Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 9: An Illustrated Paper, (Published Every Alternate Saturday) Designed Expressly for the Education and Elevation of the Youth; For the Year 1874<br><br>He was only a poor boy, but he was Willing to work. So he did odd jobs about home, and did them so well and so willingly people liked him and gave him more to do. As he could, he went to school. When not in school or at work, he read books and newspapers.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.