Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-24
THE IEINDUSTRiOUS DAY.

Exer'mu. Lapdown was a const;,uti .ral!, tired hlah' and was onn morning seated Leu ais wits, Ebba, a, breakfast ID his easy-cllair 'no.n'n gown, and sli" "p-rs, yawning, with hi eyes haifclo ed, while she was sprealin. his rolls a!d cutting his steak into small piece. for him, according to her usual custom: when Exer;mus asked Der to fork d piece into his mouth. aS his head was ss comfortably reatin z against the back of the chair,
 That woa WAS lar indi srant reply If yoa to l!zy to raise yrur head and cal property. Jou may go without. Bt-Sud by ,uu Il want me To eEuw your food for yyu"
 You k~ow Im .l, k, dawl*,i Le yasui $ again.
 Il know yonr re the picture of health ad t;" model of i"do'rnce. teciatr, should kna you v l.; 10, from 'aEine,s, aud wol der that you cln cat ss You ,io."
 '" |: Isut healthy "pprtise, Ehbs. Some SC. [o k. eat ihs most. You know 1 Wa, si .. ess sauu!l have m'r cpcrgy. NJ, blood don't seem ,o circulate freely. Aiy Joe. feel numb.''
 And no wonisr-you srx such a sloth Why duat you spusk up aud io Some kinl 0; busina.s7 Ion do nothing but cat. drink .ur,ke aud s!cep al .ts Ii ne. f3a v.:s ia bu>inass ~hca nar'isl you. Why d.i ,ou give it up!"
 "Lore for yon, Ebby. condn't bear 10 be out of sight of you auI b-sles, the care seemed too much for one. think sioui! have been worn out and dead before tLis. if had ksp. on working. You have no i4e. how it usedto tire me."
 And 1 suppose you thought that. as own thi. house and hsd my incolns of fifteen hundred year, you lad good chance and a right to be do-aothiug drons for ths rsmain der of your days. and lo. aud lounge, uud dsawl and yawn, and smoks your life away. Sick should think you would La sick of such slotLfulness."
 "W.ll.' yawned Exertnus. to tell you the 4 people are 50 constituted that it is natural for them to keep still, and dangerous to be rushing around much. am one of that kiad. You hay. no idea now rash am when get fairly roused up to work. xu at it just like Il mad man ovcrdo myself. l cant be moderate, because my spirit is too much for my strength ; and so. between these two evils. I think it is better to keep the s;eam.sngiue eff the track than to stsam up and rush to destruction Don't you see how much more prudent it is 2
 "No 1 don't. You will surely get dseas ed if you don, exercise more. + you are toe sluggish to go into any business. you might, d, least. stir about more here at home. and pr. vent things from going to run. and keep them in order. There's the barn wants fixing. an, the garden, and the fence. and the we'll, anl the hencoop. You might paint. and whitewash and paper up the house yourself. You mighl put one shingles on the roof and paint tho outside of the ehimneys to keep them from tn, weather and the weathercock don | turn, be I cause it wants grcasing. sLf fnose. All tha coal in the yard ought to be carried into tn cellar and if you split little wood every day it would help keep your blood in circulation and give you better ppetits-thouyh there no need of that. Do you hear? ?'' l Exertimos did hear, but e,ended to b reading the morning paper and she was abo 1 to continue to point out what he might dc when, to check her. he promised to go aroun about the premises, after breakfast. and se what was best to be dope.'
 In the course of anot1er hour. he had hr
 shed his slow deglptition and in anothe hour, he had sufficiently dressed himself wit
 her assistance. to go out ofdoors, which he di with reluctant step.
 There's enough work out there for hu, dred men v Said he, when he came back an dropped desrairngly into the easy chair ft the prospect of absolute bodily effort alarme
 him. There are so many things 10 do,
 don't know where to begin and if I did.
 should hesitate on two accounts"
 I And what are they, far pitys saks~