The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-09
MONEY.
From the Hearth and Home.

From the Hearth and Home.
1t is singular fact, but fact nevertheless,
THAT most people have profound respect tor
the mere possession OF money Everybody
Is ready to deny this. and each one will pro-
TEST Lnat ne does not regard any man as better
wiser, or nobler because be happens to have
more d0ilars than it falls to the lot of people
genefaiiy 10 possess. Abstractly perhaps
LniS Is true, but the fact is that but one per.
son IN one hundred really refuses to estimate
men by tnelr acres or their bank accounts
strangely enough, The people who show
most reverence tor wealth are often those
VINO most loudly decry such sentiments
ihey aouse veal ny people as purse-proud,
ana really think themselves above estimating
men by the COATS they wearOr the dinners
they eat. But these very people are careful
TO dress well when they cannot afford It. lest
their own poverty shall appear. Their
suahoy carpets must be replaced bv new
ones, even though the education oil their chll.
drtn Oe cut short tor want OF the money thus
spent. They entertain more COMPANY than
! tney can afford, and feed their guests on
costly vlands, whne they are themselves
naunCed by gaunt ghosts of plncned dinners
! 10 come. And so WIN everything else. A
thousand shams show undue respect tor
mohey, and a thousand Iss are acted Tor the
SAKE OF conceaiing poverty
II Is al Ola adage that tie king need not
oresS Wei" and its inference, that poorer
people must cover UP their poverty with
more costly clothes and finer houses shan
I"ey nave any use Tor, tells sad ale OF hu-
man oily IL your last winters overcoat Is
! dlhgy, VIII 1t be any less com fortat he on That
account! LII you cannot afford to buy "a new
one, Is III not more manly 10 wear the o,C one
Juan 10 wrap yourself III lie made TO order
oy your tailor? Why should you deny your
IanlIy needed comforts IN order that people
Tor whom you do not care a straw NAV mink
you Weather Than you are?
Money has a certain value It is worth
JUST what 1t viii purchase and no more In
o'Her words, 1t Is good u means but MOI
as an end &c is u servIceable thing. becan.e.
W d certain extent, 1t will purchase comfort
ior lis pOsoessor, end enable INN 70 accom-.
p'len worthy ends. But It's possession adds
hothing to his moral or intel ectuai statnre
"nu Ihe man who pretendS O have more of if
'l''u NC naS, or VINO IS ashamed or it's alb
00nee, must De wanting IN manllness of char.
dcIeF Money has no intrinsic yaIue. and
must be expended to be of any account. II
WI guy ioo1 ana clothing but in Itself il
VIII not iced The hungry or clOthe the naked
AS powerful instrument in the hands Of il.
PossessOr, 1t is We'll worth working tor. hut
IL Is not worth sacrifice OF health and hon
Or because 1t Will not buy these. Yet there
are people who, tor the sake of gold. will
SacTIhce comfort aud duty, and even honor
uenJ ing themselves, for the sake of wealth
all OF good has wealth can bring them and
more Mrs Barbauld says that any man
may De rich If he is willing to paw the nrjce
ana she is probably right. But in how many
cases Is The price altogether too high. we
nave seen men whose wealth was made .
grand machine for the accomplishment oI
worthy ends; but these are not thew who
! nave paid high prices Tor their gold They
! nave Struggled and tOiled, perbaDs. thpy
nave denied themselves and practiced econo.
| my That thrift might come TO make Them
strong or good deeds; but they have sacrj.
need nothing OF character; they paid out no
reputation as price; they have not put
their souls up to barter. F"'