The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-02-28
a PATCH ON ROTH KNEES AND
GLOVES ON
IN IMITATION OF DR.. FRANKLIN.


breathe. FIR long time. what some writer CALI
The "hrac;ng air of poverty" Nv mother
light he the u fcpon The form wh ch once ca
cosed her strong and gentle cprt-was vh.l
Is commonly called an al biious woman, f.,
'Lat quiiiiy, w..ch over.nrns thrones aaa SIR
plants dynasIcs, finds a legitimate er..ern in
n" sD'n5 est asode, that the shafov, OF povprtr
ever darkoned The Struggle between Ia
"'sh to keep Up appearances ard the prclinvr
Eritc c: rec ssity produced enclose shifts aiJ
on'f.'aaccs, az wien, we're tacy told, s, r,
"oa'c t,nA2 ana some, 20 whom, they woufd re-
cell her oan experiences, woa'd e,y5. n,t
lei me not disturb that vale oi o..i0n which,
sb'cGts from proane eyes he haIlpwed iays,e
rieo Vi po9trty.
ca one ocraso2 il was necessary 10 send c,a
upon IN GRAND 10 ne,ghbor in bette. circuy,
stances taan nurse'rca,and before whom II vas
necessary 20 b. p5nsc1'el in the lest possible
aspect Great pans W. re arcordiar'y tahe1 10
give tmar' appearance to nv patched and Ii.
tArM1'ci ware -ode, sad TO conceal the rents
and cha SINS which The eavious tooth of ta,., had
made N them, and by wav of throwing over
my equipment certain SAVIOR end soriDkIirg Of
ge:..!l.ly, my red and tel hardened hands we're
enclosed in the unfamiliar casing of a rair ~
gloves, which had belonged 10 my mother m
days when her years Ueie fewer and her heart
lighter.
sailed forth on my Grand, and Oh my way
encountered nuch bigger boy, who evidently /
belonged To family which had all our tcy.n.-
dragging poverty, aid meme { our Up .,siag
wealth q oP"it-h!s rags folrIy tlu,Gred 10 the /
breeze, his hat was ConatTua'ed Oh the most
approved principles q ventilation; and his shoes
fotn their venerable antiquity, might haze been
deem a pair If eslI sh0es-the very cues on
which Chem shtfl d a;0 he ark tie was an
in1ricnt varlo', with dare d, Vii swagges in +
h.,' gait, and ec., u 'i'M as good a: 700 Gi. in
Ers rr"--thc very whclp to throw a stouc q
well dressed hU:s eman, or ~ tear boys rutlie
rlnpiy hoears" it was c7an. A soon as ne
Raw me, his eye detected the pracllcel ineoa.
eIs'cncies v hich characterized my costume and
taking me by he shoulders, turning me round
with no gentle nd, and surveying me from
head to loot, exclaimed, with sGornfal Iaugh Of
dec slon, 4 pat h on 10th kRees and !oves on
stlllr The sting of wounded feeEnr
wtich sho, t-orsh nae It I'll these words. 10
pavoa7 celebrated Inc CT the immortal 1'Is- .
cAn--
That Gay, / wore my gloves ne more.
BIZ, The lesson, TINS rndsly enforced, eunk
deep into my mind end. in after lie, I have had
frequen' occasion TO make pracucal appltca.
ton OF the Uords o.wy ragged friend, when
have observed the psac.:cai Inconsistencies
witch SO oiten mark the characters Of mankind
When for instance, j sec parents crelulIy pro
vid'ng for ornamental education of theis chill. !,
dren, furnishing them wt,h teachers in music.
dancing and drawing, but giving no thought TO
that neral and religious training, from which
the true dignity and permanent hsppiness of life
alone can come never teaching them habits of
seli-sacrIflce and self discipline and self. control
tut rather by our example instructing them in
evi speaking; in uncharitableness, in envy, and
IN ,a,sehood, think with sigh of the patch on
both knees and gloves on.
When see family living in cold selfish sol.
iude, not habitualy warming their houses with
a glow OF happy faces, but avshing that which
ehou'd furnish The hospitality of a whole year
upon the profuslon of single night, thIna ofa
the patch on both knees and gtoues on. /,
When see house profusely furnished with
sumptuous furniture, rich curtains, and Iuxuri.
Gus carpets but with no books, or none but {
few tardy ANIMALS, am reminded of the patch on
both knees and gloues on. s
When sec public man cultivating exclu.
svely those qualities which win the way to of.
nee, and negIecting those which will qualify to
nil honoraby the posts to which they aspire
recall The patch on both knees and gloves on
when see men sacrifsng peace of mind
w "a ,neanh Of body to the insane pursuit of {
IN. un, living in ignorance Of the character OF {
cn,,;n '''o,en who are growing up around them,
res, nIs themselves off from the highest and pu.
inn ,tasures OF their natures, and SO prevent. q
:. 80" humanity. that that which was sought 8
an end 1a"s insensioy comes to be followed as
end gloves on. '''" : Pa''" ." 00'" ""'e'
,s.. .ea see thousands squandered for selfish.
-''' CIV ostentatiou, aud nothing bestowed for