Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-15
Nothing could be more true
Than the following paragraph
frOm-tho pen ofA thinking la

Nothing could be moro true
! than the following paragraph
from. the pen ofa thinking la
dy contributed to an exchange
, II suggests thoughts that ii
would be well to dwell upon
frequently, especially those
isundiced persons who are
constantly inveighing against
tho universal "wickedness and
degencracy of the times :"
On every hand we find Of
ficers of the law-sheriifs no.
licemen. detectives aud non
officials trying to seek out and
magnify evil. and make the
detected occupy a prominent
place in tho public mind. The
newspapers are filled with
the names of thieves, murder
ers, connterfeitcrs and every
class and kind OF evil doors
are made the subjects of news
paper bame, but along side of
this not one word for what il
good-not a thing for the en-
couragement Of noble, virtu-
ous decide. The noble worker
passes through life nnnoticed
-unhonorcd and unknown.
We have known of good and
generous acts performed of
which the world knows moth
ing, and thus the unthinking
throhg, who move only as they
arc acted upon, by their sense
less clatter, make the world
appear much worsethan it re-
ally is.
Why not institute q band of
detectives of virtue, who
would bring TO light the great
number of classes Of devotion
to duty-self sacrifices. the
good and generous.dec per-
formed to relieve human suf-
:ering, and to cheer the way
Of the toiling, and tighten and
sweeten the path of the way
ward and unfortunate. What
better example could be pre-
sented to the world than the
life sof one devoted to in
creasing tho happiness of his
fellow men. Yet we some
times see such persons re-
viled and made tho subject Of
the most wanton slander by
those whose tongues are too
vile to speak any words but
those Of depreciation and lies.
Crime has the press and tho
courts to proclaim its fame,
virtue and noble deeds and
efforts, sleep in silence.
Fson the Microscope to the
WoOdpilc
From the Detroit Free Press.
Tho other day a Detroit
father purchased a microscope
for his son, boy Of ten, pat
ted the lad on tho shoulder,
and said 10 him:
"My son, take this micro
scope, and 60 out and study
the beauties of nature"
Tho boy left all other
amusements for that, and he
took such great interest and
improved so rapidly, that at
the tea table, TO which several
visitors sat down with the
family. he felt that he mnst
make some remarks. Turn
ing to one Of the ladies, he in
assirese .-ss''a
ibid you ever look at
cheese through a micro
scope ?"
II don't think / ever did"
she pleasantly replied.
well, YOU just Ought TO
see the things,crawl-'
John! ,Iohn!' exclaimed
the father, shaking his head at
the boy across the table.
John Subsided for a minute
or two, aud when his moth
er passed the cheese around,
everybody said, Thank yon.
no."
Pretty soon the young
student, desiring to mollify
his father, asked:
Father did you ever look
at a toad through u micro
scope2'
~ will talk with you after
supper replied tho parent,
scowling at theboy.
John was rather disappoint-
ed at his failure TO arouse en-
thnsiasm, and just as the
straw berries were being pass.
ed around, he remarked:
"Well, you just ought to
look at a straw berry through
the microscope. They look
just like warts, they do,and
you think you sec bugs run
ming
Jawn!" said his mother.
"Boy !" warned his father.
"Well,they look wors'n flies
heads !" protested the boy, who
imagined that they doubted
his veracity, for "flies-"
"BOy-!" said tho father.
making q motion for John TO
leave the table.
John left. and as soon as it
was convenient for him to do
80, the father escorted the lad
to tho wash room In the base-
ment, bounced him around,
and and said:
"My son, gimme that mi-
croscope, and you take the
axe and 60 ont and study the
beauties of that woodpile y
II that boy continues to feel
the way hc does at present,
no will be come . bank robber
instead of q naturalist.
A::TPAlm Under llAil.
The belated U. p. train that
arrived in Council Bluff about
half past II, Sunday morning.
met with. q hail storm near
Potter's Station, some 200
miles west of Omaha, ON
Saturday evening. The hail
fell with such violent force as
to compel the train to stop.
The hail was OF immense size,
being on an average 3 inches
in diameter. Within five
minutes from tho time the
first stOne struck tho train
there was not . whole glass
on the south side Of tho train,
tho entire length OF It. The
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