The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-17

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,ts5 eonstderit all but an axiom n, Z { H.,
,n,;I9 asks strangerto lend him .is
,!L slaA pay Il; vet have ls111rS,, :, =
sS1c9ePtlon. Once, when I was &c s@cssIl y = a.
4 LEY say Door and needy, in season ~
4 oSa,tats = reVulsion or mpSTfs ), r +
4 bsrsiS,. g e. tesGeEl from Utica, and fonnd
4 - S6i which the writer asIsa ,11s
tIat ~ EteceiYe In satisfaction Of q Iesnl y 5,S 3
\ st...!. sun had made Iiinl-Lsf n so;S =,
sSI1t ef-on an occasion which h IsS,.::yl
Ssiiso aai VSC 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! PernIe IA
\ liSS hS. Usual amessage, and esbeciSi.
II evsry, ing II. at such a time. vShsn
S1rS. :...s., Sne was seeking to borrov-no
tI.E Tne eSonoescendingt to pay-T sCsn,,aS
i Ia.ss.tnIe L. nelLe5 more CLOSELY, and ana a.
l,achteVed q solution Of tba. ,SS,,tls K
i Sg. Stt. ,.he Ihe writer was patient iI5 tho
Skale Aunatio Asylum. = - : - t4s t4ss
Il tbis stfsna tgfsmngi youth once wrote me TO
DEAR SIR:-Among your tliterer1,
treasures you have doubtless nreserSy- s y
~ several autographs OF Youfs o6IS tS1,y.
sa tste !a5mented poet, Edgar A. Poe. n II
50 ana you can spare one. please. In
OF. yours, truiy.'': = '-1S 44stiAs >
nPfomptl responded as follows
,.ltis4hAR SIR Among NV sIffdra,,,,
4 $3.50 tsss.tT fes, thefe happens to be one an.
sSIsst 9Il ~ OF our country's late larnentefl
i41 ~ s Poe. It IL his note OF
across afc Tie SsSSs,S sSs,cS,1 with my Endorsement
Soolo, Slnclnding protest), and Won m =,
Il nS3tSe klors half that amonnES VnTSssy
respectfully.p - 'S' AouEs'
nay t.sI h9t 9tographs I regretto saw. re-
siala.s On on my hands, and Is still for
i IsIsss As oElglnal price, despite the
EtS-Pse OF tltnes and the depreciation Of
- once received a letter from an utter
sttan ngerI living 200 miles away. asISiSs,
4 lll0 70 lsna MIN large sum on q n1oTts
sa.ges .ee ol y nus farm, and closing thus: :
4 o.1 s2.ttsly reltgtous views are ra(li-
sStstty yanIagonlsttcto to yours: but i knov,
no member of my own church of M i,1S,,,
| . q aaSoolo 80 readily, and with such CON
n9encej ask such favor as of vonsSJ
rms postscript impelled me. Instead
S,.,,..sS y. the letter quietly into The
| tt.o SkeI, as usual, and turning to
i9 tne next business in order, TO answar
him as follows: IL - ~ az answer
!ti,s1R; have neither the money Won
. ash LOT, nor the inclination to lend it
On tne security you proffer. And yonr
t,hosss p. prompts the suggestion that.
mIeneyeE ..Il'ss Z, snail be moved to seek IA
EoEs Stl! OF the members of some other
Shurch rather than that to which / have
tL.aL ni.tnefto adhered, i shall make haste Ia
join that other churoh.U y
trust have said nothing calculated
70 70 say the hand or chill the spirit Of
neaVen-b Ele11 ~ charity. The world il,
~, i1i5 ! " nseay, suffering ones, who rich.
" y. ueserYe compassion; not to speak of
sl ssnelyagEantsi who, though undesery-
ing must not be allowed TO stsrva ri.
freeze. was struck with the response
OF man last from st. Louis. WIN,
recently insisted on being helped on -tS
tSssto ttsSsson, Ihteh he said was his early
nomes ana to whom I roughly made
ansTer-"Youn need not prefend to mo
tnae the universe is bankrupt, Iknow
better--know that man of vonr
natural abilities, If he only behaved
himself sneed not be reduced to be0-
gary gI5 ~ :, .sMell, sir, hesqniclsly reioin.
So,,,c 1t tS1 PEetend that I have always
zone Inc right thlng-if / did. Won
Wonld know better-all 1 saw ia that +
am hungry and penniIess, and. that. II
can only get back to Boston. Il can
tnere make a living. That's NV whole
story" telt that he had the better
reason on his side,
mere must, there will, be heavv
drafts made on the sympathy and the
meg means ms OF All who can and will give. es.
tRselsliy tRs1tHy during a hard, dull Winter
IKE IKE the present. Every prosperons
ia 4 y sn 9ul9 ask himselE-ttHow much
apart from tenth to a third ,S,S HE lSss Sss
come 1or the RELIEF of the needy anal i1l,l
suHer1ng. Then he should searSh,s on t5l
Gne most effective channels lthronRhiI
tt. ut4tott ". " Eedcn tnoselWhose priyationsI
are greatest, and on whom private alma |
can ca pc wisely and useHully expended. /
mere are thousands who ought 10 90 /
70 the A1ms.Honse at onoe-ySI III n m |
spe more easily supported there ths,, |
stseBhere-and it Is no charity to |
Y u.anuer your means on these. Al SZZrIesf |
majority of the destitute can h. sSe|
peter dealt with by associati ior,s thar |
~ ~ ahSalylduals; Sl and of good associa-
sS LIE hs,lE ,lor phllanthropic purposes, there
nj, M ~ no lack In any great CITY.
IaL 1neEe remains a scanty residunnl ,ofI
Eases Sssls wherein money or food must be II
stFfSn sf. aI once, by whomsoever happens
- " tns nearest to the sufferer bnt
! tEo7thlEds tV OF those who beg from flooi.
70 aV92orts or who write begging. letters.
are are tne very last persons who onpht tn
pe given even a shin.plaBter dime.
and as general rnle, the importnnify
OF 2 beggar is in inYerserat o 10 his de-.
aerti or even to his need
4hen you condemn borrowing and
lending entirelyPlI = y y = 8 -
so do not. Many a man knows l.
oss,sLo5 use. wisely and benefcentiy,
! ~ ,lS Lnas heVdoes not, while others
~, lo PoSsess: lending to such, under pro- Z
S PeE safeguards Is most tcommendable. 3
Zen thousand young farmers, who. lby | a
5 Ho551lng Tor Others have earned q. 900.
tlo no saved good part of It, are now :
prepared 70 work farms of their own. III
:. ~ q VINO lends such a youth 81 600 to | \
'z,vg9O WheSeWlth to purchase q faFnsI
Ahng mortHaRe theFenT HnT. fhp ii