Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-22
SELL N E GU s.

HONESTY The BEST POLlC4.
We have seen in one or two papers
long story with good moral. 1t is in sub
stance as follows: poor man was employ
ed for small wages by wealthy benevo-
lent Quaker, who furnished him likewise
with COW, to be paid for at a stipulated
price in work. Provisions being then at a
very high price, the poor man found the
proceeds of his labor insufficient to main
tain his family, and provide for the COW
also, although the latter was indispensable
to the subsistence of the former. "SItting
brooding over his hopeless lot, one eve
ming, after returning from the labors of the
day, fatigued in body and despairing in
mind, his reflections were responding In
the extreme. He mentally exclaimed to
himself my employer, the Quaker, has
enough to spare; if | ask him perhaps he
will give me sohething-but | cannot,
vet owe him for the COW. will ask hin
to take back the cow-no! my family will
starve;-ob, my poor wife, your illness
prevents you from assisting me 10 get bread
for our little ones. | must do something. ,
,,n.;,h the intention of disclosing his snua.
uon to the Quaker, and asking him for re.
hei, he started for his dwelling; but on
approaching the house the wel-filled store
mouse and stacks of wheat and hay came
TO his mind, and at the same time he
thought that 1t would be easy to take home
load OF hay Oh his back, and put of, for
the present tie pain of disclosing his stu
atioh. lie went TO one of the stacks. and
threw oil some of the hay, but while thus
employed, hisconvction that he WIS doing
wrong was so pungent, that he could not
help exclaimins, Honesty is the best policy
but my cop laH die The Quaker, in
the mean time, had core from his house,
and stood near, waihing his opcrations.-
In few moments, he came down bundled
up the hay, and started for home, still ex-
claiming, honesty is the best policy AT
ter going few rods, he faced about saying
to himself with emotion honesty is the best
policy, butmy cor may-must de- and re-
turning with the hay, deposited it IN the
place it was taken from. The next NOR
ming load of hay was driven to the poor
mans door, and deposited in the yard by
the Quaker's sons, one of whom delivered
to him letter iilora their father. 1t read
mus: Friend thou hast truly said, honesty
Is the hest policy, but | would add, that thy
COW shall not die. Ask what thee wants
and thou Shall surely obtain The Quaker
Kept his promise, he man was helped bv
MN and is now an independent farmer
Capt. Ross md lie Beor.-It was usu-
al when Captain James Ross went upon
accommodating or explorino exned;.
ton into the interior of the coan,nv
leave his uncle, the senior captan NJ
head quarters, with small party of s.
orsix men, generally least capable to
bear fatigue. Upon one of those occa
slons, whilst the captain was in bed. his
hut or cabin, well lined with tarpauIins
and canvass, and his roof again covered
with deep snow, having a small entrance
with the view of excluding. as much as
possible the cold, and two or three loop. ,
holes for the occasional admission ofair.
ne experienced an unusual pressure 4,
heard the noise of footsteps Immediate
" over the spot where he lay. Think
ing il might be one of the men, who had
thus unwarrantably disturbed his sIum-
Der, he called out to know who was ;
there; but receiving no answer, and the
annoyance rather increasing, he got up '
and PeePing through loop hole to dis. r
cover who it was, he beheld an enor. h
nous bear snufling about to find the en-.
rance to the hut, which he was then an. Il
preaching, and no doubt in few n;n- a
ties more would have reached his prev.
The captain, however, had presence Of
mind to seize loaded musket which
vas at hand and levelled it at the mon. !
1 ter as ne was tearing open the door,
inc ball took effect; and, although il Il
ID not KILT, so severely wounded the o
n'mal that he Immediately made off, e'
he however, shortly returned, deliber- II
teIy walked across plank into the YES &c
H. seized young tame bear which Law ~ .,
deck; devoured one half of it, and n u
as again making off licking bis CHOPS. 10
hen he was pursued and shot. Being III
'e largest of many they met with in
lose inhospitable regions, the skin has
zen brought home as curiosity.