The herald., 1837-05-06
tror the Herald

AS ELoPEMENT-HARD TIMEs.-"I wish these
hard times would hurry over, said lovely blue eyed
girl of B street the other day. to her mother after
returning home from walk in Broadway, and
shepping-'"a all the men lock sorrowful, you can
hardly one in the street with a smile of late, and
Pa too just the same-he used 10 be so lively and
invite much company-but now he comes home
TO dinner and tea, and goes TO bed early but he gets
up to breakfast and looks if he had bsen up all night
should like TO know what makes money so scarce"
"Why," said her mother, "you know that there
was an United States Bank once, which had great
deal of money, and General Jackson took all the
money away from II, and 80 the bank broke. Now
General Jackson is cut Of the Presidency but just
before his time EXPIRED he put the paper in his pocket
containing all the money that belonged to the bank
and took II with him, and would not let them have
it again tl it was too late to do any good. So that
you see II was makes money so very scarce that
every body is breaking. | expect your father is
spushed hard as they call it, for msney, and you
know my dear that ne always was a real Jackson
man, and how pleased he when Jackson got the
money from the bank, and would not let thom have
il, and when the bank broke. But he is sorry for it
now, know, but he says he is not. He wanted 10
10 to the meeting Of the merchants at Tammany
Hall the other night bat some how he did not GO
He told me that he voted for Morgan, the Wing
Mayor, but that every body thought he voted fJT
Clark the lottery dealer but you must not say any
thing about it, for he would not have il known at pre-
sent for any thing"
and Ed has lost his situation, and is going to
Michigan in a short time. | wish General Jackson
was dead long ago I mean to go to Michigan too
for wont stay here"
"Indeed you would look pretty after going 70 all
the balls and parties this winter, TO 90 off TO Mich
gan with nobody but Ed"
"Onl mean to be married first"
That would look still worse, TO get married To
such young person, who has Just lost his place.
and IS gong of TO find something to do"
well we can start as II we were going 10 travel
for pleasure and get married when we get 10 ALBANY
I'm determined to go-I will-Tll 90 il have to run
away"
"lndced Miss, you talk pretty. I'll speak to your
father about ths-here he comes. | wonder what
he has come early for, perhaps he is not we'll Nv
dear husband, yua says she is determined to 90 10
Michigan with Ed, for his employers have failed.
and he's nothing TO do here, he il going in txv
weeks. want you 10 talk with her about IT, for I
can't do any thing with her. Why my dear hus.
band, how pale you look, are you i'll 2
"Don't talk to me; let her go TO Michigan.
wish was there too, some other place beside
this"
"You don't mean to let her go alone; but if you
think best, III go TO Michigan with you"
ri wish was in the woods alone where there ne
yer was bank as big as a molehll, except that
i would like to be under"
"rll go any where you mind to, said his wife,
don't care where il is"
"Ill go to-morrow-to-to-Texas."
$50 will l."
"PIl go to Africa"
81 don't like the negroes much you know. I ne
yer would nave enc IN the house; but I'LL go there
even to please you"
Ibelievc, on the whole, had better 90 to Mchi.
gan an and - buy farm"
bot where canI get the moaeyr
II won't DO either Of the things I've named, bu,
"On what1 any thing I'm ready"
ITO gs and jump off the dock"