Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-06

point of death. The husband-father sat
with his face between his hands, and SEEM
ed entirely unconscious that any one was
in the room. The boy said that he had
been too sick to work-that he had had for
week just strength to drag himself out to
beg, but that for two days past he had OBJ
tanned nothing. The attention of charita-
BILE persons was called to the case, and
measures were taken to provide for the
needs of the starving family, and medical
attendance was secured for the mother,
whose child was too far gone with starva-
ton to be saved.
There are thousands upon thousands of
such cases in the city. There is work
enough for the strong and healthy TO live
upon, but not enough to enable them to
help the unfortunate, of whom they alone
know. Thank Heaven the spring is near
at hand.
WHITE KIDS.
Speaking of dress and things, the Brook
lyn Woman's Club has made discovery,
no less than that the costliness of social life
has been due to the wearing of kid gloves
men and women have felt that they must
''dress up'' to kids. Therefore the club
have inaugurated reform by 5anishing
the mischevious kids from their receptions.
This will last two weeks. Dress will rule
so long as the poor devotees can stand it.
A movement has been made by crippled
people in Boston, to simplify woman's
dress. The dry goods dealers and mo
distes have not been consulted in connec-
ton with the movement, and they exclaim
as with one voice, "What horrible idea ~
And the rich will all echo, "What horri
bic idea -
BUSINESS
is not as brisk as it was. The season has
advanced so far that the country merchants
have put off their buying till the spring, and
our merchants languish. The crash, so
pleasant to.their ears, is not heard-their
clerks and statesmen idle upon boxes and
bales. for the country merchant, he. in
whom they delight, cOmeth not. But he
will be here in April with his plethOric
purse, or what is the same thing. his A l
credit, and the way they will sell him goods
will be caution. Money, st ght. and there
is stringency and closeness in everything
that is exceedingly uncomfortable. The
Grangers have disturbed Railroad securi
ties, stocks have changed values, and ther,
is general arrangement, so that the aver
age New Yorker hasn't any idea where h
stands. Even goods IN a store have n
fixed value, for, behold you, mans mex
door neighbor may be in Il position tina
compels him to raise money, and to rails
money he must slaughter goods to the de
moraization of the market for days. Oh
my bucoic friends, you don't know hos
well you are off. The man who has farr
of 100 acres of fat land, paid for and We
stocked is in as good a shape as any ma
in the world can be. Such man dOesn
know what trouble is.
Think of a man worth million of do
lars of dry good in his store, on which
owes S600,000 Now the man is wort
100000. But he can't sell his goods
nobody is buying anything and his pap
is maturing. To meet his paper he forct
his goods OH the market, he sells at sacI
fee, expenses are enormous, and when Il
thing pans out he finds his salable goo
all gone. and he, poor fellow, owes S25t
900 and hasn't a dollar to bless hims
with
But there is bright side to it, son
| times. If the poor fellow ought honest
to fail tor S250,000, he fails for $4,000
the odd s350,0O0 being invested in the pt
chase Of real estate in his wife's name, al
out of the reach of his creditors. i heal
yesterday conversation this wise:
Simpson Brown has failed.
Jones-Has he indeed Well, I'm 81
| of it. He's worked hard for good ma
years and it's time he began to lay off
take things easy. suppose be will set
a carriage now. Won't he
This explains it all. One merchantw "
failed for million has 600 acres of land
the Hudson in his wife's name, that is gre
ing in value, so that it is now worth owe
million. But this is no. the case with
of them. The high-minded merchant "
fails because he cannot help it, and
takes clerkship, has hard and bit
life of it. God help him he never cor
up again, but he grows old and gray-hai
ia hopeless, helpless way, and fin;
tumbles into his grave, unwept, union
ed and unsung. His old clerks even for
him.
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
in its western form, has not struck US b
yet, but nevertheless, there Is great actiI
among the temperance and religious 7
pie. Organizations are being perfec
in every ward to make head against
monster, and the work that has been d
has not been fruitIess. The reformers
have not demonstrated against the ru
seller, but they have confined their wOr
the rum drinker. They are establish
reading rooms, and pleasant resorts ass
stitutes for the saloon, and tea aud c.
as substitutes for rum. And though {
have but commenced, they have wontl
sands from their ruin, and in one neigh
hood have compelled several rum-mills
close for want of custom. Is not til
pretty good way?
PIETR,