Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1883 — Reward of Industry. [ARTICLE]

Reward of Industry.

A poor friendless lad might have been seen wandering along the streets looking for employment. He presently halted in front of a butcher shop, and, walking boldly up to the proprietor, asked for a job. There was something in the young man’s frank, honest countenance, which struck Hie proprietor favorably, “ Not afraid of hard work !” he asked, “ No,” responded the lad with a trembling voice. “ I have supported my mother and two sisters for five years by hard work.” He was put on trial at $5 a week mauling leathery beef, and his sturdy frame and healthy constitution came in good play. One day an old lady came in to get some beef, and the proprietor fold him to attend to the customer. . “ A tenderloin steak, if you please,” said she. “Here’s a cut that nobody but the first families get,” responded the boy smilingly as lie sliced off four poauds of tough round and cast it with a heavy han t on the scales, jamming it down with a quick, dexterous movement, until the-indicator marked six'even pounds. Then he snatched it off before the delicate machinery, used to weigh beef, had time to recoil. “ Six pounds and a half, madam,” he said, looking her square in the face with bis clear blue eyes. The proprietor of the stall called him in i hat'niglit, and remarking that he had watched his course carefully, added that as a reward for his quick, comprehensive grasp of the business he would raise his salary to $25 per week. This shows the advantage of doing everything well, and when the boy’s mother back in New Jersey hears of Iris success there will be joy in'th at household. Young men starting out in life should learn to adapt themselves to their surroundings and never let an opportunity pass. —Salt Lake Tribune.