Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-12
THE LEFT HANDS.

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An Organization Worth JoininE-The
Good the Boys Did.
''Hurrah, mother! 1 belong to a secret
society,""
Otis Adams came hopping into his
mothers room, first on one foot and
then on the other, banging on the door,
| upsetting a chair, and making as much
noise nine-year-old boy.
isn't it jolly, mother-a sure enough
secret society?'
dc All the members make as much
noise as lnis one?" asked his motheY,
with pleasant smile; because if they
do, l hope the meeting will be held out
in the field But what is the secret,
| Otis?"
''Oho.' cried the little boy, that
would be telling. and we are not to tell
any body
Il don't think much of secrets that
are not for mothers to know" said tho
| lady.
| Otis looked rather sober.
well, mother" he said, lat the next
meeting FL move that all mothers be
made honorary members, and be told
the secrets. But I'm to be on duty to-
| night. and l can't tell you what I'm 60
| ing to do"
| His mother shook her head, and Otis
began to be dreadfutly afraid he would
miss his appointment.
just try me this time, mother" he
said, earnestly. It's something l know
you would like me to- do. and Mr.. Ross
knows about it-indeed, he gave us our
society name and motto"
81 think l could trust my boy" she
said ofondly, looking into his clear,
truthful eyes, even if Mr.. Ross die not
know about it, but as nine-year-old
judgments arc not apt to be very ripe,
am better satisfied that your teacher
should be in the secret. What is the
name of your society?"
THE Left Hands," he replied, proud
ly: but don't ask our motto, for that
would tell too much.''
The next morning before school time
Otis was seen flying wildly over the
house hunting in vain for his sachel of
books.
During the morning Mrs. Adams put
on her bonnet and coat and went to see
a sick neighbour poor widow, whose
sickness would have been starvation to
her family, except for the kind charity
of those around her.
''Ah, Mrs. Poole," she said entering
the sick woman's room. Il see you have
a nice supply of wood laid in for your
kitchen stove"
''Yes'm," said the poor woman, land
I reckon you are at the bottom of it,
ma'am."
81? No, indeed. What makes you
think sop
Don't you know how I got that wood
ma'am?"
mot word of it,
well, about dark last night some
bows came to my little yard as mum and
quiet, mann, as if they had come tc
steal, and piled up three barrowloads
there whore you see it. AS they kept
quiet we kept quiet, too; but the chill
dren made sure. they saw your Otis
among them"
Very likely Otis mother re-
mem boring the LEFT Hands," but she
said nothing to the boy until that even
ing, when Berry Mitten, the black
smiths son, brought Otis sachel to the
door.
dad said ed ha- went for you'uns
about usin' his grindstone eff he hadn't
SccI MIS- oOlS .
So the Left Hands, first secret was
out, but that has not seemed to discour-.
age them at ala. for every week some
good turn is being done secretly to
somebody; and it is not hard to guess
that the motto of the society is: Let
not your left hand know what your
right hand doe tbs. S. Evangelist.
The SolomonS are not all dead so
long as a certain Judge at Dorpat lives.
A plaintiff sued for COW for which he
said he had paid, but he could bring no
other proof against the assertion of the
former owner that he had not The
Judge, after hearing the case, pronounced
in favor oil the defendant, and then in
yited the audience, including the de-
PENDANT, to make up a subscription for
the PLAINTIFF. The defendant willingly
gave three roubles whereuron the
Judge, looking at them, said: What do
you mean by using counterfeis monevp
Explain how you got this or yon will go.
to Siberia" Thereupon the defendant
confessed that he had got them from his.
enemy, the plaintiff, and as a punish
ment hc was compelled to pay them back
again. and to deliver the cox.
According to the New Orleans Plea
yuns the workmen, when pulling down
the Sangerfest building-where the
wonderful feasts of music were given
by placing their ears to the planks,
which formed part of the building, par
tieularly the thin planks, could hear
faint sounds of music. Scientific gem
tlemen who have examined the matter
express the opinion that the phenome-
non is due to the fact that unSeasoned
wood used in constructing the building
contracted very rapidly,
and while in process of contraction the
woody fiber was impressed by the great
musical vibrations, and now that the
planks are exposed to the freedom of
expansion the musical sounds are devel-
opod.
When the boy who hates arithmetic
fails to get his lesson, it makes hin,
hate it all the more to have his teacher
make an example of him. -Somerville