Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13
Sticking to the Point.


A FRIEND of mine, who was in business,
and in need of a clerk, advertised, but out
of the whole number of those who pre-
sented themselves only one shut the door
tight as he went out of the office. This
one was Immediately called back and en-
ployed.
A little while afterward another friend,
a successful lawyer, advertised as follows:
WANTED.-A young man to work in an attor-
neys office, and also to read law at his leisure.
Apply to John Smith, 13 Dunlap street, B..
1t was the conviction of my friend that
what is most desired in lawyer is a GER
tain cool Judgment, which holds on to the
main point in given case, and allows no
side issues to 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 il
in until it is countersunk in the conviction
of both judge and jury, is the leader who
succeeds best at the bar of justice. | al
ways select for my students such young
men as have this quality, and almost in
variably find 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 dozen applicants in person. He
bade them wait his pleasure then when
| they were all seated around him, he ad-
| dressed them as follows:
"Before we proceed to business, my
young friends, wish to tell you story"
OF course no one objected to this.
"On Deacon Whites barn." began Mr..
s., 'there perched one evening an owl.
! The Deacon was slightly superstitious,
and not fancying the hooting of the lugu-
brious visitant, he took his gun, stole out
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gun at the ominous intruder, and fired
Now, the barn was old and full of chinks
and holes, and it 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, "how
can | release all my COWS, oxen and year
! lings, and my sheep and horses, in season
to save them?" for the wind was high, and,
as it always happens, it increased In fresh
ness as the fire gained in fury,
"Help helpp he shouted.
did the folks hear him in the house p"
asked Alfred. q shall call the applicants
by their Christian names)
"NOt directly" said Mr. Smith. "The
deacon lost no time in getting out the cat
tie. He found them frantic with terror
and unmanageable. While engaged in
loosing a stout young bull, the latter sud
denly turned his horns and pierced him.
! I'm gored I'm gored : he exclaimed in
agony, just as his terror.stricken wife came
to the rescue"
"Did he dieY"
"He was injured seriously, resumed Mr..
Smith Feeling faint he was obliged to
! go and lie down The woman ran for a
! 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 beyond his strength again, and fallen
a helpless victim?"
40, my husband my husbandl'"
"Did he answer?" inquired Charley,
with anxious face.
"Was he in the fire ?" asked David.
.There was no reply" continued MIR.
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"
"'Helpl helpl' he cried.
"The mothers heart was ready to break.
She hastened to rescue her darling boy"
did she save himY' asked Edwin.
90, hope she didn't get burned her
self, said Frank.
"Please tell us, sir, whether they were
burned TO DEATH" pleaded Grant.
"Well,' resumed MIR. Smith, "the poor
deacon died of his wounds"
"ToO bad" said Henry, He was a
brave man."
"And his son was badly burned"