The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-14

TH 9ORNlNG B.
JUVENILE qeRgR. ri III
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tsse, ny dssr .boys.r .aia their mother, I
..she wondsrfnLs fertility Of tie earth, A
slngss raip q corr. s9vn in Tie spring
months yields two or three, and sometimes
even more, Of these besutfful ears. Many
. poor faulty, especially in tho country, |
dnds ft cheap and wholsSome food. The |
long blades .lnake an excellent fodder for |
the cattle the husts arc used as Milling !
mako door msts. Even the stalk II NOT
without its use, If 1t were only to kindle
the nro with In tho winter. L would not
Woader II even sugar could not be madc
from II, Is we'll ~ from tho eane." 80 Il
AT this the boys were glad, and George
sboaA hive to sse u grewi1gi" aTs
q Thsre 10 NO difficulty il the way, my
child, 20 .yeu msy try It. Pick out now
some Of the grains, and plant them in your
little garaen.n George, in high glee,
tnrnsd 70 his brothers sod asked them i
they too Would Hke 70 ~ it.. They said
yss, .of course IN fact, they were aseseer
70 Plant tie corn % be was. Ia mement
the spike was stripped Of Its kerneie,and
fairly Distributed, and tho three brothers
ran OF 10 put them IN their respecnse gar
Their kind mamma; who followed them
| into che garden, warned them SHAT they
plant t1s corn 8 deep that II would bear
l.hosing three Or fonr times, and to be care
| fdi % Nv the seeds far apart.
During their hours Of recreation the
bcSs worked away at their little garden
patches, and aslsoon as everything was
| ready they sowed their grains OF corn.
But meanwhile the two elder brothers, IN
{their excitement were aareiy tempted oy
| cupfdity-that is, desire to have more
than they had q right to. SO, unmindiu1
Of their little brothers generosity, they in
sisted On having taore and George, being
. good. patered boy, gave them all except
Their GOOD mother soon followed them to
Ttheff tiny gardeus, and after looking on
ashile, soon OWNED what had happened.
MAlasT' she exoiaimed, aof what value b
jme are the genius and scholarshtp q these
{ two boys, iftheir hearts arc bads Oh, whea
have Id6Be to merit such . ohasttssuent =
; George, however, made NO complaint
; but with hls habitual gaiety, went On VIII
PIE nsxs time that they found them
) selves alouo together, Georgie's mamma
} embraced bin afectionately; and be, per
, | ceiviug that she was sad, asked her
; ~.Whst is the matter, mother Have
done anything 10 offend you ." And resttnl
= on his spade. he ceased working. Hi
, mother kissed him. and, without q word
: returned to che house.
The two elder brothers, meanwhile
, were congratulatiug Themselves about tn
/ immense crop they weuld reap, a. s'ley na'
2 planted 90 many seeds. AZ last, In do
ii time, the ong-looked. for plants spronted
o In the little gardens of Georgie's brothe,
;, they spraug up many and thick together
= in poor little Georges only one. Their
grew slowly and very limp; his fast an
q very strong. Now they ought to nay
1 thisned theirs out, in order to make tn
n so thoughtless that having made one mil
Q take, iustead of correcting that, they WI
q fall into others without any reflection.
IT Now Georeie's angle grains OF corr
z Ending sufiicient, nutrIment, shot It's roo
. downward and it's stalk upward, and SOC
v put forth the germs of three line ear
., Those of his brothers promised nothin
4 Watering them was of NO use; some 70
q ted others withered away under the he
q Then it was that the ally young husban'
10 men saw their mistake. Too late al tn
cupidity, and shanae at the thought sh
H. they deserved it ell
It George harvested three large, full ea1
se from o sinele grain Of corn bis brother
" from, all their grains, only 9 few, goo
% for, nothing, Jeiesless, aud hue-moaiSo s