The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-04-04
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shop" said a friend ID Mr.. Arrfsasi
Preston. Ihrisisg Manufacturer. WINS
" rll-randueIrd snd growing businrs
,ielded linn from fo0r 10 iise thousand Do
las yearly. @
!. I'm not very well. = replied VIZ. Prs
tas. ..l'he fact Is. - saa say. am coH
fined too elnsrly ts i,nsiaess. I nee
mase nrreasisn ilal ges."
why dan'i yan ga oil. then. and TAX
g.sql holiiasl A week aiihe Sra shor
or up nSeI the mountains would add !
yrarl0 yoar life" - -
.very likely. But snch Injuries ~,
ma CIR me. ! am aao poor for these m
dnlernrrs. f
Too pnar. You. Mr.. presionl"
Yes, inllsed. I'm he poor. There
i M heIler rsia lisllc.i fact ll,an This. Ii
would drhgln me o. do ~ van Suggest.
Last year settled. IS thing rerIsn. a
rip To Niagara Tins suinmrr. llui ~.
pecird inurh easirr money market Than
there has been since mid-ainier. No; 4
cant leave home "n aay pleasure lr,p. l
am ioo poor fi.r that"
-Pn,r mani" said the friend Ia himself.
as he walked away. !. wonder il he will
ever feel Able 10 take any enjoyment in
lifei-
Shortly AFTER. gentleman called mon
Mr.. Preston, and asked il he would moi
lake Two or three tlnllars worth of tickets
iu concert. gai up Cor the benefit oI
sick mnsh'ian. and his destitute family.
Nothing wonld give n,e greater plea.
sure" he replied. . but really I am loo
poor. We must be- just, You know, be-
fure we are generous. Ii wouldn't be
right frE me To spend three OF fouI dollars
for concern tickets, and Then lei nv notes
be protested"
No; ceriainly not. Bm ,hrrc il no
danger Of that" ita
.sl don't know. ought To he the hest
judge. Every one knuws when the shoe
punches. lbs just zs tell you. I'm 10
poor Inr such luxnries."
.Don'l call IL a luxury, but charity,
Mr.. Preston"
!. Bui Is mol charity luxuryl Can
anything produce more real pleasure than
The sctof relieving ihr distress OF our eel.
low-crpaiures! II were only able. no
man would take more delight in doing
good. The time will come, trust. when
my hand viii he IS open as my heart
At present. as | have said, musl rOnlem
myself with being just. ! am too poor TO
be generous"
Now, all this was moi sheer hypocrisy.
Mr.. p,rsion did think, that II he were on
~ IN good circumstances. he would be ex.
ceedlngly generous that he would scatter
benefits around him with liberal hand.
utmnlil he became better off IN the wurll,
lie deemed il hui right 10 exercise pru-
,cnce in all things. And he was correct
IN the principle, though scarcely so in the
Ilgld way he applied il to his own case.
A heggar came into Mr.. preslon's lit
tie Office or counling.room. soon after the
friend 10 the sick musician had retired, aud
asked for penny.
We've nothing 10 give away" said
he, waving his hand for The mcndirant 10
withdraw. .We're all too puo here"
Only penny, sir" imporluned the
beggar; /" only single penny.
Didn't | tell you that we had nothing
TO give away" repeated Mr. Preston.
.iernly. Then he muilered 10 himself. as
he turned 10 bis desk,
I'm too poor To scaller money in the
sitert :or 10 ill the hand ofeve,y one who
asks for charity" N
Aud Mr. Preston really did feel poor;
lar poorer Than his clerk, TO whom he paid
seven hundred dollars year; and who,
IN thai sum. maintained wife and two
and parlook, al The same time, of
such amusements and recreation, within
his means, as he deemed essential tn
mental and bodily health. lie could al
o. occasionally indulge in The luxury Of
'enevelence, thing fell by his employer
10 be almost entirely beyond his ability. Il
Al home. This poor feeling Of Mr.. Pres.
Ion manifested itself in various forms. All I,
N some way or other, abridsing the COM
Ioris his family were entitled. by yir,ue
Di his real ability. 10 enjoy.
Mr.. Preston started in life with The MIR.
pose Of acquiring property. Never, since
his earlisl recollection, had he felt other
wise than poor and consequently. unable
10 enjoy the good things oi life. with !,
which so many around him were blessed.
The means possessed in the present, were
never adequate 10 bring within his grasp
,nch things as he desired and, therefore.
ne len always too poor to indulge IN the
blessings appropriate 10 his true external
When his income was ihous-
md dollars a year. be restricted himself
md family TO an expenditure of five hund.
Ell and when il was three thousand, the
INIT OF expense was one ihnusani. Now.
re was reaping an annual profit Of al least
i've thousand dnliars. anil was actual,
worth thirty thousand dollars; and vel he
ics' PooTsl ih..n .e ID iire years befure;