The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-18

Well, this is a pretty 90 Nv n;e
cd butchers boy You will not - vie 'Crp,
thing ""F such
And why not 2
Becnuse-'
Say. because it viii lower mo
cial scale |? 'ae So
We'll, so it viii
Then it is more honorable to IL ..r
starve, and see ones children starye ,on ," d, a'd
to earn honest bread by honest work I'''' 'a''
you Peter, ii you cannot find wors , 'e"
We should have been without bread :. must
had | not found work to day. Yu '' I'
that all kinds Of light agreeable bu>;no A'R
seized upon by those who have na,, ;~s
friends engaged in them. AT such t;n ,s'''f
this it is not for us to consider what k;na d.
work will do so long as it is honest On '~ IT,; VI
me the liberty of my own deserts, and ,aa' "'
dependence to be governed by my own conr ,a'
tons Of right 'D''''
But, my wi(e--only think-ycu ara f..
rying out butchers stuff. Way, ! .sou1
sooner 90 and do it myself. ''
If you will 60, said the wife with sm;,
will stay at home and take care If ,h.
children WV
1t Was hard for Peter Stanwcod, bp, Il.
more he thought upon the matter, the mo,'
he saw the justice and right of the oath n.,
which his vito thus led him. Before be ve0 ~
to bed he promised to 60 to the butchers IN
the morning.
And Peter StanwooI went about his nam
business. Mr.. Snow greeted him warnr
praised his faithful wife. and sent him "A
with two baskets, one to a Mrs. Smiths and
one to Mrs DixaIl's. And the new carrie,
worked all day, and when light came he had
earned ninety->even cents. 1t had been ,
day of trials, but no one sneercd at him. and
all his acquaintance whom he net greeted
him the same as usual lie was far Eapnm,
now than he was at home the night before
for now he was Independent. On the nez-
day he earned over a dollar and thus be
continued to work for week, at the end Ct
which time be had five dollars and seycnry.6ys
cents in his pocket, besides having paid for
all the food for his family, save some pieces Of
meat which Mr.. Snow had given him.
One day Pete had a basket of provisions
TO carry to n. II. 1t WAS his former en-.
p'oyer, and just as he was entering the yard
Of his customer be met him coming out.
All, Stanwood, is this you Z! asked his
old employer. kindly.
Yes, sir.
What arc you up to now?!'
i IN butchers boy Sir
A what g
You see I've brought your provisions Tor
you, sir. I'm regular butchers boy
And low long have you been at work
thus?'
This is the tenth day
But dou't it come hard 2
Nothing is hard so long as it is honest,
and will furnish my family bread
And how much can you earn in day at
this?'
Sometimes over a dollar, and sometimes
not over fifty cents
We'll, look here, Stanwood, there ha7c
been no less than dozen Of my old hands
hanging around my counting-room for tort
night, whining for work. They are stout,
able men, and yet they lie still, because
have no work for them. Last Saturday
took pity on Leeds, and offered him the 100
OF doing my handwriting. | told hu |
would give him dollar and a quarter a day
but he turned up bis nose and asked me not
to insult him. And yet he owned that bis
family was suffering. But come to my place
tomorrow morning, and you shall have
something to do, il it is only to hold your
bench. ! honor you for your manly indepen'
dence.'
Pcler grasped the old mans hand with d
Joyous, grateful grip, and blessed him ter
ven'ly. That night he gave Mr.. Snow notice
that he must qcit, and Oh the following morn
ing ne went 10 the biudery. For two days
he had little to do, but on The third day +,
heavy job came in, and Peter S'anwood ha'
steady wor k. lie was happy-morc ha?E
than ever, Tor he had learned two thlHg''
hrst, what u noble wife he had and second
how much resource for good he held within Af
own energies.
Oar simple picture has two points 10 rs
moral. One is-no man can be lowered o
any kind of honest labor. The secopd-vtlF
you are enjoying the fruits OF the prcsent'''''
get not to provide tor the future for no 'pal
Is so secure but the day may come when DC
VIII want the squander!ngs OF the past.
az