Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
TWO IMPORTANT PAPERS.
Springfield Republican,

CnaC ere DOV, Salu FARMER Long 10 his
wife as they sat by the fire, that winter
morning, Hes more harum skarum
than that states reform school boy
was" E.u5. .t g. 49,. -....e.ss
"Wel. father have patience with him
for the sake Of his folks. I think there's
something in jim that will surprise you
one Of these days" s-a..
Il dunno whether he'll surprise me
emmy mOren he has or not. Last spring
he made b1eve he knowed all bout bill
ing down sap md surprised me by
M1rnin' the bottom Nv the sap-pan eout,
nd settin' the sap-house on fire Last
summer he broke more tools in hayin'
time than all the rest ov us together.
And dear me! Yeou'd orter seen him
dig pertaters last fall. Iii venter he cut
every third one in teW-stIuck. at Fem
ez eff he was splittin' rock maple logs
Nd new mes broke my best three-tine
pitchfork, some way,a feedin' the cattle
He's only 16. y'r old. Eff heduz this in
the green tree, what in mater II he dew
in the dryg' .nt =e.-tta- vt4 jar.
After these remarks about the boy he
had taken to keep until he was of age,
the farmer started for the barn. He was
bending over the great meal-chest, just
inside the barn door, as tandem team
was turning around the corner Of the
Darn. This team consisted of a wild
yearling steer, and the boy, jim Fowler.
The "team" was on the dead" run.
The youth had hold Of the steers tail
with his left hand, and held aloft a milk
ang-stool III ! his rlghtI hrs PMS {.
Mr.. Long was unaware Of danger;
and when something struck him, and
Immediately be, found himself on his
back IN the meal chest, his first thought
was of an earthquake or a tornado or
other dread outbreak of forces. He
emerged from the chest just in time to
see his lime backed steer pass on into
stable, and, Jim Fowler arise half
stunned from the floor.
"Yeou young scamp" he Numbered,
" Yeou'U murder somebody yit-er-er
l shall, efyeou don't stop yer uumbed
work"
The boy did not laugh at the miller
like appearance of the man His own
face was quite as white as the farmers
as he said .....f
I'm awful sorry Mr.. Long" .,ra4 g..
~ dunno whether yer be er not"
replied the latter. :'But I'll tell yer
meow nd here, Jim Fowler, what'swhati
when yer father. died veou haden't a,
relative left p. af --., ~ E.5.
"No, sir; they want none left" broke
IN the youth and the tears filled his
eyes.
:" promised him little afore he died
TO 10 IL
enough ter take care Nv ye'self; md
dew well by ye-giye ye a CON mon
school eddicatio md so on. Nd mean
ter dew it eff yer conduct don't become
aabarable But yeou must be more
Study md manhke nd not plague me,
ter death by yer recklessness. Dye
hear" -...ts. +, ~. ,q.,-s4. .f.a ~, So.
"Yis sur'n I'm going ter try Mr.
Long. ~ .....lv7r
That's the sorterr talk. Il want We
ter go ter school'nd glitter; be ez smart,
ez Jennie is, eff We can 2 Yeou er' tew
years oldern she is nd y'aint nowhere
side Nv her. .#EE.E %g
II know it. I amt nowhere side Nv
her" 49, 50 a @ea 81
Jennie, the farmers daughter, was a
bright girl; and as pretty as a pink. jim
did not wonders that her father and
mother were proud Of her; nor that
<hey felt there was vast difference. be-
tween him and her. He thought there
was himself: and he believed she did
for one day of the last summer, when
he stumbled on to her flower-bed, she
spoke sharply to him, and if he had not
misunderstood her, called him a. beg
gar" 's1~-
He was careless and stupid; if she
mad said as much, he would have
thought it iustifable under the circum-
But for her to speak in that
way-as if his misfortune was his fault
him almost hate her. He did
not answer back, but the look he gave
her kept her from ever repeating that
esunt; and also from forgetting that she
had once made it.
Yet he continued to be the same care
less "Jin1 y up to this winter morning.
But when Mr.. Long had administered.
his reproof and returned to the house
to brush the meal from his clothes, the
youth fell into profound meditation.
out of which he came with this ejacula-
ton ~ a.atsiG aaaf+ f8 af7+eg ef~-.|
Iii do Ht1u8aE saesg edt 39nfgre,
When the next term of school began,
there. were two scholars from Farmer
Longs. aaz ar1t al ..d; .5a.s III 81 ~:
Jennie and Jim. efa-a1 IL" sas -s-
They went together; but separated
when they got there, for Jennie was in
a higher department than Jim could
enter This was the first term the lat
ter had ever begun with determine
ton to learn. That he was now SO de-
termined is proved by the answer he
gave to his teacher on the first day of
school, when she asked him, among
other things, what he wanted to do; it
was this a want ter git ter know ez
much ez Jennie Long does. y 80 a .a3
How did he come out? Well, he went
to school every term for three years.
He studied evenings, and all the time
when not at work, during VACATIONS J