Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-23

ment oi business, yet they seycrally could n,
fail Of erecting thereon large fortune, Il the
would carefully conduct their business, O
the principle Of precep, which he duly, {,
their ed6ca,ion, repeated, with all the cut
ming emphasis that his waning strength woul
permit. The pIeocpt thus solcmnly heralt
ed at the hour Of death was sufficiently char
ac,cris,ic Of the old mans early association
and continued Illtcracy. 1t was nothing bu
the homely, vulgar disiiich;
"TIcELr me Billy. DO, do, do:
iou tickle me. and III tickle you"
lie declared its operation was founded i
human nature, and therefore inialblc, whc
the Prcccp, was Prudently obeyed. lie eau
toned his sons against the vulgar error q
striving to prosper by practices that are in
consistent with the prosperity Of the person
with whom We deal. The true golden rul
is, A" You tickle me, and III tickle YOU. -
The man who acted thus would obtain wcaltI
Il he Pcrse'eringly directed his efforts to tha
object. The maxim was the key by whicl
could be unlocked all the avenue, to prosper
ity.
The old man spoke TO his sons IN German
far tha, was the language IN which his thoughts
flowed more fucnlly than IN English. III,
yonng men had heard the lesson very man,
times before, but as this was to be Ihe las, in
fiction, thcy listened to It as though they hat
heard !, for the first time, and were asionish,
ed at his sagacily aud freshness Thus CON,
lortcd IN hl, icndrrc,I vanity the old gentle
man lay short time silent and was dead.
The literary education Of the sons had been
sadly neglected, no, from any ccn'urablc IN.
difference To the subject IN the father, bat
from his want OF knoWlrdgc They had been
taught Ia read litile, which accomplish.
mcnis, With some skill IN the elementary
rules oi arithmetic. be deemed, by a coutras,
with hIs Difference. great altanmcnIs. The
sons were not. consequently qualified for any
higher employment, than the mercantile taf.
tic which had been followed by the father. and
into which they had become partially inlllal-
81. They possessed, however disslmllar N.
tcuiiuns, for while Frederick, the elder, DE-.
t.unlnrd in continue the old commercial bus
inc,s of hl, father, and ia the old shop, the
other, Peter, Intended to see something oi the
world before be- established himself finally ln
any place aud IN any given occupation. lie
irlt also a strong desire to scr Germany, the
native country ut his iorciathcr,, where ma
MS Of his paicrnll relations were stall suPPos
ri To exist; aud a. they were known 10 be-
poor. Peters vanity may pus'Ihly haze dcslr-
cd tn eloriiy itself h,llc by astonishing
them with the splendor oi the American
branch. Ills share OF the patcmal spuils
VA, a tenth Of The whole, and when reduced
into money amounted IN twenty thousand dol
lars, which. after dccrn, period Of mourn
ing. and with a view OF killing two birds
with one stone, be- converted into cotton for
the French market, and took passage With It
IN ship for llayrc, souownlly rcmarklng
To some OF the cautious old friend, Of his ia
ihcr, who di,hkcd these evidences OF a ROAM
ing disposition, ,ha, grief was lmpairng his
health, and that a change Of scenery Was alb
sulu,cly necessary for his spirits. foreman
IN the old shop be- knew would kllI him, and
hc wondered how hi, brother could endure
IT, though Fred always possessed strong
nerves and could bear anything.
The ship in which Peter embarked cSPcri.
cnccd a succession ofihc mos, favorable winds,
but was unfortunately stranded on a fatal
s1adbar, almcs, IN sight OF It's destined port,
a,a! after all thought, Of danger had been dis
missed from the minds Of the paSsengcrs.-
The, were all .,ycd except two who were
washed overheard and drowned, and m,.s: Of
the cargo was eventually saved and taken on
shore hy the lighters, but il was badly dam
aged by the salt water. This was coniln'
rcncy against which Peter had not guarded
by any insurance, 'or where be- ycnturcd his
life be- though, be- might venture his proper
~. Ills lo,, was large, and he felt d, severe
is. but At the commencement, Of life pccunla.
~ losses are much mltiga,cj by an eNubcr'
ancg of underlined hopes. lie could not,
however. help occasionally rejecting that as
yc, the maxim Of his father had been imPrlc.
trablc. Nobody had ,ickled him, though he
fcl, kcenly disposed to tickle in return, ac'
cordnp to the injunction Of the adage' that
is. nobody had conferred on him any benefit
which was the tickling iha, tie adagc meant
As he supposed, when Interpreted literally
On the contrary, when the ship stranded m
stead OF being uckled, every man on board
regarded himself only, or seemed to vie will
each other in throwing into the sea PeteT'
cotton. that the ship might be fcated anc
when his damaged cotton was in position Il
be- sold, every purchaser exaggerated It's de
fec,s and ,ouvh, to obtain It rulnously 10"
Ills experience thus far, therefore, was any
thing but propitIous to his hopes while 'h'
steadily occurring diminuiiou Of his Pa'rimo
nv irritaled all the latent ayaricc which hi'
fathers prcccpts had constantly ios'ered II
him. and made him specially anxious that th'
tickling process should be commenced 'Peedi
ly.
As soon as he realized from the wreck o
his venture all ,ha, could be obtained III
fastened TO Paais, in the expectation that
change Of scene would produce favorable
change in the operation of his maxim; oo
a, PARIS his funds diminished even faster thar
a, Hayre. for he could no, resist participating
extensively in the various novelties OF '0a !,
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