Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-05-02

Left to the popular vote, hardly any
two Would agree as to the point Of slime
at which youth deserts Us and old age
nouns guard. That point Of time is not
an arbitrary one, but is governed BY the
/ cir 'tances Of each care some men Of
~ III older than others at GO. The
line q debarkation, too, Is oftener con-
trolled by the mental condition than We
are spt to suppose. The art of growing
old gracefully, depends solely upon the
disposition, aud Of all arts is the one which
should be the most studied. Life IL so
short, that, so far as possible, it should be
perpetual youth, and in keeping the affec.
tions and sympathes fresh ard green,
much can be done towards securing such
baIcyon days here below.
By breaking down the barriers between
you b ard age, and establishing terms of
intimacy such a. mark the intercourse Of
associates, there can be system of barter
carried on, mutuaiy beneficial. Age will
bestow upon youth its cheerful lessons. Of
wisdom, and in returu receive the vigor,
freshness and hear,iness Of the early
years. Thus one will be strengthened and
the other invgora,ed. In . late Atlantic
the Autocrat OF the Breakfast Table has
an article upon the point Of time when old
age begins, upon which the Boston Cour'
Ter admirably comments, thus -.
ave cannot quite agree with some Of
the Autocrats notions, however. lie
makes old age begin too soon. In our
childhood We used to hold such opinions
ourselves. We remember the time when
forty seemed most venerable number OF
years to have lived. But it was d childish
notion and we have long since got rid Of
it. Cesar, in nore exhaus sting climate,
called the Roman young till 6f.y. Forty
five, aleordng to our presen. views. ma.
tured ty the reflection Of many years, Is
qsi'e too early . period aor tho beginning
Of hoary age. 1t is mistate to suppose
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fore. On the contrary, We have found
that more is required to keep The machi.
merry in motion. The natural vigor is not
diminished; the hair is not yet gray aseept
in peculiar cases which have nothing to
do with years.
AT fifty, even, the appeti,es are as
healthy and vigorous, the imagination as
lively, the dreams Of ambition as absorb
ing, US at thirty. No, 40, friend Autocrat.
The earliest period We can ALLOW you to
begin to call man old, is sixty from 60
to Is he oueh. to enjoy hearty age; from
that to the close of his life, he should
gently descend the downward hill, and so
pass away. Men grow old, early, because
, they think they must. There is no neces
sity, no justification for such a course. II
: was not 80 in old times, or rather ia
poung times Of the worlds history. We
do not speak of the age Of Methusalah- =
? that was very we'll, but a little tedious =
}. But We can call up from our classica
recollec,ions an example or two. Isocrate'
j. was moderate cuss. He had work on biz
/ hands at the age Of ninety eight, which
: his friends advised him to finish, becaus'
: something might happen. He finished il
:. and year or two afterwards when th
/ dishonest viceroy" Of Charones tried +
y "kill by report the old man eloquent
could not do it. lie. stnrved himself /
!. death. 0orgfas, the sophist, lived to on
a hundred and twenty years, and died wit
It an an,i,hesis. upon his lips. But there
= nc red Of multiplying examples III
% - fact is undoubted, that the natural CON
mencement of old age is not at forty 6v
il BY good deal. Let men but resolve
= :, live out their days, let them divide the
r. minds into reasonable and proper static,
i'll Of rushing at such railway speed over 4
IN road Of existence, and coming to the tc
- minus before their journey is half oye
and then we shall see the condition
nj mortality take an encouraging upws
:. - tendency. Then we should have tir
ye enough TO accomplish oil our taska deli
,ht erately and thoroughly, and to repose
our laurels, without worrying oursel,
:. With the fear thu, we shall loose our OF
ma chance 70 gain second wreath Of then
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lha M 1t is ssid that Slidell has written to
rebel leaders that neither England
: France viii adopt war Intervention me
ID ores Or necognize the rebels. lie advi
gal them TO make the best possible terms
IL. The Union.
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