North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-02


quickly. 1T is eakness in me to feel so. Poor
Mrs. Arnold must be relieved and it is my duty to
see that she gets relief. had no thought of re-
ception like this. People can talk Of benevolence
but putting the handain the pocket is another affair
altogetherst never dreamed that such men as Mall
colin and Green could be insensible appeal like
the one / made" '35
.sIve got two dollars towards paying Mrs. Ar
nold's rent he said to himself, in more cheerful
tone. sometime Afterwards and it will go hard if
like Green and Malcolm. Jones is kind-hearted
man, and will Instantly respond to the call of hu-
manity. I'll go and see him.' sa3o7 1881 7zes ssai
SoS Soff AndrewsLyon started to see this ndiyidua.
'' I've come begging, Mr.. Jones,''s said he, on
meeting him. And he spoke in frank, pleasant
manner. 7@f '7sf ''At' g = ssssFsa Il p s.s2ff
"Then you've come to the wrong shop; that's all
have to say" was the blunt answers. 9asls q. sI5g
Don't say that, Mr.. Jones. Hear my story frst'
Il do say it, and I'm in earnest" returned Jones.
al feel as poor as Jobs turkey to-day" f saas
81 only want dollar to help poor widow pay
her rent" said Lyon. vas ~ G. Is a1s!s.gssl u,
"Oh, hang all the poor widows If. that's your
game, you'll get nothing here. I've got my hands
full to pay my own rent. A nice time I'D have in
handing out dollar to every poor widow In town to
help pay her remit No, no. my friend, you can't get
anything here" ,.T r
8. Just as you feel about it, said Andrew Lyon.
&c There's no compulson in the matter" $50 81
"No, presume not, was rather coldiy replied.
Lyon returned to his shop. still more dlsheartened
than before He had undertaken thankless office.
Nearly two hours elapsed before his resolution to
persevere in the good work he had begun came back
with sufficient force prompt to another effort Then
he dropt in upon his neighbor Tompkins, to hom he
made known his errand. tt. 4. 1.fz.zso ...r
"Why YES, / suppose must do something in
case like this" said Tompkins, " with the tone and
air of man who cornered. IS ButSthere are so
many calls for charity, that we are naturally enough
led to hold pretty tightly to our purse strings.
Poor woman feel sorry for her,. How much do
you want ~ N-e 7'
al am trying to get ten persons, including myself,
to give dollar each.' sr,- alas.a s%L naana
Well, here's my dollar.'' And Tompkins fore
ed a smile to his face as he handed over his con-
tribution,-but the smile did not conceal express
sion which said very plainly .'H =.
s" hope you will not trouble me again in this
way
he went away. He fully understood the meaning OF
the expression. SOS afsE53 aiHs3t .gi# ~
ONLY one more application did the kind-hearted
man make. II was successful; but, there was some
thing in the manner of the Individual who gave his
dollar, that Lyon felt as a rebuke.
=. And poor Mrs. Arnold did not get the whole
of her arrears of rent paid off,, says some one who
has felt an interest in her favor. -ss.. ss.t.. a
Oh, yes she did. Mr.. Lyon begged i've dollars,
and added five from his own slender purse But, he
cannot be induced again undertake the thanksess
Office of seeking relief from the Benevolent for fel
low creature in need. He has learned thai great
many who refuse aims the plea that the object pre-
Sented ",
charitable deeds, when this point there is no
question. - - - -
How many who read this can sympathise with An
drew Lyon. Few men who have hearts to feel Tor
others but have been imPeled' at some Tune IN 1nelr
lives to seek aid for fellow creature in need That
their Office was thankless one, they have too soon
become aware. Even those who responded to their
call most literally, in too many instances gave In
way that left an unpleasant impression behind. How
quickly has the FIRST glow of geperous feeling, that
sought to extend itself to others. that they might
share the pleasure of humanity, been chilled; and
instead of finding the task an easy one It has proved
to be hard, and, too often Illuminating Aias' that
this should be That men should shut their hearts
50 instinctively at the voice of charity. So.
.We have not written this to discourage active eff
forts in the benevolent; but to hold up mirror In
which another class may see themselves AT pest,
the office of him who seeks OF his fellow men AID
for the suffering INDECENT is unpleasant one. 1t
is all sacrifice his part. and the least that can be
done is to honor his disnterested regard for others
distress and treat him with delicacy and considera-
tion. s''..i -
VILLAGE ARIsrocRAcY. Many are the follies and
weaknesses Of human nature But none are more con-
temptible tanthose acted out the
of our towns and villages. These are to be found
in all rotations of life. young man whose father
was a hard-working mechanic, either has moderate
fortune left to him, or he marries few thousand
doIIars and forthwith he puts on airs. and assumes
an importance perfectly disgusting to all who ac-
uuainted with his s'rise and progress, lnthe world
Such young men regard as beneath their dignity the
yocaton of their parents, and unfrequentiy avoid
letting it be known that they sprang from such and
such sources. We have met with some who even
look uponihe vocation of an humble mechanic as be-
Meath the dignity of gentleman, forgetting, mean
while, that the tant of the father attaches to the son
Pride Of this kind finds restingPace, save In
atweak brain, and manfests itself only In PerVerse
temper. ssBg t-5,ssa .as E.eE .vN. ,,ic
There are many young men in our towns and villa
ges, (some young ladies too,) who seem to be proud
Of the wealth of their parents, while their ownrePu-
aton would be soiledby assocatihg with the sons OF
mechanics In this strange infatuation 1t never oc-
ours to them that their fathers made all their property
| Sy downright stealing, cheating, and lying, while
their grandathers sold public auction IN our
seaports to pay their passage across the ocean See
the number of young men incur country, who en-
dowed with scarcely common sense. and no sort Of
love for genuine republicanls resort to the study OF
the learned professions, such as law and medicine,
while every mark about them declares, in terms that
cannotbe misunderstood that the God of Nature IN.
tended them for bricklayers, house-carPeners, and
i blacksmiths! Many of these ought now to abandon
their professions for the profitable and equally honor
able fields of labor where their fathers made money
enough to educate them, and thus elevated them 10
stations in which they can never move with grace OF
lease God deliver from the bastard arlstocracy Oh
apr little villages and aristocracy OF our large
towns! Among these hateful funguses on society,
respectabiiiy based uponthe nature of mans vo-
Deaon' Instead of the manner in which his antles
e az. are performed. The only recognized .sentlment
Mnlcn VIII regulate society is in the sound maxim
'aH '0eH Thypdrt, there oil the honor 4iss !" '
1t is now about eight weeks since Jenny Lind ar
ilyeo In this country. During thattime she n2s CIV
en eonoers which have produced nearly SeeQipOo,
aal contributed to varions benevolent objects about
viz.--to New York Societies, $40 900 %