Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-01-04

susu never fofgos lesson wnlcn l
received when quite . young lad At the
Acadamy in B.. Among my school
felloxs- we're Hartley and Jsmson. -!
They wore somewhat older than my
self, and to Jemson I looked up as
sort Of 5 leader in matters Of opinion
as well as Of sport. He was not ct
heart malicious, but he had foolish
ambition of being thought witty, and
he made himself feared BY the bad
habit Of turning things into ridicule,
and being ever on the lookout for
matters of derision. -
Hartly was . new scholar, and little
was known of him among the boys
One morning, as we were on the way to
school, he was driving COW along the
read toward . neighboring field. A
group of boys, among whom was Jem-
son, met him as he was passing. The
opportunity was one not be lost by
Jemson.
"Hallo," he exclaimed, "what's the
price Of milk say, Jonathan, what
do you fodder on? What will you
take for all the gold on her horns ?
Boys, if you want to see the latest Paris
style, look at these boots !"
Hartley, waving his hand to US with
q pleasant smile, and driving the COW
to the field, took down tho bars of
rail fence, SAT- her esfely in the enclo-
sure, and then putting up the bars,
came and entered the school with the
rest Of US. After school, in the after
noon, he let out tho COW and drove her
of, none of Us knew where. And eve
ry day for weeks he wont through the
same task. rt
The boys Of B Academy were
nearly all the sons of wealthy parents,
and some of them, among when was
Jemson. were ounces enough to look
down with sort of disdain upon q
scholar who had to drive a COW. The
sneers and jeers of Jemson were accord
ingly often renewed. He once on o
plea that he did not like the odor of q
barn, refused to sit next to Hartley
Occasionally he would enquire after the
cows health, pronouncing the word
''ke-ow," after the manner of some
country people.
With admirable good nature did
Hartly bear all these silly attempts to
wound and annoy him. I do not re-
member that he was even once betray.
ed into look or word of angry retail
alton.
81 suppose, Hartley" said Jemson
one day, ''your daddy means to make
a milk-man Of you"
"Why not 2" asked Hartley.
80 nothing, only don't leave much
water in the cans after you rinse them.
that's all !"
The boys laughed, and Hartley, not
in the least mortified, replied:
'Never fear; il ever should rise
to be milk-man. I'll give you good
measure and good milk too"
The next day after this conversation
there was public examination, at which
q number Of ladies and gentlemen from
the neighboring towns were present.
Prizes were awarded by the princi-
pal Of our academy, and both Hartley
and Jemson received credltable mum
Der for in respect to scholarship these
two were both equal.
/ After tie ceremony of distribution,
the principal remarked that there was
one prize, consisting Of gol! medal,
which was rarely awarded, not so much
on account Of its great cost, as because
the instances were rare which rendered
its bestowal proper. 1t was the prize of
heroism. The last boy who received
one was ycuLg Manners, who, three
years ago, rescued blind girl from
drowning. The Principal then said
taat, with permission of the company,
he would relate short story:
''Not long since some scholars were
flying q kite in the street, just as poor
boy on horseback rode on his way to
the mill. The horse took fight and
threw the boy, injuring him SO badly
that he was carried home, and confined
some weeks to his bed OF the schol-
ars who had Internationally caused the
disaster, none followed to learn tho
fate of the wounded boy. There was
one scholar, however, who had witness
ed the accident from distance, who
not only went to make inquiries but
stayed to render services.
"This scholar soon learned that the
wounded boy was the grandson of a
poor widow, whose sole support con-
sisted IN selling the milk of fine CIV,
of which she was the owner.
"Alas, what could she now do? She
was old and lame, and her grandson,
on whom sho depended to drive her
cow to the pasture, was on his back,
entirely helpless
':'Never mind, good weman' sid
the scholar, 4 can drive your cow"
''With blessings and thanks the old
woman accepted his offer. But his
klndness did not stop here. Money
was wanted to get articles from the
apothecary.
"'I have money that my mother
sent me to buy heavy pair of boots
with, hut l can do without them for a
while.'
"'Oh, no. said the old woman. $.
can't consens to that, but here is a
pair Of heavy boots that l bought for
Henry, who can't wear them. Ii yol
would only buy them, giving us what
fhou cost wa shnnld nat alonn n;aal