St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
ST. cSohnshurp Galedonian.
bout Debt.


il with. | WAS afraid of being >colded .
for losing my pencils 81 often. for was .
Il real careless little fellow. and 81 did .
not dare to ask ut home: what then .
was John to do ! There was ii little /
shop in the place, where nuts. and .
cakes and tops. and balls were sold 10y .
old Mrs. Dcar>nn. and sometimes ! had .
seen boy, aud girls get trusted 10y the .
old lady. | argued with myself that .
Christmas WAS coming. that somebody .
nr other would Ice >utc L" give me Il pen .
ny and perhaps even Il whole silver SIN
pence | would therefore go III debt
for IL pencil. and he sure IL pay AT
Christmas. did not feel easy about
it. hut still screwed my courage Mp
and Went into the shop. One iarIhin@ /
was the amount, and as had never nw- /
ed any thing before and my credit WAS
good. the pencil was handed over to
me by the kind hearted dame and |
TdS IN debt. 1t did not please me
much and felt aS if had done wrong.
but | little thought how >oon.l should
smart for it. How my father ever came
To hear of this little >tIokc of business
| never knew, bur some little bird or
other whispered it to him, and he WAS
soon down on me Ill right earnest. .
God bless him for it: he was Il Sen>l- |
bile man. and none ot YOUR children
spoilers. He did not intend To bring up
his children to speculate, and play at
what big rOgues call tiBanciering. and
therefore he kneekedi my getting int"
d. ii Tue head at once, and no mis-
take. He gave me- very powerful
lecture Oh getting into debt, and how
like it was to stealing, and upon the
l. L.. L.. l,N T.
and how boy who would owe Il tar-
thing might one day owe Il hundred
pounds. and get into prison, and bring
his family into disgrace. 1t Was lee
turc, indeed | think can hear it nov.
and can feel my ears tlngllng At tine
recollection of it. Then WL> march
ed off to the shop like Il dc>crtcr
marched into the barracks, CRYING hit
teIly all down the street, and feeling
,lreadfulll ashamed. hcrau>c thought
every body knew that | WAS i'll debt.
The f;llthing was paid amid many sol
emn warnings, and the poor debtor Was
set free. like Il bird let ont of Il cage.
How sweet 1t felt to Ice out OF debt ,
How did my little hc,rt vow and de
clare that nothing shall ever tempt me
into debt again 1t WAS Il line lesson.
and ! have never forgotten it. If all
boys were inuculatcd with the same
doctrine when they were Young. it
would be rs GOOD rs "A fortune tu them.
Wurou-loads of trouble in after life
would hr saved. God LlC>S my tath.r
say I. and send a breed oI such fath,I>
to save. the country from bciu" eaten I,lI
with villaiuy. for what with comuaui,.>
and schemes, and paper money. the ma
tiou is getting to he Il, rotten as touch
wood
Ever siuc,. that early >ick,uiu" |
have hated debt ~ Iuth,r hated th,.
none. and if | shy some fierce things
;bnut if. Won must not wonder. To
keen debt. dirt and the devil ont ot m,
cott:I., has bcru my greatest wish ever
sine. / sci mn Lnu.,. k,,ni,,". and. al
tLnurh. TIM. last at th,. three has so,u.-
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,rnod wifi. hard v,rl Lo,,st, and
scrubbiuo brushes the tvu others have,
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WAS soon plurkrd. and bnrr,wrrS VII
surely come to poyrrt\ = invent, uf
the bittercst SOFT. because. there i,
shame i'm il.
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ruiu of man, of my u.i,rIL,r. ,I,,,,
can hardly afford to keen :, rIhhit and
must needs drive a hnr,,. and ,.orri.,,,.
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common disease, of th,. times .mL
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