Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-21
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MISTAKES.

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MISTAKES.
1t often happens that one wrong deed leads
to many others. When we tell one falsehood
we find that we are almost obliged to tell
another to prevent being caught; and then
another and another until the thing becomes
very troublesome. We are obliged to falsify
to nearly every one we meet TO illustrate
what we mean, we will narrate a little circum'
stance which once took place.
A father sent two of his sons and servant
boy to put mare and colt and couple Of
mules into pasture but short distance
from the house. The mules were to be put
into one field and the mare and colt into an
adjoining one. The reason of this separation
was simply because the mules were known to
be vicious, and it was feared they would kill
the colt. Between the two fields there was a
high and strong fence The boys did as they
were directed in every particular except one
They neglected to shut the gate. The boys
started home, but had not gone far until they
heard noise in the pasture. At once it oc,
Cured to them all that the gate was left un'
fastened Back they ran with all possible
speed, but too late to correct the mistake
The mules had crippled the colt and the mare
had broken leg of one of the mules All
this resulted from neglecting to shut a gate.
So it is all along the journey of life. Neg.
lecting to do little thing which would not
require three seconds of time, will in the end
often cost US hundreds of dollars. 1t is a
grand mistake to leave undone what ought
to be done, or to do things which ought not
to be done.
A rabbit and snail once, we are told, ran
race. The rabbit treated the snail with
great contempt. He darted off at a brisk
gait at first, and soon was out of sight Of the
creeping snail. So the rabbit thought he
would stop and crop some grass and satisfy
his hungry appetite. Then he felt drowsy,
and so he thought he would lie down and
take nap. The snail kept creeping along,
and without making any noise, passed by the
nimble rabbit whilst enjoying his nap. When
the rabbit woke up he found that the snail
was at the end of the race course. The rab.
bit made grand mistake in stopping. If he
had been wise rabbit he would have run to
the end of the race and then eat and slept.
Little boys and girls are sometimes guilty
of the same mistake which the fabulous rab-
bit made. They begin in great hurry to do
something, and before it is half done stop to
play.
Bill Prodigal and Sam Careful were Of the
same age to day. Bills father was rich and
Sans was poor. Bill was fed on the fat Of
the earth. He had candy and nuts and toys
whenever he desired them. Poor Sam could
scarcely get enough of coarse food to eat.
Things thus went on until the boys grew to
be men. Bill came into possession Of a large
estate with a slendid mansion. Sam lived
on rented land. Bill went on in the old way,
buying everything he thought he needed
Sam worked hard and saved all he made
Before Bill and Sam were forty years old, the
sheriff sold Bill Prodigal out, bag and bag
gage and Sam Careful was the purchaser
Bill made grand mistake in making moth
ing and spending great deal.
Two young men worked hard one whole
week in preparing and planting a piece Of
rich bottom. They finished and congratula'
ted themselves that they had done their work
we'll. The public highway ran along the
side of the field. In order to prevent the
water from the road from overAowing the
bottom, ditch had been cut. The opening
made by the ditch was usually stopped by
driving some stakes in the mouth of the ditch
These stakes had, during the winter, been re-
moved. AS the young men rode home, the
one said to the other, "that ditch must be
stopped" 1t would not have taken five min.
utes to have done all that was required. The
ditch was not stopped, and soon some hungry
hogs found it out and entered the field and
literally destroyed the work of week. II
was grand mistake not to stop the hog hole
as soon as it was discovered. 1t cost the
young men not only the loss of weeks hard
work, but the loss, in all probability, of good
crop of corn. Little mistake usually result
in great losses.
ICANNoT PRAY FOR FATHER ANY MORE
A child knelt at the accustomed time to thank
God for the mercies of the day, and pray for
his care through the coming night. Then, as
usual, came the "God bless dear mother and
But the prayer was stilled, the little hands
unclasped, and look of sadness and wonder
met the mothers eye as the words of hopeless
sorrow came from the lips of the kneeling
child, "I cannot pray for father any more"
Since her little lips had been able to form
the dear name, she had prayed for blessing
upon it. It had followed close after mothers