. Bill Nye's history of the United States. as we have seen, a littlegiven to kindergarten aristocracy and ofttimestripped up on their parade swords w^hile at theplough. Of course outside of this were the ple-beian people, or copperas-culottes, w^ho did thework ; but Lord Shaftesbury for some time, as wehave seen, lived in a baronial shed and had hisarms worked on the left breast of his nighty. So these two Colonies finally became separateStates in the Union, though there is yet somethino-of the same feeling between the people. Wealthypeople come to the mountains of North Carolinafrom South Car
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. as we have seen, a littlegiven to kindergarten aristocracy and ofttimestripped up on their parade swords w^hile at theplough. Of course outside of this were the ple-beian people, or copperas-culottes, w^ho did thework ; but Lord Shaftesbury for some time, as wehave seen, lived in a baronial shed and had hisarms worked on the left breast of his nighty. So these two Colonies finally became separateStates in the Union, though there is yet somethino-of the same feeling between the people. Wealthypeople come to the mountains of North Carolinafrom South Carolina for the cool summer breezesof the Old North State, and have to pay two dol-lars per breeze even up to the past summer. Thus there was constant irritation and disgust THE EARLY ARISTOCRACY. 105 up to 1729 at least, regarding taxes, rents, andrights, until, as the historian says, the discour-aged Proprietors ceded their rights to the will be noticed that the crown was well cededby this time, and the poets remark seems at this. TWO DOLLARS PER BREEZE. time far grander and more apropos than any lan-guage of the writer could be : so it is given here,—viz., Uneasy lies the head that wears a seedycrown. (See Appendix.) The year of Washingtons birth, viz., 1732, wit-nessed the birth of the baby colony of Oglethorpe, a kind-hearted man, with a wig io6 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. that fooled more than one poor child of the forest, conceived the idea of founding a refuge for Englishmen who could not pay up. The laws were very arbitrary then, and harsh to a degree. Many were imprisoned then in England for debt, but those who visit London now will notice that they are at liberty. Oglethorpe was an officer anda eentleman, and this schemeshowed his generous na-ture and philanthropic dis-position. George him in trust^f^ for the poor a tract ofland called, in honorof the king, Georgie, whichhas recently been changedto Georgia. The enterpriseprospered
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