Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31
YOUTHS COLUMN.

4 Lesson for Boys.-A boy went and lived with man who was counted a hard master. He never kept his boys. They ran away or gave him notice they meant to quit; so he was half his time without or in search of boy.
 The work was not very hard-open- ing and sweeping out the shop, chop ping wood, running errands, and help ing around. At last Samuel Fisher went to live with him.
 'Sam's good boy," said his mother. ''I should like to see a boy now-a- days that has a spark of goodness in him." growled the new master.
 It is always bad to begin with a man who has no confidence in you, because, do your best, you are likely to have lit tie credit for it. However, Sam thought he would try; the wages were good and his mother wanted him to go.
 Sam had been with MT. Jones but three days before, in saving cross grained stick of wood, he broke the saw. He was little frightened. He knew he was careful, and he knew he was a pretty good sawyer, too, for boy of his age; nevertheless the saw broke in his hands.
 
 it," said another boy who was in the woodshed with him.
 ''Why, of course, l didn't mean to do it, and accidents will happen to the best of folks," said Sam, looking with a very sorrOwful air at the broken saw.
 "Mr. Jones never makes allow ances," said the other boy; 'tI never saw anyting like him. That Bill might have stayed, only he jumped into hens nest and broke her eggs. He dared not tell of it; but MT. Jones kept suspecting and suspecting, and laid everything out of the way, to Bill, whether he was to blame or not, till Bill couldn't stand it and wouldn't"
 "Did he tell MT. Jones about the eggs? ?" asked Sam.
 ''No,'' said the other boy; "he was afraid; MT. Jones has got such q temper
 'I think he'd better owned up at once," said Sam.
 'I suspect you'll find it better to preach than to practice,' said the boy. "I would run away before I'd tell him." And he turned on his heel and left poor Sam alone with his broken saw.
 The poor boy dld not feel very com fortable or happy. He shut up the
  and then went into his little chamber under the caves. He wished he could tell Mrs. Jones; but she wasn't sociable, and he had rather not. 70 my God, D said Sam falling on his knees, 'help me to do the thing that's right.''
 do not know what time it was, but when MT. Jones came into the house Sam heard him. He got up, crept down stairs, and met MT. Jones in the kitchen.
 "Sir," said Sam, ''I broke your saw, and thought I'd come and tell you fore you saw it in the morning."
 ''What did you get up to tell me for ?'' asked Mr. Jones; Il should think morn- ing would be time enough to tell of your carelessness."
 "Because," said Sam, CT was afraid if I put it off I might be tempted to lie about it. Pm sorry I broke it, but l tried to be careful.
 MT. Jones looked at the boy from head to foot, then stretched out his hand. "There, Sam," he said hear tily, "give me your hand. Shake hands. That's right. Go to bed, boy. Never fear. Pm glad the saw broke; it shows the mettle's in you. Go to bed." MT. Jones was fairly won. Never were better friends after that than Sam and he. Sam thinks justice has not been done MT. Jones. If the boys had treated him honestly and ''above board' he would have been a good man to live with. It was their conduct tha soured and made him suspicious. l dc not know how that is. know that San Fisher finds in MT. Jones kind master and faithful friend.
 Ds,<7 T Ll s.I a bird once build it's nest? On the edg of q quarry of elntc, near that Whel the rock was blasted piece of the fly ing and falling slate frightened and in commoded the poor bird very much. was thrush; yet she did not change her quarters. But, being pretty ob serving bird, she noticed that at tn, ringing of a bell the men started anC ran.
 "Ah," thought the bird, I'll rul too.''
 So the next time the train was fire, and the bell rang to warn the men ava, the thrush flew from her nest anI lighted among them-indeed close unde their feet. The explosion over, she re turned to her rest and they to thei work. This she did, whenever the blasted. Of course it highly diverte the men, and visitors were told of he sensible and discerning conduct. The were anxious to see the thrush: tn slate could not be blasted to gratify tn visitors, but the bell could be easil rung, and it was. The bird heard il and down she flew. After few time she saw herself hoaxed, and when tn bell rang again she peeped over he nest to see if the men lett. If they di not she sat still and cooked her head a much as to say
 "NO gentlemen, I am not to b cheated again life in my is too seriotl to be tritled away for your amusemen, No more makes believes for mel SC through you."
 } Hdrd to Pron0ecnce.-Many years ago a minister in his travels, put up for tn night with man who was supposed [ possess but little of what people cal "common sense." Just as he was abou to retire for rest, the man said to tn r minister:
 ''Tell me, sir what three words in tn English language, are the most difficu to pronounce?"
 } ''I don't know that can," was tn reply.
 f "Well," said the man, "I'H give yo till to- morrow to answer me-" The minister thought no more of tn question till it was proposed to hir again in the morning when he care lessly said he had not thought of it. ''Then," said the man, II will te you the most difficult words to pro nounce. They are-I am wrong"