The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17
RIGHT DOING.

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New York Independent.
Right doing, as well as right
speaking, is sure TO have its reward,
here and hereafter. 1t is good seed
that will spring up and bear fruit
to bless the present and future gen
erations. Every noble, generous,
and Christian act has a value not
known in the markets. One man
may scatter broadcast his wheat on
a hundred fields, and a thousand
families may be fed and made hap
DIV thereby. Another may scatter
his gold, and with, practically, the
same result. If every one will do
good as he has opportunity, the
whole world will soon be blessed.
The following incident from the
WelLspring illustrates the points we
have made, and will, we think, in
terest our readers. Not long ago
Mr.. Horace B. Clafiin, the great dry
goods merchant Of this city, was sit
ting alone in his private office, laEe
one afternoon, when a young man,
pale and careworn, timidly knocked
and entered.
s'Mr. Clafiin, said he, Il am in
need of assistance. l have been un-
able to meet certain payments, be-
cause certain parties have not done
Is they agreed by me; and | would
Ike to have ten thousand dollars.
| come to you because you were a
friend to my father and might be a
friend to me-
" leone m, said Clafin. Come
in and have a glass of wine
No said the young man. i
don't drink
".IIave a cigar, then?'
No, | never smoke.
Well, said the joker, Il would
like to accommodate you; but i
don't think / can
Every well, said the young man,
as he was about to leave the room,
Il thought, perhaps, you might.
Good day, sir
"'Hold on, said Mr.. Clafiin. You
don't drink
Ono
''.Nor smoker
Ono.
Nor gamble nor anything OF the
kindg
':'No, sir. l am superintendent
of Sunday school
".WeIl, said Mr.. Clafin, with
tears in his eyes too, you shall have
il: and three times the amount, if
YOU wish. Your father let me have
five thousand once and asked me
the same questions. He trusted me
and | will trust you. No thanks.
/ owe il To you for your father 5
trust.
We happen to know another in
cident ia the life of Mr. Clatiin which
we will give to the public and which
we are sure has never yet appeared
in print. During the late Rebel
lion. merchant of this city, con
nected with a well known firm, which
had suspended payment, called on
Mr.. Claflin one afternoon, about
half past two o'clock. Mr.. Clatiin
knew him Immediately and very
kindly greeted him. After taking
a glance at the clock, he said to the
merchant, who appeared sad and
downcast: "Well, friend---,
what can / DO for you p
Il have come to ask your help,
and | want YOU To know my posi-
ton
60 ahead, said Mr.. CIaflin, with
a most tender and friendly expires
sion Of countenance, never to be for
gotten by the merchant.
Il am in this fix, said he. ave
have got along SO far that we can
now see, we think, through all our
troubles, five can make a settle
ment with Mr.. This man
has put me off time after time, when
/ have called and now, after, per-
haps. dozen interviews, he says, If
[ will pay him $4,000 cash to-day,
he will tax 1t, and not one single
cent less. and give me a receipt in
!ull of all demands Now, Mr.
Clahin. added the distressed mrr
chant, Il have no security 10 offer
you but my honor, aud / now sol
EMMY promise you, il you will loan
me this money, 1 will return it to
YOU, II lee. the time being fixed
by the merchant. Mr. Clafiin quick
~ turned To his cashier and said
Draw a check for Mr.. for
S1O.O0O.' Then, addressing the
merchant, lac said, with n smile: "If
YOU live, friend | know you
will return the money, rs you have
promised; but: it you die, | tell you
now, / am able To lose the money;
and / promise you that your family
shall never be troubled about il.
hat generous act, at just the
right moment, which lifted a noun
tain weight from five men, will
never be forgotten by those it so
much benefited. Some of the mem
0crs of the firm yet live and from
the mouth of the merchant him
self, who called for the money, we
have obtained the facts now given.
The widow OF Gen. Garfield is
now living in her new home in