Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-02

u horses head, his cd enemy of the or.
chard in passing gave him one of those sig
n'ficant pouts or faces which lads SO rea-
Oily understand as conveying an insult
Quick as thought the horse lost his drink,
and young Henshaw got tan external
application. He was drenched from head
TO foot, and ran believing home with his
complaint. This was a matter Of which
old Henshaw found it somewha: difficult to
make the law take cognzance. He found
no difficulty. however, in getting an order
from the overseers, (himself being chair
man, and de fact0 the whole board, to
commit young Bin to that indefinite esta
blishment, the receptacle of the unfortunate
and lhs wicked, the county Poor-house.-
At this critical time .jim's fortune FOR once
favored him. A good natured farmer, who
was in the habit OF stopping at tho tavern,
and had often noticed the boy, saved the
town expense and trouble, by taking him
for better or worse, until he attained his
majority. Removed from his old haunts,
and treated with some deccncy and consl-
deratlon, invested with whole and clean
suit Of clothes, and taught that he was as
good as other peoples children, jim soon
became young man Of altogether another
order.
Meanwhile bis old antagonist Of the Or
chard and the horse trough, Mr.. Henshaw,
Jr., was becoming a lad Of another order
also. While :*oung Bin was getting les
sons in practical farming, his old enemy
was nomlnally going through college, and
really running through his allowance, and
putting his father IN debt. So far rs the
custom Of the university would permit, he
was dandy and in all matters illegal by
the code of bylaws, he was IA hopeless
spend hrili. Possessed Of tie idea of tie
illmIabllity Of his fathers wealth, he con-
s.dcrcd all lhIuGct,ons to economy as the
ELECT OF mere parsjmony on the part of his
parent; and let pass no opportunity to
show his practical contempt of all such ad-
monllonS. He had not spirit enough to
enact any prank which might cause his dis
mlssaI and by mean and dirty lies aud sub
tcruge, wardcd off the consequences oil his
irregularities, until, at the end of his col
&c term, lie formed one of tn units which
swclied the aggregate OF the graduates of
Is. lie was ready to enter life with n
most enviable facility for throwing away
money, at the same time that jim Bin, "a
sturdy, blunt, intelligent farmer, was ready
10 begin to make a ii cure in the little world
in which he had grown up, unambitious of
any wider one.
In process Of trao Squire lIenshaw d.
ed. Even country Justices cannot arrest
deaths mitimuS and the terror Of the
Migrants. the bugbrar of all naughty b VS.,
and the Blackstone Of all Ilgous men in
the neghborhood, was laid IN the house as
narrow as Bins mothers who had been
conveyed to her long home few months
previous. The two young men retained
their allccllouale concern for each other,
or rather iIenshaw retained his. Bin
was more magGanjmous. But CHI had
by this lime learned something OF the ear
" history of their parents. Jim knew
that their fathers had been par;ners-and
I've knew that common report ascrlbed the
bcgglry o! his father to licnshaw. He
did not hOv ever, therefore hate the son,
though he was far from liking him
Young llcnShaw knew from certain evil
dencc, which he never took pains to COM
mum cate, that his Father had possessed
himself Of all the assets OF The firm, and
he did therefore, hate Bin. lie inherited
Inc dislike Of his lathe Tor the son Of the
man he had ioiu cd; and this was the only
part Of his patrimony which did not grow
less in his possess
Thrifty habits in the poor, and extrava-
gant in the rich, are our true Jewellers. 1t
i d not take many years to place the two
men on a level in point of wealth. and il
Hid not require many more to put Bin in
com 'ocjablc competence; while IIcnshaw
chung ~ his now shattered residence, by
grace oC those who held mortgages over
him. \ ct little longer, and the man
IlrnShaw was Il loungcr where the boy
Bin wasted his carly years. The boy
frequenteG the haunt without partaking of
is peculiar and most dangerous tempta-
ions the man fell Il victim to them. On
he me spot where the boy Jim Bin
lscd 10 creep behind the tree 10 escape
he baslisk eye Of his father, died the
nan Hrnshaw in a fl, brought on by III
emperance-kc tiled drmharo'S grarr
Bin felt no triumph over the dead, when
~ successive purchases, he became pos
SCISSOR OF the whole Ilenshaw cstate.-I
Still he could not repress an inward feel
ng that retributlve justice had ovcttaken
he oppressor, when under the shade of
he full grown, and now somewhat dry
trees, he told his children what was done
in the green. Nor can any one resis, the
moral Of this 'ower true lale,' that the
of property acquired by fraud,
curses all TO whom it aitache all we
mean, who share willingly in the guilt as
well as in the possession.
Should the conscience OF any who may
read this, accuse him OF like crime with
The village Squire; we earnestly entreat
yod TO make all the restoration in your
power.
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