Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1857-08-29
s. PITY HIS FAMILY.n

.'in'''e'y Osei"u uellh MN III bankruptcy, or
drive him into rog'lery and crime. He was
yesterday respected influential, and suppo-
sed to be atiiuent and his family were treated;
and treated themselves accordingly: but to-
day he is disgraced and stored clear Of
without resources or prospects-very likely
in prison, and exposed TO ;gnonimous pun
|iShmcnt. "Vilc wretch!" say the million;
ut is good enough for him, but w. must pity
his poor family"
certainly we must pity them--pity all
who sutfer-still more all who sin and must
suffer. They need pity, and there is no dan
ger that VIC shall pity them too much
But the impression conveyed Of the inno-
ccnce of the fallen mans family, and their un.
mer'ted exposure to want and ignominy, is
often very far from the truth.
In fact, half the men who are loathcd as
dragging down their families to shame and
dcstitution, are really themselves dragged
down by those families-driven to bankrupt
cy, shame, and crime by the thoughtless and
the bascly selfish extravaganza of wife and
children. Let a man bc in the way of re-
ceiving considerable money and having prop
erty in his hands, and his family can rarely
be made to comprehend and realize that
there is any limit to his ability to give and
spend. Fine dresses ard ornaments for wife
ard daughters; spending money, patent
leather and broadcloth for hopeful sons--and
richer furniture and more of it all the time
these are few ofthe blind drains on "thc
Governors" means which are perpetuallv in
faction. "Oh, what's hundred dollars to a
man doing such busincss?' is the question
in case Of any dcmur or remonstrarce on his
part. Not one o. them could bear to disgrace
him b. earning dollar; they couldn't 90
out shabbly dressed for fear his credit would
suffer. They can't see how 4 man who can
|discount in bank need ever be short of money
or stingy in using it. All his talk Of difficult
ties or hard times they regard as customary
fables, intended to scrimp their drafts on his
purse, Q: enhance their sense of his eencros.
ity.
In vain he ro;nonstratcs--implore ores-plts
down his foot. lie cannot be eternaly con.
tending with those he loves best-hc wants
|quict at home, i'll order to mature his plan;
and perfect his operations. # he rcsists i'm
portun'ty, the tears come, and what man car
stand the April showers Of feminine sorrow
lie gives way at last, and throws the none,
demanded. hoping that some great news b,
the next steamship, some turn Of luck in hi
business, will make it up to him. Perhaps i
does and nc floats on; perhaps it don't, ant
the last feather has broken the elephant
back. The.cna, however near or distant, i
| Itnorally certain. Treated always as a mint
to be opened y viii, he finally becomes dcs
, poratc ard rushc; l,eallong into rccklcs
speculation or blasting crime. and is over
wIaelmsa with ruin. Scottish Vi LAM" 81,
the ignoial't crowd; show could he run sucl
4 career! How we pity his family ~ "
5 doubt oft But;f YOU knew more. pcrhan
you would pity him
IN ISLAND WITH ONE INHABITASr.-St
, Paul was net unnhabitcd at the period .oi
our visit, which was made for the purpose
, OF correcting our chronomotcrs. We found
solitary individual roaming about upon its
lonely beach. lie had been there two years
! two years upon a barren island 1000 miles
g away from any civilized community Hc had
: however. managed to survive, and was sc
J. pleased with his island that he positively re.
c fused to leave his singular home, where We
= left him when we took our departure. Tic
t mad been lett there two years previously by
whalcr to catch seals, the captain having
promised to cal! for him on his return to
America, while he in the meantime, with
his ship, departed to a distant sea, for the
grander purpose Of killing whales When
hrst lett upon St Paul's he had compan.
,on' and they lived together protty amica5ly
'or some time: But one of them, it seems
was desperate character indeed, our Rob.
'nson OF. Grusoe was one OF the most rufiianly'
'ook'ns fellows imaginable His story was
that he suspected his companion intended Sc.
c'e''y 20 murder nm, and by that means OBJ
tam double share of the produce of the
# sea. SKINS they had collected ana dried
DEAD men tell no tales" sad our friend
and OF course it was easy TO tell the cap
tam whcn ne called that he died from natn
raj causes" When this idc: got possession
OF nm ne live. III continual dread, anG thu
ceEauctsof his comparion becoming dali,
more suspicious, he !quarre,ed with him.
bctwecutwo such spirits words were 500,
hatchedinto blows, and they fought like fu
res, stabbing each other with their sea
G, knives s1seriouslv that they lay for som,
time helpless exposed to the effects Of tn,
sqn and Inc hot vapours Of the subterranea,
llres thaysslumbered in COMPARISON Of tl
rage thaS burned In each OF their breasts
they had tired their best to kill each other
ana had hiled.