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

merely TO the protection of ourselves
froMats ;ef&ets.r.s Do you think so ?"
=" Yes. IEdoes seem So t.l Hi
When thus moved to action, we are
in degree, regarding the whole neigh
borhood, as the evil Of which we speak, ,
effects all. And thus suffering ourselves
to be governed by such elevated and nm
selfish motives, we gain as much as we
possibly could have gained under bad
instigation of policy-and a great deal
more. Itmust be plain to you, that the
animals, certainly are not 70 blame, for
they follow only tho promptings Of
nature-and their owners should not be
censured, for they know nothing about
it. 1t would then be very wrong for me
to injure both the amin, and their
owners for my own neglect-would it
not 20 l' i"s q
"Yes-I suppose it would"
$50 at least it seems to me. Then, "
of course, I ought not to injure neighbor
Barton's COWS or hogs, even if they do
break into my corn field or garden,
simply because it would be wrong to do
$50. This is the principle upon which
we should act, and not form any selfish
policy" l' Peg. q
After this there was no trouble about
farmer Gays geese or cattle. Somes !,
|tihes the geese would get among Mr..
Barton's hogs and annoy. them while
eating, but it did not worry him as it did
formerly. IF they became too trouble
some he would drive them away, but not os
by throwing sticks and stones at them
as he once did, 80" s' a.l .2ii4 q
Late in the fall the shoemaker brought
in his bill, with sundry credits. gi1
"Pay day has come at last" said
farmer Gray, good humoredly, as the, =
shoemaker presented his account. ;.
"Well, let us see 20 and he took the
bill to examine it item after item.
"What is this /" he asked, reading
aloud.
Credit, by one bushel of corn, fifty
cents"
"It is some corn I had from you.'' ~ !. /.
IUu nevcI guU any vvrn q ----- : ,-A.sr !, l-a
ooh, yes l did. I remember it per- !,
fectly. 1t is all right"
But when did you get it, friend
Barton l am sure that haven't the y
most distant reconlection of it.. ~ az
"jMy:hogs got it," the shoemaker said :
in rather low hesitating tone. 80 !. y
Your hogs" ~
eyes. Don't you remember when
my hogs broke into your field, and de- 4,
stroyed your corn =, i.
ooh, dear! is that it ? '''Oh, no, no,
friend. BartoI!jTI cannot allow that
item in .thSbill .s.i..l.-,
eyes, but you must. It is perfectly =
just--and 1 shall never rest until it is
paid" A.'S , y = Z
81 can't indeed. You couldn't help -
the hogsgetting into my field and then
you know friend Barton, lowering his 4,
tone,) MY geese were very trouble
The shoemaker blushed and looked - =,
confused ;'"but farmer Gray slapped = !
him familiarly on the shoulder, and said :
in lively, cheerful way: '...i'1 N !.
"Don't think any more about it,
friend Barton. And hereafter let us y
edAeavor to do as we would be done .
byH, and then everything will go dd as
smooth as clock work"
" But you will allow that item in the +,
bill :" the shoemaker urged persever-
lnUIv - n t.A
"Oh, no, couldn't do that. should 9
think it wrong to make you pay for my
own, or some of my mems, negligence in
leaving the bars down." ,l'li
But then (hesitatingly) those geese
Il killed three. Let it 60 for them" 4
off you did kill them we ate them.
So that is even. No, no, lie: the past
be forgotten, and if it makes better 7
neighbors and frieQds of us, we never
need regret what has happened"
Farmer Gray remained firm, and the
bill was settled, emitting the item Of
corn. From that time forth he never 4
had better neighbor than the shoe
maker. The cows, hogs and geese Of
both would, occasionally trespass, but
the trespassers were always kindly re-
moved. The lesson was not lost on
either Of them-for even farmer Gray
Ised to feel sometimes n little annoyed
when his neighbor's cattle broke into his
ield. But in teaching the shoemaker
esson, he had taken little Of it him
,elf. ~
800 = = 80 vaii
n6sP- The person who Yields one step ,ri