Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-07-23

/ assured country me chants that Brown, Smitf
81 Jones kept stock Of from two hundred
/ thousand to three hundred thousand dollars 2
(Mr. Takers little hdgety) may possibly
have done so sir: may possibly have done so
but if / did it must have only been in the " ay
OF my profession, and | suppose it would be
proper to regard such expressions as a mere
grouping Of rhetorical figures, or more properly
: poetical fiction for confess sir, that IN our
line We sometimes indulge in a little poetry as
well as music
i Louder laughter in the court than before
I illegal gentleman considerably exasperated)
You make light of the matter, Mr.. takers bnt
must say that consider such course of life
/ q system of hollow empty drumming, giving
the most uncertain sounds and you yourself
may be set down as base (bass) a drummer as
L ever saw
/ Laugh now a little against Takers, and get.
tang somewhat excited in his turn. he muttered
'TIond enough to be heard, that perhaps drum
ming was as respectable as blowing pettifog-
ging tunes ON brass and wind instruments, and
/ rls set the laugh again in his favor.
/ Icould fill volume with these "reminiscences
! but imust hasten to a conclusion. After
bad served my three years at Mighty, Rusher
~ Cos, renewed my engagements for an adj
ditionaI two years, but before the first year had
Expired, the great firm of Mighty, Rusher &
Co. cayed in, and settled with their creditors at
forty cents dollar. 1t was much as they
could pay too, for it lett them penniless, adj
vanced somewhat in years. with large and ex-
lpensive families tosapport Mr. AIighty's health
land spirits gave way under the pressure of the
! affection, and within seven months after the
failure, the tomb closed over his remains while
the facetious Rusher, after his hair had begun
10 turn grey, was forced to accept n situation as
drummer and salesman in the establishment of
. brother merchant. / occasionally see zoe Bel
lows, but he has not succeeded in life. Expand
Hurst & Settle smashed up some years ago. -
They compromised by agreeing to pay thirty
cents on dollar, but falling in this. the firm
became extinct, the members of itwere scatter
ed, and Joe with his fancy clothes and high ex-
lpeciations, was set adriff. He looks seedy and
idispirited now, and from the alcoholic odor Of
/ his breath, am persuaded that his habits are
not what they should be, and that he is fast GO
Ing down hill
| OF course have the melancholy account to
! give that am in feeble health. and have less
money in possession now than when left the
| old saw mill at Punkinyille | am not worth a
hundred dollars in the world. have made con-
siderable money, il is true but the heavy out
/ lay for segars, liquors, theatres. and many 9th
er matters incidental to my profession, have
pretty thoroughly cleaned me out / have had
ten thousand regrets that left the sawmill or
that having left it. did not profit by the advice
OF the gentleman whom | saw at Lovejoy's the
first evening after my arrival, and go back and
resume my work. My successor there started
poor, but by strict application and economy, he
has become sole owner and is said to be worth
eight or ten thousand dollars. sometimes
think Of going back, and soliciting the same sub
ordinate situation | held twelve years ago, but
fear nay city habits are confirmed, that /
could never endure the change
IL could reach the ear OF thousands of dis
satisfied Young men in our rural districts i
should say to them in substance, what the aforc-
said gentleman said to me. Stay at home, stick
to your logs your fnthers farm, or the COOLERS
stall, or the quarry or the workshop, or whatever
else may be your particular line of business, but
keep out OF the city. Athome you may remain
comparatively uncontaminated but here, away
from parental counsel, the fear is that you may
learn mischief, acquire bad habits, become ex-
travagant, profane and incorporate, ana in the
end. find that you are not qualified for any otl-
/ er pursuits than the banging Of an empty drum.
p LIONEL. LINCOLN Lowell.