The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

: The little fellow seemed TO nave this 10y
\ heart. He repeated it word for word, his
Y tiny, silvery voice sounding in sweet &C
Q cord. | could not turn away, nor any
q longer resist the better emotions which ]
: had hitherto kept down. A rush of re-
8 lpentant feeling passed through me with
8 an effect that shook every fibre. : fell
upon my knees, and with tears streaming
, from my eyes, Joined in the concluding
words of the prayer.
Ineed not say | changed my mind with
regard to the money. [ passed quiet
night, and rose early, fastening away to-
ward my journeys end, so as to give my
self the least possible time or opportunity
for changing my newformed resolution.
In handing the package to the agent,
said to him, that,as there was money in it,
it might as well be opened in my presence
to see that all was correct, etc. He, of
course, discovered the error, and handed
line the amount that was over, with which
I returned home and delivered it up to
; the proper owner in due time.
/ 1t was fortunate for me in every way
that I pursued the course had adopted.
It appeared that the money had been OBJ
tanned from the bank after bank hours in
the absence of the teller, from one of the
officers. There were no loose notes on
hand of the larger denominations,
but there were sheets of thousands
and five hundreds, signed by the Presi-
dent and cashier Either two sheets
were picked up in mistake for one,
or The wrong batch of sheets selected
from-that is, thousands were taken in
stead of five hundreds. The notes were
hurriedIy clipped, strapped, and Endorsed
$5,000," without recounting, and so en-
veloped and handed over to me- The
bank had discovered the error, and no
doubt was entertained but that the miss.
| ing money was with me. Whether I
should have had the face to withstand the
imputation, even with the apparently un-
disturbed condition of the envelope in nv
favor, is more than can say, but doubt
it.
But the notes, in pursuance Of a
precaution still in use In some banks,
were payable to the order of one of the
clerks, and had not been Endorsed by
him. 1 could not, therefore, have used
them, or if sc, they could have been traced
back to me. I found, also, that the num-
bers had been ascertained of all I had
taken with me, and thus another chance
of detection existed. What an escape!
Upon returning and entering the count
ing-room handed the surplus back to
my senior, with feeling somewhat of
pride, but mixed up with other feel
ings not easily described
Ny precaution of having the money
opened by the agent in my presence was
highly commended, and the possibility of
his Incorporating the undue amount
as very little personal knowledge of him
was possessed by the firm was duly dis
cussed. What was said on this point
brought bushes into my cheeks.
In course of time my senior accountant
was taken into the firm. l was put in his
position, with his salary. I saved money
finally got into business on my own &C
count, and am now as you know, rich. I
never forgot my farmer host and his
grandchid but at the death of the for
mer took charge of the boy. He is now
my partner and the husband Of my
daughter
BUNDLE BnEs.-The Tsrf, Field and Farm
has good word for the humble bees
"Boys think it glorious fun to fight bum
bIe-bees, but they should not be encouraged
in the warefare, Bumble-bees, like the hg-
msenoptera, play an important part in the
great field of nature The vein winged in
sects which fly from flower to flower, do not
injure or destroy the flowers, but make them
productive by distributing. their pollen They
also rid us of innumerable noxious caterpil-
lars and other insects, which they convert in
to wholesome food for their offspring. The
ordinary honey bee performs it's work well in
the fertilization of white clover, but it's pro-
boscis is not long enough to enable it to
reach the hectares of red clover. For the
fertilization of the red clover we must rely to
a great extent upon the bumble.bee. Darwin
has called attention to the intimate connec-
ton between the number of cats in given
district and the yield of red clover seed. The
mice destroy bumble-bees, and the cats
destroy the mice therefore, the more cats,
the more bumble-bees, and the more humble
bees, the greater is the red clover yield. In
order 80 make red clover grow more abund-
antly in New Zealand than it does, some en-
terprising gentlemen are talking of import
ing colonies of bumble-bees from England.
Our young friends will thus see how earnestly
the humble bee is desired in countries where
he works not. Then, should we not protect
what we have, and which performs such inn
portant services in our fragrant meadows ?
We think SO, even if it does interfere with the
wild pleasures of careless boyhcod.
-~1-,%~N--
The Hon. Richard G. Mccormack, of
Arizona, is laying seriously i'll at the
residence of his mother, in Jamaica, Long
Island. On Saturday he visited Central
Park, and in returning home complained
of burning sensation in his eyes. He
suffers terribly, and has been totally blind
since Sunday morning, His physician
thinks that he must have been poisoned by
some shrub or vine while at the Park,
abhough he is confident he did not touch
any of them while there.
| Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly astonished
one day as he was Inspecting the prison in