The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-11-06

and he shrinks back from his parents as '
srheming liars. To him it looks like living. Z
thus to deceive the stranger by such back {
handed means. |,
Under the influence of filial love he hecins
to reason, and he is unwilling to condemn his
parents to the degradation of liars and rob Z
bers lie reviews the guarded modes of cx-
preston used by his father and mother His I;
father did not say it was the best COW in the
flock, and told the man he had better not
take the animal-that he would not sell her
unless his mother would consent to il" 1t
was not exactly living after all. Besides his
father stood high in socicty: he was called
Colonel, and Esq, had been a Representative;
was a Trustee of the Religions Societv. and
school Committee; and every body looked
up to him as a man of honor. His mother.
too. was intimate in the family of the minister
and had the very best company in town.
Therefore, they were good people. and their
example worthy of imitation Full of this
pleasing JUNCTION to his outraged conscience.
and possessing withal, through hereditary
transmission, a similar tendency to shrew,l-
ness. and money-loving as that of his parents.
ne bean to mediate a method OF profitin. by
his first lesson in keen business management
why can't sell that soft. worthless knife
bon@ht of the ra>callv pcilar the other day
, in the same manner thu, father sold the cow ?
Let me see, have the plan. and will have
the money. and won't tel! a lie either
j, can steer clear of that"
H. carefully whr> his knife. and AZ care
. fully porkrr> a soft stick and then with a veil
:. Of honest looks proceeds to school. AZ recess
,r he very carcles>lv draws forth his knife and
stick and h-@ins to whittlr Il cuts finely
: The boys fork around eager to see it, and to
f learn what he paid for it. Il GOT it cheap
h ONLY TWENTY-FIVE cents: see ii cut
r I'll give Won twenty-five" saws one
,c Il gu"s> you viii" SAYS John. after hay,
run the risk Of getting a bad one and prove,
it. See II cut
J. Ill give Won thirty"
Il will '"rt," saws another '.and here's tn
r, none, Forty being Golden number in tn
." ear Of john, h" quietly pockets the none
81 ir>t a, the school bell rims. AMI they all :,
K into their books Tohn To icioice in tn, sue
a cess Of the experiment. and Charley TO ANTI
ne inatr the pleasure his excellent cutting knit
will afford him.
ut A> soon a> the school was dismissed d-whi
nj Charley is hunting for a good hard stick f
| show the other BOYS how cloriou>lv it woul
lis cut-.Iohn makes all haste for home. to n,
e nouncc his success and to bank hi money
n Almost out of breath he enters the house cx
n claiming, Father. have sold that ocwtc
a faced knife which bought of the pcdlar a
lie, twenty-five cents, for forty"
of "Ah, have YOU: But how did You mar
N, are: lou didn't tell a lie. did Won, Johnny
cr lou must never lie vou know
"oh. no sir. | sharprncd it very niccl,
it took a soft sfick in my porkct. and kcE
cr whiting; said nothing and let them bid"
But who bought; and have YOU 60: YOU
ny money"
De- "Charlr> Summer. who always has none,
bought 1t, here are the forty cents
RS THAT'S right Won should never lie. and a
lbt ways get your pay down. to prevent aft,
to trouble. | say, mother, Johnny is prett
I'VE smart, We must make merchant of him
avs what think YOU 2"
NV "IIr has done well with his knife. snrcl
will and | always thought he would he somehod
our and get rich; besides, Charley is better al
ite. to pay high price for poor knife than job
ny. Bring the money to me, my son, and
adv will save it for vou."
on This was lesson number two, and the bc
from his propitiou> beginning. kept practiSi
if until he was old enough to enter store
r clerk.
,lne His father kept him short of change for
bov new situation, and desiring to appear W
sent with his new associates he began bv borro
ing small sums from the moncy-,lrawcr. ,
is signing to pay it out of the first remittance.
told But the economical father, desiring to kc
him short. to teach him economy, neglect
ror+ the penurious remittance until the bov b
ber secretly borrowed the full amount of what
hos, received from his father, and he cannot
We it then; and, finally, after some struggles W
,t,.r his defaced conScicntiousness. and urred
his necessities, decided not to pay it at all.
lie went on in this way, borrowing a
never paving, until he robbed his master c
large amount, and ended his life a villain.
lils parents pockcted few extra doll
>, for COW. by means of a circuitous falSeh,
ii their son imbibed the education, and sha,
'c''- his future
""" Who will say, go thou and do likewis,
:, his
,orv HEARING WITH THE TEETH.
F'o' Curious as this assertion may appear,
Ill easy to prove it by the following simple
!'u pertinent Lay watch upon a table, q
'lownwards; then stand so far from it that
'''e cannot, in the ordinary way hear the ticki
laws Now place the end of a small deal stick,
''s"' six feet long, upon the back of the watch;
'"Ae grip the teeth to the other; with the fine
eu 10 close each ear to exclude all external moi
the beat Of the watch will then be As audi
ue- as if placed against the ear All other sou