The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-08-04
From special correspondent of the Butte r ecord
Honesty, the best Policy.

Away with such odd old tangled nonsense. The
best policy indeed, why labor IS considered only fit
for low minded common people nova days, and
moralzing is decidedly out of fashion. There are
so many stories told TO children old fashioned
stories, mean making ou that it is best to be hoa-
est let me introduce one which will show that it is
a great deal better to lie cheat and swnde all you
possibly can, for who ever does so is by far the
smaftest, and will come out best and be the most
thought of in the end. .s SAMUEL and JOHN were
two little boys Ifthey bad not been boys their
names would likely have been something else; but
SAMUEL and JOHN were their nam es, and they al
ways lived in the same village. Now SAMUEL was
a very foolish little boy. who always did what his
Mother told him to; so be very often had 10 be at
work while the others were at play. and he only
got one piece of pie for dinner, while the others
had whole ones, which they borrowed from the
buttery. One day a good Gentleman wished to
send some cheese to his sick Mother. and said he
would give them bright ten cent piece if they
would carry The cheese for him and not idle upon
the way, and SAMUEL took the money and said he
would do it faithfully; and John took the money
too. and said he would do it "in a horn And they
set ont on their way. When they got little way
from town, JoHN said he was tried, and he would
sit down upon stone and rest, and he was hungry
and would eat half the cheese, and here'd be more
than the old woman could manage after that but
SANUEL, who foolish boy, said that would be
naughty and he would not be happy at night if be
did such wicked thing. So JOHN who didn't
see it in that light sat down upon stone and ate
the cheese: and SAMUEL went on in haste. 1t
goodthe cheese was, aud what good time the good
Gentleman's Mother would have over what was left
a weary plgrem came along and asked JoHS for
piece, saying he hungry and JonN said he
would sell him piece bat could not give it, as it
did at belong TO him and wouldn't set well on the
stomach of any one who didn't pay for it, So
the weary pilgrim gave JOHN all the money he had
about him and told him If he kept in the path he
wis going he would yet be an ornament to society
and prehaps great General; and JoHN put the
money in his pocket and said it all in his eye"
and told the weary pilgrem if he kept on in the
road he was going he would get to Manayunk d-
rectly. a.the meantime the foolish little SAMUEL
was tong along under the hot sun with the
cheese on his head, for he said to himself, I must
be faithful and do what the good Gentleman told
ne, and then | shall become great man. and as
rich as Stewart. prehaps. Now it happend that
there bear in the woods. and SAMUEL was
going cheerfully along, it out and nipped him.
and did'n leave anything of him and the cheese,
but the bright tin ten cent piece which the good
Gentleman had given him, because he was a good
little boy and didn't know the diferance between
good ten cent piece and bad one. And when
JoHS came along, the bear had gone away, for he
had enough cheese and didn't want any more little
boy, 50 JOHN picked up the tin ten cent piece and
carried it 10 the good Gentlemans Mother, and
told her that her sent it to her 20 buy cheese
with and she said he good little boy and an
honest one, and she gave him quarter for bringing
it to her safely, and that enough to 90 to the
Circus with. Now wasn't JOHN a smart little
boy and wasn't that a great deal better then being
eaten up by the bear
Kind reader. have you seen any grown up JOINS
IN your midst Iateiy' CHIT CHAT.