Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-09-18
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LET US BE CIIARITABLE.
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LET US BE CHARITABLE.
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Who gives to friends 90 much from fate secures:
That Is the only wreath forever yours" ..
Robbers and the elements NAV waste our
wealth; war or unjust laws, wits may reduce
US to poverty, but what we have judiciously
bestowed upon worthy men is so much cap
ital deposited where war, robbers, the ele.
ments nor unjust litigants can come at it to
wrest it from us. In giving we should give
to those who have need Of our gift, and what
we give should be of some use to the recipi
ent; or If we give an article Of taste or lux.
ury, let it be to such as by the pressure of
their necessities are forced to deprive them.
selves of many comforts and clegancies they
have capacity to enjoy and appreciate. tits
better to display our generosity upon such as
are poor, or at least those who are in moder
ate circumstances, than upon the rich. To
give to man who is already rich, may look
like bid for richer gift in return, and at
best Gas it relieves no pressing WANT can only
be considered as polite expression Of good
will he that received your gift being abun-
dainty able to have supplied his needs. Then
as that which is given to rich man aids him
in no extremity nor delivers him from no ne
cessity, the gratitude it excites is transient,
and by your time of need may have died
out; whereas, whatever you may do to aid
poor man in his poverty is engraven so
deeply in his heart that he can never forget
it nor fail to repay your kindness should cp.
portunity offer. How sweet In your day Of
adversely to find rallying around you the
kindreds to whom you have lent helping
hand in your prosperity! Thousands who
arc brought low by fckle fortune would find
their lot more endurable had they been less
naughty in their prosperity, had they allow.
ed their hearts to warm toward those strug-
Cling but little below them for the necessa-
ries Of life, or had they ever refrained from
adding by their heariless oppression bitter.
ness to the cup already overcharged with
gall.
" | am man myself and my heart is in
terested in whatever can befall mankind" :"
was the language Of good man. and should
be the language of all men. The world is
not half so bad as many are interested in
representing it; no man need fear entrusting
it with good actions. Believe me, It will not
be found either slow to appreciate or migrate
full. DO good to men or you are no better
than beast; for otherwise what more do
you in the world than any brute that walks
the fields?
Ingrattude is rare, whatever men may
say. Hell" we are told, is full of the un-
grateful; we don't believe it; yet We are
willing to admit that all the ungratcful are
there, though We don't believe they fill one
corner. Men spend money that they may
get honor and name among men. There.
fore they should be careful of spending it in
such way as to excite envy, that is ostenta
tiously. A charitable act can never excite
envy. The wicked dare not sneer at the do
er of charitable act, for thereby would they
publish their own vileness; the malicious
dare not attempt holding it up to ridicule,
for good'action can never be ridiculous and
he who attempts to make sport of that which
all good men love, finds himself alone in his
laugh and drowned in his foolishness. Money
spent in dashing equipage may excite ieers
and sneers instead of the admiration covet-
ed, but all men are bound to applaud gen.
erous action and honor the doer. Especially
should those who by sudden good fortune
have bettered their condition shun extraor.
dinary display else people will say some-
thing like this: Look how stately madam
hog feeder struts it !! yesterday she toiled at
her distaff from morning till night, and went
to mass with the tail of her petticoat over
her head, for lack of veil; and to-day. for.
sootb, she goes with her farthingale, her em-
broideries, and all so lofty !" or Do but see
the pumpkin there, daughter of such an one,
stuffed with garlic How she flaunts it
about, and lolls in her coach like any she
pope!" However fine the carriage NAV be
that is sometimes seen unloading little neces-
saries at the houses Of the poor, or where
widows and orphans dwell, none will dare saw
unkind things of those who ride in it or en-.
w the owner its possession. Were all the
widows and orphans some hard men have
wronged collected before their doors, they
night save the expense Of cleaning their side
walks; for every brick in the pavement wo'd
be washed clean with tears. Remember
this: He for whom widows and orphans
pray hath already one foot in Heaven.
The following is perhaps the most afro
cious conundrum ever perpetrated
What is the difference between mischiey.
Gus mouse and beautiful young ladyy One
harms the cheese and the other charms the
he's.
A number of bachelors, over thirty .fiva
were drafted in Providence. On being laugh.
ed at for not being married and thereby
escaping the draft, they maliciously replied ::
It is better to serve three years than for
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