The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-07-31

IL 0iO mol use tOuo % W t"o boo" WV
hard money limes, when every thing
went, on as regular as clock WORK, and
any man Of good common sense could
look little ahead with some degree Of
To my mind those were
much bellef times than The present
Then. any honest, prudent, industrious
laborlng man, could live 10 small house
by himself, which though small, vas
large enough for his purposes. and the
rent Of which was so cheap, ihatit csme
within the compass Of his means, In-
stead Of being buddled together three or
four families in one house, or one room
like poor John Brown, with a parcel Of
strangers, among filth and all sorts Of
wickedness, Then thelapd ebcui tho
great towns and cities was cheaf; and
a man could in his youth eave enough,
to buy LOT, and build himself hOnse
thereon; but in these paper money tunes
forsooth, every foot Of land that cen be
seen from the top of sleepIe, ls held
to be worth as much as will CO.. er i with
paper dollars, and specula,ors give
such prices for ii,lhat they can OF afford
to build any but fine three story houses.
only fit for rich people to live 10; and so
the poor are driven for refuge into novels
and cellars, where they may die m'ser-
able for want Of pure air and WbcIe-
some food.
Winter now set in. and a hard winter it was,
oil. e.. nil
ment and comfortable home. The snow fell
early and laid long while, and John. and his
wre!Ghed family couId only keep themselves
from freezing by budding together at night
with the rest of his room mates. lie could on-
Iy get little work now and then, for most Of
those who had employed him had stopped their
business, because the Banks could not lend any
more money, and others would give the poor nn
| more work, because they We're as they sad, 10
fav or of the government thathad brought about
these evils, and they wanted to convince them
of their errors by suffering since they would
not listen to reason. One by ole johns little
ones died for want of shelter. aud the common
necessaries of life, far John was too proud to
beg; and though in better times, this would
have cut him to the quick, yetnUw he was a~
most glad when he saw them close their eyes iD
death, because il was so much taken from the
burdens of his life II is thus that extreme pov
erty hardens the heart, and weakens all the dos
| nestle affections.
One cold stormy day, when the northeast
wind blew gale, and the driving ;slee, coaia6
the trees and houses with ice and the stree.
were slippery as glass, ohm went forth in search
of some lob TO keep him from freezing or star
wing, for ono dav at least. But he came hone
with empty hands md eupty Tockets wet 10
the SIX in. and shvering with cold. That niglt
he laid himself down in despai,, aud never
rose again. Death laid his cold hand upon t'n,
and after short struggle, he yielded his breath
! to Finn by whom it was given. The last words
that he ever spoke to his wife, were, "Wcud
10 God that we had cut our coat acccT-
ding 10 our cloth, and saved something
for rainy day Hiswiie for once q :
greed with him, and replied, i wish TO
Heaven we had, john
Though but q poor iourneyman priD-
ter, and a still poorer scribe, ] have
written this story, which is all true as
the Gospel, TO show to all my fellow
workingmen the mischiefs and .deluslohs
Of Banks and paper. money, and the fol-
ly of not saving something for rainy
day, az old Brown used 10 say, before
he turned speculator. People tina. thrive
by Banks, and grow rich al The expense
Of the poor laborers, may talk as much
as they please, shout all their Distress
es being owing to the Democratic Ad-
ministration, but we poor men ought 10
know better. We oughtto see, for il is
as CLEAR as the sun, that oil the evils we
now suffer. or may hereafter endure. arc
owing TO the cruel pranks and graspipg
avarice ofthe Banks, that one day cheat
US with imaginary high wage 9, by a
food Of paper money, allure us into
habits of extravagance, which beget a
carelessness of the future, apd the next,
leave us high and dry ashore. like so
many wrecks after storm. II is from
evils and temptations like these, that
the Democratic Administration is now
trying with all its might to relieve us.
and it 10 for this that III ose who wish 10
live by the sweat OF the poor mau'e
brow, are striving to cry down, and
trample undertook, that they may ride
roughshod over US, and make our fiI-
ture lives, and those OF our children, the
sport Of uDfeeIing avarice, the victims of
unprincipled ambiliou. Though trod-
den under foot by these privileged
swindlers, VIC have yet voice al Eiec-
tions. There at least we can make our
selves heard, and l5eeeech you, my
fellow sufferers, as you value our rights
and happiness nov and Iofevet,tO come
forth when The nme arrived, and with
sturdy hands and determined hesrts,
support your friends at the helm IN their
honest endeayors to pot down for ever
system Of crying abuses, which has
brought thousands fyou to an eDd like
that OfpOOr J0hn Brown. lfysn falier
how, yOu are losftor ever,
What time isit, Toml'
."Just time 10 pay that little account