Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-03-09
From the Land Ne LoUe.
The SOrrOWfui Son.


From the Land Ne LOUe.
The SOrrowfui Son.
Mr. Ungeli Psalm had numerous, an intel
lseu, and interesting family of sons, who
chyey,t him by theu society, and aided him in
LI, farm work Owning, however, vast fields
If enclosed grounds auo almost boundieSS for
ests If pcimcval growth, he thought Il heccssa-
ry to cal in foreign labor to help his sturdy but
not fully developed lads. The Irish, the Ger
man. tie Eug,i,hnan,-all nationalties were
em4,o, ed These readily accommodated them
seivc, I, the new sly e If i!H!ng, aud soon lear
ned he new mode Oh CU!tiya ton The golden
haryr,t,, Tie purple vineyards, the green mead
oAs tie lowing cattle, the bieaIng sheep, ami
tie lonesome goats altesled The prosperity Of
farmer Psalm. Successful in business and
blessed in his family, the good man would have
been the hYppie>l of human beings, but for the
melancholy nature Of Charley, his iayorite son
This saturnine youth kept most rellgiously all
the Fast days OI the church, but he ioathed the
Festivals. as the dc vices OF Satan. The errors
and lnisdemeanors Of his brothers, too yeXed
his righteous soul from day to day He would
G nae with tears IN his eN S to his father and
tell him how George had whispered III chul CHI
Apv Ala had fUlgu ut,cn the text and how LOUIS
(at. lazy b,y) had actually nodded And
=,
flrfow vas not Z straight line by several whole
inches lhat George had gaiopcd the plow-horse
L. water ana that I,uuis had been al the fiddle
WIN he ought to have been al the hoe Over
all ,hese sins, he mourned deeply and wept bit
teriy. Once, the gord minister notice his
emotion ~ church aud came up To him after
the Scryicrs were over, 10 OLer hIm cOnsola-
ton Observed youI agitation, my dear boy,
during the sermon ls lOur conscience burden
~ Il -
uett boy, bursting INTO tears, "my heart Is
break Z brother Ala Is such siuner!"
Ia process of time, the boys gre% up to man.
hoct and married and The worthy farmer set
tied Il en- around him. They were TO be abso-
lutte masters of their own places. but he reser-
we'd to himself certain i'll. defined rights aud
certain Indefinite control Of their cHalrs, and he
required them to ray in, annually, proper
tiona amount 10 the general family fund Tor
the benefit of the whole. Charley located
nesi the water and engaged m hshinS ana rals-
ing onions George, Ala, Louis and Tom vent
10 Ia. southern end Of The great plantation and
euga, ed in farming, with quiet earaestness
The other sons Of the numerous household set
tied on the north, east, and west, around the
old homestead. All were industrious, thrifty
and frugal. The old farmer thoug ht himself
the most blessed OF men and the hapPiest OF
fathers Charley, however, soon made mm
feel that this void is not a resting place. lie
had employed some half-sayaee apprentices but
finding their labor who ly proftiess 10 himself,
DE disposed Of their time to his four brothers on
the lower end Of the plantation, and made
thereby large amount OF money. Some days
after, he came TO the old farmer saying Faith
er want YOU to MAX vour sOns let their ap-
prentices 20 offaud work for themselves" Did
your brothers pay you for he apprentices in
Quired Urgel Psalm. Yes sand the sorrowl full
son Has the term Of the iudentuIe Of the ap-
prenlices expired /" No bow then can |
make your brothers give them mp? ! will not
do it, But, father,' urged Charley with the
great tears rolling down his checks, "tis SO
aricked to keep those apprentices "ePt over
it all night. My eyes are swollen TINS morning
and my head aches dreadfuily Oh how deep
ly do | repent Of the sins of my brothers = But
the old farmer would not listen TO his prayers,
and declared that the liberation Of the apPren
tices would be contrary TO the articles OF agree
ment adopted by all the family. Then Char
ley went home in sad frame of mind, lower
ed the wages OF all his servants, proclaimed
fast, and wePt very sore on account of the cru
city of MS brothers.
sFather,' said the sorrowful son, on another
occasion, i want you to make my brothers pay
me for catching fish, DO they not pay you
for tue fish when caught? inquired the old man.
flows in my veins, which flo US in theirs. y lib
eral bounty TO me would enable me TO compete
successfully with that bluff John B who will
otherwise force my fish out of market. Should
not my own dear brothers be willing 10 encour-
age home enterprise " you reason well, my
darling boy, said the father, your brothers
shall pay you for the fish and for catching them
also. Domestic industry mist be fostered ana
developed And then Charley went home and
told his wife, Mehetable how rich he was grow
ing and hat poor thrltless fellows hls farmer
brothers were So in his great sorrow for
them, he lowered the wages Of his servants, pro-
claimed fast and ith a loud and bitter cry
6ewailed the bad management of his brothers.
The next day Charley was again al the home
slead. Father no other boats than mine should
carry to market the produce of Tom, George,
Ala, and Louis. Put tax upon all other boats,
SO that may get the job Have not been at
great expense in fitting up my boa,si Why
should not my brothers patronise me- Am |
not bone OF their bone ami flesh Of their flesh ,
lou are right, my precious son. said the kind
Iather. All other boats shall be taxed Yours
alone shall have the carrying trade. | am re-
solved to encourage home enterprise
Charley went home told mis- dear Mehetable