Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-03-03
From tie Massachusetts Journal
PHILOSOPHY AND INDEPENDENCE.

You don't make me believe that folks who have
their five tion,and dollar year, ant any happier
than am,' said farmer Jones to bis neishbor BOND.
"Well, then, shan't try," said neighbour bond,
very quietly knocking the ashes out this pipe, ana
wping his lnoutn for dransht OF clder " II any
man likes to think Providence has dealt over hard
with him, he may have the comfort oil it all tor me =
:. There is no getting round you, neighbor Bond,
said farmer Jones but tell me now, honestly,
shouldn't you be willing to leave oil working and
take fifty thousand dollars if it were offered to you
every like l might-for as aunt Betty says,
there is gooddeal Of human nature IN Il man but
hope the temptation won't come in my way-lor
should mt be as happy man as am now You
wouldn't be obliged TO work then, neighbour
8 Nu--and if l wasn't obliged to work, shouldn't
I work and then am sure shouldn't be conten-
ted. I have had bit of experience this way, Mr.
| Jones though was never over and above rlch III
fell You nv experience dick Brown and (you
| know rich Dick Brown were boys together-a cou-
pie Of as poor and merry devils as ever capered TO
Yankee Doodle Dick and had never but one fight,
though were always together, and that aunt Bet
y has often told me, was all owing to the sinful up
| fittings of my nature.-A sick gentleman came 70
our house on horseback, and my father told one OF
US boys to go in to the tavern and buy some gin for
him.
The tavern was three quarters of mile off, the
road lay through pokersh bit of wood and It was
beginning to be dark My brother jim had par
eel Of raw-head bloody bones stories tod MN
and he didn't altogether like the notion OF gong
You must know, neghbor Jones. that man and boy
| have always been over and above willing to D.
brave by proxy as they call it. So says to jim
looking as fierce as bullet all the time, " now
Jim, an you ashamed of yourself to be scared -
had just lief go through thar ere wood, as to g
to bed My father laughed, and looked sort
: miscellaneous, thought. swell, well, suppose yo'
go Them" said he,--lIe might just as well shot M
, dead, as to have said them words--But, thinks t
/ myself, g Jim will crow, and Dick ill laush--so
: may as we'll stand to my word'' II was but BOY
motive, neighbor Jones but if you will show me
man who was never governed byjust such motive
in the way of politics, business and such IKE, WI
tell you that man is one in five hundred-Well, OIL
scampered, barefoot, over the hard frosty ground
seeing witch on every black stump, and a ghos
d in every bush--I bought my gin, aud was back
e my fathers as quick as patent shuttle. CUES
y the gentleman knew how the case sood-lor ne TOO
$ out fourpence and gave it to me with smile NJ
quarrel with Dick Brown was about this lonrpence
| tell you, money always has its evils. The hrs
f. money that ever got made me inso'ent.-l show
: ed Dick my fourpence, and called him poor rag
muffin. Dick knocked me down, and we did Mt spea
for fort night. We made up afterwards an
Dick often went with me to look at the silver bit ma
locked up in my little box. Dick and | went