The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-24
EVERYDAY DUTIES.

myself -but it is work, work, work, M
time for. anything but work. Some
people get on as if by magic. ! believt
life is lottery, after all, and = am 90
ing to try my luck in the casting q
stones. have all faith in the number
nine. If | can hit that maple more
times out of nine than I miss it, TIL b.
somebody. If fail, rlllgo on like the
nobodies around me"
The sleepy figure in the grass sat un
right, and commenced pelting the in
nocent tree with pebbles. Hit. miss
miss miss, hit, hit, miss, miss-no use
I'll try no more. Five unlucky throws
out of seven" s.,
For shame, boy, to call this noble,
intense life a lottery, and try your DIES:
tiny for time and eternity with bits ol
stones thrown from a lazy, indolent
hand. Get up, and take hold of life in
earnest. Turn something up, instead oil
lying there waiting for something to
turn up
The big strawhat in the grass turned
slowly toward the gentleman in the
sulky, who had stopped beneath the
spreading boughs Of the great oak &c
allow his thirsty steed the benefit oil
the cooling draught that trickled through
the assures of;the rock into the rough
trough.
AZ am the new doctor, who has put
out a sign in the neighboring town OF
Elton" said the voice which had aroused
the boy. ..Now, tell me who you are,
and what you are doing here"
My name is Joe Hardness"
"Joseph, you mean," said the doctor.
'.Yes, but i am too lazy to say it, and
came out of that old farmhouse YOU
see on the hill there, to dig Eaters for
the dinner
First potatoes I ever saw grow at
the roots of timothy" laughed the doc
tor.
Patch is across the run. / stopped
here to restn aas asst 49, a8l1ft I.
And carve out a grand fortune by
dreaming. How long have you been
hereP Long enough, / dare say, to
have dug and cooked them, too.r
Joe's only answer was a grin.
/" Let me tell you. boy, the very
foundation OF true greatness consists in
doing your everyday work in the. very
best manner possible. Letit,be digging
potatoes, hoeing. corn, backing boots,
studying lesson. or even playing 4
game al bali. % I'd. work daterm;nad To
succeed etall ia md 49, 1,a, ii
OUT 81 vo,Ir everyday WORK sW1,aat :
worth doing at all Il worth doing we'll ,
OUGHT to he printed in lattars of no1d
and nailed oye,. every door Il, Aha ,sna.
Make this your own motto and Won VII; iii
never need to spell f-a.i. -
s.I do not yvautfto s,,,e,,fl INV xvbola,
life digging and delying want to oo,
to college and know somethinc an
tired of work q, 1,9Y,s IS 4 s's- 4, 80 :,
Then INV how Won will have - ho
transplanted- to a more heavenly soil
for I tell vor, there il NO s,,ocass So,
where on earth without incessant toll.
You will have to dig. dig, dig forknowl-
edge, If you are ever its possessor. eft
me- sec. 3 How old ara Won p,,er -.
Fourteen. sir,
aAnd what do YOU know IT booksp',
IL. Eve been twice throrlgh ar;thmet;cl
know SOMETHING Of oeocranhv. and a.
spise grammar and spelfin'.h' s
And they are atswar with vm. + nh,
serve. You will never be a scholar
until yoti have 4 fair FIGHT with these
two chief cornersstones. and come Of
victor. You must be master at every
step of the wav Nor m,,st M ~ ,o,;t
across-lots in ORDER TO shorten vonr
journey. Men often try. this way Int
|hey find So many. ms aud dn,nn oas
MANY streams and swamns tbaf' a Nav -
DO not lose themselves aItooefher tbeyy
will find their road, THOUGH shorter ~
"A air li,,a IN reaI;tv ,,,,,,sl 1s sl e.S pyl
he lawful route. There il aIoreat daaI
If going ad.oss-lots to make q heaoar 81
i man in this world ID Won On -
eiasIs nTn "
. Only in winter. / have no time in
summer, 500 q ~ s1''9 - :. 1
.What do Won do with vour aaa
nents and rainy DAYS p, '-, e'|ss ''''o'
ssRest.n e
..Hum! Isee you are not worth saw
no. Never vii smo,,nt -, .n,.th sa