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

There are moments when the heart
strings vibratc with touch OF pain ;
but the morrow brightly dawning,
brings their natural tones again. Then
forgetful Of their sorrow, how the
tremb'er bounds with JOY, never heed
ing its past lesson-notl,ing can it's
hopes destroy. What blessing is
thus given, that although some care
awhile, may intrudc upon our lig|,tness,
soon returns brighter smile! Man
can rouse him from depression; shake
the torpor from his heart, and with
tissl'l5=7ea lse,:e'! on
fortune start. Strange, the mixture in
our natures, as an iidler or a scarchcr F;
it would seem as if his making, were
half ,cur, half gtttu perchu. Now he
naelts ut some sad story, told by carth'S
unhappy wrctchcs, or more lofty in his
ideas, only with the feeling stretchcs.-
Ruled by nothing but his fancy, off he
flies to do and dare: mounts volcanoes,
sees the crater, conqucrs empires, splits
4 hair: drives the iron stecd III har-
ness, over miles of railroad track: runs
a cable through the ocean: guides til,
steamer, steers the smack: carries wa,
and devastation through y rich and
mighty land: carvcs his name in last
ing letters: traces it, as well, in sand
C ears the forest, smooths the mou,:.
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 bartcrS, poor to.
morrow, rich to day: stumbling dark.
ly in the shadow, running in the ligh,
Of day: changing ever, restless always
but mann'Nm at best: pulled and
worked by circumstances, till there
comes final rest. On the whole, W,
may conclude that man is something
Of a character.
! A CALIFORNIA W1Dow.---Captai.
Saltwater says his first essay to ciirc
matrimonial character, resulted in :
manner so discouraging that he don
believe he'll ever be induced to try i
over again. The captain being out o
service for some months, conceived :
passion for a rather mysterious yo,,n.
lady boarding at the same hotel. Say
the Captain, l conveyed her round ,hs
shops, shows, balls, theatres, churches
and every other place of amuscmcn
iand information, and at last, when
thought things had gone about fa
enough, ! squares my yards, and say
j, just as coolas powder monkey -
!" Ma'am, I've been thinkin' I'd like t.
be sp]iccd,'' "Spliced? 2" says she, :.
artless as a turtle dove. "Spliced =
says !, "and if you've notion, why.
I'm ready to share my luck and dun
mage with you, ma'amv' "Captain
I've been thinkin' if my husband don
write soon, and send me some none
and a gold watch from Californy. II
Just as lief marry somebody else a
not, and if you'll wait few DAYS i
f give you the preference" Her bus
band had been gone to the Pacific in.
fonr months, and here was a Ca|iiorn
widow. 81 stood off after that" sal;
+ the Captain.
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70 Il son Of the Green I,lc nee,
ing Mr.. Br,nncI, the great engineer
England, addressing Mr.. T., said: =
+ !" What do yon call that big vessel yo
! have been trying TO launc', .; s.i'!,
D LeciutA1n,' said Mr.. y. :: All, faith;
said Paddy, an wouldn't it b. ba
ter TO cali her the Leaceit1aghnnd'ry
! Nap.''
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: @On Lis dcath-bcd, 4 d;s,insuis'
ed humoTist requested tl,a. no none /
a invited to his funeral. ";5ccausc. sai
the was,.' it is civility ] can nev.
repay"