MOORE'S RURAL KEW-YO&KEH. 



." said a sad and weary looking boy 



in, " moibi r, do 



■ i !■■ ■■■ "" boj in Hi.- treel i luughing au 



1 ■ ■ i:" .'ml |il«> with t ht mi. 



1 may beeomobs 



■ I" 'in 1 should Ijo very sorry 

 i i.i.d wiih." 

 ■Kii/, u.-.ri , T . i .in, in. .i of : tilling all by my. 



: IQI Hoy J go and ask ClIABJ.Il 



1 . . ■■■■ nl ■ ' 



"Vim km. iv, my child, that your father bus for- 

 1 Kin liulc hny into our yard, 



■" ■ ■■' i in- . ■ i i n'i be do! '■ ron -. --. ■ ■ ■ 1 1 > i 



make at piny." 



■I. IT." .Mild tlielilth'fflhlH. INI (.. .:„■!,( 



1 i 'ill and make 



marli ■ ) ilatc or look al plo is all the time 



1 ■ win. iii.M'i iuthcyard n little 



I ■ whoa,' you 

 MI..1..1'. i.. . . ilni i iii lurbed father, 



1 o tl s i Then i though! 



I would play cara In the ball, and had only just 

 . n in-- locomotive, when 



1 ■■■ ■■ I that i ■ I be shut up Id the 



u be 



■ 



: ... i i,,i , Jiod 0-A-O-) 

 ■ dosen I , op] ! OH I'll- window, mid 



.-.ml I ill,, i i. ml, In I ,,- | I do hope father WOll'l 



■ " 

 " fffl n ! - d bia mother.- - 



'• You bare really had o good many disappoint- 



11 Djuatai man] orerj day," saidJanxim 



.. i Id .: hla mothai 



; tber can think ol some nice , | 



11 ■"""' '■■> -"" Boh irould ii kite pToaae iroui 



Wa will in i alu ■. \ ...i maj Bnd lomenloe 



etteka,end I uiii make - paste, end help you 



I'll' Hi" I ■ ■ | " " ' " 



1 i ■■■■ ■ vri n ". ginning to iparkle, and 



1 bol tfaeaUcl»,when 



innded froi 



■ l I ■■ "I, ,1 the" stairs, oik 

 ! '■ apeovi i. «..,,,■. » Bring me a glees 

 ol nratai Uai 



11 lM ''" flon'l kt mi ihiii l i-,. [n walking. 



" ''" ■ ayUiIng mo i !■ ■ I : .i 



"\ »." 



She hurried down stairs, and met Jounxib with 



:1 "" ,1, litU « ' He of stick . In bb hood. They 



I ■ o fro led in whll 



nnd shaping, when J.,h\m,.', f,,,.,. unclouded 



■■ ding of the bell in 

 '"■ v ' bo mothor osceuded 



I I :l..| | 



] "inkenkite." 



1 ■■' ben and bnuh the 



i the first da* 



They were interrupted by the peevish 

 " Do send loose children away, Ihey 



Instantly the yooog brows were clouded, and 

 with a burden resting on their joyous spirits, 

 Oaoaoa and User stole down stein and joined 

 UUIa Johxmu, who araa sitting moodily on 

 doorstep, watching a funeral j 



"01" a«id he, " don't yon 

 nice funeral foi ' 



"Hob, limnM," uid Habi . b 



be, after all, ineh a terrible thing to rid 

 lo Hon 



home to run and laugh, and talk >ud pll 



the fear of being iter drided, 



Six weary months the shadow of < 

 boon over tli.it houxliold -hurl liuo^ ii 

 the life waa almost crushed out from the heart of 



tin- devilled » ili 1 . ii" 1 '!"■ Ii'"- .■"> '•'<- -I'll ll- "1 tin: 



young children almost broken. '• 0, is it not a 

 dreadful thiDg lo have an invalid in the family." 

 Ho yon tli ink so* Allow mc to introduce to you 

 y grandmother. My mother 

 ink nnd rosy housewife. Hilling here ond there 

 j t Ii a light and jojoofl itep, the very im person a- 

 ily grace, " looking well to the 

 household, and refusing to cat the bread of 

 ii." .l/'/iMihi :-i recollections ofher, bo wer< 

 sitting in her cushioned easy i hair, 

 her couch. Let mc give you a picture of one 

 in grandma's sick-room— fue similies 

 th.-re >-\ory day. 

 Karly in the morning aunt Mauy entered the 

 ndma's morning devotions were al ready- 

 over, aDd she greeted ounty with a very cheerful 



" How do you do this morning, mother ';" 



" Vary comfort able, thank you." Precisely the 



the children 



"0! yes"— and joyfully two listening little oni 



bounded in uml k. -.■■! ■ ■,,.], .in,., i( happy "good 



:nig by tier bedside, her 



wasted hands iclim; mi each liltle head, they 



1 ' .i I'ntlivi which an In Heaven." 



After breakfast the doctor's visit was expected, 



(by the way, grandma employs a Jloum-opathic 



■ I aa he 'tni nut arrive, little CmjujD 



thought he would precribe for Iter. So he entered 



with a very dignified mien and stood by 



warming ami i ubbuig hi- little h 



professional style. At length he approached tbo 



bed, took grandma'? hand, lull her pulse, and made 

 very grave inquiries. Then, Inking an apple, 

 i oil a piece of tbo nnd of the size Of a six- 

 pence, put it into a tumbler of water, and turning 



his patient said, " Now, grandma, 

 half a leaspoonful of this once au hour, ond if it 

 A. .Aw." 



All this I- ii urh dear grand 



llinl tv 



111 it an5 fjumor. 



EVERY- DAY ABSURDITIES, 



To attempt to borrow money on ihe plea of 



, .i new periodical bow 

 be sells a week. 

 To aak a wine merchant how old 

 To moke yourselves generally disagreeable, and 

 wonder why no one will visit yon, UJll 

 palpable advantage by it 

 To judge of people's piety by their attendance nt 



To keep your clerk- 0D miserable salaries and 

 wonder ut their robbing you. 



Not to go to bed when you are tiled and sleepy, 

 because it is not bed-time. 



To make your servants tell lies for you, and 

 be ongry because they tell lies for 

 themselves. 



To tell your 

 will keep them. 



To expect to make people honest by hardening 

 i hi.-ii> in j;iil, nnd afterwards sending them adrift 

 .f getting work. 

 fancj ■ thing bj cheap, because a low price is 

 asked for it. 



To keep a 

 complain of its being a thief. 



To expect your tradespeople will give you a 

 lmi£ credit, if they generally sec you in a shabby 



i the upper 



. M \KTll.V* 



i tell Hie 



Hies. ' 



■ 



*•!». Seatin 

 band, she could not re 



the Inquiry, ■ D 



d d lira now, Join " 



■ 

 litis. Ihai 

 1 ibould die In | er< tj >i i b >d to hear any n 

 Yon will be ratltTVd of the trouble 1 make 



V' diuibt it will bearalii 

 Ban i i..... 



" :i11 ho« i ■ >iiflaradl n 



^ The, aloaing l,,. t jn and groaning aloud, h, 

 I ion his wife'? 

 "" (igh which -l. 



six months 



mestic affairs; and 

 oraltd «j* 



ITer husband's i 



added lo I,, i 



, beaide5,the 

 ^ l " nd , t ;' i ^ 1, " k «f^Pi»K|- 



laughter and play She fell she could endure all 



. 



heavy burdens, „d bis tnkindnea in finding f.uh 

 "'ih her loring afforti to i Ii 



b huaband and -»* 

 ""errupu.,1 by the bonnding entrance of 

 i .ii joyous tone* 



PtI, excu, 



In.-r 



Ihe le.'.si. She yuve Utile Cn 

 kiss, and assured him that he waa wi 



. " lor," sni.l (ho, " 



get all my pain." 

 Qrondma'a poatoi oalli d that a ing. Ho bad 



ofleu been taught by her fervent piety and glowing 



1 . i ne he 



bode her "good morning," theromembrani Fhei 



■ .i smile went with him, and assisted 

 ■ ■ 

 pon the texl I 



:■' I to '■■■ m that lovt Qod, 



Presently a little tnp on the door 

 by "Come," and little Fakxu entered, arrayed 

 hoi toother's bonne! and shawl She had 

 lattn," :n.. i waa Inolinod to be poij sociable. 

 " How long have you been sick, grandma :•" 



" 'MOSl IWI r.ll fOftl -, l'lVMK." 



" How long since you huve been to lie- bfU n " 



" 'Jloat twenty years, dear." 



■ ■■ . 

 " 'Must twenty veins, durling." 



Sutlielitll, , '. .■ : ,,.. , ! , 1 ,.,ij (JQ3 



■ niily children enn. 

 lifmid you weary grandma," said FAJtmuVa 



;.i-l II, e„. 



DO," laid grandma, "I love to hear her 



tittle 



In the 



recently 

 say good-bye. 



gntufhl to the beartol Ihe young wift, than grand," 



uiii'.s >«>tily e,lii-|.cir<l, "I like your husband, 

 With her parting 



and gentle words 

 mended tbeyoungoouplotoQon'sunboundedloTe, 



;u "' l " ld " , '"' ''!' '■-"■!' other ,., tbi 



pilgrimage, and incitaeaohother to deedaofloreand 



chanty. 8h« and consoliny 



■ "i. and afflicted friend, wlm cnkl noi 



fail to be comforted by such words from such a 



Towards night grandma becam 

 weary. She thought she would call our 



by her ami I 



■ heard her hurried step and knew tl, 

 lied with hoi hi 

 r, "I will wait until I 



length aunt \l ■ 

 I, but grandma detected the care-wot 

 said, " dm I do anything for 

 m.i-,-1. . 



