Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-25
Miseellanp.
Trifles and consequences.

Trifes and Consequences.
If in the world of spirits the consequences
of every trifing act of an individual shall be
plainly visible to him, how great will be the
are as numerous as the sands of the sea shore,
Who is there that cannot trace back to the
most trlfiing incident or accident the cause of
an entire change in his whole life1 Some
have been made immensely rich by the turning
of feather, their children educated, given in
fuence, and perhaps charged with the destiny
of a nation; while another las become poor
in consequence of some slight and almost i'm
perceptibe incident. Poverty has brought on
disease or dissipation, and vagabond's life or
drunkard's grave become his portion. Some
of our richest and most influential merchants,
sons of farmers, can trace their coming to
New York to the meeting of playfellow in
the street, or the running away of colt, or
perhaps, as in an instance we have heard of,
the breaking of bowl. Had those boys re-
mained at home, and been farmers, how diff
ferent would have been the situation of their
families. Their daughters, instead of faunt-
ing in silks in Broadway, and enjoying seat
at the opera, might have been engaged in the
more worthy occupation of making butter and
cheese. Steamships that now form regular
lines to different quarters of the globe, and af
feet the destiny of nations, would not have
been built; wars might have been made or
avoided, as subsequent circumstances have
dictated
Thirty years ago two boys in New Hamp-
shire quarrelled about box of blacking. To
get rid of one of them, he was sent to New
York, and is now one of our first shipping
merchants, director In bank, and owner of
a line of steamers. A dispute about tin dip
per with the steward of steamboat, resulted
in lawsuit that cost thousand dollars, and
laid the foundation of the fortune of one of
our millionaires, who new owns more tin dip
pers and steamboats, than any other one man
in the world--once the deck hand of boat,
now the captain of the upper ten.' An acci-
dent made him, an accident may unmake him.
By the disobedience of lad in 1909, gar
den gate in Rhode Island was left open, pig
got in and destroyed few plants quarrel
between the owners of the pig and the garden
grew out of it which spread among their
friends, defeated the Federal candidate to the
Legislature, and gave the State democratic
Senator, by whose vote war was declared in
1912 with Great Britain
Napoleon became soldier in consequence
of one disobedient act to his mother, then Gen
eral, Consul, Emperor, tyrant and exile
Washington became in early life, favorite
with men of influence and power, because of
his obedience to his mother. An accident
made this known TO one who never lost sight
of the obedient boy, which resulted in his be-
coming the head of the American Army
One single cote sent Oliver Cromwell 10 the
Long Parliament, Charles Stuart to the scaf-
told, rovolutionized England and made Great
Britain free.
Four votes, in the city of New York, made
States, one vote gave us the tariff of 1912, and
one vote made the tariff of 1916. One vote
gave us Texas, made war with Mexico, slew
thousands of our people and purchased Cali
fornia, turned thither the tide of emigration
and will change the destiny of the world.
BY not giving the right change for newspa-
per, a boy prevented passenger from getting
on board ferry-boat. On the next boat he
met friend, in conversation with whom a
plan for the transaction of simple business
was adopted, which, in its carrying out, has
agitated the nation, and is fast becoming the
subject of newspaper discussion on both conti-
nents of the civilized world 1t will change
the commerce of nations and may result in
war.
The above are but few incidents that have
come within the knowledge of the writer,
where great results of every action, running
down through series of years-perhaps Of
ages-have occasioned happiness or misery.
We cannot tell what riU be the result of any
one act, or what effect it will have in the fu-
ture. 1t may make war and it may make
peace. 1t may make us rich and it may make
us poor But one thing we do know. We
know that right action will bring no misery.
These things are worth reflection. The boy
who tried to cheat the ferry-boat passenger
may have been made newsboy by some un-
lucky stroke-or fretful exclamation of his
mother. The boy who left open the garden
gate and brought on the last war, may have
been indulged or neglected, or wrongly in
structed by his parents. The quarrel about
the tin dipper, which made one man poor ant
another rich, may have arisen in still more
trifing incident.-Ne,o York Day Book.
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