Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1860-06-21
MISC ELLANEoUs.
From the " Home Journal
SECRETS WORTH REMEMBERING
BY y. H. siDDoNs.


A man discovers many important secrets 10
his lifetime, but he profits by very few of them.
No matter how dearly they are bought, how
sOlemnly revealed, and how perfectly ilIustra-
isd-be they never so comprehensive. never SO
vsIusbIe- -be the knowledge of them necessary
10 our welfare or our happiness-slill they are
soon forgotten. or, what is worse, remembered
ia rain. For the most part, such secrets are
Like the snowflake in the rlyer.
Ono moment seen. then gone forever"
The secret worth knowing is the least heard
and the least needed. Tell your right-hand
neighbor--if you live in village that your
lslt-hand neighbours daughter has been impru-
dsat, and he will cherish the unhappy fact ia
bis bosom, as The Snowman nurses the stingless
snake, for The sake of exhibiting it; but ac-
quaint that same neighbor with some fortunate
discoveryto which your experience and obser-
nsions have led you. and. however available
hs revelation, it will, like liquid perfume.
soou eyapora,e. Thsre are great moral, social.
and even religious secrets. which are dread
tally neglected. What pity that there is not
asystem Of Freemasonry, embracing the whole
humsn family, and certain worthy secrets in
fifcalaslon among them, in lieu of the unwor-
Ny ones which are continually |" whispered
ssFoad," tainting the very atmosphere Of So
ssty-ihe buzzing blowfies of civil life
. Oeaile reader, when your companion takes
I i'a by the button-hole, or. placing his right
hsad gently upon your shoulder, mysteriousy
a'd mpressiyely disclose to you that which,
ION conviction, you know to be true and prof-
aals. be thankful tor the favor conferred, for
f's know not what il may have cost the giver
'd' above all. turn j, TO account Precepis,
i aszms, or axioms, cannot be worn out by con.
a'as use. They are not like perisbable - TO-
'ns Of friendship" or" Christmas keepsakes,'
HsmbIing that which they represent, mas
@rh a. some will larnish, and all will dimish
asalue with every ceming year. provided they
sape sudden aud entire destruction. They
IN ny sor, be II borne 10 mind, tinsel that grows
Ia saa and glitter that fades nor are they FASH
IA @sbIs articles which become in time worth
III s'f; nor brittle things requiring 10 be kept
II ssof reach Of rough usage: on the contrary
hi nv are standard metal; the more you use
Us en, The brighter they become--gems thai
# "a last you your Lifetime, aad adorn your
1M a'dfeu after that. provided you use them
1# siniy.
HI y astonishing hsw pIensifui are secrets
|IH "Hn remembering, notwithstanding the ori
|]H ~sl cost Of some. and the intrinsic value o
8|# ~sa l gather few at random, and now
l|8 sn't them to print, for printed words ars
NE ~,veIztiic Than The words which are spoken
'seFe ara great secrets belonging TO smsl
~asss-the great secret of making punch, a
~ ~ the great secret of the New Yorl
power; The great secret OF concoctinI
Rse batt'sr OF boiling potatoes, - we'll a
bsingfng arsilway scheme to wholesoin
d4 6EcHxr or LITERARY NorARIErY il I
sqs fof shs Qualification Of little maids; 70
~ then hundfed 10 one readers 10 yous Fl
# yout name be sonsewhxt singular, il
nsFs sasiIy rsmsnber ed make il famiis
~ Vulgar. and they sill force il into put
n. tits pessitie for - author |
aE fas "A tastes and srssandiags.
eefs Wrote feF al agss-" But eosl
g ~ seldaln mere tbsn one man living th'
,;3I - IL ~ 1 liovine thfee xsls
8 y y knx 3Sway - tell ~ 0pl
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