Litchfield enquirer., 1841-07-22
MAKING AuGER HOLES WITH A crMLrr.
From khe Ros,on pos,

From the Boston Post.
 My boy, what are you doing there, with that gin,let 2" said 1.-the o,her morn- ing to faxen haired urchin, who was la- boring away with all his might, at a piece of board before hnh
 Trying to make an auger hole" was his reply, without raising his eyes or sus-, pending operations.
 "PreciSs'l y the Business of at least tive tlliIds of the world, in this blest year of our Lord, 184O. is this making auger holes with ginHets said to myself as walk ed musingly onward. ..''.
 Here is young A. who has just escaped from the clerks desk bshind the counter. He sports his muslaches; wears his hair long; has acquired the power of being shaved; carries rattan; drinks cham paigne when he can command an X to pur- chase bottle and treat friend to din- ner /; talks largely ofthe price current, fall of western stocks and profits of banking stands in his boots two inches taller than Astor or Appleton; and speaks of foreign exchanges as would Rothschild or Biddle. He thinks he is great man, when all otl,- CTS know he is enly making auger holes with gimlrt..
 Mr. s. is a rabid politician. He has Iabored hard at caucuses, at ward and town meetings, has talked of the dear peo- pie till the words flow parrot like from his lips {; and has done full share of the dir :ty work of the party, for years. Office has been the lure held out to lead him on- ward, aRd which has made him neglect his business, spend his time in hunting up re- c'tits, drilling tie refractory. and qualify ing himself for bar-room argument and stump oratory. He can settle the affairs of the nation in trice; diplomacy has no intricacles for him he has shaken Hands, with the President, and is great man, He will soon be used up and cast aside :: and will then see, as others do now, that he is chasing jack-o'- lantern, that he is making E, auser holes with gimlet:
 There is Miss C., who is really very pretty girl, and who might become wo-. man man of sense would be proud off, Now, she apes the ton in all things, reads exciting novels, goes 10 the opera, aJmires Celes,e's dancing, has nearly ceased to blush at the most indecent nudity, lounges on sofas, glories in her idleness, keeps her bed till noon, coquettes with male animals as feminine as herselGy Magines that she is a belle, Iisps of high life, and plebian pre- sumption, and is in a fair way to ruin her self. All this comes of her belief that an anger hole can be made with gimlel.
 Mir. D., whoa, had just passed, may be put down as distinguished professor of the gimlet. His father left him fine farm free of incumbsaace 1; but speculation became rife, fortunes were made in twink ling, and D. iancied "one thing could be done ss well as another" So he sold his farm, and bought wild lands in tie prairies, and corner lots in Autographed cities and began to dream of "golden End" Work he ought not, it had suddenly become de- grading. Who could think of tilIing or being coDtented with an hundred acres of land, when thousands of acres in the breadl west, were wanting for occupants or own- CTS. D. was not exactly the man to do it., and he operated to the extent of his means. At last tI,e land bubble broke :; lilhograph-, ed cities were discovered to be mere bors:, and prairie farms, though the bases of ex-. llans,ess wealth, worthless unless render-- cd productive by labor. But D.'s beauiiluE farm is gone and lie is now preparing on, l SOh hpu'S'"h !" VCOOWC N plOUCcG t tWoT west he feels it difficult making auger holes with gimlet.
 Anccdote of Henry Clay.-He was travelling in Virginia, and late one evening arrived at fashionable hotel, in very plain farmer. like dress, and stepping to the bar he inqu-- red of a spruce bar keeper if he could give him room. He was told that the rooms. were all occupied, but that he could have 0 bed in a room. with several others. "Very well," said Mir. Clay, and was shown up three or four pair of stairs into a room with several common sort of people, already sno- ring He "turned in," and was soon sound asleep: In the morning he arose, and sitting on the side of his bed, he kept his compan- ions in roar oflaughter, relating humorous anecdotes and jokes. Some of them, in- quired Of the bar-keeper, when they went down" what funny old cock" he had put in their room? He could not tell them, but at the breakfast table they were alike surprised. when gentleman boarding there rccogni-, Zed and saIuted him with profound respect as Henry Clay the Senator. The poor bar. keeper was in great confusion, and lost no time in preparing the best room, always re- served for the President and members of Congress, and with many apologies inform- ing him that his room was ready "Never mind, sir" said Mr. Clay, your rooms are 0ll Occupied-I am perfectly satisfied with my present accommodations"
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