Litchfield enquirer., 1853-11-24
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nT JOHN IH1skf. ', s.s WhsTa bIacki,ead my bpolheF Tom is,
 nui 10 marry; or rather, perhaps should
 say, wiIafa blDckhead he was not l0 mara ~ some twenty five yeaFe pgn, for ! supp
 pose he q haRdly gel any decent sort of .
 body i0 have hinl, as old a8 lIe 6 n0tsaAs
 Puor fellow; what l0Flnfh, desUlate Kind
 si life he leads: no wife t0 take eaFe Of hims
 Ho children so love hisn ; no domestiDsens
 lRymeni; noihing snug and comfortable inl
 his arrangements at home; nice sOeisbie
 cinners pleasant faces ai bFeaklass BY the way, what is the reason aag bFeakfasl dUeb not come up I've heen waiting l0F it this
 half hour. Oh, liorga, ' my wife sent the c0uk iO market to gel sOme trash or other l for Dicks cold. She e0ddles that boy to
 death. Bul alier all, ought not tO find
 iault with Tom for nui geliing wife. for
 he has lent me good deaiOf money that came quite cOnyenient, snd lsuppnse my young ones will have slI he's worth when he dies, poor feilow Theysiwant ii, l'm afraid, for although my business does very well, .hls hnuackeeping eais Up I'll the rsO- fits, with such large ianils 10 mine. Let me see h0w many mouths have Ito feed every days There is my wife and her two sisters, that's three and the four boys seven; and Lucy, and Sarah, and Jaue, and Louisa, ESuf IneTe.-eleven; then there
 is the cnok and the hOnse. maid, aud the
 bOy--i0urteen; and the woman that comes \ here every day 10 wash and do odd jobs l abuut the house fifteen; then there's the l nursery maid--sixieen; surely there must
 be nlther P;n sure made out seventeen
 wien was reckoning professionally norN- ing in clurcla; there must be another s0lneA I where. Let me see again; wife, wile's sisters, boys, girls -Oit, 1t ss myself. Faith, I 1 have so many to think of and provide for, ' that f,fget myse.fl hall the time. Hea l that makes il--sevenieen. Setenleeh be0s pie 10 feed every day is no inke and slrne-
 bow 0r other, ihes all have mast furious appeiiles: bnl then. bless lbeir hearts. isis pleasant i0 see them eat What . havoc they d0 Ike with the buCkwheat cakes of marning, t0 be sure! Now poor Tom knows nothing oF all this. Iahese te lives all alone by himself, in h0sFdinQ htuse, with nobody near him that cares . brass | farlhing whether ne lives 0r dies. No af.
 iectionale wife tO nurse tim Of c0dde him l up when he's sick no little praltIers about l him to keep him in good husEOF; 10 dawn ing jnteIlecia, whose development he can
 amuse himself rwiih waiching day sllerday, l nobody in studyhis wishes and keep all his
 comforts ready.
 l Confonnd ii. hasn't ihst woman nj back from market yet ! | feel EeDarkably hun- Egry. IlOn'l mind the boyss being coddled and messed if my wile llkes c, but there's
 n0 jake hl hssing sle hFeakiasl kept hack
 for an hour. On. byile way, i must re-
 member 10 buy sll those llinGs for glle ehila
 dren to day Chrislfnss is cl0se at hand,
 and my wife has made nai lisi 0f the pre-.
 senIs she nieans 10 put into heirstocking6. Mere expense--snd their scli0Ol bills cOlne I ina in too lrememher beiore wae mar>
 red used in think what deiightlis wD0ld
 De io edncase my liIile young fagges my@
 self; but man with large family has 10 lime inr that sort 0f amusemcnt. won-
 der how old young Ton e; Iet ne sees
 wleu dues his birthday come next moiIsh
 as ! mn T Christian. and then he' 'll be i6ur. tteen. Boys ol fourteen consillef them.
 selves all but men, nnw-a.days. and Tom | is qu:le of that mind, sees Nothing will
 snli hisexq,slsile feet but Wellington boots ai seven dssilaFs . pair and his iRoshef has
 been throwing ont hints as t0 the pr0pFieiy
 0f getting watch for him. gold. 0f fcouFse.
 Silvetswas quite Huoi enough fas me wben was . score older ihan he is, but tines are awinily clisnaed since ny younger : days Then believe in ny soul the young villain has lesrned ib play billiards ara Iihsee 0r iisnFI IifDcs lalely wien hH lsps como in iaie n night his cloihes seened io De strongly perfunled with cigar smoke. Heigho l Falhers have many srouhlez, aEd
 and cant help thinking soinelfnes lhas I0ld hacleluFsare n0s slIek wonderfhI lbuls
 aiier .all Thcy ~ t0 theis pillows af niahe
 with no cares on their minds t0 keep shem Iawakes and when they have gol aslecp
 nothing comes tO disturb ilIeis fspnse-.s
 1olhing sh0rt0 0f the house beine oa ils6
 can reach their pescefhl condition. No. lgettinR upin the c0ld 10 walk up snd dOmh slie room lOF an hour or lwo Wiil . suMaIls ing young vasles, ss ny tuck h&s beeu i0Fs the lost five or six weeks. il's an assOr- isbing thing i0 perceive what a pessi6n our Eiile Luuisa exhibits inF crying so suFs aS the clock strikes three sile heRiliss and tIlgr0
 is n, NeitinM lses quiet snain unit slie hasl tairly exi.ausiea tue strength Sl her lungs with R0at ssFsiRht lOfwsfd eesk3ni4s.
 r Iean't for she lils eE me nndsssland uhx f ihe y0rng vsllsins dollt ees ihI0aah aIl tlseiE sqlsslling md rparinG in lhe daS iiise ghsil < ani 0isa Of'tlie May Thea ad6 6il ssIlas . pleasure il is tp be rouled fiunl one E Hfsk
 Ws ps uWC sE8t tsN yssss ttSStS WI JUS az=Fzs,t 1 as | was o1 Monday night, wheS my uilt thought Sarah hsa got ille cs0ab. szsl l frightened me half out 0l nss Miis miih her. II Jlaneniaiinns and 6dasss. By tIse way,
 ihere's iiie t0sios's kilt U be psisl ssoa
 his calleeiuF alRsys peys m s visis jesf before chEistmas Hr6sheF Ton kas 70 I dnetpFs i1 liS. aud that cesisinly . . areat sl lcpmtlfl Biess my sRii how ne tine sliEs I INWag GasE alins oseisek aad ll6 bfeskiaSt Iyet--uile sssessina with Dlck. ard Astsln&
 the sW6 girls aad lkeif bsosliefs fe4av iet \ schn0l Nobody 9hiaks q ne esstYin' 1 here aIlthis time. Whet iie p.4NeS h4s 'i becone of Ass newspspsfsl k<il<i sIsze be boring 0ves his baS. tiS.s sss2