Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-08-26
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"Wart for the wagon

So the American nation sang a VAR or
more ago, until our hills and vallies eeNoed
with the chorus and until it seemed thatNAe
song was destined to take Its place alongsids
of Hail Columbia and Yankee Doodle in
popular favor but it was soon foand that the
song contained a moral at variance with pop
ular inclination. and, alack J our ears have
not been saluted with the once popular mel
ody for many a day
Of course it is hard. very hard, for a pro-
gressive people to sgait. No matter whether
you are to wait in certainty or in doubt;
whether for the realization of some fondly
cherished hope, or the arrival Of a whole ship
load of money waiting is tedious, and more
than once in u lifetime we realize of a truth
that patience as a virtue.
There is a bit of a boy cannot wait even for
his dinner, and SO sets to and spOils It With
apples, candy and cake. For his stomach's
sake and for the comfort of a quiet digestion,
> he had better wait for the wagon
, There is another boy, a litter older but not
!, a whit the wiser, who. seeing a shade ofdown
$ on his lip and hearing the squeak of the
8 'gosling' in his throat, fancies he Isl full grown
Z man. and SO sets about chewing tobacco and
looking out for a wife! He spoils his teeth
n and his constitution atthe former and Injuries,
his countenance at the latter. In all reason
be ought to wait for the wagon
d. There is a little girl, just in her first teens,
be who has, by some means, become impressed
n with the idea that she is growing desperate
". ly old desperately fast, and that it is high time
lat she was looking out for somebody to marry
ce. her. With this idea topmost in her little
no brain, she abandons her school with a poor ed
Lrd ~ucation, flies from the kitchen with an imper-
,he feet knowledge of beans and butter, dons a
hoop of a diameter greater than her altitude,
puts on costly apparel, assumes airs, dips
ant villianous snuff, looks for a husband, in troll
'ort a husband, and marries the first opportunity
ich Now, of a truth, she had better wait for tn,
"a wagon
this There is a young couple just married an
the set up in the world. They cast about an,
the see how the finest among their acquaintance
pom live. They attempt to ape their manners
Hi their fashions and their extravaganza, so q
will to appear as fine as the finest. Thew spen
1T be all their indulgent parents have given then
pun 60 in debt, break down their credit and clio;
: his a rapid career in bankruptcy and ruin. The
e e1- ought to wait for the wagon
could There is a man resolved to grow rich in
IF as hurry. He embarks in trade, in wild spec
hing lations and untried experiments. A lu
wrote gathers over him-a crash comes and he
his is ruined. He would have do ne better to w
for the wagon
Tell fast people to wait, and they ansW
MICA that they have waited long enough, and ii
time and tide wait for no man. Waiting
less 1t a great school of moral strength; the gree
noWn est achievements that have startled the wo
larily have been n~atientlv waited for Small stoo
Inc ers are always in a desperate hurry-fzzil
u.s. or whizzing and bursting something, while
great mammoth of the wave floats stead
on without hurry or hustle. \