ac- 

 quired a good name that g-ave them the respect of 

 the best of society. He has often told bow bis dear 

 mamma would read the Bible to him, and ttll him 

 the story of the cross, and taught him to keep holy 

 the Sabbath-day, and how ugly it is to use bad lan- 

 guage, and what a degrading habit it is to use tobac- 

 co, and how little must people think of a boy who 

 plays cards, or is caught visiting saloons, or in bud 

 company of any kind. 



Children, does j'our mamma teach you the same 

 lessons? Oh! I know she does. This is not all. 

 When Sunday moining came, after a hard week's 

 work, by nine o'clock he was off to Sunday-schi'ol 

 with his Bible in his hand, with a lot of questions to 

 propound to his tcEcher. He finally became teacher 

 of the Bible-class, and after awhile superintendent 

 of the school. This, ycu see, is the outgrowth of a 

 gocd mother's teachings. That orphan-boy is now a 

 grown-up man, and you ought to hear him express 

 his love for his good mother (and she is still living 

 too), and ask God to abundantly bless her in her old 

 days. 



And that is not all. That poor orphan-boy has 

 married, and has three juveniles at his house, and 

 the two oldest are both going to Suuday-school ev- 

 ery Sunday. And what do you think he is doing 

 now? Well, I will tell you. He is keeping bees, 

 though his bees did not do much this season; he 

 got only about 20 lbs. of honey to the colo; y, spring 

 count. He now has 35 coloules, and t^ays that be is 

 going to make a specialty of qncen-rearlug next 

 year. The name he has given his apiary is the 

 "Queen Apiary." 



Hoping, dear juveniles, that none of you are (or- 

 phans, and that you will "obey your patents in the 

 Lord, for this is right," I bid you goodby, by siiyiug 

 that the author of this article is the poor orphan- 

 boy,— T. J. HhiAD, age 31 



Sherman, Texas, Aug. 2^, 1883. 



WORKINO, AND iVIAKING lUOINEV, 



f)NE OF THE JUVENILKS TAKES ME TO TASK. 



E THINK from what you said in reply to my letter 

 in July Juvenile, that you don't want to hear 

 about any thing but working, and making mon- 

 ey; so I am going to try to please you in this letter. 

 Ever since I can remember, we have had to pick up 

 hickory-nuts to sell. T»vo years ago, when I was 

 years old, I gathered i bushels, all myself. I 8( Id 

 them for $1.00 a busbel. I got very tired at it, and 

 my back ached awfully; and when mamma used to 

 sell strawberries I had to help pick them until I 

 would be nearly tired out. Last year, when we sold 

 blackberries, I had to pick three gallons every other 

 day, for three weeks. It was in August, and the 

 sun was very hot, and the briers stuck me, and the 

 gnats flew in my eyes and nose, and the sweat drip- 

 ped off my nose and chin. Now I shell the beans for 

 dinner, peel the potatoes, wash the supper - dishes, 

 and set the table ready for breakfast. I fill the 

 milk-trough, and I have to pump 300 licks to fill it. 



I help churn, and 1 can wash the butter, and salt 

 it all myself; and mamma says my butter tastes bet- 

 ter than any other. Last week, when Mamie Mar- 

 shall was here, we did three churnings, and mamma 



paid us 5 cts. apiece for each churning. I gather the 

 cucumber pickles. The ^:rst 1 ime I gathrrrd them f 

 "scalped" thfm; but I l,n( w h<!W to d'l ir row. 

 Just titexirm must be cut, > nd ni thing i 1 o. i help 

 wash and iron, ami T tet:(l Ilnrry a jnv at <Ual I 

 guess if you lived with ttiy ii:a you would tiet so 

 tired of work that j on would tevi r w,u t to hear of 

 it Fgain. It is work, '"'ork, work, oatly and I re. M v 

 sister Minnie k' f i s the hotise cica ', r.ll 1 tit tlio 

 kitebon ai.d cell ir. .Vitnt Sarah keeps the kitthiMi 

 clean, and inaii.n a aiiends to tto ofl'ar Wo ill 

 have our work io dh; and if atiy of us yet s!ck, or go 

 away vi.-iiing. it throws rhe whole triHchii f ij out of 

 joitit. Give my f ve to liluc Ev e^. I tave hliio 

 cjes too. 



Won't you ple.ssc .send nie some of thoac li lic rn- 

 velopes on your 5-ceiit C' ifiter, fcr it.i« Itier. ii- 

 stejul of sending me n bo(ik? 



1 forgot to tell you about the ti'.g-|ocU«. Wh-ti w-o 

 sheared shot p. Ir\ingand I pick< d lu* 'li»- ti.-lfcks 

 and wash-^d them, and wi.- sold thcin tir :.'.5 cent-* a 

 pound. Mine came to 37 Ci^nts. 



If I were you I would natii" my b i' j G;e;ii(, f..r 

 Glenn can not be tiicknamid. I think I'oior s >unds 

 as if you were mMkitig fun of him. I kit 'W a lit 1 ? 

 boy n;!mfd Glomi Huyhcs; be is a go d lliile bi'.> , 

 and is good-lo"king. .Ik<S! ►: i';tji)nocK. 



VermoiU, III . Sept. 1, 1883. 



Well, now, Jessie, thjit is u leul good let- 

 ter. Jf you were tryiii<? to please me. I tliiuk 

 you have succeeded pietiy will. A good 

 many \ears ago tlieve used to be a macliine, 

 or a toy, rathe)', railed jilauclietle. It was 

 about tlie size of a Hatiroii, jtiid il h;i! three 

 legs to it. Two of the legs liail whet Is on 

 them, atid the other had just a pencil. ,\houL 

 tiiat lime thetc w:'s quite an excit' ment 

 about this wonderrul inacliiiie, whicli thi y 

 said wtuild read tlioughts if s(uue one would 

 just put his lingfis on top of it. Of eonise, 

 I bcugiit one and cairied it into a kuihi \\ith 

 a lot of young peoii!(\ Tliey p'.-.ced their 

 liiigeis on it. jdaced it o;; a piece of pii>er. 

 and, of coinse, it bigaii to wiite, and v.e be- 

 gan to ask (]ues!iniis. It was when I was 

 getting the beetVvr; and as cveivbiidy 

 knew 1 hat, I asked the niachine to phase 

 write what subject was constantly i.'piter- 

 inost in my mii.d, and also what I was prin- 

 cipally devoted to. I siii)posed the machine 

 woidd. of course, tell us. and ti nthfully spell 

 out b-e-e-s. Well, do you think it didV Not 

 a bit of it. Tiie contrary and misciiievons 

 little institulion just went to woik and 

 wrote out — what do you suppose it was?— 

 why, it wrote '• g-i-r-1-s.'' I need hardly tell 

 you tiiat it was a mischievous, bright eyed, 

 rosy-cheeked girl who had her hngers on the 

 niachine. Wv accused her of ciieaiing : but 

 she declared the machine did it iti^elf. Well, 

 my little friends, here I am, almost an old 

 man, bald-headed and gray-headed ; and 

 heie 1 stand before you, accused of being de- 

 voted to— what?— '' Working, and making 

 money." But do you not think it is a little 

 too bad, now, .Jessie?— Even if you do tell 

 about some of your tiials and hardships, I 

 begin to think you live in a well-regitlated 

 household ; and I believe, too, you have a 

 most excellent mother to preside over it. 

 Yes, I send you the envelopes gladly; and 

 if any of the little girls would rather have 

 envelopes than books, they can have them 

 postpaid for every good little letter they write. 



