Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-13

| the shoemaker said, still more angrlly than
when he first called upon farmer Gray; and
then turned upon his heel, and strobe oil has
tily toward his own house, which was quite
near to the old farmers
What upon earth can be the matter with
them geese!' Mrs. Gray said, about fifteen
minutes afterwards
Il really cannot tell, unless neighbor Barton
is taking care of them. He threatened to do
so, if didn't yoke them right off,
Taking care of them! How taking care of
theml'
AS to that, ] am quite in the dark. Kill
ing them, perhaps. He said they picked at
his pigs ears, and drove them away when
they were eating, and that he would not have
it. He wanted Inc to yoke them right off;
but that | could not do now, as all the hands
are busy. Ne then said, that if | didn't take
care of them, he would. So | suppose he is
engaged in the neighborly business of taking
care of our geese
John! William! run over and see what Mr.
Barton is doing with my geese Mrs. Gray
said, in a quick and anxious tone, TO two lit
tie boys who were playing near.
III urchins scampered oil, well pleased to
perform any erraud.
'Oh, if he has dared to do anything to my
geese, | will never forgive him! the wife said
angrily.
'H-u-s-h, Sally! make no rash speeches.-
It is more than probable that he has killed
some Two or three of them. But never mind
if he has. lie will get over his pet, and be
sorry for it,
Yes; but what good will his being sor-
ry do me! Will it bring my geese to life!'
'Ah, well, Sally, never mind. Let us wait
until we learn what all this disturbance is a.
bout
In about ten minutes, the children came
home, bearing the bodies Of three geese, each
without a head.
'Oh, isn't that too much for human endu-
rance!' exclaimed Mrs. Gray. Where did
you find them?'
'We found them lying out in the road said
the eldest Of the two children. And when
we picked them up, Mr.. Barton said-'Tell
your father that | have yoked his geese for
him, to save him the trouble, as his hands
are all too busy to do it,
I'd sue him for it, said Mrs. Gray, in an
indignant tone.
And what good would that do, Sally!'
why, it would do a great deal of good
1t would teach him better manners. 1t would
punish him, and he deserves punishment
And punish us into the bargain. We have
lost three geese now, but we still have their
good fat bodies to eat. 4 lawsuit would cost
US 4 good many geese, and not leave us even
so much as the feathers; besides giving us a
world of trouble and v~eXation, No, no, Sal
ly; Just let it rest, and he will be sorry for it,
| know"
Sorry for it, indeed! And what good will
his being sorry for it do us, | should like to
know! Next, he will kill a cow, and then
we must be satisfied with his being sorry for
it! Now, | can tell you that | don't believe
in that doctrine. Nor do l believe anything
about his being sorry; the grabbed, ill-natur-
ed wretch
Don't call hard names, Sally farmer Gray
said, in a mild, soothing tone. "Neighbor
Barton was not himself when he killed the
geese. Like every other angry person., he
was a little insane, and did what he would
not have done had he been perfectly in his
right mind. When you are q little excited,
you know, Sally, that even you do and say
unreasonable things
Me do and say unreasonable things!' ex-
claimed Mrs. Gray, with a look and tone Of
indignant establishment; me say and do un-
reasonable things when | am angry! don't
understand you Mr.. Gray
May be | can help you a little. Don't you
remember how angry you were when Mr..
Melons old brindle got into our garden, and
trampled over your lettuce bed! and how you
struck her with the oven pole and knocked off
one of her horns!'
But | didn't mean to do that, though
mo; but then you Were angry, and struck
old brlndle with a right good will. And if
MIR. Mellon had felt disposed, he might have
prosecuted for damages
'But she had no business there
'Of course not. Neither had cur reese any
business in n~eighbor Barton's yard. But
perhaps, | can help you to another instance,
that will be more conclusive in regard to your
doing and saying unreasonable things when
you are angry. You remember the patent
churnl'
Yes; but never mind about that
80 you have not forgotten how unreasona-
bic you were about the churn. 1t wasn't
good for anything-you knew it wasn't;
and you'd never put a jar Of cream into it as
long as you lived-that you wouldn't. And
yet,on trial, you found that churn the bestyou
had ever used; and now you wouldn't part
with 1t on any consideration. So you see,
Sally, that even you can say and do unrea-
sonable things, when you are angry, Just as
well as Mr.. Barton can Let us then consider
him a little, and give him time to get over
his angry fit. 1t will be much better to do
so.'
Mrs. Gray saw that her husband was right
but still she felt indignanta at the outrage COM
mitted on her geese. She did not, however,
say anything about suing the shoemaker-for
old brindIe's head, from which the horn had
been knocked off, was not yet entirely well.
and one prosecution very naturally suggested
the idea of another. So she took her three
fat geese, and after stripping off their feath-
ers, had them prepared for the table.
On The next morning, as Mr.. Gray was 60
ing along the road, he met the shoemaker;
and as thew had IN pacc xrar,, . - II