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Rh catch your game; when you shall become young men and women your parents will be settled or old, you then will be able to run faster than they, but remember, you are your father and mother’s sons and daughters, and as you would have your faithful greyhound that can beat you running, obey you, so would your parents have you obey them in the Lord. Would you have a billy goat which could not pull your wagon, or a dog that would bite? Would you keep your dog or goat all day without food and water? No, but why do you feed them, that you may enjoy them? Is it right then children, to have your parents feed and clothe you and give you a home while you are little, but as soon as you are large enough to give them some comforts you run away and make them unhappy and bring disgrace and shame upon them? No, treat them as you would have your dog and goat treat you, after you fed and petted them.

We come now to Mrs. Spider she is lady preacher and her subject is to the girls: “How to Keep House.” The proverb says “She taketh hold with her hands, and is in king’s palaces.” Well, it is because I believe in my own home, and strive wherever I am, to weave