Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-09-20
MONROE COUNTY,

Ourselves. Answer me that, little wife" ~
lie who provides for the ravens, stalwar hus
oand wont he. Answer me that
ph-ah--yes; but if we don't do for out
selves. what then rs
What then! Why, live ON the frujts of ON
inddence and folly. What should we desery,
| better Z" "
Nothing, nothing, to be sure; and if we don'
lay by enough. when We can lay j, by, TO suppor,
US in our old age. whom have we TO blame bnl
ourselvesp
"Nobod,, of course. R1e we are layine by.
Every yearwe hare laid up capilal little sum.
Little Hough, Martha, little enough One,
! little WIFE" =
Well: tha's something, I'm sure. Something
Bah: We are getting rich like the crow that
had to fll te pitcher with pebbles before he could
get 10 the wter %
well htgot to the water at last, didn'. he g.
Say. didntie get TO the waters Aha !" and the
! liiiie vile phyiully boxed her Smithy upon each
ear alternately.
| and ne coveed the assailed point with his brawny
hands. 8 a
Well, ,hn, all we have to do is to follow the
example of be crow to get what we want If
are Industries, patient and perseveting there will
be no need ehvying our rich neighbors. Let
them enjoy heir thousands in their own way
They are noa whit happier than we. I'll be bound
As for you making machine havn't bit of
faith in it. you have good trade. George. and
have as muci work as you can turn off; and ad-
wise you TO sick to it," asi aa
+ George ws not il-natured, but obstinate some.
times, especily when he had made up his mind
He couldn't elp believing that his little wife had
the best of thtargument. The only reply he made
was. well tink of it-weH see" and he left
the house, APPARENTLY in good humor. ~,
Still ne wa determined to make atrial-George
was, and in few days, Martha's kitchen cham
ber-an impGtant apartment withal for thrifty
housekeeper b give up all right and title to-was
converted lntta machine ne-shop--conditonally mind
you. No ida had Martha of living In pigs pen
no, she. 10 George was bound--iron- bound,
Ing. every patcle of saw-dust within his own jur-
isdiction. Tbs was agreed to while Martha was
helping Georg to arrange his implements, &c.
Now Martha was none of your peevish, fretting,
fault-fnding, scolding wives and having once ex-
pressed her opinions respecting her husbands in
ventions, and finding him still determined to car
~ on his plans she readily lent him helping hand.
The work was begun in good earnest; and as Mr..
Smith could not well be in two places at once, his
anvils were handed over to the charge of his ap-
p:eniices. The consequences was, that jobs accu-
mulated on his hands, and were not completed
when required
The wind preceding storm sighs like break
ing harp, and the laughter of sylvan brook is SUBJ
dued into deep and ominous murmur. So. at
length, among Mr.. Smiths best customers, com.
painings were heard-but it was some time be-.
fore it reached his ears, and when they did, no
change was perceptible. The cause of Smiths
neglect of business, no one could divine. The
secret however. was out at last, and the curious
6ncked in to see the wonderful thresher. But "No
Ambulance" was written on Smiths features in
such legble ines that the visits were not repeat
ed. That was not all. One by one Smiths Gus
TONERS began to drop of, and patronize his rival
over the way. Still the apprentices had plenty OF
work; and Smith, over the structure on which his
fortune was to be built, toed on. 1t employed
his hands by day, and was the idol of his dreams
by night. Setting the machinery in motion, in his
sleep, he would throw into the receptacle, sheaf
by sheaf while to his inconceivable delight, eve-
ry kernel that rolled out upon the floor was in
simultaneously moulded into a golden coin; and
every bundle of fstraw-chaf and all-after being
whipped about in the air, settled down in huge
package of bank notes of one thousand dollars
each, payable on demand Ugh what an Asto-
rian fortune was his! Suddenly scream from
his little wife dspels the vision, gold coins, bank
notes, and all but the machine.
"George. George Washington Smith let 60
Of my hair! Why what are you dreaming about! !"
Mr.. Smith released his hold of his imagined ma
chine, and utters an apologize groan, and dreams
again. 80
AT last the finishing stroke was given to the Off
spring of his genius, and nothing was now 10 be
done but to test its utility. Mr.. Smiths bosom
swelled with pride and satisfaction as he surveyed
It's wheels and cTanks moving with clock-like reg
ularity. AS he was one morning estimating the
probable cost of the invention one of his neighbors
halloed to hip. .1
Good morning, Mr.. Smith"
"Good morning, Major"
"Have you been down to Benson's to see tho
threshing machine :"
"The what f' Mr.. Smith was astounded.
The threshing machine. There's one in opera
,oa there and they say it can thresh out grain as
fast as two men can feed it," ss.f
Is / don't believe it ~ Numbered Mr.. Smith as
his establishment gave place to dismay 81 don't
believe it,"
Major Bliss had a great deal of blacksmithing
done at Mr. Smiths shop but was among the first
to withdraw his patronage, when he found the pro-
prletor thereofhad Withdrawn his superintendence.
nd az he was the frst to find out the secret Of
Mrs. Smiths kithen chamber, he was also first,
= ya one. to tell her husband that he had better
st;cL 70 his trade So the Major enjoyed his
neiehbors confusion nightly, though ne appeared
not TO notice 1t.
"Come." ;" said he. blandlY, come, 60 down and
see il I'm going