New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-11-23
Strive 70 Exoel-A Moral Story.

Many years ago, when the state Of
New York was in q wild and unsettled
condition, and infested by the wolf. the
bear, and the army worm, there lived
on the banks of the Hudson little boy
with soft blue eyes and q sore toe. He
early learned that what was worth do
ing at all was worth we'll doing. and so
whatever he did he did the best he
knew how. No matter whether he was
called upon to hoe the waving corn, or
to put split stick on a dogs tail, little
William always did his level best.
Thus he grew to manhood, always
striving toward perfection in every
thing. When he was sent out into the
world, he cast about in his mind to
know what he should do for liveli-
hood. 1t soon occurred to him that
robbing the mountain stage coaches in
Wyoming aud Colorado would be q
middling remunerative calling, and a.
it required no special outlay If capital.
he adopted it as bis profession. Though
at times unfortunate he was always
cheerful. When he robbed a stage
coach containing only one passenger,
and he an editor, with nothing in his
pocket but . buckskin string and .
pass, he never murnIured or COM
planned. He would ask the editor, in
that merry. frolicsome way of his, to
give him puff, and then he would let
him 60. Years went slowly by, the
summer succeeding the balmy spring,
and autumn following on the heels Of
summer, according to = time honored
custom, when one day William stopped
a down coach from the mines. and in
the mellow moonlight jabbed his re-
volver into the window, coupled with q
request for scads. There seemed to be
reluctance on the part of the passon-
gers to contribute any wealth, but they
1avished about bushel of buckshot on
William and his gang. It seemed that
they didn't have any money, but such
as they had they cheerfully turned over
to the outlaws. When the smoke had
cleared away, William was found with
some buckshot under his shoulder
blade, and his nose shot of. All his
men were extremely deceased. Then
they took William 10 hospital, and
tenderly watched over him until he got
well. After that these good Samari-
tans dubbed together and hung him.
But it was q grand success. William
was hung with more eclat than anyone
else had ever been. People who wit
messed the exercises said that they new
or knew man to straighten out rope
with more unstudied grace and earnest
zeal than William did. He seemed to
throw the whole vim and concentrated
energy of lifetime into this emphatic
gesture. As he hung there limp and
exhausted at the end of the rope, the
chairman of the vigilance committee
said. while he took cigar from Will
JAMS vest pocket and liz it, that he had
never known man to jump into the
bosom of the great uncertain with more
chic, or more sprightly grace and pre-
cision than William had. This should
teach US the Importance of doing every
thing thoroughly and well. Whatever
We undertake aim to do it better than
any one else. 1t is better to be hung
and know that we have brought out all
there was in the part, and to know that
we expiated our crimes in q way calcu-
lated to win the respect of all, than
even to run for the senate and get
scooped.- Vim. Nye, IN boomerang.