The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-23

me sisli one day With q long story Ol
The Iimes.' and raised on me iifiy dol.
liars.
! myself Praclised mOdesiy when
vas young man. | had The most sb.
surd notions Of generosity aud confidence
IN Other people. used 10 tell folks uho
Presenied bills. particularly IL they had
clean shirts on. and were civil spoken
"Oh don't trouble yourself to give me
10 receipt ] can never have any Difficult.
ny With you"
II a friend came with note 10 be en-.
'darsed--
My dear fellow. certainly. wi,h-lhe
greatest pleasure"
Hone asked TO borrow anything or me-
"UnqueslionabIy. help yourself"
| have. when lutte flush, gone To
falks and said
"Pray. want you LEI me lend you
some money!
And when. by any chsncp. they came
Ia repay il. used 10 blush and siammer-
F.. "Nonssnse! Dnn'i think Of ill.,
| Aud this. Too. perhaps. when | really
wan.ei the cash, but was too modest 10
take what was my own.
/ Yes have carried mndesiy with me
I'LL | am tired off. have fairly worn
out. have Analysed and il is not what
| thought il was. II must be taken with
discretion and moderation. like wine and
other huriful beverages. Ills an error Of
youth. the child ol ignnrance and mex.
/ perienee. Il is an s1.ctaiion. Il eEspo-
rates with age. Show me your modest
men Of fifty who have lived in the world.
! As 10 the changes of character and
fashion likely to be undergone by this
and other virtues, | believe. before many
hundred ysar', the world will acknow-
ledge the truth Of my system. Such
things have been. II vas once a dis
grace % know how to read and write. Il
was once an honor 10 be a knighl.errant,
that is, To take the law into your own
hands. What would this be nov! Bar
glary. highway robbery! petty larceny!
assault aud battery! These are the mo-
dern names Of chivalry. Your knight
eusnts. now a.days. are sent To Sing Sing
and Black wells Island. Richard eeuI
de lions are hanged!
! | should not wonder II, one Of these
days, similar change were 10 take place
! in the estimation in which are held your
modest men: and instead Of being cover
ed with praise, as Ut present. they should
be spnken oil slightingIy-"A poor. mo-
dest fellow; no matter what you do TO
him."
! | have q friend who is modest. !
have endeavored to cure him OF wha, |
believe will onc day be regarded as We
/ ~ Improbable as we'll as i'll bred peculi.
arily. Il is. in fact. a SORT Of sclishness;
a wan, Of energy, decision and courage;
a weakness; a disease Of the nerves. ]
have treated my friend with rough rene
dies, and endeavored TO regenera,e his
mental and moral constitution; but | had
rather undertake the cure Of the govt or
chronic rheumatism. 1t is in the fellows
blood. l believe. He will never be per.
fecily free from il.
, We were babies and school mates to.
gether. | atm told that even when an in
fani. il any oae entered the room during
a ii. Of pain aud screaming, he would
stop his cries in an instant; the tears
would stand mnlionlrss upon his cheeks.
aud he would open his great round eyes
| in perfcct silence, abashed that siran-
ger should witness his tan,rums. AS a
buy he was modest in its worst form.
/ lie used to refuse TO be helped second
time when half starved, and nearly killed
! himself once by standing outside the door
! rather than come by the fire. The boys
thought he was a coward, he stunned
quarrels so carefully; ill one day being
vexed too far. he forgot, for five minutes.
! his complaint, and gave an oVergrown
bully such a dressing, for striking a little
buy whom he loved. that he regaIned his
character in tina, particular. His modes
" operated very injuriously upon his
education. as he was fairly ashamed 4"
compete with boys whom, had he but
thought so. lac could have distancsd.
! Asa man he remained backward, silent
--incllneti to take nothing from the good
things of The world; nay to give up to
whoever demanded, all he had Tor HIM
self. have known him, on board az
Albany steamboat. resign his seat al
| breakias, table TO a stranger. have
known him lend a pers"n his umbrella
and ge. We. himself. IL you spoke To
him, a painful blush sutfused his checks,
forehead, and ears; aud II you trod on his
toe, he begged y"nr pardon. unlucki-
! " for him. he had fortune, and was not
driven into the struggle Of the world
that would have cured him. lie did not
think he had sufficient abilities for any
profession. He applied himself serious,
iy tn nothing. lie though. nature had
denied him memory. and that he could
M, retain what he had. lie sneaked