had hsen lhonsh, Of ,iii ,his bssgar.maker
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had hsen lhongh, Of iiii this bssgar.maker
came among ,hem.


Tie scenes have witne. .sed at this shop
may al some future time paint TO your fancy
as a picture of every days occurrence; and
being drawn from real life, Qhe facts of which
will vouch for,) hope will MOI be uninler-
esing 10 your readers. The first object will
bring before your notice, is poor, but once
worthy man, the only shoemaker in the vii
lage. He was its politician and its champion,
and could only find kindred spirits al the sign
of the Horsehead" II was seldom he was
absent from the door, day Or night, wrangling
over newspaper report, or eloquently thump-
ing the porch with his big foot, to the aston
ishment or dread Of the passers-by. But idle.
ness and dissipation cannot continue always;
the change soon took place-his business was
,eglected-another shoemaker set up in the
town, and took the greater share of his trade
Under these circumstances his spirits dropped,
md no more credit was given at the "Horse-
head" His political volubiity was considered
troublesome, and he was order from the ros-
trum he had so long exullingly lilled., He be-
came at length a beggar at the door of the
tavern have seen him in the morning wait.
ing the opening of the shop-afluid to disturb
the mighty host-peepng through the key
hole, or placing his ear 10 the shutter to listen
il the family were moving, SO strongly had the
mania taken hold Of him. His nerves were
unstrung, and he found il impossible to work
wthou, his morning dram, for which he mus,
pay before he can raise il from the counter
Although he had spent many dollar in The
house, treating his friends and comrades, when
his money was gone the base ingratitude of
the Horsehead 3" soon became apparent; its
poisonous effects destroyed his intellecl, vast
ed his body, and he now fills premature
grave He left very affeclionate wife and
two children to struggle against poverty and
want, and TO mourn over their former happy
home. Such was the fate of poor Davis, once
an industrious man, honest in his dealings,
and much respected by all his neighbors.


JUsTITIA.