The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-03

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me- tins question about birthplace is mat
ter OF small moment. should have reached
the same position now hold. had | been
brought into the world under hedge. An
error of civilization will always invest man
with honor. whatever NAV be his character
II he be born in a palace Scorn such a
feeling,
My parents being in comfortable circum-
stance, ! received a rood education. We
lived il large, old fashioned house. near
what Is now the heart Of the city. Long a@o.
the MANSION disappeared, crushed bv the
march of commerce. will mention here as
a curious fact, that after the death of nv pa
rents, and before the old house was dcmoli>h-
ed, my brother Tom, a silly, reckless fellow
Gas You will see,) wandered about it, and e.
ven obtained the key, and mopcd for an hour
or two in the deserted rooms, particularly
his mothers chamber. Ii is wonder that
the moisture Of tI.e damp walls. oozin9 thro
the ragged paper, and the wind from the bro
ken window-panc>, did not make him sick
bu; | suppose the excitement Sprin9ing from
the sentimental nonsense rife in ill-reeu!atcd
minds, destroyed tie i'll effects of the mu.ty
air.
| was never favoritc at home, even when
4 boy. My mother, to he sure. was always
kind: but She loved my brother Tom and my
sister Nancy better. a great deal better than
me- My father was >tran"c sort of man,
and talked but little He never liked me.
My brother and sister rather avoided nr
and Nancy. especially. never cave me reason
to suppose She d!d anvtlir4 bat fear me |
do not know the reason OF thi> was always
wcll-hchavci; my principles were Of The first
order, and are to this day .avc her rrrat
deal of excellent advice. which she never fox
lowed. Many lesson, too. has Tom had
from me, concerning the proper course to
succeed in the world | might a, well have
advised infants when was old croueh ,o
seo ,ha. was not liked, wisely kept ar>y
from th-m, an,t attended to ny own affairs.
lImin. 10 totAH.-> los play, have >ingc
my thirteenth yrar rnaa rod in uo s1mc what
ever: therefore in hryhooJ I !r,l no intimate
coiuluH;,l~. WI, should a,>oria,c with
ho>~ Aa,n nv mind wa> i,raway from them
and their pursuits : The cnIv Ial | had any
,a,tiru',r liEin4 t'lr. Va, John N9!orion>. i
vrg;h o.. jewish parrNta... and he cheated
nlr or.r q. .,n tu,lar> in an atl,,ir Of Lovi>h
traffic ry,nrctcl his aJroi,rn.. hut fine
los of the money CALLED me ard from hat
time had NO GcAIiuo> with Him. WAS tin,
more "rirvcd in tins matter. i, had arr,no-
cd. A. >npno>cd. to make the above sum ont
of him. when. bv an unlocked for and master
" stroke in the cour,. Of ti,. NEGOTIATION he
oItaiurd tin, ADVANTAGE Of me.
While very vounoJ observed tho ,1vapt,ro
whicl, wealth oaiu,. noti.cl the oon,,.,I
love Of cold FOREIGNERS n,r,irI,,rl, rn.,-
li,hmcn. say it is the nccpIiar vice Of tbi,
country II ! false # ! ,,..,,I;or g. -,
country: and d. rr nv visit 70 Toc,and
whittier went on important financial hu>i-
ness. | found that. in that land. if was ra>-
sion which absorbed all the rest il was even
stronger than The idoiatrv OF rank. which !,
savinr rrcat deal The LurIv islanders Lav.
one great gift which quite charmed mc-thc
art of keeping money after they get it. In
this they are Greatly in advance Of us for
consider our Grand national fault 10 h. an in
ability to hoard money, which is very painful
to an enlarged mind say that discovered
early the nrcat point TO Lc oa;ncI IN tb;>
world. and since that time have devoted
myself 10 the acquisition OF wealth. I have
always been strictly honest. but also strictly
economical. think man has rirLt TO his
own: and if DO not choose to throw away
my thousands to colleges or charitable ;us,;.
tuions, in what am to be blamed2 Nha,
have made | will keep. Let each man tai =
care of himself
When nv mother died was aho,t ,ron.,
nine wears of age; nv brother was twenty
and my sister Nancy seventeen. Alter thi,
event Nancy was much broken down Ton,
was as bad as anv woman ever saw while
my father seemed to fail from that bonr-
Backbitcrs in the mercantile world have ac-
cu>cd me of being hcartIcss Thor hi -.