Show INSCRIBED ON MOTHERS MOT HEARTS The late Secretary Morton erected a stone over the he remains of his wife who predeceased him b by some sonic years On the stone he had an inscription engraved engraved en en- graved raved Caroline French wife of J. J Sterling Morton Morton Mor Mor- ton and mother of Joy Paul Carl and Mark Mor Mor- ton Why asked a friend did you put Pt the boys' boys names in I took fook the boys out to the cemetery cemetery cemetery I tery said Mr Morton and showed them their mother is buried mothers mother's grave rave saying Boys your here If you does anything dishonorable or anything anything- of which She he would be ashamed if she were alive I will chisel your name from her tomb tomb- stone P This was a strenuous method of impressing impress impress- ing ing- ingon on the minds of the boys that their names are written on the tablet of motherly hearts and that evil vil vil conduct on th their ir part turns every letter of the inscription into a gaping wound What boy would would- deliberately plunge lunge a dagger into h his mot mothers mother er erb b breast ast Yet pain fully fl as S' S lacerating is every day i inflicted on mothers by sons who forget maternal counsels and trample under foot the honorable feelings of pride in the family name felt by every parent In the hurry and haste baste of every-day every Ameri American n life boys too often forget the lessons and inspirations of home life One of the reasons we Wf we believe why country boys succeed so plenteously in cit city r life is because of the more lasting good impressions impressions of home life left by country dwellings where all labor and strive together for a common end where the comparative tive isolation of boys and girls girls- from ex external ernal influence brings brothers and sisters nearer to each other in affection sympathy and life purposes I entwining their hearts golden threads binding them in indissoluble love to each other to home and to the de dear r mother who in every true ruc home i is heavens heaven's own representative |