The Trinity journal., 1856-07-19
NO. 26.
A Soft Spot in the Heart of "Old Block" "

A Soft Spot in the Heart of ''0ld Block
:" Old Block is always about where there are
pretty women"C. C.tizta June IS.
o. Mac, Mac, do you mean TO reproach
me for loving the image Of nv mother?-
t"'d-heartcd old bachelor do you mean to
inSinuatc that | Should have no eve for the
beautiful. no heart for the rood and virtnous
of the other sex? That l should remain
isolated for life because am better look.
ing man than thou?
as there n heart that never loved
Nor felt soft woman 5 sigh
Is there man can mark unmovcd
Dear woman's laughing eye"
Nonsense, Mae! Don't think that be-
cause your heart is hardened mine should
be; that mine should never indulge ten
der thought because you got the sack and
become lachrymose and miSanthropic In
this matter-Offact world Mac,
There's naught but care on every han
In every hour that pasics o.,
What signifies the life % man
And 'twere na for the lass1s O.
Think Of it, Mac, after having wearied
your mind in the daily struggle for the means
of existence when something is needed to
chase the care Of the world and the ankle
ties incident to business from your over
wrought brain, bow little comfort Won could
derive from putting your arm aronnd the
waist of loug-bcarded, hi,kcrcd image
OF Adam and offer him salutution upon his
tobacco-stnined lirs. inhalng the fumes Of
an old pipe and bad whiskcy Pshaw! You
might as we'll hug the town pump and seek
inspiration aud comfort from the SPOUT -
Better pnt your coat and boots in the bed,
wrap yourself in an old quilt and sleep ON
the floor under the bed. Don't YOU think
that, like me, you'd be happier with the
thought that
"My riches as my penny fee,
And mann guide it cannle O,
But warl' gear ne'er troubles me-
While sparkn wi my Mamie O."
Old aud innocent as am, Mac, living in
the expectation TINT gray hairs may cover
my head if | live long enough, | never can
forget that
Mary stole my heart away,
While playing by the silver moon"
For her sake, Mnc, | love "to be about
where there are pretty women, for, say what
you will, it is woman thut sofcns mans ma
ture, that subdues his uncouth roughneSs.
and makes him respect himself, gives him re-
linemcnt and courtesy; in short Mae, makes
him instInctivcly black his boots, wear white
shirts and putronize n laundry establishment.
Being about where there were Iretty
womcn," has afforded me many pleasing,
and | might say, heart-softening reminis-
ccncc, and
"Stlll DER those scenes my memory wakes
And fundly hToodS with miscr care;
Tim hut the impression deeper makes,
As streams their channel wear"
never broke womnn's heart Mac |
never sill, if ] can help il; for If pretty
wo'naD falls in love with me, III do my best
70 Return thc complimcut---bnt ii can't do
IT, III finnklv tell her SCI. n,d I,ca to De OK
cused PoIitcncrS or pride will induce her
to excuse me, under the circumstance, and
courtesy would prompt me to forgive her.
When aged men stoop TO folly
And lind too late that girls betray,
What else can soothe their melancholy,
But take q drink and Try it again.
Somehow this last stanz, don't rhyme
Goldsmith wrote it and only copied it; he
made mistake somehow, SO the fault isn't
mine
There's reason why | Ike to "be about
where there are pretty women" love slap
jacks and ias@S--both pleasant to the taste
) and To IL man OF good taste they taste
good, and ilHttcr myself that | am n man
Of taste. Therefore, ,lo not be Jealous Of
me because / love always TO be about
where there are pretty women" but
"Bclieve me for mine honor and have respect
for miHe honor TINT you may bolievc,"
( that although | love pop-ginger pop aud
percussion pop-I will not the question pop
TO any pretty woman" who chooses TO as
sert her prcrogatve of Leap Year to lop
the question 10 me. For my mothers sake,
for my Murys sake. and leetle for my own
sake, and a trile for their sake, love "to
he about where there are pretty women"
Amcui
Brethren, this sermon had its origin in
dining ont and drinking :wo cups ot coffee,
which "lIath murdered sleep"
Aud a. we sit sm0kny at the nappyi
An GjiuI' ou' and nnco happy,
Macs jealous insiuuaton came to mind, and
the re;oinder here vou find, and il his nerves
receive shock he can seek revenge on,
Yours. OLD BLOCK.
Sierra CHizen
THE rose Of Florida, the most beautiful Of
flowers emits no fragrance. The bird of
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