The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-23

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The prospect is not bright. We were
counting on twice as much cotton as we
are going to get. I don't plant cotton,
but my tenants does, and thought /
and put blinds to the house, but | won't,
and the blinds must 20. 1t is hard on
mo but it in bsnler on Roland, for he has
worked faithfully and had high hopes Of
being able to buy another mule. Roland
is cheerful man and never complains.
He compares himself with those who are
worse off. When sympathized with
him about the long drouth cutting
off his cotton, he said "Well, it's not 80
bad as it might be, for made good
corn crop and plenty Of wheat and oats,
and don't eve as much as some of the
nabors. / don't owe more than l can
pay"
How much do you owe ?" said /.
"Only two dollars" said he.
l wish everybody was 80 we'll off as
Roland. travelled with man from
York In South Carolina the other day,
and he said his people owed enough for
guano to take all their cotton, and there
wasn't enough made ID his county to
make shirt apiece for the people who
made it, "but then," said he, I'VE are
having mighty good meetings going on,
and always noticed that it took power
of religion to do folks under trouble
more religion in adversely than prosperity
and they always get it," That's so, I
reckon. The good book says: Humble
thyself under the mighty hand of God"
but man can't do it with q pocket full
Of money. He may be ever 80 much in.
clined that way, but man who has no
wants unsupplied can't get down to it
and wrestle in prayer and take nnderholt
like one who Il. in the low grounds of
sorrow. Tho rich man feels secure and
independent whether it rains or not. The
only thing he wants it to rain for is 10
settle the dust and cool the air 80 he can
feel better in bis skin. But the poor
farmer looks to the clouds for living,
and he never looks up without feeling
his dependence upon Him who made
them and sends the rain upon the Just
and the unjust. 1t is not ut all imp0ssi.
BILE for rich man to reverence his Maker,
and do good with his money and have a
peaceful conscience. Job Is a notable
example, and we have them about nova
days, ever and anon, but still they are
scarce. It looks like the moro the Lord
gives man the more he ought to love
Him but he don't, and it is the same way
with parent and his children. Poor
folks children love their parents
better than rich folks children, and the
best ChristianB know of are among the
poor and the afflicted. Rich mems chill.
dren stand around waiting for tho old
man to die. They don't think .hey are,
but they are, and they catch themselves
figuring many time about their share,
and what they will get when the old man
dies. DR.. Haygood preached q sermon
Mt our town not long ago, and with
solemn earnestness declared that it was
perilous thing for father tc lay up
money for his children. "For many long
years." said he, II have been an educa.
tor of the boys Of this land. have loved
them and watched them, and tried to
guide them by precept and example, and
l say now with solemn conviction, that
there is no danger, no peril, no tempta.
tion so fatal to youth as riches. Many
boys como to college as benefciaries !;
many come whose parents are toiling aud
struggling to give, them an education,
and many come whose parents are rich,
and their children never know O want.
It is this last class only that have ever
class all the expulsions come, and not
long ago we had to expel one of them
who was only sixteen years old for boing
o habitual drunkard. keep roll Of
our graduates aud watch them from year
to year after theS leave us, and it is only
this class who come to grief and make up
2 record either c. ;adoleRce Or of shame.
Of courae there are many noble excep-
tions, and I only allude to the contrast
in general"
This was the substance of the doctors
declaration, and wish every parent in
the land could have heard it, and
realized tho solemn emphasis with which
he said 1t, for DR.. Haygood knows. He
has opportunity to know. Poor boys
make the best citizens. They obey the
law, and they work and toll for an hon
est living. Riches are best with many
perils. A MIN can pile up and keep on
piling Il he wants to, but let MIN look
out for breakers. Not long ago passed
by princely mansion in large city,
and I asked my friend what had become
of that mans children. aud he said he
didn't know but tTo. The sen is gen.
teel vag. oond who loafs around town and
the daughter married gambler who neg
lects her, and that is what killed the old
man. So, after all, there ia some good in
poverty; some security for our children.
Not long ago asked wealthy old gen.
tleman about his children, where
they were ard what they were
doing, and he answered with pride about
his oldest boys and said they were sober
and steady and at work-and then he
added, "but these boys were born when
was poor, very poor, aud had to work
hard for q living and as they grew up
they mad 10 work too aud acquired habits
of Industry and economy, but our two
youngest came to us after I had got we'll
off and they never worked any, aud they
give mo o great deal Of trouble and anxi.
ETY.. am sorry ever got rich."
That is the way of 1t exactly. The
perils Of riches.
But still fortune gained honestly in
the pursuit. OF an honest calling Is good
thing, and many men manage 1t Alright
and manage their children too, and am
like everybody else; I think l would be
willing to risk it aud take the chances.
It is no ain to have II, but every man
who iB hunting for 1t ought to be fore.
warned and forearmed and bring up his
children on proper principles. "Get
acquainted with them heard rich