The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-29
ssccessful FepsnIc ludu.,ry.

~ uS, "itnoul hct knoWlECge, Dy
Trend Of Mrs. E. G. BEMAS, TO be pub
lIshed o The Home Journal as an adver
llsemen; but our knowledge Of many o
the laos 10 the article, and the interes
which e,ery one must feel in successful fe
male indstry and perseverance under great
hsIdshlPsI induce US to give it place in ouI
reading copmns:-
TIL M-Which is, being interpre
ted, Thy sr to Prosperity"
ENTEMPLRAScE,
HIHoNEsrY,
| I-hDUsTRY.
h-howLEDGE,
E-ESSoMY.
Ii was in the wnter of '43 and IA, near.
" SIX years ago, Nat the mother Of three
helpless little child.n might be occasion.
ally seen Of a cold wAter evening vending
her cheeHess way frok Ducker's grocery,
on the corner Of Ann al Nassau sts., il,
one hand carrying scuttleoll of anth Xeite
coal, and in the other a pat OF oil. The
coal was TO warm baby, Ninly, TOO thin.
y, clad in cotton; while the,iI was TO shed
feeble light upon weary stithes, taken in
sadness, long after slumber hid closed the
eyes OF the hundreds OF Thousands of han.
pier citizens, who had finisheGiheir DAYS
labor, and forgotten its cares a dozen or
two Of cheap stockings, hat dozen cheap.
er suspenders, and few olh,r Hight articles,
comprising a total stock in radeof nearly
fifteen dollars value, entitled the front half
OF room, partitioned in tn, middle, to the
dignity Of being called a''store" The
other half of the same room was at once
the parlor, kitchen, bedroom, dining, room,
and library flor it containe, a Bible and
dictionary and in it could We discovered
well nigh half a CARLOAD Of furniture,
worth altogether not much short Of forty
dollars. The room, l29 Nassau street, was
rented in October '43, and on quarter day,
the hrst Of February, 1874, kind friend
IN New Jersey, whose memGy will be
fondly cherished by her childrel's children,
had, in hopeless compassion, paR tbs moth
er's rent, and against the dd,ice Of the
well.meaning landlord, consented to be-
come security for the ensuing year, Thin
clothing, lighter food, great exposte, con.
slant vigilance, and crushing anxiety. at
length did their work, and broug upon
her dreadful fit Of sickness, accompanied
with loss Of reason, and distress no easy to
conceive and impossible to descible, al
though there are many living witnesses to
attest its fearful reality. Long didhe fever
rage, and weeks of anxious sufferng ling.
cred and passed. Warm weather came at
last, and with the opening Spin. health
slowly returned. The KEY" wa inces-
sanity used, and the more it was Ued the
brighter it grew. The cup Of misery had
been drained to the very dregs. One sue.
cessful event now followed ano.nef, in sim
pie obedience TO 9TH KE.' Let Others
profit by the example, and adopt the motto.
In '43 and Al it is doubtful il Mrs. Be
MAN, to save herself from starvation (Which
she came quite too near,) ,ould have goI
credit, in all New York, for the amount Of
fire dollars. Temporal m,tati sitnt. In
1919 Mr.. WILLIAM B. Asr,R very hand
somely gave her five years less Of No
/, Astor House, on her own Individual Sc
curity, which is amply sufficient to pur
chase merchandise on credit tC any des.reC
amount. Mrs. BEMAN's mandatory o
shirts, collars, dressing gowns, etc, is at /;
Beekman street, which communicates will
the headquarters, ia Nassau street. Thi
communicates with 1872 Nassau, which i
used for her laundry. She employs con
SANITY over four hundred seAmslresses, enC
upon her order book are the names Of NOR,
than four thousand regular customers, whom
she will always be pleased to see at No. l
Astor House.
N. B.-Any editors who may be please'
TO publish the above are respectfully re
quested to send copy Of the paper contain
ing it to Mrs. E. c. BEMAs, Astor House
New York.
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