Show WILL YOU LEND ME mr YOUR Y yes ea neighbor if you will bring it home alain again today to day there is no greater trial of ones patience than this unfaithful borrowing no benevolent man such as we are will refuse to lend a friend a book or a hat a razor or a handsaw hand saws fk plow or a pickax pick ax if he lie can have a reasonable assurance that it will be returned when the immediate purpose for which it was borrowed has been accomplished but to reduce yourself to beggary by lending all you havenith have with no prospect of seeing azian in proper time or suitable condition the articles lent is a tax upon our oar good nature which is perhaps more than ought to be borne dehava we have sometime s doubted the inspiration of the proverb the borrower is servant to the tender at any rate men have so far deteriorated in their sense of 0 propriety that they some people borrow with the most perfect assurance su wi as if the lender were a servant to them ot of this however we should not complain let ua us lend cheerfully all that is asked as humble servants ot or the borrower but let us ae aze to say to our inveterate and self seif confident borrowing friends please return that ax umbrella a book hoey hoes hoe rake or jack day or tomor to mor row or as soon as youcan can make it convenient portland transcript |