Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-12-23

SOuuAy' A0 "0S pooA wy, o~s WV
he saw a dollar lying in his mothers work
box, and he picked it up and put it in hi.
pocket, as he was afraid she might lose il
or waste it in buying something to eat, and
went of and sc. himself up in the boot
backing business. He was very hard
working boy. aud went in on the good
principle Of not stealing any thing he
could not carry OF. He saved his money,
as good little boys sht to dc, and when
he was sent to the pen;,entiary for taking
coat, he had a great deal OF money laid
away safe. Al little boys should initiate
the example of Johnny, 50 that whe" they
come out Of the peni.sn;'ary they can have
something to 20 on with.
There wa. another little b! named
Harry, who lived in Cincinnati. Cinc'n-
natl is large city, and the streets are
very slippery, because there is so much
live lard running over them. Harry al
ways had n great and good idea of DOM
we'll in the ~or!l, and becoming rich, and
consequently respectable. s., when he
was six years old, he borrowed dollar,
aud commenced bushes. at fair ground,
with u jo, Of whskey and n tin cup
When this Was sold out he bought some
more, and so wen, on increasing ris stock
and money, until he was able to buy out a
corner grocery. lie is now n very itch
man, and owns several large dist'ileres,
which are manufac: urir, " great quAn,i,y
of ha dIace whisky. and bringing happi-
ness and comfott and wealth to srea,
many poor families that are fond Of whis
ky. When the man who had loaned him
the dollar asked him to pay i, back, be
cause the man WAS poor, Harry very pro-
petty told him to do as he had done, 10
borrow a dollAr Of soma other man, and
commence business like Harry bad; bu.
as for paying him the dollar, be should
do no such thing, as he made it rule to
save all he got. The man thanked Har>
~ for this advice. and is now one of the
mos. promising inmates Of the Ohio PEN
i;eu,.ary.
There was little girl, named Sarah
Ann, who was a poor girl when she COM
menced business, and had nothing except.
what she could cabbage from the woman
for whom she worked. But she was very
industrious, and saved oil she got, and
now owns a large millinery establishment.
in New York city, where she employs a
a grea. many girls, and she has made
fortune by the vas. amount Of work 80
has got out of them. She is very goodto
the girls, for she remembers that she
herself was once poor, 90 she let's them
work sixteen hours day, aud soue-
times gives Them something to eat. When
they die, she baries them che"ply, but de-
Gently.
There was an honest German lad, named
Heinrich, who came TO this country very
poor, and worked in brewer, for five
dollars a month and find himself. Think
Of the lowly situation Of the lad, especi-
ally If be had ,umbled into beer vat -
But Heinrich studied hard, and soon il
vented way Of making beer very cheap,
without using hops or malt, which was q
great blessing to the country, - . little
cheap poison saved grea. deal of vaua-
BILE property. He now owns brewery Of
his own. aud has u splendid lager beer sa-
loon, with number Of pretty waiter girls
who are very fascinating, aud who bring
him in grea. deal Of money. lie also
thinks Of starting a graveyard Of his own.
There was Little boy named Thomas,
who had a brother Jerem ali, and tn. de-
lsk,fa! beverage, called Tom and Jerry,
was named after them by their grateful
fellow citizens shows that they
mus. have been respectable. Thomas
saved up bis peanis. and bough. oranges.
When he had eaten the oranges he was
wont to scatter the peel before the door of
surgeons, aud tn. good surgeons kindly
allowed him . commission for the people
who slipped on the peel and broke their
arms or legs. He saved the money which
the worthy surgeons paid him, aud Le-
came rich, and attained the age of thirty.
fxe pears before he was hung.
There was little boy named Samuel,
who had been told that virtue ives its own
reward. Ho supported himself aud his
aged mother by picking up little thing,
tina. other people seemed to have no use
for Once be found a Cue gold watch
A foolish boy would have taken i. 10 the
owner to get reward, but he rewarded
himself by keeping the watch. The own
er might not have given him more than
half tho value Of it. Samuel !. still ina
k'"2 money, and can 90 to jai! whenever
he chooses, aud hive al easy time.