Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-09
The an in the Fustian Jacket.

10 you know. reader, what the sunshins
of The heart is, when the sky looks SO blue
so bright, and so beautiful, that YOU cannot
choose but climb up above it with your
thoughts and desires, that you may be near
er the throne of the Eternal, to pour forth
for unnumbered mercies your thankful
ness and praise! half hour Of such sun
chine is enough to make US patiently endure
half year of dreariness and gloom. | an
inow in cheerful mood, and will therefore
relate TO you my uncle's account of the man
in the fustian jacket. o. how | loved to
hear him tell the tale. Again and again
did he repeat the story, and always
with es mncF lie and spiri: as if he had
never told it before. You shall have it, as
nesr as | can remember it, in his own
words
alt is an excellent thing for a man to be
diligent in what he undertakes. II business
| il to an .wer. it must be attended to. II
| plan is to succeed, it must be followed up
with spirit You shall have an instance
of this will tell you of the man in the
stan jacket. : -------r- '-s.
soon after came to live in this house,
as was painting the palisades OF nv little
garden to the front, a man in o fustifn jacket
stopped at the gate. You have a pretty
lit le garden here, sir said he, 'and it looks
all the be, er fol- the fresh paint on the
palisades live just round the corner, and
if ,ou should ever want colors of any kind /,
| should be happy to supply you. have
ivury-black. drop-black, blue-black, and
lamp black: very good brown, purple,
S anish, and Vsndyke. and though say it,
nobody has better blues, ochres. and UNI
bers. Those who deal with me say | am
famous ior my gamboge, king's-yellow, and
chrome yellow; and as fol sermillion, both
English and Chinese, white lead and fake
white, Brunswick green, emerr ID green, and
mineral-green, there is none better than NINE
to be had" astIs7-
mo sooner had told him that no colour
of any kind was wanted by me, than he
thanked me civilly, again spoke of my pret-
ty garden, and went on. i wish,' thought
|, rather hastily, shat he would keep his
gumbogr. king's-yellow, and his vermiiion
to himsel-what do l want with his col
oursi" .-.-
The very next morning, as | stood in
nv Ii tile garden, again came by the man in
the fustlsn jacket, carrying large jar
How nice and fresh the shower that fell in
The night has made your garden, SIR said
he; Il am taking jar OF my neat's-foot oil
to one OF your neighbours. Ii anything in
The oil way should at any time be wanted
linseed or boiled, common train, seal, sperm.
or Florence in TASKS, snail be happy to-
serve you; live only just around the cor
ner' e.F ....
".What does the man meant said | to
myself, when he was gone, 'pestering me
with his linseed and boiled oil. lwant none
of it. am not to be compelled against my
will, suppose, to buy his greasy oils. Why
cannot the man keep quiet!'
"Rather warm, sir said the man in the
iustian jacket, as he paused for moment,
on passing by in the middle of the same
day. 'Rsther warm, sir! Not exactly the
day for hot joints, but better suited ior cold
meats ard pickles am running with pot
of pickles 10 the house with the green blinds
yonder. If you are fond of pickles, SIT
my capers and cucumbers would just suit
you; but | have all sorts-olives, both
French and Spanish onions, gherkins,
walnuts, French beans, cabbage, capsicums
and cauIifower. live rather handy for
you, sir-only three doors round the corner
"Y-s,' thought |, you live hsnoy enough
to torment me! One would think it would
be quite time enough to tell me all about
your capers and your cucumbers, your cap
cums snd your caulifowers, when | ask
promise you. begin to be sadly out of
temper
"On the evening of the same day just as
was entering in at my garden gate, once
more went by the man IN the fu~ tian jackei.
lmost time to light up, sir said he; i
somehow forgot, when was out with my
basket this morning, 10 leave four pounds
of candles at one OF my customers, and so
am taking them now. If you should want
candles of any kind, sir, you will find my
store dips. fine was. spermaceti, cocoa-nut,
composite, and metalIick wicks, excelents
Perhaps, sir, you will give me trial some
day; for am, as | may say, sori of neigh
bour of yours, my shop being only just round
The curner'
Hardly could keep my temper while
he was talking to me, but when he was
gone gave way sadly. He will be da lily
plague to me- saio |, 'and wish that ! had
never come into the neighbourhood, or that
he and his tallow candles were hundred
miles off, ..-- -. ........-