Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-07-23
TIE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.

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good thing, and rare but l guess
r dwells most where people would leas
expect to find it. There's Ellen Bruce
she has had troubles that would fret som
people to death, and yet have seldom
seen her with cloudy face
How do you account for that, Mis-
Debby: l am cusrious to get at th
secret of happiness, for 1 have been il
great straits sometimes for the want o
1t.
Why, Ill tell you. Now, Ellen,
don't mean to praise you and she look
ed at Ellen, while an expression of afFec
ton spread over her rough featured face
The truth is, Ellen has been so bus,
about making other people happy, tha
she has no time to think of herself, in.
stead of grieving about her own troubles
she has tried to lessen other peoples
instead of talking about her own feelinps
and thinking about them, you would not
know she bad any, if you did not see she
always knew just how other people
felt
Stop, stop, Deborah, my good friend.
said Ellen; you must not turn Aatterel
in your old age
'Flatterer The Lord have mercy on
you, girl; nothing was farther from nv
thoughts than fattering | meant lust
to tell this young lady, for her informa-
ton, that the secret Of happiness was to
forget yourself, and care for the happi.
ness of others.
You are right-I believe YOU are
right, said Miss Campbell, with an ma
ton; though ! have practjsed very little
after your golden rule
'rhe more's the pity, young woman;
for depend on tits the safe rule and the
sure; have Scriptur' warrant for 1t.
beside my own observation. which, As
you may judge. has not been small
It's strange thing, this happiness; i,
puts me in mind of an old Indian have
heard of, who said to a boy who was
begging him for bow and arrow .tha
more you say bow and arrow, the more
won't make it, There's poor Mr. Rcd
wood; as far as can find ont. ie has had
nothing all his life TO dc. bat to 90 IT.
and down, aud to and fro upon the earth
in search of happiness; lock at his ia e:
1t is as sorrowtul as a tombst, ne. and
just makes you ponder upon what has
been. and what might have been: and
his kickshaw Of a daughter-why. J.
Debby Lennox, lone old woman that
am, would not change places with her
would not give up my pcaceable feelings
'or hers, for all the gold in the king
Golfers; and for the most part. since
have taken peep into what's called the
world, have seen little to envy among
the great and the gay,the rich and hand
some
And yet, Miss Dehby,' said Grace,
the world looks upon these as the priv
ledged classes
.Ah the world is foolish and stupid
besides
We'll. Miss Dcborah.I have unbound.
ed confidence in your wis ION, but since
my lot is cast in this SANE evil world. |
should be sorry to think there was no
good in it..
No good, miss that was what | dill
not, and would not say, There is good
in everything and everywhere, if we have
but eyes to see it. and hearts to confess
it. There is some pure gold mixed with
all this glitter; some here that have as
pure hearts and ust minds as If they
had never stood in the dazzling sunshine
of fortune
you mean to say, Deborah, said
Ellen, that contentment is mo est,
prudent spirit; and that, for the most
part, she avoids the high places of the
earth, where the sun burns, and the tenn
pests boat, and leads her favorltes along
quiet wales, and to sequestercd foun-
tains.'
Just ,ckat | would have said, Ellen,
though it may not be just as should
have said it, replied Deborah, smiling.
Y You young folks like to dress off every
thing with garlands, while such plain
old body as | only thaks Of the ,'.h-
stantials. .'-Catharine Maria S9Hsew,ck