Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-09-15
LTON CARROLL COUNTY, OHO-FRIDlY, SEPTEMBER I5 Iss

h"A a NtI error % would have been, Henry.
10 any luiurn mAuer Of this kind, hon. ygu
will b. perfectly frank with NO. hive /,
much more urcurate knpwIrdge Of the cDndi
ton nnd standing Of people than you can pos.
sibly have"
The son promised Io do what the G,ibsr
wished. From ihst time the visits - Mis-, Len.
nard were ahalrd, and b., attention. To- her.
whrn ihny mel IN society, becamv coIdly f,r.
NAL The sweet young girl, whose f.e'ings
had really been interested, l-lt the change. a9I
was, Tor time, unhappy bat 10 a few month,
she recovered herself, aud was again as bright
und cheerful as usual.
Time went steadily on, sweeping down one
and setting Up another. and slilI old LaDnari
DIDN'T 60 10 the dogs, much to the surlris, Of
Baker, who could not imagine how the rnecb.n.
&c Kept hs head above water having driven n.
way his best customers, as he musl lorp sipc.
have done, II all were irculed as he had b.rp.
But he was saiished Of one thing. al least. an I
thai was, thai the mechanic musl be- misersi,iv
poor as he, in fact, deserved 10 be, according 10
his idea oE the m1lter.
Oae day, about a year after his timely can.
ton 10 his son, in regard to Miss Leonard. B,.
ker happened to pass along street where he
had moi been Tor some months. Just opposite
a large, new, and beautiful house. to which the
painters were giving their Ia'I touches. he mel
Trend. As they passed, Baker said
That's an elegant house. 1t has been built
since was in this neighporhood."
"Yes, il is a very fine house. and SUPPOSE
didn't cost less than ten thousand dollars"
mo, should think not Who built IN n,
you ku w"
YES. 1t was built by Leonard"
by whoml' Baker looked SURPRISED.
by old Leonard. You know him"
"lmpossbIt! He's not able to build house
like that"
"0h, yes he is, aad half dozen more like it.
Unnecessary.
"Leouardl"
Certainty. Why. he's worth at least Sc.
venly thousand dnlars."
"Iou must be in error"
"No. His daughter is to be married mex,
month to an excellent young man. and this
house has been built, and is To be handsomely
furnished. as marrilgn present."
"lncredible! thought he was going. or had
gone. to the dogs. long ago"
"Lconard!" The friend could m, helm
laughing aloud. "Ile 60 to the dogs! He's The
last one TO 60 the dogs. Oh. no! There sn'
a man in his trade who does so good business.
as little show as he makes. Good work. good
prices, and puncluallty, are the cardinal virtues
OF his establishment. and make all substantial.
How in the world could you have tuken up such
nolionl"
81 don't know, bet such has been my i'm.
pression for a long time," replied Baker, who
felt exceedingly Cut down on account oflhe mis-.
take he had made, and particularly 80 in view
ol the elegant house and seventy thousand dol.
lars, which might all have belonged to his son.
III time, if he had not fallen into such an eyre.
gous error about old Leonard.
Most persons are apt To make mistakes of
this kind, and imagine that because from some
slight offence they have Withdrawn their Gus.
tom from man, he must necessarily be going
TO the dogs. Probably, in the matter Of stop.
ping subscriptions TO newspapers and periodi.
Gals, people are more prone to fall into this er.
ror than in anything else. A man gets Offend
ed about somclhing--perhaps, through some err.
ror of the clerk, his bill is sent 10 him arler he
has paid; or, through the neglect of a carrier.
or the purIoining propensilies of news.vending
lads, his paper fails few times, and in high
indignation heordrrs diSconlnuance. After his
he is firmly convinced that the paper must 20
down; and if he happen 10 meet with ha few
months afterwards by accident, will very likely
say
"Why, is this thing alive yet! 1t though, it
had stopped long ago"
Sn the world moves on. People are prone
10 think that what they smile on lives, and what
they Grown upon is blighted and must die.