Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-20

A benevolent old man of Brooklyn was
making the tour of the city, in pursuit Of
struants and little wanderers, one Sabbath
morning a score of years ago, when he
found a little boy asleep in q crate on one
of the wharves. ia Dul a-a 4aJ .9aono tem u
He shook the crate, and pair of bright,
black eyes opened and flashed upon him,
with look of surprise and timid bashfulI
ness st,7a''' "
g Why doyotii sleep here?' inquired the
7 I Because qdRave Inc home" said the
child. si'l.ij.td 80, .....,..-.a no.. f.,ra,
Where is your fathers, 81 We e.
don't know, sir. Z hahn seen him for
q long time never since he told mother
ne wouldn't come home again.'s@uoli5E ,d'
"Where is your mother ?'zi1a ? 'bt@dmish
She is dead" ..,.,,,, ,,,..,,r -..,,,.ce,C 80
80 you have,Ilo home--no father, no
mother-and live from hand to mouth in the
street, and sleep IN a, crate. - ~
NJ " Yes, sir, T sell soap and matches, and
@ Ct T Would you Like to have ) home, and 90
to School and grow up to be good and
brave and useful man ~"
eyes, sir"
''Corne along with me, Twill take you
! to my, own house, and feed you and clothe
you, and send you to school, if you prove
to be, q e. think you are, a good and faith
tul boy, Iii a strss g3Iltlo saa4.a,,xa '44argJ ia
81 AS the Oldham said this, he dashed a tear
from his eyes, with his coat sleeve, for the
boy was the very image of his own sweet
child, who had died a few years before.
Lifting the lad tenderly out of the crate,
he led him to his own pleasant home, where
he was washed q and eembed, and then
dressed IN a suit Of clothes formerly worn
by the son OF the lphilanthropistf 9npJ .a.mi
20 To shorten the story, which has in it ma.
terial enough for a volume, the good old
man gave the lad all the advantages aft
forded by the common schools of the acity
of churches, and then gave him clerk
ship in his own store, for he was a well to.
do merchant. ,sf 81. aaii3 alarmed eutzgh bssu
u After several years Of faithful service,
the young man expressed wish to engage
in business on his own account, or in,sonne
other way to extend his usefulness.
|. : will start you in business, . said the
old man, con certain conditions"
Please state them, remarked the young
man, with smile; for he supposed his
benefactor was about to perpetrate Joke
at his expense.
II Twill start you in business. if YOU will
make three promises" continued the old
man.
(. " Pray what promises do you wish me to
make?'' 7''l
q One is, that you will never swear"
" Another is, that youwill never drink
rum"
Agreed" f.a '3iae"- e.-s.ss
"The other is, that you will have moth
ing to do with politics." ''-
sA" Agreed" s.Ea .=sss aaa .as.. a.s,ra. .s.q
True to his promise as the steel to the
star, IKE ola man furnished his clerk with
capital, and started him in business in one
of the Western States. The young man
was very attentive to his business, and his
habits of industry and sobriety were
crowned with good fortune, which gener-
ally accompanies virtue, courage, enter
prise and intelligence. A few years ago
he paid visit to his venerable friend in
Brooklyn-found him the same kind
hearted and genial gentleman that he was
when he first led him from the crate on
the wharf to the pleasant cottage on the
avenue. r
81 am delighted to see yon, remarked
the old man. May / ask you if you have
kept the pledges you gave me, when you
to me the idea of starting bust
ness on your own aceount-are you a tenn
perance man?'
" l have not tasted drop of any kind of
liquors since promised you