The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-22
CHEERFULNEss.

~">' '"' W hiS iciio"-luCn rs cheerful
ness. Talents may excite more respect,
anu virtues more esteem. But the respect
Is apt to be distant and the esteem cold.-
But it is otherwise with chcerfulncss. It
endcars man to the hcart-not the intel
icct or the imagination. There is a kind
of reciprocal ditfusiveness about this quail
ity that recommends its possessor by the
very effect it produces. There is mel
lowed radiance in the light it sheds on all
social intercourse, which pervades the soul
to depth that the Llaze of the intellect
can never reach
Tho cheerful man is double blessing
blessing to himself and to tho world
around him In his own character, his
good nature clear, blue sky of his
own heart, on Il every star OF talent
shines out >,early. To others, lie
carries an atmosphere of JOY and hope and
encouragement wherever he moves. His
own cheerfulness becomes infectious, and
his associates lose their moroseness and
their gloom in the amber colorcd light Of
the benevolcncc he casts around him.
1t is true that chccrfulncss is not always
happiness. The face may glow in smiles
while the heart "runs in GOODNESS and dark
ness" hut chccrfulncss is the best external
indication of happiness that we have, and
it enjoys this advantage over almost every
otlcr quality, that the counterfeit is as
valuable to society as the reality. I. an
swers as medium Of public circulation,
full rs well as true coin.
A man is worthy Of all praise, whatever
may be his private CRIES, who does not in
trudc them on the happiness Of his friends,
but constantly contributes his quota of
caecrtulness to the general public enjoy
mcnt. "Every heart knows its own bitter
ness," but let the posscssor OF that heart
take heed that lie does not tiistii it into his
neig'ihor's cup, and thus poison his felicity
There is no light more commcndable and
more agreeable than to see man, whom
we know fortune has dealt with badly,
smother his peculiar grefs in his own bo-
som, and do his dntv i'll the society III
Which Providence has placed linn, with an
unrufilcd brow and a cheerful micn. It is
duty Which society has right to demand
"A portion Of that great clain which
binds humanity together, the links of which
every one Should preserve bright and un-
sulicd.
1t may be asked, What shall that man do
whose burden of griefs are heavy, and
made still heavier 10y the tears he has shed
over them i'll private +; shall he leave society?
Certainly, until he has learnt to Lear lis
own burden. Shall he not seek for the
sympathy of his friends? lie had better
not Sympathy would only weaken the
masculine strength Of mind which enables
us to endure. Besides, sympathy I'M
sought for is much more readily given, and
sinks deeper in its healing effects into the
heart. No, no! checrfulness is duty
which every man owes to the world. Let
him faithfully discharge the debt.
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.Sngncity.-We hear, says the Columbus
(Ohio) Capital City Fact, Of an instance of
sagacity practiced by the elephant attached
to Herr Dricsbach's mcnageric, which de-
serves record. Coming into Newark, Ohio,
last Saturday, the elephants keeper fell in
fit from his horse. The whole mcnagcrie
Immediately came to halt, and some
members of the company went forward to
pick up the man. But the elephant would
not allow any person to approach the sense
less form Of his keeper. Taking him up
with his trunk, softly, he would place him
on his horse, but finding that the man was
senscless, he laid him on the ground, and
kept watch over him. Many members of
the mcnagerie tried to soothe the faithful
elephant, who had now become furious Mt
the supposed death Of his master, but to no
purpose, and there the man lay watched by
the sagacious animal. After laying in this
condition for some time, physician, who
had been sent for, arrived, and yet the clc-
phant would allow no one to approach. At
length the keeper became SO far conscious
as 10 command the elephant to let the ply
sician come near, and the animal was do
cile and obedicnt in n moment, and the
keeper was properly cared for, the elephant
all the while expressing the utmost anxiety
for the sick man. " ''' ''' r
Random Gcn,s.-A wise man will stay
for convenient season and will bend a
little. rather than be tory by the roots. =. g
When once jinfdelity can persuade men
thst they die like beasts, they will DO
brought 10 live like beasts also. ~ 90.
Heaven and immortality are theme. for
profitable. discussion s but, unfortunately,
many persons think, more Of new, drssses
aud late, fashions, than they, do of .tlei,