Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-05-27
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A Romantic Story OF Newsboy.

The Boston correspondent Of the Chi
cago Journal tells the following:
Years ago about the time the war
broke out, oneof the shrewdest newsboys
that ever sung the song of the bulletin
board or peddied the extra, managed to
get down into Virginia with Massachu-
setts regiment, and finally controlled the
exclusive sale of New York and Boston
papers in the wake of sutler. He was
fifteen years old at that time, but he had
the business capacity Of merchants
clerk. All he needed was opportunity.
Brains was his capital, for the most part.
In the course of year the newsboy ac-
cumulated 5000, which he invested in
tobacco and cigars and smokers goods
generally. Being clever, accommoda-
ting boy, he made friends with every
body, and consequently did a thriving
business After while he got out of
tobacco business and went to Washing
ton, where he hung shingle as grocer
in small way; and having an extern
sive acquaintance among the Massachu-
sets soldiers, and knowing almost every
one of note, he established large trade
in the way of furnishing luxuries, &C.,
for officers and their friends, and finally
his place became sort of headquarters
for the outfit of suffers.
When the war closed, and after Grant
and Lee held that memorable confab
under certain tree, our newsboy found
himself good for $4,000 or $4,000
But he did not leave Washington with
the return of peace. He fingered there
until profits we're small and trade was on
the wane and when he did leave for Bos-
ton he brought home with him the
heart of a young heiress, which he had
the year before attacked, and which had
capitulated to him. The events which
rendered the young lady an heiress were
fraught with sorrow. When she was a
helpless, wailing baby, her mother fled
her home and child, and was divorced.
Her only brother, wild and high spir-
tied youth, shocked at his mothers con-
duct, put to sea in merchant vessel en-
gagged in the China trade. The vessel
persisted, and the crew were never heard
of. Her father, whose sole heiress she
now was, sent the young lady to fashion
able boarding-school, Gt was the year
that the rebellion commenced) where she
remained until the completion of her
eighteenth year. She had learned to
sing, dance, play and dress fashionably,
and was well acquainted with the names
or natures of patriotism, benificence, So
cial duty or moral responsibility; and
life seemed to her gorgeous banquet.
She went to Washington with friends,
hoping to captivate some young and
brave, afiiuent and noble man, in the ca
reer of fashionable life, when she was
met by the perambulating Boston news
boy, who proved himself as shrewd in
love matters as he had been in business
affairs. 1t is unnecessary to add that
the intelligent glances of pair of the
handsomest hazel eyes in the universe
reached down into the palpitating heart
of the heiress, and after awhile, to make
long story short, the epistolary cores
pondence conveyed by Uncle Samuel's
mail bags between quiet town in Mary
land and the Boston post-office was in
creased, nor was it diminished until the
" two souls with but a single thought, two
hearts that beat as one" were made man
and wife. The happy event occurred on
wasbington's birthday, in this city. The
young man says he owes his success in
life thus far to diligent attention to
bu iness, honesty, go-aheadativeness and
a polite treatment of both friends and
strangers. Newsboys, even the ragged
est gamin of them all, can learn lesson
from this bit Of history.