Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-03-05
From Arthurs Home Gazette.
THE GOLD SOVEREFGN.
BY PAUL GRAFTON.

The story of the gold sovereign, related TO mc
| By Judge N, weakly and influential gen
tleman of Western New YorI, is well wortt
Tepeating-no for artificial interest, which il doe.
not contain, but for the admirable lesson it con-
yeys to young persons tast commencing in life
Iregfet that am unable to reproduce the spir
it and humor with which the inmilabe Judge
graced his simple story; but / will do my best tc
remember his own words.
when was only eight years old, said Judge
n, my father and my mother being poor
with half dozen children better than myself, &c
take care of, | was given TO farmer in the town
OF r., who designed making plow-boy of me
and keeping me in his service until become Of
age
Wen, had not very gay time in Deacon
Webb's service; for although he was an hones
deacon, and tolerably kind man in his family, he
believed in making boys work, and understood
how TO avoid spelling tlsstn by indulgence
80 had plenty of work to do, and an abun-
dant lack of indulgencies 10 enjoy. 1t was con-
sequently great treat fer me TO get the enor-
nous sum of one or two pennies into my posses
sion,by any rate OF good fonune-a circumstance
of such rare occurrence, that at the age OF
eleven, had learned TO regard money as bes-
sing bestowed by Providence on favored few.
well, | had lived witt Deacon Webb three
years, before knew the color of any coin except
vile copper. BY an accident learned the color
OF gold That Is the story | am going to tell
you.
'One Saturday night M. Webb sent me to
the village store on some GRAND and on retur-
'l'Il,.o "Oo"' u"'h' ny n''ei.'oH was a'-
road side
4 picked it up to examine its contents, with
nJooJ !, was so rl, ooi ii 6o . I w. h.
90 81 ~, "' ,''T 'o'u'''o vi o'o" Il
Poro' "PP,"ieo ~ dl5t' .""' u"ao"o,eu'y Sus-
Pec'tG '""' was 'h9 NC'i!n OF an Apr!l TOOL; al
'nou4n II was the month oi June tore open
lie loius OF IAc paper; am dIscerned nothing, |
vas Q" 'Ae point OF throwing 1t INTO the ditch,
"Aeh something dropped oni,and Tell with ring
ing SouIu upon S;ohe'
IooNeo al II I. win aatohl3@ment. 1t was yell
TO- -git' ter bright and TOO small
,o' d ? my 'G'I OF IL squeezed II IN my
fingers spelled 9al the i!nscri?iions-'hen
~ "tl's'IteU ''l1 'Ia' II was go'd com
- i'-O';I '','l'.G E".ur, anu 'eI oiu Aot Wish
70 lose H. Aad Ol'er pocAef II as soon as posi-
DC:
Afc',iO"As ".'i eHcl'sih"h'' Put Inc com III
~! poeNCt, D''' II WOMB mo- say mere, nv
I'y tno "i'u'ea l,"u 20 'oS9 II our ana LOOK at
'"' ,,.o's' '.'V' SoCo'"y' ""' care
.ul ~ 's'' q G"' =. IT. ooIit"o" ieI' gull
|! u'y4u % H,'u''S az owner 70 me com Fro
'I4eu 'o"nu none "Ioug''' II was honestly
Hino'oy flg''' Q! discovery .'Hd comiorted my
sell WIN ''e 5oPniat'y' tla' was not my 6uoi-
ness 10 90 ABOUT the SlFo2tS crying, "Who's
io@l
went nome WIN wiz, ''i' E"'o n my pocket.
""Uid nor nave h&d 'ne d'a'4S 'o'NS kno" what
: i,aa ioaiu .cf 1'lG VOTE, ''as s0.G'y tEouo-
,od VIVA Ipe Iear o. IooSng my 'a5t ana lnca'cu
iaole treasure MS was no' al IL seemed
70 me tIa' III! 'Co D~a.ayeu my secret, could
'' . 'I"N q" ,r "i , r'1i -, G,5'
:, ~ On i'"'' '''g ilgI''
~, ~, 'n ''lc ON
'',''' .,,S ~ 1. 'lol''4 was leFGF-
81 G ~. 1GnN '-''i D'"Co" "eOo' al Inc
% < ,% 'I;i,?s .,'I,'' SUI
- ' '',.'''i' ,.or,tr.l ,,:.,...,
wv "'4 = "''''N''ls '''e next WORD
"o )yi., DC .,.-...e -,
j" mere Is 'le P'eeo VI so'I yo" nave found
anu WE "C-'l r"''0 o'''0' ~ Keep from '!e
fgI,uui o"'iC'
p"' "t on! a"'u
"u'I' i w W. ',''. a'1,1 ~ 'Ii'S NOR
he "',u an nan II NJ O,' 0o'iie ana WORK ior
me 'o-G"y anu 'o-!I'oIIoW'
PAd g"' oul OF SYM a9 soon as possible lhcn
once more 'ooN 'ho CON "ut OF my pocket, and
toasted on us beauty ct was unhappy
ConscIonSheSs OF WfoHg:'FoQoled me, and al
most W,Sheu ! had not fInho ne soVereIgn-
W oa'u Hot De c4.'eo t',lei II disc )Vered!
aSKea my sen was II h"' as wrong to conceal
Wha' naL 'ou'I' DIS 10 'aNe me same amount
oHs'ha''y rom '"e owner POCKET! Was ne
not deiT"uucG me same
'bn ,., inca S"'I 10 myself
" ny II / aon N'o" VINO Inc loser :, no"
can give nm ms money IL IS Only because
| am afraid Deacon W e55 will take It away from
me that ! conceal II that all. would not
steal gold and Il the loser should ask me for it,
Wog T.; give II hi;n. 279ogSed thus to my
sen an ule way 70 M Du,T"'h mouse. But
aIeF al "ou'uh 90 ne goa was IKE
he"Fy stone, hoahd % my neart' II was sort
OF an unhappy chaFm' "Ach gave an evil spirit
power 70 torment me, ana cou'd not help
;.'."l "'s ',' I',t'' - wei .f"sed "l'A my
- a. 'I''' o9.' ~ G"S! cop
PEI H't'ci ,'d+ Io"''' S0'''e Gems otl"Ee' NO
oo"y C1aI'lcu me penny Atlo"-n kept my
good fortune no secret; and had been happy
as hing-or, as king is commmonly supposed
to be.
Mr.. Baldwin was not at homo, and return
Cd to the deacon house. sa" Mr. Nard!eys
morse standing at the gate, and was terribly
i',S"''hGc' M " aFdIey was constable, and
| hnoW ne had come to take me 10 jaiI. 50
ma III tAe garden u"ui ne went away. by tAat
time reason began to prevail over coWardice and
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