Smyrna times., 1872-05-22
Yeast.

w;tbo,'. G ol' vi biography which NAV be told
closa ua 'I' ohenSe' and which bears so curiou>lv
and Upou american character and social life
% anu great lack existing in both. that rn
MINK 1t worth the telling. Abont t,yont' %v
1e"IS ago there was large family of bovs IN ,.
,ron aTn%Iy estern village. The father was tLat
vel wei Nhown incubus of humanity. a oenins wbo
na? never been able to turn his snafk Of in.,.;
ra'lph INTO dollars and cents. Long and I,pL
Ial I.r lazy, Ben. - borrowed his ,Sov ,Lro'',I
ne n.le' g0od humored and witty. on an nm,it,,
b.ad bidcn' until now, with all his grav hairs AMI
GI GIEou Vi hungry chill ldren, he had still his Iowa
ffo;,G"efS fo;,T ready to lend him a dollar on tbn
,phn ~L.n mat some day the world wou}d know
ho"on i1TPiaFkable Pl man 1t had sheltered in its
r,LIn "eir mother was one Of the innume-
Taoe tribe Of depressed, lean bard ri.;
iIltIG t women who shouldered tbrouoh GG. tho
Th TI,uen emo Oh an incapable, shabby famiiv
"c oogS were born lazy and good humorpd Eto
D. l''her depressed like their motbnr
h,. may De capital discipline foran odrlt
DuI II there be any worse in its Influences E'r
ofiiI or we 10 not know it, especially the novnrty
-. snaoDy gentlllty. The problem wbv ra@ged
carpets ana coarse clothes should abase if hcIow
om"pieI ~ IiI VINO are only its equals in education
~ olItH' Is one that never is solved nv the
SDuns soul without loss Of both health and
ot'USaI' ot,UnsL these boys were born into an
nt
perpetual sponging and subservir,cv Tbou
went lazlly through a cheap college course hc.
!ause IL cost them nothing, and lansed draar;Iy
thto H. tnlS or that trade or clerkship because
!nere seemed to be nothing better to do Tbo
OF contented mediocrity and needy
village. '''''' III country
9 Now; one of the boys, John, happencd 70
tali Hd IN love with little school teacher from
Connecticut who had none Of his sound ability
Ig' ILui'gg[e' or even sense, but who was alive from
+ou 70 Ioot with the most elastic indomiable
Uneeriul1eSs She loved John, but She
JaSieu hoIoso MN on all sides with her blue eyes
oeloie sne told him so. She would marry him
provided he came out of the deadering atmos. nos
phere OF his own home. Having married him
sue prepared to intuse her own temper into the
nec"vy' powerful fellow, as leaYen into a lumn
OF unralsed dough. He was macbin;stN.pp
po9r % one They began to starve, as his father
had done before him. That was. she said bo.
cause trade was his speciality. He went into
lraue was cheated on every hand. began 70
SfIw sour ana gloomy, to croak about the luck
@ u us race having fallen upon him. The little
woman eyes grew brighter, and her laugh
more frequent they would 90 out of the fop
: - .nIS uro"sy village; take his capabilities to
new state, where they would have chance
Of notice, and he could grow with the conntrv
Ia the West he tried mining, farming, real
estate, the law, and failed in all. in snite of
lnd9ubted ability and dogged persistence in
"ork' as soon as he was put into a certain rut
20 work In The right rut had not vet been
ounu. foVerty came; want, fever and aguc.
ana at last their one child died His wife laid
Oy the PAIN IN her heart out of sight, and rallied
ouoyantly Her animal spirits, as the neigh |
oors called them, were so alien to the funereal
emper OF the ordinary American mind that
.ney were offensive to them, but for years thew
naoe her husband man among men. Life |
became gallant game in her handling. main
ma want sharp edgings for Joke.
one took stock of John with undaunted
courage. He had sound practical INSIGHT
nto lueaS and actions unlike other men; he |
VAS vas an enectlVe orator, genial, witty fellow,
Tlth certain strong personal magnetism that
Ilready had made him one Of the most popu-
ar men IN the State. You must 90 into
'oI!t!cS' she said, decisively He went into
'H'tIcS the rut was found at last In his own
'ecullar walk (which is, it is true. narrow
he) ne stands among the half dozen foremost
1en zen IN the country His brothers, with equal
blIty, have become country shopkeepers.
rlehess lawyers, and one or two have dropped
rom the bench at the corner grocery into
ruhken graves. Johns wife is known onlv
cheerful, sunny-tempered little woman
ms friends; forgetting that Of all whole
Ome qualities among Americans these are The
Arrest vi intellect, or pluck, or endurance,
mere IS no lack among us. All that is needed
ieaVen to leaven the lump.-N Y Tribune.