Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-21
Mistellantous,
The Quaker,s Gift,

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The following is copied in an Englisl
paper as by an American writer who tell
the story of himself:
When he was boy. rhis father said t.
him one day: = 49,,
Levi, can you make up your mind to live
at home. and be farmer 2
Iwould rather be tanner than farmer,
replied Levi. "a ~.
Very well,' responded the farmer who
was wiling to let Levi follow his own tastes
as he was now seventeen years old; very
well, my son, will try and find place fol
you.
Very shortly place was found for Mas
ter Levi with good Quaker When the
boy presented himself at the tannery, the
honest Quaker said j. J. ;.
Levi, II thoti Wit Re good boy, I vii
do well by thee; ifnot,, / will send thee
home again. All the bargain will make
thee is, ttatthou shalt do as well by me as
l DOLBY thee =
Very well, SIR said Levi; L will try
what Ican do. ~ + y ~
9 Neri now; went to work with hearty
good viii. He worried hard read the Bible
was steady, honest and good natured.' The
Quaker liked him. He liked the Quaker
Hence, the Quaker was satisfied, Levi was
happy. and the years in his appFanticeship
passed pleasantly away.
Just before Levi became of age, his mas
ter said to him ~~':' 49,. !,
Levi, | think of making thee nice pres
ent when thv linn Is out
Levi smiled at this pleasant scrap Of news
and said. 1 shall be very happy to receive
any gift you may please to make, sir
Then the Quaker looked knowingly at
Levi, and added, I cannot tell thee now
what the present is to be, bat 1t shall be
north more than thousand dyNars to thee ,
More than thousand dollars 7 said Levi
to himself, his eyes. sparkling at the bare
thought Of such gift. What can it be
| wonder if he means to offer me his daugh-
ter for my wife? That can't be, because
have heard that good wife is better than
ten or twenty thousand dollars. No, it can't
be his daughter But what can it be?
That was the puzzling question which
buzzed about like bee in Lewis brain from
that tine until the day before he was Of age.
On that day the Quaker said to him:
Levi, thy time is out tomorrow but
will take thee and thy present home to-day
Levi breathed freely on hearing these
words. dressing himself in lis best suit,
he soon joined the Quaker, but could see
nothing that looked like gift worth over a
thousand dollars. lie puzzled himself a
bout it all the way, and said to himself,
'peyhaps lie tadaHas ls=s. forgotten it,
. At. last they reached Lewis home. After
he had been greeted by his friends, the
Quaker turned to him and said
Levi, l will give thy present to thy IA
ther,' III ):
AS you please sir said Levi, now on the
very tiptoe of expectation. ), .a..
!. ::.Well, said the QhaEer, speaking to
Levi Etber, your son is the best boy /
have ever had.' Then turning to Levi, he
added, This is thy present, Levi, coor
NAME.
Levi blushed, and perhaps be felt little
disappointed because his golden visions were
thus 50 suddenly spirited away. But his
sensible father was delighted, and said to
the Quaker, who was smiling little wag-
| gis4ly:
4 Would rather hear you say that of my
son, Fir, than to see yoii giHe., lIin1 all the
money you are worth, for "a good rhine 4
ruther to lie chosen than great riches"
Doubtless Lewis farther was right, aud
the young mans good name did more fol
him in after years than could have been &c :
complished by any sum Of money, however
large. Young readers, have yop, become
possessed Of the Oapker's Gift Do youde
serve it :? Are you striving to gain it?
The Conn CRrD.-The corn crop has
several formidable enemies to contend with
and among them is the grub, which some
times literally destroys whole fields, and
frequently damages the crop seriously
One Of the best and most judicious rene
fdies- Serhaps the very best ever suggested
is the application Of salt as soon as the plant
makes its appearance above the ground
prepared and used in this way Take ono
part common salt and three. parts plaster
of gypsum, xand.etplH aboat Z tablespoonful
around each hill, and it will be found to b
a sure protection. The mixture should no
come in contact with the young plants as il
may destroy them. This method has been
tiled oyer and over again by some of til,
best farmers Of sFcnEsgl fapia, Delaware an(
Jersey, and when profsrlg applied, ha
never failed to be perfectly successful
0ermantocn Telegraph
.,Ens9ilFur1oy, W fhe Washington county
lsost says, q clap in certain village, Will
whom he is acquainted, having sanded SD
gar sold to him, inserted in tie weekly pa
per the following: III.
I I purchased Of a grocer in this village
a quantity of. sugar. in which I obtained
one pound Of sand If.the rascal wh(
cheated me will send to my address sever
! pounds good sugar; Scripture measure 0
restitution) | VIII be satisfied : if not,
shall expose. him (.
On the following day nine seven pound
packages Of sugar were left at his residenc.
from as many different dealers, each SUP
posing himself the. person intended.
THAT IS THE WAY.-A professor il
certain coll eye was expatiating. .tosa pupi
ON the merits Of Latin, With a cited speci
met.
'Y GU will observe from tie word," sait
the professor, ''the fexibility Of The Latil
lang 'Pater' is a father and here ~
have Patruns' an uncle on the fathers sid
Can you make any such change in you