The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-05

S'CiJ SohE'1S-Atoh, o"o hoo oitSii oitS
more pithy than the following,
which 1 give cer6utim, except the
name:
LANCASTER, Feb. 5th, 1868. Cd
Rev. HENRY W. BERcHER-iSr =
l hardly know how to address 50
great man. You said in sermon
some time ago, that honesty ought
to be rewarded. [ am honest with
my fellow man, myself, my God.
Can get recommendations (the bcst)
from Lawyers, Doctors, Preachers,
&c Get me an easy (sic) situation
that honesty may be rewarded. c. C.
To which I append my reply:
Ny DEAR FRIEND The proper
way to address a great man is the
way which you would address any
man who has good common sense
Never begin by telling him he is q
great man. If he is one, he probably
found it out before you did ? and if
he is not one, you will not be apt to
make much by tickling his vanity by
SO cheap a compliment.
Surely q man as honest rs you are
has been rewarded already. What
'honest with your fellow man, your
self, and yoar God"' There are few
men that can say as much. Honest
with your fellow men? Is your
conduct without knots, wind shakes
or cracks? How long has it been
so? Do your neighbors all think so? ;?
Have you come to it gradually, as a
winter apple ripens, or has it always
been so? Excuse these questions,
for really I am deeply interested.
You belong to an exceedingly small
class. You have few fellows on
earth. Indeed, when you add that
you are honest with yourself, can
not keep company. You are ahead
of me; and that last clause-honest
with your God-takes you entirely
out of my sight. Why do you come
to me? I ought to sit at your feet.
You are my master.
No doubt you can get trecommenda-
tons from Lawyers, Doctors,
Preachers. You place those gentle
men, doubtless, in the order of their
honesty, ending in climax. Law
yers are proverbially honest. Doc
tors never deceive, preachers always
practice what they preach. Rec
concentrations from any of these
| would smack of self-laudation.
Every man praises his own virtues.
Get some one not SO inevitably good
to commend you Are there no edi-
tors, no members of Congress, in
your neighborhood?
But / now come to the most i'm
portant part Of your letter. "Get
NE an easy situation that honesty
may be rewarded" I am ready to
do all in my power for you. Had
you signiGed the sort of easy place
YOU would prefer l should have been
less perplexed. Let me see.
How would a good farm suit you
with say fifty head of neat stock
in the barns, twenty horses, one
hundred head of hogs, cribs full ol
corn, and twenty stacks OF good
timothy hay, besides all that the
cattle can eat moved away in the
barn? I propose giving you this
But, on reflection, I am sure it
would not be easy enough. Hired
men must be looked after. Fences.
tools, and buildings want continuaI
repair Summers are very hot, win
ters very cold, and farming requires
a man to be up and about in all sea
sons. No, 1 am sure that a good
farm will not be an easy place.
I give up this project the more
willingly because I thought of man;
ufacturing. Would you like to OWE
large cotton or woollen mills :? A
great deal ofmoney has been made
! land some lost) during the last ter
years in manufacturing. But, JUS
now, I am afraid there is some EN-
barrassment in the business. Tho
/ place is not easy enough. would
not, if were you, go into manufac
turing, nor merchandising, nol
speculation. There is too much agi
tation just now. 'E'9
] could send you to Congress
Everything IS easy enough there
But the singular honesty which yo,
possess would make you lonesome
Congressman are all, or most all
honest but not SO honest and yol
might find Yourself an object of zeal
ousy, and envy, which would TAX
from the ease of your position; al
the more, because it would brins
you so near to the White House.
i Now, my dear fellow, that is tn
very place for you! Your peeulia
virtue of honesty would eminently
fit you for that place. The Whit
House has been often refurnished
but never with that which yo'
would carry to it, with one late ex
tception. 1t took the nation fou