Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-12

room of cotton factory in the town OF
! B
Why not" said Mrs Meaoham.
He says Mr.. Bosworth has failed. A.
took OFT u cut OF cloth he said | had not
better begin again, because there is no
telling when the mill will start again"
"Where are the other ohildren'"
They are in the mill"
why did they not come home too Z"
because the mill will run till night,
and they are needed, and so viii finish
their days work"
80 Boswcr has failed, said the moth
err"
Yes ma'am he has. A man from New
York came on to-day and has attached all
his property"
II am sorry now we did not take up all
the wages al the last settlement. Your
wages are your own for you are eighteen
but Samuel and Lucy and George have
earneaa good deal more than have taken
up. When | looked over on the first OF
September there was more than $50 due
me on their wages, and here it is the last OF
November, and | haze had nothing fnl
their work all this time Mr. BoswoEth
is good man think, and he won't lc,
the widow and the fatherleSs sntfcr, You
ought TO have been in meeting last night
and heard him talk. lie talked hcauti-
fully"
81 am glad wasn't there" said lydia.
II have heard him talk great many
times, and | don't wish to hear him again
When man owes more money than h,
can pay, he had better keep his mouth
shut in meeting
"Now, Lydia, don't be too severe. You
don't know as Mr. Bosworth does owt
more than he can pay. He may not b,
able 10 pay it now, as the timts are, but !
guess he has got property enough To pay
everything he owes and more too
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for your brother Bosworth as You some
times call him. You will see whether he
is as rich as you think, He may be foi
what | know, and richer too. Because h,
belongs to the church you think he is all
right, but have my doubts When you
get your pay for the work which Samuel
Lucy and'Geofge have done | should like
TO see it,
Now Lydia stop | don't want 10 hear
this talk Anybody would know that you
are not Christian by what you say. /
think you judge Mr.. BoSworth harsh
""
Perhaps do, but we shall see am
glad of one thing anyway | took up all
my wages on the last pay day and all hc
owes me is for work done since then
Tom Larcom told me had better do it
and | did and put it in the savings bank
lie sad things We're not going right, anti
he was afraid there would be smash
up"
Mrs. Meacham was widow VIII, wa
born, brought up, and married III one OIL
the mountain towns. After the death OF
her husband she removed to B. and
put her children III the factory while She
took some boarders The income from
their wages, with what she received ion.
the board of those who were members OF
her family gave her comfortable sup
port She was not able however TO accum-
ulate any property, or at least but very
little. She had been ON the factory ground
of Mr.. Bosworth several years, and had
connected herself with the same church
to which he belonged She was a good
woman, and had much OF that charity
which hopeth all things, and for this rca-
son she could not bring herself 20 question
the honesty of Mr. Bosworth
1t proved as Lydia had said The mil
stopped at night and on the next morning
no bell was rung. The help were thrown
out of employment for while.
The accountant hgured up the amounts
due each hand in the MILL together with
all the other debts which Mr. Bosworth
owed. He called his creditors together
and as the greater part of his indebted
ness was to a few individuals, aud none
of them wanted the mill, the arrangement;
was made that he should keep the property
and pay them thirty cents on the dollar. IL,
gave his notes payable at six, twelve, and
eighteen months and they signed re-
lease of all further claims
1t. was found that Mrs. Mcacham's claim
was hundred dollars. 50 the account
ant drew three notes Of ten dollars each,
payable as above mentioned, and handed
them to her The mill was started again,
and many Of the old hands were employed
Tom Larcom, who had been at the head
Of the spinning room, and Lydia Mcach
an WfIt NDbll ilti hhNi i'ilibhtAi "
Lowell Mrs. NJ. remained in B,
and her children continued in the EMPLOY
of Mr.. Bosworth The notes as they be
come due, were paid.
Mr. Bosworth was in the office one day
obout two years after this. when Mrs,
Meacham came in He seemed glad to
see her, and said, Sister Meacham take q
chair. We had q most excellent meeting
last night. l think our new minister ex.
GELS in conducting prayer meetings. lie
has wonderful tact in drawing out the
talent of the church. The fact is, we have
got more talent in our church than we
have had credit for"
'.As to that | cannot say, We must
not think too highly of ourselves" said
Mrs. Meacham.
mo, don't mean to. | don't think
however that humility requires US to think
worse of ourselves than we are. Is there
anything can do for you to-day
"You know Mr.. Bosworth that two
two years ago when two men from New
York came here and shut up the mill,
YOU owed me one hundred dollars. You
said you could not pay all you overland
so gave me notes, and signed what was
called release or something of that
kind"
"Yes. That is just as you state it"
"Well what has become of the other
seventy dollars? got thirty dollars,
Who got the rest y
"You see, sister the mill was standing
idle and the hands were doing nothing,
and found l could pay but thirty cents
on dollar, and my creditors were ready
to accept that amount, so that l could
start up again. If times had not been
SO hard since, I should have got along
pretty well, but as it is have had hard
work to pay up those old debts and keep
the mill stocked and the help paid"