The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-10-07

been ?"said his wife, as he came in; GIVE
been sitting here and waiting hour after
hour. and had not so much as couple
of splinters to lay across each other un-
the pot, to cook our Christmas dinner"
He then placed the mill on the table
and made it grind, first of all, can
dies, then a table cloth, then food and
beer--in short, all that was wanting for
a Christmas feast; and whatever he called
for, was ground Immediately His wife
stood by, and crossed herself many times
over, and was very anxious to know how
her husband come by the mill. But this
he took care not to tell.
1T matters not how got it. wife, you
see that it is good mill, whose water
does not cease to flow, and that's enough
And then he ground eatables and
drinkables, and every possible dainty for
Christmas week; and on the third day he
invited his friends to a banquet. When the
rich brother saw what feast was in prep
aration; be turned no. and cold with vex-
alton. for he grudged his brother the least
windfall.
=, -
-" 0nriS'Ia' e'e' oa.u ne " '"o
he came to ask me for tribe in Gods
name,, and now, all of sudden, he is as
s.anu % ~, ne naa .eoo"o :" ea., "
sung neu ''"e " A'' o'"'' 1'
Sau W. - -
n.,e ,, y" 'a'sn u'u so1 ses ." .n0'e
.pah;nd n. door - on,wered the. other
who haa M o;nd to 10, Tho 90, ont of tho
han Pn, ,oward. eyer;ne when be bod
tatsn . dron too mnoh be could No,
Laan h;s counsel snv loneer bnt brouobt
~. I h;s @ n,;,,. '
.Here ;s ,,be Golden oooe. that has
brought all my riches, y said he, and made
the mill grind first one thing and then an
other. On seeing this the brother want
ed to buy the mill of him, but the otl.er
would not hear of it at first. At length,
however, as his brother seemed to wish
for it SO very much, he said he would
take three hundred pounds for it, only he
bargained not to part with it till harvest
time. for "said he. "if keep it till then,
/ shall be able to ground enough for
MANY wear to GOMEZ
4 During this space of time. we NAV easi-
" imagine that the mill was not allowed
to grow rusty: and when harvest time
came. the brother had it given him, onl,
the brother had taken good care not to
tell him how he was to manage it.
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!, out he rushed still pursued by torre,
It of milk and herrinps. And ON he ra
till he had reached his brother's an
n then he entreated his poor relation, fs
T. Gods sake to take his mill back, 'for
: it goes on for another hour" said ne eth
!. whole village wiil ne Inundated with ne
: rings ana MIX
. But the brother refused to take bae
. the mill unless the other counted him o.
: three hundred pounds more; and as the
was no help for it the rich man was fai
to pay him the money. 80 now I'M
d the moor oro'nel nau money Us wen
N .ne m'''' no nuh. nouso ."a. was -
nandsomer tnan tne one n's tlcn pra.a