The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-01-21
Is the Editor knew.

Huston, OF Marshall, Saline county,
pear Smiths Chapel, a family named
DAFT, BIS wife being a half sister OF
s1le New editor. One son In the fam
~, Eugene W. Britt, was boy OF
about twelve years. Their was with
Vim another boy about his own age,
samed Lehman, who was a shepherd,
IN charge OF a flock OF sheep, owned
~ man named McCansland. The
swner had brought the sheep to
3aline county from some ofthe south
,rn counties OF Missouri, and Leh-
mad was in charge of them. The
writer will never forget the first time
10 saw the forlorn looking German
nov. who had arrived ahead OF Nc
Eansland. how disappointed he was
Eheninquiry failed to revealhischief,
sho did not get in for several days.
The boy. not over fourteen years old
1t most, had brought the sheep
Through alone, mainly, with only the
belp NJ one or two shepherd dogs.
out the lad WAS equal to all emer
,sncies, having al eady laid out more
shan one night with his dumb fl ok
and on one Of which nights there was
u terrible rain storm, the boy stay
ng M all night~wi'h the sheep AMI
aoApiLg them together,
When his boss did finally arrive, it
vas arranged that he was to board
Vt Bftt's and herd the sheep On tn
shen largely unfencad range on the
osairies Of Saline. lie and young
s-itt became inseparable compar-
Ons, especially, at night, after the
sir ep we're penned up, and they had
nig lit OF leisure, Some OF the time
IRE Britt boy would go with Lehman
Mthe herd during the day, Alright
Ne boys would repair to an old
souse on the farm, and there. by tn
light of a iaggot fire built on the
vide stone hearth, or by an i'm
-arnxisedL lamp-ni- grease-and
asg wick, they would read and dis
suss what they had read. Anditwas
sot blood-and. thunder, cheap novels,
pat insteadit was history, biography
and works OF travel, like Ksne's
Arctic Expedition in Search OF Sir
John Franklin, Sires OF flutarch,
sollins' Ancient History, United
States History and History of Mod
Pm Europe, which they obtained by
borrowingirom the neighbors, chiefly
drawing on the well-stocked library
Of DR.. Hall-the leader-and using
about every thing found in the Brit
library, whose earthly belongings al
shat time consisted mainly Of books,
She only thing the State Militia would
,ot steal in Civil War times which
broke up that family, as most al
others of Southern proclivities.
But the boys.-Thus supplied car
led they on their studies, adding
geography to their other matter use,
ny school Biographies and perhaps,
m old atlas OF ancient geography t.
Sid the counties, localities and cities
hey lad been reading about.
ltwas great treat to lister ,unobser
vel, to these lads, scarcely entering
their teens" discussing old-World
politics, and current events, &C., for
Fey we're inveterate readers o: the
newspapers as we'll as books.
And what is the result OF it all-the
unusual action Of the lads, who thus
ypsnt their time, instead OF loafing,
Sunday hunting and fishing, smok.
sg or reading cheap, trashy litera'
ere? The Germany boy tis) none
gther than the great corporation
AHycr DIST. Louis, Fred W. Lehman,
yho has grown rich in the law prac.
sPs, and who, when he made speech
ut Marshall a year or two ago, told
Ais auditors Of the time he was a
sheep herder on the soil of old Saline
Britt has also grown in the lawprac
sre, and has about the best paying
practice in Los Angeles, California, q
Aty something like Kansas City, and
banking there as Lehman does in St
louis, having also been Supreme
Rourt Commissioner OF that State.
SO much for the history OF the two
boys, who had little, II anything but
sAer own resources to depend upon
Think Of this you boys, who idle OF
As streets, smoke "coffin nails" ant
bal your time away.
Itshould be added that JUDGE Brit,