St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02
A Plucky Boy.

\ story comes up from Portsmouth
10y the sea. of such us we read Of We
generally read of them after they have
become great naval officers. great
statesmen, great philosophers. or some
thing great. As boys they are not par
tlrularly intellectual, aud have had
remarkably poor facilities for educa
ton, but are brim full of pluck and
determination. such boys don't al
ways become great men, but those who
miss greatness are never heard Of so
that all the moral effect is secured, lust
the same as though every plucky boy
could become Il Nelson or IL Franklin.
or,
Live to clutch the gold KEYS.
To mould a mighty States DEGREES
And shape the whisper of the throne;
And moving up from high to higher,
bec"mr on Fortune . cr"wning slope,
The pillar OF nation : hope
ne centre "i world desire
The lite of the youth of whom we
hear from Portsmouth began in low
estate" hut not Ion Il simple village
green. He WAS Il New York ydntin.
AMI he WAS wont to haul the paSscr-bN
on the city Hall Park with "ShInr.
mister: III cents :! OF course. he had
II" father and II" mother. and WIS given
I" sleeping III dry goods boxes aud OH
tanning his >u>trnanre at Il cheap cot
fee and cake saloon. D"uhtlcss, hc
often suffered from hunger and spent
his pennies to get into the gallery al
blame the poor fellow. Ills taste was
never improved I" any extent. In
summer Time he often wandered oil
t" the Watering places. and %"I all thc
benefit Of Il iiS'IIniIahl' vacation lay
n,luNtl ioliSlN apply i'll" the bla"kIu.'
brush ON the boots of visitors Wherever
hc went Last winter. he set up his
box on the corner 10y I;arnum'> Hippo
dl"Im,.. aud when the. great moral show
set forth tuI it~ summer tour hr came
along with IT hoping tu pay his shining
NaN with the proceeds of hi, avu..a-
tinm. When h,. brought ur in Boston
h,. WAS rnuuc,,l upon tnr selling With
out 4 license. A> the story has il. ne
had not money enough to plN inr Il Ii
ccu>... though We h,Iir,r the boot
I,lark'~ license. docs not have, to h,. maid
tnr, However,. There. are cnudiIiur.
.,L,,I ,.niuu +, s,.L,ni vhi,.h thu. .,.,,-
,I,.,,, ,.,,,lI u,t ,.nu,,,I, with and ,L,
,n,..,t ,.L,rit.,II,. ,it, nf H,stnu v,uIL
mot .,Ilnv lh,. noon lao, to ".,iu his L.uI,
bread l,\ >hiuin" hnnf> about the Hin
unIr,u,,.
Fla. f,,tu,,. ,,,,..,t ,n.,,, 49,. S,.I
t,,nIJ..L Lut unt dism,,.J ,;I.u,.i,,,,
r,u,i,,I, over =, cnI> of TIN. Doik
Globe at = news stand. his e,. conYht
=, htrl,. u,,ar,aub >tatIu.r that tb,.
| -ui,,d state. rr,riyiuo-.Lin S,biu. ,t
pnt.moutL \ II LuJ h,..n m,J, :,
-,L,uI->hi,, nf instruction f,r h,,.
IJ,r,. u.,S thu. u,n,,,.ut I,i,, with f,t.
tLot Was tu tr:u.tu,m that I:,rprd hoy.
Iif,. liz. ,,.,n,uilrd his d,..tiu, in =,
m,t,,.,t and Lis mind N.,~ u.,L,. m,
U, vnuld enlist ON the Sohiu,.
,.n,,, tL,. MAY, and I,.rn,,,. q, ,,,..,t
,.nn,u,nJ,.r SL,Lnm tL,. inLn,,i1.,II,.
Iu,t ,f E,>t,u IRON, his JiI,ni,I.,t,L
shoes and ,Iiuniun hi. hos over hi.
shoulder he trudr,d OH for Portsmouth.
Shinin" his way through the intrrycu-
inc owns he reached the >rapurt of
New Hanrr>hir, and iu,Iuirrd for the.
~ vLrr,.alout, of the Sabine. G,i,n ,,,
board it'll lIuttrriur heart. he told his
story tu the commander and ,.>u,,s,,L
his desire to enlist. Alas for his homes,
hc could not hr taken without a par,ut
nI guardian to h,. responsible. for him.
The commander was SONY. for he liked
the. hol : looks and m.nInrr. hut lac. had
II" discretion in the matter
Sadly the Youth turned back l." the
city of Port t>noutlI. cnwitatiny on the
hard limitations put upon <rIugglim.
poverty hv the great. respectable
world. But he did not give up.
..t;il,. up' wis not in his ..hriuht l,Ni-
con-" and he wandered up and down
tin, streets in >caIch of Il guardian in Il
CITY of strangers. With that keen
judgement of human nature which his
rough life. had given him. he scanned
the faces at the pa>SrI>-bN. Passing the
Cit> Hall his eve caught the genial
c"rrnirnamcc of Mr. Israel Mardrm. the
civ Marshall This wus his man