Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-09-05
frm the Cincinnati Nonpareil
Franks in Human Nature.

Time, change, aud circumstances
cut curious FRANKS with our poor, va
rlablc, unstable and il constant human
nature. Now all individual may feel
like beng one OF the people, equal
only with all las fellows he may be
kind IN his attentions, frank ia his
manners, and courteous IN hS demcn-
nor, but change comes over hls con
dItIon, and he torgets all his former
views and feelings, and becomes the
baseSt arlStocrat alive. A PLAIN wo-
mnn--the daughter OF farmer or a
mechanic injuries into wealthy
family and is introduced into the CIR
Gle OF high blood aud she readily be.
comes one OF tnc first ~ PRIDE, and a
recollection OF her former condition
on y increases her SCorn for the hum
lie. honest and industrious OF society.
This Is no, universally the case for
We occasionally find Il true splrlt that
Svmpalhzes the more with the labor
lng class, the more she or he may be
advanced IN wealth, aud III the good
traces oi the arlstocfacy. Indeed, cv-
cry truly educated person Is ol this
character, Lut those whose tuition has
been more received from the musician
and an Insignificant whipstcr OF a dan
cling MASTER than from the physlolo
gisl, the mental philosopher, ana w"
mathematician, invariably ,corn the
condition from which they may
chance TO rise, or more properly, fall.
There IL an anccdote OF an English
lady IN point, that IS more than two
hundred years old. The author from
whom II was taken, remarks 1t has
not been very uncommon thing Tor
lady nriStocrats 10 marry beneath their
rank. Frances, daughter of Wis.
count Brnden, descended so low rs
To marry one Pfannel, winters son ~
London Her husband died, leaving
her a rich mud beautiful widow. She
therrupon encouraged the address oi
Sir Geo Radncy, but on the appear
.ncc of the Earl of Hartford N thc
field. she lillcl SIR George and mar
riod the peer The deserted lover .ol'
lowed the Earl aud Countess to Anics
bury, when, after sending her soinC
versus written m his own blood. h'
rushed upon Il sword and killed INN
self After the Ear's dcceaSc sh'
might have been DuchcSs Of LcmoN
but the fair heroino's success had open
cd out such brilliant prospects to lac
ambition that She aSprcd 90 royait!
itself, aud spread her nets Tor the hng
but the King would not be caughi.o
she died Countess of llcrtiord, au'
found admirers about her. She would
often discourse Of her two grandlatll
, crs. the Dukes Of Norfolk aud Buc Il
, lngham rccouutlng the time SINCE on
of her grnudislhers dad tins ana ia
other did that but # the Earl he
husband came ~ presence, she woul
quickly desist: for when he found he
ln these sclf-cXuItallous, 10 take he
down, be would ask 80 Frank, Franz
how long is 1t sncc thou vert mario
= 10 Pfunncl 2 which would damp IN
-. wings Of her spirit, and make her loo
!. at her feet as well as gaudy plume
and feel Ms # all her noble lnslgnl
were crawling away from her pc
son
" you need not deSpise spiunn
wheel, SAID an old lady to her p'u
= pous son one day, toI many n nigt
Ia | have worked at ito get money
send You to school,
There are women, too, who w
NOT touch = needle with their delica
hands who laugh al the poor and o
a duSiuouS Nho learn trades or work
lactouc, 10 earn "A living L. h1
unrchucd they are, she says with
>corniul smhc, as she lounges on d
sofa reading the last pink novel "
once knew a iady-sha'l Ne call IA
"A lady l--ol this complexion. ~
was loudly be.abonrug a poor haI
working girl. ealing hcr low and u
refined. My. SAID she her laih
was nothing bni low mcchanic.
30 Yes" remarked woman prc>c'
q. cher father WAS O mechanic ku-
o." hun wril for be- lived 100 the san
nsyhb0rhoDi with yourmplhst N'h'
size went ont washing THIS
mark strangle1 shc proud mss ~i
was COMPOUNDED and left as q b
~ silks would ,urnio linssy We ha
known instances in tins city Of n
chanlcs being turned ont Of boardu
houses because yonn. lawyers al
doctors could not endure lhe cnmPal
Of respectable men who earned Ih'
% own living
" = Al perh.p' have heard 'h' sn'