Things That I Have Seen

I have Reen a farmer buskl a house so large that the shertFi tumed hkn out of doorg. I have Been a young man sefli a ííoocl farm, turn mereliant, nud die i'n au insane hospital. I have eeen a farmer travel abmit so tnueh, that thwe was nothimj; at home worth looktag after. I have Been a rfcli maou's son begin where his father left off, and vnd where his tather began - penndlese. I have seen a yoiiog prW marry a youaig man oí dtesollute habit, and repeait of iit as long as ahe lived. I have seen the extra vagance and folly bi cliiiidren bring their párente to poverty and want, and themselvee toto disgrace. I have seen a prudent, industrious ife retrieve the fortunes of a family when her husband pullled at the othOr end of the rope. I have seen a young man who despieed the counsel of the wtee .imd advice of the good, end his eareer in poverty amd wretchedness. I have seen a main spend more dn folly tiian would support luis family im comfort and independence. I have seen a man depart frorn the truith, when candor and veracity womld luave served hiim a much better purpose. I have seen a man engage ia a law su.it about a very triillng affair that cost hiim more in the end that would have roofed all the buildings! on his ta i-rn