Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-17

any cause to complain Of him, nor any to
be grieyeds as am sure he is, at his own
nasty conduct. But while ! am talking
here, his hogs are destroying nv corn.
And SO saying, farmer Gray hurried
off towards his corn field. When he an.
rived there, he found four large hogs
tearing down the stalks and pulling off
and eating the ears of corn. They had
already destroyed good deal. But he
drove them out very calmly, and put up
the bars through which they had entered,
and then commenced gathering up the
half eaten ears Of corn, and throwing them
out into the lane, for the hogs that had been
so suddenly disturbed in the process Of
obtaining liberal meal. she was thus
engaged, Mr.. Barton, who had from his
own house, seen the farmer turn the hogs
out of his cornfeld, came hhrTiedly up,
aad said :: -f
Il am very sorry, Mr.. Gray, indeed ]
am, that my hogs have. done this. will
most cheerhlly. pay you for what they
have DESTROYED
oh never mind, friend Barton-never
mind. Such things win happen occa-
sionally. My geese, you know, annoy
you very much sometimes
Don't speakof it, Mr.. Gray, They
didn't annoy me half as much as / imagin-
ed they did. But how much corn do you
think my hogs have destroyed? One
bushel, or two bushels Or how much?
Let it be estimated, and 1 viii pay for it
most cheerfully.
'Oh, no, not for the world, friend Bar
ton. Such things will happen sometimes,
And, besides, some of my men must have
left the bars down, or your hogs could
never have got in. So don't think any
more about it.. 1t would be dreadful
if one neighbor could not bear little
with another
All this cut poor Mr.. Barton to the
heart. His own i'll natured language and
conduct at much smaller trespass on his
rights, presented itself to his mind. and
deeply mortified him. After few mo-
ments silence, he said:
The fact is, Mr.. Gray, 1 shall feel bet
ter if you will let me pay for this corn.--
My hogs should not be fattened at your
expense, and will not consent to its be-
ing done. So Ishall insist on paying you
for at least one bushel of corn, for am
sure they have destroyed that much, il
not more.
But Mr.. Gray shook his head, and smi-
led pleasantly, as he replied:
Don't think any more about it, neigh
Dor Barton. 1t is a matter deserving NO
consideration. No doubt my cattle have
often trespassed on you, and viii trespass
on you again. Let us then bear and for
bear
All this cut the shoemaker still deeper
and he felt still less at ease in mind after
he parted from the farmer than he did be-
fore. But one thing he resolved, and that
was 70 pay Mr.. Gray for the corn which
his hogs had eaten.
you told him your mind pretty plain
ly, hope, said Mrs. Gray, as her hus
band came in.
Il certainly did, was the quiet reply
And am glad you had spirit enough
TO do it. | reckon he will think twice
before he kills any more of my geese
Il expect you are right. Sally, don'i
think we shall be troubled again
And what did you say to him? And
what did he say for himself?
Why, he wanted very much to pay
me for the corn his pigs had eaten, but
wouldn't hear to it. told him that i
made no difference in the world, that suct
accidents would happen sometimes
You did 2
Certainly / did,
And that's the way you spoke your
mind to him p
Precisely. And it had the desired ef
feet. 1t made him feel ten times worse
than if had spoken angrily TO him. he
is exceedingly panied at what he has done
and says he will never rest until he has
paid for that corn. But l am, resolved
never to take cent for it, 1t viii be
the best possible guaranty can have for
his kind and neighbOrly conduct hereaf-
ter.
Well, perhaps you are right, said
Mrs. Gray after a few moments oi
thoughtful silence. j like Mrs. Barton
very mueh-and now come to think Of
it, should not wish TO have any differ
ence between our families
And so do / like Mr.. Barton. He has
read a good deal, and / find it very plea
SAINT TO sit with him occasionally, during
the long winter evenings. His only fault
is his quick temper-but / am sure It Is
much better for us TO bear with and
soothe that, than to oppose and excite it,
and thus keep both his family and our
own in hot water
You are certainly right replied Mrs.
Gray, and 1 only wish that could al
ways think and feel as you do. Bnt /
am a little quick, as they say
And so IS Mr.. Barton. Now Just the
same consideration that you would desire
others to have for you, should you exeF.
else towards Mr.. Barton, or any one else
whose hasty temper leads him into words
or actions that In calmer or more Thought