The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-28
WHO WAS THE GENTLEMAN,
please, sir don't push so.

| = ieaee, BIT uOnt push So
| Itwas in endeavoring to penetrate the dens,
crowd that nearly filed the entrance an,
blocked up the doorway after one Of our pop
uIar lectures, that this exclamation met m,
attention. 1t proceeded from little girl o.
not more then ten years, who henmed up by
the wall on one side, and the crowd on the
other, was vainly endeasoring to extricate
herself.
The person addressed paid no attention to
the entreaties Of the little one, bu. pushed on
towards the door.
Look here, SIR exclaimed man whose
coarse apparel, sturdy frame, and toll embrow-
ned hands, contrasted strongly with the deli
cately gloved fingers, curling locks and ex-
pens:ye broadcloth of the former. Look you
here, sir, you're jammng that little gals
bonnet all u smash, with them elbows'o
yourn.'
Cant help that, gruffy replied the indydu-
al thus addressed; Il look to number one.'
you take care of number one, do you,
Wal, that's all fair; SO do L. replied the hon.
est countryman and with these words he
took the little girl in his arms, and placing
his broad shoulders against the slight form Of
the other, he pushed him through the crowd,
down the steps, landing him with rather more
haste than dignity in the street below.
The yo"ng gentleman picked himself up,
but rather intmidated by the stout fist of the
stranger, and abashed by the laughter of the
crowd, concluded it was about time for him to
go home.' .......
In polite society, the former would be cour-
ted and admired, and the latter overlooked and
despised, but 'who was the gentleman!'
Ona raw clustering day, few weeks since,
a girl with small basket on her arm, entered
one of our stores. After making few pur-
chases she turned TO leave. Two gentlemen
stood up in the doorway, whose appearance
indicated that they thought Themselves scon-
if not more; whose soft. sleek coats
and delicate hands were apparently OF the same
quality as their brains.
As they made not the slightest movement
as she approached, the young girl hesitated
but seeing no ether way she politely
them to stand aside. They lazly
moved few inches, allowing her barely room
10 pass; giving her, as she didso, broad stare.
hat brought the color to her cheek and the fire |
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n her eye.
In stopping upon the icy pavement, her foot
slipped, and in endeavoring to save herself,
ler basket fell, and the wind scattered its con-
ents in every direction.
At this the two gentlemen burst into loud
augh, and seemed to consider it vastly anu /
,ing.
'Let Inc assist you,' exclaimed pleasant
'oice, and lad about sixteen, whose hands /
howed that they were accustomed to labor, /
md whose coarse, ll-patched coat indicated /
hat he was the child of poverty, sprang for
ward, and gathering up the articles, presented
hem with bow and smile that would have |
,raced drawing-room. WHO toas the gen
!en;an!'
Boys! you are all ambitious to be consid-
red gentleman. That is all very natural,
tut remember that neither your own nor your
PARENTS position in life, your tailor, your boot
'lack, or your barber can make you one. The
rue gentleman Is the same everywhere. Not
'nly at the social party or ball, but in the noisy
mill, the busy shop, the crowded assembly, at
lome, or on the street. Never expressing the
weak, or ridiculing the unfortunate. Respect
ul and attentive to his superiors; pleasant,
'ffable to his equals; careful and tender ofthe
ceilings of those he may consider beneath
Tel.