Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-18
Not Ashamed of RidieuIe.
The following from the Christian Witness
teaches a good lesson:

received When quite youZp lad at III
academy In b Among nv scboo
fellows were Hartley and Jemson. The
were somewhat older than myself. and I
the latter looked up TO as sort ofleade
Id matters of opinion as well as of spor
lie was not at heart malicious, but he ha
3 foolish ambition of being thought witt
and sarcastic, and he made himself feare
| by besetting habit of turning thing
into ridicule, so that he seemed continual
ly on The look out for matters OF darision
Hartley was new scholar, and little wa
known of him among the boys-On,
morning, as Ne were on our way to schoo
he was seen driving COW along the roat
toward eighboriag field. A group o
boys, among whom was Jemson, met him
as he was passing The opportunity wa.
one not to be lost by Jemson. .Halloo 7
be exclaimed, whats the price of milk
| say, Jonathan, what do you fodder on
What will you take for all the gold on
her horns Boys, if you want to see the
latest Paris style, look at those boots n'
Hartley, waving his hand at us with a
smile. and driving the COW to the field.
took down the bars of rail fence. saw
her safely in the enclosure. and putting
up the bars, came and entered school
with the rest of us. After school in the
afternoon he let out the COW and drove
every day for two or three weeks he went
through the same task
The BOYS of B-academy were
nearly ali the sons of wealthy parents.
and some of them among whom was
Jemson, were ounces enough to look
down with sort of disdain, upon the
scholar who had to drive cow.-The
sneers Of Jemson were accordingly often
renewed. He once On plea that he did
not like the oder of the barn refused to
sit next to Hartley Occasionally be
would enquire after the cows health,
pronouncing the word ke-ow after the
manner of some of the country people.
With admirable good nature did HARTLEY
bear all these silly attempts to wound
and annoy him. [ do not remember that
be was even once betrayed into a look or
word of angry retaliation. Il suppose
Hartely," said Jemson one day II sup
pose your daddy means to make milk
man of you 2" Why not ?" asked Hartley
20, nothing, only don't leave much water
n the cans after you rinse them-thats
Ill !'' The boys laughed, and Hartley,
lot the least mortified, replied, Never
EAR: if ever l should rise to be milk
nan, I'll give you good measure and good
MILK
The day after this conversation there
was public exhibition, at which a mum.
Der of ladies and gentlemen from neigh
boring cities were present. Prizes were
awadred by the principal for our academy,
and both Hartley and Jemson received
creditable number; for, in respect to
scholarship these two were about equal
After the ceremony of distribution, the
remarked that there was one
prize consisting of gold medal, which
was rarely awarded, not SO much on &C
count of what its great cost, but because
the instances were rare which rendered its
bestowal proper. 1t was the prize of her
ism. The last boy who received one was
young Manners, who, three years ago, res
,ued the blind girl from drowning
The principal then said, that with the
permission of the company he would re-
late short story -
mot long since some scholars were fly
ing kite in the street, just as poor boy
on horseback rode by on his way to the
mill The horse took fright and threw
the boy, injuring him so badly that he
was carried home and confined several
weeks to his bed. Of the scholars who
had unintentionally caused the disaster
not one followed to learn the fate Of the
wounded boy. There was one scholar how
ever, who had witnessed the accident from
a distance, who not only went to make in
quiriea, but staid to render services.
This scholar soon learned that the
wounded boy was the grandson of poor
widow, whose sole means of support con-
sisted in selling the milk of fine cow, of
which she was the owner. Alas what
could she now DO? She old and lame,
and her grandson, on whom she depended
to drive the cow to pasture, was now on
his back helpless. Never mind good
woman said the scholar, can drive
your cow With blessings and thanks
the old woman accepted his offer
:. But his kindness did not stop here
Money was wanted to get articles from
the apothecary. [ have money that my
mother sent me to buy pair of boots
with, but [ can do without them for a
a while o, no. said the old woman, |
cannot consent to that but here is pair
of cowhide boots that bought for Henry
who can't wear them. If you would only
buy these, giving us what they cost, we
sohuld get along nicely The scholar
bought the boots, clumsy as they were,
and has worn them up to this time.
Well, it was discovered by the other
boys in the academy that the scholar was
in the habit of driving COW, and he was
assailed every day with laughter and rid
icule His cowhide boots in particular
were made matter of nairth, but he KEEP
on cheerfully and bravely, day after day
never stunning observation, and driving
the widows cow, and wearing his thicl
boots. contented in the thought that IA
was doing right; caring not for all th'
! jeers and sneers that could b. uttered =
| He never undertook to explain why h
drove a COW; for he was not inclined t
make a vaunt of his charitable motives
and furthermore, in his heart he had n
sympathy with the false pride that coul'
/ look with ridieule on any useful employ
mont It was by mere accident that hI