The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-06-14

An De you not hang, beg, starve, die tn streets
For, by my soul, III ne'er acknowledge thee,
Nor what is mine shall never do thee good;
Trust, too, bethink you, III not be forsworn.
Sober and sad enough is the story of Jas.
K, one of my grandfathcr's whilom summer
guests. Who does not cherish one such
ovcrshadowed life amongst his hearts tn,n-
sures!
James X. was the only child OF wealthy
retired merchant and large landed proprietor,
just out OF the town of C; who, indeed,
owned greater part Of the suburban vii
lagc, whittier he had fled from the wear and
hustle Of mercantile life. True to the cher.
ished predictions of his boyhood, he had
now gone back to farming life, and graced,
10y ease and elegance, its homely employ
ments and rustic fare. lie was no uncom-
mon man, the father of James Il. We have
all Known just such men. Cultivated in
mind and manners, every social circle OPEN
ed to receive him; gifted with quick and
Ycperous impulses, his ear ever open to the
tale of misery, and his hand ever ready to
relieve it, the poor loved him; kind leigh
Dor, hssbnnd and father, as the world goes,
The was universally esteemed his purse
never closed to calls of public charity, his
name stood high in public favor. Yes, q
-ycs, most uncxceptionable man was
Mr., r.. deemed a. IN Al, ,,;,h Al, Lo.ou.h,'
of the land. There was no blot on his es
.cntcbeo, mn b,.,;oh =, ~. c,;- @
said that nrbit,r of or wor,a,,. ,.a., -,
.oninion. We, ovor, hod, L.. ,,,,,. - -
for wealth. ponp and the nc,,v nowors ,hov
give, was the absorbing nass;oo or ,b. vain
mans heart; that they were d,,r 10 him os
life, dearer. even. than n,tpro, It's, yo, n,
NIL that AIR. r.. was n ,,ou and n gc,,L.,n,,
j lis was not n nliscr's ~ ssion for hoardirg nm
dollars and cents. which h. n.v.r or,sr,d
with iliberal hand: but rathcr nm obsor,,;c,,
desire after the relative import,n., ,,,,. s.,t.
ish mower. the convcu,iop,l d;.,;,..ion 80,
fcfrcd by the possession of gro . w,.l,1,
'1was the cankcr worm. thi. ,c,ty a,,j,ior
that sapped his hear, while /, went warmly
out IN little daily charities Was ,b;s Tho
end Of his manifold canabil;,;.s, Wa ho
n true man, who. .hougb be never r.,,I.
ed, never sought for occasion or h.no,o
lent action-who devoted ,o m,,i,J ond,
the rover for good that God had givou Him,
The world nodded assent. Dut bc,t.r how
10 poverty and RAGS TO the golden calf ,h,n
10 make for ones self a beautiful I'm, sL,o
image, from The wreck of n d.bosaa ir,o,,o.,,
The miser sins against little liob, An.r
all, tho gltterinp ftvors Of the tickle cod.
,dess are dear bouoht f,vors. onj ob ,ho
lproudcst hearts Iay on her alter tho .oslli.
(. est sacrifices. Above nil, she loves 70 ,oks
$ from the heart of manhood those kindly saw.
ing influcrees that clustered around tbeebild.
.booiof yirtuous poverty: 10 witbd,,w fr,,
. conventional M, the simple sonr,.es ~ ,ho,
pure lioy so lovingly cherished. bcpoa,h 81.
irammels, with ,hc momory of rreer davs
such eifla of comfortable obseuritv did Mr.
r., not without now and then n rsor.,f,l
sioh. yield mn for 4boso soor,;n, .a..e,..
after which he had to;,,d lon, ,,d woI,
lie had great wealth. bis ,omo s,ooa h; +
on change his villa was the m ost elcgan,
in the suberbs Of C. 49,: there ba lived :,
elcgan, leisure, his broad rcrcs stretching to
the horizon. Fire-side comforts indoor
luxuries, pomp, and ready seryitors. were
all his. The struggling world looked ON
admired, and enyied, but scare. marked
how changed he was from tho r. of less bur.
dened years.
The air Of generous bopefulncss that gave
dignity 10 his early manhood, had deepen,d
into that Of determined method. The once
open frankneas Of conscious i, ,dspcnaene,
bad made way for the anxiou. forethongbt
of over burdened wealth. crows.fevt came