St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-11-03


and harmony, and l4xnrions ga SO +"
l-eup III tone the finely-strung chords
of such soul as mine.
1t is a painful task to write down
the failings of ones friends, especially
after the lapse Of years has taught us
the sublime lesson of forgiveness ::
and yet feel it to be my distressing
duty in this instance. In no other
way can | hope to excite the sympa-
thy which feel is due to me.
1t may seem impossible to believe,
and still it is true nevertheless, that
about the time of which write, the
friends whom had loved and trusted
most implicitly ever since my rcmem-
brance to whose pccuniary care
had confidcd myself with aflcctionate
pleasure in the sunshine of whose
prosperity | had rcposcd as child in
the bosom of its mother, actually
turned the cold shoulder to me. one
and all, declining further connection
with my fate, and rclcntlessly giving
me over to the hungry pangs of pow
crty. And this, too, after had been
faithful to them as the needle to the
pole, with the exception of one uniUr-
tunatc creature who was foolish
enough to fail in business, and whose
dishonorablc acquaintance, as mat
ter of course, | could no longer toll
crate.
The first suspicion | had Of the
changed state of my affairs, was the
refusal Of one of my most intimate
friends to loan me an y. Gracious
heavens and had dincd with him
twice a week regularly for years
drank his wine, smoked his cigars,
driven his horse, and never failed
spending an evening with his pretty
wife whenever he was out of town.
This was the return the wretch made
me.
The ball once set rolling, there was
no such thing as stopping it. Every
day-aimost every hour, my heart was
pierced to the core by some new cx-
hibition of cruelty and imgratitudc.
| could have endured it all with heroic
fortitudc, had not the plcbcian herd
who held triiiinT accounts AGAINST mc.
got wind Of it, soon found that
Matthew Henderson, Esq, friend of
the rich Mcssrs. A. +. and C., was al
together a different fellow from plain
Matthew Henderson. Bills began to
pour in upon me from all directions
tailors' bills, shocmakcrs' bills, hat
ters' bills, champagne bills, cigar bills,
and SO on and so forth, Gd iafRituu.
One ragged old woman, (my nose clc-
Yates its aristOcratic tip in disgust at
the very thought of the odious crca-
turc,) had the impudcncc to bring in
an account of nine dollars and seven
ty-siX odd cents against me because,
forsooth, humanely wishing to benefit
the old lady, and firmly believing that
steady industry, according to physio-
logical rules, is the best exercise for
old people, I had overcome for once
my natural dislike to the lower classes,
and allowed her to cleanse my linen
for me weekly. 1t was the old story
of warming an adder in ones bosom
to have it turn and sting its bcncfactor.
BY the way, did you ever see a child
in worm-tit ? If so, imagine what
effect her audacity had upon me.
This was why was sick.
AS | think | have told you before, |
went to Grafton. And surely never
could there have been created place
better calculated to WOO IL man away
from the selfish contemplation Of per
sonal sorrows, and rebuild in his boz
som, above the dark, tcmpcstuous
waves Of his despair the thrcc.corncrcd
lighthouse of Faith, Hope, and Chari-
ty, than was the Same delightful New
England village The grccncst of
green hills and marrow-fat peas the
sweetest Of brcczcs and new butter !;
the lovclicst of landscapes and rosy
Tipped dairy-maids the brightest Of
alt
But what's the use of rhapsodizing ?
| have story to tell.
One day | went fishing rather an
insignificant fact to record, in itself,
yet one attended with the wcighticst
consequences to your humble servant,
as you will presently observe. Not
'c'''S oi'"'lu "'ui Tue s',I''
y. | su'Icso ~ "'S:' '''c'lI',' .''So Io,Ip .I
sons of Zcbcdce, | grew discouraged ;
and throwing aside my iishing-rod iii
disgust, commenced gathering bou-
quet of daisies and butter cups from
the bank Of the little stream where !
was ans 't''9. tiH'lI' ~ ""' VI p
c'uSc l aunllfcu 'nt p'oS'u.1s' .nls' ANU u
pcinapS IL was pecaG1' -, .'ouI :, Nv ~ d
ga! ''',' vi .ne'l, NI"u ,II i,e 'ooN "Is' On ,i.
."'hGu among the p'"IN I.'to VI aus vi oc'r r
" thc oriSht-eyt" 't''i'oei'''a'u oi
''e no'el where 1 was S'opP'ns-
ana 4 were good 'l'G''"S' 70" N'io"'
W me mus ehl''Icu' iea'o
voice singing