The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-03-31
HARD TINES MADE EASY.

EuIss.-tsoad morning. Thomas: |
haze nol seen y"u in m ase hefote: HOW
d 500 manage Ia keep y"ar head shove
amer these hard times; Tor | an pretty
ns,r swned. | tell you.
Tasclas-Mhy. James. mr. wife and
make out to SWIM slang. though il fe-
osses a good deal u care and manage
msnG
LIa.es Care and management wna'I
mad these times, know; - = man
night a. sell give up trying. and Tive BY
tsgglng. bouoslng Or stealing. for no
tblag rise Will help ~.
7iamas.-cnne. James. 1 don't like
% hear Won talk -. even il you are Jest
Ing
Iamrs Its no Jest. Tom. tell YOU.
d bitter truth. Yhy. what can poar
mea 10. when The rich have every Thing
,hfr osn way. They've raised me pn
ees Il every thing iianr lselse dollars
barrs,. wood twelve dollars = rnrd rents
extrr g4nl, and every klnd al provisions
soabt aaI Il used ~ b..
Fam4s.-fhs rich men hare III mare
q ia aaa il than YOU or |. Ii y"u want
% atatsc.. 90 I" tie farmers aud klek and
htiil aem Tor MI bringing farlh gaod
CT nn their fields lasl .esr: tell lhrm
tl~, ,rr A sst u rascal, ls1y ,!ranes. be-
sa4,e ,hs.. dli mi destroy MI the Il, N
b. saeM. ani make glod covering IL
satA IT. IL "a the wantrr. and hue RToa.
~ aaalner far II ~ tle summer. Thea
Z: able because nnT ciIIes arr 81 rapidly
la..s@,lng IN population. that the forests
...s brtn cirared lar miles and mlIts
s,sduI them u provide wood far ihe pso-
d., aud II has becasnr 50 scarce and high
ps~r3 that 10 all the states they are be-
O.. ing to dig for coal. because ihsre are
$3.50 trees to cut dawn; and then 60 tn
lbe .alls D"aded with emigraDls and tell
lA-m 20 90 back Ia their own country.
kr lhey create such demand for hnusrs,
az 10 make these without tenants naFd Ia
he gal. aud the ren.s OF course very high.
The Heh men are moi ~ faulG here,
Jam. aud INDEED u il were nol lnr thsm
what would have become II hundreds aud
hundreds ui poar wreIches this Winter
Who are led aud clothed hy eharny! We
would be worse OF without wealthy mea,
| .tll you.
Jaass-l d"n'l believe This. moi |.
Why Ton. can't argue the matter with
YOU; but wish you would come 10 some
d our meetings, and you'd near IL pt,y-
ed heynal doubt. that the rich are The
Cause Vi all our poverty aad our m'srry,
and That The country would be ten times
better otf without them.
Ia1m1g -Ynu could as soon make
M heh We thai they caused the cholera.
or tha' VA can pump water out 81 dry
WI, A. 10 neiteye either the one or The
''aeF, Whs, james. suppose there
Sgte 40 such men. where would we all
Dali empinvmea:t AN sure. IL IL were
DIT '"- them. ynu would nut sell chairs
sHen4h In year ~ find ,nu In ci0'hes.
And knnw that | should have In let ny
aa' lie on ~" s1ri very long and pret-
y ol'en too M. James. all grades and
;'auons, trades and call,ngs. must live
aad lei live. fhr me can't d. without thu
1l7ar. The rich could not tio sthou,
4 1aat, and tie poor would be stall
Prrer wuhont me rlcb. The times are
Aari 70 be sure. bit rt's ny maxim thTs
ana1 may GEL along the maddiesl road,
"f4ua getting II over his shoe-.ol =, Il
II vii aaly take heed 10 his Footsteps
-.ad Keep a sharp Ipuk-out.
Jaaex.-I wish you'd show me how
. = 4long, Tom. lor am deep IN The
n'FT and dent Know how To get Out. |
aSs1 10 think myself better of than YOU,
'or nv wages As journey man were high
t' than yours, and besides this. my la
larr 'rEt ~" something 10 begin with
don haow hos At is. but am over head
anu ears ~ debt. | owe the baker. tie
ea'eier. the landlord and the grocer, and
ne worst 1f il -, | cannot pay tAem
a"% 10 you manage 10 keep mp.
ftomas. II must tell you in my own
o'odao't way, so YOU must no. get oul
y =" rn'e, II II Is il long story. Az
a'd 'tT money. mist begin with nyscli
lF''' 'though my wife is the malns,ay nI
,Ae engagement. First, ! tend sluc,ly
. ny business. keep out of tayerns and
2r"a'>h'ps. both day and night. and
'f"'" all my evenings a. home. Aud al
Tue money | earn | give To ny wife, and
>4e lays IN all our fnnd and clothing
axe some credit to myself for making
''e'l choice; she was ,idy, active and
aF'i'y gIH, and thought she would MAXI
i 9ood poor mans wiIc. No body eve,
"a" her with silk gowns or tawdfy arit
''a'; bu, she always looked as sweet
's "'aan, and as fresh as rosebud Jus
opFnIng into full bloom. used 10 lee
very proud Of her when galIaniing her /,
;',"Fch on Sundays--ber cottage bonnet
"h'rh she always bleached herself, VA
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