The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-11-08
HARD TIMES.


III q stllti. WAY. Jl lis VIE
The laI ben marr.ed year. ami thu
far nota1 f..latureg word had been shaker
hy tlem. AT his marriage. Chester has
taken "a -nal nut convenient house I'D Oh,
urnrr rart fthe c-rv. IT, had taan a.,
70 furnish it in pain manner bu. s.ae
bis iaarri -eNbis business had added mar-
articles .- -.....~. 20 ff- small establish
mrn-
Tie .tme-- hal began % .igh lu
however. and business was dnn T.
notes were due and De had 10 hes.ir hin.
SELF 20 make bis payments. For,r1a-.r
for him. however. rs ill.,. ---iruonev in Ill,
money market heoau ~ wav most heavily
his ntaer's administrator placed n D.
hands two thousand dollars which ba.
been reserved to await ta.. contingency OF.
law suit. and which hai uau been sati-ta..
torily settled
Wi-f fi,- snr, le lad baan oiss IN ,.-
his mos. u.....-,., demands ana - f.,- -,
surplus oitra hundred g.l,ar- 20 moot
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..r..
The r..--.- .ftl.s sum i..iresl linn
-o-..sa -a- -,,--~.a. ~ b-- b.,,-- r.,
r.rt- l.t+..I.. ,.a,,f,. l,,r--.b,5 .,.f 3D.
Cid a,~, r,,,-fr~a f,isreI IN tta .'..'r.
room TIa, s.i e,5r,,i. M, ti..t ,,,. ,o,.
i''. ""' ever 'll.-i., 'Aa. Was nee
i'' i. ''A.'-- ANA c.ri.'N'-e appear
~. ''.i'' continue! lN'
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-Vb4-ai'- SOD
~ was ta.nk.nr how Iones,,,a .norf
he here al. day She replied
Lonesome Why don't you o00ut a..
take ihe arr Walk down Ha-hin--
street. anu around tbe C0mmon-.t
r'ite yo1r spirits.
"Ho" absurd you talk. Walk arOun
the Common in the month Of December
Why. / sA9a.lf freeze 10 death.
"No, So Bad as that. replied the yolu-
husband. clIcNng mis- wIIe u1der o.
chin.
Go tu the Atlenielm and see tne pie
tures.
II c0uideu 40 That every day. 8nI y1'
don't know how lonesome J an.
"Cani yQu read g.
oult want 10 read al The time.
'h"a'l part OF rhe time then
''buJ ffed, nave been thinking oi some
lhihS, ANA "a smile played upon the pre-i
lips of the Young wife.
~ nat Ellen.
~ miss something n oHr house.
do you
-, very much Indeed
"N el what Is IT.
y piano; i, would oe So very nice % prac
tice. these long dreary days. | should b
as happy as . princess If ] only had
plano.
Mrs. Chesters father was in a.liucnt cu
cumsiances and before She was marie
she had been accustomed TO many luxure
which her husbands limited means woui
not permit him 10 provide.
But Ellen / can't afford piano. Ib
times nave not been SO hard for ten years.
on have got nFe-hun1reI dollars
the bank.
But ! reserved that TO pay note"
Don't You eAPe's 10 I"iAe e"o"-" .
pay u,
is "'~'''i III, ''''' ''f I''-
, eApTns9'
bn. so" nl- ge "o.e 10 p.9 ln"1
AHom, Oou''.u0- '.'7 i'e1..'o-ei.
en- "ls ue'. you sn'" nave 'l
pan .,.... ,...-,....,. ,..,
~" 49, "a. = - ''',a'i' "a, iou WI" =
'- .Anv Kind Won please
u md l.4f.va dinner firon rho e.r.r.. .a4r.
bome and Mr. chester was ,s bo,,,,,, ~
1;ano r,nlJ m,se her oibe,, sba b~l
b s,nal ;fa, nj. the sienifi,ance or fb~oo >.
csnr !, month and Notes ,.5 ,,0-...
CHATTER Il
Men said the times would be better III
I lhe pfophesy was VAIN Merchants laiie
Ell Bns,ness was dni.ar tban n i.''7 baJ ho. 'a
for tbe iasf tvenrvvears Pc mon Io,,,
ed al fh, corners nj. fhe streaff ,-ai,i,- va
inr fir n iob willie thei- ,vi,.os AMI ci;il,
sbivered with the cold and bun.,areJ e,-
d. for a crust. Ruin and disease we're tho n
der ~ fbe dav ami mon Tyon,,o-e5 ,,.i.
would be tho end of itaI
Fred Cnester's business 5id mot nov
shop exnensas. fn sar 'nalh,r.r ot- his I'm.
holj. and when tie note fell due he h
not q dollar towards redceninr il. Ru
stared hmm IN The face and II was now :
turn to look sad.
Is Five hundred dollars was the small sui
vet he caud not raise IT. Fvo. fb~aa +,
b, cent. a month witbou, collateral.~ Won
not procure it. Something must be dor
some friend must help him out oftba .crau