Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-23
SaGaGpaO GNGA,
Frum the kn,cAsfhskcr
HOW To PROSPER;
OR, THE FATAL MISTAKE.
NJ - JouS'oS, rsq

Of the few o,crgTuWu fortunes that have
bccn made IN our country, the greater number
seem to have fallen INTO the possession Of nat
ur9lr1cd clilIcus rather than natives, nolwilh.
standing the superior shrcvdncS, With which
our sell cumplaccncy Is prone to endure lan.
kcc intellect. OF our nauraliEcd ciiizcus. the
French. With Glard a. au cNcmpar, seem tn
lave accumulated the largos, fortunes. and
the Germans. with As,or IN the foreground,
seem To stand next IN the grade Of wcalih.ac-
cumula,ors, although possibly they NAV CON
tend for precedence over the former class
vhls the Scotch, with Robert LcnoN a, their
head, or Duncan of Providence, or Grcir Of
Canandairua may bg unwilling Ia conccde
prc-cmiucncc to either OF the others.
Among the succcs,iul Germans, IN mod.
crate way, one some year, ago resided IN bal.
,morr. who from The humble employment Of
a blacksmith, had arrived ia the possession OF
a pretty large estate. How his namc was
pronounced and spelled in German j. unccr.
tain, bu, i, had become Angclir,,cd into the
vord 4" lIc1pupii He was au old man Al,
the pcriod Ut our last war with Great Britain,
but still occupied lu commerce, which occa-
stoned irclucn, visits hy him To New York,
where hl, pr,,rn, historian became accident
ally acquainted with hlm at a private board
ing house. ~ his humble origin wa' known
10 the boardcr,, they took an in,crcs, IN the
conversation uC the odd man, although hIs Ian
..a--s - manner, re'2,aei many traces Of
his early rough cmploymcnis, bu, moilhcd by
a quickncss of perception aud shrcwdncss of
remark, which are APP, To appear lu sali.madc
men. lie perceived that hi, conversation was
listened to aucu,i,cly, and be seemed graft
fed with the homage ,hu, given spontaneous
ly To ms slgacity, and be- often remarked to
Young men, ,ha, The great point Tor man to
discover was what he was III for; when this
is learned. the progress Of a man toward
wealth becomes sure. though j, may be slow.
He was fond Of adding iu illr,,ration, that be-
had lost much time iruitlcs,ly as a blacksmith,
before he discovered that be- was not fl, for
that business, but trn' for mercantile pursuits.
He began merchandising and matrlmony to-
rc,hcr, and to ccouomlsc time aud money turn
ed necessary preliminary journey TO Phlla-
delphia into a wedding tour. The facilities
for travel were no, pood IN those DAYS, and as
hc wished to ENJOY the journey with ms BRIDE,
ne hired one horsS chalse, IN which he and
hrs wife left Baltimore on the morning OF the
wedding. The day was as bright as the oc-
caslon, and the BRIDE had taskcd all her pecu-
mary resources not to discrcdlt by her dress
the elevated position Of merchants lady, M
10 which she was emerging from a condition
a. humble as her husbands. She gloried II
the possession of pca-green silk Pollsse with
a silk hat to match and her appearance when
thus arrayed aud sitting IN the chalse, iully
justified her judgment IN their procurement.
The happy husband was perhaps as proud
as his wife, hut his pride rejected eNtenal'
and rcjoiced in purse which though not very
large, We, contained wha, with prudence
would supply the expenses Of the journey
and obtain the few special articles Of merchan
disc whose procurement constituted the grca
obiec, Of the expedition. Bu, everything il
nature seems to consPire against pride. The!
had no, travelled many houn IN their oPer
vehicle over an intensely dusty road, befor'
The husband saw with alarm that dus, wat
making fearful havoc with the fine hablllmenu
of his bride, and especially with her hat. sh,
had. unconscious of the mischief, applied re
pea,edIy her moist hands, (the temperature
was July) to adjust the hat, as the eurren,
air or the jolting of the chalse disturbed II
proper position, and every touch had combin
cd with the dust in leaving the marks Of he
pre,,y fingers distinctly and lndellbly imPrin,
ed on the silk. Nor was iha, the whole mis-
, chief the dust had inslnuated itself into al
IN. seam. and crevices Of the ha, and ribbons