, 1874-06-28

bus 7lcPheEson.
From the Detroit Ftts 11exs.
This boy Was good boy. lie would nave
been an angel to-day but for the Deceit of this
false-heaIted world He wasn't one OF q sot OF
triDlets and therefore didn't have honors show
cred down upon him in his early days, but old
women said there Was foundation there for AZ
orator, great General, philosopher. and
old men examined his head and said it WAS lovel.
Nothing particular happened to Christophcr
Columbus until the eighth year OF his reign
Ills childhood days we7o full OF mud-pics, the
butt end Of shingles, pa1egor1c. castor oil, and
old straw hats with the front brlm worn oil. Hc
WAS q deep thinker and close observer Tor
small boy. and he Was inst innocent enough to
believe things Which other boys pitch out Of tha
window without q second thought
When Christopher WAS going on years old ha
hearu soma one say that . ''penny saved WAS two
town Away in crack under the mop-noard, and
every day be looked to sec it grow to two cents
He had confidence and patience, but at length
both gave way. Then he got the cent ont ons
day aud Mrs. No.: 3ns baby swallowed It. aud
that WAS the lust of that Bungtown. The youth
ful Christopher didn't believe in maximB qlita III
much al before, but lie hadn't cut Ill his eye
teeth yet.
When this boy was year older he heard it
said that truth was mighty and must prevail,
and that boy who always spoke the truth wonid
surely make great and good man. He con-
menced to tell the truth. One day he got his
fathers best razor out and hacked It on . stone;
and when the old gent came home ami asked
who in b1azeB had done that, Christopher tol~
umbus spoke up and said:
at was /, fathe1-I notched your old razor."
"You did. eh7" sneered the old man. Ii he
looked up into peach treo: " ~oll- III hx yon
so you won't naver notch another razor for 1'.e!'
And he cnt budding limb and dtossed that
hoy down until the youth Baw stars. That night
CEistopher Columbus determined never to tell
the truth aeain unless by accident, and all
through life he stuck to the resolution.
When the lad Waa about II yeare old he
read in llttle book that '"houesty vas tho EeBt
policy" He didn't more than half believe it.
but lie thought he'd try Ho went to being hon
est. One day his mother sent him TO tho grocery
to buy eggs, and Bill Jones' induced him to Bquan-
der the change ia the purchase Of soda water.
When he got homo his mother axked Tor tie httla
balance. and Christopher explained.
"Speut it for soda, oh :" the repliod- "Hcre
vour poor old mother is working like slave,
and you are around swilliny down so:fa- water.
don't think you'll sw1u any more, L don't
Come over INV right kuee.'
And nbo aeitated him in tho Iivesiest manner.
That night - he turned On his downJ straw bed
the boy made up his mind that honesty dlun
pay, and hs resolved to cheat the "holo "osha II
ha could.
When CHRISTOPHER WIS half = year older, ha
came acrosg tho in INJUNCTION: - 30 kind to tho
poor" ua did not know Thather 1t would pnT
or not but be set about IT, lis know OF poor
Woman who sadly needed spr1n3 bonuet. and
he took over his mothers, along with = 1e"
other things, including his fathers second pair
Of boots, bis own Sunday shoes. aud 40 on Ho
went around feeling very big-heorted until tha
old gent wanted 70 go to the lodge ono ulght,
aud then it came oat-
''Gin away my boots. 7" inautred tho father;
s'lugge>l your mothers best bonnet OF, eh?
Well. don't think you'll remember the poof very
much after tonight"
And lie pounded Christopher Columbus with
pump handie until the boy fninted away, and c7ea
then didn't feel rs though he had uade thor
ough job of it.
They fooled this boy once moro. He heard
rich rnan say tha: avery body should make ny
while the sun shone." So when there came
sunny day he went out, took his fa:hers scythe
down from the plum tree sud vent 70 making
hav. He broke the scythe, cut down the tu'ipf
and backed his sister in the heel aud hls moshei
cama out and led him round By the halE, and
bounced him until 10 almost 1ent into decline
They sould'nt bamboozle this :ny alter that ~
crew wicked every dAJ Of l,is life. and before hj
eiehtsenth bf1thday arrived he WAS hung ia
murd.r. He said he didn't care T. huckebe7T
about it, and died without making tho asu1
Fourth Of July oraton-