MYSTERIES OF EVERY-DAY LIFE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 20, 13 September 1873, Page 10

MYSTERIES OF EVERY-DAY LIFE.

»* /,- V' orfeß P° nclent of aQ Auckl and Paper.) m a good state of cultivation and well fenced. Her late husband had been a most industrious and hard-working man, and eft C wifa n^S twochudren agirUnd a boy, pretty comfortably off as faTt^ means of making a living were concerned. Mrs Ashton, besidet h£ httte farm attended as nuwe for miles round the country The tSL SfSTV, 11 * ?6? 6 my narrative ' were of the «3pS'ive ages rf 1L J M be " lri ? llen Aphton bein S the elde « l - They had »l 2 been brought up to the useful pursuits about the house and form IS fXrlhTr, et ! l 'i dical and r TL ar habita ' father that absolutely necessary habit on a farm— early rising. Prom with various suggestions, and kind advice of what they should Z fiS the future. But little Ellen had so inbibed her mother's Independent spirit and a though she thankfully received, she dedtold l Sg "»<£ hrlt^Z ei T' bU . Pr ft red tO 1° on ith the ass? S Se g ofT; brother, exactly a 9 they had done, feeling perfectly competent to tS emergency; and thus hero we have a girl, or child of 13 with Ihl ?Z mSJ }7 ° tf" brOl l ier ° f U ' d ° in S aU work "'iSTfiS! Sr*J A e A • Ve t OT 1^ OU1 LCOWB»L COW 8» mat i°« butter, keeping poultry! pigs, &c., and doiog it well. From the great interest taken in the two young Ashtons they found no difficolty in disposing of tneir produl? b Vu m . ll fe,, butt f r ', eg « 8 ' or P'S B - Some fa "»"^ would not be eoS without Ellen Alton's butter, and they became rathw noted for aU their farm produce. These two dear little children might be Jen ' ady going perseveringly about their business in a way which mS well be an example for much older folks. I am wSg of themaJ they are now, but it will be interesting to tho 8 e who in TwatcTtbS future of these two interesting children to see what results wmfolliS their early industrious habits. One point in their Cetef ia S deserving attention. They never missed one or the other/and som^ SS n 1 " I '," 8 th6ir ChUrc , h ° n Sundays, although'nearlyX ««• i 6i 6 oI W. In ".«t«^y S°° d and kind-hearted mm, wu a a ifi F flrmeßt Jend "- l have * im V I J Si™ this simple sketch and doubtless some of your country reader wiU at once Sgnise the case. Is there nofc as much interest in this brief pouSment of facts, as in many of your sensational romances. "rayment ol