The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-09

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the other, and so shorten Zebulon's allow
auce of dayIghr' Bat on Inc side next the
river he had 10 build strong stone parape l
and that was no joke. There was so little
room for the stables, that, when complet
they held fewer oxen by half duzen than
ID d tbCsi Of The old house. On the 9TH
Ter hand, Caspar managed to build them
,ln such m naer that they darkened Zebl
uon's side window, and intercepted his view
lnf the village, thus deprivng hin Of the
chef amusement he had when he sal al his
work. ......... ....
With many curses ard vexaion, the rool
was got on the house before winter came.
| The brothers no longer spoke 10 each ulher
when they met The whole village laughed
a, them, but this only strengthened them in
their obslrnacy. When Caspar wanted cloth
es made, he employed 4 tailor from another
village. His children did their uncle all the
harm they could, aud had no longer any merl
cy on his fru1 and flowers.
When spring came, and Casper went to
! live in his new house, things improved lit
| tie, but yet no great deal. 1t is bad enough
to have an enemy when one lives IN town,
but inthe counIryIt II is still worse. For in
/ the town one can avoid him, if nne WILL but
in the country one daily meets him, al fair
and market, at the tavern and at parish meet
ngs, at work and in one's walks; and then
ones food tastes sour afterwards
One day Casper said to the innGeepcr -
i am well housed now; have pleasant
view all around and look right into The viii
lage; that peases my wife, and is great a,
musement to her. The innkeeper repeated
This to Zsbuon, and next morning brickIay-
ers came, and built upon thrce SIDES OF Gas
per's house, but upon his brothers ground,
two six foot walls, and stuck good store of
broken ass upon the top Of each of Them
Between these walls Zebulon planted, with
his own hand u row OF young porlars, tended
and walered them day after day. and paid The
watcImen handsomely TO see that no one in,
jured them in the night Casper's children
| got nothing from these walls but cut hands
an sore knees, and meanwhile the popars
grew apace, and by the following spring had
sn fenced in Casper's house that lie had TO
burn candIes at four in tha afternoon. II was
all up with tie pleasant prospect tha: SO ro-
| Ii0iced his vile. And what WIS still worse
the wall separated the children from all their
old Fairgrounds, and now they lay the whole
/ day by the water side, their mother could
not get them from it.; and, when the river
was high, she had constant anxiety and ton
ble. AT last Caspar was obliged 10 hire q
servant, solely 20 look hflerths chifGren.
| On certain autumn day, snpn afler the
aIter-grass had been got in, Zsbuon was
seated ct work, when his brothers. eldest
son entered the room, without knocking,
walked up to the ln!or's board, and said,
J'Uncle Zebulon, father let's you know
| Take off your cap said Zsbulon, when
yoa speak TO ycur fathers brother.'
MY father told me nothing about that
answered the young fellow, and kept his cap
on. 'He babe me leIl you that, up .yonder,
where your meadows begin, the dixie and
fence are worn out. Father says that con,
cerns YOU as well as him; and that if you
will help and pay your share of a new stone
dixie, with an osier hedge, he is ready 10 do
so to-
Then said Zebulon, 'IIe has more need
lof it than |, for if there is flood in The
spring and no new dixie, his house will be
full of water. Tell your father, however,
that | would have agreed to his proposal, if
he had moi sent such n clown 10 make it,
The lad turned on his heel, and walked a.
way without further greeting. When he
told his father he answer he had got, Casi
Ipar said, 'l am not going 10 spend my money
to protect The meadows Of that niggardlv
!churl. Thank God! am rich, aud my land
lies high and dry; and though my house we're
10 float down the Rhine. should not be
!, ruined.
Accordingly, no dixie was made. That
autumn the Rhine rose higher than usual,
and when it again subsidized, Zsbulon walked
out with an anxious heart 10 visit his mead =
ows. True enough, the stremans Of the
old wall were washed away, and great piece
Fl of meadow ground was stripped of lis grass;
there was full an acre aud a half OF bare
earth, thickly slrewn with barren sand and
gravel. Zebulon easily calculated that, in
GLIDING the unavoidable expense Of new
Idlke, he was thousand dollars the poorer
And he thought to himself at we're better
bhat my brother had the half acre of meadow
for his house, and The whole acre Overland
above, which is now completely spoiled p
Bat he quickly banished the reflection. wher
he walked along the wet towing path in front
of Caspnr's house, and saw the whole family
lgteat and small, hard at work with buckets
; TO bale the water out Of tho cellars, and Gas
+, paris wife wringing her hands, because her
!. whole years stock of sour-kraut and nowIS
preserved beans was spoiled 10 The casks
TO Zebulon this sight was. like, cool dress
? ing to smaring sore. a.5 at.. t....
But there was a severe rod in pickle fo
!. Zebulon. The same autumn he heard tbt
: banns published in Church, for the marriage
Of his eldest niece Lizzy with young far
,, liner ofthe neighbothood; and this was done
!, without word to hin, The nearest relative
, Lizzie, vas bis god daughter, she had always
been his iavorite niece, and Tor many LONG
year be had stored up for her q hesyY gol'
= chain. with bright ducats hanging fipm i
which had come to him out Of his mother
: inheritance, And now.
7 The wedding day came; Zebuion was no
! 1luvited. Although the autumn was far ad.
n vaneed, there was warm CLEAN Of sun, an
: the tables for the marriage feast werealaiI
out 10 tho open air, bard By his hOusedoer
!. From his supper windows be beheld The JOY
! Gus preparations, and swallowed his vexaliol
! ! as best he might but whenthe bride appear
), ed in her beautiful new dress, which he lIat
" not cut and seWD,* and which therefore, a
/ he thought, fitted her very badly, two larg
! and bitter tears escaped from his old eyes,
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