The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-11-25
Miscellaneous,
a STORY OF THE UPPER
TEN.

and the reputation of being worth half mil |
lion was concerned. Every body who wrote
70 him nut Esquire after his name, but that
I'D not make him gentleman by great
deal, o
and candle manufacturer, in which business
Inc continued, even after his elevation into
GOOD society," At first, the dipping and
moulding processes were conducted on
small scale, while single carl for the collcc-
lion Of ashes aud oleHgnous halter, proved
quite sufficient 10 supply the demand Tor
these Indispensable articles in the production
of either hard or soft soap. But honesty,
industry, prudence and economy, met, III his
Ease. their reward, Jeremiah prospered in
his business and continued TO prosper until
no became rich man.
Industry, prudence and economy are very
commemorate virtues, though by no means
cardinal virtues. BY this remark, do not UNI
Ierstand us To dsparage industry, prudence
md economy they are virtues that all men
should practice: but while those are prac-
Used. weightier things should not be, alas ms
at present, almost entirely neglected. We
grow rich in this worlds goods, but poor in
the hearts better riches. Their bodies they
lift above their fellows, while their minds sink
too often below instead Of maintaining the
level with which they set out in life. This is
Il melancholy but undeniabe fac.
In the case of jeremiah us his Golfers be-
gnn to fill up, he began to think himself IA
better man. lie always maintained that lie
was us good rs any naboh in the land hut
now he began to think himself something
better than men who stood at the level III
which he stood a few years before. And as
money kept pouring in, his sci.aslima'ion
kept rising.
The wife Of Jeremiah Crouk WINS plain
al;
we'll enough to find in the care of them, sul-
iiclont 10 do to keep her mind healhily EN-
pIoyed she was not, therefore, much trouh-
led with newly acquired ideas of selEimpor-
'nnce. Tho growing consequence of her
husband Ind some trouble mt times to carry
such an nppandage us IA sensible wife with IT,
The oldest daughters, Amanda and Margaret,
We're onIyn little way in their 'tcens' when
their alhrr'a ideas in regard to things of n
personal and family nature began TO be some
what expansive. He became all nj once con-
corncd about The best schools, had thcm re-
moved from seminary M which they were
most Instructed IL all the useful and urnuneu-
mi branches ofn young Iady's education, and
sent 10 better iuslirIfiOn---ihnt Is, one at
which We're conSre-alpd the childrcu of the
fashionable people. Neilher Amanda nor
Hlurgarct liked the change: nor were they
benofiited by it. Amanda, especially, soon
began to acquire notions little different from
what she was in the habit of maintaining, and
to consider the fact Of her fathers being rich
rs giving her consequence. Margaret, who
WAS younger, was more like her mother aud
therefore less apt to have her head turned
with what she saw aud heard in the new
world into which this change had introduced
her; bat even she took an unnatural growth
ii this sicIly aImosphere-not So much, how
over. as to produce very apparent moral
distortion. Even after she had completed
her education, she remained Il very girl
vugarly so, in some respects, according TO
the Judgment Of more fashionable acluaInt-
ances
About the time these young ladies were
ready to come out, their father had finished
his splendid residence in Fifth Avenue, and
was ready TO take his place among The up
per ten thousand. He had built a large
mauuIhctory away up on the island so that
the odor of his soap works might not faint
the city atmosphere or remind people that he
was but a soap and candle maker after all.
lie had several times thought of giving up
his extensive works and engaging in some
new business, but something of the prudence
Of Old times remained, and kept him back
from committing this folly.
AS soon rs Mr.. Crouk had taken posses
ION ofhis new home at the Court End of the
town, he issued invitations for large party
and went 10 n thousand dollars expense to
have it upon the most grand and fashionable
scale. For acquaintance sake, as well as to
let them see how large and fashionable he
had grown, Mr. Crouli invited sundry indi
vidnals not fairly entitled to associate with
the upper ten. On the night ofthe grand af-
fair, much to his modification, he found him
self with but few ofthe representatives Of the
ten thousand in his magnificent drawing
rooms,and full attendance, TO the man, Wo-
man ana daughter of the p!eheiuns who
were invlled more out of respect than nuv
thing else. And what added to his chaprin
was the fact that not only II small number of
those who had not come, deigned even to
send their regrets , and also the fact thnt
two or three of the families, after arriving
and seeing the wives and daughters of the
vulgar people there, withdrew without feel
mug called upon TO offer a word ofapology.
But Mr.. Crouk who felt himself as good as
the best and better than many hundreds of
thousands around him, was not 10 be killed
off in this way. Ito was one of tho upper
ten aud no mistake, and they were bound 10
acknowledge him--and so they did, in the
end Money ana style were the passports,
and he soon made his peers feel that his
claims were not to be lightly esteemed.
In the struggle of Jeremiah Crouk for
place in the ranks of the exclusive few, his
wlle and daughters did not as warnily sec
ond him as he could wish, although there was
no opposition. The mothers good sense inn
pressed ITSELF MS natural consequence, upon
tue minds Of Amanda and Margaret, and her
right views uttered on all fitting occasions,
found an echo in their minds. They saw
deeper, even ms young girls, than the glitter
ing surtnce, and understood that true hnppi-
ness was rather qniet and unobtrusve
, Yi.I, brilliant and imposing in its mien.-I
WIN the full liberty addressing IN the most
cosby and stylish manner they rather suffered