Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-18

The bark by tempest yainly tossed
May founder in the calm,
And he who braved the polar frost
Faint by the isles of balm.
Rest for the weary hands is good,
And love for hearts that pine,
But let the manly habitude
Of upright souls be mine.
Be near in mine hours of need,
To soothe, or cheer, or warm.
And down these slopes of sunset lead
As up the hills Of morn!
Mr.. Tabernacle's Daughter
Old Levy Samuel Davis, of Clothier
Alley, st. Bartholomew's, Smithfield
Little Britain, was as 'downey cove
to Use slang that seems almost OBJ
solete, but was fashionable when Dick
ems wrote 'Oliver Twist'-as you coul,
find in the three kingdoms. He ros'
early, and he went to bed late; and HI
lived in the times when money was t,
be made.
He did not cOnfine himself to thu
sale of garments, old or new, although
the nimble penny had an attraction fol
him; but now and then Levy S. Davi!
old &c s. d. as they called him-ven.
tured into buying rare and curious ole
silver: crucifies and altar plate he was
especially fond of; and, accompanied
by sweating and putting Anglo-SaxoI
servant, carrying Heaven knows how
many ounces of old plate in a canvas
bag, Levy would venture far into the
lands of the Philistines, and sell his
wares to the West End silversmiths.
God bless me-what fine work ? cried
Mr.. Borax, the eminent jeweler. Where
did you get it from, Mr.. Samuels?'
That's mi buziness, Sir; but know
you'll buy it. God bless me! you know
a fine piece of work when You sees it
Sir L Ialways seq, seq !, if there is ;
man who has fine nose for piece o.
good work, Muster Borax is the man.
And, Sir, Davis ish mi name.'
The end of it was that old &c s. d.
sold that for 25s. an ounce that he hat
given only 5s. for; while the crucifix
upon which Mr.. Davis gloated with pc.
culiar pleasure, passed from Mr.. Davil
to MIR. BoraX, and from Mr.. Borax tt
some great nObleman's house; and Mr.
Davis grew rich. Where did he ge
these works of art? 1t was i'm the ole
time, and ships from beyond seas-es
pecially from Spain and the Low Coun
tries-brought rare treasures, whicl
would now fetch ten times the pric,
they then fetched.
As Mr.. Davis grew old, he who hat
assisted at the spelling of many churche
bethought himself that he would enricl
his own; so he scraped more and more
and took larger interest, and saved ever
candles ends, till his neighbors won
dered at his parsimony. Even his ia
vOrite son was mulcted of some part o
his education; and Mr.. Samuel Davi
junior was taken from University Col
lege, London, and put into lawyer
office. AS this lawyer was under Mr.
Davis thumb-he had foolishly beel
joint security for defaulting client
young IS. d. had his articles presentet
him gratis, upon paying for the stamp
only; and old &c s. d. chuckled witt
pride as he thought that his son woul'
be a gentleman by act of Parliament
'S'help me Benjamin. interjecte,
s.. d. who in his hot youth had
wicked wit, its the only way we cal
be-
'O'd yer tongue-o'd yer tongue,
cried the old man. we can buy zen
up-buy 'em up
But this was little consolation to him
His money increased maryelously, .bu
his trouble as well. His priest cam
and read him the holy books and tn
penitential psalms, and his heart wa
smitten.
'Sammyr cried he, one day.
'Wot's the row?' asked the yOun
limb of the law, who was practicing en-
crossing on some blue-lined dratt-pa
per, and irritating his fathers soul b.
using it wastefully.
Such boy!' said Davis senior, pee
vishly. There amt no row-o'ny ther
will be. I'm goin' to die
'Time enough for that, father re
turned IS. d. junior, without lookin
round.
'S'hclp me-
Bob said the boy, piously.
I'll leave it all TO shtrangers, an
build tabernacle, if you amt good
NO, You WON'T returned IS. d. jun
ior.
lie was quite right. He did not. Br
he did build one end of a meeting-houst
or synagogue, and he worried all hi
brethren till he made them subscrih
toward it, for which he took all til
credit; and henceforward he was calle
old Tabernacle
> This act of faith gave him lease {
life; but in due time he slept with HI
fathers, leaving IS. d. a gay young fe
low, with 4 taste for opera, flower
Covent Garden, fish dinners, and DIR
wines. lie was an admitted attorne,
but did not practice MUCH, and had, in
deed, little need for work. But he too
| house i'm side street running out {
F., Piccadilly, and on the door he place
the name Of
MIR. DAVIS TABERNACLE,
SOLICITOR.
He thought the name n good one. i
hated the name and tribe of Levy, an
abominated Samuels; but Davis, I
presumed, was Welsh, and the surnam
- he asserted, he inherited from his f
5. ther. He was old Tarbernacle, and h
son had been often in his lifetime callt
youmg Tabernacle.
Mr.. Davis Tabernacle, it is needle
. to say, prospered. He was not suspe
Is ted of belonging to the ancient peOp
of whom he was so unworthy as to