Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-17

fool, and you're another. lfiver ahoul' ]. light upon him, guess I'd give his head p bump that would save him from the fnllow1 ] All is, if you think any thing is the matte g with the young one, why I'll go arter the doc tor, and that'll settle it. Do yohn,' says sne
 So of starts for Dr. EIdrich; but by the tIIn. I'd got to the house, begun to think Wna. .. t darnation goose I was to go on sucn .J.. tI,s r fools errand. By good luck' nows.h; s.' h;,o fo doctor was out so just Jeff word TOT Sav h," # l come to our house in the course oi tne ""J' r e Thihks r as I trudged back, heres an - ee.u to tIlanksgivin. Well, to rights, TT. aoS ,a1,
 nal, Eldrich ~ome, eve call nIn S .;'.a. because he's deacon of our IIa. ,.,ho,,
 a, snl t;s, riden up the lane, couldn't help fec
 SS Sc' i;La :, th,inderin caIf-so jist. made ex-
 iin ..a a4 fo sniit up some Hndlin, and left Han
 ',ab oa to eive him the chapter and verse. Our ,~ood- house is a mile from the house, but
 conld hear the doctor haw-haw clear out
 there. So dropt axe and in l went. S'ni- 1 yer the doctor see me, he give me hunch. sAint you a pretty considerable queer chap,
 says he, to send for me on sich q beautiful business as this.' With that he haw'd agin. and my wife she laughed till she cried, jist to see the figure the Doctor cut, for he's us long as the moral law, and couldn't stand up for laughin. Then I laughed too, till the house rung- luckily our nearest neighbor lives hal1 mile off. and is stone deaf into the bargain. So slipt the wink to Hannah, and told Ao- sannah twas all joke of ourn to send for him (for I thought should like to look cor nerways and skwy woniky if he should tell the company aboutus henext day. Besides know'd the deacon liked joke pretty we'll even if he got rubbed himself sometimes.) So, says I, show did HanHah4 carry it out ? Consarn it. if he didn't jump right into the trap. t,.4f. tes iidBI i3iuJG9t .4uI if didn't think she was in raal arrest!
 Extract from MT. Homer's Address before the
 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Associa
 Y tion y5ouSTftfd (n}l lt 5ii@ @6@tN EEff'. "A
 a. Among those. extensive and important benefits already alluded to, which would re- suit from the project of having a commodi- ous building and institute for the Mechanic Association of Boston, there is one, in my view, so exceedingly beneficial, that l ask your indulgence for a few moments while I allude oit. It would bring master workmen, iourneymen and apprentices together, not under the cold forms, discipline, distance and austerity of the workshop upon footing of courtesy, kindness, and respect, and afford the best opportunity ofpromoting good un;
 
 interest in each other, which would remove unjust preiudices, explain all unfortunate mis- understanding, and cure those jeaiousies and hostilities, which sometimes untoward events, bad companions and bad advice, disorganiZ- ing conspiracies, and a blind zeal, stir up be- tween those who ought to live together in har- mony and beneyolence. l do not believe that master mechanics could devote their money to better purpose, even as respects their own interest, than to the erection of such TEMPtE OF CoNcoRD AND FR1ENDsHfP for it may be safely asserted. that there is no class ofisociety so often annoyed, so often yexed, by attempted innovations on long established rules, as, they. How often some new plan is put in operation among their lourneymen-; S, T some new ,otSn started eminently calc ulated to test their patience, and to excite the worst feelings of the heart It was but recently that they were called upon to adopt the te,s hour system, upon pain of having their houses and workshops destroyed by incendiary hands, if refused to comply. And what, per- init me to inquire, is this ten hour system? A mere bugbear-an unreal substance The journeyinen mechanics were never before guilty of striking for so ridiculous a project as this-a project so entirely destitute of req son and common sense to sustain it and it is gratifying to know that it has found but little favor among the journeymen generally that its influence was confined chiefly to two or three trades, The master workmen directly interested in this matter, have con- ferred a lasting benefit upon the younger members of their respective crafts, by silc-- cessfully resisting the senseless clannorI of those who were ready to ,oorship sh0doaCs a,sd adore false gods The fact is, the great body of the ilourneymen mechanics of Boston are too we'll informed, by reading and observa. tion, not to know that the members of the learned professions, as we'll as those of the mercantile, for the most part labor from twelve to fifteen hours a day the year. round.
 They have their share of hard work and
 drudgery, as we'll as mechanics. The law yer in full practice,i oftener works eighteen
 hours day, than he does ten. So it iis with
 the thrifty merchant, And who, let me ask,
 has a ,severer daily task, at all seasons, of the year-in winters cold and summer s heat than the Chief Justice of our Supreme
 Court! The same remark will apply with equal force to all his associates on the bench, and to most of the gentlemen whom he meets at the bar. Let it not be thought, then, by
 operative mechanics, that because a man
 does not labor with his iha'sds alone,1 he does
 not labor at all, or work more than ten hours
 day. Ofall labor in this world, that of the
 mind is the most wearing to the health, the
 spirits. and the constitutions of all idrudgery,
 mental drullgery is the most injurious. Ten
 industrious, temperate mechanics, will, from
 the very nature of their business. ordinarily ouflive three times that number of clergy ,l men and lawyers. Then let US act like intelli
 gent, rational men upon this subject. and be :. grateful that we are favoured by a benefi- cent Providence far beyond the lot which falls tomany other classes of society 4I3et..