Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-13
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Ps:nam', Monthly for March has been receive;
from Messrs. Buffers & Simors, Ia new and hand
sons establishment on Main street and also from
DIR. Jsmes Woodhousc. We note, among it
mos. Interesting contributions: The Mornons-Go
Dius Of Dtckens-Nature in M~otion-Sensitive Spi
-i,s-Dearbrook Arcbiyes-Living il the Country.
EAaPfRs' MAGAZINE FOR MARCH, fro. !hsSsrs
Harold j. .Mvyrav.
Th.a number contsins even more than ,he usua
auoun. Of valuable articles. The Daricn Elplorin!
Expedition-vsry literally Illustrated Ancient ant
Modern Artillery, illustrated. The Rat,!ssnake, Illus
treted: Personal Memoirs Of rke Bourbons in Spain
Thnckeray's Newcomcs continueG. Love and Char
coal, by q. 2. X. James, SC. with anumGer ofexcei
lsat editorials.
THE RACE Or GRUMbLERS.-Therc are nrr
who Seam 70 take an especial delight IA grunbl!rg
Unless they can complain they are apparently unhup
~. To near them talk It might I've SUPPOSED that no
hing ever pleased thslu. AT ho,n" they Erulinblc al
thsir meals, ut the aoiso ri the children, and at tn,
expenses Of housekeeping: abroad they grumble al
me: Clerks, al their pnrtners, ii customers who won
buy, st employers @to don pay high enough; at tn,
ierG :iulcs when nothing Will sell at tie easy times
whea there il III much competition at low wage. Ls
GAUGE .hey can't earn cncugh; ~ high wages, be.
eadse ~tneysne urged TO work too hard-G, every
thing. I.sy rrumalc NJ winter weather as too cold
or sloppy: at tn SUMMER Tor being 50 hot: at au-
tg-an as chsn.enhie; at spring ms rainy. They gruln.
bic i ;ac!r wife wIshcs 10 20 CT. Of IN evening;
gruuoi2 sometimes quite r. lag"h because ii" stops
81 AonIs. IEey g:;:aiLIr .. oh clothes Tor looking
sesdy, AID ~ new ones Tor being too tight. lhey
8,uia!e, It sick, because the doctor don't cure thew
quicker, and when they get well crhmhie az The on.
he les sent in. In free, next TO the bread they eat,
Srumbiiay saem; 20 be their chef allment.
Tbs .pir:l Of Dissatisfaction is a curse alike 10 the
or-nh'yr md .is fri.ui.. No family can be rphily
happy whose lIoad belongs to this clnss. The wife il
skways IL dread nj the husbands d;sapprobation, and
tie children lest they should do something 10 veN the
ta.ha.. Const,aint succeeds to Freedom as soon Us
the grumbier appears. The servants trcmhle nj his
coming, and ofieu. with natural reflection, grow Sur-
~ Under bis fault-fndinE. His iutimates suffer in 4
lee. degree, but still suffer from his disposition.--
Even his ac4ualniances experience annoyance. 10
himself. however, he - has worst enemy. The prac-
Gcs If grumoling, long INDUCED in, becomes d habit
TIinous 10 happiness. Everything is seen through q
~jsund!cej medium. \ Nothing affords the satisfaction
that il should. Even wien The grumbier would fam
look Oh the bright side Of things he hnd= il TO he al
meet impossible for he has been 30 long complaining
tha, hope itself iss deserted him and disappointment,
IS expected IS pf course. The sky Of lie. tia; was
20 sSnay when he was young, ard That IL .ti!l genial
and blue to all healthy mind, seems 70 lis morbid
VISION Dat ere vsst black expanse, heavy with mo.
phitic vapo.J and pGrtentous IF coming evils.
4. tbis spirit OF discomfort is The yrea, destroyer OF
happiness, 80 Il cheerful disposition i. the fertile mo-
fhel o: felicity. lAfe, IL truth is What No make 1t.
II We lock On It with q beuignaut, hopeful aspect, il
:uas c smiling countenance OH IL. hut ii re regard
it with { settled melancholy. i; frowrs Back ii gloomy
despair. lie: aman resolve to be happy. and &c ha,
b hs cheerful disposition, an slrrnbic which wili
transuI.e e"en misior:unes. No disaster cED ger
whsiin him, NC sorrow utterly break him dom. DE
mag os ripped up, but he cannot be overcome; for
DO knows that the race is not always to the swift. and
&C no lie up again, and raily pressing forward just
when others begin to flag. Ii fate confines lin Tor
q while 10 q log mr., lie plySa uD what uf comfort fdN
be hsd tboIe, r~esoiutely closing his eyes 10 what is
d;ssgreeatle. But the %grumblcr, on the contrary.
csono: = Lappy even i'll 4 palace. Content Is q
stranger 70 him, lie drag- on 4 mi-oran," existence
bis hiShes: bliss being merely E sort Of Il. -ltiNe ic!i'
city, arising from the conviction that hc l. not abso-
Iu,slv miserable. We wonder how many al oar read
ears belong 10 tho race Of grumbiers.- P.s!a1e!ph'n
Ledgec.