Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-08
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Two years ago the writer or this ARTICLE
attended apiclic, c,whefe the children were
arranged 9F0undIt the tables, and a waited
upon by, kind ladies, who furnished them
With an abuhdancg Of good things. All
seemed HAPPY and scontehted except d0ne
little boy, who, sad and silent, stood apart
from the resta fIIe had been forgotten" |
'thogght, and drew the attention Of the lady
nearest me to the child. '""' "''''
~ 'Thete'is little boy wh6looks Mistfully
at the cakes and pies, "Isaidyrbu heseems
to be eating Dgnething,lIH,l.ipaI oidO adt
"Whg don't you know. that he cannot
eat ?" the lady asked in evident surprise; ;
and she Then told meshiskad story. Here
1t is:rq 0iilIJOm9Q 9dt iEdj miEIo Y9dT -
!, Two boys were playing together in, the
back yard Of dwelling where one of them
lived. They had everything to make their
lives pleasantafriends, fortune, health, and
no future. was brighter than theirs. AS
they ran, through the yard, one of them
stopped for a moment behind vat Of dark,
clear liquid, and askedhis playmat whatit
was. ,aG 20 ~ oh J'nob I9lll 1Dd ;l9hi9ed
IIknow,p was thelreply,i 'isaste itH lles,
SIS it good" ,",,s1r ir-...,.
"Yes, real good taste IT,. ia'np hta L'd.
The httlefelIow put his mouth down and
took one swallow OF the liquid. 1t was
Strong lye, and it shTank the, membranes of
His throat and destroyed his palate and
from that day to this he has never eaten Of
solid food Bread, brothior sugar is all the
nourishment his feeble life receives. ,. The
story is true. it was cruel joke, and the
boy that perpetrated it win bitterly repent
i, for twill yet probably cost a human
life. fihi EiM .HN IuW .rni'.i51uoJ 9dl
Some boys were playing, on frozen
pond that had several spots of weak ice.
One of the boys tied his skates together and
wlfrled them 70 the center Of one Of them,
whSre he left them lying "Jnst waltz he
said to boy near, till Joe Burke comes
down, and we will have some 1nnj'i Joe
was a small, poorly dressed. boy, who slf-
fered much at the hands of his elder and
more knowing compahions.J When he
came to the pond, the boy to whom the
skates belonged was sitting on the Ice, look
ing quite forlorn. IF IOnly had my skates,
Id 90 home he was saying. "May beyOu
viii Just run over and get them, like agood
fellow; there they are" pointing 10 the
spot. Joe,Who was possessed of an accom-
,modatiDg spirit, ran. brisklY alter them, and,
as the other boy 'had.planned and foreseen,
broke through the ice, that was only strong
enough to bear the skates, and got 10 a.
thorough wetting.o There was great
laughter at his rueful face as he Scrambled
out, but he was poor, and had no clothes to
exchange TOR his wet ones. y The cold and
dampness struck into his feeble frame, and
he died in less than q month-ef typhus
fever. the physician said; but the drench-
ing '"for fun" sowed the seeds EN" ITO.
rhave related two practical jokes, with
tile results. They were not so very funny
after alh. Even if they had not ended so
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your feelings would be in such positions,
and avoid an amusement that has for its
foundation even the temporary uhhappi-
ness Of a fellow being. There are thous-
and sports that involve no peril or suffer
| Jug; Embrace them all to the entire eX-
clusion of such questionable pleasure as
practical jokes Christian Times. ai' !1i