Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-18

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[learn-wisdom from the fate of the insect
and worms, which might escape being Dc
voured, perhaps, If they did not fake tim
by the ,foreiocke eand venture out SO early.
, ssssPlagueptakee1hee for a fool!'' muttere
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. deuce take Thee for an asst quoth tn
And away they went etlleir difaren
, ways; one 10 do all that was possible, 4th'
lptherao do polling but what he was OF
lliged 70 perfern. II & sing gular ereugh-z-
tox rather II would be, were il not 90 com
mon that Both these persons were entire
Ily convinced, not only that they we're righ
in the great maxim each had adopted, bu
that it was the result ofreason and re1ec-
ton, sanctioned by experience. Now. the
fact is, it was no such thing Nature hac
made one head-long and impatient; the 9th
er, lazy and deiiberative-and they only
followed their destiny. Even when boys
Solomon always ate his egg raw, because
he could not wait its boiling; while Squire
Ninny suffered it TO boil as hard as bul
let, for sheer lack Of energy to take of
the skillet. In short, one could not bear te
be idle, the other 10 be busy.
These two worthy people 'werc nearly
of the same age, that is to say, some fifty
years. One a married man, with family,
the other e bachelor. Solomon had taken
him by the forelock, welded a shrow, sole
ly because he did not choose to put off til!
to- o-morrow what could be done to day; while
/ Squire Ninny stuck close 10 his Eavorite
maxim, which not exactly suiling the meri-
dian OF female vivacty, he some how Or
other missed the mark, simply because the
bird few away before heg could take ain.
Some married, some died, and some waited
so long for the squire TO make up his mind:
that they slipped down the hill Of life be.
fore they became aware they had reached
the Itop md Notwithstanding oil their exer-
tions were never able 10 recover their lost
ground, In the mean time. the family Of
Solomon increased and multiplied, 10 the
great satisfaction Of the father, who never
failed to crow over the squire, and, when
ever they met, commserate the fate of n
poor forlorn bachelor, without a compan-
ion, solace to his cares, domestic fire
side; or children to comfort him in his old
age, and carry down his name to future
generations.
"Never mind answered the squire,
''there should always be at least one bach
eler in family TO take care of the chill
dren of .hese who married in too great
hurry" -..
The squire had learned that Solomon,s
wife combed his hair sometimes, for the
town was too little to contain q great Sc
cret, and, like pistol, always went off with
great report whenever overcharged. On
those occasions they would always seperate
mutually plying each olher-Solomon to
worry himself for something to do; the
squire, to smoke his pipe Or ponder Oh the
expedioncy Of putting off something till 10
morrow.
Both followsd the business of farming,
that noble profession, which, upon the
whole, is perhaps more favorable TO human
happiness AMI virtue than any other to
which man becomes the slave. AS may
be supposed, each carried his favorite max.
i'm into practice in this their daily occupa-
ton. Solomon was always before hand
with his neighbors; the squire represented
the last spark of burnt paper, and fingered
till nil the congregation had departed. Yet,
somehow or other, ut the end of q few
years, the account was pretty square be-
tween the wise man and the fool. One
season the squire's wheat was destroyed
by the Hessian fly, because it was planted
too late, and came up SO tender in the
spring that the insects preferred it to that
of all his neighbors. -1. r
"D;dn't tell you so?'' said Solomon,
'snext time suppose you will take time
by the forelock, and follow the wise maxim
Of never putting off till Tomorrow what
you can do to-day"
The following year tho squire had his
revenge. He had as usual planted alter
every body else, and. Solomon was still
more forehand, having the example Of the
last wear before him. The winter sat in
severely, bu. scarcely any snow fell; the
seed that had been early sown, and sprung
up in the autumn, was scathed by the bit.
ter blast and nipping frosts, while that of
the squire's not having sprouted, escaped
scot free, came up blithly in the spring,
and produced a noble harvest. s.....
s:Didn't | tell you?" said he to Solomon;
s'next time take my advice, and adopt the
wise maxim Of never doing today what
you can put off till 10 morrow"
Solomon said nothing. He thought the
squire as great & fool as ever; but there is
no arguing against what turns out well.
One day, the Squire and Solomon had
arranged TO attend meeting some few
miles from town, which had been called by
some public spirited busy bodies, who
wanted better bread thnn can be made out
of wheat, and to Improve their property at
the expense of their neighbors. Solomon
Of course, called before his time, and,
equally as matter of course the squire
was not ready. .s .e ..
Dom: you see," cried the former, "there
is thunder shower rising behind the noun
tain? 1t will rain in less than an hour"
swell, let it rain,' said the other; sit
is very much wanted, and besides nv good
friend, l can't prevent it by being in a
hurry" c-=.
"Pshuww exclaimed Solomon, and out
Of oil patience, spurred his steed and gal.
loped away. ..... ....