The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-09-28
Aisfellanauns.
OUR FELLOW CLERK.

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,ns,, WA, no, ON. Of ., tia, would have
beep ruil,v OF The miserly habits which
were laid 10 bis charge. When I say .one
Of u,'I mean one OF the dozen clerks who
daily sopnd their wav from various quarters,
"a re,ularlv n, The clock struck nine, 10 the
large MANY desked counting houses,
There could be no doub, OF his mean
ness. The careful way in which he brush.
ed hi, ba, every time he took j, of, proved
il. Il wa, an old hs, too, though one would
have scarcely guessed it a, frs, sigh,-only
for the shape, which was canno, tell how
many seasons behind the fashion; but a
good many. The fac, is, he had such a
way with his hat; and he was found ou'
once linking il round the edge. Well, then
there was his coat, which for three whole
Year, he wore 10 the office, and which he
set as much store by, as il it were new last
week-iakiug i, of and folding j, up in his
desk, and putting on an old office coat iha,
had been crea, Goa, once. He said il was
more comfortable 10 wear loose coat ior
writing in bu, we knew why he did lit
was mean and miserly; of course thai
wasi,.
We used 10 tease him-,ha, is we tried 10
lease We,,er,on ubou, his old hal,
bu, i, did no good. In fact, i, wasn', easy
10 mn, him ONT: he wa. so good tempered
bs couIs hear almost ANYTHING excep,
where money WAS concerned and this o.
coprse made !, more proyokipp. But il
wa, not only in wearing old clothes, ,ha
some OF u, who had no, a ouar,er OF his sal.
,ry vou,d have been ashamed 10 be seen in
,b,, We,,.,,on,. m,erlv vavs peeped ON,
We made . ,ubscrip,ion once for a holids,
on The wafer. There were no, many holi
davs sr N. ,ou NAV be sure but ,her,
wa, one rsd.le,.er day for US one sum mel
On q p,riculsr occasion. and we all agreed
ALI but We,,e,,on-,ha, we would have .
d.v's sail. The head clerk and one or two
o,bso did M, m,a, ,o co and they said so
bu, ,h,y l.id down their full sharo of III,
expen,e cheerh,lly, end wished us pleas
an, and c cafe VOYAGE. Bu, when II cam,
to Wes,.r,on, he only said he wished h,
could afford il. but i, was no, in his powe
n ;o,n ps NOR vs, n ,.si,, in deitav;ng III,
erpep..,.
This wa, no, all One evening ono O
orr ,lsri. was !, conn,nv wb,n h, hear,
Mr. W.,,er,on,s name mentioned: and h,
,oupd on, bv somebody who knew all aboa
!, thu, there was a youpp lady 10 whom h,
had been engaged several wears. who wa.
Ian, x,;;,, mill bs could afford 10 marry
4 Now ws.Answ wba, We,,er,on,, SALARY was
and ,,,, ,h.,. w.re uonv ,eonle with no
h,y so ,,,,. =, ;ncone who were married
and lived somtor,sblv foo. So IL was plair
,b,, !, wa, only bis mesnnes, that mad,
him os,,;d n, The s,pepso OF q wife. O
.or,,o :, ws, q vvn, q, ,,;,;, in the lady
ubo.oever she wcs. ,ha, mado her pu, ur
with his aol,vs but then we could make
.xc,.., q, h,, hu, there wa. none for him
-o,,y bs wa, mean
Io NO, c,v We,,er,on ws /, no, senerou.
.,.,;u.. Wa AID him tho ;,s,;ce n ac,
knov,sd,e that. Once one of our clark.
had , ,onp illness. and. moor fellow. bs had
wife and family 10 support; and Of course
when he len of coming 10 the counting
house. and was obliged 10 give up his stu
-, T., ~. ,;,,o b. vo. b,d,v og I'm,
-, .,,am.d h;m , ,m,,, w.sLIv
smm and ,bs,o wa, a spbserin,ion anon
al ,b. ol.,.. 10 hal, him , I;u,. We'll
ws.,.,,on ;o;ned in ,ba, substitution which
ws ,,;d No, sxrec, f,om him 40 uoon and
selfish was he: but !, proved aferward
,ba, he did n prea, deal more than that; fol
when moor Smith 10, better. and came
b,ck h, b,dn,, enough 10 saw abou, West.
er,on-how ho had visited him, and had
paid on, Of his own pocket for keeping his
eldes, bow a, school. And how he was al.
II
way, bringing him something nice and
Strengthening. and had maid a quarters
rem, FOR him when.hc was hard pushed, and
nigh, have been turned ou, of his home,
IN a, h. was or n, anv rate had his funi.
,ure seized for rent, Tbi, altered our opin.
ion OF Wes,er,ou a little till one of US more
.harp than The resi-, said no doub, ,ha, he
had begged and made m subscriptions a.
mons his friends for poor Smith, and ,ha, i,