The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-01-25

to bed he promised thai he would
90 to the butchers in the morn
ing.
And Peter Stanwood went upon
his new business. Mr.. Snow greet
ed him warmly, praised his faith
full wife, and then sent him off
with two baskets -Onc to 60 to q
Mr.. Smiths. and one to Mr.. Dix
ais. And the new carrier worked
all day, and when it came night
he had earned just ninety-seven
cents. 1t had been a day Of trials
to him, and all his acquaintance
whom he had met had greeted
him as usual. He was far happier
than he was when he went home
the night before, for now he was
independent.
So the next day he earned over
dollar; and thus he continued to
| work a week, and at the end Of
that time he had five dollars and
scventy-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 basket Of
provisions to carry to Mr.. w..
It was his former employer. He
took tho load upon his arm and
started off, and just as he was en-
tering the yard Of the customer
he met Mr.. W. coming out.
"Ah, Stan xood, is this you?"
asked his old employer, kindly.
eyes, sir"
"What are you doing now ""
"I'm a butchers boy, sir p
"You see I've brought your pro-
visions for you, sir; I'm regular
butchers boy"
"And how long have you been
at work thus?"
"This is the tenth day, sir"
"But don't it come hard ?"
"Nothing comes hard so long as
it is honest, and will furnish my
family with bread"
"And how much can YOU make
a day?"
"Somctimcs over a dollar, and
sometimes not over fifty cents"
"Wcll, 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 TOR work. They
arc stout, able men, and yet they
lie still because [ have no work
for them. Last Saturday | took
pity on Leeds, and offered him the
job to do my hand carting. | told
him | would give him dollar and
a quarter a day, but he turned up
his nose and asked me not to in
suit him; yet he owned that his
family were suffering. But do you
come to my place tomorrow, and
you shall have something to do, if
it is only to hold your bench up.
l honor you for your manly indie
pcndencc."
Peter grasped the old mans
hands with a joyous, grateful grip,
and blessed him fervently. That
night, 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 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 held in his own ener-
gies.
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 arc enjoying the fruits
of the present, forget not to pro-
vide for the future for no man is
so sure that the day may come
when he will need the souandcr-
ings Of the past.
A woman in Indiana prays that
she may be cut loose from her
husband, giving as reason that
he has only bought her q pair of
shoe strings since their marriage.
We sympathizc with the woman.
Such a wardrobe as that must be