The Findlay Jeffersonian, 1872-11-08

The covenant beisg made with Adsm, n t only for himself, but for his postetityll mankind, descendios from him in ordinary generation. sinned in bim and fell wiih him in kh first iransgressicn." There thej've all gore i'mn glad. Uuth baa fixed me ever eo comfortable in the big rocking-chair and another chair, with two pillows and tbe sofa cushioD, right in the bay window, where I can look cut at the street and learn my C-techsam. I was tired of the nursery : but no nobody - body nobody thought about me but Ruth. She ia sttth a fine g-rl, she is. I wonder whether Rath binned in bim, too? Rath says everybody is "to "totally - tally "totally depraved ;" but I don't believe she is. Ruth Thompson ia my sister, and she's lovely. She says we ought to love everybody ; but I guets she loves Harvey best (llarvey's a great, big man). I wonder what covenant means, and who made it for Adam ? Maybe Eve. I wonder whether it tasted like cu3tard. I wonder what his posterity was. I wish Harvey would tell me; but bo won't, so there's no use asking. Oace we had a lesson about Jehu and Jezebel, and he said : "Jehu kept a livery stable and drove fast horses; and once, when be wm going to Central Park, Jezebel looked outoi the wi it-low, and she bad seme -lilcom of Y01 tV on her face." And then Ru h came ia, and be did nt say auy more. When I was well, KuUi used to take me to Sunday-school ;. hut since Pv b.en sick she hears me her own self. Pve been sick lots, I have. First it was the measUs; and just as I was getting well I too it cold, and then it was whooping - cough ; and thea I dumb a tree and broke my arm: and then Mrs. Wilson's babv gim me the chickan-pox ; ' and then the time I was einf-1 and stole the green apples, like Eve that was most the awlufcet time of all; and then I most got drownded, and they rolled me on a bar'l,and I bad croup in tbe night; and when I was play playing - ing playing fish with Jimmy Mclutosb, at the hotel, we went way up to tbe top, I and we naa iwo siring r-uu two crooked piss, and wc leaned over the and Jimmy nabed off Mr. Clark's spectacles, and I tumbled and fell right into one of the darkey waiters. Ua, aear! they thought was dead, and got the ceilowso and blowed in my face; and Ma fainted, and then they blowed in her face and epi.t water on us ir.ci men, one Fourth of July, IIrvey gave me a cannon a little one ; and I loaded up and fired it cff.and tuen ran bs hind tbe door. But it didn't fire oil; and I went up and peaked into the muzzle, to see what was the matter, and U bust, it did, and burnt every one of my eye-winkers off, and roost my hair off, and set my apron on e. Then Iney rolled me in the hearth rug and put oil and cotton on me. Oh! I did look so funny, just everybody would laugh aud say "Poor boy I And then they'd laugh again, ilarvey was very good to me. said it was hit fault, because be gim me the cannon. He used to come and see me every day, and bring me an orindge, or some pea nut", or a picture bock. Only I guess he came to see Ruth part ot the lie loves Kith, i-verybody her ; they can't help it, you lie is out on the back veran now, smoking. I can see his boots way up in the grapevines. He alwajs cornea here on Sundays. Everbyody else has goue to church except Pa." He is taking his nap on sofy, in the parlor. I can hear him more way out here But I was talking about my being sick. Wei!, hut time it was the scarlet fever ; 1 am getting well now. Ma says would be very expensive if it wasn t that Pa was a doctor. She thinks that it is a very "providential circum circumstance.". - stance.". circumstance.". There! I ur:si forgot about my Catechism. "What benefits do they wbica are effectual called partake cf in this life? They who are effectual called do s It