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Fine Tallt and Plain Talk.

Fine Talh and Plain Talk. g
'Fne' talks not peculiar to fine people.
The following passage, from a. late English
work called Town Eae,' aamirably hits. Of
a fashion among laboring' msns of..ealling
things by names BY no means appropriate
to their character -
What is called "a days spree by work
ing men, and is slooked on ly them asen:
joyment or recreation, is-a source / from
which may social evils spring, and IS, in
truth, quite the reverse Of enjoyment.to'
themselvestor any with whom. they are con-.
nectcd. 1t will be well here to notice this.
! If you speak tothe employers Of labor ID
almost any branch Of business, ..it will be-
found that great Inconvenience and annoy:
ance are occasioned by workings men neg.
lectingatheir employment in order to have
what is termed "a SPREE These -sprees;in
themajority Of cases, are not Preconcerted
but the man drinks too, deeply on Sunday
evening, is late for siIis work on tMonday
morning, goes to takea walk to make him,
self'all right 10 60 in at dinner time, meets
with companion who is in similar circum-.
stances, theyamust then take a glass togeth-
er, and , after this, they feel totally&indifer-.
ent as to whether they gotto work at all:
The day s.spent in. mean and miserable {
shifts to procure money,for drink. Friends
arc tested, if possible credit is obtained, and.
rather than be defeated, clothes are pawned..
The men, infuriated with liquor, go home
to their families. and, if thcyi meet will a
reception only such as they. have righI. .to-
expect, they either beat their wives. terrify,
their children, or damage their furniture,
and thus ends the day. On the morrow
they may be really III. totally unfit for
work, and if they be not hardened drunk
ards, will feel somewhat ashamed of their
conduct, and wonder what will be said or :
thought of them at the stop As thew he.
gin to recover, they will sneak about,tie
doors TO see some of.the hands,, in. order,
to learn what will to best to say. or What
sort offace they must put on the matter.
Then they SET is SSWorls and aone0ct some
abominable lie, to tell their employer We
have ;knownsa mafs in! such circnnstancesz
to state that 'kisacife 1sds dead, !, order.
that be nigh: play oi, the Sssympathiss 81
his employer, and thus. secure g mo oriey., for.
drink, whilst the wife was waiting outside
the shop to accompany her rliusbaSdsto the
gin-shop, and this is callcd:sa spffee.'. What
an abuse of terms. liza spree means hn ahny.
thing, it means iollity, and there is s,sil,ireiy
no iollity in course of. conduct so, reepugs
nant to the views. ,a,ld. feelings Of any up-
right, honest OF weli.mearfng. man. WORK
ing men frequently boast Of theirs straight.
forwardness and dsplainnessof, ,speech.ssaW6yt,
do theygnpt learn; toScallss things by their.
proper nanles9 81; 9; = e 3. 50
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.SuAs WR1onrs- -WEAlr1i. .--The Daily:
Wisconsin, edited 6y Craners formerly 81
Albany, speaking of the wealth ofatlis Iiaots
eminent American statesmen. concludes .l,;;ssf
list with the following reference to Silaa
Wright:
:"Silas Wright. with bis estate Of IA Oo0.
was really Weather than. MANY Others ara;
with 100000. lie owed no man .anvst
thing; he met his obligations with the;nt,;
most rpromptness, and never indnlgedina
any luxury that he could not nav for. Ha
was model of republican simplieity.' T.
should also be understood that lie was not
mean in saving money.
There was something glorious in Witness.
ing a great statesman like siias Wright.
never asking pecuniary .favor-or wen
accepting one yet possessing only al IN:
come that could support him and his. .svifa.
in frugality. When lie was elected Cover, ar
nor Of the great state os.New' York, lie was,
iils rlcl. TRENDS got together and witlloat.
l;,I' "!s know'eage mage up a. snnseE,pton
Jar - fnrn;sh h;s ,.,,.;an ns as Me;s aH ,h Or
' uea.s,,,'". ,u r;nl. n,S s!on IMs th.s ne tes
p.r ..na Ropon ous A,nuy ,ueelneo' ssNegswha
conssnt ~ - - r"o.iso ""%'n .u.I Z "e Souao ASs,
onoWeven from his S'on most $500 g% saaAs
IL. as .i:..aa I,, ,i.o esssss