The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-09-22
RAVENNA WEDNESDAY, sEPTEMBER q, 1852.

soon be rich"
Rather unsubstantial kind of riches,"
was remarked by the friend.
That which eleyates and delights the
mind, can hardly be called unsubstantial.' -
replied Mr.. sWinslow. "Gold will not al
ways do this
The friend sighed involuntary. The re-
marks of Mr.. Winslow caused thoughts to fit
over his mind, that were far from being agree
able.
A year or more went by, and then addition
was made to the firm of Webb & Waldron.
Edward Davis received the offer of an inter-
est in the business, which he unhesitatingly
| accepted. From that day he was on the
road to fortune. Three years afterwards one
of the partners died, when his interest was
increased.
twenty-five years from the time Mr.. Win
! slow, acting from benevolent impulse. pro-
posed t6 send young Davis to school, have
passed.
One day, about this period, Mr.. Winslow,
| who had met with number of reverses in
business, was sitting in his counting room
with a troubled look on his face, when the
mercantile friend before mentioned came in.
His countenancs was pale and disturbed.
"We are ruined ruined!" said he With
much agitation.
Mr.. Winslow started to his feet.
"Speak /" he exclaimed :. what new dis
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"The house of Toledo & Co., in Rio, has
suspended
Mr.. Winslow struck his hands together
aud sank down into the chair from which he
had just arisen.
..Then it is all over" he murmured. "All
over! -
"It is all over with me-" said the other
"a longer struggle would be fruitless. But
for this might have weathered the storm
Twenty thousand dollars of drafts drawn
against my last shipment are back protested,
and will be presented tomorrow. cannot
| lift them. So closes a business life of nearly
forty years, in commercial dishonor and per-
/ sonal ruin"
8. Are you certain that they have failed !"
asked Mr.. WiusIow, with something like hope
in his tone of voice.
alt is too true." was answered. The
Celeste arrived this morning, and her letter
bag was distributed at the post office half an
hour ago. Have you received nothing by
her !"
q 7 xx,oa NOT o,,,oro IF bor or-;yol R,t
will send Immediately for my letters"
| Too true was the information commuuica-
ted by the friend. The large commission
house of Toledo & Co. had failed, and pro-
tested drafts to a very heavy amount. Mr..
Winslow was among the sufferers, and to an
extent that was equivalent to ruin; because it
threw back upon him the necessity of lifting
over SIS ,000 of protested paper, when his
line of paymments was already full up to his
utmost ability.
/ For nearly FIVE years, everything, had
seemed to go against Mr.: Winsow, At the
beginning of that time, son whom he had
set up in business, failed. involving him in a
heavy loss. Then, one disaster after anoth-
or followed until he found himself in imminent
danger of failure. From this time he turn
ed his mind to the consideration of his affairs
with more earnestness than ever. and made
| every transaction with degree of prudence
and foresight that seemed to guarantee sue
cess in whatever he attempted. A deficient
supply of flour caused him to send large
shipment TO Rio. The sale was at hand
somely remunerative profit, but the failue Of
his consgnees, before the payment of his
draft for the proceeds, entirely prostrated
him.
4 So hopeless did the merchant consider his
case that he did not even make an effort to
get temporary aid in his extremity.
When the friend of Mr.. Winslow came
: with the information that the house of Toledo
F & Co. had failed, the latter was searching
f about in his mind for the means of lifting
about five thousand dollars worth of paper
which fell due on that day. He had two
thousand dollars in bank, the balance of the
sum would have to be raised by borrowing
He had partly fixed upon the resources from
which this was to come, when the news o
his ill-fortune arrived.
Yes, it was ruin. Mr.. Winslow saw it ir
a moment, and his hand fell powerless by hi
side. He made no further effort to lift hi'
, notes, but after his mind had recovered from
its first shock, he left his store and retired tt
lis house, to seek in its quiet the calmnes
and fortitude of which he stood so greatly il
need. In this house were his wife and tw'
daughters, who all their lives had enjoyed th'
many external comforts and elegancies tina
wealth can procure. The heart Of the faith
: er ached as his eyes rested upon his children
and the thought Of the sad reverses that awai
ted them.
On entering the dwelling. Mr.. Winsloy
sought the partner of his life, and conmuui
. Gated to her without reserve, the painful in
. telgence of his approaching failure.
: 'Isit indeed SO hopeless? she asked. teal
: filling her eyes.
:. L am utterly prostrate,' was the reply,
;, a tone that was full of anguish. And in tn
= bitterness of the moment, the unfortunai
merchant wrung his hands.
To Mrs. Winslow, the shock, 30 uneXpet
:, ted, was very severe, and it was some tim
~ before her mind, after her husbands al
nouncement, acquired any degree ofcalmnes
~ About half an hour utter NJ. Winslow's RI
- turn home, and while his own heart and tn
of his wife were both quivering with pain,
oI sary,nt cop,a md and said TINT n oentlemt