The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-15

The great trial that every man ,frpm
the country experiences on coming, to
the city, even. surprising he has found
employment or gone into business, re-
lates to his home His S1.000 q wear,
which in the country would give him
snug little house and comfortable pro-
vision, would get him in the city only a
small room in boarding houses lGrhe
$1,000. that would give him something
more than comfortable home inithe
country, would give him in the city only
abetter boarding-hoase. The S., COO that
would give him in the country fair es-
tablishment, with horses for his con-
venience and amusement, would in the
city only give him a, small g fat'I in a
crowded apartment-house, and the
$4,000 in the country that would, give O
him the surroundings of nabOb, would
only pay the rent of q house ON Fifth
Avenue. The, country rich man can
live splendidly on from 5000 to S10,-
900 II year, while the city rich man
spends from $4,000 to $50, 900 year,
City incomes look large, but relatively
to city expenses they are no larger than
the country incomes uOtttfDRii IL
The man who lives in the city has ex-
perienced the remedies drain upon his
purse of the life which he lives, and feels
that the risk which business man runs
of coming into unknown circumstances
is very great. He feels that unless his
country friend knows just how he is go,
ing to meet that drain, he will be safer
where he is. Otylife is 'naturHiIymer-
ciless. 1t has to take care of itself, and
has all it can do to meet its OstiB wants.
If man from the country comes
into it and fails, Ne must 90 to'the wall.
Friends can not save him. A city looks q
coolly upon catastrophe of this kind, +.
for it is an everyday affair, and the VIC
tim knows perfectly well that he can
neither help himself nor get any body
else to help him. So the city friend,
knowing the risk and the needs of city
life, breads to- see any, country friend
undertake them. Then, too, the faith
full records of city life show that the
chances are largely against financial
success in it. urELIFa.g
The man; of society who is attracted
from the country to the city usually fails
to calculate bis own insignifcanee when
he encounters numbers. The man of
social consideration in the country
needs only to go to the city to find so =,
many heads above his own that he is
counted of no value whatever " Who
is heg'' &c What is hep and "What
has he dOne?'' are questions that need
to be satisfactorily answered before he
will be accepted, aud even then he. will
need to become positive force of some
sort in society to- maintain his posiaon.
City society is full of bright and positive
men and women, and the man and
woman from the country bring none of
their old neighborhood prestige with
them to help them through.
To sum up what the city man really
feels in, regard to the. coming of his
country acquaintances to the city, it
would not be far from this, viz: -
, FtrSt-The chances for wealth are as
great, practically, in the country as in
the city, and the expense of living and
the risks of disaster much less H ..ss o.
Second The competitions Of city life,
and the struggles to get hold of bust
ness and salaried work are fearful. No Z
man should come to the. city unless he
knows what he is going to do, or has
money enough in his hands to take care
of himself Until he getsS living posi-
ton, or becomes satisfied that he can
not get one. Even to-day, with the evil
dence of renewed prosperity all around
rs, there are probably 10 applications
on file for every desirable .plaee, aud no
man living here could help friend to q
place unless he could create one.
Tbird-That the soeial privileges of
the city may be greater, WhileTthe OPP
portpnities of social dis tine ton and the D
probabilities of social consideration
are much less than sfheys&e in the
country. d. 90 rtl.l. afrNtf >
Fourth-That in many respects there
is nothing in the city that can eompen- b.
safe for the pure pleasures of country
scenery and country life and sneighbor-
hood associations. go llai 1.lsi -. g. 49,
- Fyth-That a city mans. dream Of
the future, particularly if he ever lived
in the country, is always of the country
and the soil. He longs to leave. the 4
noise and fight all behind him, and go
back to his country home to enjoy the
money he may, have won.-Dr. Holland,
IN january Scri6ner.i NsiNNN "a ~