Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-23
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| to ailude to business difficulties. which have
from 'line TO time assailed him, and to saw he
has nobly surmounted them, presenting boId
and honorable front II his secusets. and scat
tering them in confusion.
I" As the bayei lion, from his hutlsss hide
| snakes his pnTsuers' darts,n
so our friend dispersed the foul shafts Of CAL
umny, and lived down the prejudice which
may have arisen against him.
Broker! Broker! Broker! was once the cry
of injustice when men would traduce those Of
his profession, and it has been the lot of Mr..
Jenkins to light the bright lamn of reform,
and to make even brokerage honorable and
just. He has always been an early raer and
q hard worker all the day long, no slnmberinV
laggard in life, no idle cumberer of the earth,
but true man, full of energy, enterprise and
activity. The business historyof such men as
Mr. Jenkins may not be written in brief and
imperfect sketch, and we therefore depart for
moment, to consider the virtues aside from
those connected with trade, which have found
demonstration in his HE aq
Money lenders have been represented M
soulless men. and here Mr.. Jenkins is an ex
ception of the most honorable kind, he is one
the most eonvivial souls in the world. liberal
and generous in the expenditure of money.
and model man in the bosom of his family.
making his home
place where peary streams
Glide over silver sand,
Like chidhood's rosy, dazzling dreams
VI some far fairy land
He is the father of two pretty children,
bright intelligent girls, has married second
wife, and lives in case and afluence in our
city. 1t is a goodly sight to-see him at the
firesde, his children, the pride of his heart are
fond of him, as well they may be for he is a
most indulgent as well as exemplary parent,
his heart is in his peaceful home, and his love
is awake to its comforts and our hero is indeed
"a model father, husband, friend
With one more allusion to his worth and
character, we have done-he is benevolent
man, full OF "the milk of human Kindness
and his deeds have not been blazoned to the
world, nor yet remain undone thousand lit
tie acts of charity. We have heard appeals to
his sympathy in mary forms, this one wanted
the funds to burya child, this to buy fuel, this
to buy bread, and in short for all purposes bSt
invariably something was discussed to them.
One occasion of his charity deserves peculiar
mention, and our readers will pardon us if we
relate one OF thousand anecdotes of his life
of usefulness, for he has believed with the
poet,
Happiness is roadside fower growing on the high
ways of usefulness.'
On cold morning, not great while since,
little girl of tender years, exhausted with a
tedious journey, staggered towards door OPP
posite the house of our hero, and fell almost
helpless upon the steps, unable to proceed
further without rest; the occupant came out
and ordered the little one to depart, and hard
ly able to obey the cruel mandate, she arose
and after few steps fell into the street. Ona
of the daughters of Mr.. Jenkins had seen the
whole affair. and at her suggestion her father
went out, picked up the sufferer and brought
her in.o his own house. After giving such
restoratiyes as her case required, and food, he
took her in carriage accompanied by his own
daughters and carried her to the orphans
home, for he learned her parents were dead,
and that she was in the charge Of relatives
Mr.. Jenkins asked permission for his little girls,
that they might come and see the little unEor-
tunate, and daily were their visits continued,
being made the seasons of delight from the at.
tentions they paid to the wants and comforts
of their poverty stricken charge, until the bet.
and toUk the rufEcreT iIonc.
Such incidents are not isolated in the history
of Mr.. Jenkins, but scattered throughout his
life, for he is one of those who believe s
"Whoso would find gadnsss may meet her in the hovel
Of poverty,
Where Benevoence has scattered around the geanngs Of
the horn Of plentyi
Whose would himself in Peace, may be of her
Wnen the pale, lean cheek Of the destitute wet with
grateful tears;'
hence his sympathy is ever awake, and he is
ever on the alert to do good. F
III fares the child of heaven. who will not entertain
On earth the strangers grief the exles Of pain"
And such one has not been found in the
subject of our sketch. He has lived to bene-
fit his fellow men and spread blessings around
him, and only !. few months since his friends
presented him with beautiful service of sill
yer in token of their regard for him, and their
appreciation Of his worth. From the presen.
tation speech we quote the following:
You-Sir-have diligently persevered in
honest, upright Toll until competence smiles
upon your abors, and you bask at last, in the
summer sunshine of plenty. You have seen
the undulations of life, and upon 1t waves you
have manfuly brRved it's pillows and storms.
You may perhaps recall hours of toll and
struggle, which have frowned upon your
course, but upon the highway of life your mot
to has been onward and upward, you have
armed your soul with integrity, and your
hands with JUSTICE you have fought the good
fight, and your lie, Sir, admonishes us to en-
deavor." aH
In humble walk of life Mr.. Jenkins has
acted well his part, and though he has done
only little acts of goodness, he has followed
III the footsteps Of HIM, who though
"A nameless man amid crowd
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall the word Of hope and love,
Unstudied from the heart
A whisper on the umult thrown f
A transitory breath
1t raised brother from the dust,
1t saved a soul from death.n
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