The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-04-08


crs, besides giving us world of trouble
and vexation. No, no, Sally; just let
it rest, and he will be sorry enough for
lit, know 7"
"Sorry for it, indeed And what good
will his being sorry for it do us, | should
like to know Next he will kill cow,
and we must be satisfied with his being
sorry for it Now 1 can tell you that
l do not believe in that doctrine nor
do l believe any thing about his being
sorry, the grabbed, ill-natured wretch. !"
"Don't call hard names, Sally" said
farmer Gray, in mild, soothing tone.
/" Neighbor Barton was not himself when
he killed the geese. Like every other
angry person, he was little insane, and
did what he would not have done, had
he been perfectly in his right mind.
When you are little excited, you know,
Sally, that you do and say unreasonable
things"
Me do and say unreasonable things,''
exclaimed Mrs. Gray, with a look and
tone of indignant astonishment ssme
do and say unreasonable things when l
am angry! l don't understand you, Mr..
Gray" r. f
Maybe can help you little.
Don't you remember how angry you
were when Mr.. MELONS old brindle got
into our garden and trampled over your
lettuce bed, and how you struck her
with the oven pole, and knocked off one
of her horns 7" o -...t.
"But I didn't mean to do that,
though"
"No, but then you were angry, and
struck old brindle with right good will.
And if Mr.. Mellon had felt disposed he
might prosecuted for damages. D
:" But she had no business there"
"Of course not. Neither had our
geese any business in neighbor Barton S
yard. But perhaps can help you to
another instance that will be more con-
elusive in regard to your doing and say
ing unreasonable things when you are
angry. Tou remember that patent
churn :"
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"Se you have not forgotten how un-
reasonable you were about the churn.
1t wasn't good for anything-you knew
it wasn't; and you'd never put jar of
cream it as long as you lived-that you
wouldn't. And yet, on trial, you found
that ehurn 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 well
as Mr.. Barton can. Let us then con-
slider him little, and give him time to
get over his angry fit. 1t will be much
better to do so."
Mrs. Gray saw that her husband was
right, but still she felt indignant at the
outrage committed on her geese. She
did not, however, say anything about
sueing the shoemaker, for the old brin-
dies head, frAm, (which the horn bad
been knocked off, was not yet entirely.
well, and one prosecution very naturally
Suggested the idea sofj another. " 81
she took her thres ,fskgeese, and, afyef
stripping SiHfiheirS SptheN, had them
prepared T6a, tlNsTahe. n.I ,i,i. d,ss.,.; u.
tH.thts6axt morning, asfarmer, lJra6
lHas going gsalong the road, @isaialak the
9shSelaksfy sandals thy had toshass very
Iklilaartt6. each other, thefnper smiled,
and rb0ked Land spoke .skilAy. Mr.!
|. .Bartobl6oked andfS "a :aefysuneasy, but
farmer Gray did not seem to remember
The UNPLEASANT incident .sIh of the day be-
1t ,wds~;aBSdtr eleven o'clock of the
sameyday that one of farmcf Gray's little
BOYS came running to him, and crying,
,I.,," Oh, father father! Mr.. Barton's
'llpgs are in our corn field"
"Thcn / must 60 and drive them
out" said Mr.. Gray in quiet tone.
% Drive them out % CALCULATED Mrs.
Gray, drive 'em out, indeed! I'd
shoot them, that's what. I'd do I'd
serve them as he served my geese yes
terday." .s lsoL :.
" Bot that wouldn't bring the geese
to life again, Sally" '.n.,,. =" :.
! "I don't 'tcare if il wouldn't. 1t would
be paying him in his owRf coin, and that's
all he deserves s'.
"You know. what' the Bible says,
Sally, about grievous words, and they
apply with stronger force to gricvous
actions. No, no, l will return neighbor
L.
Barton good for evil. That is the best
I FIway. lie has done wrong, and / am
sure is sorry for it. And as / wish him
still to remain sorry for so unkind and
$50 unneighborly an action, 1 intend
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