New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-05-02

Gil th!N Is IL NfettF 60 Wy VIC fut h
or's boy You will not do any such thing
And why not2
'Becausc--bccaase--,
Say because it will lower You in the social
SCALE
SO it will
Then 1t viii be no more honorable to lie
still and star7e. and sec ones children starvc
too, than to earn honest bread by honest
work. tel you, Peter if you won't work,
must; for am not going to starvc here
with the children in consequence Of your no.
tons Of what is respectable and what is not
You know shat all light, cgroca1'e business
is seized upon by those who have particular
friends, ard engaged to the. At such times
as this. it is not for us to consider what kind
ofwork We will do, as long as It is honcSt
Oh, give Inc the liberty OF living upon my
own deserts, and the Independence to he gov
erned by my OWE convictions ofright.'
But my wifa--only think you carrying
butchers stuff / would sooner 20 and do
it myself
fyou will co. said the wife. with smile.
4 will stay at home and take care of the
children
1t was hard for patcr Stanwood but the
more he thought upon the matter the nor"
he saw the justice and the ri~ht Of the path
into which his wife thus lead him. Before he
went to bed he promised he would 60 to the
bsitehcr's in the morning.
And Peter Stanwood went upon his new
business. Mr.. Snow greeted h'm warmly
praised his faithful wife, and then sent him
off with two baskct5-one to Mrs Smith and
ono to MRS. DIxal. And the new carrier
worked all day, and when ght came he had
Mn cty seven cents. It had been day Of
trials, but no one snccred at him, and all lls
acquaintance whom be met greeted him the
same as usual. He was far happier now than
he was at home the night before for now he
was ndopcndcnt
On tic next day he earned over dollar.
and thus he continued to work for over IL
we k at the end OF which tine lie had five
besides having paid for al tie food of his
family. save sem pieces OF III 4ct which Snow
had given HIM. Saturday oycnin5 he met
Mark Leeds, another binder, who was dis
charged from work with himself. Leeds
looked caTcworc md rusty.
How goes it 2 asked Pete.
Don't ask me- groaoed Mark, NY family
arc half starving,
But can't you lind something to do 2
Nothing,
Have yol tried ?,
Everywhere, bat it Is Of no use. have
pnwned all my clothes save those have OH.
l have been to the biader today and what
do you suppose he offered me I?
What was it Q
He had just turned Of! his nigser for drunken
ness, and offered me The place the old curm-
mudgeon BY the powcrT, / had q great
mind to pitch him into the handcart and run
him to tho
Mark mentioned the name of an individu-
al supposed to dwell somewhere in warm
region somewhat warmer than our tropics.
'Wcll,' said Peter, if 1 had been in your
place, should have taken up with the Of
fer
why resumed Peter, 4 have been doing
t:,e work of butcher. boy for whole week.
Mark was incrcdulous, bnt his companion
convin ced him, and they separated, one go
ing home happy and contented, and the 9TH
er going from home to find some SOFT OF ex-
element in which he could drown his mise
ry.
One day Peter had q basket Of provisions
to carry to Mr. W. 1T was his former cnl-
ployer-and iustas LIS was entering the yard
of his customer, he met him coming out
Ah, Stanwood, is that you :? asked his
employer, kindly.
Yes, SIR
what are you noT I!
4 am butchers boy, sir
a what 2!
You see have brought your provisions for
you, sir. I am regular butcher-hoy.'
And how long have you been at work
thus p
This the tenth day
But don't it come hard q
Nothing is hard SO long as it is honest, and
will furnish my family bread
And how much day can you earn at
this 2,
Sometimes over fifty cends9
Look here, Stanwood, there has not been
less than q dozen Of my old hands hanging
around my counting room for fortnight,
whining for work They are stout, aide men,
and yet they lie still because | haze no work
for them. Last Saturday took pity on Leeds