The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-09
Does Money Purchase Friends.

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! The following thoughts were suggested
/ s3y the popular song, "Hit Him Again,
He's Got No Friends" The ups and
| downs in this great world would fill q
mighty river. But those in luxury pass
| by, seldom ever looking on those whom
! fortune has not blessed with friendships s
| pitying eyes. The millionaire of to-day
may tomorrow, in California phrase, ssbe
dead broke" To-day he has plenty of
friends; we see him hail fellow with them.
He is finely dressed, sports an elegant
gold watch and chain, carries q gold
headed cane, treats his friends to French
dinners and the best of wines and cigars,
drives them to the Cliff House in the
finest turnout. He is sought after by
Mr.. c. and Mr.. D., who have
manageable daughters. The young
ladies upper-tendom think him ''great
catch, y and consequently there is a strife.
and party after party, and dinners
qatantane su6, are given, that he may be
introduced into their families. They
think him very entertaining. s'Is he not
ing young man is that -"
"The town, as usual, met him in full cry,
The town, as usual, knew no reason why;
But fashion so directs, and mcderns raise
On wealth's mould'ring base their transient
Alas! the joys that fortune brings
Are trifiing and decay,
And those who prlze the palfry things,
More trifling still than they"
But the scene changes. The sad to-
morrow has come The Bears and Bulls
have had contest. Stocks have bursted
up. Our young man, Mr.. W, has
lost all: even his personal property was
seized to defray his board and lodging
bills. He first thinks, to be fashionable,
he must commit suicide. But on the
second thought, he thinks it is too great
a change, from the fashionable fast iv-
ing of Frisco to fashionable suicide,
and life is too dear to him to give up SO
recklessly. Amid his wounded pride he
noliloquizes: eff they are true friends,
ehey will treat me as kind as ever. I
will ask the loan of small sum to start
again" He calls on them. All! they do
not recognize him. He finds he has no
friends. Why2 because he has no
money. Says one of the elite young Ia
dies to another. while out seeing the
fashions or coming from the matinee:
See! there is Mr.. W coming" s'I
font care" says the other. "He's no.
body I care for.'' Indeed :? How
changed you are. I thought you liked
him very much, thought him superior"
''Well SO did. once. Is it possible you
have not heard of his misfortune? He's
lost all his money in stocks" What,
then, do men of high degree, what do
the ladies say? why, "Hit him again,
he's got no friends; drive him away from
your door. Hit him again, he's got no
friends. What goods man when he's
poor"
But, then, the road is very long that
turns not in it's way. 'tTides will rise,
cats will NEW, the dog will have his
day" The rich man may thus be poor,
the poor may have his place, and he
who's snubbed to-day, may look into the
others face and return the compliment.
'Hit him again, etc.
The young man, Mr.. W, is master
of good trade, and in early youth, was
taught habits of industry. As the tide
"NU desperCt1d,tn1," and resumes his
former occupation with renewed energy,
until he wins the confidence and respect
of all who know HIM. Gradually he at
tain5 to eminence and wealth. He has
learned his lesson. and profited by it.
Mr.. G. and Mr.. D. still continue to play
their games of chance until in an un-
lucky moment the tables are turned.
They are now poor, while Mr.. w. is in
affiuence. He has now his day and the
opportunity to return the compliment
and drive them from his door, but he
chooS es to observe the golden rule, ''Do
unto others as you would that others do
unto you" Here is the moral:
Let us not forget to do an act of kind
ness whenever opportunity offers. Coast
your bread upon the waters, and yot1
shall receive it after many days" Wes
also should be mindful of the sorrows of
others. If we have not the means to re-
lieve them, we should speak word of
encouragement. We know net how
much good kind word spoken IN the
right spirit may do toward soothing the
bruised heart and quieting the troubled
spirit.-Coar. Golden Era.