The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-08-23
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
A DISSERTATION UPON HAPPI.
NESS AND CONFINEMENT.
The Rich Declare That Wealth Does
Not Bring 1t, While William Says
1t Helps Considerably.

Inc Dlues are masculine ma adv aud affIiot
men more than women. Women nave moro
Srief and sorrow, but when there il no
great trouble in the house they are naturally
moro cheerful than the men. notice il vsry
frequently that while am worried and per
picked about temporal things and cant sea nv
way out and find myself in At OF the blues. nv
WiLe aud daughters keep their spirits up. and
o'her women com aud 20 aud tslk and laugh
anu say bright things. That is all right It
would be awful for the whole family 10 ba va
the blues at the same time. In fact nohodv
ouHht 70 nave them and nobody is Obliged 10
t' have tbem. They Green seaitLiIy
upon man aometimos, aud il he docs not
nSnt Them OF he is very poor company. My
VIII. wlle says look like dident Ii we a friend in
the world The best remedy is to Quit tbi- L.
ing and 80 to work. Do some hins-work in
the garden, chop some WOO !, fix the windoy
i,s, curtains, tic up the f,wers swing the gran l.
cniiurea-do something to divert your mind
from yourself. 1t is better to READ stcrv than
10 think and brood over tronble that r,ay never
come. The body is no mysrerioue,y conn, @. ed
WIN the mind that the blues impair digestion,
.i a,u tiat causes loss of appetite, and the flrst
thing man knows he is sick sure enough, T,
has been supposed that the heart was the seat
VI the auectlons and emotions but that il a
mistake. 1t is the stomach, and il that ia ont
OF order the whole body is sick The Bible
passion. - ~
another good way to drive of the blues ia To
write letters to kindred and friends and yentil
ht" your troub cs and abuse somebody Give
four iecinGs an explosion and you will find re-
iie'. had such letter from friend the
"ther day and he wound up bv saving; "And
now think feel better, plague take 'em
sometimes q view from the otner side nroduc q
reaction. Consider the folks around YOU who
aae a worse OH and yet keep cheerful aud thank
tni' Yonder comes the old man with his
wood, said my wife. Yes he is about as old as
am and Is wearing my old hat and coat that
she gave him, and like the ''son Of .ilknomoc,
1ns n never complains" he lives six miles away.
Hc cuts load of wood one day and haul. il In
town the next day wi h n yoke of steers. and
When he cane sell 1t for rs cents he knows he
en- haul it to my house and Mrs ARD will take
II. de always wears smile and says: "we
are getting along fairly well at my house-s
your people all well2" Ho throws two or three
chunks OF lightwood on top so as to keen the
COOK IN good humor. Oxen are an awful slow
motor in these lightning times, but they are
'heap ana don't die and nobody will steal them
ana 'ley SUIT an inbrm old man better than
mules. They never run away or kick or ge. out
OF temper A man can drive oxen until he gels
slow and amiable and serene, He becomes
thankful for what little he has got and he go,s
TO meeting on Sundays and chews his toba, CO
and enjoys his religion Poor folks ought TO
enj r. ligiop. for they don't have much else
TO enjoy. Just think how many things the up-
per crust have to distract their minds from the
comforts Of religion. There are the shows and
theaters and sewing societies and the parties
and buggy rides and bicycles and shopping and
fashion magazines and going to the springs
and visiting and receiving visits, besides the
domestic affairs of putting up jelly and jam
and pickles aud preserves The old wood
hauler has mono OF these things. but he does
have few texts of Scripture that are worth
them all and moro, too. The meek shall inherit
the earth and the poor in spirit the hinglom OF
heaven, and if there is anything else to inherit
l don't know it.
Poets. philosophers and rich men have all
testified to the vanity OF riches and yet every
rascal of them wants more than they have got
And so do 1. Some Of us are fools enough 90
believe that we want money to do good with
and help other people There are q few rich
men OF that kind, but they ara rare. There
are still left here and there at lonely distanc
a Peter Cooper or Peabody or George W. Scot,
who do not wait until they die to do good with
their money. Carnegie and Rockefeller give of
slice occasionally, bur they hold fast 10 the
big end of the rope and keep on piling up
The New York World sent out inquiries not
long ago to all of the milionares to know
whether or not great riches brought happiness.
Carnegie said: "Wealth brings happ ness only
when the possessor leeds the hungry clothc.
the naked, endows institutions OF learning
POUNDS hospitals and does other countless COOL
works"
Rockefeller said: "Wealth does not bring hap.
pinesg, for no man thinks himself wealthy. No
than hc il, and that fact makes him feel poor
Practically, there is no such thing AS n rich
man. Money is like raw berries and cream
nobody ever gets enough. Don't you think
yon have had enough, Ethcl?' said her aunt
L NAV think no. auntie. but don't feel co.
said Ethel. No, the fact In that great wealth
brings unhsppines.."
Russell Sage said: "Riches are all vanity and
ve1aton of spirit. Few people have any idea
of the trouble and inconveniences that wealth
question as does wealth brin-. happiness2 A
rich man is constantly in the pnblic eye. Prl-
vacy is impossible for HIM. The public il GU
rious even to know how he opens his letters and
puts on his shoes and what he has for break
fast. An incognito is impossible. No, riches
do not bring happiness ncr contentment."
Russell A. Ager says: "Men sre no happier