The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-25

nv p0.sestann WITCH as tfni Isl hhase
10. ever. q. you'd every ilis .lss, inrTea-
sed aur d.fhrnll.ss. sas, "a, hid iail.n
inla the pfsst,e u drirkins EEng sFsEy
dsy. Iced hrsn hsbiiuaisd q - ron ny
south. ard had been srtus'onel 70 rick
on llille rum and wsler mo @ai,er u
shsi pTopariionl sa.One he q cessafies
e lie. lfnllow.da lsb,rions p of-ssion.
sd lhnught . little r,lmulss Bsesssary
l0r lie health Of The tidy snd keeping
up he spirits. Indeed ! could Rsa 70
siih ,ut q, il wss oSI 81 lhe qu.sl.on -
Sa welded vas ~ nv sup. riiopus ~.
pst'tes, thai nv drink Iag adlobacc0 bex
were the ld0ls Of NY htau.
Did you ever SIC. Mr.. Editor, n,a
on our hsIbnr N bast--sind ard nas
agasn't kim--rowiEg away Ike a trooper
snd ysI mixing 10 head vayf. n you
ever did. YOU have esrlsinly seen JscS
Ne9boule's counterpart. I~Es waos-
sawyer. snd worked Ike . deg: aud VI
| never could get one BIZ Of bread srd
butter beforehand. vas up ssriy srd
lat; never meant iObe, and reysr thought
mys,lf sn IDLE man. Sill, ~htn q issl
money. ny di,h wac never Up. Aeeouns
GENE 10 before could settle ihen: people
came dnnninR before knew how 10 aa-
sxsr them. Ine'er thought mys.lf hsrd
dtinker-neses suspected such . thing,
but when T,rplrtnn the chop keeper
brorght m nv bill iOr drink, am almost
ashamed in tell how long > wss. Il wss
nothing bot do-diHO;-,to-dino; like
the dull unEared fOIe of the curkO". or
VIM poor wall: snd = rh .rRt 81 iit ho'-
ION heavy enough to sink The heart of
Gresus himself. ibel'eve the rogue o~ei-
charged ne. 10, cannO, think iha' half
pint day, 9Th one or faro exceptions, -
going 10 Smouat up TO baIrti "a Three
months. | hsse no ldss Of bearing On
nv shoulders tie sIns af tie knayish
sho, kssper'.
i. But The worst Of my troubles VAS e,
, h"mP. have ns,ur-l'y good temper,
5 except when something prsvokes me; but
e nv v lie IN The midst Of my misfnr,unts,
|. seemed N grow dresdfel eros. and scoId-
v ing. She wanted lee and sugar when she
J. knew tina, | bad no money 10 get then;
e and we had som,thng ID quarrel abocI
e almost every day. suppose | did not
}, provId" T. r her so well as | nigh; bu,
= then no husband Ikea 10 os eroldsd IL,
$ even Il he IS 10 blame. s meiimts ste
!, would remind me OF my promises ~hen
n counting her-just so If counting TINS
d were to a-l slway sometimes she would
n SWIVEL and cry; sometimes she would hy
= the pa heIic, and sometimes The Teprosch-
o fol part, while the chiidr'a would Iork
;, on, and think that their parents Wantpd
l., whipping more ,han ever they did. Oh,
IS Mr.. Editor, II you could have looked in
e and witnessed some oi our aupliai scores
+, - he 2 on 70 coniusion--ihe teake, 10
l. TALENT skillet oVerturned-the John
ny cakes IN the fire-thc ashes I'll oyr.
d the hea'th--my wife ecolding-and
/, swearing you would certainly ALLOW
that maIrimnny, grog-GrinkIng and pow
erty, are three Of tie most iii-soried CON-
pariors that were ever patched together.
My children grew very ragged, and, what
Is worse, | lear their clothes we're bit
! en- blems If tn, ir minds. lily wife, ,on,
!, , not o, ly ntg lee ed her temper but her
/" person. She was entirely changed from
" the spruce bIsck.eyed g''l fell in love
with st the singing school; end remem-
Der, one day, Tnm Seaver coming TO vis-
n me and seeing her snsrlad hair, said
" that her HAIR looked as il il had six nice
nests bull, in it, End the seventh was
building. Rgl | couId have borne the
nice nests OF her head. If her heart had
not been very ra,,lesnakt's den.
Thus sir. we went on, growing poorer
;. and poorer. and piung'ng from one ui.fo
" tune INTO snther. Nothing seea ed TO turn
up IN my lavor, until at last my condition
grew too bad 10 be endured anv longer,
| ga! down me day on a whit birch log
= which | had jus, saved oa, sad while he
coaches were rafting along The stree, |
" said tn m, sef--" Jack New bot lie, VITA,
Is the matter! What ts it ,hst keeps the
" wooden spoon forever in your mouth
q Doh't you work / ard! Yes. Don't your
employers pay you! Yes. Don't YOU
take lr'le cordial nov and then. to keen
up your splits Yea. 10 you spend
= your money 90 horses. dogs. gsmes,ers
: and cheats! No. Wins, the plague then
= makes you so poor! All, know; it ia
= thai temptsiuops " ife Of m,ae, who wang
y To spend all ny earnings and ten times
y more. on pack If worthless children"
' Just as had fin,s he'd this sweet soliIoouy,
} there came along a great TT hlo~zv d,p,
y and overset my rum-lug. Is9w The pt-
cions liquor run On tue ground. and bad
: no. cen, oil money to buv drop more!
= go woe! o woful, woful, woful day,
D. Never was seen SO black day as this
wen, home that nigh, cross enough {;
$; bu. the next moru,pg arose IN better
re temper than usual; and making a virtue
r. of necessity, L worked III The week
as without drop e trae comfort. Sill
is when Saturday nigh' came. was alive,
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