Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-03
KEEP COOL-KEEP COOL.
"Oyer the heat and fire of blood
Snrin sln cool natiancen

A singular and most unnecessary admonl-
ton this. YOU will say, with the Thermometer
ranging about zero, and wood at seven dol
lars ? About the greatest difficulty just
now is to keep warm. But stay, not so fast
NV gentle reader. What | mean to advise
is-kecp thy temper cool-and thou may.
est warm thy feet and nose Us opportunity
offers.
One of the greatest mistakes that sensl
bic man or woman ever commits, is to get
warm-exctcd-rritated. It's surprising
what little friction produces heat. Rub
YOUR hands together and they are hot direct
IVA couple of dry frosty sticks may be
made to burn in the same manner. And
inst so with the temper-rub it hard against
anv thing and it blazes directly and then we
saw things that we had better no; have sald'
and do things that we had better not have
done.
We'll. let US talk about the matter.
We hear great deal said about hasty
tcmpcrs-quick tcmpers-and lrrltaoetem.
pcrs-And people seem 10 trea: these things
as natural defects-untortunate weakness,
when the fact is that every thing dependsup.
on the way the temper is schooed and train.
ed. There is Il difference among men |
ad,nit--some are naturally moro cold and
pnccmatc than others But you will be
much mistaken you suppose that you can
Judge of the natural temperament OF men
hy their conduct always. On the contrary
Won will find il many instances, that men
once hot. ,csrv. and overbearing, become
habituay cool, uniformly mild. They dis,
cover the weak poin, in their characters, and
so constantly guard that point, that habit
eventually becomes "second nature" and
the change that you see takes place.
Let me give you some rules for keeping
cool-and if they do not succeed, 1t will be
because you don't give them ialr trial.
l. Tokecp cool-you must make "a point
to BE- sure you are IN The rlsht-whether Ii
be matter of business or "a matter OF argu.
ment, or point Of etiquette. There is
nothing that rubs so hard against the tenn
per, as to find yourself unexpectedly IN the
wrong. Examine your way well before
you attempt to travel it-take care that 1t
so straight that you sec the end before you
set out. And then.
>. Go quietly on. Ifyou have an arsu-
ment on hand, don't rise from your seat
your temper will rise with you--Dont
stretch out your hand or it is half over with
vou-Don,'t lift up your voice, or YOU are
gone. That's what | mean by" "quIetly.
Did YOU ever notice the fact. that YOU keep
YOUR nerves composed, and your voice upon
its lowest key, YOU never get angry! II Is
so-.here is just that arrangement between
the physical ard moral powers--Iust SO the
one acts uoon The other.
3. lit BE- neutrality-suspicious.
to kccp--;u good humour. Some men
try 10 keep down their ttmpcrs by laughing
through discussion Or ditficulty--But the
Iaurh vii! occasionally degenerate into a
snyer, and then the effort at good humor is
seen to be rather a laughable affair. But
does this seem like begging the question It
sauints little that way | conitss-But yet
there is something ia it. You grantsne that
YOU feel in good humor sometimes. Wei
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