138 THE RUllAL SOCRATES. 



I now defircd Hans to let me Tee their cattle, and tc^ 

 carry me into the parts of the farm which we had not be- 

 fore inrpe(n:€d. — The parts which had been improved 

 after his own hints, were ihofe which he fiiewed me by 

 preference. The good fcnfe of his obfervations, and the 

 content which gliflened in his eyes whenever he could 

 fliew me proofs of his ability ; confirmed me in my per- 

 fuafion that he was a Ton- in- law worthy of Kliyogg ; 

 although little pallions and certain prejudices, too deep- 

 ly rooted in him, led him at times to revolt againfl max- 

 ims divftated by reaibn. 



Kliyogg at lair returned home. — I afked- him fmiHng, 

 ^^ How he came to be fo avaritious, as to make his peo- 

 *' pie work thus upon a wedding-day ; and why he did 

 ** not appear in a new coat, made after the manner in 

 '' ufe among country people at their eafe ;" — *' All 

 ^' thc^e follies, (he anfv/ered with a fmiie,) have given 

 ^' much thread to be tv/ifted over again. They are al- 

 ^' Vv^ays preaching to me here, that wc are much too fin- 

 ^' gular, and*bbtain the laugh of every one ; and yoir 

 *' will not believe, my dear do;Sh)r, how much trouble 

 ^'Ihave in keeping down" thefe follies. Bad examples 

 *' however are too numerous ; and thefe young people 

 " would be run away with by them, if I did not daily 

 ^' combat them.''"—'' You ought however to relax your- 

 '' fflf a little more.''—'' I ought to relax 1 Why I do-' 

 *' fo but too often ; and if 1 went but a little fl:ep far- 

 *'ther, all would be loft. I have already proofs how 

 '* necefl'ary it Vv^as to (land ftiif againfl the firfl com- 

 *' mencements of mifchief in their tender youth ; and 

 *' if my good folks were not as well fixed in good habits 

 " as they are, I fiiould no icnger be able to keep them in 

 ^' orderV" 



When the wedding party came in, I found the fons' 

 and daughters of Kliyogg much better clothed and more 

 in ftifuion, than in truth 1 had expeded. None belideft- 

 Kliyogg and his brother Felix appeared- in their ordkiary 



habits ;. 



