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


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.and kadBcaughtit il besides, Charley; n and anydd.
he gave me hownhuch, Fred 2 .7ai1esYo
b .Ashilling an hour answered Fred
in his'ibusinessrway 58dsinrut bifs .h9,sor
'Fwe,dollars,i said Gharleyi .qIyls 81
p 'dIe gave meone f'dnny, with a h9lein
it.bs bre--sE9rnn 10 TIER s b94ioosr b
2 sOhbitheomeannold iseampI!r Did9L I
you slup pitintolhis face 2'lasked Charley
mo indeed ,npennies were not soTery
plentiful in my youthful days as, toralloY
that. | took it home and put itoaway
carefully.a Hownlong dobgou isupposed
was gstang pennies together to buy that that
book?' on 10 Ian NJ tis;f r.,
about month";. said Charley. |
could make two dollars q month"; NAM
ma did not count 50 strictly but tl1 she will
have the whole hour. ige br,d s..,I
ltcertainly,'i he bean answered; q she is + right
to keep TO her bargain. ! was jus, ten
years saving up penny after penny before
| could get my book. But ! got it at
last and you don't know how ! valued it:
much more than if | had exercised less
self denial, Nam, al q lime I would count
my pennies pnis andrs2ys IN sreyyer yyr shall have
enough t9 hayl lmyIb9okk | might might as as
web spend this n9w;'b bpIptt.my bbpt my good angel
would say No and ndIY5oll would vi. Withstand 4tnf
the temptation, and 50 add soon another
penny, What b99k p99k, Do y you suppose i il
was 2"
a Bible said Fred.
- No, .There, were always plenty of
Bibles in our house, thank God 7
Robinson Crusoe, said Charley.
No. he answered Il never had a
chance Of reading Robinson rCrusoe till
my son and, | read it together. Books
were very scarce when was young. 1t
was Horace, Do, YOU know who Hor7
ace. was 2 q: o.i.,a -. t.r-
r..YEes, SIR said Fred, L do, He was
a poet, protected BY Augustus !; he had
for friends Mseeenas, Tibullus, Virgil.
and Others. He was q great man. His
Satires are, the best Of his works
,i' Well done, my little man 7 answered
the gentleman, .e-a
bs'IP,sshlHaw4!' said Clhaileyfhe die, not
learn fiat at school, Mamma teaches
him in al al ss8fh things ing j 7zqt ain,t bagk
ie''I uam Inv, the rentemanhpghed.
r6fMadam,'n'i he said, .lIcongratulate
you upon the great probability Of your
pre-eminent success in making twolgood
men, Why should our men not be great
and good with such mothers? Rome
could not boast Of such women as ours;
arfew isolated acts do indeed show some
bright characters. One thing we know !;
when her decline began, the first exhibi-
tion of it to the world was in the loss Of
dignity in her women. But we've
mast be, a great nation with such women
as We have even now in this our. youth.
Ny mother was a great and good wo7
man. Continue, Madam, and reap your
reward. 49,. ra4 -,i..s.... f,s...r- 81, ...,.
:. l accept your compliment said /
q for the rest of my sex but for myself,
/ feel that | cannot yet deserve it, for my
experience; is young; but as | advance |
shall hope tofgrow wiser.' f,fq ted, .ll
.o,. Yes he seemed as il speaking to
himselD ~ my mother was not highly
educated, but she had strong excellent
sense-she was a good woman. 81, a,.ai
Looking at you,' | answered,
should think she was something of a
Madam Mere!' .....4 -.-.. "
n You haze hit it. And she loved pen
nies as. well as the lady You mention, be
cause she had been early taught their
value by experience. But she cannot
boast of a Bonaprte for 4, son--except
in the love. bear her--ra, great As Has
his for Madame Letitia,' g.,r. ak
Probably not But she has . Chris
tan and good man, | an, sure, for Q
son. said /; 'and chat is better than, al
the glory and renown.'
Oh said Charley, I've been going
several times TO ask your name
why, Charley exclaimed Fred. How
very rude !! i I taa4sL III
True, he answered.; but very honest
My name-my name ,is-Tom Thumb
More likely SAID Charley, Jack til,
Giant Killer. | shall call you Jack
Do.' he replied, and laughed mos
heartily Il like the name of Jaek---it i
so innocent 4. s''t2at t tt1Aa
I. And thus we ehatted away till at las
we reached om station, John, with tn
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