Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-10-27
1)opular Gales.
From The Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
TIME ENOUGH:
on,
TIE MAN THAT ALWAYS PUT
THINGS OFF UNTIL TOO LATE.
u " SIX Z I c u Z Il A..

."There II be- time enough lor that, said l."
lBAyLrr.
There are some people in this world
to whom it seems the most difficult task
imaginable to do things in the proper
season. Thus, what should he done to-
day is put of until to morrow, and to-
morrow until next day, and so on, again
and again, imc after time, much To their
own disadvantage, and oitcntIIncs 10 the
disadvantage of others. Time enough
I-tlme enough, say they, as though
they were as sure Of living another day,
as they are Of dying some day. So VI
tcrly do they suffer themselves TO fall
into this habit, that it becomes TO them
second nature, and, like the night
mare, they can scarcely shake it off if
they would.
Such IA person was our friend, John
Brown, of whom we are about to treat.
He was a good-natured, clever kind of
a body, with fine face and form, aud
a fine intellect; but he had that one
weak point IN his character--that un-
pardonablc fault of putting things Oft
always procrasrinalng Even at school,
we remember him as such person;
and many "warm jacket and shame
face" it obtained for him, too. Ifthere
were lessons 10 be committed 10 memo>
ry, John always left them until the last
moment; if there was writing to be
done, John never commenced his until
the rest had theirs half finished; it
there were sums to be "cyphered," as
he used To say, his slate was bare when
those Of his companions were full; and
then, very often, he was minus a pen-
Gil, having put off buying one before
school, until it was too late. And the
same way it was ia ih" play hours, upon
the coinmnn. Ask John Cor his ball to
play with. so, he hadn't ii with him
he was going To bring it from home
but he forgot" Why; Because ho
had put off putting it in his pocket, and
at last came away without il. John had
peach tree at home in the yard, which
his father had given him, and which one
season was iloaded with fine mellow
fruit Now John, as we have said,
was Il good-natured fellow, and he pro-
missed to bring us all some peachcsi
but, alas! for our Juicy aniiciPallons
and watering mouths! John DELAYED
picking them SO lonI, that one night
somebody relieved him Of the trouble,
and forced John to put off picking
peaches until the next season.
Near our school house there was y
small stream which one day we all set
out TO work to dam" John amongst
the rest. Our work went bravrly on,
and we soon completed it, We then,
thinking it would be a fine opportunity,
undertook to build, just below, with
some old bricks which we found near
by a kind of pier, exactly in the middle
Of the gully of the stream, the bed Of
which was now dry. This pier we in
tended buildinG, that we might, AT any
time after our "dam" had given way,
by means oflaying boards, form q bi ldga
across. Merrily we labored, and our
pier was about halt finished, when most
of the wofkmen were frightened away
by the dam giving" in several plnccs.
4 few still remained, among whom, and
the busiest, was John Brown. SRon,
however, the rents in the dam became
more and more glaring, and one by ono
the boys sought the banks, until all were
high aud dry, but John, who still work
ed away Justify,
"John-John Brown !" sung out y
dozen voices at once, why don't Won
come away; Don't you see the dam is
going;'
"Ncyrr mind, answered John; "l'll
soon have il finished now. There's
time enough
"Yes,yes, you're always Time enough
10 be too lnlel' said one.
you had hriicr come, " said anoth-
or, cor you'll bc apt 10 get dncklng =
"No danger" answered JUhni
"therc's time enough"
But scarcely had he concluded tho
sentence, when lol with n sudden rush,
The dam gaYe WAY, Npd down came the
water into It's cccusloned channel wnh
swinging sweep. John bad just upg
enough to noun, Oh top OF tie PIer,