Show THE txie troublesome NEI nel NEIGHBOR GIlBoR A few years sears ago go a poor mechanic of a very quarrelsome disposition settled nedr near a farmer whose expressed to him linn their sympathy PI tiie the annoyance lie was likely to receive never rnino says sass sas aas ile ilo tile lia good od old mail man 1 I have never yet vet quarreled with a neighbor and I 1 am too old to begin liow flow six si months mouths passed j ass ats d ind and tilen began a series serles series serles of U petty jetty annoyances which the tile farmer farriter bore buncom but this tills only irritated ins his neighbor tilo tile I 1 more until ine rne eting V tile the farmer one da day Y ill ili ili iii the tile inight of passion he lie poured upon lilai a torrent of i insult and abuse friend said the farmer gently ibo no man under the influence of passion call can reason clearl clearly y come to lile ilia calmly and aud we will v ill discuss discus s your grievance vanc es the angry man rained raked his clenched clene hed hand iland to strike I 1 himbur was restrained by some unseen influence a and n d both went their iraj about a week ater after the mechanic was pas pat slig sita I 1 g the farmers houe hou willi with a load of grahl gram it was at the ilia foot of a hilland hill and ic had kad ad was vias heavy lieal lie ile coaxed threatened aid ald beat his liia oxen but all to no purpose ile lie must leave leme lis ils his load or ask aid of the man he had injured presently lie he saw tile the famer tamer unhitch his oxen oten from a load of I 1 hay lay and come coma toward him with kindly words the ane farmer proffered his assistance si drew linn him safely to the tile summit and without walting waiting for thalas thai thal ks departed as lie came here is is a simple act but night in its influence tile mechanic was cumbe acknowledged the tile punt and povl pomer power er of that religion that could bear and forbear forlear for lor lear and aud ai d has since that anne never willingly provoked I 1 ills is I 1 friend |