The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-05


10 The higher ends lhsn any yos have
hensioiers aeled 1pan. For ths present.
! will only repsas-D0n'f be Discouraged
Try sgsinl Pps yoas shoulder once nore
10 The ~hssl. Drpend upon q. peer lime
will cones bui not anlil you can bear sue
crn in right spirit And 10 hare success
before you are Ihus prepared 70 bear Il.
-euld be The woss, injury lhsa could be
fall you."
Henry Giant. the young man here in.
irodpeed 20 lhs sezder's noiirr. had. ~
the ace 81 twenty one. done he very im
prudent thing Of entering INFO business fof
himself. TI1e. from lhr age af seven
teen. he had bstn in The store Of . mer.
chant. whe carried On o very rrrnsivs
trade. and had. moreover, acquired sa
thorough knoslsdse Of business. that
The most imponans ssbordinsts position
IN ihe house hal been assigned 10 him.
Bot ell this confidence reposea in him.
and This familiarity with The business in
which he vas engaged. deceived him.
He saw that heavy profits were aceruing
every year. That while Ne was iollinR
Jog on through the lops months Of an an.
nusl cycle ior single thousand dellsrs.
lens Of thousands were added 10 The cot
lers Of his already wealthy employer.
i. Why should I waste the hest years
OF my life in making money for olher.."
he asked himself, ihe day aIIer he bad at
tanned his msjorily.
This though, vas the germ Of dncon.
tent IN his mind. II was nourishsd. and
grew into . Tree, whose thick leaves 60
ovsrshsdowed his mind. tina, he could not
see the clear sky Of sober Truth above. in
which shone stars WHOSE brightness. beam
ed forth 10 guide him. lie became eager
for wealth that he might have selfish en-
joyments. Every beautiful dwelling. The
reward oi perhaps years Of steady industry,
and NV enjoyed by some opulen, msrrh-
ant. he envIed It's possessors. lie sighed
when rich mans carriage rolled by him
in the street. Nothing rare. or new, or
elegant. grs'i6sd his eye, because !, was
not his own.
lmpelled by q weak and selfish de-
sire ~ be suddenly rich, E W yesrs az
YER he had come 10 The age of manhood.
he drew IRON the hands of his guardian
Eve ihuussnd dollars. the hstd-earned and
carefully husbanded treasure lei, him by
his f.sher. and threw himself with Ia, ge
ideas and unwavering confidence upon
The Hubled sesafmerchandise. The .to-
~ Of this adventure 10 soon told. IL two
years he was compelled 10 wind up his
business, having los. his entire capital.
This was painful shock. But i, was
Of use 10 him, in unsealine his eyes, and
giving him q iruer view Of life. and sober
ideas from which TO oct. Still. he could
not think. having once been in business
for himself, OF falling back into the mono
tonous, dull, and humble condition Of a
clerk. There was something in The fact
Of minsling with merchants on plane Of
equality. that fstiered his vanity. He
had thus mingled end thus eel, hstrered.
The thought Of taking his old position.
and oi losing the couriesies that had been
so grateful 10 him, vas more than he
could think Of enduring. This feeling
alone, had none operated other in his
mind, would have induced him again TO
make an ffrt TO get into business.
A few months enabled him TO so ar.
range his old affairs. as to be ready to 90
on again. He found numbers ready to
sell him goods on shor, credit, and ibis
determined him once more to cast him
self upon The ocean. He did 81. Two
more years passed on. and at their termi
nation he found himself, alas! again in a
narrow place. Much more than all his
profits in that time was looked up in bad
deb,s. remnants, and unsslesbls goods.
For a time. BY borrowing from a few
friends, he had been enabled to meet his
payments. but that resource al las, failed.
and trouble again came upon him. Bot
il was worse trouble than btfore. had
shocked his proud. sensitive feeling Sc
vereIy. HIS goods and accounts. aI,er
all had been given Up. were no, sufficient
10 pay the claims against him. lie was,
therefore, an insolvep, deb,or.
As fairy castles Jade away under The
maglcian's touch, so faded away a. ,his |
event, The glowing ideas or ~--l.L-.-al
s.lendour that had passed so temp inely |
before the eye Of Henry Grant. lie dad
not now ask Tor his tens Of thousands.
his coun,ry-ses,s. sl,uerine equipages,
end ell The splendid paraphsrualia at'en-
dan, upon his high station in society. uni.
ted With immense wealth. TO have pos
sessed the few thousands Of dollars thu.
were exhibited a. deficits in his accounts,
would, have compassed his dssress wish
Is. Bot even this humble and honoura-
Bile desire was not granted. He was in
debt. and what was worse, with . sense
Of helrlessness aud hopelsssness added
thereto.
In due course Of time. his business was
settled OPP. and he again thrown upon the
would. While debating in his mind the
propr,e,y Of accepting an offer from his
old employer. and enter his store as q