Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-06-17
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3 ANNVt From Our Boys and Girls.
Sticking to the Point.

one. lie bad piehty OF appications
but out of the whole number of those
who presented themselves, only enc shut
the door tight as he went out of the Of
fee. This one was Immediately called
back and employed.
A little while afterwards another
friend, successful lawyer, advertised as
follows: -<~
"WANTEp.-A young man to work
in an attorneys office, and also to read
law at his leisure. Apply to John Smith,
IS Dunlap street, B"
1t was the conviction of my friend
that what most is desired in lawyer is
certain cool judgment, which holds on
to the main point in given case, and
allows no side issues to warp the mind
from its anchored position. Ihave often
heard him say, In the end, the lawyer
who, having hit the nail on the head,
keeps driving it in until it is counter
sunk in the conviction of both judge
and jury, is the pleader who succeeds
best at the bar Of justice. l always Sc
lect for my students such young men as
have this quality, and almost invaria-
bly, find it lodged in minds that are in
clined to stick to the point"
On the day following the publication
Of the above notice, Mr.. Smith had in
the forenoon dozen applicants in per-
son. He babe them wait his pleasure;
then, when they were all seated around
him, he addressed them as follows:
Before We proceed to business, my
young friends, wish to tell you story
Of course no one objected to this.
And if it seemed little odd in the law
yer, it was the way our beloved late Pres
ident had, and there was this circum-
stance at least to recommend it.
On Deacon Whites barn." began
MIR. Smith, :" there perched, one evening,
an owl. The deacon was slightly super
stitious; and not fancying the hooting of
the ingubrious visitant, he took his gun,
stole out softly, got within good range,
levelled his gun at the ominous intruder,
and fired. Now, the barn was old and
full of chinks and holes and being a
very dry time, the treacherous wadding
Immediately set fire to the hay inside,
and in an instant the entire fabric was
in flames.
80, dear! dear! cried the deacon.
g How can | release all my cows, and
oxen, and yearlings, and my sheep and
horses, in season to save them ?" for the
wind was high, and, as it always hap
pens, it increased in freshness as the fire
gained in fury.
Help help!" he shouted.
Did the folks hear him in the house?"
asked Alfred. q shall call the appli-
cants by their Christian names.)
" Not directly" said Mr.. Smith. "The
deacon lost no time IN getting out the
cattle. He found them frantic with ter
or and almost unmanageable. While
engaged in unloosing a stout young bull,
the latter suddenly turned his horns and
pierced him." q
al am gored! am goredl" he ex-
claimed, in agony, just as his terror
stricken wife came to the rescue"
/" Did he die 2" asked Bob.
"He was injured seriously" resumed
Mr.. Smith. Feeling faint, he was OBJ
liged to go and lie down. The poor wo-
man ran for doctor. When she re-
turned, the piteous believing of the tor
tured and dying cattle fell on her ears
The thrilling thought quickly struck her,
Was her husband possibly in the burn.
ing ruins9 Had he ventured again be.
yond his strength, and fallen helpless
victim to the devouring element? p" She
called aloud, 80, my husband, my hus-
band!" coo
Did he answers" inquired Charley.
with anxious face.
Was he in the fire y" asked David
:" There was no reply" continued Mr..
Smith, save from the cracking timbers
and means of the doomed animals. Pres.
emily she heard the voice Of her only son
among the flames.
"Help Help he cried. The moth
er's heart was ready to break. She has.
tened to rescue her darling boy"
" Did she save him /" asked Edwin
go, hope she didn't get burned her.
SELF said Frank.
please tell us, sir, whether they were
burned to DEATH" pleaded Grant.
"Well," resumed Mr.. Smith. "tbe
poor deacon died of his wounds.
"Too bad" said Henry. He was a
brave vuaE."
"And his son was badly burnedp
80, awful! " exclaimed Isaac.
And the widows clothes caught fire.
but, luckily, one of the neighbors There
were none living very near) arrived q,