News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-08-05

A young girl lncarcerated in the De-
troit House of Correction was o. erheard
praying aloud in her cell, and these
were her exact words: "Oh. God. you
do know that / want to be good, but
somehow or other l can't"
A party of bank robbers, arrested in
Pennsylvania, were advised by their
counsel to plead guilty, in the hope of
receiving a light sentence. But the
Court, instead of fulfilling their expec-
tation, gave them the longest sentence
the law would allow-twenty years, we
think it was. One of them turned pale
and cried out: "My God in that time
the safes will get away with usl"
A private house in Chicago was en-
tered by burglar in the evening, who
found the lady of the house in her bed
chamber. She had not yet gone to bed,
and at the sight of her unexpected and
unwelcome visitor she tainted, where
upon he coolly proceeded to ransack her
bureau and carried off all the jewelry
that he could find. A few days later
| she received the following note from
him: Dear Madam: as you lay upon
the floor the other evening you looked
SO lovely that was strongly impelled
to kiss you, but the instinct of gentle
man prevented me "
| A discharged prisoner entered the
Office of the late DR.. Elisha Harris in
New York one day, and said: g | am
just out of the penitentiaryn DR.. Har-
ris replied: {" am very glad to see you
Take seat. What cen do for you2"
The young man continued: 81 want to
get honest work to do and to lead an
honest life. Can you aid me to find
employment" DR.. Harris told him
that he thought that he might be able
to do so, and directed him to a lodging
house, where he could remain for a few
DAYS, when he would let him know the
results of his efforts in his behalf He
happened to be acquainted with gentle
man who had occasion to hire large
number of men in some manufacture,
who had no objection to take convicts
on trial, and his application to him in
the prisoners name proved successful
The young man was so attractive in his
appearance and manners that the gentle
man and his wife both became deeply
interested in HIM, and, wishing to be
of more use to him, took him to their
own house, where they spared no pains
to influence him in the direction of
amendment snd right living. He ap-
parently softened under their gentle
ministratIons, protested to have become
a Christian, and expressed a desire to
unite with the church Something of
sensation was created in one of the
fashionable places of worship IN the city
of New York one Sunday morning,
when his employer walked down the
aisle with him and stood by his side, as
the rite of Christian baptism was ad-
ministered to him. Not long after
wards the prisoners new and faithful
friends met DR.. Harris, and asked him
what he thought of their protege. He
said: 81 do not think he will hold
out" "Why notf' oh, cannot
tell you His looks, his gestures, his
whole manner seems to me to indicate
a fatal lack of moral stamana " why,
DOCTOR" exclaimed the lady, do you
mean to set limit to the grace of God2"
"By no means, madam. The grace of
God can do everything for everybody,
but there are some men for whom it
seems in fact to do very little, and l
incline to think that this young man is
one of them They were rather indig-
nant at his want of confidence and lack
of sympathy with their own enthusiasm
But time rolled on and the young man
disappeared He had been absent for
some weeks, when he wrote the lady:
81 can never thank you as l ought for
your very great kindness to me. am
sorry to have requited it SO badly, but
the truth is that l could not stand an
honest life. l did try, but l would
rather die with a Jimmy in my hand
than be the possessor of the finest fol-
tune in America