A Salutary Thought

When I was n youiig m:in, thero livcd in oiir neiiiliborhood a farmer who was usuallv ruported to be a vury liberal man, uncumraonly upright in 'nis deiilings. When ho hnd my of the produce oí' bis farm tp-disnose of, lie mude it an invariable rule to give good ineasure - ratlicr more ihan would be required -f hun. One of bis fricnds obseiviog hitn fi equuntly doiiiíí so, quost ioned bira as to wbj he did it ; he told him he gave too iiiuüli, and eaia it would ba to hin dis:idvnn,ta;i;. Now, doar rcixder, murk the thé answcr of ot the excellent man : " God bus permitti'd ma but one jiiunu-y through ttie world, and when I urn g"i)c, I oannat return to ructify mistakes." i'iiink of tbis. There h but oue j ney through life. '