Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-10-08
KEEP THE LoAr UNDER YOUR OWN ARM.
A TRUE STORY.

The following is copied from Ne" orh pa
per printed in the year l|o' ana Is feia'eo as
that pa rent, having given his all into the hands
of his children are obliged to spend the remainder
of his days in poverty and want.
"At this limo there is living at Harlem, an
old man who relates the following remarkable
story of himself. He was possessed of a pretty
GOOD farm with slaves and every thing necessary
for his business, and had but ono child, son who
having married it was greed that the your couple
should live in the house with tho parent as ne
was a widower.-Things went exceedingly wen
for some time, when the son proposed 20 ms parent
that he should make over to HIM his estate, pro-
missing to build now house and otherwise I'M
prove tho farm. Tho father, through persuasion,
gavo him deed of gift of it, and evory thing
belonging TO it.
"Afier a few years, as the father grew old, he
grew a little fretfu and dissatisfied, while the SON.
thinking no had nothing moro to expect from hum
forgo. flial duty, and used his nsed father worse
than he did his servants. The old man was no
longer permitted to cat at the table with his son
and wife, bu. compelled to tako his meals III the
chimney corner, and was continually otherwise
iil-v.ed by them. Tho old man ate his victuals
daily from a wooden bowl, which his son had
made for him.-His grandson saw his father
make this bowl and set about making just sucfl
another. Being asked by his father VIVA! nc made
it for, no answered, 'for you to eat out OF when
YOU grow rs old as grand father. Although this
ought to have turned his heart, and made him reflo-
Ct That he dealt by his father no might expect 70
be dealt by his children when he grow old, still II
had no effect upon him, and tho ill-usagc was
carried to such height that no could no longer
bear it, and loft the house aud wen, TO relation
and neghbor Of his declaring if his friend could
not help him to get his farm back again, he should
DO obliged to como and 1.-Two with him.
ellis friond answered that he might como and
live with him, and if he would follow his dtrcc-
tions he would holp him to get his estate back
again. Take this bag of dollars. carry 1t INTO
your room. at your sons shut 1t up well III your
chest, and about the time you expect they Will
call YOU down to dinner, shut your door and havo
all YOUR dollars spread table in the middle OF
tho room. When thcy call you, mako noiso
with ,lem, by sweeping them from the table unto
tho bag again"
..The bal. took completely. The wife had peep
cd through the kcy-hole and saw tho dollars spread
out on the table, and told it to her husband
When the old man camo down, they insisted on
his sitting down Mt tho table with them, and treated
him with uncommon civility.
"T,hc old man related 10 his friend what he had
done, who gave him directions what to do II his
son asked him for the money.
"After few days the discovered the old
man very busily engaged in counting out his mo-
ney, and at tho uext meal time asked what money
it was that no had been counting.
"Only some money had received for the dis
charge of Quo of the bonds had standing OUT
/ expect more in a few days, and fenr shall DO
OBLIGED to tako MIR. Ms farm, upon which
have a mortgage, he is not able to ralse the
money! and if tho farm is sold it will not toch as
much rs will discharge the mortgage
After n fow days the son told tho fathor he
intended to built house on tho farm. aud would
be glad if his father would let him have that mo-
ney.
ayes, child all that have is coming to you;
intend giving you oil tho bonds and mortgages
l have, but then think it will DO best to have II
put Altogether in new decd of gift. will get
neiohber Ito call hero and draw n new one
Accordingly, his friend and cousin, who had
devised tho scheme, came to the house, tho son
gave I'D tho deed that another might bo drawn OF
Il. Whom tho old man had got the instrument III
his hand, in the presence of his FRIEND no broke
tho soal. and committed the writing to the fire,
saying
..Burn cursed instrument Of my folly and my
misory!--and you my dutifu children as this estate
is all my own again, you must remove lmmod'-
atoly. unless YOU DO content to be my tenants
have learned by sad experience that IT Is best
for pa rent to hold the loaf under his own arm;
and that one father can botter maintain ten child
rem. then con ten father"
The Christian Sabbath.The Jewish Law.