The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-10-06

Aleck. Id see II sunk in the middle 0f the
Dead Sea. Bnt am getting little ahead
of my story. For two or three months. mat.
ters and things went on very well, because I
had something to attend 10 in making few
I little improvements about the house, and in
furnishing number Of the doors with locks
ol my own invention; but as the whole pre-
misses were in excellent repair when | bought
them. soon came to point where there was
nothing 10 look after, but the cultivation of
the garden. ] was not long though in ma.
king the discovery that had no genius or
taste Tor digging around roots, or pulling up
weeds. and so as wife didn't wish the garden
70 run 10 waste, employed regular Eng.
l'sh gardener to carry the thing handsome
ly through.
Il Well, didn't mind the expense he put
me to in the way Of guano. new tangled gar
denlng tools, and patent watering apparatus .
Tor had fully expected to spend money,
and thanks to our previous economy, we had
The money 10 spend but Aeck, il was really
very amusing to see what the fruit and veg.
etables raised from our garden, stood US in.
Making use Of the little arithmetic | was
master Of, recolIect that cyphered up the
cost OF some of the table fixins, and the re.
suit was-cucumbers, seventeen cents apiece;
green peas, a dollar aud three quarters for a
half peck; currants, fifty cents a quart;
raspberres, thirty cents pint beets, four
teen cents each. and everything else in
proportion. All this cared nothing about,
but somehow, felt out Of my gearing in
not having the right kind Of employment.
Wife did her best TO coax me into gem
tlemanly ways; had the old mechanical
CRIME all thoroughly scrubbed out Of my
hands-fnger-nails cleaned out and round.
ed-so as to make it appear that had never
done manual labor.
Then we must get behind a couple of Nor
gan ponies which had purchased. and made
fashionable calls in the day time on those
who had called on US; and wife wanted me
to soften down my voice aud TO be partcu-
lar about my grammar aud the subjects [
talked on but sometimes forgetting myself
! would rcyel IN the proud memory Of the
locks and keys had handled IN happier days,
and commence history Of my exploits in
that line, when wife would look as though
she was going to sink through the flocr. In
lact she wished to keep perpetual lock on
my lips ESQ far as my antecedents we're con.
cefned) with the key in her pocket. But
sighed Tor the shop. and time hung 50 hcavi-
| ly on my hands, that an hour spent in stupid
lIstlessness about the house, seemed longer
to me than day did, when | had orders
ahead Tor locks, and was driving hard to get
them finished at given time. My young.
est brother, who is college bred man and
lawyer, seat me at my request fine colec-
ton Of books on all imaginable subjects, So
that my library 01tshoHe that 0f the parsan
or indeed any other man in the place but
found had no more taste TO sit down and
read Than had for trimming currant bushes.
Time was. after | had finished had DAYS
labor al the ship, when an hour at bOuks was
real sOlace, aud also believed an occasion
OF improvement. Then enved those whose
leisure allowed them to feast on books per.
petually. bat the mistake | made was IN fail.
ing TO discriminate between the mental hab-
its and requirements of the professed student.
and those Of the working man.
/" In this wretched manner did time at nv
country seat drag heavily along. Visiting
was perfect hOre, for not feeling the slightest
interest IN such masculine topics as corn,
grubs and manure. and caring less for the
feminine ones of dress and local gossip,
didn't Know what 10 talk about. hooks SET
me to sleep, aud not having The society &c NV
two boys, who we're of at boarding school, [
became fully satisfied that nothing 70 do.
was equal 10 having everything to sulier.
Ny most delightful place Of resort wasa
blacksmith's shnp some two mics irom the
house where occasionally I would handle
the hammer. aud rlang litilc on the anvil,
but wife making the discovery one day that
my hands we're getting srimy again, | was
obliged tnowa up the cause Of il, aud this To-
NV surrow was succeeded by positive pros
hbtion on her part from my taking any fur.
iher exercise al the forge. After this. when
would sometimes ride past tie shop behind
my prancing Morgan horses. the tears woaIl
start IN nv ewes u NV heing drbarred the
chiy employment which was in the least
adapted 10 my state nr captrity.
Bat, gnuSin alerk. TO shorten my story,
wife perceising that my unlappiness aas ia.
creasing, at last consented to move back
r. town. and let me resume nv business,
had ~ difficulty IN renewing an arrange.
ment with nv old partner, aud hence here
you see ne hard al work and happier than
the President. am perfectly able, 10 PEE
cuniary pUint Of view, to live without work,
bur have learned 10 nv satisfaction too i'm
portant truths; First. that we never enj1y
ourselves 50 well a. when se are BselalIy EN-.
plnyeJ and second. that there i no oecupa-
ton on the whule. for which We arc so we'll
fitted a. that to which We lsve been loug ac.
custOmed, aud which hiss hence become "a
Bs, as il were, second nature
was much pleased with the good sense Of
"my wile's cousin as c,lnced id the snail
sectinn Of his autobiography which he had
given me. and very soon after he had dnisheI
q We reached his dwelling. II his .hap wss
dngy, there was 30 dinsiness here. Tie ed.
ifcc was built III the pl,lidelphia style. hay-
ing a large dining r0om back Of tile two par.
lors. and nable kitchen in the rear Ui the
dining room. Tie whole anor. as veil as
the airy anI pleasant bedrooms above stairs,