The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-09-06
A Governor taken from q Crate.

pursuit. Ol tTuuntS ana niue wander
} ers, one Sabbath morning a score o
years ago, when he found little DO,
asleep III u crate on one of the wharves
He shook the crate, and pair o
bright black eyes opened and flashed
upon him with a look Of surprise ant
tinid bashfulness.
"Why do you sleep hereP' inquired
the old man.
Because / have no home" said tn,
child.
where is your father?"
Il don't know sir, l hain't seen him
for a long time sir since he told
mother he wouldn't come home again
where is your mother ?"
"She is dead"
$50 you have no home no father
no mother-a live from hand Ia
mouth in the street, and sleep in Il
crate
Yes, sir, 1 sell soap and matches,
and sleep here.
Would you like to have a home.
and go to school, and grow up a good
and brave and useful man ?"
Yes, sit"
Come along with me, | will take
you TO my own house, and feed you,
and clothe yon, and send you to
school, if you prove to be, as / think
you are, good faithful boy
As the old man said this, he dashed
tear from his eyes, with bis coat
sleeve, for the boy who was the very
image of his own sweet boy, who had
died few years before. Lifting the
lad ;enderly out of the crate he led
him to bis own pleasant home. where
he was washed and combed and then
dressed in Il suit of clothes formerly
worn by the son>of the philanthropist.
To shorten the story which has in
it material enough for a volume, the
good old man gave the lad all the adj
vantages afforded by the common
schools of the " city of churches, and
then gave him a clerkship in his own
store, for he was well.to do mer-
chant.
After several years of faithful SER
wee, the young man expressed wish
to engage in business OH his own ac-
count, or in some other way to extend
his usefulness.
Il will start you in business" said
the old man, ION certain conditions.
"Please state them, remarked the
young man with smile for he sup
posed his benefactor was about to per-
petrate a joke at his expense.
II will start You III business, if you
viii make three promises, continued
the old man.
Pray, what promises" do you wish
me to make ?"
Zone is that you Will never swear.
Agreed"
"Another is, that You will never
drink rum
agreed"
The other is. that you will have
to do with politics"
agreed"
True to his promise rs the steel to
the star, the old 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 efforts were
crowned with good fortune, which
generally accompanies virtue, courage,
enterprise and intelligence. A few
Years ago he paid visit to his veneer
able friend in Brooklyn found him
he same kind-hearted and genial gen
-leman that he was when he first led
him from the crate on the wharf to
he pleasant cottage on the avenue.
Il am delighted to see YOU" re-
marked the old man. May | ask
| You have kept the pledges you gave
ne, when you suggested to me The
dea of starting business on your own
lccount-are you temperance man p
Il have not tasted drop of any
ind of intoxicating liquors since /
promised you would not, and you
now l. have no sacrifice to make in .
,eeping that promise, for | never was i
ccnstomed to the use of such liquors, ,
md | do not furnish them to my ,
nests, nor to persons in my employ !
nent. T,
Good boy give me your hand and /,
ct me shake it again. How about I,
hat promise not to use profane +,
peech p
"Well, sir, when l was little wan !,
Ierer, and sold soap and matches, | =
catered my oaths as literally as col !,
ages do their d. DIS, but | dropped !.
hem III your Sabbath schools, and | :
ever resumed them. / never indulge !,
he silly and vulgar habit of swearing.
think 1T shows lack of originality.
! man wishes 20 say something to be
mphatic, and owing to lack of
roper ideas and proper use of lam
uage, he fills up the chinks of con
ersation with oaths He curses his O
yes, his limbs, his soul, his heart, his Ii
lck, and thinks he is fluent when he il
J only profaue, No sir, l do not
aim to be paragon of perfection, ! n
lould be ashamed of my speech if ! n
piced it with profanity" il
Good Good ! | expected such a "
'port from you. How about poll a
cs 2" i,
The young man of business had un~ p
this moment maintained perfect Il
slf-command ; hut when the last
uestion was put to him his checks n