Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-05
MORE THAN TRIPLES.

Importance OF Things That Sometime,
Seem So Insignificant.
Young people in beginning life are
apt to be impatient of the first little
steps that apparently make no advance,
forgetting that seeming "~trifles make
up the sum of life" Just as, in building
the little bricks, laid carefully. one at q
time, side by side. and securely cement.
ed together, make at last the great,
strong structure.
a Young man, having exhausted his
patrimony in obtaining a professional
education, settled himself in a town
already filed with successful lawyers,
to practice law. One day one of these
older lawyers asked him how, under
such circumstances, he expected to
make living.
II hope ] may get a little practice"
was the modest reply.
1T will be very little" said the law
yer.
Then l will do that little WELL" an
swered the young man, decidedly.
He carried out his determination. The
little things well done brought larger
ones, and in time he became one of the
most distinguished jnrists of his state.
Again, a certain old bishop, who was
fond OF finding odd characters in out
~of-the-way places was visiting in a
quiet neighborhood. One day, in a
walk with a friend, he came across a
crossroads settlement of a few houses.
Among them was a snug little shoe
shop kept by an old negro man, which
showed signs of prosperity.
Interested in the old cobbler, the
bishop stopped for a chat
my friend" he said, sI would not
think so small a business as mending
shoes would pay so well"
"Ah," said the gentleman with him,
'old Cato has the monopoly Of shoe
mending in this region. No one else
gets a job"
"How is that, Gator" asked the
bishop.
Just so, marster," replied Cato. ut
is only little patches put on with little
Witches or tiny pegs But when !
takes a stitch, It Is a sthch, and when |
drive a pcg It holds" Little things well
done!
The good bishop used that reply as a
text for many sermon afterwards.
4 bright Young girl, living in a
mountain region, by accidental contact
with some visitors at a near watering
place became conscious of her lack of
education and consequent mental in
feriority TO them.
She was intensely anxious to obtain
this education, and at once set about
gaining the money to secure it. There
was absolutely only one way within
her reach. Near her home was a stream
iilled with mountain trout, which she
knew 90 be greatly in demand by the
proprietor Of the watering-place hotel.
She made arrangements with him to
supply fish for his table.
Every day found her with her rod
fishing diligently, and every morning
found her at the same early hour at
the hotel with her fish. A benevolent
old gentleman CHANGED to see her
morning, and was greatly interested
had in view in selling the Ash. Partic-
ularly when the hotel proprietor added:
"You will scarcely believe it, but this
young girl is actually the only one
though l have tried many-who has
Kept serupulously to her bargain. She
never fails me, be the number of her
hsh large or small"
Thinking that such a diligence in
small matters deserved large reward,
the old gentleman obtained the consent
Of the girls parents, and out of the
abundance Of his means placed her at a
school to be fitted for a teacher.
With painstaking care she mastered
each difficulty in her new life, and be-
zane an educated, cultured woman and
4 skilled teacher.-M. f. Saffold, in
Christian Union.