Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-29


| three reasons. First, my head was not the
right sort-and you can no more expect a
man to do frst-rate work in iron If his head
is not in tune with his hammer and anvil
than you can expect to teach one Of your
boys, if he Is not a poet, to write poem as
Schiller's . Song of the Bell That was the
first reason. The second was, the old man
used to 90 of drinking, and leave me to find
it out for myself; and before found it out
the drink killed him, as it will any one who
gives up 10 il as he did. and makes a beast
of himself. | was going to say, but that
would be q SANDER on the beasts, because
never heard of but one animal that got drank,
AMI
THAT WAS i riC
which found a bucket full OF strong beer
once in Il stable, but You couldne get him
to 90 near that stable any more As long Is
he lived. lie was too much Of q gentle
man.
was not good blacksmith. and ! was
not scholar. Ny schoomaster had taken
to teaching because he hadn't any legs worth
mentioning, but a wild bushman could not
throw = dart more true then he could throw
ruler. lie coull hit you every time, and
as they say in the west, that was his best
" hold. Then | had to leave school before
| was eight years Old. and 60 to work, he
cause my folks We're so poor they could not
keep me at school any longer, but after that
| went to night school part of the winters,
and all the rest picked up As | went along
20 five and twenty years ago this Christmas,
this was the way ! was thinking said to
myself, here an twenty-six years old, an
| head and cars in love. and want to get mar
rod. for the same reason blackhird wants
to sing, because | have 70. | am Z fair black
smith, that is all Ny father is better at tha,
than am. because be lad the right kind Of
head. When get married want to have
hi. family, because loyc children, and SO
ii my wife would ike it should like 70 have
twenty, il We could take care Of them. Bat
my father and mother had all they could 30
to take care Of six. We had 10 live on olt-
meal and milk, after they had taken all the
! cream of, and potatoes. and very little bit
of meat. while we should no more have
thought o. having roast turkey than yod
would tLiak Of
ROASTING TaE AMERICAN TalLE.
Il get married and have large family
in England. | said. / shall De no better of
than the old folks-rerhars not quite 81 wei.
OF, indeed, and here Is my mother left @
widow. We shall want ~ take care ot
her. too. in few wears. Now what shall |
30: have been reading books ahout Amer
lea, about Canada, about the lni;cl State, I:
how much YOU got q day. how mach you
had t. give for beef lyou may trust an Eng
l:-hman 10 find oat all about beeD, and Iota-
toes, ana ilour. and about the schools and
/ colleges. and the way the people carried ON
/ their government. And then | said. / Will
| tell that young woman all about Il. and ask
| her if she vii co>o America and make q
new start VI ell. y1u remember ! said ilst
now, tha- ifa young man IS worth his salt,
! he wants 10 get married when his time CONES.
I and viii say that if a yonng woman loves
| a voan- man. and believes in him. if she l.
worth her salt. She viii turn round when the
minister has given them lis blessing and g
with him t. the end Of the world. That
Young woman was worth her salt. She put
her hand in mind and said some words ont
Of the Bible q wish | could speak to you in
YOUR royal translation of Martin Luther)
:. Whittier thou goest, | will 90; whittier
thou stavcst, will stay thy people shall be
nv people, and thy God my God And tha;
was e. enough said" We got married on a
Tuesday. The llth day of April next viii
he our silver wedding day We started on
Wednesday, NJ five O'Clock in the morning
ilr America. and that Is
THE END o. TIE FIRST CHAPTER.
In coming 70 America, could have MY
pick of two countries, Canada and the nited
States. II went u Canada. | could -
I .I,r
nitcd States, there would not be a single
soul | knew between the east line Of Maine
and the Pacific ocean. But | came TO the
United States for this reason more than any
other. that here | shall be under republi-
can government. while there ! shall he under
q sort Of secondhand monarchy-somethine
that stands to the royalty of England as a
kitchen does To 4 parlor DO not like this
because while admire a woman ike Qucea
Victoria and Il man like your German King
William with all my heart, | do not admire
kings and queens. They are very Otter
among the worst people you can lag yOul
hands on, and they are of no more real use
after nation has learned to take care of IL
sell than the picture on 4 meerschaum pipe.
America was republic. in which the people
were irving to work to the idea that they
could pick out the man they wanted to be a
much king as they care to have around
and each man vote was to he worth as much
rs any other, if he knows how to use it. That
was one reason why decided for the United
States against Canada. They told me in Eng
land was making n mistake. They said
the Yankees were 30 hard, and keen, and
selfish, they would
TAKE TIE VERY TEETH
ont Of my head to sell for old bones | said
iEcn, | will keep nv mouth shut until
know the trick On the Saturday night .
month out Of Liverpool we landed in New
York. 4 man came on board from my OWL
section. who kept boarding house AM
wanted Us 10 stay there. | felt sure | va,
match for him. and went The next had Il
get some medicine for my wife, who wa;
sick. thought would watch the cheating
and see how he did it. lie was us pleasant
as man could he, asked me If | had just
landed, and where was going. Bat said
to mvself. Hold on, old man, dentists art
pleasant people. too; know about what
these drugs will cost in England. Let me sc,
what do you charge, then shall know wha
to think about being so civil. - How niue,
is it, asked. ''Nothingat all, y he replied
'.Glad to do it; can't take any money from {
man lust over" And then he shook hands
and came away, teeth all right, but feeling
as if had been told the wrong side. wen
out in the country to find work. y mar
came along with buggy, and asked me Il
get in, and gave me ride. | was going pas
u garden there wasa tree loaded with lilacs
smelling like Old England. Would you Ike
some lilacs ," the woman said. Ies
ma am. - and she gave me bunch rs big a
broom got work. We were paid onc'
month, and worked by the job. found
could earn twice as much money between
and a. could earn in England between
and I. Four h0grs less work for doabie tn
money
SPENT ALL MONEY COULD SPARE FOL
BOOKS.
) but did not spend anything in beer. like
: both. but could not nave both. So, a. w
say put the money where it would do th'
most good. because very soon found tina
these Yankees did not care who man was
but they did care what he was He might b.
the son ola duke or baron in the old coun
, try, bat if he didn't know anything the.
would set him picking potatoes. But ii h'
; knew how to paddle his own canoe, how t.
t work. how to think, to farm, to keep house
tend store, to preach, to lecture. to try cas-
at the bar, or set a broken leg better thai
any one else round the section, be was wortl
: 50 much and got it. just as il he was poun'
, of butter or bushel Of wheat. The childrei
= came as thought they would. They wer
. ! as welcome Is the flowers in June, because