Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-06-22

The day after this converaii1h hsfewas
a public exhibition, at which a numJer Of
ladies and gentlemen from neighboring cities
were prc!;ry. Prizes were awarded by tho
Principal ofour aculemy, anlrboth Hartley
and Jcmson received a cFcAitable number,
for, In respect 10 scholarship, these two
were about equal. Alcr the crTemony Of
distribution, the Principal rrmsrkcd that
there was one prize, consisnTir Of g5d
medal, which was rarely awarded, Rot -
much on account of it, great cosy-as b.
cause the instance were rare which reader
ed it' bcstowql proper. il wa, the priIo
for hcroim. The last 10y who received ono
wa- young Manners, who thrco years ago.
rc-ca-l the blind girl from drowning
The PRINCIPAL then -aid that. with tho
permission Of tie company he would relate
a short story. 4" Nat ldrr since. some scho.
lar- were flying kite a the Stroet, just a,
= poor hoy on horseback i1dc hy on hisw
to mill. The horc took fright and threw
the boy, injuring him - badly that he
was carried home, and conGnrl to hi, bsi
OF the scholars who had unintcntionally
cnusol the disaster, none followed 10 learn
the fate Of the wounded hoy There was
one scholar however, who had witnessed ihe
accident from the distance, who not only
went ~ make inquiries, bat stayed % rem
ier services.
"Thi. scholar soon lcancd that the wound
cd boy was the grandson e poor widow,
wlosr only means Of support consisted in
selling the milk ola cnc COW, of which .hr
was tho owner. Alas2 what could shcnow
do? She was old and lame, and her grand
son, on whom she depended 10 drive the cow
20 pasture was now on hi' hack, helpless
Never mind, good woman .aid the 'chol-
ar, o | can drive your COW" With h'o's-
iny. and thanks tie od woman accepted his
onrr.
Z" But hi. kindncs. dill not stop here.
Money wa. van'~l to cci articles from tho
apothccarv. \ have money that my moth
er ant me to buy pair or boot. with but
can 10 without them Tor a while 'Oh.
no. said the Old woman, Il can't consent
to that; bat here :, pair II covhilr bots
that I bought f,r Henry who can wear
them. Ifyou would only huy these, giving
IL. what they ca,', We should eotalons nice
lv.' The scholar bought tho boots clumsy
%. they were, and has worn them up TO this
time.
Well, when IL was discovered by other
hoy. of the academy that o,r scholar WI. in
The habit of driving COW, he was assailci
with laughter aul riiicul, hi. cowhid'
boots in particular, vcrr made matter ~
mirth but be kcp, on choorhlly AMI
braycly, day anr- day, never stunning ob-
-sryntion, AMI driving thrwiIow'. cow, ami
wearing h.s thick loos, c,ntrniaI in tho
thought, that he was doing right: carins
not fyr all the ocr. aul ,ro,r. that could b.
uttered. H. never undertook TO explain
why h' drove q COW br D" was not in
clinrI 20 make ,aunt II hi, chari,ahl,
motives. and furthermore, In hi, heart ho
hal M sympathy with the .ll-o pride that
could look with ridirulc on any useful cm-
ploymcnt. twas by mere accident that
hi, cour,c IT kinlnc.. and -rlfdenial Wa,
yesterday discovered by hi' teacher.
" Md now, ladies and gentlemen, ap.
poal 10 YOU. was there not true h"roi'm IN
this hoy'- conduct Nay, Master Hartley.
do not .link ont of light behind the black
board You arr not afraid ,friiiculr. You
must not bc afraid Of praise Come FORTH
come forth, Master Elwarl Jam" Hartley,
and lct ~ ,.,' your honest fr'
\. Hartley, with blu.hin; cheeks, made
MI. appearance. what a round NJ applause
in which the whole company joinel, spoke
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