Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-31
From the Violet for 1889.
THE COTTAGE.
nv MRS. L.. II. sIGOURNEY,

From the Violet for 1889.
s"S THE COTTAGE. .., 3 ,.,.,
n ln nv MRS. L.. H.. sIGouRNEY. esrst-y
B. There was laboring man who built q
cottage for himself aud wife. A dark
grey rock overhung it. and helped 10 Keep
il from The winds. ..s. l'., '.,.,.
\ When the cottage was, finished, lie
thought he would paint il grey, like tho
rack. And so exactly did he get the same
shade Of color, that it looked almos. as if
The little dwelling sprang from the bosom,
Of ,he rock that sheltered il. 80 &as
a Afcra while the cottager became able
to purchase COW. In the summer, she
picked up, most Of her own living very
well. But 10 the winter, she needed to he
fed and kept from the cold. e..s .EE...a{
ga So, he built a barn for her. IA was SO
small that it looked more like shed than
barn. But it was quite warm and COM
Portable. 90 $50 ~ "a @aa- TO +aA ~ sR
And when it was done, a neighbor came
in, and a,ked him what color will you
paint your barn? .saf en- bIgoas <ro3
Il had net thought about that, said the
cottager. sf l N a1ss: aae@a a93
Then ] advise you BY all means, to paint
ii black; and here is pot. Of black paint
which ]. have trough. here on purpose 70
give you. -" - ''' +',.@.. -.
Soon another neighbor coming 10, prais-
ed his neat shed and expressed y wish 10
help him a little about his building. White
is by Ear the most genieel color, he added;
and here is pot Of white paint, Of which
| make you apresant. HFaa9s Sa4.
While he was in doubt which of the
Gifts to use, the eldest and wiscst man IN
the village came to visit him. His hair was
eniircly white, and every body loved him,
for he was good as well as wise, ,tai,,.,.t, 81,
When the coitager had told him the sto-
rylOf the pots. Of paint, the old man said,
he who gave you the black paint, is one
who dislikes you. and wisl,es you to do
foolish thing. He who gave you the white
paint, is partial friend, and desires you
10 make more show than IS WISE i's2 521 ~
3 Neither Of their opinions should yon fol-
low. II tho shed is either black or white,
il will disagree with tho color of your
house. Moreover, the black paint will
draw the sun, and cause the edges ofyopr
boards to curl and split; and the white
will look we'll but for little while, and
then become soiIed, and need painting
anew l@n' "it 10 e'tE2 4aitso1G- "ti4 h3P1t
y Now take my advice, mix the black and
white together. So the coltager poured
out one poi into another and mixed them
up togethcr--and il made The very color
which he liked end had used before upon
his house. ID gtuu L5g4 gga8ld lsie'"2
He laid in one corner Of his small piece
Of ground, a bop-vine.a He carefully gath
cred the ripened hops, and his wife made
beer Of them. which refreshed him when
he was warm and weary. ne
II had always twined around two poles
which he had fastened in the earth to give
support. But the Co,tager was fond Of
building-and he made little arbor1for it
10 run upon. and cluster about H"ft'JA
He painted the arbor grey. So the
rock and The cottage. and tho shed and tie
arbor were all Of the same grey color.
And every thing around looked cowfqrta-
BILE, though it was small and poor. y .lss
4ot When the coitager and his wife grew
old, they were sitting together in their ar-
Dor, at the sunset of a summers day. lla
b As,rangcr who happened To DO looking
AZ the country, stopped and inquired. how
every thing around that habitation happen
ed 10 be the sane shade of grey. ~ ~
Its very well il is so, said the cottagcr
for my wife and ]. yon see. are grey sl-
SO. And we have lived SO long. that tie
world itself looks old and grey iolus new.
ln Then he told him the story Of the black
and Write paint--.-and how the advice of an
aged man prevented him from making his
little estate ridiculous. ''@ ''''R'''
| have thought Of this circumstance said
he 80 ofieD, that il has given mo insiruc-
,ion. He who gave me black paint. pro-
we'd to be an enemy and he " no urged mo
to use the white was frieOd.k The adj
ivicc'of neither was good. VA 5 E2.4.4.
'it.,Those who love I'm too well are blind 10
our faoits-99and those who dislike Us. are
M, willing % see our virtues. One would
make Us Ill black aud The other All white.
But neither "f them are right. For VIC sre
7of mixed nature, good aud evil, like 1he
grey paint, made Of opposite qualities. 81
! ~, then, neither the counsel III our foes
nor our partial friends, is safe 10 be tsken'
we should cUllivase a correct Judgment
which like the grey paint, mixed beth 90
gether, may avoid the evil a"d secure inc
good. T. 81, qebe.ls -aa ,jl go -r'sa'''a e''"7 raa