Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-04-21

with regret and sorrow. A full purse may
make amends with some for an empty mind:
but what compensation, or consolation. has
such mind when the contents of the purse
are gone None whatever. We arc en-.
dcavoring 10 give you good education. be.
cause we have little else to give you, and
because it is an Investment that is more Sc.
cure than real estate, and is always sure to
yield good interest. Money may be sto
len, property burned up, and bank stock be.
come valuclcss; but good education is
permanent it can neither be stolen bv rob
bcrs destroyed by fire, nor wasted by the
| fraud of others. lfyou should be poor, it
will be a bank upon which You can always
draw for Il handsome support, and should
you be SO fortunate as to have wealth, it
will be to you u never failing fountain of
enjoyment and enable you to look upon tho
fripperies of fashion with that contempt
which they deserve. Continue then, my
child, as you have heretofore done. to de-
vote yourself to your studies, and pay as
| little regard to the ill-naturcd and unkind
remarks of your school-matcs as you can
Remember that we have all to bear our
crosses, and we should do so without MUIR
murng or repining at our lot. 1t may be
the best thing for you that you have thus
to suffer; it may teach you humility. and
cause you to respect the feelings Of others,
should you ever enjoy the sunshine Of pros
pcrity. | do not expect you to disregard
entirely the ridicult of your school-matcs.
but | hope you will strive not to let it affect
you-to raise yourself above it : and the
best way to do SO is to think Of other and
more important things
Il will try to do so, mother; know it is
foolish to be affected by it, and will not be
any more
Since this conversation took place, near
ly seven years have rolled around, and
what changes in the condition of individu-
ais and families have they not made
what lessons Of morality have they not
taught! Thousands who then rolled in
wealth, real or tanced--who lived in a
style of splendor better bcftting princes
than plain republican citizcns-who gave
expensive parties, sportcd carriages and
blooded bays, and dashed away for some
weeks every season at Saratoga, the Falls
or Virginia Spings; or, perhaps, scattered
their money as though it was dross, over
the continent of Europe, are now gone like
the lcaty honors the forest before the dri-
wing blast of winter. The places that knew
them, in the fashionable circles of our cit.
les, shall know them no more forever. And
when some old fashionable acquaintance
condcseqnds to ask whore they are, Echo
answers, where 2
i Emily, who was then in her sixteenth
year, is now happy wife and mothcr.-
,MSii,h YfJJy hmins Ghi society; Win IA cult
waited mind and an amiable disposition anc
above all, having been taught in the school
OF adversely, lessons of humility, she is the
pride Of her husband, the mild but admired
star of her circle of acquaintance, and the
object of love to the poor. With some OF
her school.matcs she has exchanged posi-.
ions but she remembers not their iibcs at
her dress. She only remembers that they
have been unfortunate, and are therefore
entitled to her sympathy: and though hci
house and furniture are better than they
can now afford, she does not consider tina,
circumstance any reason why she shoulC
drop their acquaintance and pass them ii
the street as though they were strangers
1t may be presumed that both sometimes
think Of their school days but to which the
recollection gives the greatest pleasure, We
leave our readers to decide, hoping they
will follow the example of the one whose
conduct they most approve.