Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-16
GOOD WORK OR NONE.

1t is q rule that workman must 1OllOW
his employers orders, butno one has right
to make him do work discreditable to him
self. Judge NJ, a well-known jurist,
living near Cincinnati, loves to tell this an
ecdote of a young man who understood the
risk of doing a shabby JOB, even when di-
rected to.
He had on one occasion to send to the vii
lage for a carpenter, and sturdy young tel-
low appeared with his tools.
81 want this fence mended to keep out the
cattle. There are some unplained boards
use them. 1t is out of sight of the house,
SO YOU need not take time to make it neat
Job. will pay you dollar and half"
The Judge went to dinner, and coming out,
found the man carefully planning each board.
| SuppOSing that he was trying to make a
costly job of it, he ordered him to nail them
on at once, just as they were, and continued
his walk. When he returned, the boards
were all planned and numbered ready for
mailing.
81 told you this fence was to he covered
with vines," he said angrily; II do not care
| how it looks"
81 do," said the carpenter gruftly, careful
ly measuring his work When he had fin
ished there was no part Of the fence as thor
ough in finish.
'How much do you charge?" asked the
judge. ~
shouldering his tools.
The judge started. "Why did you spend
all that labor on the job, if not for money!"
''For the job, sir"
"Nobody would have seen the poor work
on it,"
"But should have known it was there.
No; I'll take only dollar and half"
And he took it and went away.
Ten years afterwards, the judge had the
contract to give for several magnificent pub
lie buildings. There were many applicants
among master builders but the face of one
caught his eye.
1T was my man of the fence" he said.
81 knew we should have only good, genu-
inc work from him. l gave him the con-
tract, and it made a rich man of him."
1t is pity that boys are not taught in
their earliest years that the highest success
belongs to the man, be he carpenter, farmer,
author, or artist, whose work is most sim
cerely and thoroughly done.-Liring Age.
SENT BACK TO PovERTY'-'Stephen Gil
rards parents were so poor" said the Gil
rard librarian, "that they were unable to ed
ucate or keep him. When he was mere
boy he was turned out to shift for himself.
Poverty seemed to have had a hardening
effect on some Of the rest Of the family.
When young Steve was leaving the pa
rental mansion, he was naturally reluctant
to depart, and an elder sister assisted to
quicken his steps by plying the broomstick
across his shoulders. He did not return
there.
"Years have passed. The scene is chang
ed. One day at Philadelphia, at the old
mansion, now a sailors home, a sea-cap-
tain known TO Ciirarl was uShered into
the presence of the eccentric millionaire.
His face was wreated in smiles, as if he had
some pleasant intelligence to impart which
would make the heart of Girard leap with
joy. A poorly clad woman stood in the hail.
"I met your sister in France, said the
captain.
MY sister! iSttcre nom de Dieu' eXclaim-
ed Girard, with that eloquent and inimita-
BILE shrug of the shoulders which none but
Frenchmen can initiate.
"'She had not the means of coming to
see you and | gave her passage contin-
ued the captain.
"Ah! Monsieur said the millionaire,