Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-08-05
"THIS COLD"
~ mas 'ELIzADeTH oAKEs SMITH, AurHos o.
.siNLrss CHILD" 90.

Calami,ies Of any kind coming singly. chsl-
lengo sympathy and coincidence, bu, where
the same thing Is general all such advantages
are lost. Whatever the i'll may be, the indi-
viduai mus, bear il alone. He can hope for
no commissioning glance Of the eye, giving
wafran, for fresh groan, no condoing tone Of
voice whore by his own sinks justified to .
fainter uebble, no housewife tale Of q similar
experience dsludlng him into making his CON.
plant kuowa." Alas he must bear his grief
alone, for his neighbors are intent upon nuIsing
their own.
Every body knows that . solitary cold 10 =
thing attended with some ecla,, (psrdon, dear
reader. the t-Engish phrase. IL was scoi.
denial.) There 10 the surprise Of every ons---
the wonder show 10 tho world you could 60,
il! Did you damp your fee,l did you cit Ia
drih Of airi did you walk In the moonlight
with Miss Diawayl did your night-cap slip
from its allegianccl Dear mo IL 10 90 strange
how you got such a cold!" Then comes tho
pepper tea, the bonsse,, the pennyroyal, the
sage Tea, one and all, the foot bath, the dan.
nels, the comforlers, the coaxings, the pity
ings. the huryings; your cough candy, liquor.
ice, gum-Arabic. everything 10 10 requisiIion.
Dear me! cold is great affair!
Blu, this 10 a cold "alonc in It's glory" Let
but the scene change, set a whole population
to snseze, 10 cough, 10 toss with fever, and oil
this re,tlng is at an end. $50 you've got this
cold" and laugh rewards your unconscious
appeal 10 sympathy. You snsezs, and your
neiphbor's eyes sparkle with delights you
cough he robs his hsndo with . chuckle OF
pleasure. "Not half so bad cir. az ! had IL.
yours 10 nothing at ail-why -. II you
are wise you will escape tho detail. Who
cares for a particular pain. when every body
is having the likcl Why. misery 10 nothing
il shared with thousand give mo the solitary
pang-ihe grief apart, the especial sorrow.
canno, abide these epidemics. |. 10 wres-
Ting democracy from ls right channel, II 10
doing away the seotimen, Of q grief.
"fhere is but a step from the sublime to
the ridiculous" 90 said Napoleon. ifnt
there something sublime 10 tho idea OF
hundred thousand people 10 the city Of New
York, all coughing 10 concert But ihen for
the details:
...sparkling and bright, 10 the liquid light"
The aathor would have been anything but fAi.
tered at tbs voice that 60, thus Tar, and vac
stopped short by a fl Of coughing.
sOn the banks Of Al
that cough; 1t was the death Of the song. and
the inciplent love wac expelled with u.
Why will not people be wisei Let the
epidemic have i,s day; pu, poetry. sentiment,
ali the loxuries Of being 1pon ihs shelf aud
quietly submit to the faiss, reco gnize The DIRE
necessity, and If they will. in memory Of The
past. walk in starlight, (happily the moon 70
Invisible set q,o,s poetry, let them be con-
ten, with the following:
s'Coughing 10 q shady groYs
Sat my Juiiana;
Lozsnges 1 gave NY loss'
Epecacuana."
Talk OF the inconveniencs OF "ihis cold. Ia
matters Of sentiment. why. this 10 nothing to
the POSITIVE evil endured by the vendors Of
ali kinds. The newsboys hardly iiii np their
voices. II an unlock wight essys, "Ssndsy
Mer-," iost 70 ny the materials OF hs lungs,
s,,sioh, way wheeling laugh echoes On eS'
.ry side from his brothers in calamity.
,.Strswbsnies," was able 10 detect uttered
in voice as II coming from the folds Of olau
ket
sThree cents basket. Ma'an. The boz
looked dispiriied. No, SO much VI ., NOR
dhed. distressed. sg'ea. ihips 90 ave