Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-21
VER.NONT PHOENIX.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY
VIM. Il. RYTHER.


other morning. with basket on our arm, |
and just about money enough IN our purse
to purchase the usual neccssaries for com
fortable living through the day, we came ac
ross young merchant, whom the pressure"
had thrown into Strengthened circumstances
on n similar GRAND with our own. He
bought very fine piece Of meat-and for
this we commended his discrimination
Having made his purchase, he looked about
him for some time, to find porter TO carry
it home for him--to whom he gave an extra
ninepence, thus enhancing the price Of the
meet nearly one third The young mer-
chant was hale and healthy, aud his bus-
ness was not so very pressing but that he
might have carried his purchase home as
easily as the porter. The next person we
noticed particularly was an old and much
esteemed merchant OF sixty, who trudged
along through the market, happy and con
tented as clam, with a large basket dang
ling from his right hand, which looked as
tho it had seen great deal of similar SER
vice, He made his purchases literally,
neither being nigardly in the amounts or
prices, but taking especial care no; TO be
overreachcd then he trudged home again,
with a heart as light aud contented-that is,
If his countenance was any index of it---aS
Tue CONSCIOUSNESS OF independence COulu
make it, And in this little simple incident,
ifthe moral be followed up, might be found
the whole secret Of prosperity and adversely.
The Young merchant who was too proud 10
be seen in the street with market basket
on his arm, must indulge a corresponding
exirayagance in other respects. and the con
sequence is he is SO much embarrassed and
perpexed that, should he as by miracle
-
4 deprive him of all substantial happiness.
and, like the wicked, he cannot live out
y half his DAYS On the other hand, the old
4 and substantial merchant who has accu-
INFLATED fortune by industry and econo.
my, and who is not ashamed of doing an
II honest action or afraid of the exercise aiten-
q dant upon it, is not only practically indepen-
dent, but enjoy, in the highest sense OF
q the word, the more than competence which
seldom fails TO crown the efforts of the real
4 ~ deserving.
There is an anccdote of famous William
Gray-the most successful merchant that
IA Boston could ever boast ot-whlch. though
II has been often repeated, is so applicable
" TO the present case that we cannot iorego the
privilege Of Introducing it here One NOR
ming he saw in the market a young lawyer,
who had but Just commenced business, in
curing for person to carry home some
little article he had purchased. Mr.. Gray
stepped up and offered to perform the job
which was readily given 10 him, and he
effected it TO the entire satisfaction OF his
employer What am to pay you y SAID
the young sprig OF would be-arlStocracy
II leave it to your generosity" was the re-
ply The lawyer gave him a shilling,
"And now" said the old merchant, ri you
should happen to have any more such er'
rands 10 do please inquire for Billy Gray
and will Immediately wait upon you =
The young lawyer was so mortified tc
think that merchant repuied to be worth
his millions OF money, had performed this
mental office for him, that he ever after
wards carried home his own marketing
Love ASpsMARRIAGE- case was re
Gently tried in Ratiand, Vermont in which
Miss Munson recovered, SLIPS OF MIR
"a Hastings for breach of marriage contract
u The curiosity the thing is that the Judge
charged the jury that no explicit promise
was necessary TO bind the parties to mar
rage contract, but that long continued at
teniions or intimacy with female, was "a
good evidence of intended matrmony a
special contract" The principle of thu
case undoubtedly is, that il Hastings dlt
not promise he ought 10 hare done IL ant
SO the law holds him responsible for tn
none-performance of his duty A most ex
cellent decision--a most righteous Judge
compared with whom Daniel appears but
common squire. We have no idea Of
young fellow dangling about woman 70
n year or two without being able to screy
his courage to the sticking point and the
going off leaving his sweetheart half couI
ted we hate this everlasting nibble, an
never bite-this beating the bush an
never starting the game-ths standing t
the rack and never touching the corn, it
the crying sin of the age. There is nc
one girl in twenty can tell whether she
courted or not. No wonder that when Be
ty Shippers cousin asked her if Billy Doub
m full was counting her, answered, IL don
know xactly-he's softer counting, and so
ter not counting" We have no doubt tn
Hastings is one of these "sorler not" fellow
and most heartily do we rejoice that thejud
has brought him up standing with Sl42
verdict
The judge says, "that long continued a
tentions." or Intimacy" is just as good as
regular promise. Now we do not kno
what would pass for intimacy according
the laws of Vermont; but supposing 'atte
ton" to consist in visiting girl twice
week and estimate the time wasted by Mi
Munson at each visit to be worth dolla
which is dog cheap, Mr. Hastings hi