Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-02-13


shall never forget lesson which / re-
ceived when quite young lad at the Acade-
my in d. Among my schoolfellows were
Hartley and Jemson. They were some
what older than myself and to Jemson
looked up as sort Of loaded in matters OF
opinion as well as of sport. He was not
at heart malicious. but he had foolish am
himself feared by the bad habit of turning
things into ridieule. and being ever on the
look out for matter Of derision.
Hartley was a new scholar, and little
was known Of him among the boys. One
morning. as gre were on the way to school,
he was seen driving a COW alongtl road to
a neighboring field. A group of boys.
among whom was Jemson. met him. as he
was passing. The opportunity was one
not to be lost by Jemson. "Hallo!" he
exclaimed. whats the price of milk? l
say. Jonathan, what do you fodder on?--
What will you take for the gold on her
horns? Boys. il you want to see the latest
Paris style, look at those bootsl"
Hartley, waving his hand to us with a
pleasant smile. and driving the COW to the
field, took down the bars Of rail fence.
saw her safely in the inelosure. and then,
putting up the bars. came and entered the
school with the rest Of us. After school,
in the afternoon, he let ont the cow and
drove her off. none of us knew where
AMI every day for weeks he went through
the same task es--.t
The boys of B. Academy were nearly all
the sons Of wealthy parents. and some of
them. among whom was Jemson, were
Ounces enough to look down with sort
Of disdain upon scholar who had to
drive cow. Tho sneers and jeers of
Jemson were accordingly often renewed
He once. on a plea that he did not like the
odor of the barn refused TO sit next to
Hartley. Occasionally he would inquire
after the cows health. .pronouncing the
word IKE -ow."' after the manner of some
country people. liaae.5 nf
With admirable good nature did Hart
ley bear all these silly attempts to wound
him. lido not remember that he was euen
once betrayed into iook or srord of angry
retaliation, fgood.
IL suppose. Hartley" said Jemson one
day. your daddy means to make milk
man ofyon." ~
"Wby noi?" asked Hartley.-"O moth
ing: only don't leave much water in the
cans after you rinse them-ihat's all?"
The boys laughed. and Hartley. not in
the least mortified, replied; "Never fear.
If ever should rise to be milk man. I'll
give good measure aid govd milk too"
The day alter this conversation there
was public examination. at which a num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen from the neigh
boring towns were present. Prizes were
awarded by the principal of our academy,
and both Hartley and Jemson received
creditabls number; for, in respect to schol
arship, these two were about equal. After
the ceremony of distribution; the principal
remarked that there was one prize, consist
ing of gold medal, which was rarely a.
wardcd not so much on account of its great
cost, as because the instances were rare
which rendered its bestowal proper.-It
was the prize of HERoIsM. The last boy
who received one, was young Manners.
who, three years ago. rescued blind girl
from drowning. The principal then said
that. with permission OF the company, he
would relate short story.
"Not long since, some scholars were
flying kite in the street just as poor
boy on horseback rode by on his way to
the mill. The horse took fright and threw
the 10y, injuring him so badly that he was
carried home. and confined some weeks to
his bed. OF the scholars who had unin-
tentionauy caused the disaster, none fol
lowed te.learn the fate Of the wounded boy
There was one scholar. however. who had
witnessed the accident from a distance.
who not only went to make inquiries, bet
stayed to render services
This scholar soon learned that the
wounded boy was the grandson Of poor
widow whose sole support consisted in
selling the milk of fine COW Of which she
was the owner. Alas! what could size
now do? She was old and lame. and her
grandson. on whom she depended to drive
her COW to the pasture, was on his back
helpless.
Never mind. good woman said the
scholar. IL can drive your cow!" e /.
with blessings and thanks the old
woman accepted his offer Bat his kind
ness did not stop here. Money was want
ed to get articles from the apothecary. II
have money that my mother sent to me to
buy pair of boots with but can do with
eat them for while"
20 no." said the old woman, i can't
consent to that, but here is pair of heavy
boots that bought for Henry. who can't
wear them. If You would only buy these.
giving us what they cost, We should get
along nicely
"Well. when it was discovered by other
boys of the academy that our scholar was
in the habit of driving COW, he was as
sailed every day with laughter and ridi-
cule : His cowhide boots in particular
were made matter of mirth. But he kept
on chcerfully and bravely. day after day.
never stunning observation. driving the
widows cow and wearing his thick boots;
contented in the thought that he was doing
right. caring not for all the jeers and sneers
that could be uttered. He never under
took to explain why be drove COW, for
he was not inclined to make q vaunt of
his charitable motives, and furthermore.
in his heart he had no sympathy with the
false pride that could look down with