Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-30

= "n"t PiOPoItioL) among the necessaT
e les Of life, followed laborious pro
u fession; and thought little stimulu
J. necessary to the heath Of the body ane
$ keeping up the spirits.-Indeed
e could not do without it; it was out O
o the question. So welded was to m,
: superfiuous apPetites, thu, my drink
5 Jug and my tobacco box were the idol.
] Of my heart.
{ Did you ever see Mr.. Editor, man
) on our harbor IN a boat-wind aud tide
, against him-rowing away like a troop
er, and yet making no Roadway! II
you ever did, you have certainl, seen
Jack Newbottles counterpart. Twas
a wood-sawyer, and worked like dog /:
and yet never could get one bit Of
bread and butter beforehand. was
up early and late; never mean TO be,
and never thought myself, an idle man.
Still, when it rained money, my dish
was never up. Accounts came in be-
fore ! could settle them. never
thought myself a hard drinker-never
suspected such a thing; but when
TiPPleton the shopkeeper brought in
my bill for drink, am almost ashamed
to tell how long 1t was. 1t was moth
ing but do-d,no; do-d,no; like the
dull UNMARRIED note Of the cuckoo. or
whlp-poor-will; and a charge at the DOT
tom heavy enough to sink the heart Of.
CrGsus himself believe the rogue
osercharged me; for | cannot think al
half-pint a day with one or tao EXCEPTIONS
is going to amount up to barrel in
three mouths. have no idea of bear
ing on my shoulders all the sins ofthe
knavsh shopks epers. !,
But the worst of my trouble was at
home. ] have naturally a good TEN.
per. except when something provoke $
me; but my wife, IN the midst of m,
misfortunes. seemed to grow dreadful
cross and scolding. she wanted tea aud
sugar. when she knew | lad 10 mon
'ay toget them; and we had some thing
to quarrel about almost every day.
suppose, did not provide for her SO
well as ! might: but then no nus band
likes to be scolded at, even if he is to
blame. Sometimes she would remind
me OF my promises when l was court
ing her--)ust as if courtiug times were
TO last always! sometimes she would
SWIVEL and cry; sometimes she would
try to act the pathetic, and sometimes ,
Tie IePIoa.nIuI part, while the chill
dren would look on, and think their .
parents wanted whipping more than
hey ever did. y, Mr.. Editor. if YOU .
could have looked IN, and witnessed i,
some OF our nuptial scenes-the room l.
IN confuSion--the tea-kettle fallen 7
he skillet ovcrturned-the Johnny !
cakes in the fre-the ashes all over .
he earth-tny children crying-my
wife scolding and swearing--you !,
would certainly allow that :,atrimon,, d
,rog drinking and poverty, are three Of y
he most ill-sorted companions, that .
we're ever patched together. My !,
children grew very ragged. and what
: worse, tear their clothes were but
mblem> of their minds. My wife too 8,
lot only ne5 lccted her temper, but her c
'erson. She was entirely changed o
rom the spruce bIack-eyed girl, / fell =
love with, at the singing-schcoi; and i
remember one day, Tom Seaver, 5,
omlng to visit me, and seeing her y,
narled hair. SAID, that her head looked o,
5 II it had six mice nests built in it, g
nd the seventh was building. But "
ould have borne the mice nests Of her II
cad, il her heart had not been a very n,
attle-snake den. y,
thus, SIR, we went on, growing
oorer and poorer, and pIunging from b,
ne misfortune into another. Nothing or
semed to turn up in my favor, until. ra
last, my condition grew too bad to e,
e endured any longer. | sat down 81,
ne day on a white birch log which IA
ad just sawed off, and while the Ct,
'aches we're rattling along the street. of
said to myself--'.Jaok New bottle ie,
hat Is the matter? What is it that fr.
eeps the wooden spoon forever in YOUR On
outh! Don't you work hard9 Yes. g,
ont your employers pay you! Yes. ce
ont you take Il little cordial now and ;sl
en-, to keep up your spirits? Yes. tie
o you spend your money on horses, du
'gs. gamesteTs and cheats? No. a ,
hat the plague then makes you so ele
orr All, know;-it is that tenn ses
stuou> wife of mine. who wants to Va,
end all my earnings and ten times The
ore on herself and pack Of worth
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