Western statesman. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-1845, 1844-12-07

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nest ihe fire. ffwould ha hand indeed \
you should not haee ihe best cent hiatt ID
he had 10 Ibis housc, where none nj 81 ever
would have sai, nor had seats n gii npon.
BOT fof Y0u"
The sons ppIIcd III ms shabby great cont.
md took away my bat and Mrs. OGrady
fn1dc up The fire. There was something In
their manner altogether which touched me
50 much That u was with difficulty | coaId
Keep myself from bursting into tears. They
saw this, aud Barry (for shall never call
him any thing else) a. he thought that
should like better TO hear of public affairs
than my own, began 10 ask bis sons If they
had seen the days paper, and what news
there were.
As soon as | could command my voice, |
congratulated this family upon the happy
situation in wbloh | found them, and asked
BY what lucky accident they had succeeded
10 well.
"The luckiest accident that ever happened
ne before or since came TO America" said |
Barney, twas being on board the same YES
e with such man as you. If you had
lot given me the first lit had been down
or good and all, and trampled under foot
ong and long ago. But after that first lift
II was as easy as life. My two sons were
lot taken from mcleod bless YOU, for
lever can bless you enough for that The
ads were left TO work for me and with me;
nd we never parted, hand or heart, but
nst kept working on together, and put all
ur earnings, as fast as we got them, into
he hands of that good woman, and lived
ard at first, as we were born and bred to
0, thank heaven. Then we swore against
II sorts of drink entirely. Ard as had
served the maSons when liv-
laboring man in the county of Dublin,
nd knew something of that business, why,
'hatever knew, made the most of, and
'Owel felt noways strange TO me, so went
} work and had higher wages at first than
eserved. The same with the two boys
ne was as much of blacksmith as to shoe
horse, and the other bit of a carpenter;
nd SO the one got plenty of work at the
'lge, and the other in the dock yards as a
Zip carpenter. So, early and late, morn
g and evening, we were all at work, and
st went this way, struggling on even for
twelvemonth, and found, with the high
ages and constant employ we had met,
at we were getting greatly better in the
ord. Besides the wife was not idle.
hen girl, she had been baking, and had
ways good notion OF it, and just tried
r hand upon ii now, and found the loaves
with the customers, who came n;
tier and faster for them, and this was a te
eat help. Then turned master mason,
d had my men under me, and took fa
use TO build by the job, and that did !: and ed
m on TO another, and after building many w
my neighbors, twas fit and my turn, hi,
,ught, TO build one for myself, which DO
out of theirs, without wronging them out he
a penny. In Short" continued Barney, ty
you were to question me how got on eie
well in the world, upon my conscience an
,uld answer, we never made st. Monday, fv
never put off till tomorrow what we ito
lid do today" of
believe sighed deeply at this observa- hin
D of Barny's, Notwithstanding the comic pol
'aseology in which it was expressed. uni
And would it be too much liberty to ask pro
~ said Barney, "to drink cup Of tea, pos
taste slice fmy good woman's bread bee
butter7 And happy the day we see cog
eating it, and only wish we could serve par
in any way whatever has
verify believe the generous fellow for cor