The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-11-24

sent the half regularly to his mother until
she died, after having survived two of his
brothers. She had passed the last years o.
her life. not in wealth it is true, but, by The
aid Of the noble Richter and Of Ecr faithful
son, in condition above want. a.. ..
Aier the death Of his beloved mother
there was no dear fliend lett 10 Goltileb in
the world except his beneiactor. Out o.
love for him he became an active jealous
merchant He began BY applying the SUI
Pelfiuiy Of his allowance, which he could
now dispose of at his pleasure, TO trade in
Hamburg quilts. When by care and tru-
dence he had gained about a hundred and
twenty dollars, it happened that he found in
his native village a considerable quantity Of
hemp and flax, which was very good, and
still to be had at reasonable price. He
asked his fnster-father to advance him two
hundred dollars, which the latter did with
great readiness. And the business pros
pere | SO well that, in the third year of his
cIerkship, Gottileb had already acquired the
sum Of five hundred dollars. Without Civ
ing up his trade in flax, he now trafficked
also in linen goods, and the two combined
made him, in couple Of years, about a
thousand dollars richer.
This happened during the customary FIVE
years of clerkShip At the end of this pe-
riod, Gotli.ab continued to serve his bcne-
factor five years more, with industry, skill,
and fidelity; then he took the place of the
book keeper who died about this time, and
three years afterwards he was Iaken by Herr
Richter as partner in his business, with
third part of the profits.
But it was not Gods will that this pleas
ant partnership should be Of long duration.
An insidious disease cast Herr Richter upon
bed of sickness, and kept him for years
confined to his couch. All that love and
gr Ilitude could suggest, Gotileb now did to
repay his benefactor's kindness. Redoub-
ling his exertions, he became the soul of the
whole business and still he watched long
nights at the old mans bedside, with his
gricving wife, until, in the sixtv-ffth year
Of his life, Herr Richer closed his eyes in
death.
Before his decease, he placed the han of
his only daughter a sweet glrl Of two and :
twenty years, in that of his beloved foster
son. He had long looked upon them both
as his chillr They understood him; they
loved each other and in silence, yet afTcc-
tionately and earnestly, they solemnized
their betrothal at the bedside Of their dying
father.
In the year 1898, ten years after Herr
Richers death, the house of Gottiieb Bern,
late Samuel Richer, was one Of the most
respectable in all Dantzic. II owned three
large ships, employed in navigating the
Baltic and Nor,h Seas, and the care of Prov
idence seemed especially to watch over the
interests of their worthy owner; for worthy
he remained in his prosperity. He honored
his mother-in law like a son, and cherished
her declining age with the tenderest affec-
ton, until, in her o-snd-seventeth year,
she died in his arms.
AS his own marriage proved childess, he
took the eldest son of each of his two re-
naming brothers, now substantial farmers,
into his house, and destined them to be his
heirs. But in order to confirm them in their
humility, he often showed them the needle,
which had proved such source of blessing
to him, and bequeathed it as perpetual
legacy to the -iddSs: son in the family.
1t is but a few years since the child Of
poverty, of honest industry, and of misfor-
tune, passed in peace from this world.
"Mark the perfect man, and behold TIE
upright, for the end of that mau is peace. T"
PS. xxxyH,-37,