The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

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per conIFact CT -suuErFlifT'u us And auFtffis-
ing, = win noi- in iho aggregate liable us ios
week. What misery 81 ihnl Thus far,
horses and hridlesn-whni noxil Here is
8 bundle 81 road scip'' which the aforesaid
fcol.fc.s advises, us, with az air Of congut-
ulation. that he has received aas two dollars
for one.n This sounds well-iwo dollars for
one--vasily well, son the surface !" but, alas,
lis thin crust, beneath which our heart
mircs. These scrip notes hive llunfy air
about them; there isan imposing n on each,
and they promise to pay FIVE dollars 10
the bearer aof the surplus Of the fund" aris-
ing from a certain McAdamized turnpike!
The sH-plus Of turnpike not one third I'm
ished, and postponed, II not indefinitely, al
any rate for two gencmiionsl Who win they
payf who clofhe2 who fccdf And next FOL
lows a recital from tho said Collector, but
who viii sympathisc as we nauato ~ On
that large bulk of notes j. written, in capitals
not Be misiakcn,-"dcad as a broken-neck-
ed fellonm Away they 20, then and with
them the hope Of hundreds Of dollars. We
hasten to bury their memory for sever and
ever, y for,--thc "thing IS doncm This bunch
Of accounts are YET among the living, but IN
a chronic state. and our worst fears are arous-
ed for fatal issue. They have passed
through two distinct stages of diseasofal-
ready, and are ''gctting worse" and 80, with
sad doubt as TO the prognosis OF their case,
dreading hoping little, uncertain wheth-
er the heart, OF lungs, or liver, or al be the
seat Of a rooted iniTmiiy, we put them away
tondofly 10 snurse." We pIogress-our
collector and s.us--with more speed in
this "labor Of love: - we indiridualise This
man saws be viii turn ont a clock on erocu-
ti0ni - clock on execution al a PERIOD
Ike this in human Affairs Of Millerism, and
bankruplisul, and every other ism that makes
nan despisc to look Time in the face and
sets bis thoughts on the dreadful purpose Of
suicidel But Aifr don't 'srunm-and 20 this
matter rests "a dead weight on our hopes.
Thssc men ssncver took the paper out ofthc
Iofiice." Indedll The paper maker has been
lang syne (memory fails in the distance,
paid for the paper sent them the bold, clear,
new type, which first greeted their eyes have
become dim long since; and, mayhap, the
comPosiiors who put ''ihem up are in hcav-
en--and yet, they shave never taken the
paper out Of the Officer This man has
showed off, but the postmaster, who Tor
years has read his paper, has '.just thought to
advise Us ofthe fact;n-and, worst of all,
most horrible Of al, most villinous ofall, tkese
men refuse TO pay their old arreanges, be-
cause We have adopted the cash system, and
deny a credit 10 them in fniuTel Their d e
nifty Is '.Pmctual and honorable mem IS of
Tended At our resolution, which family init.
mates q disirust Of their prompiitude in view
Of the aged dollars and cents yet unliquidal-
ed!l This "is enoughm We have neithei
patience to hear nor utter more. We shake
onr collectors hand in silence. The kind
soul thinks our ~casc bard one,r aud We
hasten 10 charge ourself with The cash ex'
pended BY him IN his route. Cor fuel and food
and 70 give him our note for his commission
Tonight we shall visit home 70 devise tht
means 10 preserve existence IN those famish