Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-10
Drowning sGuirrel--A Bit of Advice
for Boys.

Drowning n squirrel--A Bit of Advice
for Boys.
When | was. about six wears old, o1e
morning going to school, a ground
squirrel ran into its hole before me. [
thought, now | will have fine fun. As
there was a stream Of water just at hand
| thought | would pour water into the
hole till it would be full, and when the
little fellow put up his head, l was
goiag ta'kill him. l got trough from.
behind sugar maple, and was soon
pouring the water in on the poor squir-
rel. | could hear it struggling to get
up, and said, '-Oh, my little fellow, I'll
soon have you now" just then, |
heard voice behind me. "Well, my
boy, what have you got in there?' |
turned and saw a good old man, with
long white locks, who had seen sixty
winters. "Why," said I, Il have a
ground squirrel in here, and am going
to drown Mrl, out.
"When | was little boy said he,
"more than fifty years ago, I was en-
gagged one day just as you are, drowning
squirrel and an old man like NE came
along, and said to me, You are IL little.
boy; now if you were down ina narrow
hole like that, and [ should come along
and pour water down on you to drown
you, would you think | was doing as
I'd be done by? God made that little
squirrel, and life IS as sweet to it as it
is to you; and why will you torture to
death an innocent little creature that
God has made?'" Said he, II have
never forgotten that, and never shall; I
have never killed any harmless-c ture
for fun since; and now, my dear boy, [
want you to remember this while you
live, and when tempted to Kill another
poor little innocent animal or bird,
think of this; and mind God don allow
US to kill his pretty little creature for
fun"
More than forty years have passed
since, and / never forget what the good
old man said, nor have l killed the
least animal for fun since. Now, you
see, it is ninety years since this advice
was first given, and it has not lost its
influence yet. !.
Mercantile Loyalty.
No class Of men more cheerfully bear
the burdens of the present war than our
merchants. They have lost millions at
the South, without a murmur They
have also lost millions at the North and
West in consequence ef the general en-
barrassmsat of the country. This load
they also bear without complaint
They are giving literally day by day to
volunteers joining the army. The
merchants Of our country are bear
ing the chief burdens. of this war They
have done most, they suffer most, and
they give most. Our retired capitalists
have done nobly, many Of them; but our
men in the harness-our business men
are far ahead of them in. active, tangi-
bic, daily help in sustaining the Gov
ernment. Our New Y ork merchants are
living witnesses of loyalty and princely
iberality in this dark hour of our coun-
try's troubles. Boston is not a whit
behind New York; indeed, in many
things, that city has been an example
to the nation. She has been quicker in.
her action than any other city. She
has stirred up the whole nation by the
nobility of her zeal and the prcmptness
of all her movements. Other cities, less
conspicuous, have been earnest and faith
full. The great centers Of trade have
come up to the help of the Government
in This gigantic struggle for liberty, in
a way which will be their glory on ev-
cry page of history In IL ost reforms,
the country is always ahead of the city.
In any movement which interferes with
trade, the city is the last place 30 say
ForWa"d.
The change, now SO noticeable, should
give hope that the business talent-the
real wealth and power of the nation-is
now consecrated to. liberty, justice, and
humanity. A new era has dawned.
phank the Lord and take ourage!-Iu-
dependent.
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