Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-11-16
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would make them like the rich for then they could read
the testament. liz could read The Testament hnle
iof he had learned The letters by fnghl. Il was god
lhooh-was The Testament. Never Jaw any s,hrr b. ok
-heatd tell oi IN rich peoples houses but IL mat
tered bur nh with him
The iesanen, he was sure II waa made for nlilers
and such like. II helped hun wonderfully when tho
hal was snail IN the table. lie had but llte time III
read It when the sun was up, and IL link him hon,
rad lutte. io he learied the letters when he old
Bat he land II beside ms dish al dinner tune aud ted his
heart whh H. while his chtl lren eating the bread
that tell Ia lat. sirc. Aud when lie nd spell cat a I'm.
el the ehoresl snlds, he read them ae. and hs eldest
boy the one Oh ie hlnck there could say several whole
verses he had Learned In this way.
L was great eamlort 10 HIN 10 think that Jsemcs
could Take inln his heart 81 many verses oi t.e Tesa
mt, which he could not read. lie intended 10 e,cl,
all hrs children IN ihis way. II all he could do fo
thrmand this he hid to d. meal tlnes-at all 9th
et hours he hi IL b. u, the anvil. The mailing bns-
nes3 was glowing harder, he was growing old, and hs
hnly ltrse lie had 10 ,corh from faar ia Tie niWnaa
hH ten al night 10 cara eighteen pence
lis wages averaged only about siiings week,
and there We're live 81 them ~ 1--we on what they could
earn, II "es haga 10 make Up the loss vi All hour
Not one OF Their hands. however e. c,nd be spirel.
Jenny va seoe on niue years age aud helpful lad
he WAS. aud tho poor man looked al him dlal,ngy.-
Jenny could work n th,usand nltls day. Of Tho
smallest ~ The fthl of their little STOP tenement
and garden WAS Is 4 year, an1a lew pennies earned
toy the Youngest III them wds Of great account -
newspaper s olteh sitj la present correct pctura
ot The ghls aud shades Of human hle aud IN the neat
column "t the paper lfun Which make these cxfac
we fnj an Account 1T the Advantages and Disadvantages
OF IA trfldrune In California. Among olhrr matters tim
writer says, Labor IS aNu M. Co niiinn hands 81 80
per day mechanics 4! and 81 manghps ST per
Gay ms Is IN extreme casa, however. and " bal
encrd by many Disadvantages but c,npaf. he c,nd Inn
and the Wages NJ IN American inrcha ic IN any Staa
with that ri he hnnfInnate E1glIsli Blacksmith View
the Two men as They slopi aprrher; the starved Enssh
borc able read and The well I'D well Clothed,
intelligent Anefeln. Each Is representative Ut tho
W0thltg M ii HI comfy Can Apsrfahs ever he
too SHt'ln Ia Heaven for tho Irea ,nyin ions, and
rch hohta5e which have ci0tcl the dH,reaca IN their
lott
Yet there is something very beautiful in tho picture
I"l TITS poor Ensllshman, IN his low esaie--suma
bright crystal uozag from TINS eek Of human wrerhp,l-
ness. lie tell, the blacksmith IN a cheerful tone as We
Sc ~ auolhef Paragraph. that he rs moi he
plain, and Thai many of his nelghbprs hayr harder
tot. hen we ihmk Of Ihl-, Il his sell drnyn. ove
Tor ms rhlldfen, aud his Itdutg las heart ciM his bible
rhRc ITS ciffrh cutting n, bread tai aH 10 his
snare We see felsl0n ,dsm efesicdness, aud ent,
Which are wuilh Than all the Anr eans uonderinl
stock OF tno" ledge. and which mon IN palaces might
envy.
We shall aok with interest to future letters from tho
Intelligent ifavellef who srcms Ia have zone abruad;
not lot amusement, bnI Ia do good la his race. One
ihug mus certainty sflke his observing and teilecny
mud. lie will that class and ~ cot1 Of pcraon,
~ MS own country reduced 10 the vassilaee su,r-
nag AMI naat winch surrounds hun II Eng and, evuy
hand lie will thus be able To estimate The sincerity
OF mat slmpatby Tor nerican slavery and thu haue,ty
ct mat dradpclitan 81 ihc i04ulhllon, aud cs of
tue South. Wileh ara expfcssed by people Who WITH
cav conrnncon reduce their aud hue To hope
lea degradation and rescr rxteni hand To rescue
hem 't"h tho vortex OF misery, soofanee staryatoh
and despair