The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1859-02-12

little or nothing for G cd, these zee times.
Never saw the like in my riife,' said the
youth who was silently and sneakingly invest
! ing every dollar-no matter how he got tin
lottery, gift, other swindling games, and re-
fusing to pay his honest debts, while a poor
father or mother sister is tOiling to find the
great calf bis daily clothes
Can't sign cent-times too hard, said the
prosperous man who refused to give anything
to any charitable object or public good. but
who spends many dollars weekly in cigars, to-
bacco, oysters, drinks. eating shops, or still
worse places.
Really we cannot pay so high wages said
a lady in silks and furs, she from a
devoat study Of the safest fashions ',Our
s asa hssa help %as, york X. for ss
of industrious females generally are hardly
enough to keep them from despair and utter
ruin, yet hard times are made as an excuse
by Christian women-whose mere luxuries
would give support to many respectable fami-
lies-for reducing those scanty means of ex-
istence.
All these hard times 7 said robust, red
faced man, as he turned his tumbler of brandy
and sugar, and paid the bar keeper shilling,
can see no prospect of better. Hard times
these for poor man to make money. can
not get money enough even to buy the~com-
forts of life, let alone the 1aiates. Why,
landlord, as you live. have 4
butter in my family for q mon et
money to buy any. GO q.
and he filled anothenm
this strong, able-bodis
times.
'Oh these hard tim11
to the poor woman,who ask
a shilling from the piece OF Co. -
selling at one hundred per cent in ad-
vance. We cannot take cent less, these
hard times AT the tep pin alley l saw him
pay fifty times much Us he refused to allow
l.
his money, these hard times.
Oh these hard times Z said loafer as
he stretched out his legs over three chairs by
stove. Oh these hard times 2 and there
he sat all day, repeating like parrot, oh
hard times hard times hard times ! And
pitied the man from my soul, for believe he
thought it was hard times, when he alone was
to blame for being lazy spending what was
better than money-his time--these had tsmes.
Taxes too high, and too poor crops, to take
a country paper" said a farmer, who paid
twice as much for trashy, swindling sheets
from the cities, and who lost three times the
price by not learning-as he could have done
many matters of interest and of Importance
about his home. Ignorance makes hard
times HARDER.
A Touch SroRY-Dr Lvngstone's Travels
in Africa, recently republished, is considered
one of the most curious books of modern times
Among various surprising things in it is the
following account of strange deformity exis-
ting among tribe of negros in the country he
had explored. Every man, woman, and child
in the tribe are without front teeth. Inquring
into the cause of this unnatursl appearance it
was given to him thus
Once upon time the chief of the tribe,
like many better men in civilized nations, was
possessed of a refractory wife. He endured her
impudence and annoyance for many years, but
one day his passion becoming suddenly aroused,
he gave her what is termed in civilized par
lance plug" in the mouth wit be W.
blow must have been well aimel
the mouth of the proud wofna1
teeth. Thus despoiied Of ~
matron hid herself in shan =
came . tractable and obedIeRtlW .z7
riors of the tribe, in council assemb "a
the good results of that one blow k{
and being troubled generally with d]z6bedieIt
wives resolved at once to follow his pugilistic
example. Each repaired to his home, and res
ted not content until their wives were forcibly
relieved of their front teeth"
Father" said an ambitious youngster, about |
the size of pepper box, II can do without
shoes, but am suffering for bosom pin.