Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-07-19
Che family Circle.
The Story Of George Wilson.
BY VI. BELkNAr

of this Individual would be simply ridicu-
Ious. Let it suffice to remark, that all the
vices which Il town boy of fourteen can
learn were thoroughly mastered hv
George, and no boy was ever known to
-urpl~s him in tricks or trills of >lrrng h
or bovish skill, who could number ne
more wears to the period of his natural cX-
istencr More than this, George had clc;,t
common sense, and instead of packing W
an imaginary satchrl and bettking hn>rli
to the still more imaginary green fields OF
he country, he followed the calling of :,
boot black until he found himself grown
clear away from his companion, then it
WAS in confidence he told u chum that h,
was -oiny on II farm; every m,n rrsem-
bling u f,lmcr va, bc>eigcd, Ill at lcn1tl
Mr.. Wentworth, not knowing the hare
nanc generally borne 10y George, en-
ya.cd hi, services at twelve dollars pea
month";
Seated upon ,he HIGH spring sea; of til;
double boxed farm wagon. Geor-C" enter
tanned his employer with u minute DIES
| cripiion of I'LL the various kinds of wo> k
Of which he was master Mr.. W. soon
discovered that George WAS a hard c:t-t:
however. IS he appeared to be- smart and
wiling 10 i'aIn' ne resolve" l." I've nm
lalr trEu before ne '>-'d judgment
MIS- " =. beng the best OF f'rih"r wives
N "ltiltl having a very kInd heart. pro
\ldcd a comfortable room tor nm. amt IL
had shown a Willingness TO Wear Mt W :
old clothes Tor a length OF Hhe n"cr@Stl\
tor r"n"vttIng his own garments ny 4 u
iic'"u> AppIIc'tion OF soap ana water
/ HE Labor WIS OF 4 KIND easily lrHfHrd
tor George had att'n led III" sales IN IN,
cltl, full enough 70 h"rnn" we'll up Il
/ the ut of driving Il common team Their,
We're 40 othcr nlrmhcr~ OF Mr. W. : ftml-
/ is but his wife. little Nay, Il child Of fly,
summers. George and myself. Mr.. W
gained a comfortable. liz lih""d hN r:rry-
| my on 4 llLht bu~nr>- * ttilnrr. seldom
needing more than one ln1n - n-~l-t linn
upon the place. WAS there n GU
hotrder, relative ana >chool-teaciIer. All II
once. At frs George WAS a little shy OF
the morning and evening "cN"tions. fol
/ Mr.. W. w,~ 4 Methodist. and never MIS-
"a This essential at, III T.. With bother
cd look George would take 4 chair Near
! lac door. in order To h" tire lire t. dol@,
ont after The s,rI ices
/ We soon found hat ii did hat little 1000
to converse with George upon the subjects
/ of temperance, morality or religion ful h,
! was ~ ready a. an tncl!onrcr and | tn nj
! very one of Us had cause - decide tha
! prccrpt must GIVE WAY almost wholly t
exam pie. ana hy common consent this W..
done.
Then it was thlt Nav. o,;r bri.ht-,vt,
and Joyous little pet. made her pn~llueh'
upon the enemy. and Ito not think NOR.
tai man ever saw Il more complete con
quest B1 this time George had overcome
hi, STRANGER WAYS. and WAS :lhlr to dress
neatly and res, rcttbiv. More tftr THIS
he had made friends with May. IN such /;
friendship us would holA. He had l"l;b
rr:,tclv shot one of the nci4hhor'> dor
that had yrowlrd ut hcr. Hut still h,
>Worc badly ut the horses. and cheWri To-
btcco in great quantities. and on >unl,v
would =" to the creek. and his pol,
in the bank. play cards with I'll" "thrl
boys till the setting >un would bring tn,
time tor the COWS and the supper table.
Ltd" MAY once came up inst Il Gcorg,
WAS swearing badly, and sud, George
what's the matter? He then man god t.
state that h" had Int ms thumb whsle At
tempting 10 drive nall. May nj down
by hum and, taking ms hand, h"ldlt l MN
ute IN her own soft fingers. George lock
cd n the far little hands and then m" lI''
misty Il ne eyes ana ,"r="' the sharp pan
running clear To Ms >h"o'"tf- george
, please don't SWEAR any more.
| Won any more. May. ton yen.
lhls was sud after 4 moment silence
George had l""k'd earnestly t" see II he
came to HIM nnpr"mptcd. and he believer
She nat. ''t"r@r ended his r"nv' r>nt1or
/ 10y returning 10 his task, My watching
HIM MI 1t was s'lriy accomplished th+n Il
''l' nom Inc house Tor May I" ct her i'>-
SON. separated them.
Now ','orgr' You 'nu>ln tax hn'tiN
any more
Il Try sad ''t"fg'
! Now, If George hal been boy "h'
says universally, " can t. he would have
don b'ie~> failed to keep his good promise:
us 1t WAS he dld keep It. One day not
long after. saw George in >abba'!
School We had tried IN every known
way to Influence him to attend. bnt AL in
vain Now that he had volunteered to come
alone. we did not feel FRI, to send him in
to the regular class. The teacher went to
him. however. and requested him to en-
ter; his answer we thought strange: no.
sir please excuse me. | " rs invited to
come by friend, today, and will inst
sit here and look on
\ friend, had we not been frirnlIy3 AM!
why should he refuse as and then come ut
the request Of another? After the close
Of the school the superintendent made Il
few remarks. TO these George was an
attentive listener. VIII at home we
were curious to know who hid succeeded
in winning George to The Sunday School
\ burst Of tears followed the kind inquiry
Of Mr.. W. "Oh, sir. am glad wet
to-day" said George; and then followed q.
long statement Of Mays persistent Efforts
to get him to leave off his bad habits, how