The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-07
From The I,rou Budget.
"BERE AND THERE FOLKS"

"HERE AND THERE FOLKS"
As thu serram ,cas busy here and there, he
tuas gomez Kings Xxx, 40.
II is an abundance of such here and there
business that occasions a considerable por-
ton of the pinching wants of the present
dav; yea, of the loo frequent instances ei
death bed repentance, in this age of our
probation; and alas at critical moment of
our lives like this, in which the Almighty
has visited us with atfiriion and pestilence,
when we may alphabetically place our hands
on our hearts and feel ." that in the midst of
life we are in death"
A small farm, cultivated with the utmost
diligence and care, will furnish prudent
family with a moderate sufficency. she
that has a trade, has an estate" even al
though he own neither house nor land.
But If the farmer and trader, instead of at
tending closely to their proper ralin9s, ale
busy here and there, they will assuredly
"come out at the little end of the horn."
Moreover, though they buckle down, the
one to his farm the other to his trade; vet
ii their wives and daughters, instead of
practising the like industry and the like
good management within doors. are busy
bOiC obu "hul Is III at llC
door, goes out at the window,"-al is gone
See you that farm, overgrown with this
ties and tborns and briaIs. and its fences
broken down. How comes it about Is
the owner one of Solom0n's sleepers? No
he is not 4 slug gard, he is avery stirring
man; he is busy here and there, hut seldom
in the proper place. Perhaps he is doing
head WORK abroad is chaffering in horses,
or cattle, or sheep, or is peddling over the
country, or is pursuing in a small way, some
other srhemes of speculation or peradven-
ture he has either got little commission
that ocrDpies his attention. or is seeking
shei one ; in whichever ruse "the han
writing upon the wall" clearly shows what
he is roming 10.
Lo, an aurlion Whnl's for salel The
goods of a grocer, and the tools of me-
chanic. Are they protiigatrs? No. Are
they inanimate clods? Far Otherwise.
What then? They are lovers of chat. Of
company, Of finn, and so, instead of attend
.ing diligently 10 th'i calling, they were
d" busy here and there"
Mark the interior of that honse-no use |
fui industry goes on-no order-nutmlg is !
IN It's right pace-InOre wasted than IL eat. /
en-. Is the housewife Doll So far /
otherwise, she is one of the must snrirhlly /
aud lady like women in the place, hut she I
has no time 10 basiow upon the affairs Of
her honsehol'l--she is "hr,sy here and ihere."
Look upon that comedy young man in the |
hands of Balliff-has he committed any |
crime Not SO, his reputation is faIr-how
comes It then? He is in debit Is he want |
ing in faculties? He possesses excellent
faculties both of body and mind. Is he in |
dolent? No; he is quick in motion all the |
day long. How happens it then that a
single man, who never met with any mlsfor |
tune, IS Hnai'ip TO pay his debts He has
been brsy " here and there"
Not ready" says the sly lawyer when
the rase is called up, and when the witness
es have been waiting at court ,lay after
day. And Why not ready heing insv
-" here aud there something has been for
COTTON or neglected 10y him. Here tie
circumstances are. however. maternity nj. |
tered. II the not ready lawyer obtains
continuance, he inrreases thereby his own |
eno,nments-Partly ".hy his craft he has
wealth" 1t is the pigeons only that are
picked.