Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-10-18

Cepllon Vi lueul' ii al present ia
. the influence over him that | once ha'
( | think ] could do him good, for then
should treat him very differently
Will he listen to you at all ?
f Yes, he will hear even now what
f have to say but it is like a man listenin
to another who is seeking to instruct hir
while his own thought is afar off
well, suppose you try to regain you
old standing with him. If you shall sue
ceed, | will place means at your disposa
to the amount of 1000 to save him.
Come have wealth, and if can sav,
that man at such an expenditure as thi
am willing to do it,
Thank you, thank you, said l; ."
will see what can be done
l took my measures, 1t was August
and was going, not to the White Sui
| phur Springs, in Virginia not to Cap,
May not to Nahant; not to the fashion
able watering place; nor any fashiona
bic water-cure' / was going into th,
country, away from cities, to spend my
vacation at the health institution, where
the severest simplicity showed itself in
all that pertained to the arrangements for
its guests. l had enough of the artf.
ciaI and the false in my daily surround
ings. l saw luxury enough, and had
sufficient opportunity to enjoy all that
it could give. And wanted an oppor-
tunity to commune freely with Nature,
in her gentle, sunny, refreshing moods.
| wanted larger landscape view than
was afforded me from my office window,
where, on looking out only fifty feet dis
tant, my eyes fell upon walls of brick
that lowered almost to the sky. !
wanted air, such as spread itself in
balmy breezes through all those grand
avenues that God laid out in Eden before
sin bad entered and made her lodge
ments there. ! wanted water that had
not stood in reservoirs till its vegetable
impurities could be preciptated and it
made fit to drink. ! wanted sunlight
such as | could only have in the country.
| wanted the songs of the birds that
were not in cages. | longed TO hear the
cackle of the good old goose, whose very
existence was associated with all the
recollections of my boybood life at my
parental home. The looing Of the COW;
the shril crow of old chanticleer; the
neighng of our old mare from the corner
Ct the clover-lot; the merry whistle of
our hired man, as he drove his team
afeld life in its juvenilties, free from
its hardness, its roughness, its selfshness,
its stiffness, its wickedness. | wanted
these, and knew that must 60 into the
country for them. | found out that far
away in our State a man had built up a
health institution, and had his own way
in its management. And | had learned,
much to my satisfaction, that unpreten
tiously be had cured some thirty or forty
cases of drunkenness, whose victims had
sunk so low that the pail of the poorhouse
had spread itself over them, and it was
a little less black than that which covers
the dead. 1t was to this place that |
proposed, if l could have means placed
at my command, to take my fallen friend
| knew that he had no money, and ]
knew that he knew that had no money
to take kim out of his bust
ness and meet his expenses. So there
was no way but to be frank with him,
and for this purpose l sought him in busi-
ness hours.
A curious fact it is, that a man remark
able for his business ability and for his
devotion to his business, will not give
way to interruptions during business
hours if he can possibly avoid it, so long
as he cares more to maintain his reputa-
ton os n bu-;noss man ,L,,, H., H. l.,
all else that he possesses. And it is not
less curious that when he becomes
drunkard, yet retaining his business
position, be will allow interruptions
during his business hours, and give
you his attention in directions that do
not pertain to business far better than he
will during his hours Of reaction and
drunken debauch. Aware of this, |
sought an interview with my friend in the
very heart of the days work, knowing
hat if l waited till it was over and he
was on his way to his nightly rendezvous,
le would not listen to me. So ] went
o the mercantile house, entered, made
ny way back to the counting went
n, and passing the compliments of the
lay to him, said Mr.. Williams, know
hat it is not at all according to etiquette
o request you to turn away from your
books and accounts and give me your
ime for twenty minutes but my justif-