The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
Little Things.

Young people in beginning life are apt
to be i'm patient of the first little steps
that apparently make no advance, for.
getting that seeming "triaes make up the
sum of life," just as in building, the lit
tie bricks laid carefully, one at time,
side by side, and securely cemented to-
gether, make at last the great, strong
structure.
A young man, having exhausted his
patrimony in obtaining q professional
education, settled himself in town
already filled with successful lawyers, to
practice law. One day one of these older
lawyers asked him, how, under such cir
cumstances, he expected to make liv.
ing.
u hope I may get little practice"
was the modest reply.
"It will be very little," said the law
yer.
"Tben will do that little WE'LL" an
swered the young man decidedly.
He carried out his determination. The
little things we'll done brought larger
ones, and In time he became one of the
most distinguished jurists ofhis State.
Again, certain old Bishop, who was
fond Of finding odd characters in out.of-
the.way places, was Waiting In quiet
neighborhood. One day, in walk with
friend, he came across q crossroads set.
Element of few houses. Among them
was snug little shoe shop, kept by an
old negro man, which showed signs Of
prosperity.
Interested in the old cobbler, the Bish.
op stopped fox chat.
my friend" he said, II would not
think 30 small busineis as mending
shoes would pay so we'll"
"Ah," said the gentleman with him,
"old Cato has the monopoly of shoe
mending in this region. No one else gets
job"
"How is that, Cato?" asked the
Bishop.
"Just so, marster," replied Cato. ut
is only little patches put on with little
stitches or tiny pegs. But when I takes
a stitch, it is stitch, and when I drive a
peg it holds" Little things we'll done
The good Bishop used that reply as q
text for many sermon afterwards.
a bright young girl living in noun
tain region, by occidental contact with
some visitors at near watering place,
became co4..cious of her lack of educa.
tion and consequent mental inferiority to
them.
She was intensely anxious to obtain
this education, and at once set about
gaining the money to secure 1t. There
was absolutely only one way within her
reach. Near her home was stream
filled with mountain trout, which she
knew. Ito be greatly in demand by the
proprietor of the watering place hotel.
She made an arrangement with him to
supply fish for his table.
Every day found her with her rod fish.
Ing diligently, and every morning found
her at the same early hour at the hotel
with her fish. A benevolent old gentle.
man chanced to see her one morning,
and was greatly interested when told her
story and the object she had In view in
selling the fish. Particularly when the
hotel proprietor added
"You will scarcely believe it, but this
young girl is actually the only one
though 1 have tried mauy-who has
kept scrupulously to her bargain. She
never fails me, be the number of her fish
large or small"
Thinking that such 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 & school to be
| fitted for teacher.
With painstaking care she mastered
each difficulty in her new life, and be-
came an educated, cultured woman and
skilled teacher.-M E. &ford, in
| Christian Union.