The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-19
NY WHY'S COUSIN.
l.Irrom tho n. Y. commorolal Advertiser, sop,. 10

tFrom the N. \. Commercial Advertiser, Sept TO-
Some time ago i called a cousin of my wife who
sided ia the city OF Philadelphia had not seen him
for a long time but having understood that he was In
ailnent circumstances was but little prepared for the
condition in which found him. Through information
derived from pbiIalephia directory went TO one of
those allies with which that CITY abounds and found his
name on sign board associated with that of another
man over a dark and dngy shop The sign purported
that they were ocxsmiths and bell hangers also that
locks were repairod and KEYS fitted Without ceremony
| walked into the gloomy recess where there was a
blacksnith forge and where among several muscular
looking men. up to their arnpits in work was ssmy
ys consin He received me most cordiay and for
moment intcmitted filing huge brass kew on which
he was engaged and the shake of nv own dexter by one
Of his broad brawny hands can ken to nothing nearer
than the shock of a young earthquake
pTakc N seat take seat he observed and inst as
soon as finish this kew we'll make tracks for home
of course replied that was In no hurry and az once
became interested in the cilo manner in which he was
nctamoynbosnp n rough casting into a nolished kew
As soon % il was completed he washed the worst of the
dirt from his hands hung m his work anron and uniting
ON his coat and hat remarked in n cheerful tome .ome
now cousin Aeck let's 90 and sec whether wife has got
any ten for us -
Alter we were in the street our conversation isensiby
ran ON business and took occasion 20 saw To him fiat
had been of the opnion that he had retired from his
trade ON n handsome competency ..Don,t saw n word
about retirement he repiied ait nearly makes me sick
Ia think of Il peone talk of retiring from business
while they are healthy. and able TO work wbv teII
Won. Aleck. thew don't know what IL means didn't
wxxba Init
and misery sound to INV ears like words Of about the
same meaning
Perceiving that he hal struck n subject on which be
could easily be communicative looked inouirinplv
when he roined .erbaps Won never heard the nartjcn
lars of INV retiring !,
ON INV yeplvinc that had not he proceeded ..you
SOC Aleck Il il abont three years aoo that having as
n, ,vonlI cav con,netencv I. ,oae mn ms MINI 10
ston work and move into the conntrv 81 sod ont ,,
La, ~ tbe business 10 NV narner snent wear or ,or
IN hooking at two or three score Of country noces and
nj last found ono that wife and nvsef were con-
eiIa.,bJv pleased with Fine doubIe hons, f,ur acrea
ant;frr sbodd ,,eoetahIe ,,,rdc,, not tn b hot oJ
soil of superior auaitv The place Is still in INV
session t before ,yould oo and live ON n AGAIN IA
give it away YES AIeck I'd see it sunk in the middle
If Nh Dead sea Rnt am Getting n little ahead of M,
story For two or three months matters and thnos went
an yerv we'll .canse had s,,nethinc h, attend to l.,
making n few little improvements about The house and
In f,rniabno number of the doors with locks of NV ~
nventim Int as the whole premses were in exceent
rna;r when bouobt them soon came To n point ,vIera
there was nothn to look after but the cntvaton Of tb
garden / was not long though In making the discov
erv that had no scnus of taste either for ieoin arond
rnots or nnlIino IN weeds and so as yif ait y;sh
te garden To run to waste empovcd regular Enolisb
;r,rsner 70 carry the thing banison,nIv tl,rougb
.sWeIl ddngt mind the EXPENSE he mt me In IN the
vav of ,rnno new landed rnrenno Tools and natent
watering anparatus. for had fully exnected to snend
money and thanks TO our previous economy we had the
money to spend but Aeck it was really very omnsng
"a Geo what the frut and Vegetables raised from, ,r or
den stood MS in Making use of the little arithmetic
was muster Of recolleet that ophercd nm the cost If
Soma of the table fixips and the result wasoucnbers
savant,en cents niece reen meas dollar a,d tl,roa
ouarers for half pecI, currants fifty cents a cnart
r,spberries thirty cents pint beets fourteen cents
each and everything else in proportion All file T
cared nothing about but somehow felt ont of INV
inc In not having the riaht kind of e,nplovment WIFI
diJ bor hest 10 coay me into Ieponjy woyo had ~
old mechanical crime all tboronpbv scrubbed ont oe nv
bands-inper cleaned out and roundo, SO "a ~
make it anoear that I had never done mammal labor
Then we must get behind connie Of Moygar non;ss
which r had purchased and make fashionable calls In thn
d,ytime ON those who had called on us and wife want
oh me To soften down NV voice and tn he nartcuay about
INV Grammar and The subjects talked on lint some
times forgetting myself / N,onld rcve in The prod mem,
rv ~ he locks and kevs had handled IN HAMMER d
AMI commence \ history Of INV cxnlo;ts in tbat linz
when wife would look as tbougb she vas goino 70 sinh
tbrnuob the foor In fact she wished to been ,ont
nal lnc ON NV Inns lso far ne orr antecodents ,yer
oerned with the kew in her poclet Rpt SIGHED for
tho sbon and time HING 40 heavily on NV bonda that an
our spent in stupid istessness about the house seemed
longer to me than ay did when had orders ahead for
locks and was driving hard to get them finished at given
time Nv YOUNGEST brother who Is a colIeoe- bred man
and LAWYER sent me at my request fine collection Of
hooks on All Imaginable subjects so that NV library ont
sbone that of the pason or indeed any other man in
the Mace Int found had no more taste 10 sit down
and read than had for trimming ourrent bushes Time
Was after had finished hard DAYS labor NJ the sbon
when AN bonr at books was real soace and also be-
leyed an occasion of improvements Then enyied those
whose leisure allowed them To feast on hooks peretuav
but the mistake made was in FILLING to discriminate he
tween the mental habits and reourements of the pro.
f,ssed student and those of the working man.