Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-02-21
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LABOUR

10 school Of benevolence a, we'll .,
justice. A man 10 support himself mus,
serve others. He must do or produc.
something for their qualification. This !,
one Of the beautiful ordinations of Prov.
dence. that, to get living q man mus, n.
use'ui; Now this usefulness ought 10 be
an enc 10 his labor - truly a. to earn his
n'og. no ought 10 think Of the benefit of
tnose he works for. as well rs Of his own:
and IN so doing. in desiring amidst hi,
swea add toll to serve others a. we'll a.
himself. he Is exercising and growing in
oenevoience. n truly ~ il he we're disiri.
ou"ns bounty with \ large hand to the
poor. Such a motive hsllows and dixni.
mes the eonmonest pursuit. IL is strange.
mat iaoor'ng men do not think more of the
vast usefulness Of their tolls. and take
benevolent pleasure in them on this nc.
count. This beautiful city with its houses
furniture. markets, public walks and mum.
peerless accommodations, has grown up
under the hands Of ariizans and other
iaoorers: and ought they not 10 take .
dis'nterested JOY in their work, One
would think carpenter or mason, on
passing house which he had reared
would say to himself, This work of
m'ns 10 giving comfort and endowment
every day and hour to . family, and will
continue to be = kindly shelter. q dome,.
TIC gathering place. an abode Of affection.
ior century or more after sleep in the
aust; and ought not . generous satisfac-
lion 10 spring up At the thought. II is by
thus Intervening goodness with common
iabors we give it strength and make i,
naoit oil the soul Claiming on Self. Cul.
fuys.
Read rhaf Tie Cioekmaksr says Eve
~ Twin criiier must work in this world
and laborer 10 . slave, but the laborer
only gets enough to live on from day 10
day. while the slave 10 tended in infancy
and old age, and has spare time enough
given him TO earn a good deal too. A mar
ned woman IL you come to that is a slave.
call her what you will-wife, woman,
angel, termagant or devil. she's q slave;
and II she happens to get the upper hand,
the husband is q slave; and if be don I
lead worse life than any black niger,
when he's under petticoa' government,
then my name is not Sam Slick.
How strangely men are spoiled by the
enjoy iaent OF comforts. A few wears
have only elapsed since il was thought a
great feat TO come from Philadelphia 10
Baltimore in thirteen hours, and happy
was he who could at tho expense of being
Joited almost to death perform the journey
IN that time. Now, matters are entirely
changed. IL has become so usual 10 pass
between the two cities in six or eigh.
hours, that 10 be kept longer space on
the road Is looked upon a. serious grew
anee. So much for the spirit Of Internal
Improvements. which have almost ami
hIlatsd space and dispensed with fatigue.
what may be effected within the next
quarter OF century il 10 impossible 10
predict. but At we go on as we have done
wall be thought mere circumstance to
60 from Boston 10 New Orleans, and be
who has not been on the other side of the
Alleehanies will be looked upon as hav-
ing done nothing. So far ~ practical con
sequences 60, this shortening Of journeys
adds so much clear gain TO the term oil
our existence. and he who can go one
hundred miles in seven hours where j,
formerly took him fourteen hours TO do so
has added seven hours TO his life. After
all. action Is lie, and tie who spends forty
years 10 doing good Hres longer than the
man who ioiters away an existence oil
twice that term. Years. days and hour,
do not measure our being:-it is the sum
OF our usefulness that should be the stand
ard by which TO estimate life.
Bsitnors .1weri,sn.
ORIGINAL ExTRAcr.-In was night:
the wind was wh,s,ling mournfully around
an isolated dwelling. within which were
seated two lone beings. A solitary lamr
was pickering upon the table. and the dy.
ing embers barely reflected their BRIGHT.
ness upon the hearth. Silence reigned su.
Preme and undisturbed. except by the
cresking Of some loosened plank. as Il
hstlessly swung in the breeze. when the