The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-02-24
gives consent" no doubt thoy ap-
proved Of what Sam had done.

| pi"rSN VI " uoe o<'hl ull uOtiC.
"Now, then, I'm off to Market"
said Sam. "Good~byc, Jenny, pet"
Oh, that littlo wold "petl" !" didn't
the cunning fellow oil his wlfe's
temper, and almost her very joints,
for her days work, when he called
her that little name. "Good-byc,
Tommy, my darling" Oh, you
cunning man there you are with
your oiled feather again for when
Tommy was naughty, and his mo-
ther reminded him that she must
tell his father when he como homo,
and "father would be sore grievcd
if his darling was naughty" wasn't
Tommy good ? for, child though
he was, he was ablc to reason thus
much in his mind: Tommy is
fathers darling, and he won't vcx
him; darlings ought not to vex
those who love them. Mover
mind, good reader, if there's flaw
in the logic nursery logic is some
times very funny reasoning, but it
answers tho purpose; naughty
Tommy became good, and click
clicked about the house as merry
as a cricket, instead Of sprawling
and bawling on the ground and
all because his father happened to
call him 60 darling" before he
went out.
"I say, Polly" said Sam Par
sons to his one scrvant-maid, as
he left the house, "don't forget TO
clean up those irons, if you can
manage it, there's good lass !;
you'll find the oil-hasl< hanging
behind the kitchen door," and SO.
with Il cheerful smile on his coun-
tenancc, Sam Parsons took his de-
partore for market. All D.! cunning
Sam before he wont he oiled his
wiGc and child, and now he oiled
his servant-mald and when he
turned his back upon his own door,
he left smiling faces and glad
hearts behind him ; and, l warrant
he found them all smiling to re-
ceive him, when ho came homo.
X \ X X X X
IL have great faith in OIL" said
Sam Parsons; ; "I oil almost every
thing this very morning l oiled
the lock Of my street door, and my
penknife; and creased my wagon
wheels ; and l oiled my wife and
child; and gave the servant
maid a touch too and l tell you
what it is, Ncighbor Joe, 1 slip
along famously, where I find many
another stick fast"
"Rusty Joc's" torn nail seemed
to give him frosh twingo when
the pcnknife was spoken about !;
and so as to tho wife, his con-
science reminded him how bear.
ishly he had behaved to her at
breakfast.
"What do you mean by oiling
your wife, man" said "Rusty Joo,"
rather tartly "you haven't been
sneaking, have you, and knocking
under to woman p and "Rusty
Joe" edged away from "polishcd
Sans" side, as though ho were
near some slimy serpent.
"No indccd," answered Sam,
"I'vo not been knocking any way,
neither over nor undcr; but I just
gave her and tho bantling q loving
word before I started from homo !;
and said a kind word to the lass
to chcor her up through hcr work
for the day and for tho matter OF
that l gave the old applo-woman q
touch Of my oiled feather too few
people say kind word to hor, and
SO l did, and | dare say it helped
her through tho day too l
wouldn't cringe to any one living"
continued "Polished SAM" ""not to
tho Queen herself; but to cringc
is ono thing to be civil, respect
fnl and loving, according as the
case requires, is another i never
know i'll como Of 1t, and I've often
known good. Yes, neighbor, I've
known good Of it in my own house,
ovor and over again. There's my
jenny you don't know tho work
there's in that little ,roaturo; bless
you'll she'd work herself to tho
finger-bonc, if You give hcr a kind
word. I knowed hor to sit up
seyon niphts with me, without