Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-01
Family Cirele,
BE NEAT.


merchant, he remarked TINT what ever he
had acquired was owing in = great meas.
urc to the fact that his mother had brought
him up to be neat when bay.
Ills story, us nearly as eau rccollect it,
was rs follows -
"Whcn was six years old my father
died, leaving uothing to my n'othor but t's
charge of mysrlf aud two S'hlnger sisters.
After selling the greater portion of the house.
hold furniture s!.r had owned, she took two
small upper rooms in W-strect, and
there, hv her needle, con'rived, in some way
how cannot conceive, when | rcc"llrct
the bare Iittancc inr which she worked-to
support us in comfort. Frequently, however
remember that our su!lrrr consisted OF =
slice of bread, seasoned l,y hunger, aud rem.
trrcd inviting by lie neat nanEcr III which
our rcpaSt was served, our table being always
:spfead with a cloth, which, like my good
.niottcr's heart. seemed ever 10 preserve 4
>sow.w!ile purity"
Wipiug his eyes, the merchant contin.
ucd:
"Spcakirg Of those days reminds me OF
the time when we sat down tp the table one
cvrr,iug aud my mother asked the blessing OF
our heavenly Father on her little dcfenccles<
ones, III tones nf tender pallnS, that | re-
member yet, and which ii p"S>ihc, | think
must have made angels weep, she divided
the little rcrnnant of her only loaf into three
pieces, placing one on each Of onr plates,
but preserving none for herself. stole
arou;.d to her side and placed my p"r'l"n
before her, aud was about t" tell her that
WAS uot hungry, when Il flood of tears burst
IrUul her eyes, and She elapsed me to her
bosou,. Our meal was left untouched, wc
sat up late that nj gli, but what we said !
cannot TIL know that my mother talked to
me more us Il companion than child, and
that whca we knclt down To pray, conse.
Grated myself to be the Lords, aud to serve
my-mulhrr.
"Dut" said hc. this is not telling yon how
rca,nrss made ~ ;;,tal;c. 1t Was some
tine a,i,'r TIL, Halt my mother found an
dve'!;sernrut in a ne"spaIer for an errand-
hoy in Il commission st"r" in B--s'rrct.
Without being neces>itatrd tn wait to have
my clothes mcndrd, for my m"'hcr always
kept them i'll prriec, order, aud although
on minute inspection they bore traces of
more than one patch, yet on the whole they
had very respectable air wi,h"us being
Obliged To wait even 10 polish my shoes, for
my mohrr always kept 4 box of hlacking
with which my c"whlcs must be get of
bc!nrc | took my breakfast Without waiting
to arrai,ac ,ny=traIr, fIr | WAS oblyiud t"
observe from my earliest youth the most
perfect ueatnuSs in every respect, my mother
sent me to sec if could obtain a situation.
With light step started, as had long
time wished my mother TO allow me to do
something 10 assist her.
My heart heat fast, assure you. as ]
turned ont of " into b street
and made my WAY along to the number my
mother had given me. ! summoned all the
could muster, End stepped briskly
into the store, found my way into the coun-
ling room, and made known the reason Of
my calling. The merchant smiled, aud
told me that there was another boy who
had come little before me he thought he
should hire However he asked me sonc
ua,sliuns, and then went and conversed
with the other boy who stood in the back
pant Of the office. The result was, that the
lad who had first applied WAS dismissed, and
| cmlcrcd the merchants employment, first
AS IN crrand boy, then as 4 clerk, afterwards
as his partner, until his dccease, when he
left me the whole business, stock, &c. After
| had been in l,is service some years, he
told me the reason why he chose me in
preference to hc other boy WAS because OF
the general ncaihcss of my person, while
in rtlrre.ce to the other lad, he noticed
that he had neglected properly to turn down
his vest. 10 this siuple circumstance has
probably been owing the greater part OF my
Success in business.
Will not all my young friends who read
this narrative of the successful merchant,
like l,im, form in their youth habits of neat.
ness. Remember that no one will love
>luvcnly boy or girl. and that if you would
secure the respect of your aquaintances,
you must be very careful in respect To your
personal appearance. Purity and ceanli-
ness of person are Indispensable to the high
est purity of charlottesville Schoolnlasler
PRospERrry AND VIRruE-It is unfor.
tuna'e for mankind that those situations
which favor pleasure are too generally ad-
verse to virtue. Virtue requires, internal
government and discipline; prosperity re-
LAKES the mind aud ntlamcs tie passions
Niltue is supported by Il regard to what is
future, prosperity attaches US wholly to
" hat is present. The characteristics of
vitae are mode>ty and humility; the most
common attendants Of prosperity are p'ide
and presumption. One should think that
would prove the strongest incitc.
ment To remember and to honor the God who
besiows it yet such is the perverscress of
human nature, that it proves much oitener
tho motive t" impirty. The changes Of
the world call the attention of men to al
invisible power. But train of events pro.
cceding according to their wish, leads them
to nothing beyond what they serr The
Supreme Giver is concealed from view ny
lis own gifts. Ihis instance nt sIceess
they ascrbe to 4 f0i:Gnato occurrence OF
worldly cause--'!lai acquisition to their own
skill and indHstry-unmndlul of linn who
from tie beginning arranged that series of
causes, and whn placed them in crcumstan.
ces where their industry could operate with
forgetting God they too
often proceed to dspise him. All that is
iuLt or oiddy In their minds is set in mo.