Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-06-04
CrOaker & Co.

CrOaker & Co,
a Inc croaklng class in our country is Mt nre
o"' ldther more numerous than ever Thpr
"io pears IN the social and political market,
OF as Wen as IN the stock market. who take MIR
n ''oular pleasure III knocking down ones homes
= ana making every thing around look dismal,
h piue. a days travel about mans own immc
3, uI"te circle of acquaintance, at the Dresen
n ''AiG' VIII probably abound in such incidents
3 '"' "IoWlhS One of his friends will soizt
u ny t'e button hole and talk about the i'm.
I ,hn- n ':t uI"Sef OF war with England Ano-
,,ier VIII insist on u war with France bccaus.
Marshal valiant was more marital .,ad ,,af,',,
f man gentlemanly in his treatment of the Ana
; ''Ian "hcefa at Paris. Another will probablv
zen h'ii That 1t has been demonstrated Inv nb,
"'' i"tIH' or revealed lay spiritual Medium or
So" character, that we are iaInpdIalrly ,nin,,
~ nave the Yellow Fever here, in spIte of tb',
- ".'y erection, which, according to the North
| ""' ought To save at least pblladeluhia
'o"i that Calamity. Still another friend ',,v
grove MN with the assurance that Pierce is ,,n
ing TO be re-nominatcd and another NAV a,r
sl"'ate inc wrctchcdncss of tins ontirin,ti@,,
| w saying that buchanan will br the ma,
1"oLhcf VIII tell him we are sure of hnvino .
CIV" war IN Kansas, and another thai |
- Oi'"" !" sure To be dissolved. Thus in n |
minutes ne may enjoy the agreeable spec |
'dcle OF war with Eng land. a war with Er.no,
The yellow fever at home. p,arc,. nr p...i I''''''
va resident, civil war in Kansas and the lInion
ulSSoiVlng, all going on at the same time wi,i
'ne i,diah war on the Pacific, tho Nic,raru,
'ioaOie' ana the Mormon difficulties no tho ~,
embellishments of the scene
l""S'Ilnch as this republic is at the present
i"oilen' IN The highest state of prosperity and
power; at peace with all the world. and feared
" not respected, by all nations; with n gonnJ
ana wholesome disgust at home with our nra
sent rulers, aud with promising crops and rxcnI.
lent health IN every part of It's WIDE doro,,,,
.ii's prevalent proclvly to gloomy prognostico-
IONS IS really remarkable. we wcr, in from
VIC oi an Kinds our present race of croakers !.
" ""u'u oe driven to suicide; though, perhans /.
~ gut ma happiness IN the fuilmcnt of
80 u's'hdl dhticlpatIonS, and take a savame
III seeing everything around them 70 j.
NY " destruction. But we beg them to keen :
Ihelr misery to themselves. There are n pooT "
many people who prefer to look at thin%s on "
hGlf bright side, and they have a right 10 in
'uise TINS peculiar taste, free from the molcs.
"uohS OF panlc-nakcrs and prophets of war q
-"u PcStilence.-PAtLadciphiu Bulletin. =
AGRicULTURAL PRovERGS.-proverbs obound h
u an languages. They are the world's bistnrv 81
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:, human nature. More moral and mental
"'ioSoPhy Is often contained IN one trite nro. n
oi""i 81 ing, IMAM III ten sermons or dissnrta
'0'' ne common sense aud experience ot
"'io"S oil men Tor hundreds of years is some in
INES crystallzed in dozen words A nroyorh ot
mus moral power in the world. The wis. !,
ON OF whole age is gathered in sjnGIe ,
'cuS' ana the next generations kindle their u
res at its light '' '''''i
The majority of proverbs have an application be
universal humanity, while others are sipniG- J..
M ",iy "lthlh narrower sphere and amonp pl
single class of men. Every trade and nro, I'll
'Sslon has its proverbs, which blossom anI u
uster only upon IT'S own bOughs and can mo- ia
here else be found. But of all the pursnits ny
men, there Is no other so rich in lis STORE of sa
Old sayings" as agriculture mt
proverbs concerning the weather are numa IN
'us' and are among the earliest of such saw be
gs "hich have been recorded. Thew fro Fr
lentIy occur IN the Sacred Scriptures. In
lie book of Job, which is supposed to have becn an
lie earliest of all books, allusiOn TO the skv la
&c RAM the wind, the weather, and everything lir
Iectcd ny II, are to be found in almost every bIr
laPer. thus: Out OF the south cometi
&c whlrlwnd, and cold out of the !ortb. y cei
nr saviour IN speaking Of the Pharsees. ma
,o.eS Que OF thelr own proverbs against them lh'
1'Nn'"S' yc say IL VIII be fair c9'
eather' for the sky IS red. And in the morn. fes
g IL VIII be foul weather today for the sky Thu
req ana lowering. o ye hypocrites, ye can
'cern the face of the sky but can We NOT dis we
rn the Signs of the times ~ tin
but those now in most frequent use are of tw'
)derh date, and OF Il more practical character tina
say, "If grass looks green in January. il Sc
III look worse all the year." and in the same bin
lrIt " All the months Of the year curse fair zle
bruary. Many of these proverbs have been apI
'hIoned IN the mould of rhyme, as: the
eff there be neither snow nor rain. lro
There will be dear all sorts of grain" Str'
le following is another: pie
" Look at your corn in May, LIn
And you'll come weeping away, the
Look at your corn in June, snr
And you'll come with another tuner brs