Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-05-26

and 60 back 10 the OLD naunts. w nat
if the company should fail, shall we
be bankrupt? Shall we complain, if
out of our abundance, in such a time
Of trial as this, we lose with othcrs?"
"Yes, but" said George, the in
huential proprietor of tie town, the
Judge of the county, the owner and
indweller of that beautiful mansion,
who held in possession half the sur
rounding landscape. the rich railroad
man, and bank director, stopped short,
as If he did not know what to say
next.
"Bnt what, George" asked his
pleasant wife. laying her hand again
upon his brow.
81 don't want you to say. Don't
get discouraged F"
"Then don't give me occasion; my
dear, / pledge you that will not.
But really l don't sec why you should
so much dislike the phrase, for ont of
it has grown much of the success Of
your life."
"And that is the very reason. Car
RE. Man, when he gets the blues,
don't love to be reminded of his own
weakness. But really, Carrie, | will
own up. That hopeful heart Of yours
has kept me up through n thousand
misfortunes, when have sunk down
in despair, and let the waves roll over
me. felt this morning about as
gloomy as l did when we travelled
here on the prairie with one yoke of
oxen, COW, and household stuff in n
cart, and ten dollars in purse, and
looked over the lonely landscape.
ado you remember how hard i
begged your consent to turn round and
plod back? how | even accused you Of
unwifely disobcdicnce, and Of setting
up your will, when you declared you
would rather make bed Of prairie
grass, or sleep in the old cart. than to
turn about so faint hcartcd?"
"Ycs, | remember it ALL"
"And how l sat down and growlcd
in despair, when the old OK died?"
"Yes."
"And, when the lightning burned
the hay-stack?"
Yes
"And, and he looked up with a
laugh of half shame-"when they To-
Gated the railroad through my FARM"
"Oh. George, George! one would
suppose you'd never have the blues
again; for with all these accidents, and
they have been many, which were
grievous at the time, and hard to be
borne, we have had so much Of good
luck and prosperity, that when / look
back over the past, the misfortunes
are so covered up with blessings, that
l see only brightness and beauty over
all the way. So, Don't get discour-
aged, George" And she stopped
again, and left her kiss upon his brow
as of old.
/ And though he had lost his thou
sands, though his heart was sore over
the treachery of trusted friends, though
his plans of future speculation had to
be abandoned. though his bank had
suspended, and his railroad operations
dead loss-his heart rose from it's
dependency. and seating himself by
his pleasant, vine covered window, in
his old arm chair, with wife by his
side, he badc Carrie, the second, open
the piano. and play an accomPani-
ment, while he sang the following:
"When the black lettered list to the Gods
was presented,
A list Of what fate for each mortal intends
. At the long string of ills, kind angel re-
Tented.
; And east in three blessings, wife, children,
and friends.
"In vain surly Plato declared he was
cheated,
That justice divine could not compass his
ends;
The scheme Of mans fall, he maintained
was defeated,
Q And earth become heaven, with wife
children, and friends.
''The stock Of our bliss, when in stranger's
hand vested,
The fund i'll secured, oft in bankruptcy
s ends;
But the heart issues bills that were nevu
protested,
r When drawn on the firm Of wife, chill
dren, and friends"
The storm cloud had passed over
and the earnest, energetic man, full o
/, power and force, gathered up hi,
!, strength and went forth to his bust
i, ness, and righted mp in a few day
what he had, in his moments Of dcs
pondency. set down as an utterly bank
rupt concern.
There is many man who sink
:, down in helpless dependency, FOR TIN
i, want of pleasant word and cheering
> look; many a one in time Of powerful