Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-21
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IFrom the St. Louis Republican,
REWARD OF HoNEsTY.--Johnny Moore is the
name of a bright eyed, jolly faced lad twelve or
fourteen years of.age, whose invalid and widow
ed mother, living on Morgan street. he helps to
support by the sale Of newspapers and by such
errands as he may chance to fall in with. Yes
terday morning, he CHANGED to stumble against
large pocket book, which he picked up and
found to contain q large number of bank notes
and papers.
While he was meditating on the sudden rich
es he had amassed, and which he had slid into
capaciouS side pocket, or perhaps racking his
youthful mind whether to seek for the owner or
conceal his good fortune, gentleman rushed by
him in an anxious, hurried, nervous manner,
which convinced the boy that he was looking
for something, and he knew what.
"Elave you lost anything?" asked Johnny.
Yes; my pocket book" was the gcnteman's
answer; shave you seen it ?'
The little fellow 'expected" he had; he didn't
know, though. What kind of pocket book
was it?
This led to an adjournment to a,neighboring
store, where the flushed and almost bfeathless
individual "of the first part" proceeded to say
that the pocket book was a large black one
containing $1,000 in bank bills and some &C.
counts, strip of red morocco binding under
meath the flap being inscribed "Robert Thomas
Covington, Ky" The description tailed, and
Johnnys eyes snapped with chcerfulness as he
placed the treasure, just as he had found it,
into the strangers hand; and we opine there was
greater joy in that one act than &c., 900 could
have purchased at tho expense of guilty con-
science
Mr. Thomas hardly seemed to know which to
feel most-reliefon the recovery of his money
and papers, OF gratitude to the lad and adnira.
ton of his honesty. Taking Johnny by the
hand, whose bounding heart che knew not Why
had by this time "splashcd tears into his eyes, :"
the gentleman took him to store and dressed
him out, from top TO toe, in bran new suit
Then proceeding to ajewelry store purchased a
good silver watch, upon which he directed to
be engraved these words: "Robert Thomas TO
Little Johnny Moore, St Louis, September 8,
1863. Honesty is the best policy" Not even
content with this, the generous stranger placed.
in neat bead purse five twenty dollar gold
pieces, which he directed the lad to give his
mother.
SUSAN" said Connecticut young servant
girl in Norwich, looking out of the upper story
of small grocery, addressing another girl, who
vas trying to enter at the front door, .'we've
Ill been to camp meeting and been coyorted, so
yhen you want milk on Sunday, you will have
20 come in atthe back door,"
So we read ina Norwich paper.
--As1sos&-
A medium. not far from Niagara Falls, had
a strange vision a few days since. She saw a
rope swinging in the ARA sudden sensation
among crowds of people, and grand funeral
procession. he@interpretation is, that Blon.
din, in attempting to go through his performan
ces, will fall from the rope and lose his life, and
that his body will be attended to the grave by
large number of people.
A Californian has brOacbedin the Alta plan
ofrasing thirty millions for the Pacific Railroad,
by lottery of 100000 tickets at So each, the
prizes from million down to twenty-five dol>
lars, 10 be raid in stock.