Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-07
YOUTHFUL INDUSTRY.
How 1t Was Encouraged by Bold, Bad
Sawbones.

How 1t Was Encouraged by u Bold, Bad
Sawbones. rt5
Boys should never be afraid or
ashamed to do little odd jobs by which
to acquire money. Too many boys are
afraid. or at least seem to be embar-
raised when asked to do chores, and
thus earn small sums Of money. In
order to appreciate wealth we muss
earn it ourselves That is the reason
| labor. do not necd to labor, MY
parents are still living, and they Ger
tainly would not see me suffer for tho
necessities OF life. But life In that way
would not have the keen relish that it
would if earned the money myself.
Saving wood used to be tavnrite
pastime with boys twenty years ago
remember the first money! ever earned
was by saving wood. My brother and
myself were to receive five dollars LOT
saving five cords of wood. we al
lowed the Job to stand, however, until
the weather got quite warm and then
we decided to hire foreigner who
came along that way one glorious sum,
MGR day when all nature seemed
tickled and we knew that the fish
would. be apt to bite. So We hired the
foreigner ind while he sawed, we
would bet with him on various dead
sure things" until he got the wood
sawed, when he went away owing us
fifty cents.
We had a neighbor who was very
wealthy. He noticed that we boys
earned our own spending money and
he yearned to have his son try to ditto.
So he told the boy that he was going
away for a few weeks and that he
would give him two dollars per cord
or double price, to saw the wood. Tic
wanted to teach the boy to earn and
appreciate his money. So when the
old man went away, the boy secured a
colored man to do the job at one dollar
per cord, by which process the youth
made ten dollars. This he judiciously
invested in clothes, meeting his father
at the train in new summer suit and
speckled cane. The old man said he
could see by the sparkle in the boy
: clear honest eyes, that healthful exer
5 else was what boys needed.
8 When was boy | frequently ac
, ouired large sums of money by carry
: ING coal up two flights of stairs fol
| wealthy people who were too fat to dc
S it themselves This money | invested
from time to time in side shows an'
: other geological attractions. -
9 One day I saw coal cart back VI
and unload itself on the walk in such
o way as to indicate that the coal woul'
4 have to be manually elevated insid
the building. | waited till ] nearl
froze to death, for the owner to com
: along and solicit my aid. FINALLY h
y came. He smelled strong of carboli
acid, and afterward learned that h
" was physician and surgeon.
y We haggled oyer the price for som
II time, as | had to carry the coal up tw
u flights in an old waste paper baske
- and it was quite 0 task. Finally v
le agreed. | proceeded with the worl
D. About dusk went up the last flight
oi stairs with the last load. My fe
p seemed to weigh nineteen poun'
/, apiece and my face was very somber.
ID In the cleaning l saw my employee
~ He was writing a prescription by Il
IN dim, uncertain light He told me
II, put the last basketfulin the little clos
n off the hall and then come and get n
Ell pay. 1 took the coal into the close
's- but do not know what l did with
4? AS opened the door and stepped in
nd tall skeleton got down off the nail a.
es embraced me like prodigal son:
Ir- fell on my neck and dropped itself
to over me. Its glittering phalanges {
" tered the bosom of my gingham sh
". and rested lightly on the pit of
lid stomach. The room was dark but
ZEN did not light the gas. l thought,
nj the sake of my good name, wo,
On not remain. My good name and
- strong yearning for home were all t
IN. | had at that time.
a. So Invent home. Afterwards learr
Of that this phyician got all his coal carr
low U upstairs for nothing in this way, q
n.y. n.y. he tried to get rooms two flights
, Wv, Their up in the building, so that the b
W. would have further to fall when u
vi made their egress.-BiN Nye, IN W
erfl P[O1Ondn.