New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-01
OWE CITY CARs.


tn We wonder if man in his hard working,
TlF I9 scsical, everyday life ever conceives of
TE The blessings brought to us by this COM
aSd on property of our city. For the small
ing uount of five cents every man, woman,
sub child may have their share in this
NM rperty-then let us see if we gain from
bu. Al that it offers us.
Az, AK the unwilling, sullen laborer, or the
lAr and cent man of business what
Is pss gains by the city cars, and he will
-, mer that they take him to and from
sness in a few moments, thus saving
sSt time, which is money to him. The
lOafer viii reply that they spare him
!. fatigue of walk at price that even
= small wits can generally manage to
he. But what says the cheerful, willing
AZ Orer He will tell you that while they
IN bodily comfort, they bring him daily,
Az light, pleasant communion with those
snli bis class with whom he is glad to meet,
d st Of whom he could never find time to
car It, That they give him peep into high
which but for them he would rarely
long enough to give good look at.
u that they give him many a bright
fle from rosy.cheeked shop girl, OF
rant maid which sends him on his way
dcing in life, and gives his hammer a
Iirkg lick as he strikes it in time with
happy heart, a few moments afterward.
iis warm-hearted, genial merchant, who
IGves to succeed, will tell you that the
or ten minutes in the cars, three or four
sa day, are replete with pleasure. That
cordial grasp of friends hand, the
sht smile of innocence and youth, the
b laughter Of happy childhood, the
q, genial words Of contented age, open
the well spring of joy lying constantly
Nc true manly heart; and that the darker
ses Of life he there meets but serve to
e these brighter by contrast.
Ae light, careless pleasure-seeker will
IN Jou that there is deal of life and fun
aIis1 street car with its variety and change,
he observer of men and incidents will
. that he finds them an excellent school
observation, and never tires of looking
rel the varioua traces of character and
- Won he there sees in the human face;
that from riding in them daily he has
ned to look almost into the very souls
..s,o eople; and that to reason therefrom is
,suu CT than books.
~ -4esee 4essee 4 4 probably nothing which ;;075I5
dhOod halls With more delight than a
uTH In the cars.
stsI gen the little god Cupid finds here a field
! ,sss "a hich to shoot his glancing arrews; for
on few comfortable, happy marriages
j, q resulted from chance meetings ia the
And how many humble swain thus
I'' his sweetheart q Joyous ride where
60. get look at the green parks and broad
20 ds beyond the din and smoke of our
&c, 4 Ned city. which his purse could never
gEise Afford.
'ssss 'sssIs ny and many a careworn creature Of
y ssnse alty and labor too great for human en-
diG snce finds returning health and
agth in the cheap rides thus afforded
sSS & perhaps the greatest advantage to be
YGL ed from this common good is that it
gs the wealthy aristocrat in daily con-
~ with the poor, from whom he often
'ouo ennobling principles, and notes kind
81 entle natures, which startle him into
oWledging that the aristocracy Of
IN Is not the true nobility of life.
len too 1t is we'll for the purse-proud to
!, themselves as often as may be In posi-
where the poor have equal rights, and
here perhaps Is this so fully carried out
). ~ pom our street cars These facts break
y Sd5 q cold, hard crust which gold has in
d ~ their hearts In, aud forces them to
,s9 i0t ty-strieken ones Of earth; and aye,
sfnh tps bring to their minds another great
90 r Of classes, i. e. the grave, where
~ .I1T gold can build up no hard cement to
soudl te them from the dust of the poor,
lhere the wealthy and the poor alike
Isl rRl e IN ashes with the earth, the great
q Of ali. And If these facts remind
I es that In heaven gold can not aid them,
q sn bat the scorned poor may. ike Lag
IL 'eok down upon them from the bosoms
fathers, the street cars have accom-
re d no small amount ofgood.
of q very few Of us Gull from the appar-
and lman things OF life ali the pleasure
- :. Improvement they offer us.
,peh ald II not be well for US TO draw bane-
nals ~ every source whence It Is offered as
~. eS ast the issues Of life to God rather
pend our DAYS in repining that they
cnd ll as we may wish
:. 1ly this Is wisdom, this is religion.