The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-01-08

In the wear I'M ~hen Louis XVI vas
brhe.dcd. and the Frcnch Revolution ~ss
In full biss,. vas ,hcrcagh.gcing rsdi.
cal. With seventeen move cf cur elns,
VA. marched under the rusrd Of the king'.
osioer-. and lodged in Eainbush jail. AZ
ter summary hearing, ! 80, liberty tn ban
ish myself. and accordingly. ! took passage
in the good ship Providence, and landed IN
New York in June, i7y4. vas then in
INV twenty y-second wear. When the ship
cas-, OF from the wharf In Scotland, and
swung round with the breeze, ms fhiher
stood upon the shorr. lie waved las.
aiicu. aud exclaimed. Remember the Sab
bath day. arrived al New iork on a
Saturday, and the mex, day being the sAs-
bath, al nine o'clock, three young men Of
our company called at my lodgiugs.
"whcrc are you going to day." they in
quircd.
"To church, replied.
awe have been ten weeks Al sen; our
health requires exercise. Let us walk out
,n-d -dav. ard 20 to church next sabbath"
they replied.
Said I. You msy 20 where you please,
bu, IN 70 to church. The last words
heard from my father were, Remember the
Sabbath day { and had no respect for tho
Fourth Corama ndmen,, have not yet for
gotten his last advice" ..l...H. ,a..
They went TO the iieldsl went 10 nc
! chnrch-they spent forty or fity cents IL
the ,arven; put one benny BIZ In the plate
in the morning, afternoon AMI night ser
vice, three pence.
They continued going into the country
and in the process of time the landlady'
daughter and the landladys niece woul'
join their company. Then each couple
hired gig AT two dollars day wine, cak
. es and ice cream on the road, fifty cents eac
: time dinner al Jamaica, one dollar cacf
They got home at eight o'clock, p. NJ, hal
6 drunk. and afttr having been caught !
e a thunder shower, their coats, hats and mar
!! ties were damaged fifty per cent. The
$ nrose the next morning at nine o'clock, A
: NJ, with sore heads, sore hearts, and mudd
J, boots, and angry consclenccs, beside
$ twelve dollars lighter than when they stal
E ted. went to church. rose at five A. NJ
n head sounder, heart light, bones reffeshct
conscience quiet, and commenced ;he II
bors of the week in peace and plenty.
They were ull mechanics some of tho
= could earn twelve dollars week. Ny b.
!, = sincss, that Of a wrought mil maker, WI
= poor the cut nail machines had Just 6
a into operation, which cut down my wAg'
!, = to a shaving. With close application,
:. could only earn five dollars and fifty cen
per week. Never miiid--.at the end Of II
" year. INV ssbbath-riding shipmatcs had til
coats, fine hats, powdered heads, and rnfii'
:. shirts, but had one hundred hard dolln
= piled in the corner Of my chest. llayiI
), lived fast, they died early. Nearly for
winters are past since the last wns laid
"A the Pottcrs, or some other field while
,a having received from my Maker go
a constitution, land COMMON sense TO Ia
care Of it. am rs sound in mind, body a
spirits, as was this day fifty six years az
=. when ! first set my foot on shore at Ga
- ernor's wharf, New York besides, it is
- fact, tfor which my family can vouch,
-, have been only one day confined to {
~, house by sickness during that period. d,
~ Now, Mr.. Printer, dare say you thi
with mc, that the Church, on the Sabba
= = ID better than the tavern and the fields