St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-06-25

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II = not possible 70 b too good. but
h ID possible to expend disproportioo-
ote amoant Of eooscientioas effort upon
tEiAes which do not require Il
There u . young lady, for instance,
In New England village who h st
once the good angel Of people In
troahae, and the plague Of her soquaint-
ances. Her patience and Kindness ore
truly beautiful, her charity h untiring.
but her minor virtues have grown % out
Of al proportion that they have become
. defoemity upon her character.
She h very near-sighted, but she goa
slong tho streets with her eyes Axed up
On the sidewalk, ignoring people she
knows, because she considers Il her
duty 10 pick mp unsightly scraps Of pa-
per. and TO push into the gutter broken
bits a brick end siippery strips Of ban
ana or orange peel which might other
wise cause mischief 70 the unwary.
II she sees . dog sitting upon . door
step snd looking vnhappy, she pities Il
and unheaitatingiy opens the door
against which Il h sitting; although Il
frequently happens that the undesired
animal IN elected, and the door slammed
a soon "A she II passed.
She Is 70 truthful that II she makes
even IN extremely trivial and unimpor-
tant statement, and afterwards finds
that II Is not exactly correct, she cannot
rest until she has sought the person 70
whom Il was made, 1t no matter how
great . waste Of time and trouble, recti-
6ed the error, and made elaborate and
tiresome explanations and apologies.
Being absent-minded and f0rgetful,
she often gets confused - 70 what she
has q has not aid or done. and takes
infinite trouble TO rectify wrongs which
never occurred, and apologize for omis-
sions which she did not make.
One day when there was . circus In
town, this young lady was crossing the
street just - the procession was sp-
preaching. She did not see IL coming,
and went along In her usual leisurely
manner. carefully kicking out Of the
way some small stones that she saw
which might at future time lame some
possible horse.
The crowd on the sidewalks, occupied
By the show, did not notice her until
the gigantic elephant which headed the
procession was close upon her, when .
shout Of warning went up. The young
lady lifted her head, and looked up in
surprise and fright
The elephant fortunately IN amiable
beast, hesitAted, extended its trunk un-
I'll it nearly touched her waist, appar-
entity With The intention Of lifting her
bodily out of the way, when . man ran
out fru0 the crowd, and brought her
safely 70 the sidewalk.
"And the queer thing H." said the
friend who aaw and related the incl
dent, with . twinkle in her eye, that
4 the man Asdsv run out, and the ele-
phaut Asdsr picked her up, and she
really Nd been crushed q everybody
thought she was going 70 Be while she
stood there kicking stones, I don't 1t
Ill know whether she would have been
J martyr In . righteous cause, or IN
awful warning!"
Common-sense II needed in goodness
y in everything else. People who ere
not inteligently smiable and benevo-
ent are apt 70 bring ridicule, not only
apon themselves, but upon the virtues
which they represent Personally,
hey nay BE- liked and respected even
while they are laughed 1t, but their ex-
Imple loses its attraction for others,
md however noble or helpful their |
'eneral intentions or their special |
thew fail IN commend
hem 70 othcrA-Yoath's Companion.