Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-03-01
HARD TIMES

sen.s farmers sfe 90 hahiientcd 20 istli fuang
hat lot snasons b. ever 81 tofabtc cr0ls over 90
sbuatsu, ara p'ices u ptoSvee ever 60 high, ihey
vii s,iil eotntlsin tbuu; hard iges. They siso
ss.sga them a. r,asous cot palllng up stakes and
moving wea where nan II Doomed 70 "ea' bread
b. the .aesi e his face" They 80 land Which
10 ols tmes~ could be bought Cor forty fiailinEs
an acre. Is now selling RI Gny and siKiy dollsrs--
ths, corn xhich uted to be snid ior bali otn"n.
and cats al "a pisiAtccn buslel, sre uow selling,
the former st dollar and tie lsi,ef 81 sitty two
end half eenis. sud thar everything else u pro
portiousblr high---ihst 10 shc'i ths times are 50
hard they musi so 20 Illinois or Michigan. where
land eau be boueh, 'Ior song" and where toesi
Turkeys and ffieasseed chickens are Skipping about
and begging to b. eaten.
We accidentally INC, one 81 these grumbiers
few morning. since. He was Old acquaintance
q farmer from ueighhonng town. Aitet the
customary ssluiaiions and inquiries respecting the
health Of hs family. We asked bin there was any
thing pew lie said there nothing stirring
except hard times, and he supposed that was no
news We informed him that sc had not bcca a.
ware tina, the times were hard; bat on the contra
~ bad supposed they were unusually easy, cspe
esily with farmers He replied that were
nightly mistaken" hat times were 60 hard :aai
farmers found II very di.cut TO maintain their ia.
miles and rsisc money enoug., 10 pay their taxes,
and for himself he embarrassed that be must
"sell OUT and 60 where laud was cheaper aud
better.
We expressed cur regret at finding him In strait.
ened circumstance and tended HIN every assist
sDcc 10 our power 10 exlricatiug himsclf ir's his
diaienies We told him we were laying 10 DOR
winter supplies, and would take some of hls pro-
duce OF his hands and pay him the money for it.
.k. a L., IA. .gft
wood VIC would give him three dollars a cord for
1t bu, he ssid be had none to spare having al
ready GU, or 20 much 80 buy Decessarios" that he
should soon have to buy FOR lis own ere. Wotold
him we wanted few loads of hay, for which we
expected TO pay eighteen t@euiy dollars ton,
but he said his grass land had almost wholly "ruB
OUT and his crop so light that he should pro-
baby have 10 boy for his own stock by the middle
Of March. We Offered him a dollar bnshel for
corp--sixiy two cents for osts--tw enly five cents
for butter &c. &c. lie said they were great pr-
&c. but he one of that unfortunate ciass Of
beings who whca at rsined porudgc. always had
their dishes bottom side up"-thai he had none OF
these thing. to sell but had them all to buy for the
support Of his family.
We enquircd sbou, his farm, and the assistance
be had in cultiya,ng it. He said he hid one hun
bred acres Of what vas once 'tolerable good land;
but II was worn out and would mol pay tho eH-
pcnse Of cultiration--that his house was "a leaky
old thing" the roof Of which he he'd been trying
TO for eight ten years bat could no, as yet
get money enough to buy shIngl he had
three siou, boys AT home Of twelve. fourteen and
,isieea years OF age, and that they all had to work
like dogs" 10 bring The year about and after all
at tough match 10 make the buckle aud strap
meet" and some years they dad rot meet al all ia
which be obliged to "go tick" He
imputed his difficulties wholly to the imes--repfo-
bh,ed exrsvsgauce in fSnsles dross-oxpst!a,cd
with considerable warmth on the evils Of PRIDE and
wound up bis story, by signing out that 1t Was ter
rible 1ard times."
We told him that he had fully Satisfied tbs
II indeed hard tunes, far times concerned
him--thai he might 60 to Illinois, Michigan. or
sny here else and rest assured they would follow
him. unlcss be turned over now leaf" and TIM,
he might as soon expect TO get nd Of orignsl Elm
a. poverty m the course he was now pursuing
That II be wanted better times to stop grum0ug
and GO home-shlngle his bouse--5rush pp has
fsrn--snd remember 30 future to always have Lis
eith night SIDE up.
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