The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-09-25

But YOU don't mean to say that Won have
gwen your boy this patch for his own :"
''To be sure | do: why not? told him
years AGO wanted him to be good hov.and
if he would try to be ohedient and industrious.
would encourage him. have reason to be-
licvc that George has made excrtions to please
his parents. | had only kept my word with
him when walled in this quarter of an acre
and told him it was his own. George sold
cr,s enough from his twelve hens last spring,
70 biy those trees, which think will grow
very well"
Wheeler had cot over the wall to help his
ncighbor roll up heavy stone. lie had al
ready rolled heavy weight from his heart
Lioht was breaking in. George was better
hoy than was Nathan, because George had a
better father. Hardly convinced that Good
mans cour>c would answer for him, he asked e.:
"Would Won recommend me to give Nathan
part of my farm -
ITO he sure. How much the poorer could
If make YOU and how rich he would begin
to feel He would see that his father was anx-
ion, to encourage him, and as you have tried
fault finding for some time with miserable
surcc,s it NAV be that a little encouragement
would make Nathan an altered boy.
"WrU. Goodman. don't know bat YOU are
rioht. 1t is true have taken no special
mains to encourage him, as You say, and be-
lieve shall think your advice
Bv this time the wall was ''lookcd over,
and the neighbors went home.
About sunrise, some weeks after. Nathan
was returning from driving out the COWS,
whistiny with kind of desperation, when he
met George.
"WeH, Nathan, YOU are up bctimes, it
seems.
"Oh, not very early for this busy time O
wear. But George, can YOU come over and
rive me lift in setting out my trees this at
ternoon :"
Il will gladly, Nathan, if Fathers willing
and guess he will let me. So YOU bought
Your trees, ell ~
"Ycs: sold the gun for six dollars. and
bought twcnty-iour neat Baldwins, can tell
vou Upon the whole, am glad to get the
gun off my hands, for the folks never liked
to have me carry it."
Nathan, it need hardly be said, abandoned
the idea of running away" Nathan's father
mcnds wall annually with his neighbor Good
man. lie makes, also. some slight repairs in
his defective mode of managin. his farm and
his children at the same time. Common
IT,, calm.
81 The Independent narratcs the follow
inr incident. illustrating the mistakes that
somctirmcs happen, even among the best reg
ulatcI spiritrappcrS
Now and then. though. rather awkward
mistakes are made, considering that the IN
formation comes ulTctt lFDll tilt
Such an one was mentioned to us day or
two since. \ gentleman was few weeks a
90 intcrrosating the invisible author of GER
tain raps. as to the disease of which he (the
rapncr) died. With considerable natural
difficulty add delay. the reply was spelled ont
Consumption" The qurstioner looked
little dissatisfied; and physician in the com
many, who was jealous in the faith, fastened
Immediately to explain that there are a var'-
ETY. fform> of disease, either of which may
well enough come under the general name
consumption. "That'S all very well. SAID the
qu"s:ioncr; ''hnt hardly applies to this case
for the man he processes to be was blown NJ
in steamboat ~ The rappcr was too lndlg
nant to make any further revelations 20 III"
medium.
E~ "Dear mother" said delicate It'll,
oirl II have broken vour china vase"