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A Brave Boy.
A MTOBY WITH A MORAL
A few year* ago a lad who was
left without father or mather,weat
to New York, aloae and friend-
leu, to get a position in a more
as errond boy, until he eould com
mand a higher position; bnt this
iboy had got into the habit of call
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THE BUTLER HERALD.
W. N. UENN9.
Editor uml PtllHI»h*r.
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TUESDAY DECEMBEU Iftll IM».
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HOUSE I
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The liar is supplied wnh, the best winer
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The National Weekly,
A Journal for the Fireside.
A’lurge 16 pnge, 64 column paper, sire of
Harper. Weekly, Ailed with the choicest
reading for every member ol the family.
,.tones by the beet writers, Sketches, Poems.
Humorous, Youths' Column, Domestic and
Agriailtua! Columns, Bduntiflc, News in
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any otker. The subscription price la
On looking over the papers, he
noticed that a merchant wanted a
lad of hie age, and called there
and made his buiinesa known.
, "Walk into the office, my lad,’
said the merchant; “I'll attend to
you soon
When he had waited upon his
customer he took a seat near the
lad, and espied a cigar in hie
hand. This was enough. “My
boy,’’ said he, “1 want a smart,
honest, faithful lad, but I see you
smoke cigars, and, in my experi
ence of many years, I have ever
liiiinil cigar smoking lads to be
ciiniM-cti'd with various other evil
habits, ami, it 1 am not tnistuked,
you are not an exceptioa. Yon
can leave; you will not suit me.’’
John held down Ilia head and
left the store; and, as lie walked
along I lie street, a stranger nnd
t'riend It 1 .s, the conn -el of his poor
mother came forcibly to bis Blind,
who, u; on her death-lied, called
him to iier side, and, placin ' her
emaciated hand upnu his head,
said : “Johnny, my denr buy,
I’m going to leave you. You well
know wliut disgrace and misery
your lather brought upon us be
fore his death, and I want you to
promise me, before I die, that yon
will never taste odc drop ol the
accursed poison that' killed your
father—nor tobacco. Promise me
this and be a good boy, Johnny,
and I shall die ia peace.
The scalding teai ■ trickled down
Johnny’s cheek. He weut to his
lodgings, aod, throwing himself
upon his bed,gav6 vent to his feel
ings in sobs that were heard all
over the house.
But John had moral courage.
He had energy and determination,
and ere an hour had passed he
made up his mind never to taste
another drop of liquor nor
smoke another cigar.
He went straight back to the
merchant. Said he : ‘ Sir, you
very properly sent me away this
morning for habits that I have
baen guilty of: but sir, 1 have nei
ther father nor mother,aud though
I have occasionally done what I
ought not to do, and have oot fol
lowed the good advice of my poor
mother on her death-bed, yet 1
have now hade a solemu vow nev
er to drink another drop ol liquor
nor smoke another cigar; and if
you sir,will try me,it is all I ask."
The merchant was struck with
the decision and energy of the
boy, aod at once employed him
At the expiration of five years
ONLY $2-00 <1 YEAR.
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managing editors if he can but im
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oot—which is the better way—he
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get them, cut them out and put
them where you can readily run
through them when tembted to
spill innocent ink.
pathy, to the beieaved mother in
England. In dne course of time
the letter was returned to the
United States dead letter office as
undelivered, the mother not being
at her former address. It was
then opened, and after examma-
tion, returned in its open condi-
Two thousand persons will
pur. a pollar each into a scheme nffeu
ing a prize ol $1,000. though only one
can get It, and 1.999 must lose hie
dollar. A publisher puts *2,000 elm
collecting and preparing useful Infoi
mation, and offers to every one
t 2,000 persons who contribtes only
tion,with the suggestion that the dollar of so, a printed duplicate
• . . ... tllH mail' fa on that Iinnb nnn .... L
the results, so that each one may hfil’l
the entire benefit ef what has actui
ly cost $2,000 or more. Is not this b<
ter than any uncertain chance schei
full of blank tickets! This applies
all good journals and all good books.
Here i« a good special illustration.
Tha letter was then turned over to I AhJrtraMwwit Mpend$25,3oa jSft
oontedts would enable the English
post officials to discover the per
son it was intended to reach; but
in due course of time it came bach
the second time as undeliverable.
one of the lady clerks in the dead
letter office, who, on reading the
contents, with a woman's instinct
divined that the “Ollie” who
wrote the one letter, and the Miss
L , spoken of in the mother’s
letter, were identical. What is
technically termed a “letter of
discovery” was addressed to the
supposticioua lady at the address
in Scotland, post-marked on her
letter. TJus letter, on reachiug
that office, was forwared to London
whither the young lady had gone-
and the dead letter office here re
ceived a reply from her, with
thanks for the diligence displayed
in endeavoring to 3ecure the deliv
ery of the letter, Rtating that it
in gathering plain, practical, reliably
to every fcniilv, in country,. villto^,
or city. There are 700 to 800 original
engravings in each volume, which
bring right to the eye and understand-,
ing a multitude of labor-saving and
labor-helping contrivances, and im
plements, tor out-door and in-door 1
work,—very many of rhem home-pro*
duced. This •'real number ol useful,
instructive ana pleasant engravings,
is a most valuabl feature of the Amer
ican Agriculturist,making it great
ly superior to any other source ofite
similar information. This Jocrftaffil
This J.
constantly publishes caustic expos-
of Humbugs' nnd Swindelers,
which save its readers many times its
cost. Over $25,(KK)a year are expend
ed in collecting and preparing infor-.
mation, engravings,etc.,giving thous
ands of useful hints nnd suggestions*.
Yet each and everv reader gets tlifr
full benefit of $25,000 outlay. The
was the first they had heard of tha! C08t to single subscribers is only !1^0,
soldier’s death, and giving the j JAW* fl ’ e ® l0 ” r 91,25*
B ./ ■? ac h : anil to clubs of ten or more on-* % l
present address of ‘he mmher
the soldier, te whom the original. each, post free.) It will pay every \
package has been forwardad, ma-!one to have this Journal. Try it.’
king its fifth trip across the Allan-1 Marshall's magnificent Steel-Plate 1
tic ocean Eiigravinir. eutliled "The Farmer*.
Too-Hntttrr Him.
As Confederate war reminis- ** r °5dway, Few \.
cences are always id Order, bere
is one too good to be buried. The
hero of the joke was one Jim. He
was attached to Rosser's Cavalry,
in Stewart'e command. Jim was |
noted tor his strong antiputhy to
shot and shell, and a peculiar way
he had ol avoiding too close com
munion with the same, hut at lust
all his plans failed to ketp him
out of the “row/' and he, with
his companions, under a lieuten
ant, was detailed to support a bat
tery that composed a portion of
the rear guard. The enemy kept
pressing so close, in fact, as to en-
dauger the rutreating forces, and
the troops covering the retreat had
orders to keep the enemy in check
for a given perion at all hazards,
and the order was obeyed to the
letter under a gailing fire. Jim
grew pesperate, He stuck behind
trees that appeared to his excited
vision no larger than ram-rods.
He then tried to lie down, In
fact he placed himself in every
position that his geuious could
invent, but the “hiss” of the bul
let haunted him still. At last,
in despair, he called to the com
manding officer: “Lieutenant!
let’s fall back I” “I can’t do it,
Engraving, eutiilod "The Farmer•»
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cost of packing and postage.) Oa-
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History ot a Dead Letter.
Some time in 1877 a soldier sta
tinned with the cavalry in Texas,
died very suddenly, and was bur
ried with military honors by his
cleeneu out it we stay here 1 My: costs, and how procured, with hints tor pro
orders, Jim, are to-hold this placer'
uriag udvanr.es on inventions. Address for
. the Paper, or t-oncermug Patents,
and support that batteiy of guns, M MUNN & CO.,87 Park Row, New York*
this lad was .partner in the husi-(cuinrades ami the spot carefully
ness, and is now worth R10,000.
marked. On his person was
disoharge which he had received
"Prisoner at the bar/'said the i the day before lor physical disa-
Judge, “is there anything you; bility, and a letter from his moth-
wish to say before sentence is pas
sed upon you? The prisoner look
ed wistfully towards the door, and
remarked that he would like to
say “good evening,”if that would
er in England, and one evidently
from his sweetheart, bnt signed
only by her first name. These
were carefully preserved by the
p. ft. *»t 854 WASHINGTON, D. C, they wouldn't lot him.
be agreeable to the company. But j lieutenant of tho company .aa
lforwarded, with a letter of sym-
pointing to the artillery close by. \^0,0®°°’ F ' 4 m S|S "
If we fall back the enemy wilt i -
TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF SALES.
FOR JANUARY.
rush in and capture the guns."!
Just at that instant a well direct
ed bullet impressed Jim with the
fact that a change of base became j
necessary. Jim louud another ap-, _
narently protected spot, and as | e* “ah-to ihe higheet bidder, the follswiug
soon as he recovered his mind he
sang out: “Oh, lieutenant I whatL^IS^' SfS
do thiDk them 'ere cannons coss ?' r i No. -2.V7, botu in the first District,_ nil ofwid
•,I dont know, Jim. I suppose i 801,1 ! ho P;°l
about $1000.” “Well,” said Jim,! “ - “- y - ■
Will be sold Oefore the Court House* dow
the town of Butler, on the First Tuesday
.January uex», between the legal hour*
, 2JPiflfi Dfetnet,
► 27y and 60 acres of lot
■ , - StetAon,..
let’s take Up a collection and pay iUgaiust H. A. A Lucy Pari*. Property
fnr darned minii and let the I properly pointed out by plniniifTs nttoruojv
Tor tne aarnu» guns, ana iet uie | i) erem ber uth 187b C. A. J. pope.
Yankees have eiu. dcaio-td* sbnitL