The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-11
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. FEB.


you don't choose to be q loafer.
Where is your father?' ss
Dead ~
Your mother?'
Dead l guess-I heard So
Where do you live?'
'Anywhere-no matter-on the
hy.'
Let us tell you something, It
seems 3 pity to see q sharp boy,
who might make live, popular,
useful imam, go to ruin without.
thinking. If we were in your place
we'd quit cigars, buy new brush'
aud earn money quicker. Then,
if we had more than we wanted to
live on. we'd buy box and brush
for poor boy who had no kit
but was willing to work, and start
him in business, or give him half
he made till he could pay for his
outfit. Then we would keep on
so till we had half a dozen boys
working for us-all doing some
thing. Did you ever think of that?
Did you ever think how easy it
ia to make a start in the world
and to keep it up with increased
motion and power?
'No-I never thought Of it,
cause nobody ever told me-
This forenoon we saw him again
He came into our private office
with a large bunch Of hot he use
grapes, as present. We did not
know him till he said:
Good morning, sir. Please ac-
cept these grapes. if you have
time to eat them. Don't you. re
member me-Henry Mcguire, or
Scoots,' who blacked your boots,
and took q letter for you to the old
sick woman last SUMMER
%, yes! Thank you. But how
nice you look.
Yes, sir-am doing better now.
What are you doing?'
Am going to commercial col
lege and night.school l though
Of what you told me that morning
and quit smoking. The next weel
; bought a brush and hex for ;
boy, and in three days ] bough
another. Now / have sixteen boy g
working On shares till they hay'
enough to pay for their things
then / sell them for twenty cent
more than they cost me, fer l ge
, a reduction by buying all off on
man. l work in the morning at
; barber shop and earn my bread
and some days the boys earn a
. much for me as five dollars
How do you use the money!
j put half of it every Saturda
, night in savings bank, and US
the rest in my business. / starte
4 an old man / used to board Will
r as vender. l bought him car
Q and he sei's grapes, bananas, al
4 choice fruit-On shares
: Good for you. Really, you al
doing spleIdidly. Is not that e,
er SO much better than spendin
money in cigars,'
Yes, sir, for it gives me some
thing to think of, and it makes n
feel good to know l can get alon!
ana the more / do the easier
comes But must 90 now--ju
come in to tell you l Otter thin
of you--good morning.
And away he went, like a lit
Y man Of business. All DAY we hay
been thinking Of him, and Il
! grateful heart he has. We kno
II Of many who have more done f
them to help them along, but VII
soon as they get little start
a the world, turn to rob or inju
? their friends and benefactors. B
>, our little boot black is Of bctt
. stuif-more manly, honest and n
tile. He will he a rich busine
man some day-the proud reco
:; OF lis own creation!
And, while thinking Of him, '
have had poor hoys everywhere
a cur mind. How many of them "
try to be good men? How MAJ
o. men who read this will be kind
e. boys-give them kind words a
good advice in 8 friendly name
ur That boy said he was under a de
al of gratitude 10 us. Yet we ga
him no money. He earned a din
by backing boots. He. earned
ur half-dollar by going two mil
To away on an errand. The Xxi
% words cost us nothing; but th
ON have brought most abundant i