The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-12-11
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It iss aometimea very, dilacnuik, Indeed.
for rich people to.choose ,from ttheir
over.running treasure houses: 10 must
hs! s!anisrstood, however. that we don't
mean always to .soaAsy BY the word rich,
the populqr i6ea Of emiliiOnaiEes' Golfers
Of gold and silver, caskets of diamonds,
etc:. but suot4ef .ShBecies OF embarrds des
riGhesseg.. XIX hrr 1,;..
Men OF vass posaaasions in the politi-
cal, learned and social world. People
who can control tiauy votes, but who
are not quite GeFtaip how they had best
be cast. ,ao as TO add to their ovE inter
ests. Men who have the lingering Of
the public Golfers, but pause, like Por-
tias lovers before the baskets. not quite
certain, which would give the safest and
most iinexhnustible loot. Men whose
brains are sndless encyclopedias, but
WHO hesitate hatwea4 this theme or that
theme. on both, at ,vhioh they are equal
ly we'll posted, and either of which they
are sure. if properly treated, would work
the reformation of the world. Poets
called upon to send their best specimens
OF verse to some high authority. Men
whose social consequence entails vast
deal Of thoDght and trouble to meet its
ever recurring exigencies.
VI course there are women among the
over.rlch; girls who find it difficult to
choose anonR eligible suitors, or who
are in despair whether the blue cashmere
or the rose. t.satin chine" will best suit
their condpleSions or the occasion.
WOMEN Who Between their free ideas
OF love and. matrimony, their desire to
catch aud hold and their equal desire
to change aud cnst away, are hopelessly
muddjad. We hear their .shrieks in the
Re5oiuGoa and other eIacles of the same
calibre, apd like the ''konx ompax" of
the Hensiniah mysteries, We who are
not behind the veil, cannot comprehend
their cabalissio formula
Everywhere We see around ua these
peculiar complications growing out OF
over-abnndance. We may not bave the
same ideas Of the wealth Of our neighbor
that he himself entertaina In fact, in
our eyes, he may be The veriest pauper.
But what 'natters that. The embarrass-
ment is the same to him, 80 he twists
and tnrna, and Ia miserable, because he
does not know on what foot to stand.
that he may present to the world his
most noble or most useful aspect.
We hava always thought the parable of
the one talent was beyond tue wit of the
Interpreters. He who held it, and gave
no interest to the Lord, was the one who
had his interest abroad. gathering in and
sending ont passing for wealthy among
his kind, and then ut the final hour Of
restitution, believing in his forlorn vani-
ty that the increase of the talent was his
own, that no one could claam but himself.
But tot all the eembarrassments of wealth
the one which overwhelmed q certain
old friend of ours the other day-a gen.
tlemen Of color and bachelor-struck
ue as most puzzling. We found him in
his caboose. as he calls his ten. foot cabin,
with two baskets before him, and his
head turning from one to the other, with
look OF hopeless despair.
Whats the matter, Josh?" we asked.
'Fore God. massa. matter enuff for
dis here darkey. I Jest dunno what to
do. You see Use gittin dinner and dat
dere basket is full OF red rippers-you
callg EN- corn:field peas. Dis here is got
cabbages. Now de peas dey swelle me
awful bad, but likes en- mi ghtly for all
dat De cabbages gives me .bellyache
till hollers like all fun, but I likes EN-
best. I dunno how to choose atween
EN-. Massa, which will yon adviser"
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