Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1887 — Seward of Industry. [ARTICLE]

Seward of Industry.

A poor friendless lad might have been seen wandering along the streets looking for employment. Ire 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 the proprietor favorably, “ Not afraid of hard work 1” 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 w_as 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 t<> get some beef, and the proprietor told 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 he sliced off four pounds of tough round and cast it with a heavy hand on the scales, jamming it down with a quick, dexterous movement, until the indicator marked »x evv.u pounds. Then he snatched it off before the delicate machinery, used to weigh beef, had time to recoil.

“ Six pounds and a half, madam,” ho said, looking her square in the face with his clear blue eyes. The proprietor of the stall called him in that night* :®d remarking that he had watched his course carefully, added that V a reward for his quick, comprehensive away of the business he would raise his fciary to $26 per week. This shows th* advantage of doing everything well, nn4 when the boy’s mother back in New Jersey hears of bis success these will be jay in that household. Young men starting ont in life should learn to adapt themwires te their surroundings a id never gjfportgQffi |>as».—<sfoff LwU