The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1849-02-03
AN Article for the Boys, No. ..
by TIE LATE AMOS sIsrY.
"Never Mind! I'll be Rirner ..

"NeVer M'ad! FH be Bigger yct,"
An errand Toy came across news how tbe la,.
Ter much the smaller OF the two The erand boy
said someIhlag Of tln,alzug nature 10 the litrIe
'ender Of Intelligence, who gave back in l,rgn,go
las good as was S"nl." The big boy, finding he
was getting the worst Of the wordy war, made
demonstration of a different narore. The nrys
hoy laid down his papels upon a door slep-an1
notwithstanding his Iulcriorly in size. made h,,
lie with d determination worthy different result
for he got licked! After the fight was over
he picked up his papers, and with look we shall
not forget, said, "never mind I'll be bigger vet -
There Is as much OF meaning in the word as
there vas in the eye, from which flashed feeling
that told Of redress IN lhe future. It may have
been the first time the boy felt hlmsrl wrougtd
the first time that thought Of revenge found a
place IN his little heart, But the one glance of
that unerring index, the eye told that new SEN
tence had been brought into rAstence-and that
the boy IN years was the man in motive. He had
passed lustre in a moment
How careful should we be as 10 provoking 9th.
ers, when trlAe (apparently) such as we have
recorded, may give rise to something so serious.
Murder has resulted from more insignificant
causes, Hence the necessity of cautior-of pru.
dence-of torbealance. The newsboy, who was
on his quiet way engaged pleasurably in his bus
mess, counting up in his mind, mayhap the num-
Der Of pennies he could earn for father, mother or
sloicr-unthinking OF harm To any one--incnt on
his busIness-is transferred bv contest with a.
mother, into being filled with hatred and re-
yenge. He moves onward, brooding in his breast
the wrong he had suffered, and calculating the
time when he shall have strength of arm to right
1t. The papers on his arm are forgotten new
feeling has taken possession Of hlm--and the bus
mess Of the day is not how many pennies can /
make but, how soon can obtain satisfaction for
my injury?
"Neyer mind I'll be bigger |" should be re-
celved as a warning word by ALL when they con.
template, or attempt to tread upon the weaker of
their kind 1t i, warning to ALTO the secta.
rIan-to the pollcan-to the men o: business
to kings upon their thrones, and to peasants in
their cots, Tromple not upon anything unless it
Is vice and crime The man, who without occa .
sion may have kicked dog, may be growled at
afterward, il not blen-aud it matters not, in
what phase OF life, or whatever the circumstances
may oe, if you clearly are guilty of causeess in.
jury to another, bear in mind, that although we
ough TO J0rgipc-and that it would be desirable
totOrSd, yet human nature is not apt to do either.
Let the law ot kindness be Your governor, and the
machinery Of bic, depend upon it, will work
smoo,hly-!our voyage will be more pleasantly
made, and the cargo OF good telling you will carry
along, will be much greater. Never do ANYTHING
10 your fellow creature which can call forth his
auger-pldnl flowers in his path II sou can-if
YOU cannot do this don't throw sticks and stones
there, and hrars and lhorus-and then rest assur.
ed that when you cast anchor forever no one will
come up and say, "Neyer mind I'll be bigger
yet"