The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-05

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ing smplos smsni. II as his 6ssl sssis
hsrr, hzsing bssn resrd By pious nulhs Z
Who vas.n.sursily adverse 20 her sons
seeing ne world and becoming seqasins<d
with ils s,ces-
Bali The sos grew up and ionasd fsr an
opportunity 10 beesme lezraed and sxsi>.
His father. willing 10. grs,ify him. pro-
cured teslimpnixls lrom some Of the 6rsi
men in the Stale, and srns his son iorsh 70
seek his fortune s
lie came here in al his serdznry and
~ ths beauty Of purity. lie entered ! csr-
tain counting MON and inquired If they
wanted eIerk, and ~ss lold they did
nvt. w,
can Riys you good rrrommends.
iians." said he. and turning his p-pers
from his bag 70 find his leiiers. . large
boob rolled upon The foor. s.
= Wks, book is that" said the nasr-
chant. 1880.
The boy eaughti,up and kissed il. and
presenting u, said, Il, is the Bible"
"A singular book 10 bring viii, you
from lhe country" said the merehsni.
;. here 10 New York; can you ,sli NE what
you intend To do with d, herei'
The bny locked seriously into the mer.
chants face. ss if 10 d.scnsee ~he,her he
meant 10 reproach hum. The ,eaTs gush-
ed inlo his ey e. - he replied.
I" promised my Mother that 1 trosid
read Il every day. and Ishull do It,"
The msrchani was satisfied. and immedi-
alely engaged his services. ssolii
Years have pssred. hut the lad has kept
his promise. He has read bis mothers
eifi daily. ~ aes8
Perseverance. industry. and dilieent
improvement of his time. have made him
q partner in the firm. while charity and
christian purity have rendered him an Oh
irct Of general admiration.
As he now with his young wife. pc.
uses daily the pages of that Bible. he
somsiimes relates 10 her The incident that
made that hook the recommendation that
brought upon him her fathers favor.
The Rope Dancer. i in the hum
bier classes Of society. that The most beau
iiful sparks often shine. A fire broke out
in house al Alencon. the flames Of " birh
made rapid progress. and produced dread
ful ravaces. An entire family was saved
by an unknown man. who scaled the walls
with la wonderful agility. ireadine with tlex.
teriiy the burning beams. and WIN, from
an abyss Of FIRE. ex'ricaled victim after
victim. in the midst Of acclsmaiions from
the spectators. This man was Joseph
Piege. who exercised the humble pr0fes-
sion &c rope dancer; and twas The agility
and dexieriiy developed by his occupation.
lha, enabled him to save whole family.
hy venlnring on narrow and moving sur.
faces to snatch them from the flames.
The company to which The worthy Plege
belonged. were preparing 10 quit Alencon.
but their departure was delayed. To give
him benefit. The iheare was crowded
in every part. and ihun,lers Of applause
greeted the courageous rope dancer. who.
covered with burns aud bruises. endeavor-
ed To merit the enthusiasm hy which he was
overwhelmed. When the receipts, whirh
were considerable. we're handed 10 him.
Joseph Plege presented the whole amount
10 the family he had savea. "lhese poor
people," said he, arc ruined what good
shall have done Ia have saved them from
the flames, if leave them to the horrors
Of starvation Z"
The authorities gave a medal Of honor
10 the brave mau wha had displayed so
much humanity. devotion. and virtue.
Farmer NJ. was an infidel. One Spring
he thought he would SOW a certain large
field in English ,urnips. The seed were
sown and the crop came up in due time
and looked very promising. No, long al.
ter. Deacon X. looked over Mr. Ms
fence aud remarked:
Your field looks very well indeed.
With the blessing of God you will have
fine crop OF turnips. Mr.. NJ
- shall have my ,urnips, God or no
God!" replied tie infdel.
Very well. We shall see" returned
Deacon r.. and passed on.
The crop grew beyond all expectation.
and when the time for harvesting arrived.
Deacon X. again looked over INTO Mr.
Ms field and said.
.Well, Mr.. NJ. God or no God. | see
that your turaips have all,urned out to be
mustard"
So il was. Mr.. M. by mistake. had
sown mustard seed. and. God or no God,
he didn't have turnip. Never crow be-
fore day. Olive Brdnch.
Overland CaIifornians. The ST. Louis
Daily Organ says that the number Of Ca
liornia-bound persons now al 81. Joseph
s about 25 600. They are sllliving in
tents. which extend for long distance uT
aud down the fiver. There is cnns,dera.
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