Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-04

To which that lady innocehtly replies, "that she
did mt wish to give him any unnecessary trouble,
bich reply satisfies him to Mrs. jenkins claim
to force of intellect.
Al this iuncture Smith falls into profound re-
yerie. He thinks that after all, Fourier is right
-"that the Solidarity of the human race Is an
Entity that nobody can be happy till every
body is happy" He agrees with the great Philos-
onber. that the "Series distributes the Harmo-
Mes" He realizes that ''Socety is organized,
FOR rather dsorganized on wrong basis"-that
he Is IN an s'amorphous condition" whereas 1t
should be ''crystazed." With our celebrated
Down East Poet, Ethan Spike, Esq he begins to
think that
1.-THE eternal Bung is loose"
and that unless it be soon frightened there is dan
ger that
'All mater will beFpit'.
He comes to the conclusion that something must
be done, and that speedily to secure home for ev-
cry family.
! At this point he is aroused by his tormenters,
the cartmen, who inform him that they are in a
"Barkis' state of mind, (willin) to receive their
| $12 Smith pays the money, and turns to exam
inc the premises He finds that Mrs. jenkins has
packed all her things in the back basement, and
second floor sitting room. Poor thing, she has
done her best after all. She is in i'll health her
husband is sick, and away from home; and heI
children are not well. God pity the unfortunate
who live in Cities especially in the moving season
But Smith is kind hearted man. With few ex-
ceptions the Smiths are kind hearted race--and
that's probably the reason they are SO numerous
Smith puts on a cheerful countenance, and bu-
sizes himself in arranging his furniture. Mrs. s.
| (kind soul) forgets the destruction Of her band
box and bonnet, and cares not how or how loud
Smith whistles Suddenly the prospect brightens
brOtb Il
nounces that he has found rooms for her little
higher up town. Cartmen are soon at the door
and the Jenkinses are on their winding way to
their new residence
But the Smiths troubles are not yet over The
painters. who were to have had the house al
painted the day before, have done nothing bu
leave their paint pots in the hall and little Smith
ling, being of an investigating turn of mind, and
hungry withal attempts to make late breakfast
off the contents of one of them. He succeeds in
eating enough to disgust him with his bill of fare
and Brighten his mamma into histories. A Doctor
is sent for; he soon arrives, and, after tending to
the mother gives the young adventurer a face
tous chuck under the chin, and pronounces him
perfectly safe. The parents are greatly relieved,
for Willy is pet and they confidently believe
him destined to be President of the United States
If they can only keep paint pots out of his way.
1t takes the Smiths some ten days to get to
rights" The particulars of their further annoy
ances-how the carpets didn't fit; how the cart
men lost the pieces how the sofas couldn't be
made to look natural how the piano forte was too
large to stand behind the parlor door, and too
small to stand between the front windows how
the ceiling too low, and the book case too
high; how bottle of indeble ink got into the
bureau by mistake and marked all Mrs Smith S
best dresses-I forbear to infict on the reader
Suffice it to say, the Smiths now in what they
call settled state; although their apartments
give signs of the recent manifestation of strong
disturbing force-remnding one, somewhat, of a
settlement slowly recovering from the visitation OF
an earthquake. Still they thankful for pres
ent peace, and are determined, positively, not to
move again-until next May.