Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-17

result Of the studied exhortzti5ns and iabors %
partfsaas in the TriadeIPhia interest, intended
to burst up into the notice OF the other parts Of
the county and perchance even to call the at;en-
ton Of the whole tenth district 10 the qg-litcz-
tons, great merits and great sacrifices o! their
hero. But the best laid schemes Of men and
mice" &c Ye know what comes OF them once
and awhile This carefully called meeting was
not an exception, Cleueas friends came out
several head and tail lengths winners, and car
ried the day. Did we ever think that that
meeting, 50 long advertised in the 4rgus, should
have turned ont Clemens demonstration.
L,rrxe AND L.rGnISa.--If we ruay believe
Prof Fowler. man mas natural propensity to
laugh; and if we were to admit the correctness
of the aphorism laugh and grow lat" we
should have to conclude that ma. has natural
tendency 10 corpulencc. Whether laughing and
growing fat really attend one another, we leave
for the consideration Of those who have taste
for the metaphysical. Physiological writer's agree
that it is healthy to laugh, just IS It Is healthy
for one to eat when hungry, or rest when tired.
As 3 general observation, people who laugh
much are fat and all VINO laugh 10 any consider
able extent enjoy good health and buoyant
spirits, bat we cannot say whether the laugh
causes the health OF the health produces the
laugh
1t mas been said that AZ Z national chArR :teris'
tic tine American people are too solemn. We
march through life with most unsgciai, rnelan-
cho!y phiz, as though the MARROW dwelling at lis
end occupied all our thoughts, and As though it
were weakness 70 ie; in one ray of fun and
geniality to light up the dismal road Il has
also been said that We a-e nation Of dysPep-
tics Again question arises, are we dys2ePtic
because We are grave. or grave because we are
dyspeptic: We think both. The truth lies on
both sides Dyspepsia oran unhealthy condition
of any other function renders the disposition
more or less rnor0se. and : ''mini diseased
undoubtedly deranges and DISCREPANCIES tie
physical nan. Ii must be admitted that we are
too material, too stern, cold, unfriendiv, over
occupied By cares, over-zorl.ed by business,
ove-rating the gaudy trapping Of wealth and po-
sition, and undertaking the value Of our eX'S-
tence, as such. Walk along my ,horoughfarc
in anv Of our cities, and mark the flces yOu
meet How many glow with the radiant spirit
within? How many are e7en screne2 - E...''5ft
most I... rIy=r1, pIucucd expression, an u1uIis-
takabe stamp of dollars and cents, as If :hcir
life had been a continual turmoil, q warring for
rank or money, or both. Those faces tell you
that all the way up from innocent childhood,
their Owners have been SURPRISING the genial,
warm-hearted fountains that instinc,ivc'y well
mp into The bosom of every human being
Some accept the dogma that business man
cannot be benevolent man; some 20 50 far as
10 suppose that he cannot be an honest one.
Il.
makes life really worth living for on the altar of
this Unsuitable divinity, business.
Yes, want more notwithstanding
to draw men away from the counter and count
ing room, to rest the tasked brain or tired body,
to lead us back to that appreciation oflife which
every one has felt at some time, but which we
too soon lose in the great rushing, crushing
world. Every has true existence which
he ought to liYe-a self that he ought to love,
cherish, and protect, and treat justly if not gen.
erousiy. Labor is not all orlife. It's a means,
but the glorious end, fruiton and expansion,
lie just beyond. All have within them the cIe-
ments of happiness. Happiness is a naive of
the human heart; and yet how many seek it in
foreign lands:
80, Happiness, how FAR We fee
Thine own sweet paths in search Of thee."
With some ''our beings end and aim is
luxury they cannot afford. They are absorbed
in business; day lost might ruin them; and so
passes year after year, confirming them more
and more in their mistake, till they pass through
and out Of life, without even coming in sight Of
the true goal Of Their existence.
We have been led into this train Of prosy re.
Election by running over mentally the varied
entertainments our citizens have enjoyed quite
recently. We have had science, literature,
music, and comedy-everything but tragedy to
make the roll complete; and heaven knows the
everyday life around US is full enough Of TRACE.
dy. Every one can appropriate what he likes
and leave what he dislikes Philosopiic pates
have been crammed with chronological science;
ideal appetites have been satiated with the
"feast of reason and flow of soul : the lovers Of
music, that heavenly maid" have been en-.
chanted, Sin horn;' while those who have =
taste for the fine arts, have been delighted with
the bufFoonery of minstrelsy. All have had in
turn their intellectual aIiment and their good