The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-09-05
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We are 0ao Of that Dsuocsitusisn seet of
philosophers Who love ioviI facs. Il
there d anything o. which We may bs prodi.
al, without cost 81 preiudice % ourselves,
But with . srsst deal of bsnsGs. 70 sthsss, i
il 81 car smslss. Smiles ass sontaejous, and
20 80 thsir eppositea glcony aed spRlsas.
ana carry l cheerful face. There = nothing
that clears away the bile from the liser, and
the cobwebs from the brain, ikA . hearty
laugh. sIt, j. worth, . CHAHLss LAnl
says, SO hundred groans in any state Of the
Market" Its said ofthe gloomy old 1sxs
icographer, DR.. JoEEsoN, whose brain was
generally sslined with black, /" 70 use Bgnrox's
phrase, that his laugh was . kind Of good
humored growl "He laughs like q rhi-
soceros, = said Tex DAVIS. But eves TIN
forced laugh is better than signing and.
groaning over the ills Of life. What i your
path be beset with perplcxities ?-don't fret.
There's no use in fretting, though you
are in debt, and business ID dull, and your,
friends can't lend, and the note -shavers ask
Eve per cent, q month. Getting yexed with
yourself and everybody else won't help the
matter-no, not bit. You may fret your
self into tiddlestrings, but yoa will only make
yourself more wretched, not cure the evil.
II you jam your fingers in the crack Of .
door, or stumble against pile Of brick left
carelessly on the sidewalk, or are half
minute too late for the cars, or reach the
bridge just a. it swings out into the stream
take it coolly, at least till dog days are over.
Fretting won't heal the mischief.
If the girl you like gives you the mitten,
or YOU have got married and found your.
self egregiously "taken IN, !" keep cool-fret-
ting won't bring back the one, nor make an
angel Of the other. If yourumbrella sscomes
up missing' when it is raining cats and dogs
or you get caught in rain-storm with your
new fve-dollar Leary and Sunday clothes
on-if you want to be captain Of . military
company, and can't, or run 1t an election for
pound-keeper and get defeated-if your
trunk is lost in travelling, or some gentleman
ly pick-pocket relieves you Of your snperilu-
Gus bank bills if newsboy "chisels" You
out of five cents for stale newspaper, OF .
hackman EFFORTS V from you for carrying
you half q mile; take it easy-fretting may
any consolation for your troubles.
y Learnto be patient under perplexity. It
is scandalous Tor any man, however unfor-
tunate, to be always 6dgeting and fussing
growing and grumbling. One mend-fauIt
is worth ten find faults all the world over.
Why, what fever will man put himself
into to-day about something which he will
only laugh at to morrow-and yet, perhaps,
the very next morning you will find the same
individual in perfect frenzy of passion
about some other matter ten times more tri-
fling a.. ,s
Keep cool, then, and don't be needlessly
worried. Remember that care once killed 4
cat, and it may kill you yet, if you are not
careful. s'There's nothing," it has been well
said, s'like coolness-it breaks things in its
impatience. Coolness-did you ever see it
tumble up stairs, or do itself mischief
Study to be cool-ay, even if the house is ON
FIRE, or the horse runs away. Dangers re.
treat when coolly they're confronted"