The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-10
RECoLLECTIoNs OF THE swISDLE
FAMILY.
ArorH +. GARY, IN BArsKn.L (NEw YORK;
RECORDER,

/ Swiudie, swinde, everywhere
Every shape and size;
Take the swindle out OF a man,
And you've nothing left but lies.
Had Caleb and Joshua possessed dis
| positions like some people nowadays,
with the first chance at the land of Cana
an, they would have mortgaged the land
for all it was worth, and beat the child.
/ ren Of Israel out of their Inheritance. OF
late years, swinding has multiplied to
/ such an extent that there is hardly any
branch OF business that does not have a
swindle tugging at its heart-striugs like a
guilty conscience. Swinde and enter
| prise often accompany each other; the
enterprise attracts your attention, while
the swindle is picking your pocket.
Pilgrims travelling through this world
take variety of paths. Some are sweat
ing and swearing up the hill of fame;
some knee-deep in filth are wading along
/ the avenues Of wealth; some spawned
and wind-broken are limping down
poverty's alley, and Others are cutting
cross-lots TO fortunes back door. This
latter class are usually swinders; men Of
/ limited character and melancholy homes
/ ty, 10 whom the eXertion attending hard
work and an honest livelihood is un.
+ pleasantly fatigung. They Hood the
world with swindles, humbNg the wise,
aud impose on the saints below, but will
never have chance at the saints above.
They will probably have a warmer corner
/ than Abraham bosom to nestle iu
There are few persons--ycry few IN This
worId--who Gaa stick to the truth, aud
say they were never swindled. Indeed
/ there are very few persons who can stick
to the truth and say anything. If people
only talked when they spoke the truth,
the English language would soon die out
and half the world would lose their pow
cr, of speech We know by our own ex-
pereuee tdat truth is slippery aud hard
10 cling TO, but we have always managed
/ to keep close behind, even II we couldn't
quite hang on There is no particular dis
grace IN being swinded, bat there is
more or less inconvenience about H., and
twice as much modification. When | am
swindled, always realize that there are
at least two persons living -one is litlle
dishonest, aud tie other is a big fool. 1t
Is a sad thing TO hayc your trust ia hu-
nanily weakened, 10 have it grow 70
feeble aud debiIitatcd that you are al
most afraid 10 trust Yourself. To feel
that there are mcu on this revolving plan
ct 50 base and soprano that you dare not
trust them willi your empty pocket book.
/ have had my confidence shaken. my
pocket. .baEsu. and been shaken myself
10 many times tlat nay confidence in ha-
mauity i, all shook out Experience
iesches me tbsl II every dishonest person
wa. poi iu the peuileuiiary, there would
be- a peuiieutiary in every d0Or-yard.
TO secure wealth add live easy are the
two great objects f1r which men labor
10 attain these they afe willing 70 risk
their regulations aud barter away iheir
honesty most of them baYe 10 little cap
ital 20 lAis iinp tliat iu rjsking their rcpu-
laliou- iheg have nothing 10 l0se and
everything 70 gain. Ilaifthe money men
get s. obtained under false pretenees.
swind.e. are cooked, Favored aad dlshed
up ri 81 attractive f5rtn snd We swallow
them daiiy.
F4i4llhHPag IL uaale ta cover frAaH
Aliig keeps huabug IN tsv
And uefe spladled - haaas, saia4Itd zBf3 i
-. tH-r--L-a 1880. y. ~.