Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-17
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up the barsthrough whichthey bad enter
Admirable + calculated farmer Gray.
What is admirable 2 asked his wife.
who came within hearing distance At the
moment.
Why the lesson I gave our friend Bar.
ton yesterday. II works admirably.'
How so p
1.-Two ofOur COWS we're in his scfn6eld
lew minutes ago, destroying his cora at
q rapid rate, d
Well what did he do 10 them ?, she
asked in aquick, anxious tone. W
He drove them out
Did he stone them or beat thern9,
oh no. He was as gentle as aohild
towards them.' 5S4I
q You are certainly testing.
Not /. Friend Barton has not forgot.
ten that his pigs were in my conheld
yesterday, and that I turned them ont
without hurting hair Of one Of them.--
Now suppose had got angry and beaten
his pigs, what do you think the result
would have been? Why. II Is much
more than probable, that one or both Of
our fine mich COWS would have been at
this moment in the condition Of Mr.. Mel.
Ions old brindle,'
i wish you wouldn't say anything
more about brindle,' said Mrs. Gray, try.
ing to laugh, while her face grew red Ia.
spite of her efforts to keep down her feel
ings.
We'll, won't, Sally, II II worries you.
But It is such good illustration, that II
cannot help using II sometimes ~
] am glad he didn't hurt the cows;
said Mrs. Gray, after pause.
And so am /. Glad on more than
one account, It shows that he has made
an effort to keep down his hasty irritable
temper-and If he can do that, Il will be
favor conferred on the neighborhood,
for almost every one complains, at times,
of this fault in his character
1T is certainly the best policy TO keep
fair weather with him. Mrs. Gray remar.
ked, for man Of his temper could annoy
Jus good DEAL
That word policy, Sally Is not good
word, replied her husband, 1T conveys
thoroughly selfish idea. Nowwe ought
to look for some higher motives of faction
than mere policy-motives grounded in
correct and unselfsh principles
But what other motive but policy
could we possibly have for putting up with
Mr.. Barton's outrageous conduct2..
'other, and far higher motives, itsoems
to me. We should reflect that Mr. Bkr.
ton has naturally hasty temper, lhd
that when excited he does things Tor
which he is sorry afterwards-and that
in nine cases out Of ten he Is greater
sufferer from those outbreaks than Ihy
one else. In our actions towards hian,
then, it is much higher and better motive
for us to be governed by desire 20 aid
look merely 10 the protection Of ourselves
from its effect. Do you not think 80 2'r
Yes. It does seem so.'
When thus moved 70 action, VIC hfe,
in degree, regarding the whole neigh.
borhood, for the evil Of which we speak,
affects all. And in thus suffering our
selves 70 be governed by such elevated
and unselfsh motives, we gain all that we
could possibly have gained underthe mere
instigation Of policy, and great deal
more. But TO bring the matter into q still
narrower compass, In all our actions 70.
wards him and every one else, we
should be governed by the simple consid.
eration-is IL right II spirit Of retail.
iatiOn be not right--tben it cannot be IN.
dulged without a mutual injury. or
course, then, II should never prompt usto
action. II cowsor hogsget into my field
or garden, and destroy my property who
is 70 blame most? 0fconrse, myself
should have kept my fences 10 better re.
pair, or my gate closed The animals,
certainly are not 70 blame, for they fol.
low only the pr0mptings Of naturc-and
their owners should not be censured, for
they know nothing about Il, II would
then be very wrong for me 70 ininre both
the animals and their owners for my
own neglect-would Il NOT p
Yes-I suppose'it would eIs
So az least Il seems 70 me. Then Of
course ought not 10 iniure neighbor
Baritone cows or hogs, even II they do
break into my cornfeld or garden, sim,
ply because L would be wrong 70 do so.
This Is the principle Upon which we
should act, and not from any selfish poll,
ey.' -
After this there was no trouble shout
farmer Gray's geese or cattle Some.
times the geese would get among Mr..
Barton's hogs. and annoy them while
eating, but it did not worry him as Il did
formerly. II they became too trouble.
some he would drive them away. but not
by throwing sticks and stones al them a.
he once did.
Late in the fall the shoemaker brought
In his bill for work. II was a pretty large
bill with sundTy credits.
Pay day has come az last, said far
mer Gray, good humoredly. as he
shoemaker presented his account. Well
let us seeY and be took the bin 70 exam-
inc 4 item after item. 8 81 q.
What isthis,' he asked, reading aloud.