The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18
MoSDAY AFTERSooy.

Ur. Pottars1H;
Yours received. No person can more
SINCERELY regret than !, the iniicxibjity OF
rIattsrnaticS, which rcuGers Z impossible
Ihatysf3 30 subtra ted from $lj 3St, leaves
no more than the awkward sum OF : ! . ;.
Accept too, the assurances of my symPa-
thy, that your father should have impru
IDENTIFY selected 50 unstable foundation as
the atmosphere on which 10 locate his ar
chitoctural fabrics. That I can appreciate
your feelings, in not having n surplus OF
funds with which TO assist needy friends,
10y ioauiug them sums on bond and mort
gage, you vii. readily believe, when inform
YOU that | was for long time in a similar
situation myself. As for tailors and shoe
makers. it : proveTbial that they are dis
'rgsliul ya-sbouds. who care as little for
;he continuance Of brotLer,y love and chris
ian injunction generally, as mermaids do
.5r Gidactic poetry. And that pantaloons
are liable 70 decay. and especially in those
parts . hich are most exposed to friction. Is
most true. Evangelical theolocians would
refer to this and many other concom;tant
drawbacks 70 human happiness, as the pen
al results Of the fall Of our first parents. II
this be the true theory. which | viii not
stop here TO discuss. it should incite Chris
tiars 10 greater activity in good works, that
the dawn Of the Millennium may be haStened
when we will see realized the intense happI-
ness alluded to by the poet when he wrote:
-. Happy is tie man who wins and wears
What always last. and never Years
But leaving this brief depression, come
. now to the next point in your letter, viz:
Smj,hers. If it be true that Smithers does
receive $1,000 per aBErm from Snub and
Grlnden, (and do not doubt it, have on
is to remark that Smithers has thousand
reasons every year of his existence for he
ing thankful. And as 10 the subject OF IN
crrasjng salaries in general, and increasing
Your salary in particular, | could write
lengthy disguisition thereon, but hardly
think 1t necessary the present case and
viii dismiss the subject by stating that in
the civil walks Of life, the amounts Of remu-
neration for services rendered are regulated
by principle known in political economy
as the law Of supply and demand; and
should you feel sufficient interest to desire
fdll investigation Of this subject, it will af-
ford me pleasure 10 loan you from private
library the works of Say, Wayland, Carey,
Mills, and other standard authors.
| am yours, respectfully,
PHLANNELLE WRAGG.
p s. "Uold fast" by all means to your
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as YOU can that point reached, no longer
resist the gravitaton of necessity, but
let go.
Since the receipt of Wragg's letter, Pot
larson has been an altered man. lie is mis-
anthropic as tombstone. | never saw a
man so changed. asked him the other day
to take glass Of lager bier; he declined,
but called for warm lemonade thing
never known of him before Last night he
thought of sending his wife to nunnery,
bis children to an orphan asylum, and the n
/ joining the priesthood; and L was unable to
/ change his determination until told him
/ that if he did he would have to go to church
every Sunday twice a day. Pottarson Is
humiliatcd, wambe-cropped, demoralized
man. What to do for him am unable to
say.
p. S.-I open this communication to IN
form you that l hare just had call from
Pottarson. Instead being as demure as
monk, he was as lively as monkey. The
letter of Wragg was only joke Tins
morning he told Pottarson so, and that hls
salary would be raised to $1,000 on New
Years Day. Pottarson is rejoiced, and
8 sympathise with him.