The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-08-03


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Onra ihesr vas a lmd little by |
whosa name VS. Jlm~.ihougb, " Ysa
viii notice, you vii hnd That Im.i
little bey@ are nearly flwsys called
JaasA ID clf 5aasiaY schGI Isoks.
II ~aA vefy strange. bht NlIl u waA
tFue, that thiA one wus called jim.
Ile dida't have sey Hck mother,
eilher--a SICK mother Who was lioa.,
and had the consumption, and wvuld
be glad 10 lie down IN ne grave md
he "A rest lor tbe strong love she bore
her boy, and tIs snsIe,y she fsIt that
The world would be harsh and cold TO
| him When ale was gone. Most bad
boys In The Sunday books afe named
flames, and have sick mothers, who
teach them totsay, "Now | lay me
down" etc., and sing them 70 sleep
| with plaiuiivc yoivs, aud then kiss
thcm goodnight, and knccl. down by
the bedside and weep. But Il WIS
different with this fellow. lie was
named Jim, and there wasn't any
thing the matter with his mother
no consumption OF anything Of the
kind. She was rather stout than
otherwise, aud she was not pious ;
moreover, she was not anxious on
Jim's account. She said II .ho we're
to break his neh II wouldn't be much
loss. She always spanked Jim TO
sleep, and she never kissed him good
night; on the contrary, she boxed
bis ears when she was ready TO leave
him. "a,
Once that little boy stole the key
Of the pantry and slipped in there
and helped himself to some jam, and
filed up the vessel with tar, so that
his mother would never know the
/, difference; but all at once a terrible
feeling didn't como over him, and
+ something didn't seem to whisper to
! him, as it right to disobcy my moth
! or, Isn't it sinful todothis? Where
|, do bad little boys 60 who gobble up
!. their mothers jamy" and then he
! didn't kneel down all alone and
f promise never to be wicked any more,
| and raise up with a light, happy
I heart, and 20 and tell his mother all
: about it, and beg her forgiveness, and
4 be blessed. by her with tears of pride
and thankfnlness in her eyes. No
4 this is the way with all other bad
boys in the books; but il happened
q otherwise with this jim, strangely
! enough, lie ate that jam, and said
4 il was bully, in hissinfial, vulgarway
! and he put in the tar, and said tha,
: was bully, also, and laughed, and OBJ
: served that nthe. old woman would
! get up and snort" when she found i
! out; and when she did find il out h,
denied knowing anything about IL
o and she whipped him severely, ant
# he did the crying himself. Every
! thing about this boy was curious
!. everything turned out differently will
/. him from the way II does to the bat
e Jameses in the books. tO1 fff
Ie Once he climbed up in Farme
y Acom's apple tree to steal apples, ant
Il the limb didn't break, and he. didn'
, fall and break his arm, and get tori
N by the farmers great dog, and thel
d languish on a sick bed for weeks, an,
n repent and become good. Oh, no
= He stole as many apples as he wante'
+ and came down all right; and he wa
all ready for the dog, too, and knock
l. ed him endways with rock when b
" came to tear him. 1t was very strang
J. nothing like it ever happened i
m those mild little books with marble
is backs, and with pictures in them .
v men with swallow-tailed coats an
to bell-crowned hats, and pantaloon
of that are short in the legs, aud wome
- with the waists Of their dresses undo
~ their arms and no hoops on. Moth
or ing like il in any Of the Sunda
d, school books. t.i -t -
be Once he stole the teachers penknil
Ial and when he was afraid it would !
cd found out, and he would get wbippe'
of he slipped II into George. Wilson
Of cap-yoor widow Wilson's son, ii
y, moral boy, the good little boy Of Il
Il village, who always obeyed his M
il and never told an untruth, and WI
he fond Of his lessons and inlatuatC
'us with Sunday schools. And whe
N the knife dropped from the cap, an
lar poor George hung his head and blusl
re 81, a. n IN conscious gull, and u
-. rrieved teacher charged the the
upon him, and was in the very act
ise bringing the switch down upon b
ice shoulders, a white-haired, improb
\ bic Justice Of The pcace did no. su
'ht denly appear in their midst andstril
~ an attitude and zy, Spare ibis mol
I . boy--there stands the covering ca
!, q prItI~ i was passing the school do
IN u recess, and, unseen myself, 4. =
"a the iheff committed And then il
Inc didn't get whaled, and the vcnerat
our justice didn't read the fearful schc
ner homiIy, and take George By I
hand and sy saeh a boy deserved
on be exalted, and then tell him 70 con
The and make bis bome with him, .