The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

judgment his employer owed much OF his bust.
ness success. that reviewing some annual state
ment Of the Affairs Ct his estate. Mr.. Hallcck oh.
served that II he could have the revenue for one
year II would be al he would ask OF worldly
wealth. when Mr.. Aston made this inquiry, "Mr.
Halleck. would you collect these rents. the in.
terest on these loans. the dividends ON these
stocks. look after the details Of this business for
just what you could eat, drink and wear" Mr..
H>lleck made negative reply, adding that ev-
cry year he got that much more than this
To this his Employer made this brief and notable
reply, "well. Mr.. Halleck. that Is all I get"
Well. my. friends. THAT r. all any one can get
The hard sense ana truthfulnees OF this rich
mans reply to the frctfnl complaint Of his friend
helps us to understand In these respects how
little Is the real difference between the rich and
the poor. the prince and the peasant, in how
many things envy and discomfort exalt our arti-
fetal wants above our few and real needs The
chief end Of our rAiment h to project US In com
fort from the heat OF summer and the cold Of
winter. Beyond . reasonable and becoming
Difference TO the claims Of custom aud propriety.
the quality Of the cloth OF the cut Of the garment
Is OF small account. When 1.-THE wherewithal shall
we be clothed" Sr0ws to be an absorbing question
be assured that il comes Of ignoble mesnncss and
snObbish pride. The extrayagancies and exac-
tions Of fashion with their unseemly r7alries arr
cheap and coarse aud vulgar, and are no more the
symbols Of refinement which they assume to BIZ
than b the togycry OF Hottentot.
So, too. the reasonable demands Of appetite are
to be needed. And here. too. we ere surprised
when We consider how simple and moderate are
Its real claims. Beyond the wholesome indul.
gencc Of Al honest stomach whose exactiont have
been sharpcncd by manly toll. the quality aud
quantity O.. hardly worth our notice. Do not
call It = hard sentence because useful and pro-
ductive labor IL doomed to 'eat its bread In the
sweat Of it, face" for its compensation Is the
relish that comes with the bread that II wins and
the rest that brings refieshing rcposc: q COM
pensation unknown At the board u idle luxury.
with its stale and insipid life Let US not rcpinc
at our plain and homely lot or even at It's drudg.
cry. for the larger reward b with III. rather than
with the dainty l0ierers. with their seilseless fol
lies and stupid ambitions bringing neither real
honor or substantial satisfaction.
AZ our thought Is drifting In this direction,
kindred reflection Or two suggest themselves and
ask mention. The nature Of the employment fol
lowed BY most Of us and the pursuit Of II In these
new chanr III which We found or made, took US
away from those great centcrs and out OF The
ways where large wealth Is accumulated. With
our choice Of pursuit and field Of life We siynifie
that our expectations were n,odera But sow.
sometimes. dissatisfied with the quiet and OBJ
scnrity We sought our thought GOES back with
something OF regret to 1.-THE mAddening crowd
with their crooked methods and fierce strivings
We see or hear the show and pretense ignorant or
fogetful Of oil that Is concealed, and wish we had
entered into the uncertain strife. risking much or
all for the prizes that blind tickle fortune offers
TO MI and gives ~ few. In that crowd are Q few
wearing the CROWN worthily. To this FURNISHED
gold We give willing honor. In that crowd are
men carrying . cold and untiring enmity that
tiger caunot know: men with hatreds ficrcer and
more unrClcuting than ever burned IN the breast
Of any savage; men, who. IN the honorable name
of business interest aud under the exsctions or
pesvcggious Of law, have committed crimes