The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-22
miscellaneous.
Struggles of the Poor.

Struggles Of the Poor.
Poverty falls most heavily on those who
have cniored a competence: and by some
rcvusion OF fortune or the death Of those on
whom they We're dependent are reduced ia
perjury. a true Christian hcncvolencc loves
to seek ont and aid such Sufferers Here is
an illustration from the New York Tribune:
What make shirts for nine shillings a
doz"n!'
. Yes. sir: indeed I can get nothing clss
to do"
mine shillingS a dozen nine cents apiece.
Bat how many can you make in a day I"
"Onc, sir, if have my time : but | have
my little boy. two years old and he's quite
fretful this warm weather, 50 that do not
always finish it. unless | can work at night. ~
And do you work at night sewing on
these !'
a. would, sir. and do. so long as can
afford to bnt indeed sir, what with feeding
my four little ones cannot afford to buy
candlcsn
-Four children! Poor woman | fear Won
have hard task to pay the landlord What
rent do yon pay ~
:" -Four dollars n month. sir.'
" And You earn tttytom cents a week.
How long have yon lived herc?"
My husband died in March last. lie
wnsa manufacturer Of dagutrreotvpc colo,s
We lived up town then. But his long sick
ness consumed what little money we had :
and when lie died was obliged to sell most
that we had in tie house and come down
here with my four little ones"
" our oldest boy is nine wears: you can
scarcely earn more than will pay your rent
How ITO you furnish food for yourselves p
e" his young woman pays three shillingS a
week for part Of the room. We had n
>,lvcr-p|atcd teapot sugar bowl. and such
like, and some spoons. For these got near.
" their value. have sold every thing
had besides. I have no more to sell. "
The tears came into her eyes. Poor thing
she could not help it.
Indeed, sir, would not have sent for
yon il the sight Of my children in rags and
hunger did not compel me to do 500
g Your rent is paid for this month"; /
knew it was. or she would not be tenant of
II" landlord. - Your children hogan to
come to the school at the House Of Industry
last Monday, believe. did they ?"
Yes, sir; and | am very Thankful for your
kindness to them"
Send them every day. They shall be
iro and clothed, and when rent-day comes
near let MS know"
God bless You, sir' A heavy load Of
care withdrew from the mind, and cloud
from her face.
Nine stHiings per dozen for making shirts,
with plated bos"ms. linen wristbands and to
be we'll made; for if flaw can be picked in
the workmanship all the seamstrcsss work
goes for nothing.
Doy"n believe it 1t is a flct We saw
the shirts to-day. We saw the care worn and
work-worn mother and her children. We
have heard that such facts were plenty. We
know they are Would some charitabl.
ladies like to see the same? Let them go to
the House of Industry any day for one hour,
and If they do not return to their homes with
the hcartachc We are no tue prophet
MCH OF ANGLEs.-There is type character
which ma" appropriately be dubbed the
angular. 1t is Illustrated in men whose dis
positions are well supplied with corners, so to
speak, which are constantly obtruded on the
comfort Of their neghbors. Not that bodily
angulhrity necessarily implies disobliging
nature. Many, whose bodily movements are
awkward, are OF an accommodating and
"giving way disposition. But mental angn-
hrty almost Invariably has an angnarizing
effect on the carriage of the body. Every
at one time or another, at the hands-ur pro-
perry speaking, at the clbows-of man Of
angles. Look out for him when he comes
lie takes manifest pleasure in crowding you
into the gutter. although he has plenty of
room on the sidewalk. He contrives to carry
ms umbrella or cane so poised that it may
gonSe out the eye Of some passcr by. lie
seems to like the fun of walking upon the
dress Of every lady he overtakcs. He goes
out Of his way to kick dog.
In an omnibus he sits sideways, in order to
take up twice as much room as he has paid
for, and when he wishes to set down, he
announces the fact by pulling the strap with
icrceness which indicates desire to drag the
unIncky Jehu through the aperture At table
he obviously takes it i'll when asked to pass
anything, and signifies his displrasurc by up
setting the dish which he passes. He is in
his element in crowd. where he amuscs him
self by exploring with his elbowa the ribs of
those around him, and by gri nding their
corns till they begin to think they have got a
miller among them. AS for the amenities of
life, he none of them. Long practice has
made hin familiar with the vocabulary of
grcvions words. He rejoices in asserting his
Independence on all possible occasions
without rejecting that it is the peculiar kind
of independence which is shared with by IS the
patient animal that browscs on the thistlc.'
He belongs to the class of men Of whom it
has been said that their opposition may be
reckoned on to any measure which has not
originated with themselves. However, not to
paint these worthless blacker than they really
are perhaps the office which they perform in
the world is silntary- to that
performed by brakes when train OF cars gets
on too much Roadway. Il may be that men
Of angles are designed as checks in the too