Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-28

Il hHA e"N NhttnHW bi -EhE4Nuc nature.
anxious to make home pleasant to the deai
brighteDer Of its freside, and to profTer
fttiug hospitality to relatives and friends
Certainly, to contract debts without nor.
ally sure prospec. Of paying them is faulty.
and, # intentional, is dishonest and crimi-
nal. The fraudulent bankrupt is a thief
and ought to be provided for accordingly.
But the young man who, through simple
want Of experience, and imperfect knowl-
edge Of the value Of money, supposing him
self well established in good business, and
in the receipt Of an adequate and steadily
increasing income, supplies and adorns bis
home With elegancies which he cannot real.
/ ly afford and INDUCES tastes in equipare
and entertainment which are beyond his ac
tual means, is often only weak and unc;r
cumsPect. where harsh and hasty iudg-
ment proaouRees him dishonest. When
the delusion vanishes at the lowering Of
troude-when protested notes, forecl0sing
mortgages, aud possibly a snow shower Of
Writs aud executions, pour upon him, then
cones the true trial Of his character Do
not condemn bim until then. If he take
the lesson kindly, as it was inteuded-if
/ without one weak murmer, one theatrical
grimaee, he discard all bis fnery and par
ade, and come promptly down to the level
where fortune or his own folly has placed
| him-if he welcome his friends as cordially
/ to bis naked tive rooms upstairs as be did
to the front paslor Of his spacious and ele-
gantiy furnished house, and take hold Of
| any work which now solicits him-perhaps
of journeyman in his old shop, clerk in
the store formerely his-as heartily and low
ously as he presided over it-that man has
not failed. He has rather risen than fallen:
as a few years will make plain to the dullest
apprehension he win soon be in his old
place again, assuming that he ever belonged
there, and, probing by his past errors, viii
pay his old debts and win a competence.
DO not distrust but have faith in him, and
all viii come out right
Still, the fondness for display. the craving
for elegance and lnxgry, is q weakness which
only youth and love and thoughtlessness can
excuse. All great, al good men. have eth
er despjsed from the outset or speedily ont
grown it, A volam- Of portraits Of the
worlds hundred greatest men. with outside
and inside views Of the dwellings wherein
their lives were mainly passed, would prove
most Instructive and salulary. The sim
plicity Of nature cvinced in their counte-
nances would seem but q reflex of that ex-
pressed by their homes. The mind absorbed
by grand or beaignant purposes must regard
the traPpines Of luxury as impeiiments, as
distractions, entirely out of keeping with
the chief ends Of its being. As a general
rule, no man can be good for much whose
dinner consumes two hours Of his day in The
providing aud consuming Of it. Our great
men in the way of traiiie-William GRAY.
riirard, Ast7r. Mcp0uoueh-wera Az OK
tremely simple in Their habits. quite as
much from taste As from economy. It was
related Of Gray. while he lived, and never
contradic.ed. that. when be was worth a
million dollars, young lawyer. seeing hum
ble plainly dressed man in the market Of
Boston hired him 10 carry home the meat
be had Just purchased, which job was ac-
cep,ed and performed with alacrity. Ar
rived at his own door. the lawyer rendered
a shilling, which the meat carrier accepted
WITH thanks. and whenever YOU have
any little Job to give, added the meek re-
ceiyer of the shilling, Just inquire of Billy
Gray. Everybody about the market knows
me. The lawyer blushed, shot into the
house, and never again wanted a man to
carry home his dinner to the day Of his
death.
So Astor. when solicited for credit by a
fur-buyer be did not know, took bis refer
ences, and said be would promptly make IN
quiry and give IN answer, Meanwhile, the
customer bought a small package for cash,
and took it on his shoulder to carry away
with him. Won you have portar?'
''No. thank you, said the buyer, I can
carry this myself That's enough,
said the shIawd jacob, | don want to con
suit your reference. You can have credit
here for all you viii buy. So it Is with
wise men the world over. They do judge
by appearances, but very differently from
the judgement Of the moths who are
ever caught by glare.
McDonough dies, and his entire wardrobe
Is appraised at forty dollars, while his be-
quests for philanthropie purposes amount
to millions. Girard, too, lived a reputed
miser; but bis viii Dobly refutes the ealUm-
n.y. It makes evident the fact that be lived
and saved to a benignant, uuselGsh end
and to such a life the reproach of avarice is
wholly unapplieable.
The vice Of ofextravagance, or inoTdiDate ex.
penditure, is one to which our eouutrymen
are especially addicted. We are a sanguine
people, and our past history and rapid prog
ress give plausibility to the most magnii
cent expectations for the future. Looking
back through a century, our country scareer
in arts, industry, population, wealth, would
seem one uninterrupted auQ sWeei'h- al
vance; but if regarded more closely, find
that this advance has been ftful and inter
mittent, Ike that Of a rising tide-mark ou
the sandy beach; and sometimes years Of
depression and disaster have iuterrGp Gptedthe
progress Of improvement He who calcu-
lates that the country viii be richer and
7aster, its trade more extensive, IFS indus
try more efficient, fifty years hence than
they now are, has every probability on his
side; but be who cherishes the assurance
that aert year trade viii necessarily be
more active and prosperous than this, and
incurs expenses and obligations on the
strength Of that expectation. Is very likely
to be disappointed and crippled Excessive