The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-02-23
VOLUME 23-NUMBER 10
Sticking to the Point.

Sticking TO the Point.
y friend of mine, who was in busi-
ness and in need Ofa CLERK, advertised.
but out Of the whole number of those
who presented themselves only one
that shut the door tight as he went out
OF the Office. This one was immedi-
ately called back and employed.
A little while afterwards, another
friend, a successful lawyer, advertised
as follows:
WANTED.-A young man to work
IN an attorneys Office, and also to read
law at his leisure. Apply to John
smith, Is Dunlap street, B.
Ii was the conviction Of my friend
that what is most desired in LAWYER
IS . certain cool judgment, which
holds on to the main point in a given
case, and allows no side issues to warp
his mind from its anchored position.
/ have often heard him say, 'In the
end, the lawyer who hits the nail on
the head, keeps driving it in until ii
Is cOuntersunk in the conviction of
both Judge and Jury, sthe leader who
succeeds best at the bar of justice. I
always select for my students such
young men as have this quality, and
almost invariably find it lodged in
minds that are inclined to stick to the
pOint.u
On the day following the publica-
ton Of the above notice, Mr.. Smith
had in the forenoon a dozen appii-
cants in person. He babe them wait
his pleasure; then when they were all
seated around him he addressed them
as follows:
'tBefore we proceed to business, nv
young friends, wish to tell you
Ofeourse no one objected to the sto-
~.
son Deacon Whites barn. began
Mr.. s., f'there perehed one evening an
owl. The Deacon was slightly super
stitious, 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 ehinks and holes, |
and it being very dry time, the
treacherOus wadding imediately set !
fire to the hay inside, and in an in !
slant the entire fabric was in flames.U
80 dear dear :" cried the Deacon,
''hOw can I release my yearlings, oxen,
and cows, and my sheep and horses,
in season to save them ?i for the /
wind was high, and, as it always hap
pens, it increased in freshness as the
fire gained in fury.
Help! help!" he shouted.
''Did the folks hear him in the
house ~ asked Alfred. II shall call
the applicants by their Christians
names.)
'Not directly" said Mr.. Smith
'Phe deacon lost no time in getting
1ut the cattle. He found them fran
ne with terror and unmanageable.-
While engaged in lOosing a stout
young bull, the latter suddenly turn
I'd his horns and pierced him. 'Tm
gOred Pm gOred p' he exclaimed, in
lgOny, just as his terror-strieken wife
,ame to the rescue"
'Did he die?" u
"He was injured seriOusly,'' resum-
ID Mr.. Smith. Feeling faint, he was
obliged to go and lie down. The wo-
nan ran for the doctor. When she ;
the piteOus believing of the
and dying cattle fell on her
,ars. The thrilling thought quickly
truck her, was her husband possibly
n the burning ruins2 Had he ven
ured beyond his strength again, and
allen a helpless victim ?"
"Oh, my dear husband my hus-
and"
''Did he answer?n inquired Charley
With an anxious face.
GfNW..z ho -, k,a s.. /
''There was no reply" confined Mr..
'mith, Save from the cracking tim
'ers and mOans of the doomed ami (
nails. Presently she heard the voice ]
f her only son among the flames" h
Help help ~ he cried.
''The mothers heart was ready to
reak. She hastened to rescue her
,Oy." h
"Did she save him ?' asked Edwin. I
80, 1 hope she didn't get burned" !
aid Frank.
"Please tell US sir, whether they
Eere all burned to death,n pleaded
frant.
'sWen, . resumed Mr.. Smith, Hthe (
iOOr deacon died Of his wounds" Il
''TOo bad, y said Henry. He was a
,rave man." {
d.U
so awful ~ exclaimed Isaac. I
''And the widows clothes caught {
re, but, luckily, one Of the neighbOrs
there were none living very near ar s
ived at the scene Of destruction Just {
1 time to extinguish the flames"
'GOOd good ~ exclaimed James. c
He threw the buffalo robe in the 6
1agOn over her, 1 suppose ?D j
''YOu are right" said Mr.. Smith.
And he also released one Of the best t
orses.n s
"Was he burned at all2o asked
-arl. T
"Only a little scorched," said Mr..
NTH. q
And so the narrator went on until
e had depicted the consequences in
etal of the sad event. Then he paus-
]. His audience was silent-their D
had been deeply touched.
.ach one seemed silently plying the o
Dor, afflicted family. But one boy n
It unmoved through the whole sto- p
2, and said nothing. And now that L
lie narrative was finished, and a pause q
ad come, he deliberately looked into 5;
Ir. Smiths face, in a straightforward g
tanner, and asked: t
"Did he hit the owl ?D Fl
This was the youth that stuck to Il
be point, and the one that the law Q
er selected from the twelve. The
ory had simply been manufactured C
r effect. "