Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-22
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Selfshness says, sBe careful of
every penny. Trust no one. Keep
what you have, and get what you
can. Before you lend, even to your
brother, take mortgage on his
SOUL" a * z5
Generosity counsels, "Do as you
would be done by. Give that you
may receive. Men trusted are bet
ter than men doubted. What you
do others will initiate, and good
ness is contagious"
| am sorry TO say the advice Of
seltishness is oftener taken, and,
judged by a secular standard, is
usually the wiser. He who follows
generosity not seldom becomes a
spendthrift for he finds more pow
erty, more want, more suffering than
he has supposed, and in his efforts
to relieve them bankrupts himself.
To the credit of human nature be
it said, that we generally set out in
life with faith in our fellows and
benevolence in our bosoms. We
are inclined to prodigality. We
give beyond our means, and are
dreadfully disappointed to find we
cannot borrow where we have lent !;
that gratitude is not thankfulness
for favors past, but appreciation of
favors yet to come. Older heads
and colder hearts tell us, too, we are
foolish, if not vicious; that we are
encouraging idleness, vagrancy, dis
honesty; that when we have given
away our substance, we shall be.de-
spised for the ruin we have brought
upon ourselves. We begin to see
misfortune if we see it not too
late-and despairing of realizing our
ideal Of ourselves or our fellows, we
close our sympathies and purses,
and become as others are. &
'What makes you look SO young
and contented ?" inquired a man OF
the world of a friend of sixty, whom
he had not met for years. 90, soon
after l saw you,' was the reply, 81
shut up my heart and opened my
wine cellar. You see the result"
The story is synical; but has ii
not the flavor of truth (?
Prodigality should be encouraged,
particularly in those whose prodi-
gality would be worth the while
Suppose Astor, and tewart, and
Vanderbilt should suddenly be at
tackled with an Indifference to money
Wouldn't it be pleasant to see those
old boys riding up Broadway in
open carriages, drinking champagne
singing bacchanalian songs, and
distributing five-twenty bonds as
showmen do bills of their perform
ance? -..'........
1t would be the best spectacle
Broadway ever witnessed, and tie
most profitable. No doubt many
who picked up the bonds would get
rid of them in few days; but many
would carry home with them to sicl
wives and wastsd children the sun
shine that will never fall upon the
poor souls.
O, what blessings would come Of
that ride up Broadway!
I could forgive the scene of gray
hairs shaking with tipsiness, = 6
the riot of antiquity, for the good
| it would do. +--... .
I feel no responsibility in making
the suggestion, for I have little fea
it will be taken. 1 am confident th'
example would be infe tious tha
the fashion of prodigality would b.
set; that August Belmont and james
Brown would begin to pay money tt
poor devils who had no deposits
that the brothers Stuart would Civ
away all their candies to the littl
ragged children of the town; tina
Gould and Fisk would forget tina
Erie stock is worth nothing, ant
hand hundreds of shares at a tim
to the newsboys, under the delusiol
that they could buy breakfasJ witt
it.
o, it would be glorious time
Let the era of ancient and wealth,
spendthrifts begin!