Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-03-09

that be could now charge his brothers what he
pleased for carrying their produce; that they
were Moor thrifte,s fellows utterly unit to get
along in the world that there was judgment
Of Heaven upon them for not lberatlng their
annrentlces. &C., Sc Then he lowered the
wages of his servants, proclaimed a fast, and
with anguish Of soul repented of the unkindness
of his brethren on the lower end Of The farm
Once more the sorrowng and sorrUwiul son
goes to the old homestead. Father, dear faith
,er, have an excellent shop for the manufac-
ture Of farming utensils, have shoe factory,
and cloth factory, aRd can supply all that my
brothers need. Why do you allow them to buy
from John B. and Jacques F., who love
them not' Am | not their brother, and does
not my heart beat tenderly towards them? Am
not grieyed for their misdemeanors, and sick at
soul for their slus Make them buy all their
supplies from their devoted brother Should
not home industry be protected : you are
right, my dear son. said the good father, ! VIII
! put tax upon every pedlar, who comes upon
my farm The proceeds shall 90 20 the gener-
| al famly-fund. Domestic enterprise must be
! fostered We must be independent of the world
and be loving family at home.'
/ So the pedlars were driven and the broth
er, bought their farming irupe ments their shoes
and their clothing from the Sorrowtui son. Full
of compa sion for the want Of energy, of econ
omv and of cutensss in his four brothers, he
W ent home and told Mehetable of his increas-
! ing wealth and their increasing poverty: and
how they would certainly come to the Poor
House, as Judgment for keeping the apprenti-
ces, he had sold to them. Therefore, he low
cred the wages of his servants, ordered fast
to be observed by his household, and shed tears
Of pity on account Of the impente"cc OF his
four brothers ON the lower eud of the farm.
With sad courtenaHce, the sorrowfuI son
goes yet once more 10 the homestead. Father,
the general family fund is for the benefit Of all
YOUR sons | wish to improve my farm. Let
me have the scyen-eighths Of the money and
will expend it wisely and mel.' = he gracious
ather answered, Certainly, my darling, / aP-
prove of internal Improvements. You shall
have The money So the sorrowiul son went
home, told Mehctable Of his power and gran
deur, aud Of the misery Of his wicked brothers,
becoming poorer every day under the curse sent
upon them for keeping the apprentices, whom
he had sold to them. So he made his house
hold fast, and he himself wept over the crimes
Of his four brothers on the lower end Of the
farm
Health now poured into the lap Of the sor-
rowful SON fle was paid for catching fish, and
he was paid fer the fish He was paid his own
price for carrying the crops Of his brothers to
ma, ket. He as paid ais own price for all the
family supplies that he sold to them. He was
IalIoWed to draw all he wanted from the gener-
a family- fund. Al! his schemes Of self-aggran-
dizcmeut prospered, under the kindly assistance
of his iudulgent father Grown now great and
pow erful, he looked with much scorn and un-
disguised contempt upon tie poverty Of his four
brothers II grIeyed him too, that their ap-
prenlces were so degraded as 10 be happy in
stead Of miserable and that by their sickness
and joyiu!uess they brought rcProach upon his
own saiIow-IoOking and sour-tcmFered dOmes-
tics. So he mourned over the corruption OF hu-
man nature, and devised other schemes Of be-
ineYoenCc.
! la the midst Of bis riches and mourning, his
prosperity and weeping, great sorrow has TO
come upon the godIy Charley. He learned one
day that his brothers at the lower end Of the
farm had bought large tract of land, and that
| their father had gone security for the payment
of the debt. He went to the old homestead in
great rage Father, how do you eXrect TO pay
for this land = 'Out Of the lamiy-iund, replied
the old man. Almost bursting with fury Char
ley screened out-'You are partial to your four
helpless, inefficient sons You will rum US ali
to enrich these thriftless fellows. The ban Of
Heaven is upon them for keeping the apprenti-
ces How dare you help such wretches | will
secsde, will go oil to myself, will have moth
ing TO do with the old farm. Letii slide. Who
cares? The whole system, ,nnder which we are
living, is a couenani with death and league lcltt
hell ] abJure 1t and spit upon II !
And then he went home, cursed his wife and
his children, beat his man-servants and his maid
servants, put sack cloth upon his loins and ash
es upon hIs head, aud sat down upon the ground
Tor seven days and nights mourning over the
awful wickedness Of his father and repeating OF
the sins of his brothers.
A deeper humiliation still awaited the sor-
sowful son HIS language was so offensive to
his four brothers that George went TO one OF
the noisy brooks on his larm,cut small cane on
its banks, aud with it chastsed the melancholy
Charley, in the very presence Of his father.
Charley begged most piteousiy, and when he
was released from his infuriated brother, he
said sweetly that he forgave him for the fog
ging. His father praised HIM for his noble spir-
! it, and banished the wicked George from his
presence. And then Charley went home, and
in the recesses Of his chamber, he kneeed down
and with no eye upon him but the All-Seeing
| One, he registered an oath in Heaven that he
would visit his vengeance upon his brothers un-
TO the third and fourth generation. Is it not
written in the Chronicles the family of Ungell
Psalm, how faithfully he kept that oath aud
how he burned the houses Of his four brothers,
desolaled their farms and turned their wives
and children out TO perish?
Encounter Between an Elephant and
Rat.
very extraordinary encounter between rat
and m elephant h as recently taken place in the
Garden Of Plants, London, which was witnessed
with interest by hundreds of persons. The
keepers were engaged in destroying great num-
Der Of rats, when one of them escaped and rau
to the spot allotted 10 the elephant. Seeing no
other refuge, in the twink ling OF an eye the rat
snugiy ensconced bmss Ii in the trunk OF the ell
ephan', very much to the elephants dissatisfac-
ton. He stamped his foot and twisted his
trunk around ike the sale of windmill After
these evolutions he stood suddenly still evident
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