The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-10-17
A Letter for the Bows.

SEVERANCE, Man, Oct. u, 800.
Mr.. EprToR-I am seated for the pur.
pose of writing what I would like to
say to a large number OF the Andrew
county boys, and shall he dcpenden,
| on Your kindness and assistance in pla-
cling it before them in your most excel
lent paper; for we have come to regard
it such. and its editor an ~approachablc
being; hence, We venture to try ON
hand on Il scribblc.
We left Fillmore on Saturday last with
roads very muddy, but after passing
Oregon, we found the roads pleasant,
and were enabled to surprise some OF
the natives by the amount of mud oul
vehicle bore.
As weather and roads are generally
spoken of firstly, q suppose to clear the
way), you will pardon me. | was 60
ing to tell the boys about Il boy | over.
took on my way, and what | learned
from him and his brother. His name is
| Joseph -, and well does he deserve
the name OF that beloved sol of Jacob,
of whom the Bible speaks. His pants,
behind and before, were not very differ,
ent, either, from Joseph's coat, Tor they
were of different %colors; but | think
| they differed in this one palticular-they
told the old story of poverty at home.
In plain words, they were patched. His
| course was onward and upward. though
the way was slippery; straightforward
| seemed to be his motto and business hi,
! creed. One hand was on his hip, and
his attitude was that of II heavily bur-
| dencd. Ills burden was in Il suck, and
was changed from II shoulder to the
other occasionally. He did not ask m,
to ride, but when asked, he manfully
| came forward and took his seat ut my
| side, placing his burden at our feet.
learned from him that his sack contained
crab-apples, and saw at once the secret
of the boys beautiful face and his gentle
and attractive manner. lie was making
all this effort for his mother. and he wa:
dom" it checrfully and without murmu
or complaint. | could not have fell
more highly honored hal | sat by the
side of a King or Il President. But soor
we arrive at his residence. and after pc
litcly thanking me, he passed in at thu
gate. His little brother (almost small
enough to be called Il baby brother,
came in sight as | drove up, evidentl.,
not in a good humor, for his face ha'
that wrinkled, crooked, cloudcd, awful
appearance that boys faces wear Just be
fore an outburst of angry passion whlci
generally follows Il resistance OF parenta
government. As soon rs | caught the
eve of the boy, l tried a smile on him
which had its designed effect; for tn
cloud was broken. and gradually tn
LIGHT of the boys countenance came toitl
in one of those smiles which boys ant
girls excel in producing when the sig1
is right; and it depends on their owI
will and effort to keep it right. Learned
from this incident with Joseph that
NAV. if content with my lot, do some
thing for the good and comfort of thos
around ne, by u good, honest effort
and that though | may not he Us rich,
NAV be as honest and rs true rs n kim
and consequently rs happy. From hi
brother learned that had better at a
times keep anger from any heart. II
effects on the appearance of the count.
nance is awful, rs shown by this It'll
boy. How much worse it is on the lee
incs of the soul, you must Judge iroi
your own experience. Doctors say til;
each fit of passion shortenS life. | ais
learned that Il very ugly face. whe
clouded by anger, becomes pretty b
the sunshine of the SOUL smile. Nor
! than likely | never more shall see J'