Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-30
MOMENTS AND MEN.

s'H i vlbratc with q touch OF pain
but the morrow brightly dawning.
brings their natural tones again. Then
forgetful Of their sorrow, how the
trembler bounds with Joy, never heed.
ing its past lesson-notlling can its
hopes destroy. What a blessing is
thus given, that although some care
awhile, may intrudc upon our ligl,tness,
soon returns 4 brighter smilc! Man
can rouse him from depression; shake
the torpor from his heart, aud with
kl9l5ssssafl
l2sRnc start s.l1 Strange the mixture in
our natures, rs AMI i & OF i scarchcr;
It would seem as il Ills making, we're
half eoar, half g,tttes 2oercha. Now he
NETS at some sad story, told by carth's
unhappy wrctches, or more lofty in his
ideas, only with the feeling Stretches
Ruled by nothing but his fancy, off he
lilies to do and dare mounts volcanoes,
secs the crater, conqucrs empires, splits
q hair: drives the iron ,stecl in har-
ness, over miles Of railroad track: runs
9 cable through the ocean; guides the
steamer, steers the smack: carries wa,
and devastation through rich and
mighty land: hcarvcs his name in last
ing letters: traces it, as we'll, in sand !:
Q ears the forest, smooths the mour-
tain, levels gray and ancient hills /:
checks the rapid flow of rivers, makes
them work all sorts of mills: buys and
sells, and trades and barriers, poor to-
morrow, ,ich;to day: stumbling dark
~ in the shadow, running in the light
Of day: changing ever, restless always,
but mannikin at best: pulled and
worked by circumstances, till there
comes q final rest. On the whole, VIC
may conclude that man is something
Of a character. e
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A CALIFORNIA WIDow.--Capt;,i,
Saltwater says his first essay to cifiec,
4 matrimonial character, resulted in q
manner SO discouraging that he don,
believe he'll ever, be induced to try
over again. The captain being out 81
service for some months, conceived .
passion for a rather mysterious young
lady boarding at the same hotel. Say.
the Captain, / conveyed her round III.
shops, shows, balls, theatres, churches
and every other, place Of amusement
Iand information, and at last, when
thought things had gone about fa1
enough, squares my yards, and say.
p, Just as coolas powder monkey =
e Maam, Pvebccn thinkin's sd like t.
be spliced,' ~ Spliced - SAYS she. ~
artless as q turtle dove. sHSpliccd =
says ], :. and if you've a notion, WHY
I'm ready to share my; luck. and dun
mage with yon, MIAMI Captain
I've been thinkin' if my husband don
write soon, and send me some none,
and gold watch from Califsrny. II
inst as lief marry somebody else a
not, and if you'll wait few days III
1give You the preference" Her hi,
fbanf had been gone to the, Pacific ;us
four months, and here was Californ,
]; Eidow. ] stood off after thai, . sal,
! the. Captain. s:
~ Aso1 Of the Green Isle Nee,
ling Mr. BRUNEI, the great engineer !,
England, addressing Mr.. b. said =.
I What do yo,,. oall that big vessel y66,
ihaye been trying 10 launch - III
i y LZsclltAan," said Mr. p. g Al, faith;
said F!s!ady. /. an wouldn't i, b. be-,
Iter TO-. Y CAY her the Leaoeia hand ,ya
i ~ On hi, dcafh-bed, 4 Distinguish
led humorist Fenuesssd fj,a. M ,,1.i,e. I,