Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-10-11

! ed OF his OccupauOn3 ana % regret ina
he ever was bred a blacksmith. Ifhe wa
ashamed of it, his wife and daughter
we're still more SO, and would have give
all the silk in their Wardrobes if the stall
of charcoal had never come over tn
hands of Mr.. Pigiron. But as the pas
could not be recalled, it wasresolved tina
no time should be lost in wiping out thl
stain for the future. Accordingly tht
leather apron of Fritz, in which he usec
to glory and to which he owed all hi
present consequence, was cast aside il
scorn; the anvil was heard to sound NJ
longer; the very shop itself was razed tt
the ground, and every trace of itremOved
from sight-in a word, Fritz Pigiron SCI
up for gentleman.
But it is the misfortune of those who
quit their own sphere and usurp place
in a higher to feel insecure in their new
station to imagine that everybody con-
siders them as intruders, and under
these impressions, to take all imaginable
pains to prove their claims to the rank
which they have but lately assumed
They are apt to launch out into a stream
of extravaganza, in dress, furniture, and
equipage; and not only so, but exhibit a
haughtiness of carriage which has no
parallel among those whose claims to
superior rank are not likely to be dis
puted. They endeavor, especially, to
separate themselves as far as possible
from their former associates, and those
whose rank they endoavor to abandon,
lest the appearance of intimacy, or even
of friendly recognition, should be con-
strued into acknowledgement of equal
ity. They are constantly acting on the
defensive, and betray their own origin
by their over anxiety to conceal it.
This was precisely the case with Fritz
Pigiron and his family. Every nerve
must be strained to make a s6oac. Their
former acquaintances must be abandoned,
of course. cit is so very vulgar" " said
they, " to associate with mere mechanics"
" Lud p Iisped the Misses Pigiron, "that
should presume to think of go
ing into good society with their hands
befouled with the dirt of theshop!" But
the shop, like the evil genius of Brutus,
was ever ready to appear to them at
Philippi The sound of an anvil struck
them dumb and the very mention of a
leather apron threw them into Mysteries
The youngest child was once the inno-
cent cause of great modification to the
elder part of the family, and drew upon
itself infantile thoughtlessness. It was
in " good society,"" and the child said,
" Pa, pa, why don't you wear your leather
apron as you used to do, and" Sho !!
shol " said Fritz, stopping the child's
mouth with his hand, "whats the child
a dreamer about ? as sure as I'm aloive,
the child's crazy; here, do take it out of
the room, Mrs. PigirOn." The goodlady
did as she was requested, but in no
gentle manner, for she nearly jerked off
the poor child's arm. The Misses Pig
iron bluabed and fidgetted, and endeavored
to draw off the attention of the company
from the unlucky child, by making some
observations about the weather
asking the gentleman's opinion of the
last novel, whether they we're fond of
of which subjects had been
two or three times discussed before. As
for the offending child, it was semitic bed
without its supper, and the next day
severely birched for its innocent mention
of the leather apron.
At length Fritz Pigiron and his fami-
Iy contracted so great and such a morbid
on the subject of his former
occupation, that the very sound of an
anvil half mile off, or the sight of
leather apron on one of their industrious
neighbors, was found to be an insufer-
able annoyance. They would fain have
had every blacksmith banished beyond
sight and hearing, and Fritz went so far
as to petition the Legislature for law to
abolish the wearing of leather aprons
among all sorts of people, as an abOmin-
able nuisance, and utterly offensive to
.he eyes of all "good society"
From his extravagant mode of living,
md the great expense of supporting his
yentlemauly pretonions, the affairs of
Fritz became embarrassed. He was
in debt, and suits were entered
against him, executions were levied on
lis property, his costly furniture was
.old one article after another, by the
horif, and at last the house itself was
brought under the hummer Fritz was
.iIowed a weeks time to procure and
emovo to an humber dwelling but on
he last day previous to his expected de-
,arture, a strange noise being heard by
he family in the upper part Of the house,
Oarch was made, and I0l in one corner
# room lay Fritz Pigiron, with his
lead closely onyoIoped il the east-of