REASONS FOR TRAINING A CHILD. 69
Take another example. An aged father of
seventy-two years was the steward of a hotel in
Georgetown, D. C. On a cold, freezing, and
sleety morning of the Winter of 1848, he started
from his home to discharge his duties, and was
descending the steps which connected his elevated
yard to the pavement, when he slipped and broke
his leg. This circumstance compelled him to go
on crutches for seven years, unable to earn so
much as a penny a day. But he had two affec¬
tionate daughters who were mantua-makers, and
who were well trained in domestic habits. This
they made manifest in the ample support which
they wrought for him by their scissors, needle
and thread, till he peacefully entered his grave
at the advanced age of about eighty-two, bless¬
ing Almighty God for giving him such dutiful
daughters. In the same affectionate manner they
supported their infirm mother, who died at the
still greater age of about eighty-four years, in¬
voking the blessings of heaven upon their grate¬
ful children.
Lastly. I knew an interesting young man,
by trade a barber, who lived the life of a bach¬
elor till he was over thirty years of age, in order
that he might have the wherewith to support his
aged, infirm, and widowed mother.
I can produce a noble list of such instances
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