Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-11-25
A lrlile that rlay not be a lrille,
rsrENDfp FOR THOSE VINO THINK.

4 ilalithc grievances ofihc world arise from
,nauen,on to small matters. The sum %
! human happiness or misery Is not made up o
/ great actions or their results, but depend upoi
the aggregate bearing Of the seeming trife'
/ OF The hour. The lack Of the proper estlDat,
Of The importance of minute things induces q
II Icarelessness--a want oi thnught-a neglecI
of winch few would be guilty, did they but
| rightly opprehcud the important consequen.
ces of all action. Cali again." said man
of wealth to humble purveyor of small lux
II urics, IL have no change with me- II wa
no doub, true to the letter, but he had bank
notes and a few steps would have furnished
II The requisite trihe. II was a trine to the
wealthy pure bu, was II the same To the
poor vendcr? il would moi do for the latter
to offend his customer by telling hm he real
ly wanted the few shilngs, aud conld not
wait his ''Dore convenient season." No--hc
must 20 home without The necessarles for hIs
fnnily which were to have been purchased
/ from the proceeds of his sale. The world
would be happier If there were fewer instances
Of This evident want o: thought although they
may not be very common. But the few that
do occur occasion sufficient misery TO call for
u few remarks. The fac, of demand being
| settlement, is commonly regarded as an o.
| pology for delay. The loss of credit follows
Tho protes, of a note for hundreds, and the
debtor will move heaven and earth in a small
way TO avert such catastrophe. But the
same person will say "call again. TO the dol
lar or two creditor, without the fear Of conse
Qucnces. II cannot affect his standing. IL
Is so verya trlfle that 1t can be paid ut any
time. and that is a reason for paying II at no
particular time.
L But the unreilec,ing man does not know
but that his creditors credit may 60 by the
board through his procrasinatlon, and that
creditors verbal promise TO pay his good
standing as bank accident to the other.
There are some business too which are
made up Of small dealings and trIfiing credits.
4 The printers demands, for example. as a
rule, seldom attain two figures IN the dollar
column. Just apply the "ral again" system
to him. and his paper manufacturers bill will
be about as sto,o as a Mississippi, bond.
But the effect of the ''call again ropulse
tells hardest upon those who live by their
daily labor. And its exercise may nor oper
ate upon one person or one family, but run
through u score OF families or individuals. II
you could only trace the dollar winch you
paid to laborer IN lis travels fora few hours
after 1t left your hands on Saturday evening,
and note the debts it paid and the pure
II made, you might have an idea OF the dIsap
polnimcn,s which would have been occasion
ed by zeal! again. Such an insight into
the machinery Of life might induce a train OF
thought which would envolve the Truth that
the ,rlling due should DC II, least, as rigidy
binding upon your punctualily as the larger
demand even though II has assumed the form
ofa bank obligation.
II II only takes such rank in your estlma
ton, 1t will oil be right. Then there will
be no ''unconsidercd irhcs," and all will see
the weight of Napolcon's reply to the apollo
gs, for the neglect Of wha, he was pleased
to term IA trlfc"--"Who talks of trIfes ?-l
There are no such things IN the word"'-
RoHniom Freeman.