Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-08

she was worth; and ike lying, Fhns to deceive
the stranger by such back handed deans
He has been whipped for lying, and taught
that he must be honest and he can see no DIFF
ference between talking a lie and acting il,
Under The influence Of fliaI love he begins to
reason, and he is unwilling to condemn his
parents to the degradation of liars and robbers.
He reviews the guarded modes Of express
sion by the father and mother. Ills father did
not say it ,UaS the best COW in hes9ock, and told
the man he chad better not take the animal -
that he g would not sell her unless his mother
would consent to it," 1t was not exactly lying,
Besides, his futher stood high III society he
was called Colonel, and Esq. had been Rep.
resentatve; was TFnstee of tSsRsllgious SO
Iciety, School Committee, and E ~ hooked
up to him as man of honor lFsnother, too,
was intimate in the fami y of the minister, and
had the best company in town. Therefore, they
were good people, and their exampb worthy Of
imitation. Full of this pleasing JUNCTION to his
outraged conscience, and possessing wtha,
| through hereditary transmission, asimlar ten
dency to shrewdncss and money loving as that
of his parents, he began to mediate method
of profting by his first lesson in keen business
management. "Why can't sell that soft,
worthless new knife bought of the rascally
pedler the other day in the same manner that
father sold the COW? Let me see, have the
plan, and will have the money, and won't tell
lie either. I can steer clear of that"
He carefully whets his knife, and as carefully
pockets soft stick, and then with veil of hon
est looks proceeds 10 school. At recess, he
very careessly draws forth his knife and stick
and begins to whitte. 1t cuts finely. The boys
flock around eager to see 1t and to learn wha
he paid for it.
81 got it cheap-ony twenty-five cents see
it cut"
I'll give you twenty-five, says one.
"Iguess you will" says John, "afler have
run the risk Of getting bad one, and proved it,
r See it cut"
"I'll give you thirty"
"Il give you forty, "suys another, and here's
the money"
Forty, being golden number 10 the ear of
John, he quietly pockets the money just as the
schoolbe rings and rhey all 60 in to their
books-John to rejoice in the success of his ex-
pertinent; and Charley to anticipate the pleasure
his excellent cutting knife will afford him.
AS soon as the school is finished while Char
ley is hunting for good hard stick to show the
other boys how glorioualy it viii cutJohn
makes all haste for home, to announce his sue
cess and to bank his money. Almost out Of
brsaih .ha enters the house eyela kess,e 6 Ealhes
have sold that powter-faced tAf0 wh'et
bought of the pedler at twenty FIVE cents, for
forty cents"
"Ah! have you? But how ddy You manage ?
You didn't tell lie, did you, Johnny? You
must never lie, you know"
Oh, no, sir! sharpened it very nicely
took soft stick in my pocket, and kept whiting
said nothing, and let them bid"
" But who bought? and have you got your
money!"
Charley Sumner, who always has money,
bought it, and here are the forty cents"
"Thats right you should never lie, and al
ways get your pay down, to prevent after trou.
Bile. | say, mother! Johnny is rather smart.
We must make merchant of him. eh-what
think you ?"
"Well, he has done well with the knife, surely,
and always thought he would be somebody,
and get rich; besides, Charley is better able to
pay high price for poor knife than Johnny.
Bring the money to me, my son, and will save
it for you"
This was lesson number two and the boy,
from this propitious beginning, kept practicng
till he was old enough to enter a store as clerk.
His father kept him short Of change for his
new situation, and desiring to appear well with
his associates, he began by borrowing small sums
from the money-drawer, designing to pay it out
of the first remittance. Bat tip economical ia
ther, desiring to keep him shot, to teach him
economy, neglected the pendflous remittance
until the boy had secretly borrowed the full
amount of what he received from his father, and
he cannot pay it then; and finally, after some
struggles with his defaced fonscientousness
and urged by his necessities, decided not to pay
, it at all.
He went on in this way, bofowing and never
paying, until he robbed his master of a large
amount, and ended his life Villain.
His parents pocketed fewlextru dollars for a
COW, by means of crcnuow T5fyehUod- their
son imbbed the education, and that education
shaped his future destiny.
, Who will say, 4" Go thou and do lkcwise?"
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