The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-08-08
s. J. TILDEN.
Winter Friends.

Do yoU number among your circle
OF acquaintance man or a woman
who hasthe courage to stand by you
through evil and through good re-
port Who, when the slandereT and
busybOdJ make free with your name,
dares tOeOme to the front and say,
boldly "It Is false 2"
Do yOI know the man or woman,
who is attached to you, not because
of your wealth, or influence, or posi-
ton, but because of yourself? Could
you, tO-Cay, put your hand on the
friend, who, IN the face of the worlds
detrsCtiOn, you feel sure, would sup
port you and hurl back defiance at
your enemies
He is What We call winter friend.
And he is the only kind OF friend
worth having.
Every human being, in q greater or
less degee, Graves the sympathy and
companiOnship Of his kind. The
man who leads the life of a hermit
has something wrong about him. His
mental machinery is out OF gear. The
craving for. friends Is among the pur-
est OF the human passions, but how
difficult it is to find true friend. He
is rarer than white elephant, and
more to be valued than the Kohinoor.
He will come, to you, perhaps, in
the time of adversity, and the thicker
troubles gather around you the closer
he will cling to you, and the stronger
will be the sustaining arm he puts be-
meath you. Let men say what they
will, his voice is ever lifted In your
defense. He will help you with his
TesIAy apathy his Go4pte9s4es, hlfi Il lssr- SeG-
essary, with his purse, which is proof
positive of his genuineness.
He will leave the dinner-table OF
the rich, with their Dresden china
and cut-glass, their sparkle of Mnselle
and champagne, to sit at your hum
ble board, where your grandmother's
sprigged china, and your mothers
Mulberry tescups make no preten-
tiOns to style and consequence.
Your children in calico gowns will
look just AS sweet to him as your
wealthy neighbor's pets in their azure
silks aud imported musliDs and he
would rather go for a quiet walk with
you through the dust, than ride beside
Mr.. De Robinson in his Thousand dol.
lar barOuche.
A steadfast friend is a treasure. He
should be prizsd above all sOrdid
things, and cherished as the apple OF
the eye. When you are sure OF him
let nothing upon your part be wanting
TO prove to him that he is fully appre-
clsted. Never let coIdness creep in
between you and him. Show him that
you can be generous as well as himself.
Never let him be ashamed that he has
hOnored you by being your friend.
A winter friend never fOrsakes the
unfortunate. Sorrow and adversity
only bind him more closely to the
one he has blessed with his friend
ship. He stands by him through
everything. The more other friends
fall away from him the nearer this
winter friend clings.
He works for his good he seeks his
welfare as sincerely as he seeks his
own.
Friends have sacrificed their every
earthly hope for each other. They
have put away the cup of happiness
from their own lips that their friend
might drink its nectar-they have
died for each Other-and what more
can a man do "than that he giveth
his life for his friend ?"
And we do not believe that of all
Heavens gifts to man, and they are
many, there is anything more to be
sought, more to be valued, than q
true friend.-hidte Thorn an ~ Y
HeeEIly