The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-09-17

FROM nc ~" Ori,dns Iicoy,ta,c Iimguxt %
The World Owes Me Living"
"1hc world owes me a living" cries the
| lazy protigate, too indolcrt to work, too
proud TO beg, bat not too conscientious to
disregard al! ideas Of individual property ::
"Ihc world owes me living, and il can-
not get it otherwise obtain it hv my wits"
, IN other words, prey upon the simplicity Of
the incauious, and take advantage of the
want Of vigilance over honest accumuIa-
| tons.
1t is not true that living is due on any
other terms than that of industry, economy
and prn'!encr. For illcncss there is no guar
antec of bread. But il is rare that indus
try fails TO furnish a supply for human
wants. And the means of industry are SO
varied that it is ones own G.u. if he can
find nothing to do. He who floats Il useless
waif upon the surface ofsocic:y, doing moth
ing and finding nothing to do, is defective
10y na'mc, in some of her intellectual gifts,
unless he has been crippled 10y accident.
SO as 10 be physically incapable Of labor, he
is morally out Of tune.
We have an illustration Of the fact that
It is not impossible to find employment that
the itcb!c>t might perform. yet ohtaincd
only by an exercise all the faculties Of
Thought AMI observation.
\ few days since, in our pcrcgrina,ions
about town, we meta vonnG man whom wei
knew Years ago as connected with the daily
press Of this city. Having ACQUIRED n lit
tie hoard hv his Steady attention 10 business
he had visited the North, mastered Il pro-
tcss;on, married him wife, bought farm
in Iowa, and settled down, as lie supposed,
in position where money would come in
as regular, V rs harvest time. But he found
his crops did not pay for their culture. that
others had the control Of the business Of his
profession, and that the real estate he had
purchased, investing i'll Il partial payment
all his means, would be lost unless he could
realise IN additional sum Of money to OBJ
tain clear title. lie, therefore, returned
with his family TO New Orleans, where he
had made his first start in the world. We
met him cmbrowncl with toll and on the
lookout for labor-clcerul ana determined,
whether capitalists would employ him Or not,
10 make money.
Fora week or two almost daily we crossed
IN different parts ofihe city, this enterpri-
sing man, and inquired if he hal yet OBJ
tanned 4 lucrative situation. As cheerful as
ever, he answered no bnt he was at work.
He always carried n small, black valise, and
appeared to he about to take trip across
the lake elsewhere. This black valise haun-
ted us; we saw 7 in the morning. at noon,
al night; always in the hand Of our Ii cru,
who appeared to be always travelling.
AT last we must know the secret, "Whcrc
was he always going, yet never gone 3
Why always seen with the black val<c Z"
Our friend placed his val>c on granite
door step, opened it, and 10! it was filled
with note paper OF every quality, letter pa
per, cap paper, pens, bottles Of ink, and en-
velopes. "This," said he, sis my stock in
trade. 60 from house TO house, and ask
The ladies to buy my wares. sell cheaper
than the sta'ioners, yet buy Of them at New
York prices, and | make from two to three
dollars per day clear profits" The mys.e-
~ Of the black vaiise was solved, and a use
tul lesson learned. The world owed this
man living, because he laborcd Intelligent
ly for it. And he was and will be success
tu', because lie devotcs his intellect to hon
est acquisition, using his faculties of obser-
va'!on 10 discover the wants Of the commu-
nifty in which he lives