Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-17

Yet I'd rather take, aye q hearty shake
From his hand, than to wealth Pd bow;
For the honest grasp Of that hands rough clasp
Hath stood BY the Good Old Plough.
All honor be then to these gray old men
when at last they are bowed with toll;
Their warfare then DER, why they battle no more,
For they've conquered the stubborn soil. '35
And the chaplet each wears are his silver hairs,
And ne'er shall the victor,s brow Is.
With laureled crown to the grave go down, ~
Like those sons Of the Good Old Plough. u
TAKING A NEWSPAPER.
pheasant day this, neighbor Gaskill,"
said one farmer 10 another, coming into
the barn Of the latter, who was engaged
in separating the chafffrom the wheat crop,
by the means Of a,fan. .f
every fine day, friend Alton-any
news 2" returned the individual addressed.
s'Nothing Of importance; l have called
over TO see if you wouldn't join Carpen-
ter and myself in taking the paper this
year. The price is only two dollars"
81 Nothing is cheap that you don't want
returned Gaskill, in a positive tone; 81
don't believe, in newspapers; | never
heard Of one doing any good if an old
stray one happens to get into our house,
my gals are crazy after it, and nothing can
be got out Of them until it's read through.
They would not be worth cent if a pa
per came every week. And besides, dol
lars amt picked up in every corn-hill.'
ssBut think neighbor Gaskill ,how much
information your gals would get if they
had fresh newspaper every week, filled
with all the latest intelligence. The time
they would spend in reading would be
nothing to what they would gain ?"
ssAnd what would they gain, l wonder?
Get their heads filled with nonsensical
stories. Look at Sally Black; isn't she
fine specimen Of your newspaper read
ing gals3 Not worth to her father three
pumpkin seeds. / rems rber well enough
when she was one Of the mos: ,sEomisiIig
bodies about here. But her father Yves
fool enough to tale newspaper. Any
one could see change in Sally! She be-
gan to spruce up and look smart. First
came a bow on her Sunday bonnet, and
then gloves to 60 TO meeting. Alter that
she must be sent to school again, and that
at the very time when she began to be
worth something about home. And now
she has got forty piano, aud fellow
comes every week to teach her music.''
'Then you won't join US, neighbor,"
Mr. Alton said, avoiding . useless reply
to Gaskill. $, *1s5 N
80 no THAT will not. Money thrown
away on newspaper II worse than vast
Cd. / never heard of their doing any
good The time spent in reading news
paper every week would be enough to
raise a hundred bushels Of potatoes.
Your newspaper, in my opinion, is dear
bargain at any price," t
MI. Alton changed the subject, and soon
left neighbor Gaskill to his fancies.
About three months afterwards, howev-
er they again met, as they had frequently
done during the intermediate time.
s.Have you sold your wheat T" asked
Mr. Alton. VS. $500 . 2ss s.5 %
ayes, I sold il day before yesterday"
elbow much did you get for it ?"
Eighty -fve.' fss'7I se4 ''.~s 81 q
mo more? Why, thought every one
knew that the price had advanced TO ninety
FIVE cents. To whom did you sell ?" 's
aTo Wakefield, the storckeeper in
R. Helmet me day before yesterday,
and asked me If had sold my crop yet, /
said had not. He then offered to take It
At eighty FIVE cents, the market price; and
l said he might as well have 1t, As there
was, doubtless, little chance Of its rising.
Yesterday he sent over his wagon and
took il away ss'i @7%sA 7#a a7t zk
.ls' This was hardly fair in Wakefield
He came to me also, and offered 10 buy my
crop at eighty-five. But had just re-
ceived my newspaper, in which saw that
in consequence Of accounts from Europe,
or short crop, grain had goneu ask
ed him ninety-five, which, after some bag
CLING, he consented TO give" SO et@s1
ibid he pay you ninety-fivc cents p,
exclaimed Gaskill, in surprise. and cha
grin. s NJ. ..s.ss
ale certainly did," - y s 60 's3''
ssToo bad I! too bad! No better than
downright cheating, TO take such shameful
advantage Of mans ignorance ~
ssCertainly, Wakefield cannot be ju.tifi-
ed in his conduct, replied Mr. Alton. =
ut is not right for one man, 10 take advan-
tage Of another mans ignorance, and get
his goods Tor less than they are WORTH
But does'not any man deserve to suffer
who remains wholly ignorant, in . world
where he knows there are always enough
readyto avail themselves Of his ignorance?
Had You been willing to expend two dol
lars for the use Of . newspaper. for whole
year, you would have saved in the single
item Of your wheat crop alone, fourteen
dollars lust think Of that! Mr. Wakefield
takes-she newspapers and by Watching
them closely, is always prepared to make
good bargains with some half dozen others
around here, who have not wit enough to
provide themselves with The only s,,res
avenue or information on all subjects --shs