The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-02-09
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J would not be;solmeap.o said Georg'
Ward who stood by. while he put th'
fcandy he had Just Bought into his, pocket,
NJ Yorhaye' no right to call me mean,
areplied lsuubehsPorter,o because I don,
spend my; money for cand ~ yaa. aoigigc
'You never spend it for, anything.
! continued George tauntinglys
r 1t was true. Reuben did not spend hi.
money. Do' you suppose he 7ioFed i
more than other boys do9 .ssss G6i 1oe
Reuben turned slowly away medita,
Ting on what had occurred. 4 will no
care for what he. thinks he at length said
tolhimself, 4 have four dollars now and
wheniI have. soldgmy cabbages Ishall have
another; l shall soon haye enough; and
|his heart bounded joyfully,, his step recov-
erred its elasticity, and his peace quicken.
led fas the pleasant Thought removed tn
string which the accusation of meanness
had inflicted on his sensitive spirit
.Eno@gh did not mean the same with Reu-
ben as with grown, peope. 1t had limit
He hastened cheerfully home, or to the
place, he called home. He had no fa-
ither nor mother there: bu.in their stead,
kind and loving friends, Mr. Porter had
died two years before, leaving his wife
and four children without property to sus-
tain them. Reuben was the eldest; and
as he was old enough to assist in the labors
Ola farm it was thought best that he
should leave his mother. Mr. johnson a
took him into his family, where
.he very soon became favorite.
There was one thing about the boy
however, thatgood Mrs. johnson regarded
as q great fault. It was what she called
= spirit OF boarding Sae. said she new
or gave him an apple or an orange. that he
did hoscarry it to his room instead Of eat
ing it. Perhaps his little sisters at home,
or dear iale. brother Benny could tell
what became OF them. a.e ,r,..;
Mrs. johnson had noticed too, in his
drawers a box which was quite heavy with
money. Slie. did not believe tha. he had
boughtso much as a fish hook since he
had been in the family. Ii he should go
On in this way he would grow up to be
hniser. Mr.. johnson smiled at his wife's
eafnessness, ,hand remarked that with such
an example of generosityas Reuben had
Constantly before him, would,not believe
fhat he was in much danger from the fault
She feared. 1t must be remembered he
said, 'that Reuben had his own way to
makein iite. He mustearly learn to save,
PRIZE will always be-pdor. There are his
tnother and sisters, too who need rassis1
lance, a.,
In various ways he added to his store
when the snow came, he made nice broad
paths about the house, which SO attracted
Ne notice ofa neigkbonsthat sheaskea 4 il
he might be allowed to make paths, ,fol
her. He rose early, chat he might have
time for his extra work, and was we'll paid
for bis efforts, The. box, grew heavier
from week to week. Reuben had. almost
enougn.fats gis1f 70 ses Arsa .s9fls ~
y One day there was barrel of -four left
at Mrs porter's. She thought there must
be some mistake, about it; but the man
said he was directed at the store teitake
it to that houses MS. Porter went imme,
diateiy to eabout il; and what was her
surprise on finding that her sou had been
the purchaser. How could he pay for "a
whole barrel OF, flour? The money said
the merchant, he brought In box. 1t
was in small bits. which took me some--
time tocount; but there wasquite enough
The mother called with ,full, heart at
Mr., Johnsons and related what had hap
pened- Reuben wondered why his moth,
or should cry. so. He thought she would
be happy, He was sure he was. He had
been thinking Of that barrel OF -four, and
now he felt more like laughing than cry
ing,. Those tears, noble boy were not
tears Of sorrow, but Of the deepest
Joy. You are more than repaid for your
self denials. You have resisted every
to deyiate from the course
which you marked out as right. You
have borne meekly the charge OF mean
ness, so CALLING to your generous spirit,
and now you receive your reward. You
are happy. and so isy our molher and so
are you kind friends, Mr., and Mrs. johnson.
That night, Mr.. Johnson remarked to
his wife, as they sat together before a.
cheerful fire, that he had some idea of
keeping the little miser, and educating
him, A boy who could form such pur-
pose, and keep ii will, in all probability
make auseful man. Afleryears proved the
Of this conclusion, Reuben is
nova man ofintelligence anl wealth. He
IS one whom the world delights to honor;
bdtamong his peasants memories, doubt
not is that Of the barrel ofhour he bought
for his dear beloved mothet.- Inaspeadi
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lhe following difecSions f5r short lie
from an old almanac. Wedopbt not they
will prove As efiicacioas as any ,doctSyl
could desire "" g'' KY"
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2. Eat fast. "a 90 ~ si'aal .,, q. ~.
, ~ Lie in bed every morning until The
sun is two hours high aail or qgoaq y,
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