The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-02-10

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yi wi.n threesoon increased to ten; and when
last heareof the matter, over twenty naeu
met to hearae boy read.n slssfssf I
AomiraAp said l, with enthusiasm
u! never Ard of wiser investment And
he had onlyue dollar left!" "A -
l-"Yes.n 1fT7F-l ~. 9. ,. 100. =. s,,
4 aHow was lat disposed off" -is3U /
"ln ways Vulnerable. / cannot recount
them.l The gSd Tom Peters managed to do
with that dolr is almost fabulous: not Of
course, as tonagnitude, but as to Variety
1t seemed TO delicate itself, like the widows
oil and meal, whenever drawn upon. You
were always barring of some good acts in
Wnich dlspenaiion of money was involved
VI poor Wo1an helped in making up her
rent; OF daint sent to sick neighbor of q
pair of shoes to. barefoot boy in winter: or
OF book toa did. Why, sir, Tom Peters
has left behind Hm enough good deeds to en-
DOW whole calQder of saintsr'
80 ! should think after what you have
said ofhim." 01s 1sE Y : 1gfsyH
And yet, sir remember he only earned
nine dollars wekv' i'@ ,-.'ss
Il remember hat very distinctly" I an
swered. "Yes ST, his death, indeed, is a pub
lie calamity. Its no figure Of speech to say
that his grave will be watered by tears"
None, sir, none. He will be sorro wed for
by hundreds, and his memory will be greener
ana more fragrant as the years pass by. He
reared his own monument before he left U.s.
of good deedsw 9~r4rs etCgsg19
parted from the stranger; and as / walk
ed from the cemetery, said to another man,
who stood by my side, while looked,at fine
piece ofembiematic sraruary:
"They have been burying rich man ?"
"Yes," he coldly responded.
"What didlhe leave? ?" AF
Nothing but money" o-
They have been burying poor man also p
Tom Peters, "A light broke over the mans
face. aSa
But he had not even money to leave"
"But something far better,' answered the
man in tone of rebuke.
"What?n ssaa seaseasl
Good deeds. which, like good seed, will re-
produce them thousand fold-Tom Peters
earned just nine dollars week; Edward Ellis.
Esq.,-there was smiling contempt in his tones
was worth, it is said million of dollars !:
yet the humble ropemaker did, while living.
hundred times the most good with his mon
sy, and leaves an estate that shall go on increas-
ing in value through countless years. But tie
estate OF old Ellis will not pass to the third
generation. Tom Peters had the true riches,
SIT, that are imperishabe. People will ask,
when aman like Ellis dies, "What property
has he left behind him ?n ........5t13 1e's.
But when cue like our good ropemaker pass
ss away, the sngels ask, "What good deeds
mas he sent before him ?" That is the differ
snee, sir the Unreasonable difference, be-
iween the two men-One in giving made him
'elf rich; the other, in Withholding, became,
poor; SO poor, that his memory is
green in no mans heart" a
II turned from the cemetery with new i'm
pressions stirring in my mind, and the dues
Lion "What kind of a legacy will you leave ~.
pressing itself home to my thoughts.
T Let it be good deeds rather than money p
said |, half aloud, in the glow of earnest feel
ing, and went back again into the living
world to take pp the laboring oar for brief
season, and bend to my work with serener
spirit, and, trust, noble life-purpose. M