Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-06
Che family Circle.
The Boy That Wanted to Be Great.


John Allen was Sunday scholar who
made good use of the school library, and
carefully selected from it such books as
would improve his mind. He lived with
his grandfather in the country, and his
daily duties were to fetch the COWS home
to be MIXED, to cut the fire wood, and to
plow and harrow the ground and to sow
the seed He read of great men and their
deeds of heroism, and not only was inter-
ested, but wished to be like them
As he closed one of the books. before
going to his regular morning duties of
tindng and bringing home the cows, he
said TO his grandfather, " | wish / could
be great man like some Of these | read
about. am tired Of my plowboy life in
the country: want to do something grand
and heroic"
The old man was pleased with the boys
aspiration. but desired that it should be
rightly directed, and replied, " You must
remember that there is heroism in every.
day lite, and we must be careful to do we'll
the duties of each day, and then, if God
sees fit, He will put honor upon us. But
we must not desire to be great simply TO
be talked about"
Yes, grandfather. replied John, as he
took his hat off the nail, "you are right
know you are; but should like to be of
some use to the world, and | am sure it
Ia bnstonad tn thn conmoo IN find the
COWS bnt one fayorite heifar was missing
This ono was his own and bo honed bv
tho money which If would come d,v hring
IN 70 L.va tho maops to ;rnrove his adn'
cotton fms vo, 500 that John was mot
on 1i, wishfnl to he treat bnt was doing all
he could to make himself useful He
Jroro tboso ho had fannd home RI tho
farn,srard and onicLlv rotnrnnd IN search
for the missing ono
nc se,rcb Ied hin, IN cross the railroad
n oo, n wood. md Nc no crossed he
roticod that several rails had hean remov.
cd and he knew that unless some signal
,vor nm, made to thn onginnor If Tho ovnress
,rbicb was soon dino a dreodf1I accident
"n lri tate Mace and manv Iives he Ice,
T Tbol tbo mol alnost sto H%ayod him Int ho
foIt tbat now ho had ~ 10 os bic granJ0
G,,bo o hod s,i5Ntho d,Ity of,bo dsy Rnt
how ,yas no to do it9 liz tbonrhf If bo
no o r,ato a lorgo bonfro on tbo limo
tho an r;napr would Ia srre 70 COO il
cnrcottino his lost heirer be hastily oath.
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sat fro IN tbon, with snr,o matches vvbicb
ho had in HE norknt A. tho small boon
hurrod nm he fad tho aamos with al tbat
ho could find and xionSlv listened FAR
tho ( oxneofad train Ae soon az bo board
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