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BY BUMMIM BOUTKHOW. ,
Not "white lies " are not harmless,
Though apolre in aportive jest, j
And meant in plcaaant eonverae ]
To add mora piquant acat. ]
Tinged with the baleful poiaon.
Of him from whom they came, ^
They may not as a mildew, j
Blight an untaruiah'd name;
Nor brelthe such lying wonders,
As Malice oft depicts, j
Nor give such ranking death-wounds
As Slander's tongue inflicts. ,
Oh, nol bnt Truth doth shndder.
And look with grief and pain,
Where on her snowy parchment
Doth rest the " white lie's " stain.
The heart may acorn a falachoold,
And lying Hpa despise,
Nor oock a sin-wove enrtain,
To wear aa a disguise,
Yet think it not dishonor,
Nor sin, nor shame forsooth,
* Just for the passing moment,
To speak a mail untruth.
But augels note with sorrow,
The little tongue alip down,
And eonscienoe, though vt strive to soothe,
la elouded with a frown.
For there's no truthful fiction.
And there are no "white lies,"
But all are black, and hateful as
The friend from whom they rise.
&toru for the JMime ?irrlr.
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BY T. 8. ARTHUR.
"Which way, stranger f' said a rough- '
looking farmer, to a man who was carrying
a well-filled valise. The latter was in the <
act of raising the latch of a gate which open- |
ed from the public road into a narrow lane (
leading to a small countryhouse of no very |
inviting aspect.
The person thus addressed turned and j
fixed a pair of mild, yet steady and penetrat- ,
Ing eyes upon the speaker.
"Which way, stranger f* was repeated, (
though in modified and more respectful
tones.
"Who lives there!* said the stranger,
pointing to the house just in view from the
road.
"Dick Jones,* was answered.
"What kind of a man is hot" next inquir- ]
ed the stranger. ,
"Rather a hard case. You better not go
there.*
"Why!*
"Aint you the man that sells Bibles and
talks religion I*
"Suppose I am I*
"Take a friend's advicqflflfcen, and keep '
away from l>ick Jones. HeMl insult you?
maybe, doworse."
"I reckon not,* replied the colporteur, for
audi he was.
"He will, assure as fato. Pre heard him
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my, uver Mia over ?gwn, ion u one ox you i
Bible-waller* dared to come inside of his gate,
he'd set his dog on you. And he's just the
man to keep his word. Bo, take a friend's
advice, ana let him alone. No good will
come of It"
"Has he a wife and children V* inquired
the colporteur.
" A wife and two little boys."
"What kind of a woman is hi* wife I"
"O, she'll do well enough. But neighbors
don't go Uiere ranch do account of ner
husband, wno is a very imp of Satan, if the
truth must be spoken.
"like the blessed Master," was replied to 1
this, "X come not to call to the righteous, |
but sinners to repentance^ Of all tilings in
the world, the Bible is roost needed at Trick
Jones's; and I am bound In piece it there."
"O. very well. Follow your own bent,"
4 said urn farmer, slightly annoyed at the oth
effe pettiRecify. "Voull remember that I
warned^ you, when his doge are at your heeia,
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jood morning to you."
"Good morning," returned the stranger,
cheerfully, as he threw open the ill-hung
rate, and entered the forbidden grounds of
Dick J ones.
Now, our brave friend, the colporteur,
was not n strong, robust man, able to meet
ind resist physical violence. In the use of
carnal weapons, he had no skill. But he
liad a confident spirit, a strong heart, and
ibove all, an unwavering confidence in tho
protecting power of Him in whose service ho
was devoting his life.
Even on the grounds of Dick Jones the
icirds sang sweetly, the cool breezes sported
unid the leafy branches, and the breath of
i thousand flowers mingled their frl^-ance
>n the air; and, even as the colporteur trod
heso grounds, he felt and enjoyod tho tranpiil
beauty and peace of nature. There was
10 shrinking in nis heart lie was not in
error of the lions that crouched on his path,
kxrn ho stood at the open door of a house,
ireWtd which was 110 air of comfo-t, nor a
lingle vestige of taste.
"Who's there! What's wanted!" was
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jie rcnuisivo salutation ot a woman, who
lurriedly drew an old handkerchief across
lor brown nook and half-ox posed bosom, on
teeing a stranger.
"May God's peace be on this house!" said
be colporteur, in a low, reverent voice, as
10 stood, one foot on the ground, and the
>ther across tlie thresh hold.
A change passed instantly over the wonan's
face. Its hole expression softened.?
13ut she did not invite tne stranger to enter.
"Go?go,n she said, in a hurried voice.?
'Go away quickly! My husband will be
lere directly, and he "
She paused, leaving tho sentence unfinished,
as if reluctant to speak what was in
ler mind.
"Why should I go away quickly T" asted
the stranger, as ho stepped into the room,
aking off his hat respectfully, and seating
tiniself in a chair. "I wish to see and speak
with your husband. Mr. Jones, I believe, is
lis name f"
"Yes, sir, his name is Jones. But he
,'on't want to see you."
"Don't want to seo tne! How do you
know ? Who am I!"
"I don't know your name, sir," answered
the woman, timidly; "but I know who you
ire. You go around selling good books and
talking religion to the people."
"True enough, Mrs. Jones," said the colaorteur.
serionslv. v?t with nlpnssnt
in his face a* he spoke. "And I have eome
to have a little talk with your husband, and
tee if I can't get him to buy some of my
good book*. Have you a Bible f
"No, sir. My husband says he hates the
Bible. When we were first married, T had
mi old Testament, but he never could bear to
tee me reading it Somehow, it got lost;
[ always thought he carried it away, or
threw it into the fire. lie won't talk to you,
dr. He won't have your books. He's a
rery bad teirfpered man, sometimes, and I'm
afraid he'll do you harm. O, sir, I wish you
would go away."
But instead of showing any alarm or anxiety
at Mrs. Jones's account of her husband,
the stranger commenced opening his valise,
from which he soon produced a plainly
bound copy of tho Bible.
"How long since you wero married!" asIced
the colporteur, as he opened the Bible
ind commenced turning over the leaves.
"Twelve years come next May, sir," was
answered.
"How long is it since you lost the Testament
!"
"Most eleven years."
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"To church !" The woman looked surprised
at the question. "Dear aakes, no! I
haven't been inside of a church since I was
married.'*
"Wouldn't you like to go V
"What 'ud be the use J I wouldn't aay
'church' to Dick for the world."
"Then you haven't read the Bible yourself
nor heard anybody else read it, since
you lost the Testament ?
"No, sir."
"You shall have that blessed privilege
once again in your life," said the stranger,
raiding the book towards his eyes, and making
preparation to read.
"Indeed, sir, I'm afraid. I'm looking for
my husband eveir minute," iutcrpotod the
woman. "He'a always said he'd kick the
first Bible-seller out of his house that dared
to cross his door. And he'll do it. He's
very wicked and passionate, sometimes.?
Do, sir, please go away. If I had any money
I'd take the Hibie and hide it from him;
but I haven't. Please don't stay any longer.
Don't begin to read. If he comes in
and finds you reading, hell be mad enough
to kill you."
But, for all this, the colporteur sat unmoved.
As the woman ceased speaking, he
commenced reading to her the beautiftil
chapter from onr Lord's sermon on the
mount, beginning with?"Take heed that
ye do not your alms before men to be seen
Of tbem; otherwise ye here no reward of
your Father which is in Heaven." Aa he
proceeded in s low, distinct, reverential voice,
Che woman's agitations gradually subsided,
and she leaned forward listen invoices
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_and more intently, until nil thoughts and
'feelinns were nb<orb?i in the holy words
that filled her ears. When tlie colporteur
finished the ehnptor, he raised his eyes to
the faoc of the woman, and saw that it was
wet with tears. At that instant, n form
darkened the door. It was the form of Lhck
Jones. ' ?- - - - "Ha
P* he exclnmed in a harsh voice.?
"What's this! Who arc you I"
Comprehending now the scene before
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uiiu, tfunw ucgiui swearing awiuuv, at the
same time ordering the stranger to leave his
house, threatening to kick him from the
door if he didn't move instantly. The tearful
wife stepped between her husband and
the object of his wrath ; but he swept her
aside roughly and with curses.
"Go, before I fling you into the road f?
And the strong man, every iron muclo tense
with anger, stood towering above the stranger's
slender form, like an eagle abovo its
Helpless prey.
Sow calm and fearless the stranger sat,
his mild, deep, almost spiritual eyes, fixed
on those of Ins mad assailant.
"Bless the Lord, O, my soul, and forget
not all His benefits."
Low yet thrilling was the voice in which
these words found almost spontaneous utterance.
He had taken no forethought as
to what he should say. Hither he had
come at the prompting of duty, and now,
when a raging lion was in his path, he
shrunk not back in terror, but resting in a
Divine power, moved steadily onward.
"Clear out from here 1 say I" The voice
of Dick Jones was angry still; yet somethi
ng of its evil purpose was gone.
"The Lord is my limit and my salvation:
whom shall 1 fear ! The Lord is my strength
and my life: of whom shall I be afraid ?"
Neither loud nor in self-confidence was
this spoken : else would it not have fallon nn
un eyes ov tne latter rested upon mm, n
seemed as if a sunbeam fWl suddenly on bti
rugged features.
"All in well, I see." The eolporteui
spoke eheerfully, and with a radiant smile
"A Bible in the house is a blessing to ita in
mates."
"It has been dflkssing to us," said th<
happy wife, her d^rfuli of tears. "0 sir
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the ears of thnt evil-minded man with so
strnngo a power.
"Why have you como here to trouble
me ? Go now?go, before I do you harm,"
said Dick Jones, greatly subdued in manner,
and sinking iuto bis chair as he spoke.
The colporteur, moved less by thought
than impulse, opened the Bible which had
been closed on the entrance of Jones, and
commenced rending. All was still, now
save the low, eloquent voice of the strrnger,
aa ho read from the Iloly Book. The wife
of Jones, who had stood half paralysed with
terror in a distant part of the room, whither
an impatient arm had flung her, seeing the
wonderful change that was passing, stole,
quietly to her husband's side, and, bending
her head, even as his was bent, listened,
with an almost charmed attention to the
Word of life, as read by the man of God,
who had penetrated the dense moral wilderness
in which they had so long dwelt.
"Let us pray."
How strange these words sounded!?
They seemed spoken as from the heavens
above tliem, and by a voice tbat they could
not disregard
Brief, yet earnest, and in fitting language,
was the prayer, thcntearfully made, and responded
to with tears. When the "amen"
was said, and the pious colporteur arose from
his knees, what a change had taken place!
The raging lion had become a lamb. Th#
strong, wicked contemner of the good, was
gentle and teachable as a little child.
Once more the colporteur rend from th?
Holy Boole, while the man and his wife lis
tened with bent heads, and earnest, thoughtful
faces.
"Shall I leave you this Bible ?" said he,
rising at length, and making a motion tc
retire.
"If you will sell it to us," said Dick Jones
"It is yours on any terms you please.?
The price is low. I have other good books;
but this is the best of all, for it is God's own
Book, in which He speaks to His erring, un
happy children, saying to them, 'Come untc
me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest' Read this first
my friends; read it in the morning, as soor
as you rise, and in the evening before you
retire. Read it together, and, if you feel an
impulse to pray, kueel down, and silently
if you cannot speak aloud, say over the
words of the beautiful prayer the Savioui
taught hU JMoiphs,?the prayer your mother's
taught you when you were innocent
children?'Our Father, who art in heaven.
In a few weeks I will pass this way again.
Shall I call to see you r
"O yes. Do call," said Jones, his voice
trembling; though it was, plain he struggled
hard with the flood of new emotions that
was sweeping over him.
"May God's peace rest upon this house ?
The stranger, stood with lifted hands and
head bent reverently for a moment Then
turning awny, he passed from the door, and
in a few moments, was out of sight
A month later the oolporteur came agaii
that way. How different was his receptior
at the house of Dick Jones. The moraeni
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we can never be done reading the Good
lhx>k. It seeing sometimes, as if the words
were jnst written for us. And the children
Ask me, many times a day, if I won't rend
to them about Joseph and his brethren, the
three Hebrew children, or Daniel in the den
of lions. Often, when they have been so illnatured
apd (juarelsomc tlint I could do nothing
with them, I have stopped my work, and
sat down among them with the Biblo, and
began to read one of its beautiful stories.?
0,it acted like a charm! All angor would
die instantly; and wlien I closed the Book,
and they went to their play again, Lwould
not hear a ugly word among thein, maybe,
for hours. And Richard, too?" she glanced
towards her husband, who smiled, and
she went on. "And Richard, too?I haven'theard
him swear an oath since you were
here; and he isn't angry with things that
can't be helped near so often as ho used to
be. O, yes, indeed, sir ; it is true. A Bible
in the house ia aLiwng to its inmate:;."
"Ifihat were tbo only fruit of my labor,"
saiu the colporteur, as he walked sjowly and
thoughtfully away from the house of Dick
Jones an hour later, "it would be worth nil
the toil and sacrifice I have given to the
work. But this is not the only good ground
into which the seed I am scattering broadcast,
as it were, has fallen. God's rain and
dew, and shunshine, are upon it, and it must,
spring up, and grow, and ripen to the
harvest Let uie not grow faint or weary."
And with a stronger heart and a more
earnest purpose, he went on his way.?Pictorial
Drawing Room Companion.
Jiie 6oi)0iioi]qi.
There arc some men who are never known
to give an unconditional assont to any proposition
however self-evident
We have in mind a person of this character,
to whom, for the sake of convenience,
we shall give the nnine of White.
"A beautiful morning Mr. While," wo remarked,
on one occasion.
"Yes," said he doubtingly, "but I should
not wonder if it rained beforo night."
"Your piazza U a great improvement to
your house," I continued.
"Yes, sir, but it's a little too narrow. If it
was, say, a foot wider, it would be just the
' thing."
"In that case, you must like Mr. Smith's,
Tor, if 1 am not mistaken, his is precisely thnt
width."
"Very true, then it's too high."
\ "How do you like our new minister? He
1 is generally popular?a very good preacher,
' a good pastor, and a good man."
1 "Why, yes, I admit all that, but didn't
1 you notice how askew his neck cloth was
last Sunday !"
"No, but even admitting that to be the
txn olyertion to him in his official
character."
"Why, no, but then we expect a minister
to pay as much attention to dross as oth
or folks."
' have a fine field of potatoes yonder,
; Mr. White."
"Yes, they look well enough above ground,
[ but there's no knowing but they may l>e all
' rotten before they are gathered."
' "The new railroad will be a great thing
1 for pic town, and do very much to build it
up, don't you think so?"
* Well, I don't know but it may, but then
it will be very noisy, so that a body can't
have a quiet moineut to himself.
"We must be content to submit to a little
' inconvenience for the sake of obtaining great
' good. That is the true philosophy of life.
"Perhaps it ia,butthen, them Tailroads are
' confounded noisy."
Almost despairing of obtaining a straight'
forward, unconditional answer to our inqui'
ries, we, as a last resort pointed out a little
boy who was passing by and remarked :
' "That boy has very dirty hands."
' "Yes," said Mr. White, "yes, but?but?
' but," he was evidently seeking for somo way
1 in which to bring objection. At length his
1 face brightened up, and he continued?"but
1 if they were washed they'd be cleanor."
' "We left him to his reflections.? Yanker
' Blade.
' A Portrait.?A young man wishing to
, be noticed in the gay circles of - the world
, buys an old watch for five dollars. At the
end of four months, finding it does not keep
time a* well aa a new one, he pays three dol!
lars to have it thoroughly repaired. Two
months after, finding it is not exactly a new
' watch, he pays two dollars for fortlior repairs.
At the end of the year growing sick of it,
he swaps it for an old musket. Ho then tries
' to get rich bj hunting; but not finding game
very plenty, and receiving a summons from
? the merchant to pay for his powder and shot,
which has amounted to eight dollars, he says
t to himself, "I'll get rid of the rotten musket
i somehow ao he swaps it for an old horse,
t and pays five dollars to boot. He hires his
t horse kept at Uie tavern at which place he
? boards; at thread of the year his bill for
horse-keeping has amounted to forty dollars,
r and his own seventy five. lie says to him
. self "this is not getting along very Castso
- he sells hia horse for a barrel of brandy,
which finishes bis earthly career.
, Gen. Scott is a candidate for the Presidency.
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Tiie Chinese do ko-tuu in their fares in
the presence of tlieir superior. and the benijriitetl
Africans worship a fethh marie of
old rags; but neither the Negroes nor the
! "Mongolian are a bit more absurd than Amor|
icans, when ihev prostrnte themselves to tho
thing called fasliion. And of all follies con!
uected with fashion that of fashionable wa
j lering piacei is uie most superlatively ndicu-;
: lous.
! Mm. Nervous, for example, wants change
of air. Hut, unfortunately for the dear Jady,
she cannot consent to ho cured except at the
most tonniak watering place ; and according1
I}' her husband, though he can ill afford any
| extravagances, is compelled to take her to
(such a resort What matters it that tho
rooms are close, the table scantily provided,
! and tho proprietor extortionate in every way!
This fashionable lady or that, boards there,
or has boarded there, leaving behind
her an odor of gentility to all time.?
It is amazing what inconveniences, and
even insults, Mr. Nervous, and hundreds
1 like her, will put up with, in order to eat at
Vthe same table as the "upper-ten," and be
j bullied by the same landlord.
Nor is this all; for at fashionablo watering
1 places one would think that health was the
| last thing they sought. Mrs. Mauceuver had
| gone there to marr^off her daughters. Mrs.
Kphcfian has come tocatch a second husband.
Miss9)irt is there to coquet with the gentle|
men. Miss Desh to raise a sensation by her
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j uunuies. in uie mno worm 01 nve hundred j
j boarders, temporarily inhabiting the hotel,!
I tliero are ?? many cliques, intrigues and rivali
rica as at the court of a Louis XIV. Mrs.
Tallowchandler turns up her noso at Mrs. I
Sdapfaf, because the husband of the latter re- j
tails his goods, will not speak to Mr. Use- j
ful, because the latter works for his living
! while the former spcnds.iti idleness the fortune
acquired by his father. Even the "gentlemen
and ladies of color who, according to '
their own account, partly for recreation, and
partly to oblige the fashionable world consent
to wait at table, make beds and black
boots, partake of this exelusiveness ; and one
professional gentleman" boasts to another,
with pompous sotfaatisfaction, of his tonnisli
mistress, and pronounces the employer of another
of "no account,w because he made his
money in saltpork iustead of in sugar.
Thousands of dollars arc annually sacrificed
at these fashionable watering places by
families really unable to afford it. While
husbands are borrowing money in the hot
town at two per cent, a month, wives, are
sporting lace capes that coat a hundred dollars,
At hotels where the family bill is another
hundred per week. While fathers are
trembling with the fear of failure in fall,
daughters are haunting at watering places in
the costliest jewelry, or sons are sporting fust
horses, giving champagne suppers, and perhaps
gaining and drinking half the night.
Deliver us from fashionable hotels ut the sea
shore or the springs! They would swallowup
the purse of a millionaire, and destroy the
health of a Samson. They would teach aire
to the girls of the best mother, and make the
sons of the thriftiest father improvident.
Ostensibly people go out of town for health.
But how many are better for a sojourn at a
fashionable watering place ? Instead of returning
with blooming checks, Indies come
hack faded with late hours; and gentlemen,
instead of being more vigorous, are paying
the penalty of wine suppers. A fortnight at
some quiet place, where the air is fresh and
the hours early, is better than a month at
one of these scenes of fashionable dissipation.
In the on* -ease, you get what you contract
for, and a moderate price, too ; in the other,
_you pay six dollars for board and six for fashion,
and are cheated inhoth.? P. Le<lyer.
i 3D olrO befo t c o u & u
Young housekeepers who It are just got settled
after their late moving look about the naked
walls of their parlors,and sigh for pictures;
along their empty mantels, and long for a few
mantel ornaments; at their scant furniture,and
wish for elegant chairs, a neater "tete-a-tete"
or a "Voltaire;" at their sitting rooms, and
wish they had n cheap lounge; in their bed
rooms, and wonder if they cannot afford a
more fashionable bedstead; in their closets,
and long for a set of spoons?everywhere,
and at all points discover a lack that nothing
but a plenty of money would exactly supply.
It may be called the season of temptation.
There ia scarcely a young oouplo in the city
that would not, with unlimited credit, find
such a list of necessaries positively demanding
an outlay as would break a man of moderate
means, and run one who lives on a resi
pectablo salary only heels over head in debt.
But hold up, young friends?don't do your
shopping till you have heard oar advice. the
chairs, the mantol ornaments, tlie ujiwt one
. oil painting," tho npoone, tho new carpet,
, would help your bouse wonderfully. Tney
would add very much to the elegance of your
apartment*, and make us envy your snug
quarters whori we incidentally drop in or ntop
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to tnko i<l?y jg^oiiTtfllRit. But are yod
sure you can ntroraTheui ? "Your husband
ha* good wages"?but how much haa lie laid
up against tho dny when some of these reckless
omnibus drivers shall knock him dowtl
in the street and disable him for a month or
two ? "Your wife is thrifty"?but what provisions
have you made for her if she should
suddenly have to go into mourning ?a prcttry
young widow ? "Hut furniture, pictures,
'silver," arc just as good as money."?so they
aca worth all they cost, until you find they
(^marked too nigh if put down at half cost
price.
Money is a mighty hard tiling to coine at$
like a cautu'c obtained bv tedious wateliinrm
and skilful waiting*,it should not be surrendered
until a council of war has been held over
it. You, then, our fair reader, who hold that
well-cngrnved %20 bill in your hand, wondering
what you will get with it,fold it again'and
nut it into the porttnonnaie ; wait till you
have talked it over with "him." IIo 6ay8.
"spend it of course, you want the articles."
But let him fetch out the book and do a bit
of calculating. lie has paid out his bilk*
and is not in debt. That is good. He has
a small sum in the Savings Hank on which
lie can call and save his credit if there shonld
be an unexpected demand. That is very clev-?
or. He luw a ^kiall sum out at interest; ho
has calculated what it amounta to daily, and
can tell just how much it makes him during
| the seven hours lie sleeps each night. Why,
' lie is independent! Ilis rent he pays month-'
I ly, and there he shows you a fund set a apart
for its payment The sexton will call this
week for his pow money ; the Croton tax is
due in June, and next week ho must renew
his life insurance policy ; and lie shows where
the dollars aro to come from to meet them
i all. Current oxpenses he am predict within
a half eagle for a month to oorao, he has so
often kept a strict account of the iterilt Why,
now, go ahead. Spend the bill you were
rumpling in your nand; and another just
like it, if you wish. You can be trusted to
make wise bargains. Folks that keep ac
counts of the items, and know exactly how
they stand, may safely bo trusted to spend
when they feel a want pressing. And yet,
remember that the fashions of this world pass
away, and as many additional dollars aa you
give to-day for an article, because it is iu the
very height of the fashion, you may be willing
to give shortly hence, if it could be but
made a little less pretensious, so as to outlast
a series of fashions instead of that of a single
season.?New York Timet.
Never Despise Your Business.
Under this caption, the Philadelphia Ledger
sensibly remarks:
'No man of sense,' it has been observed
despises his bread and butter.' It is only
the weak who are ashamed of laboring for a
livelihood, or who effect to scorn the branch
of business which they especially pursue.?
The first duty which every man owes to himself,
to his family, and to his fellow citizens,
is not to become a burden particularly to society.
That commonwealth also is the most
i flourishing in which the proportion of drones
is the fewest: indeed, the idea of a perfect
, stato involves tlio necessity of every mem!
her of it being a producer. Hence it is tliat
I work is always honorable. The most ordi;
nary handicjaft employment is as worthy, if
\ exercised honestly, as the profession of law
or medicine. Each citizen should follow
! that avocation for which he is liest suited,
j and when lie does this ho fulfil* the law of
hi* existence; but never otherwise. A bad
lawyer is less respectable than a good mechanic,
and an able doctor is no moromcritortous
than an honest laliorer. To do one's
duty, in the walk whore one can bo most efficient,
i* to be honorable: to neglect it, or to
seek some other walk, is to become really
disgraced. I?y this standard, and this onlv,
wo should judge of men's respectability, it
is time that wo republican* banished the arbitrary
lines of (laste, a* applied to the pursuits
of life, which arc driven from feudal
Europe.
Yet there are thousands of men who are
1 at heart ashamed of their business. Are
they retail venders? They scorn continuing
to make money in their old way, and long
to embark in the wholesale line. Are they
jobbers? They think if they could only be
: skippers that their glorv Ifcould culminate.-Are
they mechanics? They regret they are
not lawyers. Are they farmers? They
think to be in business in town. Such per*
sons, in their hearts, worship absurd distinctions
inherited from the social life of England.
and recrard the physician, the oolilisi nn
or the hanker as really greater men tliiS^ftnian
clay. These are what Thaekeray calls
'snobs;' men of pretence Ind weak folly; men
who despise their own bread and btrt.ter.-~The
wise man, oh the contrary, seeks independence
by steadily attending to his business,
well aware that an indenendeuce, honestly
acquired, in his best claim to esteem.
It is young men, or rather lads that arc of- 4
tenost victims to this weakness. Tens of
thousands have been shipwrecked In life
from having chosen a pursuit juisuitaMe to
them, tempted thereto oy false nations of the
vulgarity of a trade, and the snperior dignity
of commerce or a profession.
I ?
I A womax has been elected ccnrtable in
Ferry ugrmty, Illinois.
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