Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-05-28
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TIE CoNgURER AND THE YANKEE.

Aad-rson. tie vifzsrl, and q very poor viz
said be vac mel wa a Yoke VIC tde a
msoh gu 4nsaer ,as5si,siog fet,,n:-Eater
Ysukst-
Il saYl you, Professor Aajeroa?"
Ys4, al. assea pqI@@
"Ws'aI you'sea t~srHaIiou smsr, NAN, sad l'm'
sln.hia' 8: a tdck, -, finder cute ten, sou
"Ah. Indeed, and what trick. are yoa up tie,
SRI ssSed Ito Professor, amused 1t ths simple
fellow. 49,. e
"Hs'sl, I can take rel cant aud Change IL
into a ten dollar gold piece"
"0h, that's = mere s4eight ofhsHd trick, | eau
ANo YOU esnt, I'd ike 70 see you try"
sWsll, hold out your hand with = cent 10 T."
Yankee stretched OUT bis paw with red lying
on i.
This IL your cent is It, surei"
~It's nothin' else"
"HOld on to ittight- PrssiOt change. Nov
open your hand"
Yankee opened his fist, and there was a gold
eagle shining on bis palm.
"Wa'a. you did il I d%sClArel much Oblseged
ssw yeou,' and Jonathau TUNED 10 90 out,
"Stay," said the Professor, you may leave me
my ten dollars"
"Yourul wan't II tiny cent? and didn't you turn
It into this ere ydler thing. ehH Good byel"
and a he LEFT the room he was heard to say, ~
gus.s there amt anything green about this
child"
~ The Indiana Ereenan's yoaHnal relate
the following story Of a wealthy HOOsier who did
not ~PatrOnizs the printer:
Some six or eight days since farmer from the
country, eight miles from town, paid our sanctum
Q visit to learn The news. From a s.rayed number
of the Journal which had found its way into biz
nsighborhoot, las we have no subscribers there
he had learned, second. handed. Of the frightful
railroad accident at Hamilton. Canada. and had
got the idea that it happened 10 Ohio. Filled
with the most painful apprshOnsiOns, after a sleep
less uigbt, he started for our Office to learn the
truth, LAS strange as the paradox may seem, al
editors are cdIed the greatest liars extant, yet they
are continually appealed to for the correctness OF
incOrrectness of public %runOr.) He had a sor
sSut Of pocket had gone to ohio-expected u
take the cars-had over stayed bis time a week
and hence the u~neasiuess felt by the old gentleman
upon hsaring a vague IunOr OLA Railroad accident
The secret Of the matter was. be took no paper
his ueighbOrs took noue, aud they were all in tn
DARK about tho occurrence together. ThougI
worth . good farm. with all the necessary arrange
meats about him for comfort, with sons an,
daughters growing up about him, he hurried t
sown losing a half day, 10 JegG copy Of III
paper from The printer. to set himself and fami.
free from their dreadful aPprcheOsious about til
safety Of their son.
HWhsu IS charity Ike a top? When II b,
gins to hum. ,Hr.s
,u RTIt is very easy 10 look down on Others;
lOok down on ourselves is the difficulty.
RrDo fsh ever s~leepi-aud If not, what WI
ths use Of making a bed 10 tho seat
Why Is = vine like u soldieri Kazoit il traine
-haa tendrls- land it shoots.
- Kindness in ourselves is tie honey th
blunts the sting Of unkindness in another.
~ Abstenancs from low pleasures IL the Onl
means of meriting or Of obtaining the higher.
ErThat which mOveth the hsart most is I'll
best poetry; it comes nearest unto God IL
source Of al power.
- Cspsbls Of thoughts 40 exalted, 80 (
above the earth we dwell on, why suffer any
dspEssa anil anguish you. - gi 81
~ Always laugh while you can-itis a chez
medicine. Airhfulness 10 y philosophy bot W,
understood. II is the sunny side Of existence.
- What Il cOmpaniOaship, where nothir
chat improves the intellect is communicated, al
where the larger heart contracts itself to the mod
and dimenson Of the smalleri ea|
EWhat madness is It for q man to star
himself to enrich bis heir, and 80 tnrn a frieF
into az enemy! for bis joy ct your own dsa
will be proportional to what you leavehin.
A Raj sroRY.--Rey, Walter Cotton, in |
diary of q voyage to California Ia . mau'o WI
eatitIsd "Deck aud port" relates the fohowil
rzt story:
al have always felt some regard for a rat Sin
my cruise IN the Constellation. We were fifth
out for sea 81 Norfolk, taking in wafer and p
visions. A plank was resting on the sill ofo
of The ports which communicated with
wharf. On bright moonlight evening we q
covered two rats on the plank coming into
ship. The foremost was leading the other
astraw, one end of which each held In his mOu
We managed to capture them both, and found
our surrri.e, The one led by the other was biit
His faithful friend wss trying 10 get him
board where be would have comfortable quart
for q TIRES yssr's cruise. We felt no disposition
kill either, and Landed them both on the wins
Hsw many there are in the world to whom
fidelity Of that rat readeth q lesson!
Cur THfs OUT "A correspondent Of the L,
don Literary Gazette, abiding TO the nuamAr,