Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-06

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I" Everybody is not SO lucky as syou,", re
turned Slas., II have known the most in
dustrious, hard-working men get sick, so thai
| they could not wor, then they must rely
somewhat on the kindness of their fellow
creatures, CLANS, that ak You never use
4 yourself; give it to me- will you {? and who
ever comes to you to borrow an ak, send hin
! to me" a,.-. ,,.,.-,,,. .-.sg
Take it and welcome" grumbled surly
Hans ,.... :, ...;t,,-,--,',
So Slas took the ak home with him. He
had it made sharp and bright, and used i
himself, and lent it to anybody, that wanted to
borrow an AK, and many blessings we're show;
cred upon his heal for lending so willirgly; his
beautiful ak. .,,ss a. H. ','...,,..,,- .,.
The autumn grew on intowinter, the SHOWS
fell deep, and the cold winds drifted chem over
the fence tops; a bitter winter it was, and q
sad, sad winter it was for. Hans Klausten, Tor
the first time in his life he got the rheumatism
SO that he could work butlittle; then his rheu
matism got worse, and could not work at all
All the pans and pals and boots and shoes in
the village wanted mcnding, and the good
wives began to look about for somebody else
to mend them, since Hans had given up work;
but there was nobody else at hand, SO they
grew expert in such matters themselves, and
got along as we'll as they could in the hope
that Hans would soon set to work again. But
though all the village knew Hans was sick, no
one knew his real condition, for there was a
general idea that he was rich, and no one sup,
posed he wanted for anything. Silas, too, go.
ing to see him one very cold day was surpris.
ed to find him without any fire. 97a naa ,Tll
il, 4
he. Let me make one for you, or at least
chop some wood for you. Where is your ax?'
"Broken, said Hans. m-nr F. a''T' s''
"1hen I'll go and fetch mine, or rather
yours, for it is the old one you gave me, that
I have had sharpened." -,tas&i"s i he51aol
"Stop," cried Hans, as 'Silas was going,
"therc is no use for your AK, tor'sI have RIO
wood to cut pm 7aa. e9 ~ G HtF
Upon this, Silas began to look into the con-
ditiom of things True cnougk-no wood in
the wood-shed, no victuals in the arder, cx-
cept piece of loaf of bread, and poor Hans
lying helpless in bed, with no one t, help him,
as he was bachelor and had always lived
alone" g4t ts'na.ae- .t- @stt
g." Hans" cried Silas, afterrhn inspection lof
the premises "why did you not let your nc4li-
bors know your condition. Is there any
shame in being poor? not among Christians
certainly since our great Lord and Master
wanted the neccssarics of lie often. and ael
ccpted the charity of his creatures. Twill 60
and fetch ny and wood and everything else"
Silas brought wood and chopped it. and
made roaring fire in Hans stove, aud that
very day he had whole load of wood packed
away in Hans woodshrd: and. more thanthis
he so interested the ncelbors in helping poor
Hans that his lardcr was soon filed, and one
kind old dame knit him warm socks, and an
other came every day to make him broth; and
among them all, they took such good care of
him that in u month, he was as well as ever,
and buster than ever mending all the stock Of
broken pots and kettles that had accumulated
during his sickness - H,'i'''" '''
But It was moi, the same Hans who had got
sick that now got well again, bat very differ.
ent Hans indeed. !" Surly Hans was gone
and in his place was a Hans who had d kind
word for everybody, who lent and gave freely,
and of his best, to anybody in need, a Hans
whom cHcrybody in the village loved and re-
spected '." -'''' '''''''' ..lsi.
"'Slas," said this Hans, one day, 4" ! want
you to sell me back that ak gave you once
the ak that would not cut, want IT, for it
reminds me Of the day you brought it over,
and fetched wood, and made the, frc!5in my
stove. That Kindness first ovcrcane me-
from that day was in altered man. "s7' 10 gll
"I'll make you a present ofit," said Silas,
"but the poor old thing is pretty well worn out
now" '' 'l'a'' 2'-'a'24 7"t
Hans lived to be a rich man, a bcnefactor
to all the poor around him; but he always
kept on a tablein corner the, q ak hatwould
not cut .7 .''' ''''A ~ 'I,a' .''-. 4 =