The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-12

70 a social lllr nom thtF youth are educatpi
Ia all 10 forms aud graoes without know inJ
Great mulltudea Of men and women, al
over lhe country are now secluded from 80
oal contact, simply from their sensitive con
sciousness Of Ignorance OF the iarms Of grace
fll intercourse. They feel that they ranno
break through their reserve. There + doubt
loss much that is morbid Ia this feeling, unl
YET il is natural. Prom al lhs mortiGeauor
and This deprivation, every soul might ha,,
been saved by education 10 home whero so
cial lie was properly lived, Il Is cruel "a
deny children the opporuuityno only la. be-.
come accustomed from their first conscious
meas 10 the forms Of society but 10 enjoy ~ ln-
ilusnce upon their developing life. Society
Is food 20 children. Contact With other
minds Il The means by which thhy are educa.
ted aud the difference 10 families Of children
will show at once, to-the accustomed eye, the
different social character Of their parents. .-
But have no space TO follow this subject
further aud leave Il with you, with the
earnest wish that you viii consider Il, aud
profit by the suggeuions | have given you.
must talk 10 you in this letter, dor (
have but one more to wrileJ in regard 10
your way Of living, aud your main objects Of
life. Are you stretching every nerve and
sIraining every muscle 10 get gold? Have
you associated rcspeciabiiity with wealth ?-
Are you denying to yourself free and gem
crous lie, nov la your youth, in order to Gu.
JOY such life when youth shall have passed
awayP Are you scrimping yourselves aud
your families by mean cconomirs which
srudgo o'eg siNpencr that escapes you, aud
make OF your life hard aud home'y thing
know Of too many young married people
who are living life like this, and pity
them more than blame them, because they
are victims Of false itras very probably in:
'ulcaied by ihriity parents or 10y most thrift
ess philosophers, II you are an unsocial
pair the probabilities arr that you are enga-
sed IA precisely this business.
Now | wish TO tell you OF something yer,
nurh better than this | am not going To
ld'isc you to adopt luxurious style of liy-
ng am not going TO tell YOU 10 spend all
.ou get and to run in debt for that which
ou are unable to pay Tor. But l Say that
Or every capable and healthy man, and eve
y clever aud sensible woman, both Of whom
re industrious, there is enough to be wo.. in
lac work Of life to afford generous living,
md leare sufficient margin for independent
The yearA OF your lile-~ili he.
eW' at the most, and for you to throw away
,ood Which may netef come, TO be rnjuyryt
n lie that Is uncertain, is 20 throw away
ore1rr thr-birvyiugF which tod intends for
our present food. G,d's blessings are no,
The mama that fell in the will
lerness came every day, and spoiled with the
svrpirg You may idy up wealth for age,
'ut age, with its teeth gone, its sensibilities
,illed, and without employment cannot en-
JOY it. So, ! tell you to enjoy your wealth
While you are earning il. do not mean by
his that you are 10 lay up nothing / do
lot mean that you shall be imprudent or i'm
'ro'ident / only counsel that use of your
money. from day to day, which will give YOU
generous food, tasteful dress, and pleasant
and which Mill tegd 70 a,aAt
ifo comfortable and beautiful
But some will read this who arc in power.
WHO do not hope TO obtain even indcpen-
lcncc. am not writing to YOU my friends
PUT to your neighbor, less happy than you,
Who have taken it into their heads to get
ich, Perhaps they may be your employers.
At any rate they are very unenviahlc people
write to those who have the power TO make
money, and who ignore the present blessings
If their lot-who enjoy no present blessings.
write to those who wait for wealth to make
heir first contributions to public charities to
lid in the support Of social and religious in
,titutinns. TO niingle in that neighherheea life
which involves a genial hospitality, to fill
heir library with books and their halls with
pictures, TO resort to the concert and exhibi-
ion rooms tor refining amusement, to give
smploymentto to the poor to make their homes
he embodiment of good taste and substantial
comfort and to provide for health and pleas
mt recreation.
believe that twice as much may be enjoy
I'd in this life as is now enjoyed, if people
would only take and use the blessings which
Heaven confers on them for present use
We strive to accumulate beyond our wants,
and beyond the wants of our families In
loing this We deny TO ourselves leisure, re-
creation, culture and social relaxation. When
wealth has been won, our power to enjoy it
is past, and il goes into the hands of children
whose industry and enterprise it kills and
whose best life it spois. 1t is not often that
seet4ssstslsti.ss4- -ssf 'pealeAs rooti
They usually spoil the happiness of TWO gen
in the getting, and one in
The spending.
l love the man who earns his money with
the special desigI'of spending 1.-THE man
who regards money only as means of pro-
curing that which shall supply the passing
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