The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-23

that be could End no one to help him
build house for himself. and % vas
forced TO live In the sane old enstAga.
though tSe money lay in heaps on the
floor.
After fruitiess efforts in every direc-
tion, Jones Joass v>s compslled TO
content himself with bis ABIDE - it
was.
IT'S one camfnst. anyway b ssid e
his wife, that We have eaouxa to cot
and to wear
1t is all well enough II Jon have
some one 10 cook tbs food and make
the Clothes she answered, but the
cook told me today that she vss going
to be married. aud no QUE will easA9o
to take her place; and. worse than that.
the dresemaker said that she would not
take in any ners work after this, - she
had enough money to last her the rest
Of her life
The next day the gardener iafor oed
Jones Jones that he might iook about
tor another baud, and smilsd ssrsnsiy
when he vas threatened tho loss Of .
months wages If be left. - though
money Was of no account Whatever.
It's Q blessing that We hsss our
health and can do for ourselves aaid
Jones Jones to his ia.aily. - he went
out ~ milk the COW aud attend 10 the
gsrdsu. while his wife weat 70 break
fast.
why don't you bring on the meat 2
asked Jones Of bis vile after they were
seated at the table.
i couldn't get any she answered.
psthetically; there isn't . meat market
open in the place
Why don't you 60 to the slsushter
house. them
Jones Jones asked this litsls ~.
agsly. for he was rather hot and tired.
He Was . plsstersr by trade, unAocus-
toned to out of door work, and was Q
little sourea BY the hot sun. - also was
the milk which he had forgotten 10
carry to the house.
That Was closed, too. aud ths old
butcher asked me il supposed be
would keep on ct such bssstly businsss
as that when he d,dn't have to-
Well. well. here WAS troubled The
cooking could be done, the dress max.
ing aud the garden could be got
through with. though the latter was
dist astefui. but no Que would kill his
cattle, no one would make his butter,
no one would weave his cloth, NO one
would even mend his garden tools. He
concluded that the world WAS composed
Of a miserable. lazy. selfish. disobl iging
race Of hsings. and yet. when be csms
to consider tue matter, he saw that
every body he knew was obliged to
work harder than when hs vas poor.
He himself longsd to get back to his
trade. which seemed mere play to him
in comparison with the meuial work he
COW performed.
of course he WAS 40 selfish aud diso-
bliging and proud A. any Of then. for
had he not persistently refused re-
pested requests to plaster this ones
and thst ones wsllsi Thugs could
not go on in this way long. No man
could bs his own butcher and barber,
gardener and millsr. weaver and man
of.all- work. even though he were -
rich - Cresus. The first plsu be
could think of Was to go to the butcher
who had pleaded with him to 90 his
plastering. and offer to do It in exchange
fer the killing Of his cattle. which the
butcher promised TO do il the miller
would grind his wheat. which the
miller promised to do. II the weaver
would make him sosne cloth, which the
weaver promised to do II the builder
would build him . house. which the
builder promised to do il ths carpenters
would finish it. The carpenters sasd
they would do it.
The mouse began TO gnaw the rope.
The ropa began to hang the butstsr.
The butcher began I" kill the ox. etc.
And 30 the old woman got home to
get her old man's suppsr.' continued
Jack, who had been sm attentive snd
appreciative hearsr II Jones Jeuss'&
perplexitiss.
L smeit the beef.tsxk some time ago.
said BERTHE, true u Aimsslf, and
think we had better look altar oar
supper
Yes said Uncle Jack. there goss
the supper bell. aud have not told yoa
the moral Of my story. bat think ron
can guess ii yourselves. ~ ! vili lot yGs
fev