Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-11-06
A WESTERN TALE.
-v~GH 01> IL 0GN -
NEW YEARS GIF It;
WHAT A NEWSPAPER CAN Do.

miles from Cincinnati, " mat ii take
little trip over to s., and see how Peter
is coming on
~ wish vcu would replied the farm
er'swife. fine hearty looking old woman,
with n pleasant. Intelligent couEtenance-
=" wish YOU would. Benlamn There's
not much to do now al homo and you
can 20 away for week, as well as not.
II will be good opportunity 10 see the
family and Judge OF things lit!e from
your own observations Hannah makes
dreadful sour mouth whenever she writes.
~ know she does. and that's the rea-
son why thought Of going over. There's
something wrong. depend ont. Some
thing wrong. Than Peter. there isn't
harder working or more industrious man
any where. III give him credit for ihat.-
lie ought - get along comfortably and lay
up money. No one IN the State has a
finer piece Of farm land; nor one that
properly treated, ought 10 torn out more
TO the acre
And | can speak for Hannah y said
the old lady. : ! raised her. and know
that Size hasn't lazy bone il her body"
LIT isn't want of industry on either side,
remarked Benjamin Hicks. The defect
lies somewhere in want OF management; !;
they make Hand work is all very well;
but it is often like rowing with one oar ;
there must be- head work - make the boat
shoot lightly forward. les-yes, must
see theai.
II was towards the latter part Of Deceu-
ber. a few days before Christmas. that the
brief conversations here given took place
between Ben namin Hicks and his Wifi. --
a 4 Il
10 hi~ purpose. arrived by the stage IN ) =.
Soon aterwarl, he entered the farm house
of Peter Miller which, neither within nor
without presented an air Of thrift or com
fort
A hearty welcome did Uncle Ben r.
ceive from Peter and Hannah: and also
from their children. Ot thc latter. there
were four Iivln.-rhree had died Tire
Oldest of these was Ellen. girl in her
sx;ecnth yeur: Henry it,st fourteen
caIne next Between him aud llannau.
bright. restless noisy creature seven years
old there had been II brother aul sister:
but. two small hllIockS IN thr grave ard
near bv marked the spot where ''.,.. dust
was mimglins with lis kindred dust. 4
baby nearly two years oil. completed the
household treasures OF Peter aud Han
nah Miller.
For , few hours after the old o,ntie-
mans arrival. The pleasure tr!t al Ii, com
in, he,,,ed from ,yarv co,,ntana,,cc-
Peter was talkatve and cheerful and
I,,nnsL.. f,ce w,s Iitr,, v,fh constant
succession "a smiles Alter supper. how
ever. when all the children but Ellen w..
in bed-->he sa; up to help her mother v b
ot eye,,;n-, mai. IN, ,b1nn,hts sober r..
~ a., - I,l.n, a,I ,I.n,,ah u .b. sat II
no, w,k now and rben ,igb.d iuyolnn.
,.rlv
How ,ro vo,, rot,ino ON now patcr1,
asked ur Hicks breakinp IN upon a ST.
l.nc. of several ninutes
mot so we'll as could wish, Uncle
BEN" replied peter. II, tried 10 affect a
cheerful air. but the real Ie~p,udcncv that
was ii his heart could not be disguised
I'm sorry to hear YOU say that re-
turned The Old gentleman. lou were
always honest and irdustrious and in
This country honest Industry Sbou,d rise
by IT'S own inherent buoyancv.''
.Peter work, hard enough. dear know~r'
spoke up Hannah. We ought Il ret
along. Ii he goes on rs he has been 20
ing Tor the la>t tew yca,s. he viii break
himself down :
That's bad said Uncle Ben. '.verv
bad work. even hard work Is better for
the health than idlena~s Rust destroy,
moro than friction Blu, over work is not
good
" That | already begin 10 feel" said
Peter. IL give out much quicker than
did some wears ago
Bad. bad returned Uncle Ben.
shaking his head. ~ ou'rr just II tha
prime of life. Peter. VI Your age could
90 through more work without fatigue.
than at any time before
And wha, is worst ot all" sighed Pc
ter. : don't seem - Get III the least be
iorehandcd. In tact. for the la, three or
four years. have found il impossible to
make both ends meet