The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-24
Hearg Hearts and Ligit Hearts

W hatS TIE use OF II rOubie.
trouble. what a world of il ne have j:
:" man is born to trouble"-" and all
is vanity and vexation of spirit"-
thus and thus it is written. There
are the troubles Of infancy, Of youth.
of manhood and of old agci The
troubles Of poverty and the troubles
of riches ! The trouble of living and
the trouble of dyingi Who has not
bis troubles who claims exemption
from them who sees the end of
them? Aud Yet, after all. what's
the use of it? This fretting and re-
pining, this sorroWing and sighing.
this moping and mourning, making
misery more miserable. In the name
OF common sense, ! say, rchat'S the
uSe Of 1t? Does il soothe pain, sol
zen atlliction, ar ward off misfortune
VIII it call back deceased friends,
OF prevent others from dy ing, or de
liver US from poverty, or make us
healthy. or melioratc in one particu-
lar our situation ? Then do say, Err
the very sake Of sadness, 1uhaPS the
use Of II!
Suppose the times are tight and
lpinching, that trade is dull, that you
cannot make money to live as you
would wish, and are obliged to labor
harder even for the little you do oh
tain than is agreeable, do you grieve
about il are You sad aud dishcar-
tened do You abandon hope and
wish Yourself dead Pshaw =! whafS
the use Of ,t?-You get along if you
are Industrious and frugal, and the
most fortunate do no more. Besides
a light heart will not break your for
tune, nor heavy one make il, 50 you
may as well have one as the other.
1t is your misfortune to have one
Of those pests of society. a sIanderons
neiehbor, who speaks Ill of you, and
delights to do You every secret,
baC khanded injury he can, who new
or fails secretly to traduce your cha,
racter, misrcpresent your conduct
and motives, and ever tries TO excite
preludices against you? Aud dues
this dlscompose and trouble yon -
7chafS the use Of II? Keep the wind
ward of the fellow let your actions
give the lie to his accusations, and
You need not employ words for the
burpose. Wait the issue, aud you
viii see tho maxim, VeTIned III thls
case, that " he who spltteth against
the wind, spltteth in his own face"
Aud here, too. 1t may be remember
ed that heavy heart is no answer 10
an accusation though it be a false
one AID that light heart IS not
the heart that pleads guilty before
men; you had better therefore hay t
the last than the first on all aC-
counts.
Are men dishonest will a long
face and sad heart reform them -
are you sometimes deceived, wrong
ed. cheated will being discouraged
mend the matter, or melancholy
make you sharper in your future
beating! not a whit. Losses are
lessons all men buy their expert
ence at The same market. Though all
may not pay the same price Tor the
commodity. The only way Is 10
make much of what comes dear !;
and you can do this with light heart
better than with heavy one. 4
heavy heart, 1Vhat'S tie use Of ~
But it may be, things don't go ON
right at home: that You have a scol-
ding wife, cross children, and withal
an eXtrasagant family; that there's
bad management in the wiSwah.--
Well this is very sad ; but Will fret
ting make II better! viii sad heart
make sunshine IN "a cloudy house =
No-thcn 70hat'S the use o. u =
ion are not the first one in the
world who might slug
First when Macy was my care,
Heaven, | thought, was III her ar
Now we're married, splet nae maer."
And every hen-pecked husband had
as well add the conclusion
"Whistle DER the lave ct
see no profit in being miserable
in this case light heart is still
better than heavy heart. Perhaps
all this While some lovesick body has
been running over line after line, to
see if had arght to say why he
should not be unhappy. An unkind
mistress, a bad heart, an indelallga-