Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-17

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I True; a well-grown tree finasdt diff
cult TO be reeonciled to fresh soil and
atmosphere There is much inwhatIyoil
say, Madam he replied Gao gn doidu
p If / continued there was proba-
bility of nay boys future being for aper-
manency in China,ldor instance, gweuld
go there with them fnowI .Ifsitwas othe
.remotest West I should not lose a day III
moving out there. " But to me it would lbe
"a sad time to leave them TO be impressed
with scenes whose celurs should not be
warm home e-tints--to have them seit
abroad SO young, and then returned I'd
their home with foreign notions and
ideas, and feeling q contempt for theii
early1friends, their country, and every
thing around thcm.' ly'o so Sc gaia,r !.
} Yes he said, you are right. Ihave
often thanked God that I had the memo
ries of fond hearts at home to fall back
upon when mankind have disappointed
me. 5'5i A1HHH ti'' '93 2'' II BAlo0i
! We continued the topic for short
time Charley insthe. mean while,. was
emptying his pocket into my lap: f 4
7 ;. Mamma be said, do you, believe
ave.oniy penny left ~ Alb gsi98 3
s'How many had YOU Gharley?' asked
the gentlemen. i'9n 7 ''4'5 l1 I7.' y 4
4 had rffty-nine, sir lea a.i i aao
How did you get them?' heIiasked.
worked'for them, answered Charley,
'hoeing potatoes and pulling up weeds.
Mamma pays us six cents an hour; but
/ could never work very long and then
you know, we must have luncheon, and
l spend most of my pennies for cake'!'
Stop, Charley said Fred you meant
to say molasses candy. We take cake
always from honae-'o 10 ses1gaiq -
That's right, my son. said the stran-
ger,J'be ever exactand particular in all
your statements. Love truth next to
your mother "a ,sa -.a 49,.
Mamma says answered Charley, we
must loyeiit before father and mother
and ALL mon 3Ed5 ;Is5H Eui1Hi.gut
2 q
She is is right, he said. oaYou should
love her the more for her teaching you
such aniexcellent lesson, Now, whatare
you going to do with that one penny,
Charley?' 7a.'9 ioh sa4 aval seo
sssnend it as soon as ! get a chance
-~lrri.-i ..i-t st3a t4 dl3 =" @ii4 -,
How he, laughed After a few mo.
ments he said, basidiaz .stma 3.dl j,
Suppose | tell you what did with a
penny once, how long | kept it, and what
it did for me, Shall | tell yoa?"s
Oh dol cried both boys. we do
love tales SO much. Mamma tells us one
every evening $50 o ~ g. 4'i'1's.2'e
Mamma must have a, fertile brain, I'm
thinking, to find sufficient novelty to
amuse the minds of two such active fell
lows as you are" he replied. % 2a7li1
htOh' said Charley, she tells US she
has a windmill in her head, and can grind
a new one every time We, want one ,''g,o,c
Then he laughed merrily. But lei
me go on with my story he said. a
was very small then-younger than you
are Charley. | was on my way tc
school one morning when | had to9pass
field in which rich farmer who owned
it was trying to catch a horse. l stood
looking over the fence, and laughing al
the horses tricks for some time. .L.sne
"Boy, said he, if you will catch
that horse III pay you.
SO put my books down and went tc
work Round | ran, down there, uI
here, shook the corn, crept up softly
went behind, then before, chased hin
into corner, and the old man and / wer'
then sure we had him; but away h
went over the fence, aud | after him
About mile from where we started tw'
men caught him for me, lent me a halter
and rode him home. BY this time th'
morning was gone, and had not beer
to school. '',''''.l ="
g. Come back, said the farmer, am
IN pay you in the afternoon 5a 4
.4'I went on to school. The maste
asked me where / had been playin,
hockey, and | told him about the horse
Then didn't l scateh it, Do you eve
-'cateh it, HCharley?No. z'= Ei7ei iaeda
II guess do!' answered Charley
but Fred don't often.' ..,5 n;al.. s..,
'Well. l caught it. but never mind,
said ] to myself, 1 shall have some none
to buy a book ! wanted it very much
| loved books as much as Fred does. S
| dried my eyes. We carried our din