The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-07
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7 II E 00DBAW WEIR
BY D. C. CoLEswoRTHY.

Or from appearance judge;
Virtue may have her brightest throne
In him we make our drudge
Il know my business is no, looked upol
. by the majority as SO respectable as a trade
cIerkshlp, or profession, bu. you know
was not put TO trade, and have alway
been obliged TO work a, anything | coul,
, find 10 do, TO help TO suppor. my moth
| er.'
But you might find something else to do
besides saving wood
what can do at present that would b,
as profIable' have always told you ,ha
did not intend 10 follow this business
through life. Just as soon as earn money
sufficient, | shall engage ir something else
Once you didn't feel and talk as you q,
now
AS lgrow older, and associate more
with young women. perceive by theil
actlohs and language, tha, they do no. re.
lspect young men who dress meanly and en-
gage in low empoymenls.
why should you mind what they do OF
Isay! My business, if it is low. is an hon.
orabIe one,and | earn every dollar receive.
owe nothing. But The same cannot b.
salI of many Of these young men who dress
exuav aganlly, display gold rings and
chains, and spend so much time and
mon ey in riding and other amusemenls.'
4 donrt know how i, is, bu, they appea,
to ge. along well aud always havo none,
TO spend
Appearances are very decei,fsl. You
cannot tell how much grief it has cau,ed
me, 10 see the change that has been wro'l
IN you the last few months You do no.
meet me with your accustomed smiles and
often. seem indifferent when call upon you
1t is solely on accoun. of what other girls
and very foolish girls 100 say, tha, you
Is a, solely on account of what other girls
and very foolish girls too-say, tha. 20,
thus appeari'
Il confess DO not like your business
and since have grown Older and bearc
so much, my mind has changed ma,eria
Iy.'
William Nelson was The son of poor
woman. From early life he was accus'
toned 10 work and earn whatever he could
to support his parent, He would run or
errands TO the neighbors, bring water, wheeI
stones, or do any thing that would bring al
penny. Every Wednesday and Saturday
afternoon, before he wen, 10 play, he would
take his basket &run down on Long Wharf
or Portland Pier, where men were s,ubbne
boards, e. load it with chips for his mother
William was always industrious, both al
home and at school. Master Patten Of
ten said that he was one of his best scho-
ars
When young Nelson was fourteen years
old, he left his school and expected himself
to get employmen. SO as to be of some as
sislance 10 his widowed parent, and often
employment by The day. working hard fol
hfv cents. When he became little older
and lille stouier, he bough. him horse
and saw, and undertook the business of
saving wood. He went around among his
neighbors and solicited their work, mos
of whom employed him. There were two
or three, however, who depended upon
Sam Freeman. a curious character, who
made il bis business 10 saw wood about
town, never receiving any pay for his ser
vics.
The mex, door neighbor Of Mrs. Nelson
was Mr. Richards, by whom William
had often been employed. He not only
sawed his wood, bu, brought home his
-four; provisions. .&c.& the family appeared
10 be attached TO the widows son-aone
mole so, Than his young daughter. Sarah
For years she had been accustomed 10 give
him a slice OF pic, Bit OF cake, or an appleI
whenever he went into The house, and she
really appeared 10 be attached 10 the poor
boy. Ii was as certain William loved her