The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-01
MiseeIIaneons.
H,D
TEHE JOYS OF POVERTY.

TEaE JOYS OF POVERTY.
Di0wcncS was once seen rushing
to the theatre at the moment
when everybody else was leaving.
On being asked why ho did so, he
replied 81 have learned that the
multitude is always wrong" The
experience of the world has long
since demonstrated that tho Old
snar|ing philosopher was correct
in his judgments. The multitude
was, no doubt, wrong in his day,
and il is wrong to-day. and prob
ably. Will always he wrong about
every question of vital Importance.
The common opinion is that tho
man Of ease is happy, and the man
VIZ tolls in the cold of winter,
and beneath the beating rays Of a
summers sun is miserable. This
is Il grand mistake. The man
who folds his arms in ease aud
fares sumptuouSly every day is
the miserable wretch whose pillow
is full Of Lhorns; and the man
whose bread is dug ont of the
ground by his own brawny hands
IL the happy man. In the veins
or the former, the blood flows
weak rs if the fountain was about
to fail in those OF the latter the
crimson current goes ripping on
like some merry stream. Notwith.
standing all its hurdships, there
is something trail j. romantic in
commencing life surrounded by
poverty. He who is the heir TO q
vast fortune, knows only the ono
side, aud the worst side, too, Of hu-
man existence. There is sonnet hing
heroic in !, single Individual like
Daniel Boone, settling in Il dense
forest, surrounded by wolves and
savagcs, and insulated from every
genial companion. lnstinctivcly,
we admire, ,laud and cNtol the brave
man who takes up his abode in
The middle of some dense forest, ,und
by rcrscvcring toll reduces tho
brakes Of the Wilderness 10 fields
waving with luXuriant crops.--
The man who does such deeds,
experiences a delight II m O t
ecstalic in rchcarsing to his
children the tolls Of his carly
manhood. Historians dwell with
rapture upon such Il theme, and
the eye OF the orator sparkles with
joy, and the bosom Of the poet
swelIs with delight when tho deeds
Of such an individual are mention
ed. Is not the case of tho poor
, boy who commences life with pov-
crty for patrimony, but rises to
cmincncc and distinction similar to
to that Of the man who settles
in Il dense forest which, by inccs.
SAINT toll, he reduces to culLiva-
ted field? There is joy in the ono
case rs we'll as in tho other. The
victories over tho wilds Of the for
est arc not moro glorious than tho
victories over the hugo impedi-
mcnts which poverty presents. 1t
filled the heart Of tho celebrated
Ben. Franklin with delight to
think that he once, poor and IN.
known, walked tho strcets Of Phil
adel phia with ginger-calSc under
his arm. The tolls and struggles
Of the days of his poverty, are
.hoso upon which he dwclt with
pleasure when he felt that he was
uum mbcrcd amongst tho first men
Of the nation.
There is Il pleasure in doing the
whole Of anything. Bcing led or
helped, or pulled or pushed, is not
pleasant. The reflections which
arise from such a state Of things
arc mournful to tho soul. The in
dividual who is conscious that what
he is is mainly duo TO others, must
} feel as if he WAS aeatcd at q table
} covered with tho choicest Wanda,
but with oappetitc to enjoy them.
There is a romantic joy connected
: with the thought Of commencing
life at tho very bottom, and toiIing
until tho highest cliff IS mounted.
This reached, wo can look down
J upon the jungIes and @ fl cs
through which and over which
we have passed. Tho trials Of our
carly struggles ORC converted into
joys which arc congenial to noble
: soul. Even such q man as IIonry
! Ward Bcccher, experiences moro
joy in rejecting upon tho days
whom ho wore tho old cast away
clothes Of Judge -----, than the
Prince Of Wales can experience
when he mouAts the throne of the
Georges. Henry Ward Bcechcr
eau look down from tho proud en-
incnce which he has won by man-
ly effort, and cOmtemDlate his for.