New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-04
ssSummer Fr1ends.v

ssSummer FrIends.v
All f1ourishing people have them. They
come, like the house 1lYT, il dog days, to
these q whoare prosperous, and they hang
around, and fatter, and caress, and make
themselves g eeable SO long as prosper
lty endures, and then they takesfhem-
selves, of, and are heard Of no more.
Summer friends come to you just
after legacy from q rich. uncle ,ersaunt
takes you out of a second class tenement
house, and lands you high and dry in
II n7stone front, with front stairs and
back stairs, hot and cold, water, and all
the modern 40 g m convenienc as the real
estate broker has it. ,s..stlEss
How delighted they are that they have
formed your acquaintance! How they
dyregIet that the auspiclous event had not
taken place before. You have missedsso
many good times together. It is SO strange
that you should never haveimet before.
Belonging to the same religious denomi-
nation, too l5fs ii % 81
They think your house perfection
Such elegant wall. paper! Such charm
ing curtains!s So much good taste every
/ where. And then your children lit
tie dea1s!--how bright and Intellectual
they are! So different from those Young
ones of Browns, over the way! Such
classical features! And such sweet ex-
preston on their faces They do not
wonder that you are proud Of thelns -
I Then your horses and carriages come
in for a share Of admiration. II your
horses be black, then black horses are the
tavorltes Of your summer friends, and if
they be white, then white horses are
equally delightful Indeed,Hsos highly
do they eulogizc your quadrupeds that
you feelas if you must order out the
aesta bllshmen lat sence and gives these
amiableR people an airing.S& go
You, summer friends will come to your
dinners and drink your costly wines, and
! lounge on your elegant chairs. and lean
their oily heads against your Immaculate
walls. and leave thumb marks on your
photograph books, and echo every word
you say, just SO long as you. have, money
and influence. ID 5,.5 s,t,-l.i E,sz,.t6tsy
They are set of parasites, who sponge
their living out of people who are weak
enoughto be aattered by them. rs aa
Let the report circle that you are bank
rupt, that the auction flag is floating from
your windows, and notice how. many of
them will stand by you in your trouble.
Try them, and see if any among them
will lend you five dollars, and if you find
such one, "treeze to him." and fight
for him, if necessary. II ,4,.,,.t.g
Sometimes we have almost been led to
I believe that the sentiment known as true
friendship has entirely died out in this
world, and that in its stead deception
and trechery reign. But once in awhile
we are startledoby the exhibition OF some
grand and wonderful example of devo-
ton on the part Of Esome body s friend, and
then our faith, in humanity comes back
/ to us.
Summer friends are always ready: to &c
1 with the current. They believe Just
as tie majority do, and, 10, no matter how
generously you may have behaved by
them, if you get going down hill, they
I will lend helping hand to expedite
your descent, just as readily as will your
enemy If SANDER assails, your name,
they look knowing, and say: it is. just
what they have long expected. I'D ar;asa.t
They are pests! they are ivultures!
they are worse than open enemies, for
| you know how to meet an antagonist, and
do not hesitate to strike blow for blow.
But the man who has ssprofessed himself
your friend, who has sat at your table, and
shared the pleasures of your fireside, when
he, turns upon you, in the time Of trial,
what can you do with him 9-Kate Thorn,
~ Weekly. a ts.i 81. .t 2ai =. s33ieI