The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-07

surely theirs. II would be a fatal
sign OF the decadence Of liberty among
Us, II the mass Of our people could
view with patience or with approval
such irregular efficiency, such un-
blanched qualities as General Buffers
Something a free nation must always
lack. which a despotism has, aud Just
The kind Of reckless efficiency which
General Butler has, Is the quality by
which despoiism often for while be-
comes successful and powertul-only
10 fall 10 The end, a. I'll history tells US.
The Life Of a Scottish Farm Laborer
While the English lad, little more
than twenty. rushes into matrimony
with girl Of sweet seventeen (their
whole stock Ia trade being that OF love
without the cottage TO put 1t in), the
canny Scot does not marry so soon by
six or seven years aud when he does.
il is with dame as oid,yery frequent
~ somewhat older than himself. His
probably engaged 70 hun
for years--has managed ia service Of
some ind TO save money enough 20
Guy What is called her providing,
which comprises the napery aud 9TH
er household liz u The young man
never dreams u marrying till lie has
saved as much q viii furnish small
cottage, for which, however, the coup
Ie have often to look too long and it
is often one Of the worst as well as
the commonest stories of peasant life,
that their loves during the delay are
not entirely platonic. The young
man, before resolving TO marry, has
no doubt earned considerable sum.
but il may not be sufficient 70 buy a
COW, as well as to furnish a house, and
in that case masters frequently lend
ths money necessary for the purpose !;
knowing that in two, or at most three
years, the debt may be declared oil,
by retaining portions of the wages, in
the interval the COW can be its own Sc
curity. The young pioughman thus
generally starts free, He knows no.
thing of brokers bills; ; Of the club he
is in total ignorance and he never
feels the hug Of the Brown Boar"
Mature deals alike with Sandy md
John, aud their wives, il not equoiy
prudent, are equally prolific. II The
days OF Ireland's populousnes5 AID
pauperism, there wasa certain period
OF the year when The crop Of potatoes
was exhausted, and the new had not
come IN, which poor Pat used 10 cad
the July pinch The chief 'pineh
our ploughman feels duriag his labor
ing lie is when lie has what be would
probably call "a large small family.
Whenever two OF three Of The chit
dreu have ceased 10 be small, the
pinch - er4r and tho fomily hrpinS
to pay Perhaps the most striking
contrast between the two labolers IS
caused by the difference between the
English a.d Scotch poor law. IN
Scotland ploughman who retains hi-
health would as soon expect 10 be
bishop as to be placed on the poor's
roll, because be happens TO have a
dozen childnen. He struggles OIL un-
aided, and he struggles successfully.
la this struggle he is efficiently Gee
onded by his wife; the care Of the
children and house hold, the manage
ment Of the little dairy, and the feed
Ing Of the COW and pig, furnishing her
viii ample employment. The Eng
lish laborer is credited two shillings Il
week, the result OF his wife's OCCASION
al labor, but the 'hind's wife ceases 10
do any farm work from the day she is
married.
During her unmarried life and al
terward ill her first child is born, the
countrywoman is great church-goer.
Sunday being her only opportunity OF
seeing aud being seen, and OF display
ing her fnery. When a baby comes.
She has to stay home and nurse il
then she has her COW 10 look after
and her marriage gown and bonnet
are not 50 new a. they were, and she
does not care about showing them of.
She prefers then, 10 attend church by
proxy-ber husband continuing a most
regular attendant, while she herself
turns out once or twice a year, chiefly
on Sacrament Sundays. Our plough
man (whom we present as good ay'
erage specimen OF bis class works on
al full wages until old age begins TO
tell upon Lim. In spite Of temper
ate AID re .ular life, this period, we re-
1 greet 10 say, arrives early. Hard work
and coustan exposure to rough wealth
er have tieir way-he begins 10 fail
/ about fifty.fve, and seldom continues
! TO hold lis place as regular hand
I much after sixty. But be continues
10 work as what is called an orra man
that is, he does all sorts Of odd jobs
about the farm. aud frequently plows
which, TO an adept, is the easiest Of all
works; and thus he goes on for some
year finally dying in harness Corn
hill Hagasine.
A Buckeye STORY The Colum-
bus (OLio) Journal tells queer sto-
nv about a married couple in that