The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-11-10

was sunerior IN IL il, ,be o,o,, of n,,.,,o
scenery. All tbut WAS needed now he
firmly believed to mako NV bonso
pericct boln, IN tho eyc vos n liza or
Ton ,b mn tho other cbinners li,IoanJ
thus "odd 10 the oencrops roy,, ~ ,o1
soothing uniformity of ocbioyomont
which wonld allav t5e ovo;,on,oa,
turollv consoonen, onon ,Lo e., .a,,,,
II etGt" / asked him if he lenrnod ~
talk out of a book and If copl1 bor.
row il anywhere. lie smiled nloosan,l.
and soid that his manner az -.
was not TAUGHT in hooks and tbatno,h7
inr but familiarity with liphtning conld
enable a man to handle his conrorsa
tional style with impunitv Uo ,ben
figured up an estimate and s,id ,ba,
about einht more rods scottered .bon,
my rooi would about fix me rirbt and
he Guessed five hundred feet of stnfT
would do it; aud added that the first
eight had got little the start or him
so to speak, and used up n mero tr;Ao
of material more than he had calculated
on--a hundred feet or along there 7
said was in dreadful hurry. and I
wished we could get this permanently
mapped out so that | conld IN nm viii
my work. lie said: IL couI have
put up those eicht rods anil n.robo5
off about my business some men ,romlJ
have done it, But no. | said to myself
this man is a stranger to me. and / will
die before I'll wrong him; there aip't
lightning rods enough on that bonse
and for one I'll never stir out of INV
tracks till I've done as would be done
by, aud told him 50. Stranger nv dulv
Is accomplished; if the recalcitrant and
dephlogistic messenger of heaven strikes
your" There, now, there" | said
put on the other eight--add five hnn'
hundred feet of spiral twist-do opv.
thing and evcrythingyou wopt,odo. b1t
calmyour suiferings and try to keenvon
feelings where YOU can reach them with
the dictionary. Meanwhile. five under
stand each other now. will 90 to work
again | think | have been sit,;,y
here full hour, this time, tryipo to got
back to where | was when NV train of
thought was broken up by the last in.
terruptlon, but | believe | have accom-.
it at last and might venture to procoed
again
wrestled with this great subject and
the greatest among them have found il
worthy adversary and one that always
comes up fresh and smiling or,cr ovoyv
throw. Tho great Conrueius said hat
he wo uld rather be profound politicol
economi st than chief of police: Ciecro
frequently said that political economy
was the grandesl consummatlon thot
the human mind was capable Of com
suming; and even our own Greeley has
said vaguely but forcibly that
Here the lightning rod man sent up
another call for me | went down in a
STATE Of mind bordering on impalience
lie said he would rather have died than
interrupt me, bu: when he was employ.
ed to do a job, aud lha. Job was expect.
ed to be done 10 clean. work monlik q
manner. and when il was flashed and
fatigue urged him 10 seek the rest and
recreation he stood so much in need of
aud he was about 10 do il but Iooked
up and saw at glance thai oll ,bo AL
culations had be n a little ont and If n
thunder storm VIE to come mn and that
house which hs l.l. n persoua interest
in stood there itA NOTHING ON cortL 70
protect it bu, xteen ligbtn;ng ro5S
-,Let us h v, peaee !" sLrieL od
=" Put up hundred and fftv ! Pn, son,o
on the Kitchen Put dozenon Tho b,rn
Put a couple on the COW nm, ono On
the cook !-scatter them III ovor ,bn
prosecuted place IN il Iools H. =
zinc Mated snirol twisted siIror ~, n "
ed cane brake Move Uso nm al ~
material YOU can get vour bprds ON
and when YOU run ont ofliah,n;nl, az w.
put up ram rods. eam.roas stairroas
piston rods-anytbing ,ho, u;ll nanJs, oiS,
to your dismal annette for ,r,;so;ai
scenery and brine rssn;,o 70 90 n,,' "sa;,a, s;
brain an d bcoline 70 nav ,,oOra,sa '"s u ~;
Wholly unmoyed-fnr,bor than 'Ou;i s",;i
sweetly-this iron being simply turned
back his wristhonds d,;n,1,, :1I
IL "'"J "nu saiu he
Woulu now proceed to hump him
hon,s @ ono 81, +, az ~ '"a' was nearly three
am 81, 80 % fuo' ''o"aple whetner
nohi. m ,I" ,h". o"urs" ye' 10 write on the
oanno, "oo,1 une "oa;s, ., Pol''lea' economy but
ba"os Va" Wv. ,eslss '"e ueS.re TO try for 1t is
t"o ~, o"o IoSJoo' .na' Is nearest to my