Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-13
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THE FACTORY GIRL.
BY r. S. ARTHUR.


two years, he had sold twenty acres of good
meadow, and, moreover, was under the neccss-
tv of borrowing three hundred dollars on a
mortgage Of his landed property Ard yet, Mr..
Bacon had not laid aside his habits Of industry.
He was ur, as of old, with the dawn, and
turned not his feet homeward from the field
Until the sun had taken his parting glance from
the distant hill tops.
kind-heared, checrful-minded man was
old Mr.. Bacon, well liked by all his neghbors
and loved by his own household His two
Oldest children died ere reaching the age of
mauhood three remained. Mary Bacon. the
eldest of those who survived, now in her nine
teenlh year, had been from earliest childhood
her fathers favorile; and as she advanced
towards wcmanhood, she had grown more and
more into his heart In his eyes she was very
beautiful and his eyes, though partial, did not
deceive him very greatly, Tor Mary's face was
fair to look upon.
We have said that Mr.. Bacon was kind
hearted, checrfu-minded man And so he was 4;
kind hearted and cheerful, even tho' clouds
were beginning to darken above him, and Il
sigh from the coming tempest was iu the air
Yet not so uniformly cheerful as Of old, tho
never moody or perverse in his temper. OF the
change that WAS in progress, the change from
prosperity to adversely, he did not seem to be
pdiWuYy conscious.
Yes, there was something wrong about the
affairs Of old Mr.. Bacon A habit ndulced
through many wears. had acquired dangerous
Influence over him. and was gradually destroy
ing his rational ability to act well in the ordiu-
airy concerns Of life. a. a young man Mr..
Bacon drank 'temperately,' and he drank tenn
sixtv bo continual ,n d,inL .,o,anoro,ol,, iI,at
i, j., hi. o,,r o.,f,,,,i1,o
,rhor,, ,,,ar, ,n,,,,. I,e,,,,o~ lal -,..,
10 ih;nk drr,re,,l,.' Rn, NJ. Roo"n n',. w."
h,r ronr Ionn,or: !, foo, IVA raraIm ;f a,,ar
. ,,,o,, ,o . rrL-io Iom.o I, ,,a /; liz ,,,,.,'
hama and p,n,,,r hi. L,,so,,, IA ,roa.,,ra,, II
Lo rIscod to his lin. ,Lo cr, rcnrr,.ir,
~, yar;o,,., ,,,,ar,,,,,o .oc,.,,. i,aJ Ill
/ c,u,d ,,or,,, ,lo.,,, .,,,,,,,,. IL r.;o,,I ,,,I
,oinhbor. hn, Nr parnn Stood aIn,r Uo
vond havo no,binr to d, in ,boso ,n,,,ers
Let them ioin ,ctnperance societies who feel
themselves in danrer.' was his good natured
answer TO all argument or pers suason addressed
to him on the subject.
lie did not oppose nor riJicule the move
ment. He Iho't il good thing: onlv ne had in
it no personal interest.
And so Mr.. Bacon went on drinking .ten.
perateIy,' until habit, from claiming moderate
indulgence, began to make-So 1t seemed tc
his irendF-rather unreasonable demands. Be
sides this habit of drinking, Mr.. Bacon had
another hablt that OF industry and, what was
unusual, the former did not at ale the latter
though 1t must he owned that 1t sadly inter
tered with Its efflcency. lie was up, AS we
have said, with the dawn, and all the day he
was busy at work but, somehow or other, his
aS a : n
times, and there was slowly creeping over
every thing around him as aspect of decay
Moreover, he dld not manage, as well as for
merly, the selling part OF his business. In fact
his shrewdness OF mind was gone. A cohel had
confused his brain. Gradually he was retro
grading and, while more than half conscious
OF the ruin that was in advance Of him. he was
not iuiIy enough aroused to be seriously
alarmed, or to begin anXiously to seek for the
cause OF Impending evil.
And so it went on. until Mr.. Bacon suddenIv
found himself in real trouble. The vaIue Of hi.
farm, which, after parting with the twenty
acres of meadow land. contained buttvontv-rv
acres had bson vn.rIy di,nini.Ljnl, l., o',,,,,
quence cf bad culture; and detective manarc.
ment of his stock had reduced that up,il il wa
Of little consequence.
M L-,,c.,
"a nror ,.l, Lon, wy ",o',saEv was "'u "a"'
Ii., e '"',i" J" ',c ''i'"3F' U'"
hGuso IS Mr. Rano, "'' vt t''e m i',le VINE '"''
lis l;,,,,ar 'ai,i''.,l "'c" D!e' c,i'''''n'''
nal hnsinoss 70 Iad o,i,. ',a, cav ia, .''n =, '''o
t" ""u o','y 1t" n"nu'ed cor
ahnr, "6o '6o on,, was WITH .'ouSaluS, ana was
%oJ %oJ"o we o"y l''n N !ne "e'9hoorhood "h'
,nadn 0n 5onJ " 'e'J I il'' .o'n' were away
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sobor inJn.,,a''s n'.. ""' "..e' "l'""" 10 ''.
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s%I1u";'y "aS"'s MS suos'al rare'V aPpHe'
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cn,,i"r 'y Hond "a,u h W'".e, As mr bacon WA
'I uu.'l"s """u AT MS ,a'ner poorly furnished
wos p, inc 'a,I' M hi MerP,l 'oue up mere
', ""s 'o'''''","9 III MS coun'enahce 'hat sent
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ror,oa;Iy II,. rl,aI sa,iia ,. 'o I Ne'pe'
faco usual ''''''o was "0'e'' i'ol' III
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