The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-11-12
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have susasihshg ~ 10 ar shtfs .sstu. .
sitting - lus in III a'.ss aud ~hist
ling TINE I.c.s. tuae And ~hen
aAs fades into night. and ,lr remaind.
VI IN the world rs,if,s u rest. ,uu II
have bei ani sa,nr russrin.. Iirs HI
hire snmo nn~ ~ hoe tha. dit IN ii
yon. tat your hair. ,lie ~, soar nails
AMI when san cumt sui ,au will he ~
disguised that Your o~n mn'h,r will
think YOU are ! NO English duke over
hero ~ hunl duck. aul lug gas stock
The rtis ner .si,l he WAS Milling u
~ np. all il tic .pf' susien l'eMs'i
him ~ wesl ~ le 'httaght il wonld. b.
,ni.hi rane haee + Ii longer sentence
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How 4 4niAsrvs. S.arprd narrow.
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The sul,nc, # borrowing anil lend.
ing came ur IN sl.o course vf a conycr-
saiion Will, subscriber living ncar
Ithaca, when hc suidenl, leeoll-c,rd
funny rcmniscenrc Of tha. character
whicl, Ind happened in lis own neigh.
borhood, liz sSii hc had a ncighbor
whose family were great borrowers but
not % distinguished a. paymastcrs--
they were always borrowing, but sol.
dom, v ever, returning tho exact am
punt borrowed. An old Quaker lady,
another ncighhor. who had endured
these invasions for long time patient
y, m, upon very philosophical mode
" eventual, putting stop - tho nui-
sancc, kcariag hcr own counsel. the
next time her good man went to town,
he had separate and express order 10
purchase 4 pound Of tho best tca and
aisp y canister H. Tut il In; m hs knew
III areai, had plenty Of tea and also
canister, hn Mas lasxlsd 10 lees smins
"... 80 may wanted of more ten
and Il new canister, but his questioning
and reasoning cliei,cd nothing moro
,han n repetition of the urtl~r.
Jim did III, tcl. thee TO got me
4 I, uni II I'll, beat tea and 4 new can.
isser. NV 10 along and do ~ bid
th.c !
Aud ~ along he did. and whom ho
came home nj night tho tea and new
canister were LIS companions. Tho old
laa, tnuk thcm from him with an am
used expression IN her usually placid
features. aud dcroriting tho .ca IN tho
canister SGT il OH tho shelf t.r spccial
use. II had MT long 10 wait for tho
borrowing ncighbor had frequent uss
Tor tho aromatic herb. The good lndy
loaned generously, empt,ing back In
tho canistel any remittance oi borrow
cd teas which tho neighbor'a eonse isncs
inclined her to make Time went IN
aud after something less than tho one-
hundre,lth time oi borrowing. the neigh
bor again appeared for just another
drawing of tor. when the oft-,isissd
tca canister was brought out aud found
to he empty, and she good ulL lad, aud
obliging neighbsr Was just uic pound
Of tea poursr than when e',c Leu.ht
thc canister which now only remained
to tell tho story Then sllo made \ lit.
Ito characteristic speech perhaps III.
first In her litr. n'.a said --.' Thou s.ust
tho empty canister. iillra II for
thee with a pound Il my best tn alil |
have lunt ali to thee in dribie:s md
put In ~ il NIL thuu last sc.l us In re.
turn, and nono but ,h,sclf hath taken
lhcrafrom " added unto II and now
thou scest |. empty; therefore will
1ay to tl.cc. thou hast borrowed ,llysclf
out and can lend thee no mere. o."
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