Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-10-15


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thT bed Gems 10 TO sos bas 10 e"' "a "a
u,s sorld wheihs, 10 w,s cs't'a peiJ
suoj ~sgs. a. als bUsinsss' % ih'i 10 '"1'd
.tvs eoa,hssishiy, sns ssbs has rhidrrn Ia
.fhnsi. ~ cad Ili.. ! slsnced inquinna
o, to~nd he boy. Who wss lookiug steadily
a, one Gcm his aoas stool by The anvil
TO CT lhiee lfLs crook faced giils, ron
ivo 10 eve Years Of sge, had stolen 70 nmsd-
". and couple Of ,oons' frightened eyes
we're pesnas over tive doofs.il al me They
all laoasi 80 f,oupe task were daily sllo,nd
them 10 tho soos and clndets OF their iaihefs
fais.. .,sn to the sharp eyed baby al The
daon The poor Eoeh,hmsn--he ~ss s.
mvoh m Ensl,,hmsn - thr Duke Of Wei
hns,on--loaksd al his boshy-hesde', bare
fcSsed ess,ss~~ saa sssd ssfsiy. eth mel.
.neholy sh,ks Of the head. tha, The time.
were rsibef hsrd si,h hisa. ia troubled nae
hesn, and many hours Of The night he had
been ksp swsse By th" though, OF II, that
he cuuld MT send hts children TO school nor
,csch them himself 20 read. They were
good children. he SAID, with a moist yesn.
ioR IN hrs eve. they were all ihs wealth he
bad sud he loved Them the more, the hardei
T.. had 10 work for them Tho poorest part
81 'Nr noveTy that vas on tin, was that he
COZ not, give hi. children tho letters. They
were good children. fot all the crock Of the
shrp WAS on their faces. and their hn9ers
were bent like eagles ciaws by handling
nails Ne had been poor man all his days
and he knew his children would he poor all
their DAYS. and poorer than he, Il the nail
lYsnes. should continue 10 grow worse -
] hn couii only gre hem the leisrs, or tho
s.phsbei as they called 1t, 1t would make
item the ike OF uch for then they could
read the Testament lie could read the
Tc,iameni a hi,lc, for hs had learned the
letter, by hrs.light 1t was good book,
touk--he,td tell OF some ~ IlCh peoples
houses but u maiietcd but liule with hun.
The Testament. he was sure II was rnade Tor
nai'en anS such like. IT he ped hun won
derluily when The losf WAS small on The IA.
bile He had btr ltule Tune 10 read 1t when
lhe sun was up, and IT took him long TO read
a lile, Tor he lear ned the letters when he was
old. Bot he laid II beside his dish at dinner
itme and led hi. heart with IT, while his chill
dren were eating the bread that fell to his
share. And when he had spelt out line Of
TIC ,hures, words, he read them aloud, and
hls eldest boy, the one on the block there
could say several whole verses he had Learn.
cI ~ this way
IL was great comfor, 10 him 10 think that
Jeemes could take into his heart 50 many
Verses Of the Testnnco, which he could no,
read lie INTENDED to learn all hi, chlldten
N his way. II was all he could do for
them and this he had 10 do a, all the Other
hours 10 had 10 be at tho anvil The nail
log business was growing harder, he was
growing old, and his family large. He had
70 york from, four oe!oe! N the morning hH
tn o'cioci at night 10 earn eighteen peHre.-
III, wages averaged only about S,ren shat
,as, d tcs,i, and there were Eve OF them in
the family to live on what they couli earn,
!, was i4ari to make Up the loss Of an hour.
Not one OF their hands, however lule, coull
be spared Jenny was going On nine years
e ago, and helpful lad he WAS and the
poor man looked a, him doatingy Jenny
o.u'd work of thousand nail. day, OF the
smallest ,lze The rent Of 'lelt luile shop.
tenement and garden Was FIVE pounds year
add lew pennies earned by The youngest
WAS Of great account
but. continued sc ather, speaking cheer
iiy am not the one thai ough, 10 complain
MANY IS tie man that has a harder la, OF It
Than !, among the naiers along these hills
and ipi tie valley. Ny rershLor in the merit
doot could tell YOU something about labor
you NAV never have heard the like Of in your
oouhtfv. lie Is an older man than ], and
ihste ere ssyen Of them 10 tie family; and,
Tor all that, he has no boy ike Jenny here
TO help him Some al his llule girls are
.icAiy' and their mother is not over strong.
AMI At ell COMES 81 him lie !. an oidlsh
MAJ "a was saying, yet he no, only works
eighteen hour every day at bis Jorge, but
every fnds, IN tho yssi he works all night
long. and never lays off his clothes al late
~ S"utdAy night good neiehbor il John
-'pb'"s, ard the only man jus, in OUT neigh
'o'h"fd who can read The newspaper II ~
n'' often he gets rewsp,per for it is not
re Ike ~ Us that can have newspapers and
.'ssd ioo. 10 our houses a, the same time
Bot now and Then he b~gs an old torn one,
Al The bakers, anJ reads u 10 az Of Son
DAY shl. So once in Two or three weeks
Ne hsai something Of what is going 90 ia the
Nor4-somslhtng about cnrn.laws and the
DaAs OF Wellington, aud Oregon and India,
and lrelaad, and Other plAres IA EnglApd -
We heard lsll, awhile ago, that the poor peo-