The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-16
LITTLE MEN.


sesst l,,a.e chap. ulse u ss.'ors 10
,sexa.ss.lsfea ~ sssn<sh,ns unse. 'nte'
le<assiiy n lsssa. tssn . bea~jas,w
s,~esme. Il h,ssnAs':.. " 'ess 81 tho
!Iio. ing - II nkrs bsilr nsca V 'ei
H. ssA "a &re. aid yc',sh al tl'c,s
jsas s~aty. She's ar tss isl'e.'
And es 10 che. III sl.os you bag
i,,,b, bat satsvaS~s sse 10 4 ssnsli
shaver 80. any chap t~sscen ssaf se-'
s.i sssh,ns. Ard s,e fee, four ~ b"
ls.s. ayd ~ sccnnwepd 10 yonr no
tire 4 frlic~ that kns~s shsts shai.
a,A .to kss paesiy d brains In i''s
brad. Il he hasn't eo4 much b beast ~
"a the matter Il iess ia h,' tsceches.
Ths " START fsr 'i,sl' msn---t"''
,ise d,<. to, zee ,bs, the yer. ans'''y
to ,-ose the contrary Shows tia, The
.ossd ,rreis,.ns the infer,osi,y Il saeh
.e! Foo ours<if. ss si~a!s Is'y
the man u iAil,Jsa'ian s'atnre. fr'n
.s cradle 10 the grave. lac II al"ay'
dragging sSaiass di.ad'a"'sses-~'a'''
,ss ln,o d,lcmmas from sh'eh ether
,arn csesIc. he surc, he has a fe~
p.sA,,re jr,,,iiSe.: he can creep
tl,Vusi, the world unno'iced, II lac
.h.os~. It cosa him less fos clotl''ns
th.n il doc. for bigger ,sen ard Ices
o. say TIC demands Of the abdominal
,sa,,sry," We ~erc about 10 say. did NC
10, reeoilcct tia, our suall fellows
rave general, TIC sllan e., Kind Of ap'
l<u,es, With the i.laung power u al
s,.accn,iA.
1. n true, TOO, that the little nan
I, asses in sxne respects for ~ conse'
',uen,ial = Icrsonsgc as anybody .--
11,cre il a full abstract a1nission OF his
~,uality be counts As ." soul ~
,npulAi.on returns. aud paragraphs
about accidents the same as the six
G.a man he IL the same in the eye Of
the Law. rays the same taxes, has alike
lis e,i,sfl, and lis clegy. But he !.
~e,yl,cd In q total diicrcnt scale Tor all
other ,ar, oscs. All classes Joke fun
a, him; even the most courteous smile
a, Ii. ,ismy hook, and With the mal'c'
iy.. lie j. tie ,arsc, Of perpetual jokes.
The sIigi,,es, strut, or approximation to
.~a.sc,in. air.--iudced. any symp-
tom. Of SELF esteem which would scarce
Is attract attention in other mcn--ap-
year mous,rou.ly ridiculous in him.
,hough lie has as good right TO think
~ell II himself rs the ,alIest giant Of
,,.m al. Every ol'ii.y Or ecccntrici
u he ma,.itcs,s..-.su such a. extreme Gu
n-i,y. unpopular notions, whimsical
tastes, cr.----has something irrcsistibly
funny about IL and fastens uIon him
q nickname, where a tall man, or one
~l,h fair round belly" would escape.
Even those qualities that in other
men excite esteem and admiration, arc
IN li. case, only Objects Of contempt.
IL hi. courage or enterprise prompt
him to any great action, it is viewed
beforehand only in contrast with bis
iis diminutive per'ond. The name OF
q good man is one that all profess u
ev,e,, bat Who respects A." good 6t
de nam Y''--or what is he but one who
i. riiiculcd ny his acquaintance. i'm
,o.ed on BY his friends, henpeekcd by
lie ~ifr, and l.umhusled by all the
world: Courage is, Of itself, noble
quality hut the very idea Of a" cour
sycou. l,,'c man," a, once provokes Q
sm'lc. Every che who hears tho
phrase, Involuntary pictures to him
sell a little, strutting, sclfsufficient
pacgcrns Icsouagc, with his head
thrown back, his chin erect, and his hat
s,ack 6erccly Oh one sidc--cro~ing dc
hance like u rooster on dunghill.
The fact is, the man Of dwarfsh
stature encounters. at every step i,
life, trials and troubles unknown t,
other men. The physical infcriori,,
las always 10 lie overcome at the out
set, before be can start on an equa
footing With them in anything. .
this hc is as we'll aware as others an,
this very consciousness operates NOR,
10 his injury than the fact itself IL
becomes trembling sensitive to every
thing that 10 said Of him, ye. seeks I,
te continually noticed by those viii
whom be mingIes /; and in fine doe
and says thousand foolish things, il
his anxiety to Get above the infenon,
u Which he j. doomed, all Of which OF
~ camc him to appear more and NOR
ridiculous, aud 10 provoke more AL
.oorc OUTLAWS"