Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-04-14
VOLUME X. NO. is.
Father Langley's Opinion of Men
and Women NOWADAYS.

" Failed, has he2 wonder Iihey don't ali
fail For what with the extravagance and good
for-nothingness of the men and women nowa-
days, where is it all to end7 Call themselves
:" Sons of the Pilgrims today" do they ? wish
to mercy their fathers could see them They
were true grt-real hearts Of oak but these
popinIays are nothing in the world but uenee1ng
When was boy, it used to be the fashion for
boys to be apprentices till they learnd their trade;
but now they are all bosses There amt no boys
nowadays! They set up for themselves as
soon as they are weaned-know a mighty sight
more than their fathers and grandfathers-you
can't tell them anything-they know it all. Their
fathers sweated and tugged in corn field at
the tail of pow, or else over an anvil, but they
can't do it, They are far too grand to dirty
their fingers. They must wear fine cloth, and
shirt collars UP to their ears-be made into law
yers, learn dectctng or set themselves 10 as
preachers, telling us we ought to do this or that;
or else get behind counter to measure off rib
bin and tape. Smart work for two.fsted men
MEN, did say? Thev amt worth morn half
men,? If we go on at this rate, the race will
run out by another generation, we shan't have
nothing left but mixture of coxcomb and mon
key! The woman, too, are no better-lt is just
even
They are brought up, good for nothing under
the sun, but to put in buffet When was a
boy, it wasn't so. The spinning wheel stood in
the kitchen, and the dye tub IN the corner. They
here put to work as soon as they could walk;
they didn't have no nursery maid to run after
them; their mothers warn't ashamed to tend
their own babies They could sew on patch,
and rock the cradle besides. The gals were
good for something in those times they could
spin and weave woolen and linen, linsey-wool-
sey, red and blue, and wear it, too, after il was
done!
They could eat bean porrdge with pewter
spoon and enough-sight happier, and better sui.
ted, than the gals are now, with their silken
gowns, their French messes, and silver forks
yawning and moping about, silly, pale faced
things, with nothing to do! Set them to work!
Set them to ,cork! Put them at it early! Idle
ness is the DEVILS foreman; and no chain is 50
strong as the iron chain Of habit. Watts was
nobody's fool, | can tell you. He knew what's
what. Folks don't stand still here in this world,
they are going one way or t'other. If they amt
drawing the sled up hill, they'll be sliding down
Adam was farmer. and Eve hadn't no " Irish
gal" to wait upon her! What do these poyin-
Jays say to that ? Ashamed of the old folk I'll
warrant! Adam wasn't nobody-Eve wasn't
nobody, they know it all
But they can't work-they are so delicate, o 30
Itssekig !" Send off your chambermalds, your
about it. 1t made smart women of their grand
mothers, and if the old blood amt run out they'll
be good for something yet
1t used to be the fashion to be honest! if a
man got in debt, he tried to pay; if he didn't
public opinion set mark upon him; but it amt
so now; he tries not opay: he'll lie, cheat and
stea for what better is it than stealing? and
the one that can cheat the fastest is the lest fsl-
lou! 1t is astonishing how slippery these fellows
are Slip through the smallest hole, don't make
no more of it than weasel just as soon think
of catching flea mapping as one of them
They drive fast teams, without bit or curb buy
all they can carry then fail; make a smash !;
snap their fingers at their creditors; 60 to Cali
fornia, or to grass; nobody knows where, and
begin again Good gracious if some of these
fellows had lived forty years ago, they'd have
capped them in prison and shaved their heads.