The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-06-18
/ Got a Going, and Couldn't Stop.


Got a Going, and Couldn't Stop.
A lille boy named Frank was standing
IN The yard. when his farther called HIM
:. Frank ~
" Sir!" said Frank, and started full
speed and ran into the street. His father
called him back, and asked him if he did
mol hear his first rail-.
Yes, sir" answered Frank.
!" Well, lllen." said his father, !. wha.
made you run oUt into The street p
oh. lsaid Frank,) got going. and
couldn'l STOP"
This is The way that great many boys
gel into difficulty; they gel a-going. aud
cant stop. The boy lhal tells lies. began
trst 10 stretch The truth lilIe-to ieli q
large story, or 10 relate an anecdole with
very lilile variation, oil lie gal a-going.
and couldn't stop I'LL he came onl full
grown liar.
The.boy that was brought before ,bs
police, and sentio The Houssssr-s ous.ss- siwerr,hs.~s
and ans oiher nice things lha. were pus
away.
Next he began 10 take things from his
companions al school. lie got a.go.ng,
and could moi stop lill he gol into jail.
Those Two buys that sou see lighting
out on The green. began by banlerng each
other, in fiin. Al length they began TO
gel angry, and dispute, and call each 9th
er hard names, I'LL they gol a.going, and
couldn't stop. They will separate with
black eyes and bloody noscs.
There is young man, sitting late with
his companions al tile egamng-iable. lie
has flushed cheeks, an ANXIOUS look. a
deospairing countenance. lie has los. his
last dollar. lie began playing marbles in
the street; but he got a-going, and
couldn't stop.
See Ina. young man with dark lantern,
stealing from his masters drawer. lie
is a merchants clerk. lie came from
ihe country a promising boy. Blu. The
resi- Of The clerks went TO The theatre, and
he thought he must 60 loo. lie began,
thinking he would 60 only once, just TO
have il 10 say lhal he had been TO the
theatre. But he got a.going, and couldn't
slup. He has used up all his wages, and
wants more money. He cannot resist lhe
temptation. when he knows there is money
in Tie drawer. lie has gol a-golng-he
will stop in The States Prison.
Hark do you hear thai horrid oath !!
|. comes from The foul mouth Of lillle
boy in the street. He began by saying by
words bul he gol a-going and couldn't
stop.
Fifty young men were, some years ago,
in the habit Of meeting together IN room
al a public house, to enjoy themselves ~
social hiIariiy. where The wine cup passed
freely round. One OF them, as he was go
ing there one evening, began 10 think there
might be danger in The way. lie stopped
and considered moment, and then said
10 hims. II, !. Right about, face !" lie
Turned on his heel, and went back 10 his
room. and was never seen al The public
house again. lie has become rich and
the firsl block OF buildings which he cree.
ted, was built directly in front oi The place
] where lie stood when he made that ex-
cIama,ion. Six ofihe young men follow
ed his example. The remaining forty
,hree 90, a.going and couldn't stop, I'LL
they landed in the ditch, and most Of them
Iip The drunkard's grave.
i Beware then, boys, how you get a-go'
ing. Be sure, before you start. that you
are in the right way; for when you arc
sliding downhill, il is hard 10 stop.
A Singular Story.-A correspondent
of ,he Baltimore Sun writes the following
10 that paper:
Il The recen, decease Of the Rev. Ioh
il M. Duncan, in your city, revlves an inle
il resting incident in his early life. Q
j her passage from Ireland, the vessel !
: which young John aud his family wei
passengers, was cast away. For SON