60 TURNS OF FORTUNE. provements; there were flourishing schools, and benevolent societies, and the constant ex- ercise of individual charities; and many said that’ Sarah Bond, and niece, and nephew, did more good with hundreds than others did with thousands. From having had practical expe- rience of poverty, they understood how to re- medy its wants, and minister to its sorrows. And to the last hour of her prolonged life, Sarah Bond remembered THE USES OF ADVERSITY. KS Wad , Mie Ay Re