Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-10-04
NIsCELI ANEOt y.
F,or "a Ph,lai,lSlua Saturday .N,tr
DILLY JONES OR. THE PROGRESS Oh
IMPROVEMENT

IMPROVEMENT
One Of the moe, d5ru, things 10 The World IL
10 run before the wi1d and by judo iously ohser-
,ins th. change 81 the weather, TO avoid beng
thrown oat Fashion is So unsteady, snd improve
upeuts are 90 rapid. tina, the man whose vocation
Yields him sn abundant harvest now, may. IN few
vesr. n he has no, keen eye snd plastic versa
tih,y. find that his skill and hs business are both
useless. Many we're the poor BARRIERS eh,pwrecked
by the tax Upon bar posdor, aud numerous we're
IA. leather brooches makers who were destroyed
by the triumph Of xoolcns Their skill vas doubt
le,s very great but II would not avail in a contest
spsin.t the usages of The world aud unless they
had the en- 2acty to strike out neW course they
all shared the fac Il thcir commodities and retired
to the dars cellars Of popular estimation. Every
day shows W. the same punrlP)e cf change at work
and m one has more reason TO reflect and mourn
about 1t than ono Dy JONES of this cny. Dhly
10 not perhaps precisely the man who would be
chroniclcd by the memoir winters Of the time, or
hsyea monument erected Ju him # lie were no
more bot Oily IS man of useful though hum
bic vocation, aud 10 ouc csn saw hickory with
more classic elegance or ~ noou a cntbstone and
take his dinner With marc picturesque effect,
Yet as has been limited above. oaf hero has his
sorrogs particularly at night. after hard DAYS
work when his smmai spirits hsve been exhausted
BY reducing gum logs to the proper measure. ia
the morning he is foil Of life and energy, feeling rs
If he could saw cord oc shot towers aud snsp the
pillsrs of tho Bank across hs knee like pipe stems
In the foil dash OF confidence o. that time of day
reflection baitors against him "a vain but as the
nigh, draws on. Djliy becomes dependent, and has
unhappily 10 three cent tinctures. Which,
in his case only adds kconer edge TO thought.
One night. D,llv was going home rather late aud
rather swipsy; aud h,s despo-dent reflections were
81, q bi- bsiI IA IL 10
Sewing wood going all to smash SAID he,
"snd that's where every thing goes what s7ecu-
la,es in. This here coal II doing US up. Ever
since these black stones was brought to town, the
wood sawyers and pliers, and them soap-iat and
hickory ashes men has been going down and, for
my part ! can't say as how see what's to be .he
end Of all ;heir new tangled contraptons. But it's
slways 80 I'm always crawling oct of the lrtle
ccnd of Of the horn began life IN a comfortable
eor Of a way selling oysters out Of wheel bar
row, oil clear grit, and didut owe nohcdy nothing
Oysters went down flick enough for while, but
at Lac, cellars were invented and darn the oyster
no matter how nice II VAS picked, could poor bI
seII 90 had TO eat up capital and profits myself
Then the 'pepree po, smoking vas sot up unC
went ahead pretty considerably for time but
parcel Of fellows come into u, said my cats WASH
a. good as thoir'n, when knoN'd they was fresl
a. any cats IN the market and pepree pot was NJ
GO. Bean soup Was jus, a. bad people said kit
tons wasn't good done that Vav, and tho more
honered the more The Customers wouldn't come
aud them tina, DID wanted tiok. Along with th'
boys and their pewter 6ps, theH hat got trust an,
did'n, pay. and The abusing OF my goods, was SCOT
fe,ch'd up ia he vic,vsling line and busted 70
the benift Of nv creditors. b., genus rls.
made a raise OF a horse and saw. being wood pl
ler's apprentice for while. ard working i'll | wa
free, and now here comes the coal 10 knock thi
business in the head. Ny peoples deceu, people
and ! can't Disgrace them by turning Charcoal lem
my or smashing the black stones with pckaxe
They wouldn, let me into society at all If
did"
Here Dill became overcome that he s., dow
on cellar door threw his saw at q stray dog en-
begsn TO grunt and gfoan.
"Hey ily - said the Waterman, why sunty
what's the matter If you dou'l sashay across
button your lip, and go home quietly, you and
will have 10 promenade all round, ald swing cor
ners into the sbtch-hnuso.'
"s,shay yourse,i' said Oil, 'fyon know how
only 60 away from me. and don't bother, cause
amt got no Tine"
''Whst do you moan BY crying bore a, this ,m
Of light. 60 cellar door' Whats your bus
ress. st''
Il work. 10 ,imbef-ib.r. whs, foller."
"Yoo're carpenter. s'pose, Misteri"
mo, not eIsetiy: bot ,a~s Vood better nor a
ny half dozen Of EN- on the Drawbridge. II
wts'n, for gnef, I'd gave you s,Y and best you. III
bes, day you ever ssS, gong the rsle gum an
hickory Tor don'l belie'e you're gentleman
soa--ouly ons of your half 1ui hslf want to b
and cent, or you ~oold'u, keep troubling ms
wh,le he's eiyiag."
1--WE an idea. my man that 700 are one Of n
wharf rats: SOD 4 80. toe less Ii7 you give ne III
better. Paddle of a. otce. Tup your sncb,
and beAye SheA0.7
Nov don, talk unfes.ia ely. A nan 10 gr.
Is like wood pier Ia cellar. Take care Or 70
oil crack b.. cseos Mad bow YOU ohenk go
Cocoa /. neiibcf here cor there end n 70
donf .s.hss. 1s ssia before, lll fetch you % Ia
sesuy q so-k hns--!osk c., - you 60 81
wash lhs ps,snsnu, - ~ ,a,godpce roo 90 a.,
,iemsn a. - corner y Finh sad Chessut