Litchfield enquirer., 1840-12-24
WAGES OF THE LABoRER.

ureSS t4tely uetlveEeu~ Oy xsAcnOtAB oAonAes before anassociation in, Pennsylvania :sl
 "With regard to Wages, 1t may sound strangelYs vet | believe it to be true, that the real interest of the farmers is that wages should be kept high, A1id for this reason :- A laboring man is not a mere machine-a human poor-b box into whose mouth is put daily number of cents never to Teappear, but living beingy with wants and desires, which he will not fail to gratify, the mo- ment he possesses the means. If he can earn only scantSt pittahce, just enough to keep him, alive he starveS on accordingly --his food, bread and water; half-Bed, half-clad, wholly untaughtf animal; with ushless mouth full, of carniverous teeths- But if his wages increase, he instantly em- ploys them in comforts in clothes for him. self and family and as he rises in the scale, ventures on the taste of meat. He employs tailor, shoemaker, a natter, a
 butcher; and these, in turn, purchase the materials of their trade from the turner himSelf The laborer becomes thus cus- toner of himself, and the payer of the oth- CT customers-and the farmer receives back with abundant interest the difference which he advances in the first instance between high wages and low wages. It is for this reason that one of our shrewdest farmers used to say, give our laborers good wages and they will buy our beef. Thus, too, the bounties of Providence go round benefi- cent circle--and, after making the labofer better fed, better clad, better taught-in short, a better man; the farmer himself is richer for the very benefits he dispenses.- Depend upon it, there is no surer sign of national prosperity than high wages-and God grant that for many a long year it may be the lot of our countrymen, who subsist huy lxsI oH
 to be paid well-and to live we'll" y'",-" . g.. Desfructire Fire at Fredericks5uyg, Ta--It is with great regret we announce the de- Struction by fire, on Saturday morning last, of the greater part of the buildings Of the Frederic ksburg Union Manufacturing Com pany, situated opposite to the rail road de- pot. The buildings occupied three sides of a square. The western range, in which was the foundry, and the front building, used as finishing shop, are entirely de- stroyed. The eastern range, in which were the blacksmith shop, the ware-SooM and office, is uninjured. There was insurance upon the buildings in the M. A. Society, to the amount of 5000, nett, and upon the machinery and patterns, in the Ktna Office, of Hartford, Ct., to the sum of Sl0,OOO. The loss of the company, however, will be very heavy, notwithstanding There was in the finishing shop, nearly ready for delivery, car wheels and other work for rail roads, to the value of $5,000. A locomotive engine, of excellent workmanship, and a new high pressure steam engine,s were also in"the building edericksburg Arena. a.:],.f ;.
 LOVE AND SLE1clzING. -" Egad and what of 1t ! ! wouldn't give d s0us for q sleigh-ridc unless Iwent like a whirlwiDd. Give nlsa a frosty sky. blood horses, and plenty ofIlew laid snow, and lll whistle off my fifteen miles an hour, making the old woods spin by me as if they were running off a reel.-- Sleighing by the soul of my Eeerschaunl, sir, it's a blessing rarely vouchsafed us in thesel degenerate times, and when it does come, I've enough of the old chip ip me to make the most of it, kick care to the kennel, and SD wizzing helter .skelter over hiit and dale, like the wizard hOrsen,u,l, or wiilo'- the -whisp gone wild. .gr' .A.5E &uG .-ls}{
 . Wasn't those jolly times, when you and were yos,ng, with winters lake winters, and pretty girls, such as in these days woull set a continent on fire! tAh! the worlds grow ing worse and worse daily-tlse horses don't trot as they used t0-we havn't SHOW enough now for fairy's frolic--and assfor getling up your tearing sleigh rides by moonlight with a dozen or more vehicles in compaiiy, all the pretty girls of two counties, and jokes, songs, soft words and merry laughter by, the bushel--why, 1 yerily believe, sir, you could as we'll raise the dead, or gofto bed at night without smoking your mtcrs. chauIr1, Then too, the. young ,fellows.- they're not now worth lnaraeedi. Instead of the bold, manly, open air exercise of their fashers-whirling along with their sweet hearts in the frosty moonlight. making the dear creatures eyes dance and their cheeks jingle with the delicious sport. they ,nupe, and flirt, and play the flop in sotnesh shot, crowd. ed ball room, dressed out like dancing mas ters, ecod, skipping about more daintily thaH butterflies and shivering at R breath of cold air. as if they had an ague fit. Pshaw oai such ptIny atolnies! I'd cut off my heir with shilling. if he dared to ape the scoundrels.
 Faith, sir, there's nothing like your sleigh. ing to get up a love scrape, and l'd like to know how any one can resist it. when he sits so closely by the side of his partner that he can feel her breath upon his cheek, and hear the lowest whisper of her trembling voice. Then, too, you musf both be under one bHffa-
 To, and yoNr feet ,ciH get together, and your
 hands stray naturally into each others, and
 by and bye, even your lips get somewhat close to hers, and you catch yourself kissing
 before ye're aware of ii. An my boy, there's many a sweet beauty loses her little
 heart at such times, and finds herself enga. ged--she scarcely knows how-at the end of some moonlight sleigh ride. If you don't wish your daughters to get married yet, and any gay gallant nskS them 10 a slcighing party, take the impudent sscountlrel bY the collar, and, battery or no battery. cane him within an inch of his life.--.Jsrry Short. zee a'
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