The Penn's Grove record., 1882-06-03
For Our Youth.
Bad Bargains.


Once a school teacher remarked tn t
he who buys the truth makes a good
bargain, and inquired if any scholar
recollected an instance in Scripture of
a bad bargain.
II do" replieda boy "Esau made
a bad bargain when he sold his birth
right for q mess of pottage."
A second said, Judas made a bad
bargain when he sold his Lord for
thirty pieces of silver"
"a third boy replied: "Our Lord
tells us that he makes a bad bargain
who, to gain the whole world, loses
his own soul"
boy, what will you take to tell a
lie for me ?" asked a mate of one of
the little cabin boys on board OF a fine
English ship.
mot all the gold of California, sir"
was the prompt reply.
A Mothers Counsel. /.
The great men of the world have
generally owed much to the character
and training of their mothers. If we
go back to their childhood We see there
the maternal influences which form
The aims and habits of their future
life.
Bayard, the flower of the French
knighthood, the soldier without fear
or reproach, never forgot the parting
words OF his mother when he left home
at fourteen to become the page of a
nobleman. She said to him with the
tenderness of a loving heart
my boy, serve God first. Pray
to Him night and morning. Be kind
and charitable to all. Beware of fiat
%terers, and never become one yeur-
self. Avoid envy, hatred and lying,
as vices unworthy of q Christian, and
never neglect to comfort the widows
and orphans"
When Baysrd was foremost in the
battle, confess eddy the bravest warrior
in the field, or when in his own great
thirst he vas giving water to q dying
enemy, he was only carrying out his
mothers cou nsel, and striving to be
worthy of her name. The memory of
a mothers love is a talisman against
temptation, and a stimulus to a good
life.
The Diamond Ring and the False Friend,
Will m and Frank had been fast
friends from their early childhood.
They went to the same school and
played at the same school.
William sometimes engaged in
practical jokes at Franks expense;
but Frank was generous and forgiving,
and did not permit Williams little
tricks, which he ascribed to playful
ness, to cool the warmth of his friend
ship.
Called away OIL a journey which
would occasion a long absence from
home, Frank entrusted to William
for safe keeping, a ring in which was
set a diamond of great value. Frank
priced the ring more as a family heir
loom than a rich jewel.
When Frank, after four years. alb
sence, returned home, he was not a
little surprised to find that William
sought to avoid him, for he came not
to welcome him ss a true friend
should.
Calling OOH after Oh William. Frank
demanded his ring, and was sur
prised, or rather shocked, when Will
liam denied having ever seen it.
Brought before a court of justice,
William persisted in his denial of all
knowledge of the ring.
Frank stated that he gave him the
ring while each stood under an oak
tree, Immediately before his departure.
But William hastily answered that he
knew no more of the tree than he did
of the ling.
go, Frank" said the judge, "and
bring me a twig from that tree. /
wish to see it,"
The judge, expressing impotence at
Franks long absence, William ex-
plained that the tree was more than a
mile from court.
"Ah" said the Judge, II see that
you know about the tree. / believe
you know about the rug too"
Thus falsehood and dishonesty are
frequently discovered, and indulgence
In petty tricks sometimes lead to the
commission of serious wrong.
Never Be Naughty.
A humming bird met a beautiful
butterh aud, beng pleased with the
beauty of its person and the glory of
its wings, made an offer of perpetual
friendship.
"I cannot think of it," was the re-
ply, as you once spurned me, and
called me a drolling dolt."
"Impossiblelu exclaimed the hum
ming-bird. 81 always entertained the
highest respect for such beautiful crea'
lures As your
Perhaps you do now said the
other; "but when you insulted me
was a caterpillar. So let me give you
a piece of advice. Never insult the
humble. as they may some day lie
come your supeiiors."