St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-02-26
flor the Children.
The Little Hero.

| was out on II tiIeSum. business one
daV and noon oVcrtook me far from
home. entered II nicr-lunking res
taurant. thinking to rest and lunch. y
father and Son entered >oun after. They
were evidently from the country. and
the boy could not have been more than
ten or eleven Years old. wv hatll you
have. John ," asked the father. III
take some of those. sill. pointing to
some beautiful cakes. temptinglN dis
played. well. aud what else - as he
bought and paid for them. ''Oh. moth
ing else; these viii do. sill. ''ltut
what will YOU have to drink Some
hard cider ?"
NO. sir - said the little fellow. I'll
to help himself. oh" said the father
to the man behind the counter. Civ I.
us two glasses of hard cider. he'll
drink it | know. i"r he Away, did like
cider mighty we'll" No. father. |
don't want it," said the little boy. cNi-
IDENTITY annoyed. as he turned round ;It-
ter drinking his glass at water. I'D
like to know why. now. said the father.
III an irritatcd tone and rough manner,
that made me think that he had drank
something stronger than cider himself
that day. The poor boy redeemed to
his hair, and answered confusedll. Il
promised mother | wouldn't drink amy
more cider
Nonsense. hoy :" said the father
snceringly: ''Nour mother isn't here :;
she'll never know drink ~ never
saw such look as that boy east upon
his father H. he walked quickly out of
the door. 1t said IL plainly az words.
mo. even You. my tdthcr. can not
tempt me to break my promise To my
mother. and il is Il shame for Nou To
try: and I'll gci ont of temptation :
way as quick IS possible. Went ont
and looked after him H. he went bravclN
down the street and began loading
things into the wagon preparatory T."
their departure. took occasion to
pass close bv him. for wanted To speak
to him, to look iEtO his eyes again but
! saw tears in them. 81 ! passed on. |
shall know that boy if | ever meet him
again. have placed him anon" my
heroes. | have asked God to take g.
pccial care of him and help HIM To
make himself Il noble and upright man.
Somehow feel sure God has especial
work for him Ia do when he has grown
into linn pIinriplcd. stronghold ted
man Now. my little friends. though
none of YOU may have fathers who will
tempt ynu. somebody surely will some
time tempt Won To do some wrum" thing.
and | want You t" prov" ~ firm aud
brave aS did little John.
Two Glasses of Boys
\ Young man was engaged in a very
profitable situation i'll one of our large
cities. and was highly valued hl all whu
We're associated with him. No cnn>id-
Grafton would have induced his employ
ers willingly to part with him. vet there
were fully tour hundred Young men il.
the town who would have been happy
to step into his shoes. The SALARY WAS
high for such il youth. and it MAS also
in the line of promotion. Many had
applied for it who had rich fathers Ia
second their suits. Charles father WAS
only Il laboring man. and c"uld not du
much for his boy except l""tiny and
grounding him in good principles; hut
that was worth something to IL boy,
Don't YOU think 50 Stop Il minute
and let your minis eve run over the
list of boys You know. and recall what
kind of fathers they have. AIe not
those boys most respected whose fa-
theirs are honorable. temperate, Chris
tian men and who train their children M,
toWalk i'll their Footsteps! ID" people a. :;
general thing. want Il bar-t";tdtr> sou
to ill a place of trust 81. are the fam
lilies of those men who go a-ii>hmg on
Sundays ever much esteemed. ur vcIN
prosperous III the community
Charles started ont to make hi for
tune with Il stock OF good principles
and habits, the best kit of tools !;
young man even had. He began is an
Grand boy. and found favor in every
ones eyes. His leisure time was not
spent in ciarhing his kHucklc> in the
now 80 greatly abused game of base
bail. but III pcIiectIng his writing and
arithmetic. Then he learned to teIr-
graph. and at every successive step hi,
perfect accuracy was the praise of his
employers.
While he WAS rising III favor and
prosperity, >coIce of boys went and
came in various situations. their en-
pl"ycrs eNrlaiming in vcNainu that
every one WAS MORSE than his pIcdc-
ceSsor. They were uniaitlItul and not
to Ice trusted out of sight They Nill
grow up to join the great army oi fhc
incapable, halt paid working meet
Which class would YOU prefer to inin!
C0HntI'y Gentleman.
How John Made it Up
He had failed somewhere i'll study
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