The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-10

oecsees - CSOfess.
Though sometimes small evils. like i'll
visible insects, inAict pain, and a single
hair may stop vast machine, yet the CHIEF
secret Of comfort lies in not suffering trifies
to vex one. and in prudently cultivating the
underground Of small pleasures, since very
few great ones, alas! are let on long leases.
&arps Essays.
He that opposes his own judgmen. against
the consent OF the times, ought to be backed
with unanswerable truths; and he that has
truth on his side is fool, as we'll as cow
ard, if he is afraid TO own il because Of the
currency or multitude Of other mems OPin-
Foe.
ahrewA OAsssvssssa.
| always listen with pleasure to the re-
marks made by country people on the hab-
its Of animals. A cOuntryman was shown
Gainsborough's celebrated picture Of the
pigs. ITO be sure" said he, ''they be
deadly like pigs; but there is one fault; no
body ever saw three pigs feeding together,
but what one on um had a foot in the trough"
-Jtsse's Gleanings in Natural History
Mamma" exclaimed beautiful girl,
who had suffered affectation to obscure the
little intellect she possessed, ''what is tina,
long green thing lying on the dish before
your "A cucumber, my beloved GeOrgi-
ana, . replied the mamma, with a bland
smile Of appreciation at her darling's COM
mendable curiosity. "A cucumber, gra-
cious goodness, my dear mamma how Very
extraordinary; always imagined, until this
moment, that they grew in slices"
Chapmans Weekly Magazine.
Our COUNTRY REApERs.-It is a pleas
ant thought, when in the course of our edi-
torial labors-the stereotyped phrase, al
belt the labOrs are not very severe)-we at
tempt an article, that what We write will
be read BY those far removed from the busy
whirl in which We live; perhaps by the
dweller in some lonely cottage in the dis
tant west, where the paper. coming in once
a week, is cheering and welcome visitor.
Those about us, grown iastidious by indul.
gence, may complain Of us as etupid, CON-
mOn-Place, or dry; may find our news old.
our remarks Pontless, our cautions imper-
inent. But We feel sure that the country
reader will not only
BE to our faults a little blind,
And TO our failings very kind
but will rather generously over-rate our de-
serts, than display acumen by picking flaws
in our lucubrations When We call I'D
the face Of the distant reader to the minds
eye, it is always an encouraging face, and
We can read in il the pleasure which we
have ourselves often felt when the weekly
mail-a pair Of lank saddle-bags thrown
across tanker pony-brought handful
of papers, and perhaps letter or two, that
Enlightened whole evening, and transpor.
ted us magnetically back to well-remem-
bored scenes; OF, still better, brought those
scenes To the fre-side at which We were
sitting. 1t is delightful to think ones poor
efforts may be instrumental, in ever -
small degree, in bestOwing such pleasure
as this.-Mrs. Kirkland.
Miss EDGEwORrH hearing lady saw. IL
cannot sing positively, replied, True, but
We all know YOU can sing stp,rlatirely.
4 Royal Editor.-The King of Bava-
ria about to start newspaper, which ru-
nor says, he is 10 edit himself.
The Sovereigns Of Great Britain. Porru.
gal, Spain and Turkey, are under 81 wears OF
age. The first three are females.
Love is the shadow Of the morning, which
decreases as the day advances: Friendship,
is the shadow Of the evening. which strength
ems with the setting sun of liie.-La Fon-
tame.
lS SPAIN there seems a wider separation
than ever between the Queen and her hus-
band, and divorce is now spoken Of
HI Dss~Ai.s.
Ill breeding, says the Able Bellegardc, is
not single defect, it is the result of many.
1t is sometimes gross ignorance OF decorum.
or stupid Incidence, viii III prevents us from
giving 10 Others what is due to them. Ii is a
Peevish malignity which inclines us to op-
pose Hie inclinaiions Of those with whom we
converse. Its the consequence of fool
ish vanity which hath no complaisance for
any other person; the effect of a proud and
whimsical humour which scars above all
the rules of civility; or. lastly. it is produced