Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-11-02
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! TIE UNCUT DIAMONl.

On voyage homcward from India,
child was found playing i'm the cabin
with what appeared to be pebbles. On
being asked where she got them, she
replied, From fathers little box" A
closer examination proved that the sup
posed pebbles were uncut diamonds of
great value. Diamonds in the rough
do not make Il very attractive appear
ance. They do not sparkle, and yet
they have great value. ...s'n...r
Has not the reader seen some uncut
diamonds among his acquaintances?
There is Mr.. k, his hand when
you take it, is almost as hard as The
hoof of the oxen who are his compan.
ions through SO many working days in
the year. His boots are very heavy, and
have encrustcd on them specimens oil
the different soils on his farm and the
vicinity. A wag once suggested when
professor of agricultural chemistry
sent to that part of the country for
specimens of soil for analysis, that Mr..
KS boots should be sent to the profess
sor His movements arc by no means
characterized by grace, and in general
his appearance Is somewhat removed
from ornamental.
And yet, If there was poor man or
woman i'm the township in trouble, Mr..
y seemed to have an instructive know.
ledge of it, and the heavy boots might
be seen stumping along toward the
scene of trouble, bearing along a some
what uncouth body, but within 1t as
warm heart as ever beat i'm human
bosom. His visits, were always well
come. They were never visits of oere-
mony and mere verbal coincidence.
On certain occasion, owing to the
state of the country, there was a falling
off in the receipts of the Missionary So
ciety, and there was danger that the
schools for heather children would be
disbandcd, and of the missionaries
recalled. A collector called on Mr.. X
1t was not necessary that he should
state the facts of the case. 81 have
been expecting you for some time, y
said Mr. X. This thing ought to be at
tended too. l have finally concluded
that could part with that COW yonder,
and sold her. I expect the man who
bought her to bring the money and
take her away to-day. AS soon as l get
the money you shall have it,"
How much shall l put you down
for said the collector.
" I sold the COW for forty dollars"
How much! of it goes to the cause?''
I" How much why, all Of it,"
"Can you conveniently spare it all? ?'
"No; but that's not the question:.
The COW belongs to the Lord, and I
think He wants the money she will
bring. My convenience has nothing
to do with it. don't hold that we are
to put the Lord Off with the odds and
ends Of things, and serve Him only
when it is perfectly convenient for US
to dc so--whcn we have nothing olse to
do"
/ The children were very fond Of visit
ing Mr.. X. In haying time, when
school was out, there would be rush
toward Mr.. KS meadow; and when
the cart, loaded with hay, was slowly
drawn by the oxen towards the barn,
a half dozen young heads might be seen
emerging from the hay on top OF the
load, like the heads of birds in the nest.
Winter evenings, parties of children
would assemble at his Kitchen fireside,
and they were quite as much interested
in his kind words and stories as in the
great red apples with which they were
treated.
A great many other facts might be
stated, all going to show that Mr.. X.
was diamond in the rough. A child
once said of him, When Mr.. X. goes
to heaven, he will leave his boots and
everything behind him, and he will be
handsome then" Children speak the
truth quite as often as grown persons.
The L. s. internal revenue receipts