Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-22
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SLfDER DOW NEuY LIE:
SEARCH AFrtR HAPPINESS.
BY JOSEPH c. NEAL.
Aais 90 OF Charcoal sketehsss etc.
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BY JOSEPH c. NEAL.
huis 90 Of Charcoal Sketches. etc.
CONCLUDED
No man can be valian unless he il
warm, and as no man can be- warm with
out his breakfast, II is a dcmnnsir rated
fact that breakfast is valor, und tina, one
may lie frightened herar. brc.kIasi.
without the s,igh,es; disparagcn,eut tu
MS Character for courage Master I,er.
nardine was right when he refused Ia
get up early 10 go TO the gallows-
There Is time for all thugs. But
Siyder i,ownchylle was not more dlarm
ed Than he was right and proper no,
more, probably. ihnn his antagonist.
'how do they co".e on@ said the surgeon
to Goliah Bluff who acted ms Slyder's
second. he fourth shot had been in
terchanged and no blood drawn. AS
well as CO I'D DC expected replied Coli
ah; they are approximating; the sec
onds don't have TO dods now, nd the
principals afe not so likely as they
were to shoot of one ano;her's toes
Practice makes perfect .Genllemen,
are you ready2-one, two, three bang!
bang TSe man had winged Siyder.
and both we've glad. the one that II was
safely over, SO far Us he was concerned.
and the other that the affair was safel,
over, and no worse, SO fan as he was
concerned Further approximation
might have been dangerous But the
result was a downright flying in the
lace OF pOetical Justice, DwIng no doub,
10 the Tact that pUet.cal Justice wisely
lies abed ill The last bell rings But
then, as Goliah Bluff announced 10 The
parties bellige REM, Siyder liowaehvle
was satisfied aud who else had Al riyht
TO complain? Ills nose was The feature
most Interested, and il said nothing 'as
IN body knows on for it was now n
nose, which, when regarded in its meta
physical aud honorable aspect, noiwith
siandIpg lis rubiJ tnts, had not stain
upon It's escuIcheon. | he bullet i'm its
masters should r had been soapsuds L.
It's reputation, and the duel had been
brickdust to the lustre Of its glory.
Slyder Downehyle's nose actually
'shone again. brighter than ever. H. S
arm, no doubt, was IN sIing-the same
arm that had conveyed SD many sings
into him, TO support him, comfort him,
and keep him up-but bis nose was self
sustained ii had been proved 10 be a
feature not to be handed with impunity
But what are noses after alI-what are
noses in the abstr ci-noses individual
ly considered? Slyder in the end, did
Lot are who pulled his nose, SO ;hey did
it gently.
lie was engaged in solving great NOR
81 problem ale lett the longitude and
the squaring OF the circle 10 intcllecls
OF an Inferior orier Ii was for him
60 dete rhine whether il were possible
10 live upon the principal Of one health
and capacities for enjoy ment, wiihout be
Ing restricted 10 such beggarly returns
as the mere interest thereof. AS f r
content-ihe being happy with ones
SELF as Uncle Juhn expressed it-ihis
was very fiat sort Of happiness in Sly
der Downehy Hes estimation, IL, indeed
he ever laced it in the category at all
Ii was by no means strong enough for
the purpose. Happy upon water! III
trouble you for that pale brandy said
Slyder Downehy.le. lie desired that
his existence should be one vast bowl of
champagne punch--an everlasting mince
Ple-IerraPins and turtle soup-glaciers
OF ice cream and cataIacis Of cognac,
summed by lrolic end famed by the breeze
OF excIIcment--a perpetual spreer-
There were to DE no shady sides Of the
way In his resplendent world. How
many proctica! philosophers have failed
ia the same pursuit II is the aurun.
POta bile never 10 be discovered! Are
we always TO come down TO the plain
reality at laslf DownehylIe could not
endure the ihought-'more cayenne, if
you please
'ilaye you ever tried faror whispered
Spifi,kens; there's considerable fun at
faIo, when you are up to it,
Spillllkens passed the bottle. Slyder
DOwnehylle had never tried faro, but
he did try it and thought that he rather
liked It La short, il improved upon ac>
quaintance. At length ne had reached
the ultima Thule. The something 10
he happy with had, 10 all appearance,
been found. Redhelffer was but goose
He knew not where to look for the per
pctuai motion'--the everlasting iog 10
the tagging spirit. but the top Of our
speo6 brings the end Of the race. lie
who ne YES most Iapidly is soonest al
the end OF his career. Faro is f-kle,
and Slyder DOwnehylle in his zeal to
pile enjoyment upon enjoy ment-to be
happy, 4 possible, with several things
a. time--had unluckily a habit Of not
taking eve his faro 'plain;' he needed
syrup also, IN that effervescing draught.
and as his head became warm, the cool
amounfa IA his oootofo lr,,oIt,d $3.50