Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-07-17
llnnth's prpartmrnt.
IOT ASHAMED or RIDICUIE.

! shall never forget lesson which | re-
coived when quite young lad at an academy
in B.. Among my school fellows wore
Hartly and Jensen. They were somewhat
older than myself, and the latter | looked up
on as the leader in matters of opinion and of
sport He was not at heart malicious, but he
had a foolish ambition of being thought wit
~ and sarcastic, and he made himself feared
by a besetting habit Of turning things into
ridiculo, so that he seemed continually on the
look out for matters Of dcrsion
Hartly was a new scholar and little was
known of him among the boys. One morn
ing, as we were ON our way to school, he was
seen driving COW along the road towards
neighboring field. A group of boys, among
whom was Jenson. met him as he was pas
sing This opportunity was not to be lost by
Jenson.
Halo + he exclaimed, what's 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 la
test Paris style, look at those boots !
Hartly waving his hand at us with pleas
ant smile, and driving the COW to the field,
took down the bars Of a rail fence, and then
/ putting up the bars, came and entered the
school with the rest of us. After school, in
the afternoon, he let out the cow and drove
! her off, none of us knew where. And every
| day, for two or three weeks, he went through
/ the same task.
The boys of - academy were nearly all
sons of wealthy parents, and some of them,
among whom was Jenson, were ounces en-
ough to look down with a sort of disduin up
on a scholar who had to drive cow The
sneers and jeors of Jensou were accord
ingly often renewed, lie once, on a plea that
he did not like the odor of the barn, refused
to sit next to Iartly. Occasionally he would
inquire after the cows health pronouncing
the word 'keow,' after the manner of the coun-
try people,
With admirable good nature did Hartly
bear all these silly attempts to wound and an
noy him. ! do not remember that he was ev-
er once betrayed into a lool, or word of an
cry retaliation.
suppose, Hartly' said Jensen, one day,
| suppose your lady means to make a milk
man of you;
What" asked Hartly.
90, nothing only don't leave too much
water in your cans after you rinse them
that's all =
The boys laughed, and Hartly, not in the
least mortified, replied
Never fear if ever should rise to be q
mikman, III give good measures and good
milk
The day after this conversation thoro was q
public exhibition, at which number of ladies
and gentlemen from other cities were present
Prizes were awarded by the Principal of our
Academy, and both Hartly and Jenson receiv-
ed creditable number; for, in respect to
scholarship these two were about equal. AZ
ter the ceremony of distribution, the Princi-
pal remarked that there was one prize. con.
sistng of q medal, which was rarely awarded
not 50 much on account of its great cost "a.
because the instances were rare which render.
cd the bestowal proper. 1t was the prize OF
heroism. The last boy who received one wa.
young Manners, who three years ago, rescued
the blind girl from drowning.
The Principal then said that, with the per.
mission of the company, he would relate q
short story
Not long since, some scholars were Ayin.
kite in the street just as poor boy on horse
back rode by ON his way to mill The hors
took fright and threw the boy, iniuIing hin
| so badly that he was carried home and confn
ed some weeks to his bed. OF the scholar
{ who had unintentonally caused the disaster
/ none followed to learn the fate Of tho wound
/ ed boy. There was one scholar who had wit
messed the accident from distance, but stay
ed TO render service.
e This scholar soon learned that the wound
= ed boy was the grandson of poor widow
S whose sole support consisted in selling thu
4 milk of fine COW, ofwhich she was the own
/ or. Alas what could she now do; Sh
was old and lame, and her grandson, on whom
she depended to drive the COW to pasture wa
70 now on his back helpless.
@ Never mind, good woman, said the sohol