Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04

There is no such thing as getting up in
in the world for laboring man. in New
York. unless streak of luck comes
This season has been exceptionally hard,
for labor has been scarce aud wages cor :
respondingly low How they 1--we at all
is more than can understand.
AN INCIDENT,
The lives of the poor aie hard enough,
hut they are sometimes followed by so
miserable a death that it appears the
crowning mockery of relentless desii-
nv. Who realizes the pitifulness Of the
short and simple annals of the poor ?
Short and simpler Long and bitter
rather, for the hours OF toll are thrice as
long as those OF ease, and life weighs
heavier as it drags its years along. One
of those sad cases which often happen
was told last night at a happy tea table
by city physician. A poor woman " ho
had been a servant, went TO doctor for
help when far gone in consumption. Ee
gave her medicine and told her to come
again the next day. she cana with the
rest of his poor patients, but wlils wait
ing was taken with hem 1rrhage, and
died in the hall. The doctor knew moth
ing of her but her name. not ev en- her
family or where she lived, and the police
men sent for to- take charge of the re-
mains decided, with the astuteness ofhis
class, that it was case for the coroner,
and the body must be LEFT where it lay,
untouched, till the next day. There the
poor ghastly bleod-stained creature lay
In the rigOr of death, one would think
not the object for a pleasant home. Think
ofitl The corpse lost to reeognili N,
the woman's friend, if she hal any, IN
conscious of her fate. she laying an IN
welcome and horrid spectacle. The very
spectre of poverty thrust upon the kind
ness aud comfort of well-to-do house
hold. One cannot forbear sympa thy for
the housekeeper whose dining room will
always be haunted by so shocking a
memory. And yet one OF the physicians
called in to see the poor creature, look
ing ct she corpse. said. with burst of
genuine feeling, "Poor woman. 1 can't
pity you for you are better offihan am
Hewas happy and successful-too happy to
make such speech out of idle feeling
Yet no one who heard it could dopbt he
spoke the sincere feeling of his SOUL
MONEY ON REAL PROPERLY.
To the man in the western part of New
York. who wrote to me, asking the ad
dress Of the cid lady told of in these let
tiers, who cried because she didn't know
where 10 invest her money, that he might
get her 10 lend him some money on his
farm, 1 would say, that he could hardly
get money on such mortgage, if his
farm were in Central Park, instead of
chemung. There is more money in the
banks and Ia private hands now, than
ever before since the war, and 1t is hard
er to get a loan on the best security.
Even town property is looked en- doubt
fully, for the prices are going down SO,
II is not safe to lend on it. Values are
fckle, and the unfortunates wno have
money have nothing better to do with
IT than TO hold on, and be glad if they
can keep it safe without getting interest
on it.
A FLORAL WEDDING.
If tell the girls about wedding that
came OF this week, they will all be dis
satisfied if they can't have one just. like
It But they win be sure TO find fault
pow if they don't bear about it. so here
goes. The times are not good. and mon
ey is not easy, but there was pet daugh-
ter to be married, and it was for once IN
9 lifetime, SO no expense was spared.
Y the return of the bridal party from
the church, they found the sidewalk, |
steps and hallway streWed With flowers.
lilies OF the vally, in the height of their
season just now. roses and azalias, trod-
Den under foot TO the door of the draw
Ing room. There the marvel began.
The girl had always been passionate3v
fond of flowers, and they surrounded her
IN laVishness on this the happiest day of
her life. The back drawing rooDz where.
Ihe bride and groom received the con
gratulations Of their friends. was a great
ioEer Of foliage and blossoms, nearly as
ligh as the room, aud large as an ordi-
nary paFlor itself, where bell of bridal
lowe rs loaded The air with sdoIs. The
Iery doors whe1 opened waited sweet,
'ess into he street, th house was so full
u movers, tea roses, jasmine and baskets
u Tiolets hidden in corners The bride
MAS dressed in silk, trimmed with flowers.
" Festh of orange buds and haIf.opened |
blossoms falling in long spray her
shoulders a slender Gordon Of pearly |
buds fessooned to the wrist. and caught |
% the cuR ofthe same flowers that finish
ID the lace Of her 81 eeye. The bride had
sirgant presents IN plenty. but the cost
Of the flowers alone at her wedding
would be a marriage portI on for most OF
he girls who read this.
THE END OF AN ACTOR.
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