Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-11-26

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shone among the REASONED, appeared in hi
presencc-.did the sorrow that oppressed III,
master wholly disappear, and smiles once NOR,
embcll:shed his life. Business revived offyrine
I Opportunities for employment and then | Wa:
taken again from my shelf, and went forth dai
ly, as atoretme upon My pleasant service, sa
lutlng as went, my brother pals, which Ike
! yselt were again, after a long play spell, ap
pearing IN the paths Of business.
After that, my master aud passed through
many experiences but he has maintained a
stout heart amid al his difficulties until now
When some weeks since IN, masters employer
called him into the Office and Informed him
that he could not give him EMPLOYMENT any
longer, he came back and taking me from nv
corner journeycd homcwarl with sober step
l knew there was something wrong and when
my master told mistress in the evening that he
was out OF work | felt that he bad reason to
be sorrowful, for had learned from other pals
that there Was pressure in the financial world
aud that hard winter starcS tailoring men il,
tie face. Since that dag have not been re
moved from the closet shelf. and | seldom SET.
my masters face, but the glihlpscS that hav,
had OF it assure me that | need not ant;cipat.
going on my daily Journeys for long time to
come. Some pals might Ike this inloiruce,
but love my master and would willingly brave.
all the rigors of winter wind hail sleet, and
snow, everything if thereby | could restore
the smile to his face
AS sit i'll my place alone, pceping row and
then through the closet door at the family
group, my thoughts arc by no means as pleas
ant as they used to be- | know that many of
of the great brotherhood of tin pals will be
idle during the ron.! winter m. .ntls On!v
last evening | heard my master. say, with a
sigh, that there were eight thousand men ont
of employment in this city Eight Thousand
ldcrs in Broad street ! Eight thousand emp
ty TIN pals towed away in secret places !,
Eight thousand pairs Of hrawny hands hanging
lIStlcss in the community There is no solacr.
nothing Of pleasure in all this.
This city with an army of Idle men patrol
Ing the streets, clamoring for labor and for
bread, will know little of peace, little of quiet
while the embarrassment continues When at
ngitia the streets are crowded with laborcrs
each returning homcward with a tin pail in
his hand the public has sure confidence of it's
prosperity but when the opposite is the case
when the shop bells do rot ling ont their
calls at morn and noon, then advcr>itv has
certainly come upon the community. Think
ing OF these things dread wilh dismal fore
bodlng the coming OF the wnter-the winter
whose SHOWS will not be whitrr than the faces
Which locking from broken windows shall see
Want approaching in the distance, Suffering
standing at tn" door Death wuvin" his pale
banners at the corners Of the street. The clos
ct IN winch am put away las wcr choice
provisions In than tonr months since, and | no.
tee that my mistress does not prepare the
dishes She did little while AGO,
'fH> attcStI her inclination tow ards economy.
All k"oWinr that prudent housewife eau do
mncn oW;rt mt g ting domestic prcs>urc,
VeHtnr" stu to l"GuI-" tie hope that to II,
absolute want may not conc That it NAV
not, not l'y hop Tut pray in the best way
TN EaIi can. | @sjny-with which | have
been wont to i'll other days, to exchange the
. time day IN the strcet>--I SIGH for the re-
turn OF prosperous tmcs--ior the ,uwnny of
a brighter day, when the click OF the engine, the
stroke OF the hammer, and the hum of all mnn-
ncr of machinery, the music OF CHEEKY VOICES
hymnng the praise of honest Lahor shall he
heard in our midst and |, with all other
tin pals now stored in secret hooks. shall come
down from our itlirncss and dust, and oncr
more br shten the public promcna'|es.
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