The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-07-20

! black tails, and managed with such. dexter
ity by GosIine himself, who was q grea'
| "whip," that they almost seemed to fly
The carriage was .emblazoned with the
words. ''Gosling's Blacking," in large gold
letters, and the whole tn rnout was SO elao-
orateIy ornamented and bedizzeneG that
everybody stopped and gAzed with wonder
| ing admiration A bugte player or band
of music always accompanied the great
Costing, aud o! courses helped to attract the
public attention to his establishment. Al
the turning of every street corner your eyes
I rested upon ''Gosling's Backing" From
everv show window gilded placards dis
coursed eloqnenily of the; merits OF "Gos-
ling's Backing" The newspapers teemed
with poems written in its praise, and show
srs of pictorial handbills, illustrated a.ma-
macs, and tinseled souvenirs, all lauding
the virtues of 'Gosling's Backing" smo,h-
cred you at every point
The celebrated originator ofsnegro delin-
cations, s.Jim Crow Rice,n made ibis first
appearance at Hamblin Bowery Theatre
at about this time. The crowds which
thronged there were so great that hund reds
from the audience were frsqnently admitted
upon the stage. In one OF his scenes, Rice
introduced a negro boot blacking establish
meut. Goslihg " as 100 wide awake" 10
let such an opportunity pass unimProved,
aud Rice was paid for singing an original
blacx-Gosling ditiy, while score OF pla-
cards bearing the inscription, use Gosling's
BIackingn were Suspended at different
points in this negro booi.poishlng hall
Everybody tried Costing IS Backing :" and
as it was a really good article, his sales III
city and country soon became immense
Gcsling made fortune IN sssen years, and
retired but, like ,hous ands before him, 1t
was "easy come easy GO" He engaged IN
a lead mining speculation. and It was gen.
orally understood that his fortune was, ia
great measure, lost as rapidly as 1t vas
made.
Here let me digress, in order to observe
thai one of the most difficult ,hi9Gs in life
is for men 10 bear dlscreedy sudden pros
perity. Unless considersblsitime and Ia
Dor are devoted to earning money, IT is not
appreciated by its possessor aud, having
no practical knowledge Of the value Of
money, he generally gets rid of 1t with the
same ease that marked it's accumulation
Mr. Astor gave the experience OF thousands
when he said that he found mora difficulty
IN earning and savingh his 6rss thousand dol
ia:s than in accommodating all The subsequent
millions which finally made up his fortune.
The very economy, perseverance,, and DIS
cIpline which he was obliged 10 practice,
as hs gained his money, dollar by dollar,
gave him just appreciation OF its value,
and thus led HIM into those habits of indus
try, prudence, temperance, and untiriGg
diligence so conducive and necessary 20 his
future success.
Mr. Gosling, however, vas no. man 10
be put down by single financial reverse.
He opened a store in Canajoharie, N. y,
which was burned, anc on which there was
no insurance. He came again 10 New
York in 1899, aud established restaurant,
where, by dsvoting the services OF himself
and several members OF his family assidu-
ously to the businese: he soon reVeled In
his former prosperity, and snapped his nm
gers in glee at what unreAecting persons
term "the freaks of Dame Fortune" He
is still living in New York, hale and hearty
at the age of seventy. Although called
"French" blacking maker, MIR. Gosling is
in reality a Duichman, having been born IN
the city of Amsterdam, Holland. He is the
father OF twenty four children, twelve OF
whom are still living, to cheer him in his
declining years, and 10 repay him in grsis-
iul attentions for the valuable lessons OF
prudence, integrity, and industry through
the adoption OF which they are honored
as respectable and worthy members OF So
ciety.