The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-09
ems olies Intelligence ano e 1mpropsmsut Of the tate
n GREENvlLE SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 1870 VOL

deserts, and the Independence TO
I've governed by my own convic-
tion of right" ,..h a, nIr ,.,,
But, my wife, onl y think--vou
carrying ont bateher'sl stuE-
Why. ! would sooner 90 and doqit
myself" = ,b,o,., ,,n.Gi .sa ~
"lf you will CO." said the wife,
with q emile, ~ will, stay at home
and take care OF the chiIdrcn.ng =
TWAS hard for Peter Stanwood /;
but the more he thought upon the
matter the more he saw the ins.
tice and right Of the path in wIaicl,
his wife had led him. 10 Befo, g lie
went IT, bed lie promised that he
wOnld 90 to the butchers In the
morning. ''ah' 9'i = .'oai. % 20
And Peter Stan wood went upon
bis new business. Mr.. Snow greet.
ed him warmly, praised his faith.
fnl wife, and. then sent him of
with two baskets-one to 20 to
Mr.. Smiths, and one to q Mr.
Dixal's. And the new carrier
worked all day, and when it came
night lie had earned just ninety
seven cents. 1t had been a day OF
trials to him, and all his acquain.
tances whom he had met had
greeted Kim as usnal. He was
far happier than he was when he
went home the night before, for
now he was independent.
So tue next day he earned over
q dollar and thus he continued
to work a week, and at the end of
that time he had five dollars and
seventy.fve cents in his pocket,
besides having paid for all the
food for his family, save some few
pieces Of meat Mr.. Snow had
given him.
One day Peter had a basket of
provisions to carry to Mr.. w. 1t
was his former employer. He
took the load upon his arm and
started off, and Just as he was en-
tering the yard of the customer he
met Mr.. W. coming ont.
"Ah, Stanwood, is this you,"
asked his old employer, kindly.
Yes, sir"
What are you doing now"
I'm a butchers boy, sir 2"-
You see I've brought your provi.
sions for you, sir; Prn a regular
butchers boy"
And how long have you been
at work thus n
This is the tenth day, SIR"
But don't it come hard 2"
Nothing comes hard 80 long as
it is honest, and will furnish INV
family with bread"
And how much can you make
u day 2"
"Sometimes over a dollar, and
sometimes not over fifty cents"
Well, now, look here, Stan
wood, there have been no less than
a dozen of my old hands hanging
around my counting-room for a
fortnight whining for work. The,
are stout, able men. and yet they
lie still because l have no work
for them. Last Saturday I took
pity on Leeds, and offered him
the job to do my hand carting. I
told him 1 would give him a dol
lar and a quarter a day, but lie
turned mp his nose and asked me
not to insult him; yet he owned
that his family were snfiering.-
But do you come to my place to
morrow, and you shall have some.
thing to do, If it is only to hold
your bench up. l honor you for
your manly independence"
Peter grasped the old mans
hands with a joyous, grateful grip,
and blessed him fervently. That
night he he gave Mr.. Snow notice
that he must quit, and on the fol-
lowing morning he went to the
bindery. For two days he had
but little to do, but on the third
day a heavy job came in, and Pc
ter Stanwood had steady work.
He was happy more happy than
ever, for he had learned two
things: first, what a noble wife
he had and, second, how much
resources for good he had in his
own energies.
Our simple picture has two
points to its moral. One is, no
man can be lowered by any kind
OF honest labor. The second, while
you are ENJOYING the fruits of the
present forget not to provide for
the future for no man is 80 sure
that the day may come when he
will need the squandcrings of the