The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-01-26

fThe following story is as good Thu!
wear as in 1884, when Il was written anu
published BY one still among rs. and ~
ready as ever with grace.ulpen ~ every
good cause]:
Young people commit more faults
from thouchtlessness than from intent %
AZ wrong: and want Of reflection leads
cnildrcn astray much oftencr than want
81 principle. Indifference to the feel
ings Of the aged. proneness to'make
light Of peculiarities. ere. however o.
casionally INDUCED in by the young
and in the excitement q the momen'ary
qualification which such merriment may
produce. all thought Of the wrong ana
all sense OF the right are equally forgot
ten. The proverb Of the wisest man
saith: The glory Of young men y their
strength: and the beauty Of Old men y
their gray head. The strength q tne
young should protect and defend the
beauty Of the old. The hoary head
should ever be protected. whatever may
/ be the outward condition Of its pos
SCISSOR: and neither sport nor ridicule
should be thrown upon him whose en-
4 feebled strength scarce suIiices 70 bear
4 the weight OF the many years with
which time has b rdened him
The following narrative. which Is
strictlv trne. illustrates what has been
observed. and proves that the Just rec
omrcnse OF th0ughtlcss fault may De
1 more speedily repaid 10 those who COM
NIT il than NAV be either expected or
desired by them. The common saying
OF swaking up the wrong passenger
Is peculiarly applicable TO the case
In one OF the most popnlons cities Of
New England. a few years since,
party Of lads. all members Of the same
school. rot up grand s'cigh-ride.
There were about twenty-five or thirty
bows engaged in the frolic. The sleigh
was 4 very large and splendid establish
mcnt. drawn by six gray horses rs
afternoon was as beautiful rs anybody
could desire, and the merry group en-
loved themselves in the highest degree.
Ii was common custom d the scnoo
10 which they belonged, and q
previous occasions their teacher ha'
accompanied them. Some engagement
upon important business. however &C
cupying him. he was not at this TIM
with them. II i quite likely. had !
been otherwise. that the restraining n
f:uence Of his presence would have pre-
vented the scene which IS the mail
feature Of the present story.
I On the dav following the ride A. n
A entered the s hooI-ro M he found HI
/ pupils grouped about the . we. AMI \
. hich ncrriment. as they chatte abou
4 the fun AMI frol q OF Their exe,rsiun
4 He STOPPED awhile and lstencd. and ]
D answer to some inquiries viii l. h
n male About the matter, one Of the lad
v \ fine. frank and manly boy. who's
! heart was in the right place. though n
}. love Of sport sometimes lei him astra'
a volunteered to give q narrative q the
= frip and its various in idents- As
!. drew near the end Of his story. he g.
4. claimed: 'sOh. sir, there was one lit
D. Circumstance which ! had almost ~
j. gotten 10 tell Won. Toward the lattt
n part Of the afternoon. as we were con
= ING home, we saw, ~ some dlstan'
le ahead Of US. qucer-looking AHA
n the road. We could not exactly nal
" out what Il was. II SCENE to be q 80
II Of half-ani-half monstrosity. A
" approached Il, II proved to be a :
% oid sleigh. fastened behind q cover
n wagon. pro &c ling &c slow rate. q
re taking up the whole road; flnn''
10 that The owner was not disposed
lie turn out. We determined uI'
IN volley Of snow-halls and
nc cool hurrah. These We gaze with
lst relish. and they produced the rig
NJ effect and little more, for the era
II machine turned out into the deep snt
"a BY the side Of the road, and the skin
ar old pony started On = ful! trot. AZ