The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-11-25
seleftto saaisftIIanu.
THE BUsHEL OF CORN.
By T. 4. GRrHus,

though mainly kind and obliRing. He va
q shoemaker. His name was Barton, On
day In harvest time, whei every hand o.
the farm was busy as bee. this man cam
over TO Farmer Gray and said, in rather
petulant tone of voice
''Mr. Gray. wish you would send owe
and drive your geese home"
why so, Mr.. Barton, what have M
geese been doing1' the farmer said, in
mild. quiet tone.
'cfhey get into my garden, snd vii
not have it.
81 ana very sorry for it, nsighbor Barton
but what can do.
"Why. yoke them, and thus keep then
on your own premises. It's no kind of
way to let your geese run all over ever,
farm and garden In the neighborhood.
"But cannot see to il now. 1t is har
vest time, friend Barton, and every man
woman and child on the farm has as mucl
as he or she can do. Try and bear it for 1
week or SO, and then 1 will see if I car
possibly remedy the evil,
81 can't bear it, and / won't bear it an,
longerT the shoemaker said. $50 if vol
do not take care of them. friend Gray,
shall have 70 take care of them for you.
swell neigbbor Barton, you can do a.
you please" farmer Gray replied in hi
usual quiet tone. 81 am sorry that they
trouble you. but 1 cannot attend to then
now"
'.In attend to them for you, see if ]
don't" the shoemaker said, still more anp,
rily than when he first called upon farmer
Gray.
''What upon eArth can be the matter
with the geese?' Mrs. Gray said, about ff.
teen minutes afterwards.
81 really cannot tell, unless nei9hbot
Barton is taking care of them. He threat
ened to do SO if l didn't yoke them right
Taking care ofthem! How taking care
of them?"
'.As to that am quite in the dark. Kill
ing them perhaps. He said that if didn't
take care Of them he would. So suppose
he is engaged in the neighborly business
of taking care of our geese"
sJohni Williaml Run over see what
Mr.. Barten is doing with my geese" Mrs.
Gray said, in quick and anxious tone to
two little boys who were PLAYING near.
The urchins scanpered of, well pleased
to perform any errand.
'sOh, if he has dared TO do anything to
my geese, will never forgive himF the
good wife said, angrily.
'sH.u-s-h, Sally! make no rash speeches.
1t is more than probable that he has killed
two or three of them. But never mind if
he has. He viii get over his pet, and be
sorry for it.
Eyes, but what good Will his being sor-
~ do me? VIII it bring my geese to ife?"l
''Ah, well, Sally, never mind. Let us
wait until We learn what all this disturb
ance is about"
In about. ten minutes the children came
home, bearing the bodies of three geese,
each without head.
''Oh, isn't that too much for human en-
durance. said Mr.. Gray.
I'VE found them lying out in the road, T"
said the oldest of the two two children
''And when we picked them up, Mr.. Bar
ton said-'ten your father that / have
yoked his geese for him, to save him trou-
BILE. as his hands are all teo busy to do il. %
'Td sue him for it," said Mrs. Gray, in
an indignant tone.
"And what good would that do?"
"Why it would do great deal of good
1t would teach him better manners. 1t
would punish him."
''And punish us into the bargain. We
have lost three geese now, but we still
have their good fat bodies to eat. 4 law
suit would cost us good many geese, and
not leave us. ever SO much as the feathers,
besides giving us q world of trouble and
vexation, No no, Sally, Just let it rest,
and he viii be sorry for it, know"
Sorry for it, indeed And what good
will his being sorry for it do us, should
like to know. Next be viii kill COW, and
then We must be satisfied with his being
sorry for i'll Now l can tell you that
l don't believe in that doctrine. Nor do l
believe any thing about his being sorry,
the grabbed. ill-natured wretchiss
''Don't call hard names, Sally" farmer
Gray said, in 9 mild. soothing tone
''Neighbor Barton was not himself when
he killed the geese. Like every other
angry person. he was just little insane,
and did what he would not have done had
be been perfectly in his right mind. When
you are little excited, you know, Sally,
that even you do and say unreasonable
things"
'tMel do and and say unreasonable
thingsr' exclaimed Mrs. Gray, with a look
and tone of indignant sstonishment, ss1ne
ssy and do unreasonable things when lam |
angryf don't understand you, Mr.. Gray"
sMaybe | can help You little. Don't |
you remember the cDQrnf
eyes, but never mind about It"
80 you have not forgotten how unrea- |
sonsble you were about the ehurn. 1t
wasn't good for anything knew 1t |
wasn't; and you'd never put jar of cream |
into 1t as long IS yo1 lived d-that you |
wouldn't. And yet, on trial, you found |
hat churn the best you had ever used, and |
now you wouldn't part with it on any con-
'ideration- So you see, Sally, that even /
7ou can say and do unreasonable things |
Rhen you are angry, just as well as Mr..
Barton"
Mrs. Gray saw tina. her husband Was
light, but still she felt indignant at the ont
age committed on her geese. So she tool
ler three fat geese. and after stripping of !
heir feathers, had them prepared for the |
able.
On the next morning, as Mr.. Gray was |
going 'ong the road, he met the shoenak-
II, and as they had to pass very near to |
zach other, the farmer smiled, and bowed, |
md spoke kindly. Mr., Barton looked and |
elt very uneasy, but farmer Gray did not |
'eem to remember the unpleasant incident |
If the day before
1t was about eleven O'Clock of the same
lay, that one of farmer GFay's little boys
,ame running 10 him. and crying
''Oh fstherl fstherl Mr. Barton's hogs
re in our corn field"
''Then must go and drive them out, :"
aid Mr.. Gray. in quiet tone.
Drive them outr calculated Mrs. Gray.
'Drivs 'em out indsedl I'd shoot them, |
hats what lie dol I'd serve him as he SER
red my geese yesterday"
"Bat that wouldn't bring the geese to
ife again, Sally."
81 don't cGre ii it wouldn't. It would
be paying him IN his own coin, and that's
III be deserves
"You know what the Bible saws SaIIv
about gTieyous words, and they apply with
stronger force to grievous actions. No
,o-I viii return neighbor Barton good
or evil That is the best way. He has
lone wrong. and am sure he is sorry for
I. And as I wish him still to remain sorry |
or SO unlsind and anneighborIy an action. |
intend making use of the best meaus for
him sorry"
Then you will be revenged on him, any
ov?"
7'No ! a ly-not revenged. am not an
VITA neighbor Barton, but while L am