The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-07-24
BY DAVIS & HOLLINGSWORTH.

pany nave trioe OF shopmen and po
for these purposes, and a painted and
ished vehicle drawn by q high step
horse. Brown, however. knows his art
are as gool as theirs. and perhaps, be
and hopes he may be able to 90 on
time in tho old shop without alteratio
But it won't do. The moralists Goc
the Company, and the young man in
peration begins to dash, flinging OF
grand new front and hiring shopmer
bring business, not to administer it. "
his success may te, we cannot tell. L
succeeds i'll rivaIiing the Company, he II
away enough of their business, not to
rich himself, for that is impossible
his new expenses, but to keep both poe
the midst of all their splendor; if OF
wise, you may soon read his fate in
print of the newspapers, headed "B;
| rupts," and hear the moraist sighing
it-So much for pretension!
Then look at the learned profession
physic, for instance. Young White
clever and steady a young man as
breathed lie has worked early and
studied till his eyes grew dim, and wate
night and day in order to become thoro,
ly up both in theoretical and practical p
OF his profession. In giving him the IN,
of doing so much, lis friends hav
ali IL their power; aud now, having,
far, he must shit for himself. SiIv =.
and he passed the Royal College
geons at the same time; but Si.v'
had been twice plucked, and or
through a, the third trial by dint
finite coaching. White lives in 40
and visits his few patients ON foot.
spoon has quite IN extensive cs.ablis
and dashes about in the liyhtest
geon's gigs, with the smarlest of TIC
his side, and the bright plated harue>
Which his glossy horse is caparisoncd
ling III the sunshine. At first, he d
great many miles to see nobody, An
exceedingly pcrsevcring in his atte
to that eccentric gentleman, who
much to answer for; but it was ne
long. We are ali ready enough t,
our mite Of business when n man h
seems to have, already plenty to do
S'Iversp"on is now quite fashionable
tor. lie feels Multiplying contcmI
White, who, poor fellow, knows so n
tu! makes nn use IF his knowledge,
does net enable him to see that unlc
a!',rar. to lave already more practice
he can attend to, he will get no EN-
ncnt a: all. This poor young man
grow into poor old man; and the m
i>ts will Say: "A respectable .practit
that, very" and pass hy OH the
side.
1t would be easy to multiply illustra
of the kind-the difficulty would be TO
a single exception in the whole life
cicly. We have instanceI business
professional matters, but in our
day social intercourse the same feeling
the same action prevail, and the same
of sneering or Indignant morality i:
dulgcd in. Ii is always tho individual
is TO blame, the many, never; we call
the former, either in ,idicule or repeoac
take the mote from his eye-forgettine
beam i'll our own. This is perhaps
acterstic of the world we live in, b,
is more especially SO Of tho present tim
We are all reformers; We all throw
selves upon some particular folly or
and combat it routrance but we
press outwards, regarding ourselves AZ
ccptions to the rule of mankind. We
Tess we are not hcarty-that is the W
rs an individual-in the cause of Total
stincnce, and tho reason is that il goe
wild extreme which almost necessita,
reaction; but the general principle it al
OF self reform is admirable, and we hea
wish it were applied to more social
than one. The abstainer at least does
encourage the practice he condemns;
does not praise the merit he sees, pas
by himself on tl,e otller side.
After all, is pretension quite an unm
evil Is it not well for people that
strain after something little better.
what lies easily within their rcach9 III
this ambition part Of that system of act
OH Which the social world is constisu
Is it not connected with regard to dece
which to lack is to lack nearly all solid
tue7, In these queries there is matter
mucl, further discussion; but it does
exactly belong to our present theme,
we therefore leave it 10 the considerable
our readers.
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