Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-17


annoy us great deal"
THAT word policy, Sally, is not agood
word" her husband replied. '1t conveys
a thoroughly selfish idea. Now, we
ought to look for some higher motive Of
action than mere policy ground.
cd in correct and unselflsh principles. +
"But what other motives could we pos
sibly have for putting up with Mr.. Bar
toms outrageous conduct"
"Other and far higher motives, il seems
to me. We should reflect that Mr.. Bar
ton has naturally hasty temper, and that,
when excited, he does things for which
he is sorry afterwards -and that, in
nine cases out of ten, he is greater suf-
ferer from these outbreaks than any one
else. In our actions towards HIM, then,
it is much better and higher motive for
us to be governed by desire to aidhim in
the correction of this evil, than to look
merely to the protection of ourselves
from its effects. Do you think so?"
"Yes. 1t does seem So"
"When thus moved to action, we are,
in degree, regarding the whole neigh
borhood, for the evil of which we speak
affects all. And, in thus suffering our
selves to be governed by such elevated
and unselfish motives, we gain all that
we possibly could have gained under the
mere instigation of policy-and a great
deal more. But to bring the matter into
still narrower compass In all our
actions towards him and every one else,
we should be governed by the simple con-
sideration-is it righti If spirit of re-
taliation be not right-then it cannot be
INDUCED without mutual injury. OF
course, then, it should never prompt
us to action, or if cows OF hogs get into
my field or garden and destroy my prop
erty-who is to blame mosti OF course,
myself. should have kept my fences in
better repair, or my gate closed. The an
imals certainly are not to blame, for they
follow only the promptings of nature
and their owners should not be censured,
for they know nothing about it. 1t would
then be very wrong for me to injure both
the animals and their owners for my own
neglect-would it not?"
"Yes, suppose it would"
$50 at least it seems to me. Then, OF
course, ought not to injure neighbor
Barton's cows or hogs, even if they dc
break into my corn-field or garden, sim
ply because it would be wrong to do SO.
This is the principle upon which we
should act, and not from any selfish pol
ICY"
! After this there was no more trouble
about farmer Gray's geese or cattle.
! Sometimes the geese would get among
Mr.. Barton's hogs, and annoy them while
eating, but it did not worry him as it did
formerly. If they became too trouble
some, he would drive them away, but moi
by throwing sticks and stones at them, as
he once did. So. a.
Late in the fall the shoemaker brought
in his bill for work. 1t was pretty large
bill.with sundry credits.
"Pay day has come at last" farmer
Gray said good humoredly, as the shoe
maker presented his account. "Well
let us seel" and he took the bill to ex
anime it, item after item.
"What is this?" he asked reading alout
the credit for bushel Of corn.
"It is some corn had from you"
II reckon you must be mistaken. Yol
never got any corn from me.
ooh, yes; | remember it perfectly
we'll. 1t is all right"
"Rut when did you get it, friend Bar
ton? l am sure that have not the mos
distant recollection Of it."
"My hogs got it," the shoemaker said
in slow hesitating tone.
"Your hogs?"
eyes. Don't you remember when m,
hogs broke into your field and destroye,
your corn?'
"Oh, dear-is that itS Oh, no, nc
friend Barton l can't allow that item Il
the bill"
eyes, but you must. 1t is perfect
Just, and l shall never rest until it
paid"
'I can't, indeed. You couldn't hel
your hogs getting into my field and then
you know, friend Barton lowering hi
! tone), you know my geese were yer
troublesome"
The shoemaker blushed and locke
confused, but farmer Gray slapped hir
, familiarly on the shoulder, and said, i
lively, cheerful way
5 "Don't think anything more about
/ friend Barton And hereafter let us ell
deavor to do as we would be done by, an
+ then everything will go smooth as clocl
Y "But you will allow that item in th
8 bill ?" the shoemaker urged, perseYe
: ingly.
"Oh, no, couldn't do that. l shoul
g think it wrong to make you pay for m
q own, or some of my mems negligence i
. leaving the bars down"
e "But then (hesitating) those geese.
5 killed three. Let it go for them"
!. "If you did kill them, we ate them-s
it is even. No, no-let the past be fo
gotten, and il it makes better friends au
4 neighbors of us, we need never regrt
I what has happened" Sc
! Farmer Gray remained firm, and IL
: bill was settled, omitting the item
/. "corn." From that time forth, he neve
/ had better neighbor than the shoemake
The COWS and hogs and geese of bot
Q would occasionally trespass, but the tire
8 passers were kindly removed. The lesso
e was not lost on either of them, for eve
farmer Gray used to feel sometimes Ii
tie annoyed when his neiebor's Gait
: the shoemaker lesson, he had taken
. little of it himself
: DoUBTFUL SroRY.-The London GLo
publishes story from Paris of yer
> remarkable character. 1t is related thi
a German professor begged two Con
! munist prisoners to experiment on sciel
: tifically. He administered chloroform
each, injected a solution of calx into the
systems, and then bled them to dealt
, The corpses were dessicated by furnaC
t heat until the flesh shrivelled and IL
skin became like leather. In this stat
: they remained three months, when IL
process of reyivication began by injectin
into the bodies the blood of two health
laborers, and applying galvanic batter,
9 One of the bodies remained lifeless, bI
in the other the muscles twitched, tn
eyes rolled, the heart began to beat, an
finally the man arose, complained of hui
ger and soreness of limb, but speedily T
covered all his faculties, and is still liviu
to attest the success of the -experimen
The tale is remarkable, but still more 8
the fact that the London papers appear I
: believe it. ~" n.y.
/ A PENNSYLVANIA woman who has fl
two years been afflicted by the cance
] and has been treated by eminent phys