The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-17

/ VI tuC uOOIs WIN tVthS Va oWu
invention; but as the whole premises we're
in excellent repair when bought them, |
soon came TO a point where there was moth.
ing to look after but the cultivation oil the
garden. was not long though in making
the discovery that had no genius Of taste
either for digging around roots or pulling
up weeds, and So as my wife didn't wish the
garden to run to waste, | employed o regu-
lar English gardener to carry the thing
handsomely through.
"Well, didn't mind the expense, he put me
to in the. way Of guano, new.iangled gardening
tools, and patent watering apparatus for !
had fully expected to spend money, and,
thanks to our previous economy, we had
the money to spend but Aleck, 1t was
really very amusing to see what the fruit
and vegetables raised from our garden stood
us in. Making use Of the little arithmetic
was master Of, | recolIect that ciphered
up the cost OF some Of the table txins, and
the result was--cucumbers, seventeen cents
apiece green peas, dollar and three quar-
ters for hall peck currants, fifty cents a
quart; raspberries, thirty cents q pint !;
beets fourteen cents each, and everything
else in proportion. All this cared nothing
about, but, somehow, felt out Of my gear
ing in not having the right kind Of employ
ment. Wife did her best to coax me into
gentlemanly ways had the old mechanical
CRIME all thoroughly scrubbed out Of my
hands-fnger nails cleaned out and rounded,
so as to make it appear that | had never
done manual labor.
Then we must get couple Of Morgan
ponies which | had purchased, and make
fashionable calls in the daytime on those
who had called on US and wife wanted me
10 soften down my voice and to be particu-
lar about my grammar and the subjects ]
talked on but sometimes forgetting myself
] would revel 10 the proud memory of the
locks and keys had handled in happier
days and commence history Of my exploits
in that line, when vile would look as though
she was going to sink through the fioor. In
fact she wished to keep perpetual lock on
my lips, (so far as our antecedents were
concernedD with the key in her pocket.
But sighed for the shop, and time hung so
heavily on my hands thai an hour spent in
stupid listlessness about the house seemed
longer to me than day did when had or
ders ahead for locks and was driving hard
to get them finished at given time. My
youngest brother, who is college bred
man and a lawyer, sent me, at my request
fine collection Of books on all Imaginable
subjects, so that my library outshone that OF
the parson, or, indeed any other man in the
place but found had no more taste TO
sit down and read than had for trimming
( nj hr,abau fEip,a altar | taI fin
ished hard days labor at the shop, when
an hour al books was a real solsce, and
also believed an occasion Of Improvement.
Then envied those whose leisure allowed
them to feast on books perpetnally but
the mistake | made was in failing to dis
crimnats between the mental habits and
requirements Of the proiossed student and
those Of the working man.
" In this wretched manner did time at my
country seat drag heavily along. Visiting
was perfect bore, Tor not feeling the slight
es, interest in such masculine topics a. corn,
grubs and manure, and caring less for the
feminine oucs Of dress and local gossip,
didn't know what to talk about. Books set
ne to sleep, and not having the society Of
my two boys. who were of at boarding
school, became fully satisfied that nothing
10 DO was eq1al TO having everything 10
suffer.
Z" Ny mos, delightful place Of resort was
b'acRsmIths shop, some two miles from
the house, where occasionally ! would ham
de the hamme- and cang little on the an.
vii. but wife making the discovery one day
that my hands were getting grImy again,
W. Obliged 20 own mp the cause Of IL, and
III IS, to my sorrow, was snccecded by pos
tive prohibition on her part from my taking
any further exfrcis" al the forge. After
/ this. when ! would sometimes ride past the
-hop behind my pranciDg Morgan horse,
the tear. wo1.d start 10 ny eyes at my beng
} barrel the only employment which was IN
the least adapted 20 my taste or caEacity.
" Bat, cousin Alcck. 10 shorten my tory,
wlrs, pcrce.ying that my unbappurs- Wa
Increasing az ast rDns' utsd b. move bark
20 town, and Iet me- resume by bu-ip~ss. !
bad nO difficulty IN rem wing an arrange
rncnt with ms oil partner. aud hence here
you -ee rns hard at work and hsppirr than
The President an perfectly abe in 70
Cun,ary point ~ view, . I've u boat work
bgt have learned 10 my satisfaction tso
important truth. hr.t, that W. nsvH en-
Jsg 11r~lsr- 90 AL a. when We are usa-
10 ~ employed aul ocond, ,ta' there il %
occura' 90 ol tta ghY,e ior which " ar,
-n ~. f.,ei ~ n.ar ~ W. oh We have heer
long acclrom.d a1l which has hence ~
c.lne ~ o., as q, were, a -.cond ua'sre
"a. mash pe.-ad With The good sh>e d
M ~G'. -..-r a. s.ac'd 10 the smal
-ect..l ~ b. 41'aafrnphy which he ha'
gwen ~ add v'ry -,oa after b had hn'sh''
twe rslrh.d b.. Use ~ u hl' .hop "a
i.ugy there s4s 30 ding br.s bsr-- IN
yGihoe va bait 90 th- ~ ado p,ia ''yl.
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