The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-06
'hc Commercial Correspondent,

is trade when the war broke out in
II, and when the Fcdcrals OCCUPIED
' inches,or, and our paper was sus
ended, Victor went to Jasper, where
is mother lived. When the war was
t cnd and we returned home, "Victor'
vas among the first to write and make
sind enquiry about us. We saw ut
)uce that he had not been proili9a'c
Of the little time afforded US in this
to become more than ordinary,
And we reflected pleasantly upon what
our heart predicted for him years be
fore, How well do we remember the
first time he ever entered the Home
journal onice-how very modest he
was how the roses FLUSHED in his
boyish check as he told US, trembling
ly, his name, and that bis mother had
sent him, in accordance with her con
tract, to learn to bo q printer. There
was nothing brazcE about Victor, and
a sort Of sympathetic admiration filled
our bosom as We gazed upon his little
body. We put him to work at once.
The first thing we made him do was to
sweep the room. We notioed that he
did not sweep round the chairs and
boxes, but picked each one up, swept
under it, and then replaced it. This
pleased ua, for it evidenced that he
was careful. lie did not leave dirty
water in the pan, nor throw the towel
here and there, nor leave anything out
of place In short, he vas neat and
careful. At night he asked US what he
should do, and when we said Moth.
ing, he requested us to loan him 4
book-a history, if we had it. We
watched Victor for two years or more,
At night he was busy reading in the
very room wherein we now write
Victor was always busy. He was rare
ly sccn upon the streets Of Winchester
except when distributing the Homo
journal to subscribers, and we doubt
if a dozen persons in ourtown rcmcm
bcr bim-he was so modcst-so re
firing, so industrious. All, that is the
secret. He had no time to idle. liz
was too poor, and Heaven bless him
he was too noble. He was too PROUD
to say the world owed him n living
No such rulschood cankcrcd his little
heart. His was the true pride tor ;
boy to feel. lie was n truly jrape boy
too courageous not to earn his owl
livelihood; too proud to idle away the
precious moments which other boy;
sQuandcr at marbles, or in sitting
around the stores and street corners
Energy and perseverance, were th,
strong points in his character, and he
has succeeded. How could he fail
We have no patience with boys who
NOPE about looking for some sof
pIace-somc clcrkship-some agency
dclulcd, as they are, with the idea tina
such places arc more respectable
True, some conccitel, shallow Drained
lackadaisical miss may sncer at TIT
boy who works ut n trade, but it wOulC
be u blessed day for our country i
every boy in all the land had to learl
II trade. What a pitiable sight to SCI
so many boys idling away their hours
waiting, like poor wilkins Micawbcr
for something to turn up! Victor was
never such n boy, and to-day he i
getting u handsome salary for his let
tiers to the Cincinnati Commercial. w
met Victor last winter in New Orleans
whittier he had been sent to report up
on the Mardis Gras festival. He is
good correspondent, and is always o
hand on important occasions, lie wa
in Winchester not long since, and il
his letter from this place to the Cincin
natl Commercial ne alludcs as follow
to a discussion which occurred durin.
the examination exercises Of the Rob
crt Donncll Institute, which in itself i
n good hit at the KukluX brawlcrs u
North. Victor says:
"a great deal Of breath has beer
wasted in Congress and other usclcs.
places, concerning the ku-kluX an'
where they originated. That question
Is now happIlN III rest. III was sctllct
here to-day, ] attended the closing
exercises ofthe Donncll Female Insti
tutc this afternoon. a class in history
were examined. The cause Of til,
breaking on. Of the Revolutionary wa
was discussed. The teacher wanted tC
know if the men who threw the te;
into Boston harbor were disguised
Yes, they we're. II such an event wcrt
to happen in this day and time what
would the perpetrators be called !
"Ku-kluX,' answered the sprightly
class in one voice. Then" asked the
teacher, "whcrc vas the first Ku kluX,
outrage committed? "In Boston,"
was the answer. They were the first
Ku klux, were thcyr he asked, to
the class responded in the affirm
ativc. This settles n veXed question,
md throws the responsibility of thA