The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-20


ERECTION. Delaware girls are generally
beautiful, but roses bloom fairer in some
places than in otkers, so whv not the ladies of
one place -, but you can anticipate my
remarks on this subject. Scriblerus, Sr.,
suggests that I put quotation from Shaks-
peare at this point, but l don't remember
anything but
"How soft the moonlight sleeps upon this
bank"
Will that dor
But let US come back to Cavernosus.-
Whenever look abroad over the still coun-
try, still, and yet so animated, simple, and
yet so beautiful, Icannot but be impressed
with the utter folly of those, who court grim
solitude remote from cities; who hide them
selves in caverus, deep forests, or on lonely
hillsides, and think themselves alone-alone,
when Nature, with soft myterious grace,
steals into the heart, and pervades every
movement of the mind. As well might he
find solitude there, as for a Lewestowner to
migrate to the moon, and forget easterly
storms and shipwrecks.) lie may go like
Timon among rocks and brambles 10 vent his
spleen upon mankind, but the world will fol-
low him in all his thoughts, lie with him in
his dreams, and assume thousand shapes
and sounds in jutting crags, crevices, clouds
and sghing winds. For my part l am no
disciple of q zimmerman. Give me the man
that mingles freely with his fellows, and who
with a dignity superior to all the small ia
miliariies that bring silent reproach behind
them, walks serenely through the chequered
paths of life. It's better than pitching in
headlong, getting surfeited, and then wander
ing away among the tombs" to acknowledge
our folly, by censuring the cruelty and sell
fshness Of men.
Possibly you'll lsay, Cavernosus hasn' much
to do with this passibly it hasn't. I'll own
have wandered from my text, like Meth
odist Minister once heard discourse; his
subject was GCd's greatness, but he preached
of intemperance TO the total exclusion of it,
But it is well, sometimes, to be like old CHS
pa, in the Spanish student, who, though he
was born poor, and remained poor, and nei
ther won nor lost, and went through the
world half of the time on foot, and the othel
half walking, yet, despite Of all, was ever al
merry as thunder storm in the night.
Speaking of Chispa, like that characte
that sinks not in adversely, but with ligh
heart rises the higher as the storm pours thu
fiercer. No man ever yet felt relieved iron
cares BIZ sinking to the level with them. L
he did, methinks it were no easy thing to b.
miserable. When woes pressed sorely upol
US, we should but have to weep, curse, anC
be happy. But as things are, to give way t.
the tides of misfortunes, is to lose both rud
der and compass from the bark Of life, an(
with sails tattered by the blasts Of fate u
drift into the horrible whirlpool of despera
tion, suicide 1t is enough to say we live, u
know we shall have our share of sorrow, bu
with countenances
putting to shame the group of Niobe,"
and with hearts sunken AID de5pa RI &, W
shall not make it any the less, rather 1t vii
be augmented. Cheeriulness, on the con
trary takes away half the stang, and dis arn
half the force of dsappointments. And il
her company, we shall often find that thos
things that loom up vast and terrible in til
distance, are but common place in their ap
proach. AS Aespop said Of the Athenians
they are but floating sticks, that appear
large when distant, but when they come nea
us we discover their tame properties. Whe
/ say cheerfulness, do not mean that reck
f less gayety that laughs at all things, tina
should rather be censured for want of un
derstanding, but l mean the spirit tina
knowing the dire qualities of its enemy, "
with a stout heart seeks to lessen them.
So have l seen the cheerful farmer, thoug
the skies were dark, and his fields produce
' but scantily against the winter, go fort
whistling to his rugged labor; and thoug
ambition held up dazzling visions of thin
: never to come to him, and crushed hopes e
y sayed to lit their heads once more, yet hol
/ ing to the path of duty, 60 bravely. And 1
8 with all who follow where she leads.
4 ARISTARCHUS SCRIBLERUS.
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