Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-11-27
KEEP THE LOAF UNDER YOUR oM
ARM.
A TRUE sroRy.


York paper printed 10 the year l776, ans
is related as fact. Similar cases otter
occur in these days, tha, pareu, having
given his ell into the hands OF his chll.
dren are obliged 10 spend the remainder
Of bis DAYS 10 poverty and want.
All this time there is living al llner.
lem, an old man who relates The follow.
ing remarkable story OF himself. Tie
was possessed OF pretty good farm
with slaves and every thing necessary iol
his business, aud but one child, sou. wne
having married, II was agreed tha. the
young couplo should live IN The house
with the parent, as he was widower -
Things went exceedingly well for some
time, when the son proposed TO bis pa
rent that he should make over TO him his
estate, promising to butld new house
and otherwise improve the farm. The
father, through persuasion, gave him a
deed ofgfl OF II, and every thing belong
ing 10 It.
"a tier few years, as the father grew
old, be grew Iilfle more freitul and DIS.
satisfied, while the son, thinking he had
nothing more to expecl from him, forgot
filai duty, and used his nged father worse
than be did his servants. The old man
was no longer permitted to eat at the ia .
Bile with his son and wife, but compel ed
to take his meals IN the chimney corner,
and was continually Otherwise lIl-used
by them. The old man ate his yictuals
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 such another. Being asked
by his father what he made it for, be an
severed, for you 10 eat out Of when YOU
grow as old as grandchildren Although
this ought to have turned his heart, and
made hum reflect that as BIO dealt by his
father he might expect TO be dealt with
by bis children when he grew old, still il
had no effect upon him, and the ill-usage
was carried to such height that he
could no longer bear it, and left the house
and went to relation and neighbor OF
his, declaring If his friend could not help
him to get bis, farm back again he should
be obliged to come and live with him.
"tlis friend answered tina, he might
come and live with him, aud II he would
follow his directions he would help him
to get his estate back again. Take this
bag of dollars, carry it into your room al
your sons, shut ii up well in your chest,
and about the lime you expect they will
call YOU down To dinner, shut your door
and have aliyour dollars spread on la
Bile in the middle OF the room. When
they call you, make noise with them by
sweeping them from the table into the bag
again.
''The bait took completely. The wife
had peeped through the key hole and saw
the dollars spread out on the table, and
told i'll her husband. When the old
man came down, they insisted on his sit
tIng down at the table with them, aud
treated him viii, uncommon civil,ty.
"The old man related TO his friend what
he had done, who gave him directions
what to do if his son asked him for mo-
ney.
"After few days the son discovered
the old man very busily engaged in count
ing out bis money, aud at the next meal
time asked what money il was that he
had been counting.
"Only some money had received for
the discharge OF one u the bonds had
standing out ! expect more IN few
days, and fear shall be obliged to take
Mr.. N----'s farm, upon which have
mortgage, as he is not able to raise the
money, aud if the farm is sold il will not
fetch as much as viii discharge the mort
gage.
"Afler few days the son told the faith
er he intended 10 tuld house on the
farm, and would be glad if his father
would LEI him have thai money.
"Yes, child, all tina. have is coming
to you; intend giving you all the bonds
and mortgages have, but then think it
will be best TO have /. put altogether in a
pew deed of gift. will get neighbor
L. to call here and draw a new one.
accordingly, his friend and cousin,
who had devised the scheme, came TO the
house, The son gave up the deed that
another might be drawn Of il. When the
old man had got the instrument in his
hand IN the presence Of his friend, he
broke The seal, and committed the writ
ing to the fire, saying:
"Burn cursed instrument Of my folly
and my misery and you, my dutilul
childten, as this estate is ell my own again,
you must remove Immediately, unless you
/ be content to be my tenants. ! have
leaned by sad experience that il IS best
for parent TO hold The loaf under his oaon
arm; and that one father can better nam
tai; ten children, than can ten father.
HINTs 10 THE BALD llEApRD.--Accor-
ding to the following extract from aG edl-
loTial article in the Boston Medical aud
Surgical Journal, the easy and sure way
to prevent badness, is 10 90 base.headed,
or wear a well ventilated hat;
"a refined civilization has brought
with il train Of physical evils, which il
is the province Of science TO control or
subdue. Our sight hats, warm rooms,
closely fitted caps, SILK night caps. from
which ihe persplrabe matter cannot es-
cape, BY their combined agency, IN con-
IneciIon with other influences not always
easy 10 define, bring OF the hair prema-