Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-11-26
JOHN BOGG'S BARN DOOR
OR,
The Effects of Procrastinasion.

Its too bad said John Bsggs.
What's too bad ?" returned Matilda,
bis wife.
Why-the carts broken down aud
now oil the hands must he idle whie its
being mended.'
"The cart r. repeated Mrs Boggs, laying
down the stocking she was darning, and
regarding her husband with peculiar
look. DO you mean the large ox-cart?'
Yes"
"What's the matter with it?"
""hy, The hub is split right slap in two
halves!
"But l thought it began to split long
time ago. heard you say, last week, tina,
you must have new iron band made for
IT,"
"Yss-I know" said John Boggs, ra,h
er obviously; +" did say SO uething about
it, but then l didn't think that it WAS SO
bad"
"Yet you knew it needed mending,
John for you said SO yourself. / wish
you would learn 10 be more prompt about
these things. You lose more than you
are aware Of"
30. no Tiddy. dom. lose anything
Everything on my place, is IS good as
things generally are
Mot quite, John. know you manage
to keep taings in pretty good order; but
YOU must acknowledge that you are in the
habit OF procrastinatins. LIS only last week
that you los, valuable sheep just because
you put of mending the floor in the shed.
And nov you have lost half days work
Of three hands Just because you didn',
mead your cart hnb when it ought to have
been mended. Ah-you lose much; and
there's no use in your trying to hide it,
"Well-eomplaining won't mend it,
that's = sure case, nuttered John.
mo, quickly bu, pleasantly returned
Matilda; but paying heed to your eApe-
rience might mend the whole trouble.
"Pooh! You sit here in the house
darnin' stockin's; and spose you think
cause you can see where to run your nee
die, you could see everything in barn a.
once"
"No, no, john" said the wife smiling.
You don't put it in the righ. shape.
can see the heel Of . stocking and when
see place where my needle needs to run,
| run It there. ] don't expect you TO see
but one thing At tim.; but when you do
see that thing, and also see that it need
mending, then is the time to mend it,
John Boggs commenced to whistle a
medley of spasmodc notes and at the same
time drew on bis coat. He had to 20 five
miles 70 blacksinith's to have an iron
ring made.
John" said his wife, plying her darn
ing needle As she spoke, now mark my
words: it you don't turn over a new leaf
in this respsct. you'll have lesson ono of
these days ihat'il cost you more than you
can afford to pay"
John whisiied with rene ewed energy. now
striking fairly into Yankee Doodle" and
with dubious shake OF her head, his wife
turned her attention to her work.
john Boggs had two men TO work FOR
him, and by this breaking Of the cart they
were either obliged to lie still or go ",
some work which was Of littl. use. lie
had . large farm. and an excellent Que for
producing vegetation and he was quite
j" well to do" in the world. His children
were oil daughters, and hence the business
of overlooking the affairs Of the farm all
dsvoIved upon him.
A We have seen, John Boggs had one
fault He would put Of till to morrow what
could be aud should be done to-day. He
contrived to keep his place looking clean
mud tidy, because at certain periods he
would BE- seized with sort Of renovating
til. and ~osld then roll gp his sleeves and
go at it. Bu. this didn't work always
Many = time very important things were
left Till he felt like IL. That WAS = great
expression Of his. " Wsll--,chen feel
ike IT," Sometimes there would be a
break down that had to be attended TO
Immediately. and while he had the hammer
and nails in his hands hs would 6x up sew.
eral other things that had been awaiting
bic com.ng. Very often IN hour was re-
quircd over something which would not
have consumed five minutes OF his time,
had hs taken il in hand when he d,scoy--
cred il. Aud not only so, but he los. in
two other ways. I.required more nails to
DO the work vt this late hour, and could
never be made 90 good. at that, as il was
before, nor ~ II would have been bad he
attended 10 ID In season.
John had often rromissd bis wifs that
Be would reform, bnt he had not done Il
rel. He did not realize how much hs
luss OF II Ne did, the effect WAS lnomensa,
~. When he lost HE sheep he would new
u lei such thing 90 again. And yet
,hsrs was q this very moment lad place
In ,hs hoos o. the tie up, whsss the COWS
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