Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10
POPULAR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND POOR.

1t has been urged that early poverty
Is too much the staple of the current BIZ
ographies of the day, that rail-splitting
almost takes rank as fine art, and the
Bobbin Boys and Tanner Boys have
things all their own way. To select
such subjects and dwell upon such facts
IS, we are told, trick of sensation
writer's, who delight in the effect Of strong
contrasts aud like to hatter the preiudices
of the masses. DR.. Holmes assures US
atfably that the self-made man, who
whites ont bis fortunes With his own
jack-knife, is to be honored for doing
passaby; no one expects him to do
particularly well. 1t is added that when
a poor boy works his way to eminence,
he does SO not in consequence Of early
hardship but in spite Of il.
Now there is a little truth 10 thes state.
ments, and only little. Hardship alone
will not make man great, but is is an
important aid in the development of
greatness. Ability and aspiration are
doubled in power by the stimulus of
want There is an untold might in
deprivation. Tmprisou a gill of water
IN solid rock. aud simply deprive It of
heat, and il will burst its finty bonds as
sampson burst the cords of the Ph;lis-
tines. lenited in the free air, a spoon
tuI OF powder explodes with harmless
Hash; confine it ia rife barrel. teaze.
it with the minutest spark. and il carries
doom to distant life. Natures forces
crave expansion; if space il abundant.
they take It quietly; ifit il limited, then
look out for results. It Is so with develop-
inc boyhood. Character demands scope.
Il il finds il readily, it accepts gracefully
he easy boon; If it does not fird il. i.
.skes it at whatever cost.
The rich man'ss son has plenty Of wants.
ont they are easily gratified the poor
mans son has the same wants. and he
;an only hope to crafty them by strenu-
Jus exertion OF muscle and brain. Our
motive power is always found in what
ge lack. He is strongest who lacks
most; the poor boys inheritance is in
hose tastes and aspirations which urge
i'm to perpetual effort. He has plenty
0 work for, while bis rich cousin has
My plenty to enjoy. TIE latter NAV
% lifted into a high position as a lady Is
nio her sde-saddIe, bu. be will generally
nd it convenient to ride with an atten-
ant, or be may get thrown and hurt
ie fails Of his biography simply because
here IS nothing to write. If we have no
leh juvenile stories as the Dandy Bow.
le Fifth Avenue Boy the Young Mi.
onaire, il is from lack in the material
My. Toadying scribblers would be
roud TO write, and all snobdom would
'Jo'ce to read, but there is, in most cases,
othing creditable to be said. The soft
and in the little kid glove seldom makes
permanent mark the big fingers that
Iigrow the striped mitten, often write
Ielr own history, or make one worth
riting.
The heir Of wealth begins at the
rong end for permanent success. He
like a crocus, blooming in spring,
ight in summer, and in autumn nowhere.
e reverses the law of nature, which
yes US the unsighily husk before the
npiing kernel, the sprouting acorn be-
re The giant OAK, effort before strength.
-ngele before achievement, pain before
easure, the law before the gospel
be ease and refinement of his boyhood
no AID to future energy and power
begins at the end, generally ends at
beginning. A rudely formed but
~ tempered blade may be Subsequent
polished, but polished blade cannot
hardened without loosing all its glitter.
Springfield RepublIcan.