The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12


too good natured woman for that
''Waal, I should call this borrowin
trouble for the future, laughed Mrs. Pot.
ter, as she arose to put away the letters
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The writer of the following is one oi
the most respectable citizens of our coun-
ty-reared on the frontier-one of the
earliest settlers of this part of Ohio--un-
assuming and modest-a man who never
made public speech in his lfe;-a man
who mingles little with the bustling world;
"a keeper at home, who quietly culti-
Yates the broad acres which his own
hands have cleared of their native FORESTS.
Yet, amid his honorable toll, this man
has stored his mind with a rich fund of
knowledge. Were you to visit this hos
| pitable abode, you would find the shelves
of a certain case,s loaded with the richest
productions OF the Ancients and Moderns;
and, on the long winter evenings, these
old classic authors of Greece and Rome,
descend from their carefully kept reposi-
tory, and converse freely with this aged
pioneer of Northern Ohio. Our own
Prescott and Irving, too. nightly at that
humble freside, impart to this hoary-
headed farmer their rich stores Of history
and of the nature of that animal-MAN,
in their inimitable style.
EDITORS WYANDoT PIONEER =
Gentlemen Il am three score years,
and have never yet written newspaper
article, and, Knowing of nothing that
would be more likely to give me notoriety,
I thought | would try my hand on few
random scraps, by way of experiment,
and should they prove popular with your
readers, / will then probably open my
battery on larger scale; and who knows
but that / may yet arrive at some distinc-
ton as writer. Butto be candid, am
not vain enough to believe that am Of
fering any new ideas. My wish is, to
make a few hits at these wild, extrava-
giant times. The greater part of my
scraps are intended for Young, Ameri-.
cans" or both genders. The balance are
thrown in for good measure, seasoning,
or ennbellishment. just as may suit the
readers taste, and lest may ruf1e the
temper Of some efthe ladies, Twill here,
! in adyanee, most humbly ask their for
giveness.
And now, Mr.. Printers, please give the
production reading, and then make such
disposition oft as you may think proper.
Very respectfully,
AN OLD FoeY.
t.. There is nothing so profitable as good
manners, in proportion to its cost.
Weak intellects are often hidden by si
lent dignity. Strong minded women are
more admired th an loved.
Good sense without discretion, may be
compared to a good tool without a handle.
Fashion is fun for the rich, but death for
the poor. Shrewdness in its modern ac-
ceptation, may be defined low, cunning,
or sly, rascality.
To use industry without economy, is
like pouring water into leaky vessel.
Polished impudence captivates more
women than plain, good sense.
There is nothing elevates us higher in
our own estimation, than vanity and
no. hing sinks us lower in the estimation
Of others.
The most glorious attributes Of women
are shown in the affection, constancy, de-
votion and forlitude of wives and moth
ers.
1t shows bad state of morals when
shrewdness is more applaudej than hon
esty.
Effeminate men and masculine women
are equally out of place; the first is pita-
bly, soft, the other, disgustingly hard.
1t is to the many little incidental streaks
of good luck and fortune that attend us,
that are congenial with our weakness and
frailties, rather than those that result from
labor of mind and body, and that are apt
to puff our pride and arrogance, that we
are to ascribe the true enjoyments of life.
- FASHION
Is the legitimate offspring of pride. and
no doubt her darling pet. She is based
on innovation, her superstructure fancy,
freak and folly. She is capriclous, insa-
table, arbitrary anil tyrannical. She
embitters society with envy, jealousy and
/ hatred. Size creates thousands of rea
and imaginary wants, aud affords nothing
to satisfy them. She renders women del
icate and useless; yea, a downright bur
then to parents and husbands. She drives
to dependence, indebtedness and poverty
and they to deception. servility and deg
radiation, and, alas, the delusion gener-
ally terminated in mortified pride and un-
pitied misery. In short, she has not
single redeeming quality to recommend,