Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-09
DIFFERENT WAYS OF GIVING.

pose a case Of solicitation on the eve of
winter for orphans; or for the poor of
some purlieu where religious mission is
striving 10 enlighten and reform; or for
some family suddenly desolated; or for
some noble institution for the destitute or
the ignorant. You approach man worth
five hundred thousand dollars-state your
case, recite the pitiable condition of the
poor. He coldly dismisses you with the
remark that che has other use for his
money"
You 60 to thriving trader-state your
case. "Why, gave five dollars for that
cause last week; but here IS ten dollars
more. III make ittwenty if you really
need it. BY the way, why don't your
friend send up for those blankets and mat
trasses that told him would give
Upon the other side Of the way mil
lionaire will hand you five dollars, with a
dismissal so repulsive, that you are well
nigh inclined to throw his bill in his face
| again.
"Here is twenty; call again if you wish
more."
"Ah, I've heard ofyou-was afraid you
would not think to call upon me-
A gentleman called, upon rainy day,
handed in his contribution, saying, II was
afraid | should forget it if | did not come
to-day"
A porter, who stood listening to your
story, and seemed hurt TO think bis en-
ployer repulsed you so coldly, follows to
the door, slips a dollar into your hand,
wishes it was ten, and says, You must
not think hard Of; he is kind man
in spots, but feels little r,ied day."
Some men meet you cold as marble, but
thaw under your story. Some viii meet
you in smiles, and dismiss you in smiles,
but only richer than you came, in his as
surances ofhis sympathy. But sympathy
never bought Blanket for poor man.
We have neve: received any contribu-
tions with more emotion than those which
the poor give for the poor. We have been
sought out by girls at service, and urged
to take fifty cents, in manner SO feeling
and generous, that we could not but re-
joice to think tha. noble spirits did not be-
long to classes, but were found every
where.
Some men are generous if you have the
right key; for, like locks, they open very
readily to their own key, but TO no others.
Some men are stingy when alone, but gen.
erous in the presence Of others.
Some men are generous at once, and
others upon persuasion; as some trees shed
their fruit upon the slightest jar, but from
vtir~r5 it AUS, bu -l,.LL--l CA. a oen-
eral fact, mems contributions are in an In
verse ratio to the increase of wealth.
They give much more in proportion to
their income when it is from one to two
thousand year, than they do when it is
from ten 10 twenty thousand.
Some men effect to be niggardly. We
have known man 10 refuse a notable
charity under circumstances that render
ed the refusal very ungracious, while at
the very time he was doing more for it
than any other one. Such seem to have
pleasure in the secret consciousness of be-
ing what every one thinks they are not.
Some men will give if you will relieve
them Of all concern respecting the dispo-
sition Of their charity; but others will not
receive the slightest advice as TO the meth
cd OF appropriation, but issue their charity
as monarch gives law.
Some men never refuse you and never
give you. They will certainly help you
If you will call again; and then, if you
will call again; but it is always the next
time.
Some men are bountiful to all that have
drop of their own blood, and unfeeling
to every body else. Kinship is part Of
their religion.
Now and then, you will meet man
whose face is March but his pockets,
June. He will storm and scold at you,
but send you away with ten times as much
as you asked.
Rarely, You meet man whose gener-
osity is true, broad and constant. He new
er refuses so long as he has farthing left.
Sometimes, but less frequently, you
meet one whose kindness is mercy so
sweet, that you almost wish that you had
yourself been the object Of mercy, to be
blessed with generosity so afiluent, clothed
in kindness so tender. This is the glo-
ry of beneticence that so bestows as 10 in
crease the SELF respect of the recipient!
In short, if your lot ever be 10 solicit
charities for the needy, you will have
much more pleasure than chagrin; you
will find you have enriched yourself. first
Of all in the knowledge of human nature;
that you have become versatile in suiting
your approach to all the varying DISPOSE
tions of men. Sometimes, you will feel
that no living thing is so mean as man;
then, in the next hour, yon will thank God
for the great soul of goodness vouchsafed
to some men. And finally, you will think
better of Christians Of every name, when
you find that kindness does not belong to
your sect alone; but is found richly in all.
And you will have better luck than we
have, ifyou do not find men, the members
of no church, who would be patterns of
delicate and wise liberality, to multitudes
who are in the churchill. ". Beecher.
THE GIBBs FORTUNE IN ESGLAsD.-
Benz. Gibbs Mitchell, formerly of Balti
more, and more recently from Bermuda,
claims the fortune of light millions of dol
lars, which has remained in England many
years without an owner, the rightful heir
not being known. Mr. Mitchell has been
in England the past year, and has made