Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-05-05

80 samc Lahorer,s Chi:A.

GDlI T'li.C IssAisNES' = -th''l-
Dia-cnes sogght, wi,h a lantern, in bis
hand, in open day light, for an honest
man. We are no piogcues an4 carry ao
lantcrn-uci,her 10 We make it point 'n
hunt up embodied honesty. Bot We Sd
look after items, ana sometimes lind ILcm
where and when we least expect 50 10
90.
Passing down certain street; few
moons since, we overlook 4 lIdy-cvlla.-
" one who claimed TO belong TO the arr
tocracy-accompanicd by what we took
10 be her nurse--or in fashionable rUr-
lance, her "companon." They had just
reached an unprclcnding cottage, in front
Of which a sweet liilc lump of girl was
drawing her doll in 4 toy sleigh. Der
chubby face was as bright as new star,
and her eye danced as morrily as the brook
that, while II dances, sings. As the n
Lics-bcg pardon Of the one that has tie
more money for The coujHncllon-p1sscd
by, tie girl stopped her play to gaze It
them for probably attracted
b, the rich haJiimCu:s Of the misrcss--a
oazc iha, was modest and chiLIIkc, and
vet big with meaning. The 'lady' would
have passed without noticing the Ialr face
that look so curious y upon her; but the
nurse, true To her instincts, caught the eN-
preston, and, turning to her mistress, sad,
.Oh! what pretty liulc girl" The
other suffered her naughty eyes TO rest
for moment upon the youngIlnG, and
'snecriugly answered. "Only some labor
er's child" At the next corner our ways
separated.
"Onlv some laborer's child" What
then! Is labor, Is poverty crime IS
II any more honorable To be the offspring
of a banker, professor, poet, or peer,
. than a child OF industrious toll Pshaw .
/ These individual distinctions, barriers, de-
marcauons, which 50 in.est the present
time, are among the greatest pests OF So
cety There would he no such lhinTS
as upper and lower classes, if mch aud
women were not poisoned by the hurhul
venom Ol Fashion and Arislocracy. We
owe our condition 10 ourselves, and stand
alone in our opinions OF men. lie who
made US is no respectcr Of persons.
"OnIy some laborer's child" A pret-
ty speech for the lips Of women to utter.
She must forget the origin of Jesus-shc
cannot have read the story Of Bethlehem.
Perhaps she has forgotten her own birth
history. We wonder how her children
are-whether they are more beautiful, and
promising and brilliant than the children
of her poorer neighbor. We have known
many 4 rich man to father Jeformity.
Perhaps this very lady is the mother OF
wretch, who smokes cigars and wears stand
inc collars, and drinks Olard, in his four
tcenth year.
"OnIy some laborcr's child" Oh how
we hate such nonsense. And yet the
term contains compliment. God knows
we would rather have that little chiId5
mother Tor ours than to be the son Of tic
exquisite fcmirine who uttered this SEN
tencc. Labor is honorable, glorious we
have yet TO find any such characteristics
pertaining 10 the solt-hcadcd arstocracy.
We have yet to learn that money and sla
ton enlarge the heart, expand The soul, and
multiply the moral principles Of one being.
If Justice was done the crown woud b.
placed on the brow Of some peasant, ami
kings would DO the grubbing.
We hope the lady who made the remark
which forms the subject Of ibis article,
Will ponder over what We havo wrluen---
and see If the sneer looks well IN pint
We lay reasonable wager that she her
self, was uursed by poor mother and
that her station is due to chance ralhcr
han desert. This may be plain talk, DO
IL is honest.
Only some laborer's child" 4 ruby
to rose ihat this very child does moro
good, gains more affection, and Iles down
in more tranquil grave than tr~ very "Is-
ly' whUsc silly sneers we have thus re-
coTdcd.-HgE. ErPress.