Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-12
KEEP THE STAFF IN YOUR OWN
HAMS

There was living At Harlem an old man who
related the following story OF himself He was
possessed Of good farm, with servants and ey-
erything necessary for his business, and had
put one child, son, who having married, it
Was agreed that the young couple should live
in the house with the parent, as he was a wild
over. Things went on exceedingly well for
some time, when the son proposed to the pa
rent that he should make over to him his es
tate, promising to build a new house and 9TH
erNse improve the farm. The father, through
persuasion, gave him q deed or a gift of it and
everything belonging to it.
After few years as the father grew old he
grew little fretful and dissatisfied, while the
son, thinking be bad nothing more to expect
from him, forgot his flial duty, and used his
fsther worse than he did his servants The old
man was no longer permitted to eat at the ta-
BILE with his son and wife, but compelled to take
his meals in the chimney corner and be con-
tinually otherwise i'll used by them. The old
man ate bis victuals daily from a wooden bowl
which his son made for him. His grandson
saw his father make the bowl, and sat making
just such another.
Being asked by his father what he made it
for he answered :" for you to eat out of whom
You grow as old as grandfather"
Although this ought to have turned his heart
and make him reflect that rs he dealt by his
father, he might expect to be dealt with by his
children when he grew old, still it had no effect
on him, and ill-usage was carried on to such an
extent, that the old man could no longer bear
1t, but left the house and went on a relation
and neighbor Of his, declaring that if his friend
could not help him to get his farm back again
be should be obliged to come and live with him.
Ills friend answered that he might come and
i've with him, and, if he would follow his direc.
tions, he would help him to get his estate again.
Take this bag of dollars, carry il in the room,
at your sons shut it well in your chest, and
about the time they will call you down to din
ner, shut the door and have all your dollars
spread on the table in the middle of the room.
When they call you make q noise with them
by sweeping them into the bag again.
The bait took Immediately. The wife peeped
through the key hole and saw the dollars spread
out on the table, and told il to her husband.
When the old man came down they insisted ON
his sitting down at the table with them, and
treated him with uncommon respect.
The old man related to his friend what he
had done, who give him direction what to do if
bis son asked the money from him.
After few days, the son discovered the old
man very busily engaged in counting out his
money, and at the next meal time asked what
money 1t was that he had been counting
Only some money had received for the
discharge for one of the bonds 1 had standing
out expect more in a few days, and fear
shall be obliged to take Mr.. N-'s farm,
upon which have q mortgage, as he is not
able to raise the money, and if the farm is sold
1T will not fetch rs much as will discharge the
mortgage.
After q few days the son told the father he
intended to build a house on the farm and
would be glad if the father would let him have
the money.
"Yes, child, all that have is coming to
you. 1 intend giving you the bond and mort
gage L have, but then / think it will he best to
put il altogether in a new deed of gift will
get neighbOr L. to call here and write new
one"
Accordingly his friend and cousin, who had
devised the scheme, came to the house, when
the son gave the old deed that another might he
drawn from it. When the old man got the
deed in his hand, he broke of the seal and
committed the writing to the FIRE, saying:
% Burn > cursed instrument of my folly and
misery and you, my dutiful children, as this
estate is all my own again, you must remove
immediately, unless you be content to become
my tenants; have learned by sad experience,
that IL Is the best for parent 10 bold the loaf
andsT has 0rcn aym-and that one father can
better maintain ten children, than ten children
one father"