Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-26
gelecteh Misrellany.
STICKING TO THE POINT.

A friend OF mine, who was IN business,
and in need of clerk. advertised, but out
of the whole number of those who present.
ed themselves only one shut the door tight
as he went out of the Office. This one
was Immediately called back lard employ
ed.
A little while afterward another friend j,
successful lawyer, advertised as follows !:
WANTED.-A young man to work in an at
torney's Office, and also to read law at his leis-
ure. Apply to John Smith, l6 Dunlap street,
It was the conviction of my friend that
what is most desired in lawyer is GER
tain cool judgment, which holds on to the
main points in given case, and allows
no side issues to warp the mind from its
anchored position. l have often heard
say, I'm the end. the lawyer who having
hit the nail on the head. keeps driving it
in until it is couDtersunk in the conviction
of both Judge and jury. is the lawyer 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 we're all seated around him, he ad-
dressed them as follows;
Before we proceed to business, my
friends, I wish to tell you story"
Z 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 circumstance
at least, to. commend it.
''On Deacon Whites barn" began Mr..
Smith, there .perchcd one evening an
owl. The deacon was slightly supersti-
tious, and not fancying the hooting of the
lugubrious visitant, he took his gun. stole
out softly, got within good range, leveled
his gun at the ominous intruder, and fired.
Now, the barn was old and full of chincks
aud 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.
20 dear! dear!'' cried the deacon,
''how can | release my cows. oxen and
yearlins, and my sheep and horses. in
season to save them?" for the wind was
high. and, as it always happens. it in
creased in freshness as the fire gained in
fury.
Help! help!'' he shouted.
Did the folks hear him in the house p
asked Alfred. q shall call the applicants
by their Christian names. !.
Mot directly" said Mr.. Smith.
1.-THE deacon lost no time in. getting
out the cattle. He found them frantic
with terror and unmanageable. While
engaged in looseniug stout bull, the lat
ter suddenly turned his horns and pierced
him. I'm gored I'm goredp he ex-
claimed, in agony. just as the terror-strick
en- wife came to the rescue"
did he die?
He was injured seriously" resumed
Mr.. Smith. Feeling faint be was OBJ.
liged to go and lie down: The woman
ran for doctor. When shereturncd the
piteous believing of the tortured and dy-
ing cattle fell on our ears. The thrilling
thought quickly struck her, was her hus-
! band possibly in the burning ruinss. Had