The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-05-16
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Capt Merehiser Of the ipolipe relted
" rs yesterday = little incident that wss
really refreshing to US, and we have no
doabt but it viii be received by our read
crs even with our imperfect style Of sto-
~ telling. On Thursdays evening with
tho Captain was standing on the corner
Of Fifth and Main, . lad Of about thirteen
years Of age came up tohim and desired
TO know whether he could point out some
one that would employ him. The Captain
h,ld him he knew Of none, and at, oaee
proceeded to question: the boy, ,ashe Vas
aware that he was . stranger in the city.
The lad informed him where he came
from and that he was an orphan without
friends, hence he sought, Dubuaue, : 70
strive for y ivclyhood. styl !. .s.,ss. n
While the Csptaia was convsrsing aitA
the boy, . citizen connect ID with oae of
the bowling saloons of the city slapped
up, having overheard the convsrs ,siul
and offered him employ, ut So per
month. The liberal offer the lad receiy-
cd - Ajoke, that he wA Aeyer paid but
three dollars IA month and board for his
labor and could not believe tn q man was
In earnest. Citizens, however, assured
him that he wins, ~ did the Captain,
then the boy entertained the offer, with
pcrchance in his mind . large fortune in
prospective, and raising his eyes up he
asked where his employer lived and what
were to be his duties. The answer was
given a TO the place and the information
that he wo'd have to set up pins on an
ally. The boy hssitated for . moment;
during which time the man said to him
he would only have TO work from six
o'clock in the morning TO- six in the
evening TO earn that wages. Our young
hero with in all probability, the ethics
Of . departed mother living in his memo
ry replied, s'Sir, it is large wages, but
it is not an honorable employment---I
can't work Ut IL" That noble and hero
ic sentence stilled all further importu-
mites, and awakened an interest in our
Chief Of police, who took ahc oppertu-
nifty to question him a. to how much
money he had to keep him until he sho d
secure work. A simple answer indeed
was given, bat it denoted how great was
the sacrifice, how cherished the honor. -
Thirty cents sir, in dimes, that gentle
man gave me to-day when l told him my
circumstances, and asked for work.
The captain told him it would require
MI he had to pay for his lodging, and
Proifed him q bed for the night in his Of.
fee. tfa
This the boy thought was q stratagem
to get him IN the caL,boose, for he learn
ed before Of tho captain that he was one
Of the night watch and the peor fellow
begged not to be put in among the drum
kards to spend the night, but pleaded
that he might be let 80 and bay bed ~
After some time the captain convinced
him that he was not 10 go to prison, but
should be free in the morning, when the
little fellow consented TO partake Of che
, hospitality offered, aud spent the nigh,
iu the Office TO the great satisfaction ol
Captain Moreheiser. s4s
I What has since become of the boy w
do not know, but If he is still in this city
and any one shonld meet him, please in
form him, that if he calls at this Office h,
will not have TO seek any further fo
| work.-Dubuqne Erpress asd Uet1R