The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-02-07
T4IEEOOLS' PENCE
t)R,TRAS SAIUTATiON.*

| A8aGE ~SIAssS' n HlNA,E
OR, RASSMUTATioN.*
Though .Iransmtiati0n IL long We rd
and ~ some readers may seem a hard
word. have chosen it because it exactly
expresses my meaning and when the
meaning Oi tho word Is gwen ~ few
words vi good, old, common English, it
will soon appear to huve little or no diff
Guilty about It. Transniutntion means the
change Of a thing into another nature or
substance. Ii silver could DC converted,
or turned into gold, or iron into copper,
the change would bs called, as the la
nous Bacon has said, for distinction y
sake, TRANSCRIPTION"
The laboring man gives his honest, hard
labor, in exchange for his employer 5
money. This Is an equitable, or tair ex-
change, in which each receives benefit =
Now these earnings oi the laboring man
.are his own (; that Is agreed upon. The
next consideration IL, what is to be done
with these earnings ! Let us suppose
man to earn ten, twelve, or thirteen shill-
ings week, and to have w,ie aud three
children. lie brings his money 10 h,s
wife, who lays it out to the best advan-
tage, adding to it any little sum scruped
up by herself hand her children during
the week. With this sum, nay with a
smaller, if IA wife is a good manager, want
has been kept from the dour. But sup.
pose twelve snillngs and ten-pence OF the
weeks wages are made to undergo the
process OF transnIutatiOn, and the reins in.
ing two-pence is brought to the family
Il have known such sum TO be brought
home by husband, who earned thirteen
shillings week k)-suppose such a sum
to be brought ho,ne az the whole amoun,
oi The 'wsek,s srrnings. Upon whom,
ask, sh0uid the eian.o DE laid /, upon those
who manage public affairs, or upon the
father OF the family
And now for lew more words about
transrnutation. Have you ever seen Il
London gia-shop. There is, perhaps,
no statelicr shop in the magnificent chiel
c,ty of England. No expense seems to
be spared in the building and furnishing
Of gin-shop.
Not many years ago, gin-shop was
mean looking, and by no means a spu-
cious place, with few small bottles, not
bigger than a DOCTORS largest vials, in the
dusty window. However poor many OF
the working classes may be, it seems to
he their pleasure to sqander their little
remaining money upon number Of these
places, as il they were determined that
the persons whom they employ TO sell
them poison, should dwell in the midst oI
luxury and spendor. do not mean To
sny that we have a 2ht to throw all the
blame upon the master or mistress OF II
cin-sbop. For my part, ] should not
like TO keep one, and be obliged to get
rich upon the money Of the poor iniatua-
red creatures who will ruin beth soul aud
body in sin-Crinking Z; but, at the same
time, the master OF the gn-shop may say,
81 don't force the people to drink they
will have gin, and If ! do not sell II to
them. somebody else will. " The stoiy
of +" The Fools Pence which follows, is
worth attending to.
A little mcan-looking man sat talking
10 Mrs. Crowdcr, the mistress Of the
Punch-bowl: Why, Mrs. Crowder, "
SAID he. suOuiu haio'y """" "" "
anin Really must say you have things
IN first style. What an elegant paper
WIN, noble chairs what IA pair OF fire.
screens all so bright and 30 fresh ! and
yourseli' So well, aud looking SO we'll"
Mrs, Crowder had dropped languidly
into nm armchair, and sat signing and
smiling with affection, not tuning
n deaf ear TO her visitor, but taking in,
y i,h her ewes, full view OF what passed
in the shop, having drawn aside The cur
tain of rose colored silk, which sometimes
covered the window 10 the wall between
the shop and the paror
"Wiy, you see, Mr. Berriman," she
replicd, "our business is u thriving one,
and We don't love to neglect It, tor one
mus, work hard for an honest livelihood (:
and then you see, my two girls, Leii,,a
and Lucy, were about to leave their
boarding school SO MIR Crowder and !
wished to make the old place as gen'eel
and fashionable as we could and with
what new stone copings to tho win
dows. aud new French window-ifames 10
the first floor, and little paint, aud lit.
tie papering, MIR Beriman, we begin t'
-This article has been sent Os by
correspondent in London. II Is Just pub
C.k.l ,i.,a Cox r;,culat ion ma n tract.