Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-04-03


ton.
Entitled to fair return for your labor in
all cases.
of course I am; and to some favor ia the
distribution Of employment, where present
equal capacity with those who are less needy
than myself
what do you mean by that?'
"A plain story makes all plain. Well; you
are aware that Mr.. Clinton is about building a
new dam for his mills y
4 am
And that he asked for proposals.
Yes
Il tried to get the contract
You! There was more surprise in this
ejaculation than the friend had meant to con-
vey.
'CsrtainlyI Why not?' was petulently re-
marked.
of course you had perfect right to do So
'Of course I had; and of course my bid,
though the lowest, was thrown out, and the
bid of jackson. who manages to monopolize
every thing in the village, taken. He and
Clinton are leagued together, and the offer
for proposals was only sham
That's assuming good deal, friend Max
well.'
Mott is not Ips the truth, and nothing
else but the truth. Heis The jscLall and Clin-
toms the lion.'
You speak without reflection, said the friend
mildly
Pm not blind I see how things are
worked
You say your bid was lower than Jackson's.
How do you know this? thought his bid
was net publicly known
I knew il, and, in fact knew what il was
to be before sent my proposals, and was,
therefore, able to go below it. The truth is,
managed. between you and !, te find out
just what every man was going to bid, and
then struck mark below them all, to make
sure of the Job. / wanted chance, and was
determined to have it, at all hazards
4 hardly think your mode of procedure
just fair. said the friend; but waving that.
could you have made anything by the job, at
your bidding?'
'Ah, yes, I'd have made something
a good deal, than can make by days work.
The fact is, set my heart on tha: job as a
stepping stone to contract work; and am Bit
terly disappointed at its loss. Much good may
it do both Jackson and Clinton. shouldn't
be much sorry to see the new dam swept away
by the next freshet
why, Maxwell This is not the spirit of a
christian man. Envy, malice-these are what
the Bible condemns in the plainest terms; and
for these sins, the poor have quite Gs much to
answer for as the rich-and perhaps more
If you go from the church on the Sabbath
with no better thoughts than these, fear you
are quite as far from the Kingdom Of heaven
as you have supposed Mr.. Clinton to be.
Coed day!' said Maxwell, turning of ab-
ruptly from his friend, and taking path that
led by a nearer course than the one in
which they were walking, to his home
"A few weeks later, the person with whom
Maxwell thus conversed had occasion TO trans
act some business with Mr.. Clinton: He had
rendered him bill for work done, and called
to receive payment =;
You've made a mistake in your bill, Mr..
Lee,' said Clinton.
| 'Ah! Are you certain?
You can examine for yourself make an
error of twenty dollars in the additions.
Then yeu only owe me sixty dollars, said
Lee. with disappointment in his tones that
he could not conceal.
Rather say that owe you hundred, for
the mistake is in your favor. The first COL
umn in the bill adds up fifty, instead ofthirty
dollars.
Let me examine it, Lee took the bill and
added up the column three times before he
felt entirely satisfied Then be said:
80 does! Well, should never have been
the wiser if you had only paid me the eighty
dollars called for, by the footing up of the bill.
You might have retained your advantage with
perfect safety
Lee said this on the impulse of the mo-
ment. He instantly saw the change in Mr..
Clnton's countenance, as if he were slightly
offended
'Ob, no; not with safety, was grsvsly re-
piled,
4 should never have found it OUT
But there is coming day, with every man,
when the secrets of his heart will stand re-
vealed. If not now, it would then appear
that had wronged you out of twenty dol
lars.'
'Truet True! But all men don't think Of
this
No one is more fully aware of this than l am
1t is for me, however, to live in the present
so as not to burden my future with shame
and repentance. Knowingly, Mr.. Lee,
would not wrong any man to the value of a
single dollar l may err, and do err, like
other men for, TO err is human.
After the expression Of such sentiments
Lee felt curious to know what Mr.. Clinton
thought Of. and how lie felt towards Max
well, So he said. after referring to the new
milldam in the process of erection
You didn't take the lowest bid for its con
struction.
I took the lowest competent bid.
Then you do not think Maxwell competent