The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-05

l"e @~"sN "t1 0ctux eofy4 Inc CfzU0Gu,
lIi-natsred wretch.S
Doa'f call bard ssmes. Sslly = -
hrmef 0ny. ia . mild, sooChinx tone.
Neighbor Barton vas not Ginell
when he killed tbs sr<se. Like every
other angry person. be was . little To-
sane, sBd Si@ what Ne would not have
done. hsd he been perfectly in his r;sAt
m'nd. When you are little excited.
700 know, Sally, that even you do and
say unreasonable things."
Me do and say uareasonahle :
! things !" exclaimed Mrs. Gnv, with I
look and tsoe u indignant asteaisA-
Inent; "me do and ~ unrvasoaabIs
things when l am anEry? doa't m
derstand you. Mr.. Gray"
May be | can help yos ! Ijtts.
Don't you remember how sssys sou
were when Mr.. MeIIon's old brindle
got into our garden, and trampled over
your lestsce bed. and how you struck
her with the oven pole. and knocked
on one Of her bsrBsss
+" But ! didn't mean to do that.
though"
No. but then you were angry, and
struck old brindle with . risht govsl
will. And If Mr.. Mellon had felt Dc.
posed. he might have prosecuted for
damaEes.'
|" but she had no business there.
"Of course not. Neither had oar
geese any business in neighbor Barton's
yard. Bot, perhaps ! can help you to
another instance, that will be more con-
elusive in regard to your doing and
saying unreasonable things when you
are angry. You remember the patent
churn.'
Yes, but never mind about that.rr
$50 you have not forgotten how un-
reasonable yos were about the churn.
II wasn't good for any thing you
knew it wasn't; and you'd never put 4
jar Of cream into il As long a. you liz.
ed-that you wouldn't. And yet, On
trial, you found the churn the best you
had ever used. and YOU wouldn't part
with It on any consideration. So you
see, Sally, that even you can say and
do unreasonable things when you are
angry, just as we'll as Mr.. Barton can,
Let Us then consider him little, and
give him time to get over his angry fit.
II will be much better to - =.
Mrs. Gray saw that her hushnd was
right, but still she felt indignant At the
outrage committed on her geese. She
did not, however, say any thing abou,
sueifig the shoemaker-ior old bfindle's
head, from which the horn had been
knocked on. vas not yet entirely we'll
ana one proeecuQon very nAleralIySuy
gested the idea of fanother. So she took
her three fat geese, and after stripping
on their feathers, had them prepared
for. the table.
On the next morning, as farmer Gray
was going along the road, he met the
shoemaker, and as they had to pass We
ry near to each other the farmer smil-
ed, and bowed, and spoke kindly. Mr.
Barton looked and felt very uneasy,
but farmer Gray did not seem to re-
member the unpleasant incident Of the
day before.
II was about eleven o'clock OF the same
day. that qpe Of farmer Gray's li,.le boys
came running 10 him, and crying
.Oh father! farther! Mr.. Barlon's hogs
| o,o a., <,s.. .,rutaI,t ~
.Then must 90 and drive them out
said Mr.. Gray, in quiet tone.
/" Drive them ou,w calculated Mrs
Gray; t. drive 'em Out indeed I'D sho,
them, that's wl,a, I'd do Id serve them
as he served my geese yesterday
I" But tha, wouldn't bring the leese 70
life again, Sally"
|" don't care if il wouldn't. Il would
be paying him in lis own coin, and that's
all he deserves"
"You know wha. the Bible says, Sally,
abou, grievous words, and they apply viii
stronger force Of gr,evous actions. No
J no. | viii return neighbor Barton good fol
evil. That is the best way. He has done
wrong. and SIN sure 10 sorry Tor il. An
a. wish him still 10 remain sorry for SC
uRkind and unaelghborly an action, in
tend making use OF the best means fol
keeping him sorry"
. Then you will be revenged on him
any how"
mo, Sally-noi revenged. ! hope
have no such feeling. For ! am no, angr,
with neighbor Barton, who has done hun
sell much greater wrong than he ha'
done me. Blu, wish hun to see cIearl,
how wrong he acted, that he may do 8,
mo- more. And then we shall moi have any
cause 10 complain Of him. nor he any I,
be grieved, as am sure he is al his owl
ha-ly conduct.
And so saying, farmer Gray hurried Of
towards his corn field. When he srriye,
there, he found four large hogs ,earin,
down The stalks and pulling of and eatinl
The ripe ears Of corn. They had alread!.
destroyed good deal. Blu, he drove then
ou. very calmly. and put up The bar
through which they had entered, and shel
commenced gathering up the half eate
ears Of corn, and throwing them 0ul int