Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-11-12
PAINTING r.1 WAGON.

Everyone should try and have an eye
/ Tor the beautiful. N all should try aud
Keep themselves a. neat aud tidy as cir
cumstances viii allow With what they
have. how much more pleasant aud
agreeable Il must b. to all. On the farm
the carts. wagons, harrows aud plows
should have their coat ~ paint each sea
son. II not only paws In the looks, bat
u more than double pays In their lasting
40 much longer. The wagon should b.
painted each season. ifonly for the looks
as Il make everyone feel better that sees
u, aud u one does not feel able to hire u
done be- eau do Il hlmsclf. as the paint
aud yarnlsh prepared together does not
cot bat Que dollar to paint the wagon.
Circumstances wcrr such that We had
neglected for = season or an a. paint the
Wagon. aud found thereby that Il ~
quire,l much more paint than usual.
In going Tor more palut q man passes
In a wagon that Que might suppose came
out II Noah's atk. The man We have
known for thirty wears. lie v calle,l
one - The rich men In his town. u l.
sad that b. owns the most land. We
will give you short history ~ him so
none will want a. pattern after him.
lie has got his money hy being hard
and unfeeling. hy denying hlm.elf aud
family thu cotnforts and blessings that
thev should have had. A. be- cannot
rad b. takes no paper, has mo- hook.,
paws nothing to the support ~ the
rhurvh N he can avoid paving an hon
csi debt hy living snd cheating he doe
IN the cass whcrr he triesi to cheat the
. la.sa saN
the horse Tor a colt. he was not a. sharp
AZ b. thought he Was. IL put the msn
90 and of fof the paw until Il had run
slN ycsrs and few davs from the time
The mare was hrrd Ia the horse, snd h.
thought n VS. outlawei and told the
msn a. gvt u u he could. Tho owner ~
the horse then suesi Tor the clsim and hc
clsimed In court that b. had no charge
against the man until the next spring.
When Il Was known that the mare was Ia
foal The count allowed the iu.ticr ~
the clalm. ant the mean, dishonest msn
had o. paw The honest clalm. the Inter
est un n most siN Vears. aud the Cust ~
the court. on. how II made him cro,n.
IN farming D. farms Il In the old hari
Vav ~ hrv wears ago snd has none ~
the Improved modern farm tools. Look
into his fsce sni u can ~ seen how hari.
unfreling and cruel II looks. how u lacks
intelligvnrr. Al that know aud have
.ieth With him desplse him. llis own
family have un love or rcgari fOr him,
ind when h. dies. the property b. has
sorkr,i 80 htri 90 gvt viii D. spent AMI
~ Ulll not lc thanked for ".
How one can do .o u u hard Co tell.
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everyone shoub try ani take .ome
pleasure. comfort ani enloyment herr,
ind they should allow Il a. their ftmllv
N they don't have u h~r~. II caunot -
.aii when of v herr thev vii have ".
rhcrr arr eVtrrme. Ia this world, AMI
the history ~ this man l. Tho extreme -
t hsri man. though D. clsims be- paw
hls iehis w give nov a history ~ an
other mhn that may be- called the other
extrrme.
lie l. a pleasant. agrreahle man, has
many frienis. hls Workmen Ike him AZ
D. has paid them well Tor their work.
hls family love him. H. a.. patroulfei
aell the etiiiur aud bookseller. sni has
paid veil io the suppori ~ the church.
lle has kept his wagon well painted, hs.
had a rtssl harness. rul,s aud sleigh. and
h,. in farming. fsrmei Il Va the molern
Improved WAY. yrt be lived heyond hi
lncoms. AMI bad 90 fail, hi creditors
lo.ing a few thousand. bv his living b.
youd hls means. EVeryons shouh b.
rsreful. prudent ani try ani live within
their means N all shouh " would
make 10 much rasirr and better for come.
snd II can d. aid for al. Vet ~ the
tuo eNtr,mes described. Ne had nihcr
D. in thr shoe. - the liberal mAu that
hile,i to pay biz debts, thsu the hard
one that claims that b. does and has
paid hls debt. New England Farmer.