The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-03

annshsI--- yaa h.d b.iirr take The pssh
slang the fool ~ The hdl-il - - areI By
. msle.r
Cross over the rl4nisiions. said
.hirf-"l 4 Is hardly hill The d,.lsree-
when Jon Get 20 he highlands ,na Sc
FOUNDER, The iown oil be IN foil siew,
and you ~Ill eei IN before night"
. And where" asked the traveller.
evidently not a laiIe perpIrxrd. .aad
where doe. The great road night ahead u
us lead in!''
s. OH lhst's The road "a W,nrheslsr-
hui ne thought Jos ~snlrd 10 90 some
nearer ssy," nas the response
The traveller logged on. sali.6ed with
The plAin old ROAD. and dare say got b
Winchester ~ SOM. and safe and saund.
As he would BY any nf the By roads and
Shortcuts so kindly RECOMMENDED 10 HIM
-for | had The sa'lslaclian, wien I ira
yelled u. lev days Afterwards. 10 6ad
tone Of the most direct. smooth and plea
san, roads in all Virginia.
wrote dovn in my Skelch Book ~
the lime, "'rhe way 10 WInehesser,'-
and there il stands ,n-day. when The COM
mems meant 20 make. or iha incidents
proposed 60 be connected with the sen.
iencs, are forgotten. Bui they lead 70
train Of Reflections which We will purdue
for few moments.
Here are crowds Of busy people in tho
streets, all travelling. or 10 passuli ol soms
object DO you ask shat ID 10 They
are seeking Tor The nay 10 HeGifh. Con.
suliing with each othrr-inlerrhansin
oplnions-snd perhaps. spending IN snx-
ious inquiries The time which Ought 10 bs
occupied in reaching The object they DE-
sire. Let Us pause among them.
Here Is one who had. sfier good deal
Of srsrch, thought he had found out The
shortest way 10 wesl,h by the road of
Speculation! But The road has . great
many branches, and not single painter
by the way upon which you can depend.
Our friend started first by The way of
Lotteries. aud travelled on until he found
himself long journey further hon ha
goal than when he set out. Tie came
back TO The starting place ss lasi. an older
man, with an older coat. and darker PROS
pecis. He has since been r,eking his
brain TO end some byswsy across other
peoples property. He has bought stocks.
bur they just as of,en frll 40 raised in his
hands; he made bets whenever he thought
he had got ahead ol any one. bui he lest
oftener than he won He undertook 10
buy bargains; but often rs not. the seller.
instead Of the buyer. had tho bargain.
And now he is almost al his wits end.
lie would know the way To wealth.
Well. there IL 10. the plain old way. a.
straight and even as the Winchester road.
Industry and economy. is the fvnpiks
road 10 Ueaifh.
There 10 another who has taken II in
10 his head TO wait until somebody dies
and leaves him . fuiune. Another 10
looking out for an eligible settlement in
the way Of ma,rimony. with the chival>
rio resolution TO take. for better or verse,
the 6rst bag Of g"ld he comes 10. A
fourth is insen,ing a rerpeiusl motion.
or some gImcrackery Of the kind, with
worlds Of wealth in all his visions; aud a
9th is absolutely going To ride to wealth
on a goose-quill. Aud thus, from the
broad beaten road beiore them. they turn
to the right and 10 the left. by ihs ford
and by the hills, until, between their
shortcuts and by-ways, three foar,hs of
them slip through and are forgotten by the
way. #'
But let us turn over leaf. Here is a
group Of the mote s"ber. sage, and ,hmk-
ing among men. They selected a he,irr
defined and more substantial ohjcc, OF pur-
suit. They seek the road I" happiness
vet by as many different routes as the
other class.
One conceives that the wav to wealth
aud the way to happiness are tho same.
and finds his vast mstake in the pressure
Of cares, and the whitening and ,eorch-
ing influence Of ayarice as II steals over
the hear, Another seeks Il in honor, and
tolls on. the slave &c popular caprice, un-
all he sinks beneath his efforts, q victim,
and. perhaps, show.
Another grasps al pleasure, and finds
in every successive indulgence. the
wre'chedness oi disappointment, il no, the
horrors Of remorse.
And YET. as before, the broad. direct
aud certain Rad to happiness, is open
and easy Of access To all. Reason points
I" il. experience adds her ,estmony. and
religion her appeal, yet, searching for
i, in every path. travelling every other
road To attain il, ,hs masses Of mankind
turn from the way "f simple virtue. ard
never reach the end TO which ihat path
way leads. aud ,ha, alone.
The MIR Sickness, it is stated, RACES
to considerable extend i'm the northern
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