Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-06-25
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OR DISHONESTY DIST ANCED.


OR DISHONESTY DIsTANCED.
Near the old fashioned French town of St. R.
Canada East, at present styled, but whIIeome
call by the better known term the Lower Province,
lived Monsieur De, something have forgot
ten what. nor is it of any consequence-fctions
alone seek credence by affecting to give names
aid d ties, g ruiue p ci lie o. tie early French
"habitans," or what is the same thing settlers.
To see him "on raw and gusty day." merry
darling about IN ques, of pas,ime, or 10 hnd some
companion to whom he could imparl his overflow
ing cheerfuness, you would really wonder how
the genial fire of mirth and good human Could be
kept alive, in such close contact with the cold out
side world; for the Only visible partition between
them, was a coarse capote. out Of which the wind
had blown nearly all the filing, tied around the
middle with ragged sash; e pair OF Buckskin In
dian pants, alias leggins. moccasins OF the same,
and, to cap all, little cap of Muskrat. which
seemed to sit on his head by the force Of habit,
for certainly il could not embrace, and cling 10,
the aforesaid knob with the tenacity of the full
grown article.
On such day 100, the sight of Monsieur would
afford these morasts who console their own grief
by contrasting ii with that of those whose "neces-
sites are still greater most instructive lesson.
We have no doubt that many such, clothed in fur
vet shivering in the frosty latitude of St. r. have
warmed themselves with the sigh; of Monsieur as
he darted by them, every thread IN his fringed
cspote swapping in the wind the fur of his Musk
rat standing erect with the electricity of the iro>
zen a,m' spere, aud has breath congeaIiDg on his
scauty whiskers.
Pauure diable! would his more fortunate neigh
bors calculate, the colder the wind the merrier his
heart, well, "Heaven lempers Inc wind to the
shorn lamb"
The reader will please take notice, that this
quotation is not Scripture, though it often passes
as such; there is an ud French proverb 10 the
same purpose and we presume the English Is
translation of i'.)
But. whether more than one had received
bodily comfort from thai source, troublesome on.
ly to the possessor. the poverty of Monsieur we
bout coeval in a ge and residence with Monsieur.
He TOO belonged TO the class called "habans'
and in earlier DAYS was no better off than Mon
sieur he had no 'fairer name," neither did 1t
.sbeseem the month" better or "sta:t spIris or
what is more to the purpose could ne set better
tram or draw better seine, and yet he grew
rich while Monsieur always wore the same thread
hare capote which seemed conveniently to renew
lis age to meet his wants.
But Monsieur had his dark days. The winds
might have blown colder, the snow fell deeper
the winter lasted longer and Monsieur's nteg.
ments been still thinner, yet had he been alone
happiness would have been his. But alas!
warm dav lured Esop's swallow TO his death, and
. warm Summer cheated Monsieur into distress.
For one day when the sun had compelled him
10 cast aside his capote he felt suddenly wealthy in
the possession of SO much property not every in
slant absolutely necessary to his comfort, and de.
termined to marry. He did, and the event, as in
too many cases, proved that not the eaPote, but
another garment, was the most appropriate to re-
sign into the keeping of a guardian.
Years rolled OH, Monsieur grew rich only in
the spoor mans blessing" and of course hunger.
not his own, became clamorous. The winter had
.eain closed around the dwelling of Monsieur and
he had exhausted his slender store. In his ex.
,remity he betook himself for the first time, tho