The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-03-02
Volume XII.
MISCELLANEOUS
TURNING OVER A new LEAF.

family d0tnlcIl, IN the tONu Oh DOW'
The two Sam Danas looked as much alik,
as Two peas, especially Sam, junior; he look
ed shade younger, otherwise he might have
been taken for chip OF The old block, bloch
and all. At the sound of the others voice
the elder Dana rested his chin on the end o
his hoe handle, and peered at his sturdy off:
spring. as if doubtful of the meaning and in
ten, of the familiar words. Sam, junior. i'm.
mediatelv fixed his sharp hazel eyes on his
| dad and went on.
Yes dad. I'm going to turn over new
leaf. You've often told me TO do il. Mex
week you know, I'm one and twenty, out Of
my lime, aud I'm off. You see dad, I've
worked on this patch of land ever since was
born and calculate I've been smart boy
| haven't |!
Sam, senior nodded his head.
| We'll, if always stay here, | shall always
be smart boy, and nothing else. [ want to
| 60 round; want 10 see Ire fashions; | want
TO speculate; | want to see somebody
want to put the dollars in my pocket-darn
ii. dad; want TO 90 it. will go tim of
I've made up my mind, no use TO say nothing
can't alter me. Fun going. going, 60 in g
gouel What do you say 10 that ?
Sam say you're IA jackass =
Dad, calc ulale you're mistaken
well, perhaps you'll be sure TO make one
Of yourself. ifyou amt
Dad, calculate you'll frd yCurselfmista-
KEN
J lell you Sam, now, that you'll be sorry
| did uSt so when was out of my time;
clecreI out from home, and before had been
| gone three weeks. | was glad 10 get back Il
gaia, aud you'll he in the same predcamenr
in less Than week, or I'm no Judge Of horse
flesh
Dad, Eve heard you say thousand times
that every generation grows wiser now J
caicul1ic that am one generation wiser than
You we've of my age. I'm going-no kind OF
use to talk again it,
| The dialogue closed. they eyed each Other
sharply for a monet; the senior Dana raised
| his chm from the eud Of his hoe handle,
graspe5 il firmly. aud renewed his labor with
the strength of two men. Sam Junior, fol-
lowed suit with none The less Of euergy in hi>
manner aud side by side they continued al
work for an hour without word spoken By
either. digging for dear life The eide !
Dana was evidently working himself into e
fever of passion; at last he came to "a stand
still. at The same moment circulating a sien-
turIn SAM
Sam came 10 a full stop; and straig htened
up with no less emphatic .DadI'
What III thunder are you working so fast
for J demanded the senior, and at il he went
again sill harder than before, and after him
went Sam, the younger, as hard as he could
dig. and if the dinner horn had not sounded
ii mnment after, they would have worked
themselves out Of their bOois. The moment
they Hpa ri Tho hnr,, III, pI,iar I'm.
drred his hoe, and struck bee line for the
h"nSe. Sam followed in the steps Of his pre
decesSOr, flied into the she'd. hing their hoes
in their proper places with military precision
-nrxt into the waShrnOm. washed iheir
hands aud faces with the same silent empha-
sis that had disins uished their hoeiug for the
last hour-wiped, adjusted their hair shot in
10 the dining room and down TO the table
they sat face TO face, and again they looked
fiercely at each other.
You're fJoll' said Sam Dana.
You're my dad = said the other Sam.
You're going to make fool of yourself.
Il calculate not, quietly responded Sam.
WHATS the matter nowl 2 asked Mrs. ID.
That boy, that boy's the natter said her
husband, IN tones that tod his feelings were
somewhat rufllcd.
Why. Sam, what have you been doing p
Nothing mother, only talking little.'
Only talking 60 you hear thai he says
he's only talking-did you ever hear anything
like rhatl'
We'll dad; did do any thing elsel'
DO! did you talk like fool, SAM
Now husbad. do heck cool and tell me
What the trouble is-you get so wrathy il
things don't go to suit you-now what's the
matter!'
Ask Sam
Sam, what is the matter!'
ASK dad
well. guess you had better eat your din
ners and you'll feel better after it, REPLIED
Mrs Dana pettishly, puckeriug up her mouth
and nose slightly, perhaps contpr:ptously.
Dinner disappeared wonderful quickEthe
elder Sam laid to it with great strength and
speed, the younger Sam Kept his eve on his
author and strove TO keep pace with him in
all ms movements-they finished together.
they lett the house in precise order: they
Shouldered their hoes as orderly as vetrans:
ihey re- commenced their labors in the field
al the same moment; and together for nearly
Two hours, they toied as if hoeing for wa.
ger-the silence was broken BY sharp ouick
o"m from The elder Dana, at the same in
S'"I Ir coming to stop.
.C zen, was tie instant reply.
e,oo un 10 The tailor and get measured for a
o,ber ' h.H suIt-and at it they went again; an
came again SAINT i" S'ence' and Then
Wen said the individual
give yon 500 TO starr with,
Another half hour passed "' III.
slacken their speed '"ey oesan 10
Sam
Well
What are you going TO dor
Going pe9dling,'
| They boed full houi moderate paco
Sam
Well
III give You red horse and wagon.
A few minutes more moderate hoeino. and
The elder Dana guessed that il was time 70
drive up the CATTLE, so Sam started for The
pasture, and the father started for tie house
the trouble was all over.
Sam wept TO town for his freedom suit
his old clothes were nicely menGed. washed
and packed away in his chest, his mother
and sisters were busy all the remaing lime of