The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-05-02
YEARFuL LESSON 10 PARENTS

FEARFUL LESSON TO PARENTS
i" Poor old man." aid my companion.
I. he has seen Les.sr daysr'
This remark Was made in relerenre 10
an old man. hose laslered garments. iol.
iiering frame. and miserable appearance
indicated an object Of charity of lie most
appalling class.
. You know something Of his history.
them" inquired.
% YES. | have known him long
lime. lie built that splendid mansion
jus, opposite as. and was for years us op.
ulent possessor. Refined from business.
he supposed himself comfortably sIlna-
ted with competence for life. but The in.
Temperance, prof,gary. anil extravaganza
ofa son. loo mnrh lndulgcd and pampered.
lngelher with his own indiscIrlion. have
brought him TO lis present condition. He
lives now upon charity among the very
men who one looked up 10 him with adj
miralion almost bordering upon enyy."
And his son-what has become of
him!n
II will tell YOU. For years he was the
most elegantly dressed young man in This
neighborhnod. Many time have seen
him leisnrely sauniering these streets, or
driving furiuusly over them, very cox.
comb Of The hrst water. lie crossed the
Atlantic, made The tour of the Continent.
and returned greaierf"p aud more lavish
spendlhrilli than before he travelled. 'flmes
grew worse, however. with the old man:
mi.foriunes unexpected, be.rll him: his
means limited, while The demands Of The
young man increased. happened 10 be
in the counting roOm Of friend one day,
where The old gentleman was sellling some
business, when The son entered about half
intoxicated. aud demanded Of the father
! two hundred dollars
- am NOT able 10 lei you have it,
said the old man. fumes are changed
. with me, and my means are passing oul
Of my hands"
, Upon This The son began 10 swear fu.
riously. lie CRASHED his teeth IN the face
/ Of his father, called him an old fool, and
, other hard names, aud swnrc the money
should be given him. A. the old man turn,
ed aside, and wiped the tears ilum his face
, caught hold Of The young mans arm
, for ! was moved with indignahon-and
said 10 him. Sam. listen 10 me. You have
been pampered, spoiled, and in turn you
have ruined your father. You nuw curse
him. Remember what tell you. shall
live yet 10 hear that you have died in III,
, poor house. A. sure o. God lives. III
son who cmses his father will be permitted
. 10 prosper Your inllmy is already doing
ii work upon yon; take care few year,
r do moi miserabiy wind up your career o
folly"
~ can scarcely tell you why | uttered
thai prediction ol the aims house. hut i
come upon me with an irresistible force
aud tie young man staggered for time
beneath the resoluleness and siernness oil
my gaze. A moment after, he left the
connling-room in moody silence.
a. felt a particular aud painful interest
IN watching the history ollhal young man,
as from one degree To another in inTamy
he plunged deeper and deeper, until he had
, become common makel-house loaler. and
would gamble for pennies, with negroes,
upon the unwa.hetl stalls. Presently dis
f ease came, and poor Sam was taken sure
enough 10 lie allns-house. He died there
after somewhat prolracied illness. The
body was offered TO the old man, for in-
iermeni, bal lie was too poor 10 have il re-
moved"
Il suppose then it was consigned 10
tile potter's field" SAID |.
No." replied my friend; "he had no
burial. Ills skeleton at this moment
hangs upon wires in the medical room
, an anatomical preparation !"
Meth. ProieStmlt.