The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-23
The Duty of Lending.

"From him that would borrow.
turn not thou away. '''A There it is,
plain as writing can make rita NO
matter what You may think, -ther's
your duty! Do ! hear you say,-.A
man, with any forecast, would new
er need to borrow p What etheng
Do we owe no kindness to people.
who are deficient in forecast ?.o Do,
you say sit encourages shiftless
ness ? Very likely. But would
not the refusal promote selfsllness ?,
Selfishness in you is far worse than
shiftiessness in your neighbor. .aoit
First comes domestic borrowing.
A little tea, little sugar, pint of
milk, a half loaf of bread, a grind
ing of coffee, or a drawing of tea,
are severally the most common ar.
ticles of that kind of Interchange
called borrowing. Sometimes you
get as good back as you lent, rarely
better. What, then You should,
consider that your loaf of bread is a.
kind mute missionary, gone out to
inspire your neighbor with higher
ideal of bread making. Your pound
of best butter-yellow rs dande-'
loin, sweet as the breath of COWS in
clover pasture, the last particle of
butter milk worked out-do younot
believe that it will work emulation
in your neighbor? VIII he hereaf-
ter be content with good butter?
When the millennium comes, it will
be known by the universal preva-
lence of sweet, pure butter! Butso
depraved are people know, that
myraid pounds of execrabIe grease
are patiently consumed by people,
whose degraded taste submits to
this enormity, without gasp, re-
sistance or even an attempted re-
formation!
And so we may reason upon the
whole catalogue Of groceries and
household Gates. -
Next in order is the borrowing of
tools, vehicles and animals. 10
you say that no cautious and self
respecting man would ever suffer
himself to borrow a fine tool-at
any rate unless he was an expert :
that is an imposition on mans
kindness to ask him for new sharp
ak, or for his buggy and harness,
just broght home from the shop.
and shining with repair, as good as
new! 1t is a trial to lend horse ui-
less it be one kept to lend. Indeed
if one is before handed and lives in
a needy neighborhood, it is some
times polite to have lending tools,
wagon for lending, and an old
India rubber nag for lending.
But, heis good man good neigh
Dor, almost a Christian, who fer the
sake of kindness and good neigh
borship will lend cheerfully, a good
horse. and do it several times. But
let no man take all these compli-
ments to himself, simply because he
lends a horse. For some horses
there are that a man might well lend
and keep lending for his own relief.
YETI even "a good horse should
sometimes be lent, though I should
be SLOW to advise any one to bor-
row. "a tt.-3 @Eii fiia 81. aoslf 4
= But now we come to the depart
ment Of books and papers. Shall
we take from the shelves those fair
Volumes, or shall we suffer this
magazine, or this weekly paper to
GO on such perilous pilgrima-
ges as borrowers too often lead them
Why not? What ifthe book is worn
the paper soiled, the newspaper
torn and dilapidated VIII you not
suffer as much as that for the
cause of. intelligence? "A, book
is candle. Will you put it in un-
der bushell A good magazine,is
made for circulation. Shall it lie
dead on your table when hundred
persons might be deriving pleasure
from it? Keep it going. If peo-
pie do not ask for it do you; ask
them to borrow it! Don't. scowl
when it comes back thumbled,
greasy, dirty. The very kind of
men have had hold of it that ought
to read. H ~ r.E,..r IA 47s-
This is my reply to those who
complain that their neighbors love
to borrow, but will not subscribe
for newspaper. How much bet
ter is this than if they would not
even borrow, Or read Keep them
supplied. BY and by you will sec
, the result of your patience. Stingi-
ness will become ashamed of itself.
knowledge viii no longer be a lux
ury, but a necessary Of life. Then
men that began by borrowing will
finally become, in turn lenders, and
so, with little patience and public
spirit, you will have contributed to
the universal work of educatien
Let us hear the conclusion Of the
whole matter. Refuse food, if you
will or tools, or animals "But from
him that would borrow book, OF q
newspaper turn not thou away
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