The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-30

Some N ths Hinduo hqsirp make merit or
remaining Ora lifs-tisss in - same position.
Some Of lhsnl choose NE most unco,nfortsble
positions, 18th the legs crosssd, or the hands
claspea sl,svs shs head. aud obstinately persist
in retaining these postures. ill death relieves
them. The pillar saints. in former times.
placed themselves upon pillars, and refused TO
make use of the powers Of locomotion with
which God had endowed them. These were in
their own. times decidsdiy the ''anti- movement
party" But we have faqairs and pillar ssints
In our times. and In our own country-snsn who.
place themselves In uncomfortable positions.
and oppose oil change. There are men now
who stick to their pillars as obstinatsly as did
Simon Styltes. These men oppose every
change, merely because II is change. They
wonld have the whole world to stand still with
them. They admire Joshua more for making
the sun stand still, than for leading the Israel
ties to victory. II was the stand.still men who
prosecuted GallIleo for his discoveries. They
were not willing To believe that the planet on
which they were placed was moving SO rapidly
They would have stopped Fulton's steamboat, il
they could. They throw themselves before the
car Of science itself, and command il TO stand
still. When II does not obey them, they seize
the spokes and are dragged along. This is The
only way in which.they make progress. II was
the stand-still men who refused to guard them
selves against the smallpox by vaccination.
They seemed to think the smallpox had its
rights, which II wan Elm TO violate.
Ia the eyes Of the stand-still people, every
thing established 10 sacred. The existence of a
thing is sufficient evidence Of its sxcelle nce-
"Whssever is is right" They may sometimes
have faint idea that such and such thing
might be amended but they check all such
thoughts by rejecting that the thing has exist
ed for some time. A pond of stagnsnt water
before their doors, may breed psstience, but they
will not believe it. Tho pond has been there
for some time, and it would be a great change
to remove it, They will even find q divine
warrant for its remaining. 1t wac placed there
by the Creator, and He knew best whore water
ought to be. Besides. IL has been Of great I'D
vantage to tho geese and ducks. 1t is no worse
now taan it has been. Ii has been Of great ad
vantage, too, in forming the characters of the
children. II has made them good swimmer
Three out of every four have died, II is true
AMI il is saie, that the pond killed them. bu,
this is imagination. Ii is making a charge
against Providence to say so. Let those who
object to the pond try their hand at making q
better world. We ought to take things as they
art.
Mause HeadIigg expressed the feelings of thi.
class of people in her address to Lady Msrgare,
Bellenden. "Your ladyship and the steward
has been pleased to propose that my son Cuddis
sud work in the barn, wi a new-fangled ma.
chine for lighting the corn frae the chaff thu.
impiously thwarting the will of Divine Provi.
deace, by raising wind for your Ieddyship's air
particular use by human art, instead Of so
Letting it by prayer, or waiting patiently fol
whatever dispensation Of wind, Providence wa,
pleased to send upon the sheeling- hill"
Bus these men who are so averse to motion
are obliged to move a little. They then con
trive TO get into cut, and never leave IL. The,
set themselves in opposition to every new meth
cd Of doing things The old man who had beer
accustomed 10 carry q stone in one end of hi
bag when corn was very scarce, continued I,
carry the stone when corn became abundant
When the idea came into the heads of his neigh
bors that II would be better TO I'LL the bag will
corn he reviled them. and prOphssisd ruin to th,
whole country. The high character Of the PEG
pie was about TO be destroyed. The mill
would be crowded Inc horses would pecem
psmpered aud would break the neck Of many
rider. Widows and orphans would fill the land
Charles Lamb. In his "Disssrtation upol
Rosst Pig gives good illustration Of this dis
position. IL seems that the excellence Of ross
pig was accidentally. discovered by an unlucL,
boys burning up his fathers cottage. A FIN
litter Of new-farrowed pigs. persisted in tn
flames. As Bo-bo was standing over the ruiz
he had wrought, TN odor which he had neve
smeled before assailed his nostrils. He stoops,
down to feel If there were any signs Of life II
the pig. He burned his fingers, and to COO
them, stuck thern in his mouth. The tast
filled him with thu greatest pleasure. He invi
ted his sire, Holt. to psrtake of the burnt pig
in the old mans bosom, and he also stuck hi
fingers into the pig. He was a. well pleased a
his son. And now whenever the sow farrowed
Ho-ti's cottage was sure to be in a blaze
The curiosity Of the neighbors was excited, an,
they watched Ho-ti and his son. The terribl
secret was discovered. Ho-ti and his SON wer
brought to trial. Some of the burnt pig wa
brought into cours evidence of their guilt
As sentence was about to be pronounced. III,
foreman Of the jury requested that some of tn,
pig should be handed to him. The jury burne.
their fingers, as Ho-ti and Bo-bo had done, an.
nature prompted them to use the same remedy
that Of thrusting their fingers into their mouths
To the surprise of all the spectators, the accu
sed were acquitted. The Judge, who was 81,
fellow. winked at the iniquity Of the decision
and went privately and bought up all the pig,
that could be had for love or money. In few
days, his lordship's house was discovered to b.
on fire. "The thing took wing" says the Chi
nese manuscript, sand now there was nothins
to be seen but fires in every direction" Age,
rolled on, and the people continued to burr
their houses whenever they wished to roas
their pigs. The sage who first discovered thai
pig might be roasted without burning house
lost his life, or wss banished from his country
We are not sure that the Chinese manuscrip,
gives any definite information on this point.
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