St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-16
The MachiniSts Stony.
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Nnrk.
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b, radr. ~aid ta> ;iicni. is h' eat
hi> dinner fi"m his tn c,.r.: Il I'm "a
m.lchinist. >uYp"~r ui:r,.-itutli> ut
what make ,ulnc, i;"rh .i"hiin@ bout
printing presses though it's ht:d Il"
show me- .iiN thing about Il machine that
can't undri stand. and ~ hen IT. broken.
that | don't know how tu pat Z" tight,
again. Eut printing press work is my
specially. Well. there amt anything
~ far us non mid steel and brass goes.
about piuriu. shop. that | cant put
ny h.,ud to, cNvcpt whiting the Articles
and setting the tNi',.-. | nave It boss.
though N kind "f independent of him.
| am more fortunately placed than most
mcu. from the fact that hriug pretty
we'll known around Ann street and
limiting h"'j>, -I"ai, generally, have
,,,in almost all the time. Should Jobs
yet slack / need act |r idle. IL the i,o~S
always hts Suim" work tnI me. uol in the
u.r,iint-prr,,~ line. hat piccc-Work. ii
Uhi,h can make Il la iu... " urk ,thuIIt
Il printin- pi,~s i sunrrti!ng like PLAN
l.. - work Vhru iheI, Is i itiI't III the.
pipes Ii comes "n Sudden. aud thtil
,utl have, t. stick at it uuGil is done
'N''~llN 81 ''i ltf'illS i' ~ Hil
.hIui-r- htl"nGiHg tu tf'- establishment.
wh" kccP Things a. we'll up H. would he
done, uit :, lna.iitt. engine. though Souu'-
times II happcIs that the Iurtk IL -
bad tn, hat. /" send uht AMI pat ON
other hands. 81, any thirg gets Wrong
IN the ahaitIn.. ur th, ulnN riueut. ~ Tia.
feed. ~ thr fountains. may hr eall,,t
un 1T ) "ci"ri> III the morning. aIid rl-
pc,'tt.i tn work un from then. with ,iH-r
Il lI"nrut only Io yet :: i,ilc ui >uIir
thing. Iight Ou ia III ~ /! utib,'k a
night. " hrn the press In'tSt start again.
| cant .iN hut Ihii am we'll paii 1nr
il. | have mate. who works ltudti
me. irclp> to lit things. " hn has pretty
good ideas "t Things III @cnclaI. and
vino. ! >uppo-r. works ia iI.ilt the .i"i'- i
undertake.. ! miGli yet = p:ntN Who
nu> i hrGt,i Im,rh.tri" than hr -. hul
+ lac. is lrIuLIkdhlt stead, and l. :,iN"ls
on time when | call ioi hia. ! halt
I been pretty mrrhpdIc.l about putting
down NY receipts from Wages for ilr,
lI>t ten Years. 81 that / could NciN .rI 70
/ taink ticket N"u uH any WCch III iir.
NcIl, from l-tl tu nov. make al. III,
/ average III II week. Some weeks
have made irs inuvl aS >iU. when i have
/ furnished material. ami some "a, low a~
80: but take it A"rk III and week out.
S'!!i is about he figure.
FAMILY AND WAY OF LIFE.
| II have Il wife and two chiIdic:l both
girIs. and going to Srhn"l, though thcl
! help thril mother a great deal about the.
| hoist IT, We lonr hin" ANY help. and 'tn
/ the washing at home. Ny rent We live
/ in Il tenement huusr. rather il lcspectL
/ hl,. one j. STD Il month. | live III
! three rouui~ M the second floor, all
! fronting un the street one l. my sitting.
and one my wiir's room and mine. and
/ We. eat uur meals in Mat We call the
! children, room. though. ;is they are
| getting pretty Zig one is II. the other
/ II. ! guess hrf"l" long We will have to
| give that mp and turn The sitting room
! into Il dinug-r0um. ton. am pretty
/ we'll furnished. mal br hcttcl han most
people in my grad" If life. having saved
up some money when | married. which
/ | pat into furniture. and heim" Il good
/ luds.. Of such things, it, lasted quite
| well up to NOW but then | have got.
| too. 4 iiI-t-r:tte wife. who knows how to
/ keep things. might save. may he, -
Il month 10y going Il flight higher: bat
is the l"dgcrS higher up are always
changing, and inclined tn he noisy, and
sometimes sleep III the day time when
| work III night, the wife won't think of
it. The landlords agent is II pretty