The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1854-08-25
NO.sl5.
wonldn't Marry = M.ohanie

Young man--steady, sober. ind,,str;ops
and intellIgent-once visited a young l.dv
amt was very much pleased with ber' ~.
evening he called when It was on;ta lo,s
which led the girl to inquire where he had
had to work tonight he replied.
why, do you work for a living p INQUIRED
theeastonished girl
Certainly, replied the young man 4 am
my brother doesn't work. returned Tho
lady and hate the name of n necba,;c y
and she turned up her pretty aristocrat;o
nose. ~.
This was the last time he visited the younc
'aoy. lie Is now wealthy man, and has
one OF the best women for wife. The ,,o,,J
iady, who disdains the name of A n,ecbnn;,
Is now the wife of a miserable fool, a reoular
vagrant about grogshops---and She. moor ,I,r
miserable creature is Obliged to take in wash.
ing, IN order to support herself and children:
while her brother, who didn't work for n
hFing' now hills drunkard's grave
lie who dislike the name of a mechanic
whose brothers do nothing but loaf and dress
beware how you treat young men who worlr
ior hrlnS. Far better discard the well-fsd
pauPer, with all his broadcloth, iewelry. bra
zen 1acedness, and pomposity and take .,
your a1ectlons the hard listed, intelligent
ana industrious mechanic. Thousands 6ayc
bitterly regretted their folly, who have tn,n-
Ell their backs upon honest industry. A few
years OF bitter experience have taught them
n severe lesson. In this country, no man or
woman should be respected, in our way ~
thinking who will not work, mentally or
physically, and who curl their lips with scor,
when introduced to hard working man.
Nnr WORK so HARD.--Wheres the usa
OF toiing and sweating to make money nm
less we are to enjoy our earnings as we oo
along! Depend upon il, it is all yexation
vanity and nothing else. That a man
shouid wish Tor so much as will permit him
to ENJOY an occasional holiday, to be sick for
month or two it circumstances are SO dis
posed, to be relieved from the necessity N
labor when the strength fails, and to have q
snug something over for the widow and ltttIe
ones, is natural and right But why should
one strive to hoard large sums for his. chill
dren Perhaps one in a hundred of chill
dren who inherit wealth improves his inherit
ance. a. few, with most marvellous of rood
sense, strive to turn their money to a rood
account and improve the superior faciIitie.
for providing the world with what it needs.
But the vast majority, knowing no better
how to use than to make the money that falls
into their hands, by their thriftlessness wound
the reputation Of their dead fathers in the
very point where they were most sensitive
while hving,-they proclaim that financial
ability is no heir loom in the family. In
view of the constant rotations of Fortunes
wheel and the assurance which all family his.
tory gives the wealthy man, that ifhe leaves
large property to his son he will scatter it
without much increasing the family reputa-
tion,-that really, too, the heir is not likely
to prove SO steady and worthy citizen as
IT simply we'll started in the world, it becomes
mystery that we should consent to eat al
ways the bread of carefulness, and watch
night and day to board.--N Y Times.