Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-01-17

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FARMER APPLK0ATE. AND HIS TWO SONS
Farmer Apologize, the owner ofac con-
siderable tract Of land, had two sons, JON
.atllan and Williati1-or, as they were usu-
ally called, Jock and Bill. They were
from their childhood of very different dis
positions. Jock was staid and sober, in
ciined 10 industry, and fond Of laying up
his coppers. Bill was a harum-scarum sort
Dfa lad. idle in his habits, peppery in his
disposition, and more fond Of throwing
away bis cOppers than boarding them up.
Wilde Jock was indostriously at work on
the farm, Bill would be away padding in
some puddle for frogs, or shooting butter
dies through an air-gun.
n These different. habits and dispositions
followed him to the age of manhood, when
their. father thought proper to settle them
in life. He portioned Jock with parcel
of bleak, barren, stony, and uneven land /,
but pretty well supplied witt, running wa
ter. This soil, said he to himself, requires
world Of hard labor, and produces little
when you have done. But that makes a6
difference, for Jock will get living and
lay up money, any where. As for Bill,
said he, there's no use in giving him any
land that requires labor, for he'll never
work on it, though it were 60 keep him
from starving. Accordingly. Farmer APP
plegate set of to his SON Bill a piece of
low fiat land, a little to the south of Jocks,
which produced cGt-tGiks IN abundance,
and that without the labor Of cultivation.
Cat-tails. ia those days, were used as a
substitute for feathers, in the. preparation
ofbeds. They brought fourpence pound !;
and as they found Already market and cash
pay, Farmer Apologize thought that his
son Bill, idle as he was, could hardly fail of
making atolerable livelihood from the pro-
duction of an article, which required no
labor but the gathering and carrying to
market.
But here the old gentleman was mistak-
en-. Bill thought it too great aehardship
TO pick and sell the cat-tails, even though
they grew spontaneously. He purchased
therefore parcel of monkies to do the
drudgery for him particularly the gather
ing and putting into sacks. These mon
kies, said he, will save me world Of labor.
They can pick cai-tails just as well as Il
and for the matter of that, great deal bet-
ter, for they are more nimble and active !:
besides, this low swampy lnnd will not in
jure their health as it does mine.
The monkies were accordingly set to
work. They were sufficiently nimble and
handy; but the difficulty was TO keep them
at work, and to make them do their work
well. Like all the rest oftheir race, they
were capricious, versatile, and misclliey-
Gus set. They would not work unless
some one was constantly watching them /;
and when they did work, they made such
a waste. as was enough to ruin any body
throwing about the cat-tails, and playing
the mischief with their masterss properly.
In order to keep these troublesome SER
wants at work without beirg obliged con-
stantly to overlook them Ia person, Bill
procured a stout ourang outaBg, armed
him with Q whip, and made him monkey
driver and oversesr ofthe work. But the
ourang outang turned out to be little bet
ter or more trustworthy than the ship
Jacks under his charge. Every thing went
at skies aud sevens. While Bill was away
fishing and shooting, the monkey-driver
and the monkies were playing the deuce
with his property.
h The consequence of his idle habits and
his bad management was, that he COS deep
" in debt, was harrassed with executions,
and threatened with bankruptcy. In this
difficulty what does he do? Instead of
getting rid of his monkeys, and attending
The work himself, he petitions his father to
grant him a premium, Of three farthings per
pound, on his misunderstanding that he
cannot possibly get a living without this
protection to his industry.
sIndnstry!' exclaimed Farmer Apple
gate--' talking of your industry! Truly,
If youdo not get n living, il win not be for
want ofimpudence.' sa s @en
Though the farmer expressed ia this
wise; nevertheless, being goodnatured
man, and having the wslfare fhis children
At heart, he granted the proposed premium
Of three farthings per pound on all the cat
tails grown by his son Bill. With this help
Bill got along tolerably we'll for time !;
bat neither.then did he improve his habits,
or pay his debts; bui on ihscontrary, he
became, ifpossible, more idle and careless
than ever. This protection. said he, is =
fine thing 1T will keep me IN spending mo-
ney ifnothing else.
In the mean time Jock was industrious
and saving. Though bis land produced
liisIe, he contrived, BY turning his hand to