The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-10-12
From the Sc. Louis Repu6iicos.
Reward OF Honesty-Beautful and
: To Iching Incident she@ -ss

Johnny Moore is the name Of bright
eyed, jolly faced lad, twelve or fourteen
years of age, whose invalid and widowed
mother. living on Morgan Htreet, be helps
to sup. o t by tie sale Of newspapers and
by such errands and small jobs az hesmsy
chance to fall in WITH, Johnny, who u
the hero of the pleasant aud truthful In
cident we arc about to record, is extreme:
ly neat in his attire, though his clothes
may not have always been the best, and
may have shown, in sundry patches aud
mended rents, the results of both poverty
aud frugal care. In short, johnny Is
such q boy is weused to "read sbouth Ia
Sunday School books. Yesterday mosns
ing, bright and early. he was trudgtsG
along Broadway, between Franklin ayen.
ne and Wash street, when be chaneSd to.
stumble. against yss large dpooketsboots
which he picked up and found to contain
a large number ofbank notes and papers.
While be was meditstihg son,fAe sudden
riches he had amassed, and which he haA
slid into a capacious pocket or, psrhsW
racking bis youthful mind whether 20.
seek the owner or conceal his, i good fbr-
tune gentleman rushed BY him ip sA
anxious hurried. nervous manner, which
convinced the boy ysthst he Was looking
for something, ane be thought shS kns1
what. 80
Have you lost = anythidg.s a3fsG
Johnny. aas 20 h34a39e2 as5s ssa fsiao
i"Yes; my pocket.book, /" was the 1esSI
tlemau's answer; "hsve you seen iiiy saoL
The little fellow respected" be had; hs
didn't know though. What kind ofa
pocket.book was III izslsr saiL as saois
81 This led to "a adjoasument 20 4sS
neighboring store, whers the aashsd isa4
| almost breathless individual .'of the 1vsd
part" proceeded to say that the pocket.
book was a black one. containing oss
Thousand two hundred dollars ia bani
bills. andsome accounts, sstrip of rcd
N orocco binding underneath the Hap.; bs,
ing inscribe "Robert Thomas, Covinks
ton, Kentucky,p The description taIlied,
and Johnny's eyes snapped. with p6Sss,
fulness as he placed the treasure jqtk -
be had found it into the stfsuger6 kadaG,
and we opine there was greater joy 4 lsbs
one act than ten thousand dolisrs could
have purchased at the expense of : SlGty
conscience r. aoiqnAio &sl ssssH
Mr.. Thomas hardly seemed to kneR
which to feel most RELIEF on the recovery
ofthe money and papers or gratitude 70
the lad and admiration of his honestY.s,.;
Taking johnny By the hand. Who
bounding heart he (k ew not Why had u
this time "splashed tears into his. Sysss.s
the gentleman took him to clothing
store and dressed him ont, from>top1 to
4 toe. in bran new suit. 50 Then procos6
in, to q jewelry sto-e.a ts purchsuedan
good silver watch, upon which.he ,dirsete
ed to be engraved these .wo.ds: sRo6ert
/ Thomas to Little Johnny Moore, Sept.
| Sd. 1859. Honesty is the best policy =
I Not even content with this. the gensroaa
stranger placed ia . neat bead purse fys
1 twenty dollar gold pieces; which = sdt-
rected the lad to give his mother, s. y. y.
1 We shal. not attempt 70 portray S6s
emotions Of the boy II the qaivering
lips and choked utterance, srd the 5hils
that istrove so hard to get through thi
great watery globes that tremblsd Id tttl
eyes failed to tell xhst wasm goinsponiois
his breast. how shall ss.tsll IL aai5, ud,