, 1876-07-20

HARD TIMES ALL BOUND.
When you are in misery yourself, 1t Is
como littlo compensation to 1snow that your
neighbor is In misery also. It may not bo
very charitable or unsolhsh Wow OF tho social
economy, hut whom people ars In misery
tLoy aro apt To be uncharitahle and selfish.
II q mans house burns up aud involves his
neighbor's house a1so thoy two are on the
sa1uo plano md can sympathize with caoh
other, and, If they don't Bynapathizc, con
abuso oaoh other, and there IL como plena-
uro in that. II man Is driven into
bankruptcy, ho con bear tho loss Of his prop
orty with certain degreo Of oquanimity,
provided lis noighbor is in the same tix.
Tho laws Of morals and Of nature that govern
individuals also govorn nations. It will be
no uows to any one that this country is just
now suffering from hard times, md that it
has been suffering with this trouble for somo
years past. As individuals, thoro is ample
compensation in tho fact that there arc no
exceptions to tho rule. aurTu knows that
BnowN ia hard up, and Mrs. JOHNSON knows
TINT, although she cannotout SO huge figure
at Saratoga or Newport this year as uaual,
Mra. TuoMrson Is no better of, and there is
keen enjoyment In such knowledge that
takes of the odge of tho stringoncy. If Mrs.
THOMPSON had to reduce the cost OF her bon
not or tho size Of 1lor panier, and Mrs. JouN-
SON could run both on tho regulation staud-
ard, Mrs. Tuos1rsos's sorrow would DO ms
poignant. rs hrs..JoussoN's prido would DO
peculiar, and, whilo AIra. THOMPSON would
havo worry little left in this world worth
living for, Mira JOHNSON would find
everything too lovely for anything.
Az n milton, howovor, wo havo supposed
ourselves ia DO alono in our misery, havo re-
fused to DO copforted, and have walled aud
wopt- We have crooked, played Jeremiah,
and mado ourselves as dismal aa possible,
notwithstanding it is tho Contonnial year
mud CAnTEB HAnn1soN's englo is spreading
his tail.fenthers nil over tho continent, It
will now come AZ sovereign balm md
precious panaccn, that we nro not alono a8
q milton in the enjoyment Of hard times.
Tho last number Of tho London Spectator
comes to us with wail about hard times,
Us dismnl rs any that VIC hayo uttered. It
wears aables Us black as ours, and It's face is
i&& Hulk hI4A 4NAtaRl4pA AAS AAA&NA hs4ASo tAC
just like OH hard times. In drawing pict-
ure Of tie general striugonoy, it draws our
own portrait. How natural this looks, for
in8tnnco:
Everybody says thcsc arc very hard timcs, and,
FROM ona point OF view nj least, everybody Is
right. Thcso arc very hard times for tho wel.to.
do, md for those who depend In any degree on
their wei. .lolshness It Ia true TINT many Of
that tho revenue ducs not decline seriously; TINT
there IL no cry far public economy; that tho aver.
age Of pauressm IL exceptionally low; that wages,
though rcccdIng, especially in tho iron and coal
trades, arc not nbnormally bad; that tho peopls
wasto quito ~ much usuni on their drluk; and
that bread is exceedingly cheap, In spite Of eoai-
INK harvest which tho corn spccul1tosa bciloyo cnu
hardly yeld full average supply. 1t IL truc also
that luxury eecu.s to be ns rampant Al ever, that
any amount Of money IL forthcoming for old china,
/ for pictures with approved pcdigrees, and for
"bts OF land;" and that capital, usually 50 dill
cult to hro Ii now t0 be rented at rates which It 10
hardly worth bankcn' while to take. Dut stIl',
there very great dstEcas among large sections OF
the people, and It is worth willis to notice wheru
TINT dlstress appears 10 bs principally fclt. The
cry comes from tho comfortable, and tho elasscs
whom they usually maintain.
Tho dotaila Of tho picture are tlrnwn with
tho same outline and finished iu the sauaa
colors as ourB IAN extraordinary number
Of Englishmon have lost pleasant additions
to their regular inco1ne," likewise OF Ameri-
caus. "ualf tho power Of spending money
on unnecessary things" says tho Spectator,
"las boon lost" That's the reason why
Alrs. Cnessus only stops two weeks. i. at sa1a-
toga this year instead Of four, as uaual
| nHmnlt capttnliata nre not nxnctly losing their