West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-23
YOUTHFuL INDUSTRY.
How q Was Encouraged 10y a noII Ba,
Saw boucs.


saw bOucs.
Boys should mover be afraid or
ashamed To do little odd Jon, by which
to acquire money. Too many ho,s ai,
afraid, on al least seem 90 hc rmhar.
ras>cd when asked to do rhor,s. AID
thus earn small sums of money. la
order tu appreciate, wealth We must
earn 1t ourselves That /, the reason
| labor | do not need io labor Nv
parents are still living, and they cc,'-
taiulN would not ~cc me suffer for the
necessities of life But life in tha, wa,
would not have the keen relish that ID
would IL earned the money myself.
Saving wood used tu De- taNoritc
pa>timc with boys twenty years ago. |
remember the first money ever earned
was hN saving wood Nv brother and
myself wcrc 20 receive five dollars tor
saving live cords of wood We ALE
lowed the Job tu stand. however until
the weather got quite warm aud then
we decided To hire Foreigner who
came along that way one glorion, sum
mcr day when all uatur seemed
ticklcd and we knew that the fish
would hc apt 10 bite. 80 we hired the
foreigner and while he sawed. we
would bet with him ON Nariou. dead
sure things until he cot the wood
sawed, when he wont away owing IL
fifty cents.
We had ncighbor who was very
wealthy He noticed that we boy,
earned our own spending money aud
he Ncancd To have his son try To ditto.
so lic told the boy that hc was gumw
away for few weeks and that he
would give him two dollars per cord.
or double price, To saw the wood lie
wanted to teach the boy To earn and
appreciate his money. so when the
old man went away, the boy secured
'olorcd man To do the Job AT one dollar
per cord. hN which process, the youth
made ten dollars. This hc WdiCiou,lN
invested IN clothes, meeting his father
at th" train i'm "A new summer suit and
spccklcd cane. The old man said hc
could see 10y the sparkle in the boy -
clear honest eyes. that hcalthfu cNcr-
else was what boy, needed
When ! was a boy | frequently ac-
puircd large sums of money bN carry
ing coal up two flight, of stairs for
wealthy people who were too fat 10 do
II themselves. This money | invested
from time to time i'm side shows ond
other geological attractions,
One day ] Saw 4 coal cart back up
aud unload itself ON the walk iu such "A
way rs tn Indicate that the coal would
have 10 bc manuullv elevated inside
the building waited till | nearly
iroHr to death, for the owner To come
along and solicit my aid Finally he
came. He -mcllcd strong Of carbolic
acid, and J aitcrward learned that he
wa, physician and surgeon
We hagglcd over the price for some
time, rs | had to carry the coal rp two
lights i'm m old waste paper basket.
and II was quite task Finally we
agreed proceeded with the work.
About dusk ! went up the last ilight of
stairs with the last load Nv feet
seemed 10 weigh nineteen pounds
apiece aud my face was very ,ombcr
In the cleaning saw my employer.
lie was writing "a prescription bv the
dim, uncertain light He told me TO
pat the last ba~kctiul i'm the little closet
of the hall and then come and get my
pay ! took the coal into the closet.
but do not know what did with il.
As ! opened the door and stepped i'm "a
tall skeleton got down OIL the nail and
embraced me Ike "a prOdigal son. II
fell ON my neck and dropped itself all
over me. IT. glittcring phalangcs en-
tered the bosom of my @ingham shirt
and rested lightly on the pit of my
stomach. The. room was dark but /
did not light the gas. thought, for
the sake of my good name, would
not remain My good name and a
strong 5cwning for home wcrc all that
i had at that time.
so went home. Afterwards learned
| that this phyician got all his coal carried
upstairs loi nothing in this way. and
he tried To- get rooms two flights fur
thcrup iE the buildng, 80 that the boy,
would have further 20 fall when they
made their cgrc-- mn Ngc, W West
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