Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-16
tGANToWNA E,lA' fSDAY,D JUNE i s,

which ;sl,iS Z; i careful management, 8
,Ilbave kensi living from starylng,.I .
OH la.' yaui4I nuRs Eanities! thereis no fol,
Ely on 'ea, ear, c exceeds the vanity OF
| 'fl,I, Tbe,. hany persons who put of
their ariEhea they put on their
! |nlonraiSSrhd tits Q miserable .'ntl satire
Ii, 5lYqsar msSt to See these sombre :, clad
!, .beiinsss Etalhalls mingllng with the
. ssy 81 lepy, their melancholy gar.
-ss i1snts afedins . painful contrast to to
iieht lughter, and eyes sparkling with |
Iplea.re. ,,'-.-''' ''''' ,''.'
| fken for hypocrisy. The world is
.Fiphult, not they. Their grief is al
lreEyoye-gonelike a cloud from be-
fIths sum- ;ibut they are forced to
.Ilrblack for q given time. They are
,Jletotbeir nature, which teaches them
]tRat no greif with man is permanent
,tbut tbe Storms / of to day will not dar-
Ken thc heavens tomorrow. 1t is com
'plying With q lying custom that makes
Ham bvnocrites: and, as the world al
|wsys judges By, appearances, it 50 hap
|peas that BY adhering to one of its con-
veational rules, appearances in this IN
stance are against them.
Nay, the very persons who, in the e
first Genuine outbarst Of natural grlfet'
be.adght them to moderate their sorrow o .S
10 drS their tears, and be comforted tOl
|Ithe loss they had sustained, are among
|tbe first to censure them for following
|he advice SO common and useless
yTears are as necessaryto the Athlete!
/ 8 showers are to the parched earth,
|! re the best and sweetest remedy 10
/ excessive grief. sdi ,...'
u Tothemourner we would say-wee'
i a; nature requires your tears. The
-lse sent in mercy by Him who wePta t,
lie grave of his friend Lazarus. Th
' luan Of sorrows himself taught US 4
II : . q ID
81 weep. lT i7gsbIse. .5i
81 We once heard q very beautiful 70
f bile young lady exclaim, with son
h Ting very like glee in her look al
! tue, after reading aletter she had +
!. cdyed BY the post, with its oml1o
j. bhck bordering and seal Grandm
/. rs isdead! sWeshail have TO go IN
i. deep mourning. ,Iamsoglad, for bla
i SO becoming to mel ~ 90 ,2s''
Je An old aunt, who was present, {
Of pressed her susprize at this inn'lec.'
X ou, ayowal; when the young lady
a. plied, with great naiyete-'sI never $
ID eandmama in my life. l cannot
q, expected to feel any grief for
eff DEATH"
a Perhaps not" said the aunt. ]
e 2 Why then make q show Of that VII
cd you do not feel?" 4, ris. ieli y
% lso, its the custom of the world
y: Youknow we must. 1t would be c
ch siaered shocking not to 60 into '
m deep mourning for such o near r
ye tion.PAg 9it .t
lte IThe ySopunglady inherited a very
in legacy, too, from her grandlml,ia,mHai; II 8 !
10, hall She spoken the truth, she W
ic- hal fe said, 81 cannot weep forj0y.,
lch ch Her mourning, in consequence,
of the deepest andmost expensive !
of and she really did look charming II
. Glove of black Grape bonlet; as
i'd skipped before the glass, admiring
lb- selfand it, when it came home
her from the milliner's. IS TFa !.
ap. In contrast to the pretty young
rn- ess, I'VE knewa sweet orphan girl, "
grief for the death other mGths moth
BIB. whom she was deyotedly attached
tte deeper thar this hollow tinsel she
The yet the painful thought that sI5 sh
lii! too poor to pay this mark Of resp
;ok, the memory Of her beloved pare
fiji a manner suited to her birth an an
die tion, added greatly to the peignaI
tsat her sorrow. .,...l..,
A family who had long been bul
,ate ed with a cross old aunt; who
J. L martyr.to rheumatic gout, and
udSs violent temper kept the whole ee no 10
toIt awe, and whom they dared not
aa' for fearIof her leaving her wef
reel. strangers, we're in the habit Of de
thd. wishing the old lady happy, !
his A from her sufferings. When thi
,cryI anticipated event at length took !
). the very servants we're put il
fund deepest mourning, What Q 1
a sml farce-vs should have said
and b this! ng !,
It, uni The daughters ola wealthy
lin sodl had prepAed every thlngto: a 9tt'
IN a liAgreat agricultural provincial .,l.lt, 5 $
t ali blUnfortun4cly, a grandfather t.
customthey all stmed greatly attacht