Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-02-12
RICH POOR MEN. .
WHOSE HEARTS WERE DIA-
MONDS.

Conclusion or a travellers IrlouIe
to Seven Memorable Characteristic
PhNesophic Sculptor, &c.
BY EDWARD PAYsON HALL.
For the Sentinel.
Concluded from last week0e
But there is another class of rich
poor men besides the free hearted to
whom must pay my respects-it is
the Lofty-minded. Such men are these
who, having been mentally enriched
by knowledge, may defy the frowns
Of fortune and see unmoved the vari-
Gus vicissitudes of life.
THE PHILOsOPHIC SCULPTOR.
My friend, Alfred Waugh, the
sculptor Of St. Louis, had his studio
on Third St, consumed a by great fire
in July, 1856; short time before his
death and the date of my departure
from that city. Somebody i'll the
crowd that hovered around the smok-
ing embers of the extinguished conha-
grafton asked him ''if he had lost
much by it?" ooh, no, nothing at all
worth mention" replied the impassive
and intellectual old Irishman, "my
property is most all safe enough; [
never had much but what existed in
my mind. There's plenty of clay and
marble around here in the State of
Missouri which [ can soon put into
shape and sell for the ready cash.
THE BooK-CURED INVALID.
A gentleman in the Arkansaw cot
ton.belt, who had lost his property
and whese health was impaired by
nervous affections, was advised by me
to read with attention the history of
the Greek and Roman Empires. At
the expiration of three months he
wrote to me in the following terms:
"You have inspired my mind with a
veperation for the virtues of the an
cients. History heretofore was not my
favorite study; but now | live on its
pages. Yes, while l read of the proud
transactions of Greece and Rome, l
wish to become an actor in the scenes.
1t has not only opened to me an mex
haustible source of pleasuce, but it has
restored me to health. | could not
have believed that my library con-
tanned so inestimable Il treasure. My
books will now prove more valuable
to me than all the fortune I once pos
sessed. In the course of six months
you will no longer be troubled with
my complaints. Plutarch is more dc.
lightful to me than the care of scores
OF wooly-heads, wide acres of snowy
cotton field and piles in bank"
THE LAWYER FARMER, ETC,
and the man who confines his desires to
his real wants and natural adaptabili-
ties is more wise, more rich and more
contented than any other mortal exist
ing. Fhe system upon which he acts
| Il, like his soul, replete with simplici-
ty and true greatness and seeking
his felicity in innocent obscurity and
peaceful retirement, he devotes his
/ mind to study and the love of truth,
and finds his highest happiness in a
contented heart. AN honorcd gradu-
ate of Jefferson College, holding also a
regular diploma from the best Legal
University in the United States, has
never practiced as lawyer in the
courts, but has spent his long life on
his farm in the Muskingum valley OF
Southeastern Ohio. A natural diff.
dence and the loss Of health through
severe study placed him there. He is
extensively known as poet, essayis1
and scientific farmer. Nor is his case
a phenomenal one in the history of in.
tellect, Contentment crowned Hor
ace, in his rural villa, with wreath
of spiritual gems more lustrous and
enduring than the diadem Of Augustus
ghttering in the false. glory's glare O.
palatial Rome.
DIT. Vernon, ". c., Feb. 9th.