The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-09


Wasn't decided AZ all. Got 20 be
all gone over. Cost like fury. too. His
doin's." nodding toward the house.
. On the jury and would not agree with
the rest; he never does-so knowing
and stubborn. whew! He oversizes the
Scripture account. for SolOmon's wiser
than eleven men that can render rea-
SON.
Let Us 90 back nearly twenty years,
when the house and every field and \
fence betokcned industry and good
management solomon is seventeen.
Jim fifteen. and Mandy. the bound girl. |
abou, the same age. Solomon has the |
reputation. which quiet people often
have. undeseryedly. for great sagacity.
He had early learned. however, what
folly wisdom is. when il leads TO work;
and had saved himself many trip 10
the barn by not being able 70 tell q
blind-bridle from saddle-girth. and
many an hours toI BY not knowing
how TO stir the apple-butter, so as TO
keep it from burning 1ct all, except
Jim. esteemed him wise beyond his
years.
do Won know. jim" said solomon,
one day. with great benignity, = that
animals have a language Of their own.
by which they communicate with each
ofhers''
s.Can snails talks'' asked JIM
Certainly. why nots II other Of the
lower creation"
.well. say. Sol. give rs a specimen
Of the snail vernacular, with transla-
ton. won't you? Teach YOU goose
Latin. II YOU will" continued Jim. as
solomon glanced angrily toward him.
You may be goose. but I'm not a
snail.- growled Sol; and he threw no
more chunks Of wisdom TO Jim for a
week.
Solomon has turn for books ex-
plains his mother Now. Jim. con-
finues she. lis more for tradin'; but Ia.
he never keeps nothin'. Mandy. you
90 and get some wood. and be sure to
brush the snow of. it's 50 wet and
nasty. | DO wish. solomon. that your
father would come in; it's early yet 70
plow, aud il SHOWS like winter"
..Irs too cold 10 work out to-day,
saws the Young man. decidedly. from
his big armchair by the fire.
solomon. does your stomach feel
hetter?'' suddenly asks the old lady.
Gould you eat Bit o chicken il fixed
il for you?"
Lack % exercise and over-eatine
cause this rather fat. healthy looking
boy occasional tits Of dyspepsia Hav-
inc eaten the chicken. he leans muslng
liz against the window.
Wish had the paper from the post
Office"
Cant vou step over and get it?'
, asks his mother. kindly
.-Don't want to be on the track wher
the Express Is so near due" Is the yer,
lame excuse be offers for not going. a
, he lounges into chair again lb'
railroad ran across the corner Of III
BOYD farm. between the house and tn
! village. just on the other side.
: II may be that John Boyd and NJ
wife made mistake in allowing Solo
mon so much leisure for books and jim
50 much money for trading. However
, we leave that for those parents 70 de
eide whose boys have AL turned on
, precisely a they once planned. On
! idea was uppermost in their minds, an
: that was. 10 spare their children. II pos
sibla. the priyations and hardships Inc
1 themselves had undergone John Boy
! himself once had n. turn for books
: and .turI'' for trade. too. Yet book
we're denied him: and many times IA
he seen some duller man pocket IN
I :. biz profits resulting from speculs
}, ton. into which he had not venture
\ from want Of capital
: Time passed. The fatherand moth'
4 died. leaving the farm 70 Solomon, Al
4 its equivalent in money TO Jim, wi
I, proceedeth. forthwith TO Sonhei
Il city.
e solomon did not have the usu
II anxieties Of courtship. He just marie
: Mandy. He needed some one TO kes
a house for him. and Mandy could "cos
q Just like mother"-a qualification fe
= wives possess
4 The neighbors often wondered nc
Solomon BOYD. who never worked, n
X who dragged around slower every yea
1. found money to pay his taxes and sto
In bills.
Sometimes Mandy wondered. too. Al
70 fretted some over the leaky house Al
! broken well. Nevertheless. she trust,
a: All to Solomon's superior Judgment; !
Is YOU remember that he said little a
II was rcckoned wise.
,n One evening. when their little Nanr
is was six years old. Squire skinner car
ID over. Mandy was in the kitchen. g
~ ting supper. Hearing loud ang
re words from the sitting-room. she hast
entered 70 close the door to the bcdros
ar beyond. where Mamie lay sick. VIII
n the words mortgage ..sell
e. farm with oaths from skinner, seem
10 freeze the blood in her veins, and
On stood riveted 10 the floor.
ca 1--WE been put OF As long As
in roin' to- said the Squire WORK
cr hard for that money. and now I'm 90
X 10 have IL. And johnson and Burba
~ .r.. - NJ. st.to ~ affo