Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-08-10
SHORT PATENT SERMONS.
NEW sERiEs-No. POS.

NEW sERlEs-No. 20S.
The words Of my text areas follows:
Smile when you smile; and, when you
rage, just rage.
MY hearers-Therc is vast deal Of
false show, deceit and hypocrisy ahoat
upon the waters of the world, which
ought to be sunk to rise no more for
ever: and if | thought l could accom-
plish their destruction by throwing
stones, | would keep firing till | had
Expended the last particle of mental
aud physical ammunition. l scarcely
know whether the men or the women
are made up of the most falsties.
Young ladies' certainly wear false smiles,
false hair, false color upon their cheeks,
shall l term hem?-false projections,
such as l never seen before. Strip
them Of all their artificial ornaments,
and nine out Of ten of them are no
worthier objects Of attraction than a
parcel Of picked peacocks: because, in
such cases, the mind is generally left
wholly unadorned. Take care, girls,
to garnish your hearts with the flowers
of wisdom and virtue, that never fade;
and you will always look lovely, with
out the aid of external establishment;
when YOU smile, don't let the face per-
form the Office unassisted by the feel
ings; but let every smile come as fresh
and warm from the heart as milk from
cow, and as sparkling and bright in
the pure sunshine of Joy, mrth or glad
ness, as a mill dam by moonlight.
When you are angry, let folks know
it-go with vengeance! Rip, stave,
fly about, smash your bonnets, tear
your frocks, do something desperate;
and, in five minutes, you will satisfy
every body that you are in earnest, and
not to be trihcd with. But this play
ngmad--ulaking believe angry at times
for the sake of getting stronger hold
on young fellows elections, is the
very summit of nonsense The fabric
is Of too flmsy and transparent tex
ture not TO be seen through with half
an eye. And, another thing, my dear
young females while flirting If you
firD with the opposite sex, don't ever
pretend to be struck with admiration
at the sight Of this and that thing,
and exclaim 20 how beautiful unless
you really think SO. The aficctatlon
sticks out about feet as we say in
Dutch, and is as disgusting as iii un-
disguised. :,
Now, my young brothers, what shall
say Of you. shall say that you are
no better, than, if as good as, the frail
fair sex. In all your movements you
exhibit foolishncss and folly. You
smile to betray--and, as my friend
Beattie says, YOU lead TO bewilder and
dazzle to blind. You profess a purity
of purpose, and yet your daily practi-
ces are wholly at variance with your
precepts. You pluck the beautiful po-
sizes that bloom in the garden OF wo-
mankind, professedly to place them in
your bosoms. add cherish them; but,
alas! how often do you leave them,
after having taken a snuff or two Of
their fragrance, to wilher in the cold
blighting storms ofneglect! In short,
you are perfect specimens of inslncerl-
iy-bladders of gas, bags of windmill
Of words without meaning, and mani
festations of love devoid Of faithful
foundation.
Nv hearers-there is too much Of
: fectalion among you altogether a.
gre with my transatlantic friends, Mrs.
Ellis, that i, arises principally out OF
: desira 10 obtain theg2od opinion Of 9TH