Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-09
Tor the pops ano Girls.
STICKING TOTHR POINT.


and in need of clerk. advertised for one.
Hehad a plenty ofapplications; but out
of the whole number of those who present.
ed themselves, only one shat the door tight
as he went out of'tht effice, This one was
Immediately called back and employed.
A little White afterwards, another friend
successful lawyer, advertisedas follows;--
''WANTED!--A young man TO work IN an
attorneys Office, and also to read law At his
leisure. Apply to John Smith, ID Danl"p
Street, B." 1.sss
1t was the conviction of my friend that
what most is desired in lawyer is GER
tain cool Judgment, which holds on to the
main point in given case, and allows no
side issues 10 warp the mind from its an
chored position. have often heard him
say. ''In the end, the lawyer who, having
hit the nail on the head, Keeps driving it
in until it is countersunk in the conviction
of both Judge and jury, is the pleader who
succeeds best at the bar Of justice. always
select for my students such young men as
have this quality and almost invariably
fnd it lodged in minds that are inclined to
stick to the point.
On the day following the publication of
the above notice, Mr. Smith had in the
forenoon a dozen applicants in person. He
babe them wait his pleasure; then, when
they were all seatedaround him, he address
sed 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 a little odd in the lawyer, il
was the way our beloved late president had,
and there was this circumstance ut least to
recommend 1t.
'On Deacon Whites barn" began Mr..
Smith, "there perched, one evening, an
owl The deacon was slightly supersti-
tious; and not fancying the shooting of the
lugubrious vistant, he took his gun, stole
ont softly, got within good range, leve!led
his gun ut the ominous intruder. and fired.
Now, the barn was old and full of chinks
and holes; and being very dry time, the
treacherous wadding Immediately set fire
to the hay inside. and in an Instant the
the entire fabric was in flames.
40, dear! dear" cried the deacon. How
| can release all my cows, and oxen, and
ysarlings, and my sheep and horses, in sea-
son to save them2' for the wind was high,
and, as it always happens it Increased in
freshness rs the fire gained IN fury.
| Help! Help! he shouted.
"Did the folks hear him in the house?"
asked Alfred. Il shall call the applicants
by their Christian names. .N .ar
mot directly" said Mr.. Smith. "The
deacon lost no time in getting ont the cat
tie. He found them frantic with terror and
almost unmanageable. While, engaged in
unloosing a stout young bull, the latter
suddenly turned his horns and pierced him.
| ~ am gored! am goredr he exclaim-
cd, in agony, just AS his terror-stricken
wife came to the rescue" s
"'Did he dieY asked Bob. .
: He was injured seriously, resumed Mr..
Smith. "Feeling faint, he was obliged to
60 and lie down. The poor woman ran for
doctor When she returned, the piteous
believing of the tortured and dying cattle
fell on her ears. The thrilling thought
quickly struck her, WAS her husband pos
sibly in the burning ruins? Had he VEN
tured again beyond his strength, and fallen
q helpless victim to the devouring clement
She called aloud, %, my husband, my hus-
bandp"
"Did he answer inquired Charley, with
anxious face.
WAS he in the fire?' asked David.
"There was no reply" continued Mr..
Smith, ''save from the cracking timbers
and means of the doomed animals. Pre-
sently she heard the voice of her only son
among the flames. u.l .soeq M.
"Helpl Help! he cried. The mothers
heart was ready to break, She FASTENED
to rescue her darling boy"
"Did she save himp' asked Edwin.
80, l hope she didn't get burned her
self, " said Frank. aT
please tell MS, sir, whether they were
burned to death, pleaded Grant.
"Well, " resumed Mr.. Smith, 'the poor
deacon died Of his wounds" ulqf.
"Too bad, said Henry. He was brave
man." -
"And his son was badly burned ..o..
80, awfulf' exclaimed Isaac.
"And the widows clothes caught FIRE,
but, luckily, one OF the neighbors (there
we're none living very near) arrived at the
scene OF destruction just In season to ex-
tinguish the flames" $50 I 1901 =
'Good, good" exclaimed James. "He
threw the buffalo in his wagon over her. I
suppose" lgd pr'.I
''You are right" said Mr.. Smith. ,"And
he also released one of the best horses"
VOC HS UuiHcu nv dlll ubKeu hnrl.
only little scorched, said Mr. Smith.
And 80 the narrator went on until he had
depicted the consequences, in detail, of the
sad event. Then he paused His audi
ence were silent Their sympathies had
been deeply touched. Each one seemed
silently plying tho poor afflicted family.
But one boy had sat upmovsd through the
whole story, and said nothing. And now
that TIE narrative was finished, anda pause
had come, he deliberately looked into Mr..
smiths face, in straightforward manner,
and asked, "Did he hit the owl2'
This was the youth that stuck to the
point, and the one the lawyer selected from
the twelve The story had simply been %
for effect nFu
dogs THAT WOULD Go TO CHUnCH.--It il
quite usual in Scotland to take the sbep.
herd dogs to church, In one parish, one
Sunday, the animals, perhaps demoralized
hv a stl1apk ebnanr ovpnpD thn;~ 4