The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-09-10

i sity Of calling my wife. Forty dollals
1.-The price, s..4l
/ C.-sSuppose we consul, the good Ia,
| DIV and see what she will say. IF sh
| will consent will take the animal
FL know what she will saw, and
YOU insist upon il, we refer il 10 her. 4
! They proceed to the house, the farme
taking ihe lead. 10 gel the firs, word ami
1.-The bow following. anxious to have hi
mother assent 10 the sale and urge lh,
lbareain.,
! F-sWell. mother. this gentleman, i
! very anxious 10 buy old Fill PAIL and
told him
Yes, interupted the wife. in appnr.
ent anger. sand you told him he nigh
| have her. ! warrant. Il i lust like YOU Il
sell ,be best COW we have. We'll. do d.
YOU like. We miph, as well oiye VI
irving 10 make butter and cheese alto
geiher.' a2f
With n red face and an angry air shp
leaves the ro,m. slammlnc he door alte,
her. .Tbcre sa,s The farmer. Il knew
ius; how il would be-, X
John, The honest loy, was as,onished.
He had heard that the COW made the sub.
iect Of censure far wears by All the fam
ily; and now. when q double mice Is Of:
fered for her. his father holds back and
his mother ,ets angry He don,, undcf-
stand II. No ineed. moor boy. Won don,t
understand |, bnt Won ara IN fair ,vav
10 do So Wal, 4 lille and Won will be
wise. and know more or The world.
The STRANGER takea The hail, counts on,
the forty dollars and the farmer apparent.
" draws hack fr,m n sa,inoaI don,,
think I ouoh, 10 lake ,be money You
had no, better take the cow, (All.,rne.
tboupb no. intended q he so 1euarded !
he takes The money and the STRANGER
denar,s with bis nrrcbase The mother
Ie,urns smiling Ike a summers mornino
The faiber cbncklino aver bis money
saws viii, nm archl wink d his w,se ~
think when he has had ,ha, COW balfas
long as I'VE have. he will he Glad 10 take
less than bolf What he Maid for her.
This unriddles the boy,s unsopbis,ica-
led mind tl,a hynocracy of he whole
transaction. and he sbrinls hack from 6;s
parents as schemipp liars. To him 4
looks like robbery "a lake ,wentv.6ye
dollars more for the COW than She y>as
worth: and like lying, Tins 10 deceive
the stranger BY such back handed rneans.
He has been whipped for lying. and
tauebt he must be honest; and he can
see no difference between talking a lie
and acting il.
Under the influence Of 6iial love be
begins tc reason, and he is unwilling 10
to condemn his parents 10 the iegrada1
lion of liars and robbers. He reviews
The ouarded modes of expression by he
father and mo,ber His father did not
saw i, mn, the heat cow in he flock. md
told the man he had better not take the
he swould not sell her nm.
less bis mo,be, would consen, 10 it,L
I, was moi exac,lv lv;no. after All Re.
sides his father stood biph in society. he
was called ColoneI and ESQ. bad been
\ Renresen,a,ive. was 4 Trustee of the
Reliqious Socie,v School Commi,tee
and evervbody ,ooked nm 10 lin AZ !
man ar honor His mother too was IN.
innate n ,ba family of ,be' minister ana
had the bes, COMPANY in town. There.
fore ,l,ev were oood neonle and their ex.
annie worthy Of imitation, Fnll Of this
plensino q unciion 10 his on,,aoed consci
enee. and e nossessino vital. throuob be,.
ed;,orv ,r,psm;ss;,,n similar ,endencv
10 abrewdness and monev.loyino az tbat
Of his naren,s he beran 10 mediate a
me,hod ofnro6i;ng by S;a 6rs, lesson n
keen bns;ness ma manaoeman, sWby can,
/ sell tI,at soft worthless new knife II
bought of The rsscallv ooddler tbe oiber
1av n The same manner that father sold
Ihe cow9 lei ma see I have tbe man
and wont Tell a lie either can STEER
,lepr of ,ba,, .a.a
He carfnllv wbets h;s knife and 40
carf;,Ilv nocte,s ! sof stick and then
viii ! y.iI nr hones, looks nroc.eds n
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