The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-03

POI besa. Net. iIhsisb5ing her si,aeiil
-and she wss ssldom sxdslr-shs "a
sl~sys - great . siranaer 10 him - 81
hsc been on Ghe evening whea he ne
fss her. lie lossdio converse with Der
pc sas intelligent and easy IN her MAJ
ntr, without bring psdsntie or sfeslsd
Bot = hen be spoke with her. 10 scenes
% q IN Inpenelrsbls gulf wss Gxed BE-
tween them. She sss lam,lIsr with ever,
one whom she treated 10 the same friend
y manner. and al loved hs; bit 10 BIN
sbs paid no more sliennons han eommoI
eonrissy required.
!" shall hases tedious line ofil here
ihougal Conrad: :. ~i.h Al eek was be
hind kansehaiks and had neser CON,
iaioi'." Bot that gossphins might no
bsse come 10 Alsek, be did mol wish
md be would have taken any elit as |
rompenssrion foi her going away sgain.
Much ~ he lrared eRnld. be nsser ex
pefieneed IT, The manor. with al ihs
estates. was surveyed; the asricallura
eronomy, with al is defects. wssi sken in.
10 considerations new sehool-house wss
erected a0d . new teacher appointed
Willingly would Conrad also hsye chang.
cd The minister. bot that he could not do
aud yet he had stfirst counted greatly up
on his exertions 70 improve The mora
condilion Of the peasants. When The
superintendent spoke 10 him about i'm.
proving The scho I system, or about The
brutality and ignorsnee Of the people,
he assented with a smile. and sppporl.d
Conrad's opinion with many example,
from experience. But on the following
Sunday he would thunder sgsinss seclari
ans, wLo would destroy religion viii
worldly Improvements.
The peasants Of Alierk bore . grea
similarity 10 shsir mini,t.r. Their reli
giou consisted more in lear Of the devil
shsn 10 lore 10 God; for they bad from
lime immemorisl been used 10 serve task
masters, and when one showed them Toe
much ieniency end kindness, they laugh
ed Of him. Ia their household and sg
ricultural affairs they acted like thei
forefashers, who IS they said. bad beer
no blockheads. Poverty reigned every
where. Their houses we're foil Of fil.h
and they lived with their lean cows ant
ragged Children, on potatoes and water
Towards strangers they were uncou,h snt
deceiiful--iowards their "parson" ,hey
we're hypocrltical--iowards the inhsbiI
ants of the manor house they were as j
~---s.--s- z.-s--.. --l .~----l- ...i
other they we're hateful. envious. back
BIZ ing. proud and rnde-such was theiI
manner Of llfei e.'..'.
A Hole in the Sleeve. ....
Conrad soon knew how 20 strike ID,
proper airing OF these people. Alter hav
log Imprisoned about dozen OF them OF
sccoun, Of some offence, and alter having
had another dozen Of them whipped
they considered him en- extremely sensi
BILE man. eNfe a
When a, last they began TO confde il
his sense. II became an easy matter fol
him 10 work much good. lie wished II
establish order and decency among the
people. for most Of them walked sboutl,kt
beggaTs. with their clothes torn. Ther
he remembered how he had been educa'
ted by his venerable father. and his tale
about the man With the snow-while wig
and Tie hole in the sleeve! -... -
Except one sempsiress, no woman II
the whole village knew how TO use nee
die skllfully. What the mothers dld no
understand, the daughters understood We
less. II new gown had the FIRST hole il
the sleeve, i. became, without any diff
Guilty, larger, aud larger. until atlas, il wat
| past mending. Thus the Carmen, be-
came old before its time. The numen'
ded hole iu the sleeve was the cause O
much unclesnliness in their domestic
lives: this unclesnliness was followed
by It's usual conseqnences--sickness II
every shape. We are more ready 10 ex
icuse in ourselves, when wearing ragge.
garment, indecencies of every kind. Low
behavior. depraved conduct. The holt
10 The sleeve is the cause ola thousand ef
fronleries, of thousand Disgusting wordt
and actions, and leads 10 vices no, 10 b
bsnished from a village by any pulpit or
alory. As in The higher ranks oil life th'
females soften the rough manners an
dispositions Of The men, 50 must also II
villages the ennoblement proceed fron
woman, for i, can have no other source.
Thus thought Conrad. The first thin
he did, was to establish a sewing schoo
for grown girls. But envy Of trade mad
The sempstress Ielnse 10 instruct Others il
The art. The minister's wife complained
Of wan, Of time, which prohibited her from
devoting herself to the instruction OF IN
daughters in the village. notwithstanding
the high praises the psrson las'shed OF
the notion OF The superintendent. On tn
next Sunday the peasants heard again
mos, edlfying sermon against seclar'ans
land people ofthat sort, who wish 10 intro
duce sewing-schools. ..E y. ...s,x
CHAPTER xI. r5 a.
The School s.. ... F+