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4 PORTRAIT FROM THE cRoJvD
The faults Of others be could well discern.

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ewes for the errors and impeffccticns Of 9th.
ers-but who can never discover or appreci.
ate any merits Of accomplishment II the
answer Be In the negative, We beg leave 10
offer dur congratulations We can conceive
of no greater pest Of society inc more ineor.
rigibld bore, no more abomin able nuisance
than constitutional and habitnal grunbler
one who goes about picking flaws in char
acfer, taking exception to this opinion or te
that, always dissatisfied, never comfortable
himself. and ever disposed 10 mar the hap
of ethers The weather Is either too
het ort toe cold, ithaxind tooEhigh or too low,
business TOO brisk OF too duh, while nothing
within the range Of human vision is exactly
rs it should be or as it might be A gloom
seems 10 have settled upon the mind Of the
wretch ed grumbler, and thus he sees and
views everything through a hary medium
The success Of a friend, instead Of being a
matterI Of rejoicing, is distorted into some
perilsus piece Of misfortune, while some sad
prediction is made as to dhe deplorable eff.
fects id the future, The grumbler, more
overs while ever eager and ready to depreei-
ate the efforts Of others, is rarely able to e.
quail those efforts himself 1t is this very
to criticize and complain Hecannot attain
the same degree Of skill and perfection, and
hence be eadeaFors TO underrate the faculty
in others To find fault is the easiest thing
in The world although the quality is most
nnamihble. There are many persons, in.
deed, who can do LITTLE else They 60
through the world, as grum blers. Indoors
or out it is the same. They seem to have
no faculty for appreciation The kindest
act will be excepted too Their best friends
Will bS falltwith Npmatter how sue.
cessful in business. they willstill mutter and
evince dissatisfaction They are not only
UNHAPPY themselves, but they strive to make
all unhappy, who are dependent upon or live
withih their influence. They get up in the
morning, and commence grumbling and they
continue tho annoyance throughout the day
Servd them however honestly and faithfully,
and they will nevertheless manifest discon-
tent The infrmity is not only unfortunate,
but if is vicious -/1I
THU true philosophy Of life is to render
the psth before US as smopthsand easy as
possible and at the same time. TO contribute
all in our power to the comfOrtI convenience
and prosperity of others Above all things,
we shdpld manifest proper sense of kind
ness AID appreciation. We Should DO unto
othersas we would they should do unto us
What Gan be more ungracieus or more un-
grateful than coldnsssor complaint, on the
part ofIan individual whose fortunes We have
cndeavpred pro mote, Ok whose position
we have exerted our best energies to assist
and elsTate2 The effect, too must be chilling
sFa Ta sEa sR & spgs SS
We should, perhaps, be moro careful fer the
future But we repeat, the grumbler can ne
yer be satisfied Nay, We could single out a
case, iu which an individual of this class is SO
noted fpr has propensity. that all who know
him, expect on his approach to hear him ut
ter some ill-natured remark. to chronicle
some misfortune. or to mutter some COM
plant. lie is either sour, or bitter by ma
ture, on be has permitted the habit Of grum-
bling 80 to grow upon him, that he cannot
help himself The disease has become
chronic 50 to speak. 1t forms partand par
Gel Of his character. A kind word from his
lips would be a novelty pleasant smile
upon His couhtensnse, rare emanation-a
cordial grasp of his Ihand, something alto
gether extraordinary In what bread and
happy contrast IS the cheerful and contented
the individual whose heart is perpetual
fountain Of sunshine and good humer, who
Is ever ready to say kind thing. or to do al
good tarnt and whs avoids everything that
is harsh, rnnleyolent, or calculated towound.
The one is the SOURCE of constant misery
the other of constant pleasure. Tho one
brightans and cheers the pathway Of life, the
other darkens and depresscsl The enc il
ever welcome, the other lis exactly the re-
verse. The one goes through the world ap
preciating and appreciated, pouring balm
into the wounds Of the afflicted, and giving
hope and courage to the timd. the unfortu1
nate and the despairing; while the other
seems to delight IN making bad worse, and
in extfnguishing By some melancholy FORE
beding Or distorted and gloomy view,ever
thing like hope, Improvement or prosperity!
/ The death, bed of grumbler must be a
scene lof misery and apprehension. The
shadows that have fitted across, and dark
ened lis footsteps through life, must assume
d deeper hue, as he is about to shuttle off his
mortal coil The cup Of misery that he has
prepared for others cannot but seem about
ito be spplicdIto his own lips. lie can have
no ioTQus recollection of fayors rendered,
hearts, gladdehing and homes made happy
through bis influence, but bitterness and
penitehce and reniorse mrst surround Lis
dying couch Life has been to him pro-
tracteA gruuble. aud it will expire in an az
oaized grean. Tbs cheerful spirit, on the
other hand tEe benevolent. the generous
and the appreeiating will, as the evening
of the last day comes on, find many happy
visions fitting through bis nind-Fisiors Of
kind things said and good things tdone--vi-
sions pf buoyapt hearts and joyous voices
and happy faces-and these will not only
take away from the bitterness Of death, but
they will animate and nerve the sonlsin its
onward fight to the upward regions Of eter-
nity The geed that NC do here will not on,
Nv live with Us, and accompany us to the
portals Of the grave, but i win there plume
/ the wings Of the spirit and convey US in
hspc and faith to. the regions Of the blessed
| His is the desirable fate who, as the things
Iof this world fade upon bis mortal visisn,
feels tie Happy consciousness Of having con-
stributad to The Utmost Of his ability to tho
social. moral, rational. and religious enjoy
lment Of his friends, his family and bis fellow
creatures, who. in brief IS confident, and
conscious thathc has appreciated the kind
ness 1t sthers, and has never committed the
| Injustice If complaint without sufficient
| cause W philadelphia Inquirer.
/ 4 MdxSrrn srAxK.-1Ir. John DaEis. 4 tean,ter o.
T.. fs n Squire Clifford in the northwest part q The
e;,x "a Thufsday I.st had sight o. the great black
snake which hss ben % often seen N th.. TienI nc
-. reIfinx qlietly in The rad = Mr. Davis ap-
---.~Lld rrhcn he made ol - fast - bis mascel.
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