The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-03-23
TRUTHFULNEss.


hour TO a market town, and arranging
their little stands, sat down TO wait for
customers. One was furnished with fruits
and vegetables Of the boys own raising
and the other supplied with CLAIMS and
fish. The market hours passed along,
and each little merchant saw with pleas
ure his stores steadily decreasing, and an
equivalent in silver bits, shining in his lit
tic money cup. The last melon lay on
Harry's stand, when a gentleman came by,
and placing his hand upon it, said =
"What a fine melon;. think / must
have this for my dinner. What do you
ask for it my boy"
"The melon is the last one have, sir;
and though it looks fair, there is an un-
sound spot on the other side," said the
boy turning it over.
$50 there is" said the man; 81 think
l will not take it. But" he added, look
ing into the boys fine open countenance,
:" is it very business-like 10 point out the
defects Of your fruits TO customers"
at is better than being dishonest, sir"
said the boy, modestly.
"You are right, my little fellow; al-s
ways remember that principle, and you
will find favor with God, and man also.
You have nothing else wish for this
morning, but shall remember your little
stand in future. Are those CLAIMS fresh y
he continued, turning to Ben Wilson's
stand.
"Yes, sir; fresh this morning. l
caught them myself" was the reply; and
a purchase being made, the gentleman
went away.
{" Harry, what a fool you was to show
the gentleman that spot in the melon
Now,you can take il home for your pains,
or throw il away. How much wiser is
he about these clans l caught yesterday ?
Sold them for tho same price | did the
fresh ones. He would never have look
ed at the melon until he had gone away"
ben, would not tell lie, or act one
either, for twice what l have earned this
morning. Besides l shall be better off
in the end, for i have gained customer,
ttHu YOU HuNS IOSb OIlts
And so it proved, for the next day the
gentleman bought nearly all his fruit and
vegetables of Harry, but never invested
another penny at the stand of his neigh
bcr. Thus the season passed; the gentle
man finding he could always get good
article Of Harry, continually patronized
him, and sometimes talked with him n
few minutes about his future hopes and
prospects. To become n merchant was
his great ambition, and when the winter
came on, the gentleman wanting trusty
boy for his store, decided on giving the
place to Harry. Steadily and surely he
advanced in the confidence of his en-
ployer, until having passed through vari
Gus gradations of clerkship, he became at
length an honored partner in the firm.
THE SIcKLEs TRAGEDY.-The n. Y.
Saturday Press thus speaks of Mrs. Sick
les: "Of course she is ruined for life.
Far, far better would it have been for her
had she been shot; for every days life
she now lives is made worse to her than
thousand deaths. The few who are
without guilt will perhaps let her alone; !;
but the rest will eventually stone her in
to the grave. Oh! that instead Of the
young and thoughtless creature she still
is, she were noble and gifted woman,
who would take this occasion TO avenge
the wrongs of her sex, by exposing the
horrible state Of public opinion, which, for
the same offence, brands the wife with in
fanny, and leaves the husband untainted
even in reputation.
THE New CENT Po1soNoUs.-Several
instances have lately occurred in different
parts of the country, where children have
died from the effects Of poison taken into
the system by swallowing the new nickel
cent. AS this coin is small and easily
swallowed, there is great danger in allow
ing young children to have them in their
possession. The metal which composes
il, has had fatal effect, and would seem
TO be poisonous. Parents should be eau
tious.
A DEAD-HEAD.-A freight car was
opened at Benwood, Virginia, on the 10th
ult., which had been kept closed since il
left Philadelphia, near a week before
No sooner was the door opened than out
jumped young man, who took to bis
heels like greyhound, without stopping
TO answer any questions. An examina-
ton showed that the traveller had provid-
cd himself with enough Of Oatables TO
keep him on much longer trip than the
one he made.