The Cecil Whig., 1883-03-10
TROUBLE OF HAVING TOO MUCH.

family were cut of with only one million
two hundred thousand dollars. Sad state
Of things. Put yourself in their place
and see how you feel! Just think of a
man starting out III the world with only
a million, two hundred thousand dollars
They go into conrt for more, and the
great NandeTbilt will case, and the Hicks
Lord will case, are followed by the great
Hoyt will case, and all these are only i'll
ustrations on large scale, Of what is 60
ing or now in many courts on a small
scale. Family affairs displayed, charges
of insanity and over-inlluence, and strife
FOR ali following generations. Meanwhile
les ali men Of small means, or no means
at all take comfort in the fact that you
have nothing in the way of large estate
to set your children in quarrel. Great
peril for those who possess large estate,
great peril for those who are expecting
large estate. The surrogate's Off ce is an
ArInageddon. The bitterest feuds ever
seen are between brothers aud sisters
about their fathers will. 1t does not
make any difference how sound may be
his mind when he makes his last will and
testament; after his death mighty efforts
will be made to prove him imbecile. 1t
is always evidence of d, ,testator's insanity
when he does not give yoa/as much as
you think lie ought to. Amid all the in
conveniences of limited finances, take the
consolation that your grave will not pro-
badly be made tue battle ground for legal
of things when you take care of your
children until they are able to take care
of themselves, and then in your old age
they will take care of you. 1t is a beauti-
full scene when parents rear their child
ren in principles Of industry, and kind
ness, and honesty, and in all the amen
tiles of life, and gi them such q strong
start in the right direction, that when
the parents come on toward seventy or
eighty years Of age they get letter from
the son, saying:
y
been consulting with my wife and our
little children, about asking you both to
come and spend the rest of your days
with US. We have good warm room on
the first floor which you could have all
to yourselves. You can rise up as early
in the morning as you want to, and go to
bed as early at night as you choose
and the nurse has promised to keep baby
ctin hiln - fol lyiTtr a aFtarnpnn
nap. The children all clap their hands
AT the idea of grandfather and grand
mother coming to live with us. We are
having the old arm chair mended, and
shall this afternoon buy a copy of the
Psalms OF David i'll large type. l will
send the big wagon over for you next
Monday morning. with blankets, buffalo,
hot bricks and foot-stUve. Tuck your
selves up warm aud snug. The man will
drive gently over the guiles. You shall
not want for anything, so help me God J.
Do not say anything more about being
dependent on us for a livelihood, when
| remember how long l was dependent on
you, and what good care mother took of
me wh.n | was sick great while with
the scarlet fever, and what good advice
you gave me when | started in life giving
me those principles in which | am irving
| to briug up my own children now With
| love and kisses from us all, | am
Your alfectionate and grateful Son.
Next Monday afternoon the wagon is
coming up tie lane. The whole family
are out in front to greet its coming, and
tie children make world of a racket,
enough to frighten the horses. Take it
slowly, now, and do not miss that step,'
says the son, as he helps mother out of
the wagon. Al the children talk at once,
the younger ones saying what the older
ones say, and a new dispensation Of light
and love has come to the house. The
fact is, the young man of that house has
won the grandest inheritance he can get
in this world the privilege of taking
care OF the Old people in their last days,
Their prayers are 4 fortune, their capa-
benetiction, for the promises are never
more beautiful than when trembling
lns utter them, and when we stand over
the brink of a short grave it is very
strengthening to have an old mans hand
put on you, while he says: "My son,
bear up, all is well,' and there is nothing
more soothing than the touch of an old
mothers wlinkled hand. Yes, she is
beautiful. | care not how much her
back may be bent with burdens. or how
much her face may. be wrinkled with care
| Ill 81, !, 1s1.>l
up in her face and call her by that word
struck through with all celestial rhythm
"Mother..' So these two old people pass
their last days with their s0n--the morn
ing twilight of the little children Of the
household mingling with the evening
twilight of the aged ones. Sometimes,
perhaps, in the iniirmities of old age,
they may be a little luernlous, the wind
from the northeast giving extra rheum-
attic twngc to the shriveled limb but
the whole household are patient, and ans.
wer not back again. After awhile, one
goes and the other goes soon after. Fat
her and mother almost always go only a
| IittIc way dpdtt,. buG Ihcil hiuuly lu-
fluence Will never be broken. Which
picture do you like the best? The home
in which the children wrangle for the
fathers money, or the home in which the
children plan for the comforting Of dec.
lining years? Over one the dove settles.
Over the other. the vulture screams
Over one The promise, Honor thy father
and thy mother, that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee" Over the other, the
curse, The eye that mocileth at it's fat.
her and refuseth to obey its mother, the
ravens Of the valley shall pick it out, and
the young eagles shall e,t it "
Thomas A. Hendricks will sail fol
Europe in June. He has recovered from
his recent illness. and the Democrats Of
Indiana are exceedingly glad. Hendricks
is curious man. He lives for to day
For thirty years he has been prominent
figure in the politics Of his State. He
has managed his party with rare tact. Ir
fact he was the party. He was asked
to accept the tail of the ticket in 1880 il
Tilden should be nominated, but lie re-
fused, and then announced that he as