The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-06-20
e II LITERARY sGLEANINGS.

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From Meals Saturday Gazette. :
1.-THE DEFEATED ONE. agH
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IT certainly makes great difference, wheI
you are used 10 il. Every body khbws--foI
The phrase has become prosetbial-,tha, it !.
'noibihg when you are. used 10 it, whatever
it iEay be. BY the processes Of habiiude
the ,disGereeable loses its poignancy, ant
pleasure fails in its delight. Familiarity SC
domeslicaies the occurrence, that at length
as matter OF course, irpasses without note
A.child is happy with its new shoes in the
morning, bu, before tn. afternoon arises, the
poetry of leather has evaporated.4 Millinery,
when worn for the first time, has its blisses;
and there is ecstacy in furniture, when it has
just come home. But the tendency is al-
ways 10 level, Qualification has no endur-
ance in il; and the same is true of our sor-
rows. II is said, indeed, that Mi,llridates had
80 accustomed himself 10 the swallowing Of
poisons, that "malice domestic" could not
dispose of him by resort 10 drugs and chem
icals. A prescription, no matter how SCARE
fully compounded" disturbed not the phys
jcal organization of this cunning one of Pom
tus. He was doctor proof--impregnable to
apothecaries, and iriumphing over pharmacy,
by dint Of being "used to it," And then,
again, when people are used to US, how dep
recating is the effect. The mos, impressive
and majestic presence is soon unnoticed.4--
Instead Of inspiring awe and reverence at
home, people about the house do not hesi-
tate toiell sublimity himself, that they did not
know he was there--thats they thought he
had gone out, or that they were not aware
tina, he had come in. II was not SO at first
but one may get.used even TO the term.
Observe, moreover, when you have cause
for being coy TO inyitation--when you are
not in costume,s or look haggard for need of
the razor--yet are pressed 10 "comc ,in," un-
der assurance that "nobody istheIe," How
often does il happen, by the agency Of use,
that this same "nobody" is a comprehensive
term. "Nobody." in such cases, is the hus
band or wife--.nobody," perhaps, to each
other; but still a considerable somebody 10
you. The unshaven gentleman, TO his much
annoyance and exceeding embarrassment, is
enirappcd into rooms quite full Of "nobody,"|
and like the incautious Biaddock, falls by
ambush. Ask who snobody" is, when told
tha, "nobody's there;' and inquire how ma
ny people constitute 'nobody" in that family
Dozens become anobody" by being used TO
them.
The world is right, then; there is nothing
like being "used TO it," The Asiatic deyolee
slept soul dly ON Il gagged surface Of an iron
bed, until tenpenny nails were more soothing
and delightful 10 him than the sofiesi
feathers. With choice of pillows, he
would have selected stove pipe to repose
bis cheek. And OtheEo's "hiniy and Steel
couch Of war;" was 10 him ''thrice driven
bed Of down." grew
1t may be, however, that people in general
regard political defeat, especially if the indi-
vidual himself chances TO be- on the s'return"
among the killed and wounded, as not exact
" coming under The head Of the entertain
ing; but other people know--we know--thal
even this is nothing when you're used TO il.
Here, as elsewhere, the hand Of least employ
ment hath the daintiers sense. And then, the
freedom from every trammel which, il involves.
Bless thee, friend, one walks home, after such
a disaster, with not the shadow Of real care
upon his mind. Whatever of sorrow he may
suppose himself TO have, it is but grief
from The storehouse Of imagination. He is
exempt from all solicitude. He can betake
himself with confidence to bed. A minority
slImber is but rarely disturbed by the roaring
" outs Of q torch.light procession. bas sgol
Itis moi expected tlathe should shivering-
y arise at two O'Clock in the morning, rot
make thankful speeches for the honor which I,
has been done to him, or to invite Tom. |,
Dick and Harry 10 come in and soil his car
pets and drink his wine. He can take bis
meals, and read the s'returns" in quiet, unan
'oyed by either bell or knocker. He is not Il
eqairedto give ,'sold Gu, J" previously given /,