Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-07-28
whole No. 90.

9The loaded bee the lowest flies, K
The richest pearl the deepest lies;
The stalk the most replenished,
Dothbow the most it's modest head:
And thus humility we find
2 The mark of every master mind;
The highest-gifted lowliest bends, sAa
And merit meekest condescends, s~s
And shuns the fame that FOOLS adore--a,
The puifthat bids q FEATHER soar.
n THE GENUS BoRE.'
~ .s Oh he's as.tediouse !.
AS is tired horse, railing wife;
Worse thana smoky house: had rather live
With cheese and garlick, in windmill, far,
Than feed on cakes, and have him talk to me.
In any summer house in Cbrstendom.'
~. SHAKsPEARE.
The good and the bad things Of earth are
strangely mingled together, and you cannot
have either separately. Agreeable friends are
blessings; but one cannot form acquaintance,
wlthoutcontrpcting some sort of alliances with
those who are especially disagreeable. For
what purpose bores were created, it would be
difficult to determine; perhaps, to teach us
patience and torboarance. itcertainly requires
as much patience to remain cool under the in
fctions of dulness, as for any thing else in
life; and to be able to forbear, when you feel
tempted 10 kick stupidity out of your presence
is virtue indeed.
There are two leadlrg classes OF bores-
the gorulous and the taciturn. Heaven heir
you, when you are vctimized by one. of the
first class! He deluges you with .wurds. He
inficts all the scandal and news upon YOU
while you'slook like Resignation hueoing i
whipping g-post. You feel irritated awhile, ana
then sick. lie has tongue enough for both
and only requires that you resolve yourself in.
to horrible deformity, by becoming all ear
You cape, and show symptoms of sleep. He
doesn't care; you may sleep, or dislocate youl
jaws, as you please. He is one of the emissa.
res OF fate, sent on earth to punish, and he
means to fulfil the purpose Of his destiny,
There is no getting clear of fhissnoise; and you
may as well be Us complaccnt as you can, and
regard his tongue as the scourge which ipficts
chastiseinent for past sin.
Again, a taciturn bore drops into your pre-.
sence.s You talk first on one subject and ther
on some other; but instead ofshowing interest
he looks as if his leaden eyelid would fall il
| spite OF your efforts. You think the fellow 6
fool; and can scarcely resit the propensity tc
enlighten him in regard to himself, by telling
him so. You look 'unutterable things at him
but you cannot stir him up. Your hear
sinks within you, and for a moment yor
look the model of statue of despair
Yon ask him to read the morning. pa
per, but he is tired to death of politics
You offer him book, and he fumbes it list
lessly for moment, and puts it down. You
agony becomes eXcruciutlng; your frient
locke like the mpersonaton Of the nightmare
and he clings to you, as the old man Of the set
clung to Sinbad.
The present is the age of botes. No skill
can AVOID them. Like the enemy of youi
souls salvation, they go about seeking whose
peace they may destoy. They invest every
society and their name is Legion. If you
were to seek a cave in some ar-off-mountain,
they would find you out or ifin despair, you
should drown yourself in the sea, the ghost ol
some bore would be sure to rise with yours
from the waters, and torture your shade on its
way to kingdom come Whether YOU sit
down, lie down, read, write, or reflect, you
must be annoyed by the pr5sentiment of bores
and coming evils. Your ,apprehensions are
ceaseless, a2d you. ,momentarily, expect the
Philistines will be upon you--Philistines who
WELD the weapon which was fatal to their an
cestors Of Old. ~ w '&i 70 S.