The Grange advance., 1873-11-12
The opportunity vas not to be lost by

Jemson. sHallo r. he exclaimed
& what's the price Of milk ? l say, Jona
than, what do you, fodder on? What
will you take for all that gold on her
horns? Boys. if you want to see the
latest Paris style, look at those boots W
Hartley waved his hand to us with
pleasant style, and driving the COW to
the field, took down the bars of rail
fence, saw her safely in the enclosure.
and then putting up the bars, came and
entered the school with the rest of US.
After school, in the afternoon, he let
out ;he COW and drove her off, none Of
us knew where. And every day for
weeks he went through with the Same
task.
The boys Of B. Academy were near
~ all the sons of wealthy parents, and
some OF them, among whom was Jemson,
were ounces enough to look down with
sort Of disdain upon scholar who
had to drive a COW. The sneers and
the jeers Of Jenson were accordingly
often renewed. He once-on a~plea
that he did not like the, o9dr Of the
barn-'refused to sit next % Hartley.
Occasionally he would indtfuire after the
cows health, pronouncing the word
"keow," after the manner of some
country people.
With admirable good nature did
Hartley bear all these silly attempts to
wound and annoy him. ] do not remaen,
Der that he 'oos epe~ once betrayed into a
looh or 'oord Of angry retaliation.
(Good y
' suppose, Hartley" said Jemson,
one day, you're daddy means to make
milkman Of you."
"Why not ?" said Hartley.
80, nothing; only don't leave much
water in the cans after you rinse them
that's ALL"
The boys laughed, and Hartley, not
in the least mortified, replied:
Never fear if ever 1 should rise
to a milkman, I'll give good measure
and good milk, too."
The day after this conversation, there
was large public examination, at which
a number Of ladies and gentlemen from
the neighboring towns were present.
Prizes were awarded by the principal
Of our academy, and both Hartley and
Jemson received creditable number {:
tor, in respect to scholarship, these
two were about equal After the GER
emony of distribution, the principal an
nounced that there was one prize, con-
sisting of gold medal, which was rare
ly awarded, not so much on account of its
great cost, as because instances were
rare which rendered its bestowal proper.
1t was the prize Of Heroism. The last
boy who received one Was young Man.
ners, who, three years ago, rescued
blind girl from drowning. The princi-
pal said that, with permission of the
company, he would relate to them
short story.
Mot long since, some scholars were
flying kite in the street just as a poor
boy on horseback rode by on hif way
to the mill. The horse took fright and
threw the boy, injuring hi5& sJ{adly
that he was carried hoYs., and confined
some weeks to his bed Nthe soAol-
ars who had unintentionally caused dhe
disaster, none followed to learn the fate
It6f the wounded boy. There was one
scholar, however, who had witnessed
the accident from distance, who not
only went to make inquiries, but stayed
to render services.
This scholar soon learned that the
poor boy was the grandson of poor
widow, whose sole support consisted in
selling the milk of fine COW Of which
she was the owner. Alas! what could
she now do? She Was old and lame
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