Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-22
A TRUE STORY FOR BOYS.
IFrom the Hartford Timrs.l

IL nuCN a. DUn IL 2ltliiucil tiili lc
could recommend To work i'll hls
store. Al first the gentleman couId
think of no one, for he knew none
but a faithful, honest boy would suit
the thrifty merchant. A. length,
however, he called to mind II hoy OF
excellent character i'll his neighhor-
hood, but he feared he would hardly
do, as his parents were very poor
and he had no education or other adj
vantages To fit him for sHch posi-
ton. But the description of the boys
habits pleased the merchant so much
that he handed the gentleman dol
lar with which to pay the boys fare
to Boston by stage and requested him
to send the lad to the city, and If on
d personal interview ali should nos
prove satisfactory, he would pay his
fare back home again.
The gentleman, us requested, visit
ed the boys parents, and, stating the
merchants proposal, advised them to
send the boy for trial. He then gave
him the dollar which was sent topay
his fare to Boston, and departed.
Under similar circumstances ninety
nine out OF every hundred boys
would have said, "N2w for u good
time. l never saw City, and never
rode in Il stage. Oh, there Will he SO
much TO see, and it will be such II
long ride, aud here is money sent to
pay fare. Not so with this boy.
Putting the money carefully in his
pocket, he said to himself, "This is
the first dollar L ever had; how L
| wish l conld save it. 1t is only
twenty-five miles to Boston. | can
walk there III IA day. I'll do il and
save my dollar"
His Mother patched mp his clothes
rs well MS she could, and early next
morning the little fellow parted with
his parents at tue door of his humble
home, and set out Oh his long trip
to the great city, which he reached,
tired and dusty, alittie before sunset.
lie soon found the merchant, who
sternly asked, "Where he had been
all day? Tue stage came in hours
ago" The boy thought he had dis
| pleased the merchant at the out set,
and with downcast head aud tremu-
lous voice he answered 81 did not
come on the stage, SIR" 'iDld non
come on the stage! what,do YOU mean?
Didn't send money TO pay your fare:"
The boy thought it was all up with
him sure, and amid gathering tears
he managed to reply, 81 am very sor-
ry, sir--e did not mean to offend you.
L thought would walk and save Il Q
dollar, l never had one beforc.''
Placing his hand gently on the
boys head, the merchant replied,
"My little man,you did exactly right.
Come home with me and get some
supper" Then turning To by-stander
he remarked. "l wouldn't take a thou
sand dollars for this boy To-day"
That boy has grown to manhood and
has since become widely known i'll
business circles. He is now owner
of the extensive mills at Methucn,
the Pemberton mills at Lawrence, u
banking house in Boston. and one of
the finest farms in Massachusetts,.
The New York Sun contains this
piece of news which is a dig al the
protective policy of the Radical
party: The financial policy of the
German empire has lately undergone
9 remarkable change. The protect
i've tariff has been abandoned, and
has given way TO mere revenue i'm
post. On the 1st of January, 1877,
the plan is to go into operation.
Among other articles, iron amd its
|
duty, very much to the digust Of IN
terested parties. In order TO obvi.
ate this calamity, they have present.
ed 10 the "reichstAg" numerouslv
signed petition, praying that the inn
port duty on iron and its produce
may be continued,a ,at least beyond the
stated time. The attempt to reopen
the question was, however, cut snor t
by Minister DELBRUECK, who obser-
, we'd, very pointedly, that the iron in-
terest had been fostered long enough
to hold its own against foreign COM
petition; nor could he admit that the
petitioners had suffered by the hard
times more than those engaged in
any other business, aud for such eXi-
2encies there was no remedy. In
fine, he felt strongly opposed TO in-
terceding in behalf of a single branch
or interest to the detrimeut and cX-
clusion of others, and thereby to set
most reprehensive precedent in leg
isation iraught with corrupting in
t1uences.
. The Kansas City Times has this
to say of a mysterious marriage
'There is good deal of looking
around among the elderly mothers Of
! Westport. Nobody has said very
much as yet, but number of young
} men are being watched closely, for
} he purpose of ascertaiuing where
} they sleep and with whom. Yester-
day one of the divincs of this city Wis
: tied the environs aud married-some-
! body. Whom they were he refuses
10 tell, and they themselves are as ST.
, lent about it as though they were the
first people who ever did such Il
thing. The preacher knows they are
respectable folks but he won't te!t
, whether they ale living together.
Maybe he doesn't know about that,
but they know it, and they might as
well tell it; for if they persstently
refuse, the time will come. just as
like as not, when they will be glad
enough to tell the very minute of the
hour of the day in which they were
made one. Come out of that, both of
YOU"
A recent st. Louis Republicans
Washington special says: A noii-
: ticatiou from Gov. Hardin that
the arms now held by the state of Mis-
souri, were subject to the govern
ments order, was received by the
chief of ordnance this afternoon.
The formal cancellation of the charge
against the state will be made by
tomorrow, and Il credit of $500, 900 en-
tered on the books. An officer of the
army will be detailed To go to jeff
erson City and receive the arms now
: in the armory, without any expense
to the state, and they will probably be
sold there. The chief of ordnance
says That as soon as he makes for
NAL cancellation of the account the
state can receive as much as five thou
| sand stand of the latest pattern and
best make OF arms at once, or AS
much as the state may wish to draw =.
The Government pays eOst of trans