The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-15
VOLUME XVII.


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rheFe Is great aegcos Ia bis character
. deficiency Ia NE region of The spioal
coinmu, % that be cannot always hold
hlsusclf straight, Whenever ,he wiad
blows he bends before Il
A man may hnd il lmposrlbie 10 sAy
No, because he cannot folusc anyone any.
thing lie u asked to sign petition 70,
lasing 70 q matter that he cares ucihlug
aboni, or asking for tho passage Of 4
measure TO which ia biz hear. he Il rath.
eF opposed. and ha yields for the sake oi
gratifying the respectable committee thai
walt upon him, II a beggar wants
money, be gives Il 70 him, although be IL
gate certain, from unmistakahle slgns,
that II viii be squAndercd for whiskey In
less than half an hour. A neighbor Up.
plies for loan, 10 be repaid iu day or
two, and he lets him have &, whon be Il
morally certain II IL The last he viii ever
see Of the money. A friend requests him
TO wrlle his name on the back ofa note,
aud he docs lt--repenling Ia dasl and
ashes. Ila ls asked 70 recommend abook
be never read, and suspects 70 bc lrash
and be writes Il out, and Il Il publlAhed'
aud the public call him fool. And so
on indefinitely, for there IA no end to the
weak and silly things that a man may do
who Is never willing 10 hurt any body's
feelings.
Another declines 10 say No. IN order 10
save himself trouble. lilo says Yes,
agrees to do what Il asked OF him, az tho
easiest way 70 get of. lie hopes that be.
fore tho time comes when he has prom
ised to do the uuweloome thing, some
thing win turn up to make itunnccessary
lie may be too IllAto 70 where he has
agreed TO 10, or somebody else may be
ready TO go 10 bic place, or there may be
no cali for anybody TO 90. Ofcoarac hc
means 10 keep his promise, aud still ho
trusts that something will occur 70 justify
him IL breaking Il. low much better Il
would be TO tell The honest truth and do.
cline In the beginning.
Now lei us turn the shield aronnd aud
look At the other sidc.
There are those who say No contim.
uallY, when they ought 10 say Yes.
Sometimes Inconsidcfately, as we often
see Illustrated In the treatment Of chill.
dren by their parents. II matters little
what Is asked for No, my child, is the
almost invariablc response. Il seems 10
be taken for granted that the wants OF
children are 10 DO regarded as of title ac-
count When they are told pfemp,orily
--as perhaps they are a hundred times in
day You must or yon must not, aud
the child askes, Why nolT Il Is treated M
an impertinence. The Tyranny Of some
fathers aud mothers Is dreadful II isex.
eelent TO have giants strength. but
tyrannous to use II as giant. That is
the way in which certain parents do ex-
ercise their power; not from positive nn-
kindness, perhaps, but from want OF con-
alteration.
Some people say No, just TO save them
selves trouble. 1t costs some little effort
for them to do what they are asked TO do
they would rather stay al homo and
codde over the fire. II costs more than
II Is worth to screw favor out Of per-
son of this sort. He is an everlasting
My
Nobody ever rises up to call him bless.
ed
Men and women often say Yes when
they ought TO say No, for want OF con.
sideration. A young man offers his band
in marriage to young woman, and II
she would only stop TO inquire, she
would find that be il shiltiess, good for
nothing fellow, who will never make her
happy, and that a union with him must
entail upon her uutold miseries. Bat.
because be Il good looking, OF hasa plans
ible tongne, and pleads his case eloqnent-
~, or because she thinks she may never
aaye another chance, she says Ies 10 bis
proposal, and walks IN darkness aud
gloom all the rest of her ife.