Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04


IAN Unpublished Letter to Miss E. Hubbard.l
DEAR CHILD: > eondOle with you.-
We have lost most dear and valuable
relation, but it is the will of God and
Nature that these mortal bodies be laid
aside when the soul Is to enter into real
life. 'Tis rather an embryo state-a
preparation to living; man is not COM
pletely born until he is dead. Why,
then, should we grieve that new child
is born among the immertals-new
member added to their society?
We are spirits. That bodies should
be lent to US while thev can afford US
pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowl-
edge, or in doing good to our fellow
creatures, is a kind and benevolent act
of God. When they become unfit for
their purposes, and afford US pain in
stead of pleasure, instead of an aid
become an iincumbrance, and answer
none of the intentions for which they
were given, it is equally kind and be-
nevolent that q wayiis provided by
which We may get rid of them. That
way is death. .,e;tilGm-r 5it rsa
We ourselves, prudently ia some cases
choose q partial death. A mangled pain
full limb which cannot be restored, we
willingly cut off,. He that plucks out a.
tooth parts with it freely, since the pain
goes with it, and he that quits the whole
bedy parts with all the pains and posi-
bility of pains and diseases it was liable
to or capable of making him suffer- a4
Our friend and we are invited
abroad on a party of pleasure that is to
last forever. His ehairs* was first ready,
and has gone before u.s. We could not
conveniently all start together; and why
should you and be grieved at this since
we are soon to follow, and we know
where to find him: ts-J 81 sta
Adieu, my dear, good child, and be-
iieve that shall be, in every state your
affectionate papa. BENZ. FRANKLIN.
Philadelphia, Feb. II, 1855. 9IgisHo
/, *AIIuding to the sedan chairs then in fash
ionable use. 4 7i''f ''l+'s' -A
II Ton Can Earn q Living, Stay at Home.
We are often addressed by youny men
and persons of family for information in
regard to this, that and the other place,
with a view of emigrating from their
old homes. to some new place. The
most of these lei tiers are from the South,
and their inquiries are in respect to the
West and the Territories. In answer to
all of these inquiries; We would say
and from experience, in the
words with which we head this article,
IF yon can earn q lfving stay at home!''
And who cannot do best where he is /
best known but 4 rascal? 1t is delu-
sioh to suppose that one can do better
else than at,home, where he 4
was raised or has long. Iived--a delusion
which experience fully establishes in 3d.
cases in every hundred. Young men
with small means can do no morein the
West than in the East, North and South,
and as lis too often the case, much worse.
II takes more money to make a living
In the est, as a general thing, than
more money and greater la
Dor, for prices of labor are no greater ]
wages are really lower, than elsewhere
If the eInigrant is farmer, he finds 1
land but little cheaper, and the cost of
himself, and of getting his
products to market, much greater than |
In more populous neighborhoods. Asin,
the past fortunes are not acquired in the J
West honorably at this age. The labor
In the mines is the hardest in the world
and the return not as great as that earn
cd by any good citizen in any of the
cities. To make money easy in the far
West needs a large cash capital, or
stock of mean whisky J. Few are doing
go well iQ Colorado, Wyoming. Montana,
Utah and Nevada, or east of these ter
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas aad
these who follow Eup the
line reconstruction on the U.P .R.Rs, end
sell rotgut whisky to the hands employ
ed. What young man, who reads this,
would give up his friends and home in !
the South or East to make money by
such means? We know of what we !
speak, when we say that all that has
been said about the flashey towns ofthe
West and the wondrsus inducements
held out tolemigrants, are delusions.-l
There Is nothing but deception in store 1
for all who rely upon the colorings put
upon the West by those hose interests
it is to delude people into emigrating
We say to all, IL you cansearn
q living at home, stay there. If you
can make living where You are, It is
perhaps more than you will make in
the West, Stay at home--do the, best
YOU can-act honorable-be discreet and
judicious, anu youwill be happier and
wealthierin time than II you are led
abopt by popular deceptions. L-Watch-