Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-09-28
rEEsjEssDA y.sEE'TEBE ;E R s.ns5a|
Dismal Folks.

L VAS ior the good Of man, that |
the Creator rendered him incapable
Of seeing far beyond his n se. Could /
hesiook into futdriiy ana behold the
mislortunes wal Ting for him on the
untraversed road Of life, He would be
10 miserable, ffoi % morning till night, /
as a felop on th4 way to The galIows |
If il has been = c-ordainbd that we I
shall tumble il $loughs Of Dcspond, |
and Try fonclusi4n rs with giants Grim, !
Maui, ana Despair, we are thankful
rot to k now it. We c4vet no ac-
quaintauce with trouble until called
npon TO grapple with it, and thank
Heaven that no metaphysical tele-
scope has been invented, which will
enable US to sweep with prescie1t vfs-
ion the path that lies between the
present and eternity.
Entertaining these Sc ailments, we
hate with infinite heartinqss those dis
nal men, who are contiu ually croalz-
ing evil omeus in the ears of their
fellow creatures. We viii venture to
say That five out Of every six Of our
readers know one of these dismalists
IA man with a rueful visage, whose
lighter conversational wares consist
Of predictions Of i'll health, bard wea>
theLand panics, and who always
manages to meet you with his cloud,
iestaspcct just when you are in your
.iolliest mood. The only premonition.
cf Which we bav5 eyer been conscious
IS creeping Of the nesh--a rising
Of holror-pilnplcs-vheneve yer one Of.
these featherless IA vens is approach
IuS. " can iGtI Inc WTelcn DCi0fe
he turnsthe angle that hides him from
our view. There is a tone, as of con
dOlence for misery ahead, in his sng-
gestivo voice. He thinks you look
thin--asks if it does not hurt you TO
draw long breath reminds you, if
he happens to have heard of it, that
there is consumption in the family,
and alludes to the number Of deaths
by that disease in various sections.
lie does not refer much to the past,
except when he " hts 60 illustrate
something diabolical in the future.
From his discourse, you would su p
pose chat he lived in a cemetery, and
confined bis reading to epitaphs. If
you are sick, hO calls to inform you
that your malady, whatever it may
be, is particularly fatal just now, and, |
as he mentions the cheering fact, |
eyes you undertakishly, as if taking
your measure for a coffin. Turring
the current of his remarks from ii e /
70 eternity, he reminds you that the
WAGES of sin IS death. and hints that
your payday is near at hand I'll
inclined to be particularly entertain
ing, the dismalist endeayors to d.
vert your attention from present pain
by drawing phantasmagoric picture
of Tophet, ana representing how
much better you al e off here than
H0u Will be there.
OF all the moods Of the dismal
man, his gay-mood is the most fear
ful, 1t is as if dcath's-hcad should
attempt to set the table in roar.
His deadly-lively Jokes are condu-
Give to suicide. When he laughs, you
shuddor. But the reader has Doubt
less seen the dismal man il ali his /
phases, and il SO, he will join US in
pronouncing him the most horrible ;
Of al those twO-legged nuisanccs {
known qs boros. +
There is another class, yclept vim i
egar Faced to whom that very able II
and ubiquitous sheet, can Exchange "
Paper gives The following plain sen r
Iiment, which we commend to the
afflicted: - is
There is a class Of men in every p
who go about with vine Al
yar faces, because Somebody feels 1
rIIove them, or because they are not
appreciated as.thcy should be, AMI
Who have constant quarrel With what +
hav cali Heir destiny. We hate Y.