Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-10-31


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A THoU>ANB-D.LL.E IIAT.-TLe
following story i told hy the Be7k
shire Eay',. Of greedy miuIste- in
Western Massachusetts,:
John j. Arnold, at old bachelor
who died at Pitrsii.ld many wears
ago, had made hi, will. giving GER
tain reverend gentleman III country
town where Mr.. Arnold owned Il
farm and had formerly resided. one
Thousand dollars Us Il testimonial of
his greatful esteem and good will.
During Mr.. Arnold's last illness,
which lasted some months, he sent
for his clerical friend, who came to
visit him. Noticing that the rever-
gentleman's hat was rather scedy,
Mr.. Arnold wrote an order for hat
and handed it to the minister, saying
that he should bs pleased to present
him with hat. The divine grate-
fully accepted the order. During
that night Mr. Arnold had II fresh
attack of his malady and was sup
posed to be dying. When the min
ister was ready to GO home it was an
nouaccd that Mr.. Arnold would not
probably survive many hours. De-
tormined to make the most of the
order, the minister went to the hat
ter's and asked him how expensive
hat he could get up. A genuine
beaver, he was told, would cost ten
dollars. Get me ready such an
one said the minister. In few
Days the hat was ready, and in a
short time Mr.. Arnold revived and
got better. In short, the generous
bachelor lived to sec the bill pre-
sentcd for that hat, and learning the
particulars from the halter, he was
so disgusted with the greed of the
divine that he added codiciI to the
will, cutting off the legacy he had
made him. Thus that hat cost the
minister exactly one thousand dol
lars, for Mr.. Arnold died within a
month aftcrward.
POWERFUL HARD" When I lived
in Maine," said Uncle Ezra, IL
helped to break up piece of new
ground. We got the wood off in the
winter, and early in the spring we
began to plow ont. 1t was so con-
sarned rocky, that we had to get for
ty yoke ofoxcn to one plow-we did,
faith; and | held that plow morn a
week. thought I'd die. 1t EN-
Almost killed me, l vow. Why one
day l was hOld'n aud the pIow hit a
stump which measured just nine feet
and a-half through, hard and sound
white oak. The plow split it, and |
was going straight through, when l
happened to think it might snap To.
gether. 80 threw my feet out, and
had no sooner done this than it
snapped together, taking a smart
hold ofthe seat Of my pantaloons.
Ofcourss was tight, but held on
to the plpw handles, and though the
teamsters did all they could, that
team ofeighty oxen could not tear
my pantaloOns, nor cause me to let
90 my grip. AT last though, after
letting the cattle breathe. they got
another strong pull together, aud
the old stump came ont about the
quickest. Nv wife made the cloth
for them pan,aloous. aud | haven't
worn zIy other kind since. The
cnly reply nads to this was: Il
should have thoIshf IL wodld hsve
e"me hard nroa y0ar sa-pender--
powerful hard