Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-04-09
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from Life HiustraIed-l
MIR. SOLOMON SMALLSOUL-
In trying to trace the pedigree OF the
Smallsou family we have been in sea o
and forced to the conclusion
that they. ike all other things, were created
out of nothing; with this diferenc e-thai
the creator, tor some wise purpose, left them
destitute of the principle or power OF pro
oression. Therefore we don't know as 'tis
best to give ourselves much uneasiness about
them here or hereafter, for we hope the!
will all be saved at last, if any of them are
big enough to be found!
But do not accuse us of infidelity or heresy.
and say we speak irregerentiy OF mans tu-
ture destiny, because we express such wish
for the Sinallsouls. Far from it; we hope .,
rather, that all whose souls have any ap-
preciable magnitude may remove as far Us
possib from the habits of The Smallsouls,
thereby placing themselves in more favor
able position to receive that "recomPense OF
reward which is promised 10 those who love
mercy and work righteousness.
The SnalIsouis seem never to have heard
of the great rule of action given to man BY
his Maker, ''to do to others as we wonId that
they should do to us;' therefore we ought
to Judge charitably OF their failings, and ney-
er expect more than homeopathic doses OF
maniness from them. What little intellect
uaI power they possess is taxed 10 devIsng
ways and means to "make money" The
ability to obtain money justly and use it
rightly is not To be despsei; but we always
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become as diseased that three-cent piece
will shut out from their vision all the glOFies
OF the natural and spiritual world.
Mr.. Solomon Salalisoul was person Of
this stamp; and living ca small farm con-
liguous to large manufacturing village, he
had ample resources to make money on
scale commensurate with his ideas OF great
ness. He always selected the best articles
of produce for his mure wealthy customers
and reserved the inferior qualities tor the
working-clas and common people, ma
king, however, no reduction in ti.e price;
and blacksinichs wife was told that Mrs.
Esq and Dir. DR.. paid 50 much every MORN
ing, and he could not afford to sell ii cent less;
SO, rather than Iuse the chance ot another
purchase, or be at the trouble to go on the
street for her tables supplies, the blacksmitll's
wife would pay the Esq 5 price, aud take
what they had left. When Mr.. Smallsoul
weighed out bis butter for tire market, 1t was
always done before the last "working over
and not ,,ne lump in twenty would turn the
scale. In selling milk. too. sufficient guam
tIty OF water was kept on the cans to keep
them sweet, as the milk thereby would be-
come the better cooled. He never carried
a quart with "lip'' TO it, or held his can
SO near the measure when pouring it out as
to endanger its contents, by which forethought
the milk was enabled to fill up the quart
with beautiful white froth, making clear
gain to Mr.. Sinallsoul OF four cents per cun!
When he carries grain to the mills for his
own use. he makes very large bushels; but if
grain is high in the market, he always pays
the miller tor the toll, provided he Will make
a cent and half deduction on the bushel
tor the benefit of receiving the money! Mir.
Smaliscul has peculiar faculty 10 peddle
charcoal SO as to nuke it hold out, and knows
exactly how to pack the hands in the bot
tom of the basket, and just how much to
heap it, for the good of his OWE pocket
Loading wood is quite an amusement for
him; he thinks it a pity to pick out every
crooked stick, and every chestnut, or green
pine which Que may chance to get among Il
load Of maple or wanut-the village people
SO need ''kind.ing stuff" Mr.. Smallsoul
in common with the surrounding farmers,
always draws qulntity o! wood up the hill
adj tcent to the village, and leaves it beside
The road to "top out' his loads with as he
drives into town. Now it sometimes hap
pens that he arrives at the top of the hill
with ms load before it is light enough for
him to discern his pile of stop wood'' from
his ne;ghborS, which hlb;t of early rising
brings him in quite snug sum in the course
OF the year.
a few years ago Mr. Smalsoul built new
fence on one side OF his meadowland, next
the public road, as his neir rhoors, who OWL
ed on the opposite side, had 10 reset his
wall since the highway was changed from
turnpike 10 town road, and thereby made
+ narrower. Mr.. Smallsoui availeJ himself oi
the right TO take in all the land on has side
auG thus secured 10 his moving many rods
of good arabic land. This neighbor, dread
ing quarrel, submitted to the injustice il
silence. After q shower, Mr. Snallsou
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little channels across the road to turn tht
wash from his neighbor's farm on to his owl
meadow. HIS neighbor has a row Ol appit
trees growing III iot by the roadside, which
it hIr. S. had not ciaitned all the land OF
his side of the turnpike. would have stood ST
lar IN as to render their fruit secure. As i
is, however, their branches hang over III
road. Now Mr. Smaisoul'S pasture lies b.
this way, aud he makes 1t a rule to get Ia
cows out early never forgetting to drlv
them on the side OF the road where the tree
stand, and waiting patiently for them to ea
the trut which has iaiien during the night
, MIR. SmailsuuI never ''trusts OUT to til
amoun: of dollar, without good real estat
, security, and was never known TO be So III
[ prudent 10 put his name on u subscriplio
, paper, though it is sal he once paid his mir
, lister seventy five cents! He always borrow
t the newspaper, and has no book in his hbri
~ except the "Old Farmers Almanac" al
t Adams Arithmetic.''
. Time would lal me to tell all the way
and means he devises for money getting
{ When we think of his success, it is u wor
e der that any body can live long in this wor
e without growing rich! 1t certainly argu'
: a defect somewhere, and we wish the Lei
e islature would pass an act that all poor pc
4 pie should become rich at once. But Il
land is full of shiftless people, and We te
it always will be, spite of the brilliant exau
:. pie of the Smallsouls.
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