The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-07
Observation-Disclosures
THE 00DSA W E R.
BY D. C. cOLEswoRTHY.

VI Hom appearance Juuge;
Virtue may have her brightest throne
In him we make our drudge
Il know my business is not looked upon
by the majority as so respectable as trade,
a clerkshp, or profession, but you known
| was not pu! 10 trade, and have always
been obliged to work at anything | could
find 10 do, TO help 10 support my moth
|er'
'Bu, you nigh, find something else to do,
besides saving wood.
What can | do at present that would be
as profitable? | have always told you that
4 did not intend TO follow this business
through life. Just as soon as | earn money
sufficient, | shall engage ir something else,
Once you ddn'! feel and talk as you DO
now
As grow older, and associate more
with young women. perceive by Ihen
actions and language, that they do not re-
spect young men who dress meanIy and en-
gage in low employmen's.'
why should you mind what they do oil
say! My business, if it is low. is an hon.
orabe one, and earn every dollar receive.
| owe nothing. But The same cannot bt
said of many Of these young men who dress
agantly, display gold rings and
chains, and spend so much time and
mon ey in riding and other amusemens.'
I donrl know how it is, but they appear
to get along well and always have money
to spend
Appearances are very deceiifsl. You
cannot tell how much grief ii has cau'ed
me, TO see the change that has been wro'r
10 you The last few months You do no
meet me with your accustomed smiles and
onen,s seem Indifferent when call upon you
1t is solely on accoun, of what Other girls
and very foolish girls loo say, that you
Is a. solely on account of wha. other girls
and very foolish girls Ioo-say, that yo
'hus appear1'
Il confess DO not like your business
and since have grown older and hearc
80 much, my mind has changed maIera
w.
William Nelson was The son of poOr
woman. From early life be was occus'
toned 10 work and earn whatever he could
to support his parent, He would run or
errands 10 the neighbors bring water, whee
stones, or do any thing that would bring a
penny. Every Wednesday and Saturday
afternoon, before he went 10 play, he would
take his basket &run down on Long Wharf
or Portland Pier, where men were sIubbing
boards, & load it with chips for his mother
William was always industrious, both al
home and al school. Master Paiten Of
len said that he was one of his best sChol-
ars
When young Nelson was fourteen years
DID, he leil his school and expected himself
to get employment so as 10 be Of some as
sislance TO his widowed parent, and often
employment by The day, working hard fo
|ffy cents. When he became little older
and little stouter, he bought him horse
and saw, and undertook the business Of
saving wood. He went around among his
neghbors and solicited their work mos
of whom employed him. There were two
or three, however, who depended upon
ISsm Freeman. a curious character, who
made il bis business 10 saw wood about
town, never receiving any pay for his ser.
lvics.
The next door neighbor Of MIS-. Nelson
was Mr. Richards, by whom William
had often been employed. He not only
sawed his wood, bu, brought home his
flour; provisions &c.& the family appeared
TO be attached to the widows son-oont
more SO. than his young daughter, Sarah
For years she had been accustomed 10 glY'
him a slice OF pic, Bit Of cake, or an sPPI
whenever he went into The house, and sh
really appeared 10 be attached 10 the poo