The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1854-01-13
Dialogue between John Hasty and
Caleb Careful. NJ

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look atS string It will break. Iwish
You wOald mend my kite, Caleb tcI
Won are one Of the lucky ones. Every
thinr passes smoothly through your
hands but it / only touch . thing
crack, smash it goes | Mother says
anal i make more ticable about the
house than al therrest Of the childEeni
but how can help it {
CAExB. Did you ever try g help i,
John
JoHS. Tryi What Is the use Of
tryingi / am always unluCky |; for
o:lY Yesterday, az / sat down TO the
table, q fish-hook that happened to
have in my pocket caught in Susan's
dress gave It q jerk, and tore her
sleeve half Of, knocked over the cas-
tor, salt-cellar, and don't know what
else for father told me to leave the
table, and so lost my dinner.
CALEB. Lost your dinner smoothing
to what you viii loose, John, if you
dash through the world in this style.
I see your new garden rake has lost
Eve teeth how did that happen !?
JOHN. How did that happen ?
Why they were extracted all at once,
and without the use Of chloroform
either. As | was raking, il came
against a root which held the rake
fast. l was in a hurry, and felt pro-
VOked, SO gave it sudden pull, and
out came the teeth. 81
CALEB. And the beautifulnew book
which your uncle Charles gave you,
has several Of its leaves badly torn, |
notice.
JoHN. Well, that again is just my
luck. l found some leaves that had
not been trimmed, and / was in q
great hurry to read, and my knife
would not cut; SO gave 1t a twitch,
and tore the leaves. You see am
unlucky, Caleb. g
CALEB. Really, John, you seem to
have a great deal Of trouble. But if
you are to JERK 'TwrTcH, and PULL
in this way, you will not get along
very smoothly in the world. / sin
Gerely pity you, and if you will listen
to me, I will tell you two little words,
which, if duly regarded, will make
you a lucky boy.
JOHN. What are they!. If two
words can make me lucky, ! ought to
haYe known them before.
CALEB. It is not too late now.
They are simply these : Keep cool !
JOHN. Keep cool! How can any
one keep cool when every thing turns
upside down as soon as it is touched !?
IfyOu were as unlucky as ! am, Caleb,
you would have to get into a snow.
bank to keep cool
CALRB. Why, John, you seem to
be little spOrtive; but should think
you had pretty good substitute for a
1snow-bank last Saturday, when you
fell into the mill-pond.
JoHN. That is Just my luck. Any
other boy might have skated there
month, and the ice would never have
thought Of breaking. But it is just as
| told you +; let me touch a thing, and
-CRACK, SMASH, 1t goes. l have J
mind to fold my arms and do nothing
CALEB. You say that other boys
might have skated month, and thu
Ice would never have thought oI
breaking but, John, it is not for ice
strings, rakes, and knives to think i
is for those to think who have re
ceived from God the gift Of reason
and must render an account Of THEN
words and actions.
JOHN. But you are becoming quit
as sERlors as I was sPoRTIvE.'
did not think you were going to preact
sermon, or | would have given YOU
another text; for am tired of being
called careless. impatient, or head