Mississippi Democrat., 1845-11-26

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his mate with, and it is his nature to sin
-you need not mind that, but had bette
be looking out for safe places to step on
have before now trod on n snakes
may you,
1t is getting wet, and you may roll u
your trowsers, if you plea7e--but theI
your legs will be scratched, and all the com
fort YOU will have from the Misses" you
wife, will be-" you would 90, and nou
you see.' Plaster your smariing shins will
that by and bye.
There is no use in grumbling--vour sor
row is of your own seeking. The bog
and the swamp cannot be blamed. They
were as quiet, calm and unruflled as a
Quaker's shirt, ill you broke in upon their
rest. They did not come to you--you be-
gan it, and now 90 ahead
The first step towards conientment is to
know when you are well off, How you
tickle the fancy of the red.winged Black
Birds, with the double piston motion YOU
describe with your legs in those two black
holes, ont Of which you are so vainly try.
ing to extrlcate them, one at a time--frst
one and then the other. That will never
do Jump, lift both at once what, are you
tastf well, hold on and take breath a mo.
ment, and III tell you about that bull frog.
1t is all right with him-he is al home
here, and gets along famousl,, where Won
only stick and lose your shoes and tom.
per. Ii you had only known it, and
thought so at the time, you were doing
very well when you had your dry clothes
on al home. Your room faces the south.
west, and was comfortable when You le(t
1t; and the hanging bird thai sings in the
elm'lree, with his neighbors the Robin and
the Thrush, together, are as good as
Bobink or bulIfrog, any day. Impatient
man! with your slippers and o seat on
sofa-and your Wandering Jew"-and
room 10 stretch your legs in-with these,
and the stated preachers Of the Gospel 10
keep you, and no horrid noise, smoke, or
phantom 10 drive yoa off. You would 90
1 pleasurlng, and splash through the crust
IF the earth, TO be bloodsucked by ticks
md eeches, and laughed at by Bobinks.
Your wife is now eating strawberries, and
hick cream; she has fine hot rolls, too,
90 light, and so very white within, wooing
he hard yellow butter to come and melt
lpon them. How IL your appette2--
Strawberries and cream do not grow IN |
iismal bogs--nothing good or wise grows
" goes there.
Had you remained under your own
inc and fig tree, you would not have been
'here you are. There, by Pluto. you
ave upset your bait! The deed is done
You can go home now, directly, or play
'oblnk where you are, at your leisure
r improve your mind BY reflection. Let
our mind hold communication with itself
-consider the lilies Of the valley, and
le shrunk cabbages, too--and see how I
ley get along' without work--wonder
way at the march oil lime, and the mou. !
ering of rotten wood and contemplate !
le economy of nature, who uses up all q
er "soap ial'' and "ashes," and wastes 3
othing. Q
The worm and the beetle destroy the I
IN. the bark and the wood while ,be on; G
,r and ne ant eat Of ,bem-,hen ,h;ppL XXI
! What n Kilkennv.like wi.dom !, IL II /
ose very sniders and on,s--,o on, nn l.
,ch cher. If YOU remnjn Inn, whe,pp '
m are. ,bev viii On, von F,a.b ,noa, d
not 10 he lad every dav in ,be swamn s
ba hu,cber onlv comes onco ~ .'h;l. h
ID fresh sofi fisherman il M, 10 ho {
snised in such nIaca ~ = - 0
There i time for ali ,bi,c, so.,s ,ho n
.onhe, and ,here viii no 1,,,o 80 e wy wy @
oet ont or ,h;s damn n,aca. a.. 49,. ~ ~ |,
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vo'r m;sdeeds Con.;dar ,voll al soy ' l.
:, follies md ,hink oC ,bo ,;rno re- 49, ypu G
n were a how and ,old s,orie.ho,, ~ ""o" ,,o'' n
,,esn,ssed nnan ,ho naao,,, ~ Il
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