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

Mi. Gray, in a quiet tone.
Drive them out!' calculated Mrs. Gray
Drive them out, indeed. I'd shoot them;
that's what I'd do. I'd serve them as he
served my geese Yesterday
But that wouldn't bring the geese to life
again, Sally
Il don't care if it wouldn't. 1t would be
paying him in his own coin, and that's all he
deserves"
"You know what the Bible says, Sally,
about grievous words, and they apply with
stronger force to grievoLs actions. Mono
i will return neighbor Barton good for evil
That is the best way. He has done wrong,
and ! am sure is sorry for it. And as wish
him still TO remain sorry for so unkind and
u~nneighborly an action, | intend making use
of the best means for keeping him sorry.
Then you will not be revenged on him,
any how
''No, Sally, not revenged. hope have
no such feeling. For | am not angry with
neighbor Barton, who has done himself a
much greater wrong than he has done me-
But wish him to see clearly how wrong he
has acted, that he may do so no mere. And
then we shall not have any cause to complain
OF MIN, nor he any to be grieved, as l am
sure he is, at his own hasty conduct. But
while l am talking here, his hogs are de-
stroying my corn"
And so saying, farmer Gray hurried or
towards his cornield. When he arrived
there. he found four large hogs tearing down
his stalks, and pulling off, and eating the
ripe ears of corn. They had already destroy
ed a great deal. But he drove them out We
ry calmly, and put up the bars. through which
they had entered, I'D then commenced gath
ering up the half-eaten ears of corn, and
throwing them out into the lane, for the hogs
that had been so suddenly disturbed in the
process Of obtaining a liberal meal. AS he
was thus engaged, Mr.. Barton, who had,
from his own house, seen the farmer turn the
hogs out of his cornield, came hurriedly up,
and said,
Il am very sorry, Mr.. Gray, indeed I am,
that my hogs have done this. | will most
cheeri9liy pay you for what they have de-
slroyed.'
'Oh, never mind, friend Barton-ueyo
mind: Such things will happen occasional
ly. My geese, you know, annoy you very
much sometimes
Don't speak of it, Mr.. Gray. They didn't
annoy me as much as | imagined they did.
But how much corn do you think my hogs
have destroyed! One bushel, or two bush
elsl Or how muchl Let it be estimated,
and | will pay you for it most cheerfully.'
oh, no. Not for the world, friend Bar
ton. Such things will happen sometimes.
And, besides, some of my men must have
left the bars down, or your hogs could never
have gone in. So don't think any more a.
bout it. 1t would be dreadful if one neigh
Dor could not bear a little with another
All this cut poor Mr.. Barton to the heart.
His own, ill-natured language, and conduct,
at a much smaller trespass on his rights,
prpC0ptrl ifsnlf IN HE rni,I o,J Jol1- -
tilted him, after a few moments silence, lie
said
'Tho fact is, Mr.. Gray, I shall feel better
if you will let me pay for this corn. NV
hogs should not be fattened at your expense,
and | will not consent to its being DONE
So shall insist on paying you for at least a
bushcl of corn; for | am sure they have de-
stroyed that much ii not more
But Mr.. Gray shook his head, and smiled
pleasantly, as he replied
Don't think anything more about it, neigh
Dor Barton. 1t is a matter Of no considera-
ton. No doubt my cattle have often ties
passed on you and will trespass on you again.
Let us then bear and forbear."
All this cut the shoemaker still deeper,
and he felt still less at eass in mind after he
had parted from the farmer, than he did be-
fore. But on one thing he resolved, and that
was, to pay Mr.. Gray for the corn which his
hogs had eaten.
you told him your mind pretty plainly,
hope, Mrs. Gray said, as her husband
came in.
Il certainly did, was the quiet reply.
'And | am glad you had spirit enough to
do it. | reckon he will think twice, before
he kills any more of my geese
Il expect you are right, Sally. 1 dol't
think we shall be troubled again.
what did you say to him! And what did
he say for himself!'
'Nhy, he wanted very much TO pay me
for tho corn his hogs had eaten; butt wouldn't
hear TO it. | told him that it made no differ
ence in tho world. That such accidents
would happen sometimes
And that's the way you spoke your mind
to hing
Precisely; and it had the desired effect
1t made him feel ten times worse than if |
had spoken angrily to him. lie is exceed
ingly panied at what he has done, and says
he will never rest until he has paid for that
corn. But | am resolved never to take a cent
for it. 1t will be the best possible guaranty
/ can have for his kind and neighborly con-
duct hereafter
We'll, perhaps you are right Mrs. Gray
said, after a few moments of thoughtful 81
lence. 4 like Mrs. Barton very much-and
now | come to think of it | should not
wish to have any difference between our
families
And so do I like Mr.. Barton. He has
read a good deal, and | find it very pleasant
to sit with him, occasionally, during the
long winter evenings. His only fault IS in
his quick temper-but | am sure it is much
better for us to bear with, and soothe that,
than to oppose and excite it, and thus keep
both his family and our own in hot WATER