, 1875-02-26

wonld indeed tako tho patience o. JOB
TO listen to them ALL graut this and for th'A
reason wtll to-lny try to attract your Ateontioh
with coluly Of truth chapter from lito hitherto.
perhaps, nntiroly unknown to you.
IuagilRe to JoNrsclscs. then. young man OF
education And scanty nlcaus leaving la native
country. whore hn IL, or might be, comfortably
this gfairf md glorious country, wlloao renown
has renchnt1 his obscure homo. Ho IL coming
horo with grant expectations, ittslo learning,
and houle 1noloy, aud with these ho Is going TO
ntonc-cutsor business or how to shoe a horse,
or how to monl ttn.pnna; ton tlmea better If ho
knew thrlo th1nge aud camo hero without cent
OF money, and with no idsa Of grammar; thcn
would bn nnro to do vol; but, M things now
ntAnd, ho Inns hard times hcfore him.
Ten to ono II ho Ia not aurcd into aoule pnEt.
nasship or oshot With aprasantl! respectable
men, and finds himsnif 1eecca by sll*rpers; any
sharper xamsetf) he will 10 sure to gct rid Of hla
naonoy ba sore Lila ores arc opened and ho comes
to bin aouiea. Then In the gray morning he may
he aeeu as tho newspaper o'tco waiting for tho
tsaemsnis; % !; b. runs Ill day ione sftor those but
comes either tho late or lintEs them h,inbug,
nod. As tf:ne after time ho Ia disappointed, llp
losos faith In himself and In humanity. and de-
cla.os aloud tho whole country lumbug. fi's
pawnod, LIEN he beglna to look shabby. and hn
IL ashamed Of bcluE soou; from iirst-clnss
boatding-houac ho cotnea down lower and lowos,
until no finds himself huldlod together with
lie oaiizea the fac. Tin: lucrative
employment is out Of tho question.
SO he dons tho garb Of menlsl laborer, and
Bail'es f0th in Tic morning, along with tho rest,
and he Obtains work. but 1t ls noyal work TO him.
Ills knoon arc trembling underneath tbs weight
ol tho hnnvy hod ~ ho rnoants tho tall ladder,
aud Its companions are 1noring whom they look
nt hia delfchto hands; but 10 struggles bravoly,
und Ia sn,n initiated into tho buslnoss. and he
ssssea You ash
is 40, for au dra Ming It from real life, aud
only wish could paint 1t strong enough, for Of
nli tlio OWLS know, thoro IL nono worss ehnu TO
bo 50 aoholute'y crushed ~ poverty you cannot
mora powerful thnn tho sorrents Of Laocoou,
sud tho bartLeu 1t imparts ID moro mcarisomo
than tho stone OF eiByphus or tho whocl
OF Ixton; nc. thas consider ncnial labor
in ,txeif deg,adiug,-fer from thaeIhut; for
mnn OF Intelligence anu culture TO DO doomed
forever tn associate with tho lowest Of tho low,
whoss only ambition Is tnll belly and glorious
drunk, And to seo his talcnts buried il dcep
oblivion, and all Ills fond and cherished hopcs
fading M ny ouo by ono, and lind hl,aself lonely
outcass battling for hls moro exts!enos ayo,
more thun this, actually suffering from stafVa-
ton, Rhunnng people by daylight aud coming
forth In tho night, like a Vusture. then, Whco It
comes TO this, well may ho e1clnim:
Gaca heavens! the u,Isery VI iifs sxptnio,
Nor Int mo think bear my load In yaln
Lest wild tha ehoerlesa journey tedious xrorD,
Urged by despair / throw tho burden down
Ecaders i haze not oyetdrawn this picture
1t Ia almost literally from my own career tllat
have given 1t, and I nm not alone, for hAve
found congcnial Bou!a in tho same ptedicament
as myself hayo written 1t In tho hops that it
might mrot sho eye Of some business man who
AnAu
am we'll rcracd in The English, German, aud
Scandinavian lausuages, and am also acquainted
with the Frouch. hare had gomo practice In
ofllco-busiunss, bat it IL years ago, for, siuce
ca,no 10 tlla country {abont four yoars aEo)
have had mostly to maintain myself NTH lnsutal
labor, aud 1t is nothing but tho utmost despair Of
ever bcing able to regain my p,oper sphere In
socloty TINT bus driven me- to this extraordinary
step of appealing to rhllanth1optc for succor.
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