The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-06-21

him how important was the pittance poor
man earns, to his family.
True, it is many times trife, but let it
be remembered that it is his sole depel-
dence, his all-and that God, who has said
'The wages of him that is hired, shall not
abide with thee all night until morning,
LEV. XIX has not left the time of pay
ment with ourselves.
And now we will LOOK little farther
and note the effects of one neglect. As
the sun went down, Simon proceeded
homeward-his features were care-worn,
and he seemed weared and depressed as
he moved along. On entering his dwell
ing, the first words his wife accosted him
with were these
well, Simon, did Mr.. G. pay you! I
have got the kettle on, and l will run and
get loaf of bread, a little tea, and you
shall have something comfortable for sup
per-
No, he did not answered Simon.
signing heavily, as he seated himself on
bench. 'He is kind hearted mani
don't believe he ever thought how bad off
poor man often is, or he would never
have required me to charge him with my
three days labor
And here we will pause to observe, that
we are very much inclined to doubt wheth-
er those who form mere carelessness are
guilty of such I'M ustice, are in reality more
culpable than those, the result of whose
practice is the same, although actuated by
baser motives.
'Oh, why don't you ask him2' now in
CURED Simon's wife, sand tell him how
much we need it9'
'He did not offer to pay me, and could
not, returned he moodily.
poor little Maggy has been fretting for
something good to eat, all day. said the
mother, wiping the tears of disappoint-
ment which had gathered in her eyes, with
her 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!' interro-
gated the husband, at the times arising to
look at his sick child, which was quietly
sleeping.
Il have narrowed several times, said his
wife, and as we meyer get anything to 1e-
turn 1t, | can't go again
Al thls moment several other children
came boundldg into the house, clamorous
Tor their supper. Their mother arose,
thickened the wafer boiling on the fire
with corn meal, and this, with some skim
med milk furnished by neighbor, formed
their evening repast. 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 tables groaning with every
dellcacy never thought of that. His chill
dren might stand in need of comfortable
clothing to protect them from the cold, and
from their infancy might be Injured to
every prlvation-but what was that to his
emPloyers!-they were not his keepers,
ana 1t was mighty little they owed.
Mighty little however, scattered around
In good many hands in the aggregate
would have been found to amount to con-
siderable, and in Simon's case the wages
owing to him by his employers when they
were due, would if properly expended,
nave enabled him to gather many little ne
cessarIes and comforts about his family
which they were now forced to do without.
In the present instance we would not
have our readers suppose that we are pain
ting an extreme case. And in order to
prove 1t, we will mention one or two facts
drawn from his history of every day life.
Il have neither meal or potatoes in the
house, said a laboring man to one of his
employers: 'can you not give me the dol
lar you owe me to buy bushel of grain?'
This Is the very first money have ham
eied In nine months, and have worked
regularly almost every day observed one on
being paid for his labor. What history of
piivation--ofpositive suffering-was embo-
died in these few words! A person resi-
ding in the village of - informed us
THAI having occasion at one to go into the
dwelling OF poor woman who earned her
living by washing, he found her with her
four children seated at dinner, and the sole
article of food upon the table was cabbage,
| and from her manner, and her not making
an apology he supposed the fare was not
unusual.
Cases of such destitution must be rare,
but they are more numerous than many
suppose who do not take an interest in
making inquiry on such subjects. We
are not however, at present writing upon
charitable objects. Whatever may be the
calling of those who are employed, their
labor should be considered full equiya-
lent to their wages, and as God has not
constituted any man the Judge of another's
circumstances, it is an imperative duty to
give them. and at proper time, what is
Justly their own-always mindful of the
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