Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-01-13
WHOLE NUMBER a.
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osR Gay a gentleman. saw two 5syp Roins
along one Of the s,restsia New York Tbsg
were barcfooted. Their clsibes were ragged
and dirty, and tiedIogsther BY pieces Of string.
One ofths boyezsas .peFiee;ly. ilapgy- oSsf
baJE-EitheFed bunch Of aowFs Which - hsi
just picked up in the street II say, Billy
Eh'd he to hiscompzaion, :, syasuh somebody
real good 10 dr7p these ere posies jest' 'shsso
I could End theIn->zhoy 'eFs 80 pooty and
uies7 Look shsfp Bill5, A.sBBy you'a Sud
soraelhine bimeby. PreSsntly lhs 4suiIes
man heard BIS merry voice again saying, e Q,
Jolly, Billy, il there amt most half a peach,
and il ain; much dirty, neither. Cause yOa
haint found pothin' you nay bise first" BiIlg
vas just going 70 take very li,tle taste off II,
when bis companion aid, " Bic 5iggsr, BY,
meb5y wen 5i1i another lore long.
What noble heart that boy bad in spite 81
Ibis rags shd dirtI He vas g doing goodH ia
the way that we are spesxihg5ofz There VS.
nobody Tor him to be kind to but his COM
panion in Po7ertT-ths ragged boy at his
side But he was showing him All the kiud-
ness in his power when he said Bite bigger,
Billy" There vas nothing greedy, nothing
selfish abOct that boy. His conduct shows
how even 3 poor ragged boy can dagood By
showing kindness.
Bite bigger. Billy--ushby we1i 6pd an
other Tore long Who can help adniriag
the noble heart Of that poor boyl i woaId
rather hage that boys kind and generous
spirit thar have naanarchs crown upon. my
head without It. Bite bigger, BiHy dirk
Of these words if yon are ever tempted to be
uDkind Orsrlfsh to youF. companions. gI
Keeping Secret
Tax father Of Pspiriuss IS Senior 6t
Rome, ons day took him tothe senate. when
they deHberated on SONS. subjeet, o.. impor-
tance, On his return hcne bis another asked
him what had passed in he Senate, TIE
youug Papirius answered that he was order
ed not to speak of it. This answer, as We
may redily conceive, only Augmented his
mothers epriosity.l Size bseame hafe solie-
itous, and employed every means hfllea power
to obtain the Information she wished. Hfr
SON, teavoid,RHy further 1mpoftuniriss, and
10 satisfy bis mothers anxiety, told her tlRs
they had been delibeFaiing whether il would
be better for the republic 10 suffer he men 70
have two wives or The women 10 have two
husbands. The Senator's wife ehraeed a.
thia pretended delihsration, went imme5i-
atsly, tliongh she had promised secrecy, and
communicated her fears to some other Roman
ladies. TIE next morning a large body of IN
.Jisnant wives presented athemseI7es At tie
door Of the seaares and in Foiee sdselafed
tha'ii would be tar better % let The Wpmen
nave Two husbands. and were inosused that
they should determine a matter OF such. i'm
Ipor,ance without bearing wbst they had 10
say. The senate not understanding the wo-
fmeii's requests were thrown INTO great con-
slerhation, when the young PspiriusF afose.
aud related IN what way he eladed bis uloth-
srs curiosity The wives retired the PFn-
deRcs-of young Pspirins was praised bui it
was resolredthat no young man, except Pap
Trims, should Be admitted into The senate,
I THH FrRsT SAW MnL.-Fhe old praclies Of
making boards was to split up The logs with
wedges and ineOHEshiept astle matter Ezs,
it wa, no. easy matter to persuade the world
that the thing, could be done ans. other way.
Saw mills were FIRST used in Europe IN the
/ ffteentk century ppt 50 lately as 1855 an
English ambassador having seen q saw mill
in France, thought IT a novelty which deserv-
ed particular DESCRIPTION. Il IS amusing to
see how the arersioa to ls5or-saribg-o1 -o1ashin-
cry has always sgila,sd .EBgands .Pbs frst
saw mill was established BY Dulehmans in
1868, but the public ontcry agpinst The new
tangled machine Yasso violent that the propFi-
e;oT was forced to decamp with more expedi-
ton than ever did Duichman before. The
evil was thus kept out ofEnglaad iof several
years, or rather generations; bu, ia f59S, an
unluckJ timber merchant, hoping that atter
50 long tine the public would beiess Talef :
fll Of is interests, made a rash attempt TO
construct another mill The guardians Of fie
public welfare, however. were on The alert,
and pulled the mill to peiceS.
L -ssss--
I GEYERAIs BuRSslpz AED HooKER.-In bol,;-
I ing Koxville against the superior army oi
i Longstreet until relieved BY reinforcemeuis
D from below, General Burnside has done that
a good seryice to the national eanse which may
: be classed with the mos, important victories
I Of the war. He has fully redeemed his fail
h ure at Fredicksburg, IS Hooker in bis brilliant
4 battlo above the clouds has redeemed his
friliire misunderstanding. lin thsir Is.lurls
o they ostthousonds ofrpsh to no. pafpess, an
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