Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-18
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NO USE.


Nothing is more common than to hear
young people say, respecting this or that thing,
that it is of "no use.' This only proves that
young persons, as is frequently the case also
with old persons, jump to conclusions, and
that conclusions thus reached, are often er-
roneous. General Braddock thought it was
no use for British soldiers to be on their
guard lest they would fall into an ambuscade
of red-men. On he went, playing through
the forest, the bright arms of his troops gleam-
ing in the sunlight, and the sound Of martial
music, to which his 7eteran troops marched,
echoing amongst tb hills. 1t was "no use"
the General thought, "to be on the lookout"
When it was too late, the hills we're made
hideous by the war shout of the red-men, and
the British troops sank beneath the well-di.
rected fire of the Indians like wheat before
the mowers blade.
It is "no use" said John Dandy, "for me
to learn to plow. The sun will scorch my
face, holding the plow handles will make my
hands rough, and the briars will tear and the
dust soil my clothes" Poverty came along
like an armed man, and poor John Dandy
learned, when too late, that what he once
thought was of "no use," was absolutely ne
cessary to his securing bread to hush the
clamorings of appetite.
Poor James Idler thought books we're of
"no use," and to learn anything was mo use"
He could see "no use" that reading was to
either man or boy; but be could see great
deal of use in strolling about over the fields
with an old shot gun and few poor hounds
hunting rabbits by day and "possums" by
night. Poor foolish and misguided James
He soon learned to hunt something else besides
rabbits and "possums." He got to hunting
apples, peaches, pears and melons, in the
fields of those in the neighborhood, and then
he got to hunting hen-roosts, and finally, he
worked his way, honestly, to the penitentiary.
Henry Rough thought it was "no use'' for
boy to be polite. 1t seemed to him to be
an evidence of cowardice. Hence, he made
it point to have something unpleasant to
say to every one he met. Neither man nor
beast could escape Henry. He learned to
swear we'll, and it might be said, that it was
the only thing that he could do well. No
creature could come within his reach without
being mal.treated in some way or other.
Kindness, according to his notion, was of "no
use." There was neither fun nor profit in it.
But like some others of similar notions, he
found out, when too late, that some things
are of use which he had thought were worth
less. One day he commenced playing his
pranks on an old ram which had disposi-
tion very similar to his own. The sheep was
feeding very quietly in turnip'patch. Hen.
ry crossed the fence and began an attack upon
the creature with rocks The ram walked
very leisurely up to where Henry was picking
up his rocks, and seeing the boy in STOPPING
position, the ram thought he was bantering
him for fight. Notwithstanding the timid
and peaceful nature of sheep generally, this
one was not disposed to take a banter from
any one So he set his head at the proper
angle and made plunge at Henry with all
his might Henry soon found out that one
thing was Of "no use' in fact, and that was
for boy of his size to try to stand up before
butting ram. Down he came, face fore
most, on the ground. This was not the worst
feature of the case. The ram was by no
means disposed to leave his foe half conquered.
Every time Henry would attempt to rise, the
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would make another plunge, and with his
hard head knocked Henry over again. Thus
bleeding and senseless, poor Henry Rough
lay completely subdued by senseless sheep.
William Careless was good kind of fel-
low, but he thought it was mo use" to be for
ever watching things. He was prone to leave
the gate open and let the stock into the yard.
He was continually leaving the stable doors
open and letting the horses and mules out Of
the stable. 1t is wonderful how negectful
the fellow was When he grew up to be
man and undertook to manage for himself,
this characteristic still clung to him. Often
he would work hard all summer, make good
crop, and then permit it to be destroyed in one
way and another in the fall. The fellow was
so neglectful that he rarely tied his shoes,
buttoned his shirt collar or combed his hair.
All this was "no use' he thought. Poor fel-
low no body ever got very mad at him, and
no body cared much for him. He was to So
ciety and to himself, what bump is to a
tree-no use A thing may be useless in the
sense that it is out of place; but nothing ex-
cept mischief and wickedness is absolutely
useless Generally speaking, those persons
who can see mo use" in anything but what is
in the eyes of everybody else, are themselves
of "no use" to any one They are pests in
society. They bring upon themselves much
useless suffering, and pollute the morals of the
community in which they dwell.
SERIOUS AccIDENTs.-What dreadful
place school house must be, and what shock
ing things happen there, if the talk Of school
children is to be relied on. Yesterday noon |
heard a dozen of them speaking about the
various incidents of the day. 1t was impos-
sible to catch all they said, as three or four
talked at once, but managed to learn these
startling facts: -,
Nelly Jones coughed fit to split her sides |!
Kitty Carson nearly died of laughing!
That Lawrence boy actually boiled over
with rage.
The teachers eyes shot fire.
Nelly Murray recited loud enough to raise
tho roof off the house,