Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-11-21
VOL. VI, NO. 34---2Q4.

] yard and struck The axe Q lev ,;tuee iIio
The green maple log. lie gave those o.ow,
!. with hearty good will, as if lie 6i, kind
Of satisfaction in demonstrating 10 hm.sli
that his arms we're cafe at any rate.
/ He was sill. however. weak from the e.
fec;s of his long confinement. and he soon
laid down the axe and turned round tow
ards the house.
Mary sat at the window. She had been
watching her husbands movemenis-apd
the whole scene brought SO wildly to her
view their utterly helpless condition, thai
she turned away in tears.
George tried 10 tighten her dependence.
Tie told her she ough, to pu, her trust 10
God.
al know said she, 81 ought to trust 10
God,-but what shaN we do, You cannot
work any more, and We shall stsrve."
"Not to-day, a; any rate," said George,
by The looks OF your bowl Of potatoes"
1t was bowl Of potatoes which Mary was
just about putting into the ashss 10 roast
for their dinner.
81 did not mean today" said Mary, q
little Piqued,-" but the potatoes will not
last Us lops."
That is true" said he, "but We will
not worry ourselves about that now. The
Savior saws we ms, not borrow trouble
from Tomorrow, for every day has sorrow
enough Of its own"
Mary was little netlled. Nobody likes
TO have Scripture quoted agains, them.
especially il the quotation Is such thst.
under the circumstances, it does not con-
vince. and yet is so apparentIy applicable,
as to admit Of no ready reply. Mary said
that she did not think that people ought to
sit down quietly and let ruin come upon
them without taking any measures 10 avoid
it. under the plea Of trusting in God.
No" the truth was tha, George was not
=u'ursor runrss nsrusuTgS, 10 aSer Iul6rp
evil; wha, he objected to was anrisfy. He
and Mary had been accustomed 10 talk
every day about their future plans Of life.-
and they were as pruden, and economical
az they could be. This he considered was
doing all he could do, in their present cir
cumstances. Thus he was willing to take
thought for the morrow in the sense of
planning and contriving for it, but no, in
the sense Of being anxious and unhappy
about it. His temperament made this easy.
Bh Mary wes always running forward
a'd hnvrrIng over future imaginary cor
Rvs. Her temperament made this naiu.
raj TO h.f. She found in j. a sort Of
painful pleasure, or pleasant pain, which,
ever expression the reader may consider
eas, paradoxical.
Anticipating trouble is generally very
super6uous suffering.-for, as every one
will observe, in looking back upon his past
lie, the evils We look forward 10. and OK
prci, very generally do not come and on
the other hand. those which actually como
are those We did not expect. A: any rate
i, was so in this case. for George never
came near to actual want. lie had some
mechanical talent, and bis ingenuity was
stimulated by his situation so his neigh.
bors used TO bring him at FIRST their utensils
and implements TO repair, paying him in
labor on his land, or in the produce Of their
own. He sold off large part OF his own
farm, reservins only garden spot near
the house. which he aud Mary cultivated.
and the proceeds were gradually invested
in shop and tools. As the forest around
was filled up with settlers, and the farms
his business increased and n
he sat, day after day, q, his shop window, !.
which looked across his yerd to his house. !.
or moved slowly about his garden, lit,is'
Fergus by his side, and Mary presiding
over a scene Of nea,ness and plenty within.
it was though, that there was not happier
family within FIVE miles Of the Winding
Pond In fact. George used 10 say he
believed that he had goi on in the world
better without his legs, than he shonid
have done with them.
This Winding Pond was long irregu-
lar sheet Of wafer. winding around high
wooded promontories, and into dark va'-
leys its shores indersed with bays. and
its surface spotted With picturesque 'aiands.
II was in the midst Of grand amPh'lhea-
tre of mountain and forest sce'3ery. from
among which the little groups Of farm
buildings peeped out here and there in the
openings. Al the dis'anee;of lew miles
The towering crass Of the mountains frova-1
ed upon the whole. 10 the winter seasoa-
The per iod at which this story commeoces-
the pond, throughout, the whole Of ils irree-
ular extension, was white-,be foree'As
L;a.. .,.,creen were Ia RI and the m6OQ