Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-06-10
From the Boston Courier
Patch on both Knees, and Gloves on.

breathe, for long time, what some writer
calls the "bracing air of poverty" Ny
motber-llght lie the turf upon the form
which once enclosed her strong and gentle
spirt-was what is commonly called an am
bilious woman, for that qualify, Which over
turns thrones and supplan;s dynastIes, finds
a legitimate sphere in the humble abode
that the shadow of poverty ever darkened.
The struggle between the wish to keep up
appearances and the pinchng grippe of he
cessity produced endless shifts and conri-
vances, at which, were they told, some
would smile, and some, 10 whom they would
recall their own experiences, would sigh
But let me not disturb that vale of oblivion,
which STROUD from prolane eyes the haIlow-
e1 mysteries ofpoveriy.
On one occasion it was necessary TO
! send me upon an errand 10 Il neghbcr in
better circumstances than ourselves, and be-
fore whom it was necessary that should he
presented. in the best possible aspect. Great
pains were accordingly taken 10 give smart
appearance TO my patched and d.lapidated
wardrobe, and 10 conceal the rents and
clasmS which the envious tooth of time had
made in them, and by way of throwing over
my equipment certain SAVIOR and sprinkling
of genllity, my red and toll hardened hands
were enclosed in the unfamiliar casing of a
pair of gloves, which had belonged TO my
mother in days when her years were fewer
and her heart lighter.
sailed forth Oh my Grand, and on my
way encountered a much older and bigger
boy, who evidently belonged TO family
which had all our own dragging poverty, and
none of our uprising wealth of spirit. His
rags fairly nutlcred in the breeze; his hal
was CONSTRUCTED on the most approved prin-
ciple Of ventilation; and his shoes, from
their venerable antiquity might have been
deemed a pair Of fossil shoes-thc very
ones on which Shcm shuffied into the ark.
He was an impudent ;aret, with dare dew
il swagger in his gait, and sort Of I'm as
good as you' lcer in his eyc-the very
whelp to throw a stone at u we'll dressed
horseman, because he Was well dressed to
tear boys rullle because it was clean. AS
soon as he saw me, his eye detected the
practical incons,s enc!es which characterized
my costume, and taking me by the shout
ders, turning me round with no gentle hand,
and surveying me from head to foot, ex-
cl.mcd with a scornful laugh Of deiis:o...
A patch on both knees, and glores on
| still recall the sting OF wounded feeling
which shot through the at these words. To
} parody celebrated Inc Of the immortal
Tuscan
That day, wore my gloves no more
Bat tho lesson, thus rudey enforced, sunk
deep into my mind, and, in after life, have
had frequent occasion to make a practical
application of the words ofmy ragged friend
when have observed the practical incon.
ss,encies which so often mark the conduc
Of nank nd.
When. for instance, | sec parents, care
fully providing for the ornamental educa
tioa Of their children, furnishing them with
teachers in music, dancing and drawing, bu
giving no thought 10 that moral and rei
gious training, from which the true dignity
AMI permanent happiness Of life alone CAT
come, never teaching them habits of self
sacrifice and self discipline and connol, bu
rtther by our example insiructing them il
evi; speaking, in Observation-Disclosures in envy
and i'll fAlschood, think, with sigh, of tbt
patch on both knees, and glores on.
When see family in cold and selfsI
solitude, not hlb.tualy warming their hou
ses with the glow Of happy faces, but lav
ishing that which should furnish the hospi
tally of whole year upon the prolusior
of single night, think of the patch OF
both knees, and gIoreS on.
When sec house profnsely furnished
with sumptuous furniture, rich cultaius, anC
Inv
bat a few tawdry ANIMALS, am reminded o
the patch on Jo.h knees and glores on,
= When see the public men cultivat;n!
exclusively those qualities which win wal
to Office, and neglectng those which vii
: qualify them TO I'LL honorably the posts (,
which they aspirod, recall the patch 0,
both knees, and glores on.
Whcnl see men sacrificing peace of mine
and health OF body 10 Inc insane pursuit o
wealth, living in ignorance Of the character
Of the children who are owing up arounC
; them, cutting themselves off from the high
D est and purest pleasures of heir natures, anC
so pcrvertng their humanity, Than that which
was sought Us a means nsensibly comes tc
i be followed as an end, say 10 myself, {
patch on bota knees and glores on
When | see thousands squandered 70
selhshness and osientaiion, and nothing be
slowed for charity, when | sec fine lade
2 be-satined and be-jeweled, chcapening iht
tolls of dressInakcrs, and with harsh word
cmbitering the bitter bread Of dependence
when ! see the poor turned away ftom iht
proud houses, where the crumbs Of the ia
bles wauld be TO them feast, think o
, the patch on both knees, and giores on.
BUTrERFLiEs.-The following little par
agraph, which we clip from a s,ray pape
contains more truth than we have read il
, any sim lar article of the same space in ;
long time:
.'rhere are various kinds of Butierfie:
| in this blue rooted world of ours Wher
we were children. we chased the real arli
Gle through the fields of clover. Oh after
moons OF sunshine, and get licked IN the
evening for tearing our trowsers. Ateigh
teen or twenty. we chased buiterti es made
Of blue satin frocks and black velvet eyes;
which, by the way, are the most dangerous
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