Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-09-01

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betokens self-confidence, man at peace
with himself and the world, a life that has
had in it satisfaction and enjoyment
His brothers, who stayed at home on the
farm, or in its attendant shop, present a
contrast almost pathetic. They are round
shouldered, and gaunt from constant toll
and exposure. They have not the air Of
command and possession. They are men
whom the world has pressed hard, not
men who have conquered the world =
Their fate is not enticiDg, yet they sec
many things.
"Yes." says my friend, the forester.
Il got up and went off to work at seven
| in the morning about.every day last win
ter"
1T was you. then, whom 1 used to see
going across the fields SO. regularly 2"
with tin pail? Yes. that was nae. "
"You carried your dinner, and staid all
dayf"
.'Yes. Sam and me, we cut twenty-five
cord Of wood, one job. That's pretty hard
work, cord Of wood day. Wust Of it
was havin' your feet soppin wet. We had
to stand in the water and slosh, clear up
to here"
s'Ishould.think you would have frozen" ."
'Did. L froze one side of my foot a
little"
did it give you any trouble?"
"Lor' no! Use out there all winter.
working in the cold. and never got cold.
Then l come home and lay round coal
stove, an goin' out an in, an got an aw-
full cold"
'But did not your dinner freeze?'
Eyes, The want no other way. But
there, you couldn't do it if you hadn't got
constitution to lay out on. .
"But isn't it pity to lay your consti-
tuition, out on such hard undertaking 2"
"Well. you must do what comes to
hand. Jem, now. will make FIVE hundred
dollars out Of that lot. That's my carla-
!tion, and I got 2 good Job, though i MAS
a pretty tough one. There's few men
in this town that's independent. and I'm
glad of it; but amt one of them"
'.Who are they. for instance p for l
seem to see a mischievous twinkle in bis
|demure eye.
.Wall, there's Ed. Stanley keeps a
horse and carriage, and rides round. and
lives on the interest of his money the
|sly boots! He knows every one is con-
cerned only to see how severe will be the
jerk when Ed. Stanley comes to the end
Of his very short rope. For ropes have
an end, and if they are forever unrolled,
the owner will find it, whether he be Mar
|quis of Hastings. or village tailor; for
Itunate if he do not find it around his
neck"
.'How long do you suppose the interest
will last p
..Oh! I do know that. 'Twould last a
good while if it did not take so much to
live on. Nowin my line, you see. it takes
a good deal. just to live on. Work up to
your knees in slosh. and you don't want
much plum-cake or frosted cake. but some
thin that's got some hold onto it.
".That makes work to do at home"
"That's so. But then, when was out
there, l used. mostly, to get breakfast my
self. and let the women lay abed.'
.'You did p
eyes I'd rather. Bread was all made,
an I'd just make the coffee. and broil a
steak"
How came you to know how ?"
"Oh! | can cook. | don't like to. but
I can do it, and it's great deal better
than to have her up before daylight and
then round alone all day.
.'That is thousand times true and
thoughtful and consilerate, but don't
see how your unregenerate mind ever
came to thiuk of it."
"Oh, I've thought of good many
things browsig along. like. and between
you and me and the post, think the
women have the hardest time. I've done
woman's work good many times at a
pinch. fust and last. and I vow, I'd rather
do my own. It's the easiest in the hong
run -
But la! settin' round at home I'd Just
as lieve clap piece Of pork on the FIRE as
not -
You are like all the rest of us; that
is. work that is not work you like. and for
the rest, you will do what you must, with
out whining"
That's SO; but then, some work with
their heads apd some with their hands =