The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-11-20

II country air, indeodl | doa't find Lo
e don unhcathyi and | spend three
y four months in it every year"
i 10 be sure" echoed his companion
o "ihcse Lontlon clergy and ministers ourl
to know better than to spread such sent
mental nonsense among the people-dut
n comes before pleasure, doesn't it! VIII,
i Il man had the assurance TO write TO me-
, a perfect stranger-to know whether l.
4 open my park for shoal of his cockpe
, parishiUncrs to dine and drink tea in
, lie knew it was closed, forsooh, but h
: hoped for once, and in the cause of phi
anthrophy, I'd open it. | should like I
know where my young covcys would b
when every inch in my wood had bee
overrun, and all the bracken trod dow
in the cause of philanthropy! No,
wrote him piece of my mind / said
'Rev. sir | do not fence and guard m,
grounds that paupers may make a play
6 'ound ct them and, though your re
quest makes me question your good TASTE
little, trust 20 your good sense not to
render your people liable TO be taken ~
as trcspasscrS. have a right to prose.
cute all trcspasscrs in my grounds, and
therefore, advise you to keep your pco.
pie clear Of them.
"And very proper too," replied the
other, "there are plenty of people that
will receive them; there's your ncighbor,
Sir Edward, who's happy and proud to
entertain as many as they like to pour
into his domain"
Upon this they 10th laughed. rs it an
pcarcd, in pity Of the said Sir Edward.
"Well, well, every man has right to
his own opinion" (N. b., is that tact y
''Slr Edward wanted me, the other day,
to subscribe to some new baths and
washing houses. MY good fellow, said,
when all the paupers in London can
earn their own living, it will be time
enough to talk of washing their faces;
but for goodness sake let EN- earn dinners
before you offer 'em Windsor soap. and
hats before you offer EN- pomatum.'" '"
'Anl may know what Sir Edward
said in reply p inquired, addl cssing the
old gentleman.
lie seemed TO consider "Well," said
he, after puzzled pause, ''it was some
thing of this sort-somcthng about the
dcccncics of life being striven for with
better heart, if n few of its amenities
were within reach"
THIS reminded me ola poor woman
who lived in particularly dirty cottage,
near my fathers house, in the country.
! one day tapped at her door ami she
n t-N' a','"t'', su"i""'eo. way, -,
Miss" she replied, "lor my husbands
brother has just been up from London,
where he works, to see us, and brought
us a beautiful jjctm of the Queen, all in
a gilt frame, Miss and when he'd hnrg
it up. it made the walls look SO shocking
dirty, that couldn't abcar the sight Of
'cm, SO I'm cleaning you see"
Bat enough has been said about the
right, Of other people let us now turn
to Mr. Bryce, the bakcr.
Bryce was working for baker in the
village near which my grandfather lived.
His master died suddenly, leaving a wild
ow and nine children. Bryce was an
cnttrpri>ing young man, and had been
thinking Of setting up for himself. My
grandfather, however, heard that after
his masters death he gave up this wish,
an continued to work at his former VA
ccs, trying to keep the business together
fJr tie widow. Happening to meet him,
hc asked Lin if this report were true,
"Why, yes, sir" sand Bryce; 'you
see nobody else would manage everything
for her without a share OF the profits !;
and nine childrcn-what II tug they are +;
So as | have nobody belonging - me
nobody that has any clam on me"
bat thought you wanted to set up
for yourselt!'
"Anl 30 did, sir; and if I'd wife
and family, Id make II push to get on
for their sakes, but I've none and So, rs
| can live on what | get, and hurt no
body by it, 4 hare right to help her,
poor soul, as I've Il mind to-
Soon after this the widow took to dress.
making, and di | so well that she wanted
no help from Bryce, who now set up for
himself, and borrowing n sum of money
from my grandfather, TO begin with. At
first he was so poor, and the weekly
profits were SO small, that lie requested
my grandfather TO receive the triilc OF
interest monthly, and for the first two
months he said it completely cleared him
out to pay it. My grandfather was,
tacr, fore, rather surprised one Saturday
evening, as he sauntered down the village
street, to see four decrepid old people
hobhling down the steps Of lis shop, each
carrying a good-sized loaf, and loudly
praising the generosity OF Mr. Bryce.
The sun was just setting, and cast a rlddy
glow on the young bakers face as he
stood leaning against the post Of hi
door, hut he started with some confusion
when he saw my grandfather, and hastil,
asked him to enter his shop. Il reckon
you are surprised, sir" he said, $40 SCI
me giving away bread before I've pai'
my debt; but ju-t look round, sir
Those four loaycs were all | had left ex
cept what can cat myself, and the.
were stale; SO think what they'd hav
been by Monday morning"
; ~ don't wish TO interfere with you
: charities" said my grandfather.