The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-06
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bassis aroand with peas behind their
ears. principals seem 10 ie,suroly over
IOok The transactions which are Socum.
ulAtlng for tnem mines of acAlth. The,
seem By happy chance 10 have escaped
The scaience. In the sweat Of tbs
brow shalt thou est bread. They look
hike merchant princes, 10 whom the
general direction q commerce j. bui
recreation. while The duh and labor
0gs details are performed by others
But i thoso who envy could only
know al tie worry, the apuety. thc
pain in foreeasiing the futafe, the re-
grets IN recalling the past, the incoss.
ant wear aud tear Of mind, the weari-
! ness ~ body--ibey aould eoneede that
the lar eKteTnalh d. not truly exhibit
+ the reality Perhaps no profession in
, life ls subject 70 80 many adverse chan
gesi and none is subject 70 such disas-
tors, growing ont ~ circumstance
which can neither be iorrs6gn nor con
uolled The iamiGcallus and conp.c-
tons Of trade are 81 complicated aud
various that The most prudent cAnuo,
entirely guard against them He is a
wonderfully successful man indeed who
has conducted business through many
years without iL- partial or complete
experience Of the modification and the
horrors of baahrupteg
Henry Marshal mad struck upon the
commercial raols He was i4r from be-
iuR alone iu lbs difficulties. II that cir
cumstence could be any comfort 10
him One of these disastrous states Of
trade had happened which men call
''crislses
Women 10 crisis bayo their full
share Of suffering, without the comfort
Of being Of any use; nor is their vanity
usually considered by appeal to their
aduco, Indeed women are usually re-
garded at such times with about the
same consideration that they receive on
deck IN a storm at sea They are told
almost ia terms, and sometimes quite
plainly, that they are only in the way
and bad better 20 aside and wait aud
trust
Waiting and trusting are all very well
when you are first advised Of the ex-
tent Of the danger and nature Of the
remedy But 10 wait in terrified igno-
rance ~ no such easy matter.
The point Of this little sketch is to
show that women can be OF service, if
the lords Of creation viii give them the
opportunity Henry Marshall, as we
have said, was bankrupt. A business
which had yielded him more than an
ample support, and which had promised
at no distant day TO enable him to re-
tire upon fortune, come to a sudden
staud-still. His stock became sudden
~ unstable, and bis paper assets we're
OF no use to him. Nothing which he
had could be converted 10 cash to meet
thick coming liabilities; and il he could
have sold everything he had in stock
Mt cdrrent rates in panicy market the
sale would not have netted enough to
have carried him through II he could
waited few months or a year be could
have kept his feet, but how can man
wait when the notary is in gIeeful hur-
~, aud protest follows protest like the
peals 10 thundes Storm
All the proceeds of the labor of years
was gone, and be bad no choice bat to
make the Illuminating confession that
he was q bankrupt He had nothing
TO reproah himself with. He had not
been careless, imprudent OF extrava-
CANT He had no money out OF his
business for outside speculations, and
had wasted nothing in show or extrav-
agance, far less in vice.
One investment he had made, sncb
as successful man IN business is ius-
titled IN making He had provided
home for bis family He had bought
house and furnished and improved it,
modestly but tastefuliy. aud the pur-
chase was made at such time. and on
such terms, that 1t had helped rather
than embarrassed him. Ii had been 10
him, as be called il, his nest" whith-
er he could retire for quiet aud comfort
after bis day 5 work was done. Three
little nesufngs aud their mother were
there She was as much attached
to their domicile as her husband;
and as TO the children, their word
Was home" and everything out !
side semeed to them as foreign. Mrs.
Marshalls taste aud care and honest
pride bad So arranged and completed
all, within aud without, that tie house.
fitted the inmates, and the inmates the
house. They seemed to have grown in
to each other
he had not settled the house upon |
his wifes though according To received /
notions Of probity be might have done !
80. For when be bought it be was
clear Of all the world, and could have
answered all demands npon him, aud |
s,lll have retained Eurplua He did /
not contemplate the danger that he
could ever come to want: and il the |
thought had crossed his mind be would |
have reasoned thus my house and no |
eial position are part OF my capital. II /
! secretly pni what still rcmaiDs OF nv /
property out Of the reach Of my eredi- |
tors | am living under false preteuces. |
II ! openly aiienate my title | am cans |
ing suspicion. or. Al ths very best, de-
priving myself Of part Of my capital" /
Thus Mr. Marshall reasoned. Per
hAps he was right Perhaps he was
wrong But though be choked a little 1
ever i, his conscience Applanded him,
when he added his house and furni- +
turs 70 The sehedule OF his effects. 10 be i
snrIendered Tor the benefit Of his cred
too
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