Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-07-28


and you have really digged it very nicely
think / mus! hold on to you as a garden
err
am glad it pIeases YOU, sir it il very
hard digging, but have taken great pain,
+ with it,
AT this moment little girl came up
/ took her fathers hand, aud said
Pa, tea is waiting
The sun will soon be down, Simon,
cried the gentleman, as he walked off with
his daughter, 'and guess this is all [ shall
want You to do just now. You may call
in some day and will pay you--I have
no change at present.
As he uttered these words, the owner of
the mansion entered his comfortable abode
aud sat down amid his family to the luyu.
rlous meal which had been prepared for
him. He did not reflect whether the moor
man, who in laboring for him, had borne
the burden and the heat of the day, had
one equally as good to partake OF nor had
ne done as the lord Of the vineyard we
read of in the Scripture, who, when the
evening was come, SAID unto the steward.
'Caii IN the Iaborers, and give them their
hire. In fact, accustomed as he was to
the command Of means, it had never oc.
CURED to hlm how important was the pit.
lance poor man earns, to his family.
rue 1t is IN many times Il trifie, bat let
It be remembered that it is his sole deren.
dence-hIs all; and that God, who has
SAID The wages of him that is hired shall
not abide with thee all night until the morn.
ing Ley. XIx.-has not left the time of
payment with OURSELVES.
And now we will look little farther
and note the effects OF one neglect. As
the sun wen! down, Simon proceeded horne.
ward-his features were careworn, and he
seemed wearied and depressed as he moved
along. On entering his dwelling, the first
words lis wife accosled him with, were
these
We'll, Simon, did Mr.. G. pay you?
have the kettle on, and | viii run and get
loaf Of bread, and little tea, and you
shall have something comfortable for sup
per-
NO, he did not,' answered Simon.
si2hIng heavily, as be seated himself on
bench. He IS a kind hearted mani
don't believe he ever thought how bad oil
a poor man often is, or he " ould never
have required me to charge him with my
three days labor
And here we viii pause to observe, that
we are very much inclined to doubt whe.
ther those who from mere carelessness are
guilty Of such injustice, are, in reality,
more culpabe than those whose practice
is the same, although actuated by bascr
motives.
'Oh, Why didn't you ask him p now
inquired Slmon's wife, 'and tell him how
much we need it,
He did not offer to pay ne, and could
not returned he moodIy.
Poor little Maggy has been frcttiug for
something good to eat, all day said the
mother, wiping the tears Of disappointment
which gathered 10 her eyes, with hel apron;
her fever has left her, and the doctor said
she might eat nourishing food, and could
make her something NICE. if only had
some wheat bread.
WHY don't you borrow some y interro.
gated the husband, AZ the same time arjs-
ing 10 look al his sick child who was qul.
ctIy sleeping.
Il have borrowed several times said
his wife, 'and as we never get anything TO
return it, can't 20 again
At this moment, several other children
came bounding into the house, clamorous
for their supper. Their mother arose,
thjckened the water boiling on the fire
with corn meal, and this, with some skIn-
med milk, furnished by q neighbor, form.
ed their evening rcpast. This fare was
not very substantial, it is true, for one who
had TO toll day in and day out, as Simon
had: but we dare say, the rIch, who sat
down 10 their table, groaning with every
deIlcacy, never thought of that. His chill
dren might stand in need Of comfortable
clothing to protect them from the cold, aud
from their infancy might be Injured toeyery
prIVatIon-but what was that to his en-
pIoycrs ?--they were not his keepers, aud
II was mighty little they owed. Mighty
little, however, in good many hands, IN
the aggregate would be seen to amount to
considerable, ond in Simon's case, the wa
ges owing to him by his employers when
they were due, would, il properly expend-
ed, have enabled him to gather many lit
tie necessarics and comforts about his fam
lily, which they were now forced to do
without.
In the present instance we would not
have cur readers suppose that we are paint
ing an extreme case. And in order to
prove tive will mention one or two facts
drawn from the history OF every day life.
i have neither meal nor potatoes IN the
house, said lahorlng man 20 one Of his
employers can you give me the dollar
YOU owe me to buy ne bushel of grain!'
This is TIE very first money | have han
died in nine months, and have worked
regularly almost every day observed one
on being paid for his labor. What his
tory of privatiou--or positive suffering