The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-05
The following from archbishop Whatley's

The following from archbishop Whatley'
annotations on Bacon's essays, is a rich literary
and scientific gem: Il was the physicians Q
the highest standing that most opposed Har
vey It was the most experienced navigator
that opposed Columbus views. It was those
most conversant with the management Of the
post office that were the last to approve of the
plan Of the uniform penny postage. For the
greater any ones experience and skill in his
own department, and the more he is entitled to
the Difference which is proverbally due to each
man in his own province, the more unlikely, in
deed, he will be to be good Judge of inn
provements in details, or even to introduce them
himself, but the more unlikely to give a fair
hearing to any proposed radical change. An
experienced stage coachman is likely to be a
good Judge Of all that relates to turnpike roads
and coach horses, but you should not consult
him about railroads and steam carriages. And
again. every one knows how slowly and with
what difficulty farmers are prevailed on to adopt
any new system of husbandry, even when the
faults Of an old established usage, and the ad-
vantage of change, can be made evident to
the senses.
Old Bumblebee says an exchange paper,
was the cognomen of Mr.. T., of Newburyport
He gained the title from the fact Of his catch
ing bumblebee one day as he was shingling
his barn, and in attempting to destroy the in
sect with his Ratchet, cut off the ends Of his
thumb and forefnger, letting the insect go I'M
harmed. Other mishaps happened to the same
old codger in the same old barn. In one Of
his distractions he singled over his spare
Ratchet, and cutting small aperture in the
building to let little daylightin, this man &C
tually set ina wooden pane as being economi-
cal and not easily being broken! Uncle T.,
in one Of his oblivion freaks, nailed his left arm
SO firmly betwixt two boards of fence he was
putting up, that he had to call help to get ex-
tricated from his self-imprisonment. He once
put button on the gate instead of the post
But the rarest freak of all was when he ran
through the streets with his hands about three
feet asunder, held before him, beggsng the
passers not to disturb him, as he had got the
measure Of doorway with him.
Bow low the head, boy; do reverence to the
old man. Once like you, the vicisitudes of life
have syered the hair, and changed the round
merry face to the worn yisage before you
Once that heart beat with aspirations cosqual
to any that you have felt; aspirations crushed
by disappointment as yours are, perhaps, des-
tined to be. Once that form stalked proudly
through the gay scenes Of pleasure, the beau
ideal of grace; now the hand of Time, that ,
withers the flower Of yesterday, has warped
that figure and destroyed the noble carriage. !
Once, at your age, he possessed the thousand
thoughts that pass through your brain, now {
wishing to accomplish deeds equal to nook in J
fame; anon imagining life dream, that the 7
sooner he awoke from the better. But he has
lived the dream very near through. The time I
% awake is very near at hand; yet his eye ever \
kindles at old deeds Of daring, and the hand
axes frmer grasp Of the staff. Bow low the o
head, boy, as you would, in your old age, be fr
'everenced. - ;.
A female physician in Philadelphia, adver- a,
ises that is cher particular speciality to cure
III affections Of the heart pc
On child being told that he must be bro ),
EN- Of bad habit, he actually replied: pa a. 81
"a, hadn't better be mended?' 8,