Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-10-04
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1889.

are an honest hard working man. aud
should be sorry to have you come to dis.
tress Here are a couple Of gulneas, to
help you on |, i'll you can find some new en-
ploymen,, for have no further occasion far
your services John s countenance, which
had frightened up at the sight Of the gold
now fell most heavily. He half suspected
ha, his landlord might have discovered the
cause fall the mischief (for this he could
no longer conceal from hlmsef) that it re-.
ally was the change. and he niultered, that
he hoped he had not offended his honor !!
DO not honor ne. We are all now, me,
thinks, peasants alike. | have The good
fortune, however, to re'an my land, since
that is not q luxury; but the farm is SO
much larger than in my present style Of
living have any occasion for, than mean to
turn the greater part of it into q sheep walk,
or let it 90 uncutivated.' sBless your honor,
that would be a sad pity such fine meadows
and corn! But cannot you sell the produce
as before for corn and hay are not luxures.
True replied the landlord, 'hut am now liv.
ing on the produce of less than half of nv es>
tate and why take The trouble TO cultivate
more for, since there are no luxurics to pur.
chase, want no more money than to pay my
laborers, and buy the homcIy clothes that /
and my family are obliged to wear. Halfthe
produce my land will be quite suficien, for
these purposes
Poor John was now reduced to despair. The
cries Of distress from people thrown out of
work every where aSsailcd his RS. He knew
not where to hide bis shame and modification
until the eycntful week had expired he
fastened to the Fairy, threw himself on his
knees, and implored her to revoke the fatal
decree, and restore things 10 what they had
been before.
The light wand once more waved in the
air, but in direction opposed 10 that in
which it had before moved; and Immediately
the stately mansion rose from the lowly cot
,age the heavy teams began TO prance and
snort. and shook their clumsy harnesses till
they became elegant trappings most of
all was it delightful TO see the turned off
dies 1.-The young girls and old women en-.
cushions. on which they depended for a live.
lhood ?--and every thing offering prospect
Of happiness, compared with the week ofmis.
cry they had passed through.
John grew wise by this lesson; and
whenever any one complained of the bard.
ness of the times. and laid it TO the score o.
expenses of the rich, he took II upon him to
prove that the poor were gamers, not losers,
by Injuries; and. when argumen, failed to
convince his hearers, he related his won
derfuI tale. There may be too much lux.
ury as well as too little. But then. if a
man don't spend more than he can Afford
that is. if he don. injure himself, we have
no reason to complain Of his Injuries. what.
ever they may be. because they give US
work, and that not shor, time, but regu.
larry, and for continuance.
John now went home satisfied that the
expenses OF the rich could not harm the
poor, unless their expenses first injured the
rich themselves. No bad safeguard. ,hot
he: and, as he trudged along. bordering it
in his mind, he came to the following con.
clUslon:
why, then. after all. the rich and the
poor have but one and the same interest,"
that is very strange! always thought
they had been as wide apart os the east is
from he west! But now | am convinced
that the comforts of The poor are derived
from the rich