Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-01-20
TALES & SKETCHES
"NOBODY BUT ANN"
BY A VILLAGE sCHooLMAsTER.

The weary, worn.out sun had gone to
sleep. The persevering cries Of buyers
and sellers had died out of the noisy streets;
the street lamps had just been lighted, and
the sky lamps, too, were, one by one, being
slowly kindled around the throne Of night.
We were sitting at the window watch
ing for has form among the occasional pas
sers 10y; for that hour, that blessed hour,
had come, when many hundred hearts, |
fancy, wait still and anxiously for the com
ing Of some tenderly loved one that vent
forth in the morning
who is that? exclaimed |, as pretty
little figure came hurrying up the avenue,
and went in the basement door.
Nobody but Ann! said Mrs Smith,
with an air of contempt too plain to be
unnoticed.
Mrs. Smith was the wife OF govern
ment contractor, and Ann was her servant
hence, Ann was nobody, and Mrs. Smith
was member of the 'shoddy aristocracy,
which is little less than nobody.
There was a vast difference between Ann
and Mrs Smith One was pleasant, pretty
and intclli gent; the other was hateful,
homely and ignorant. One made her
money by working for other people; the
other made money by other people working
| for her.
Which was the more honorable mode,
| AIMS or Mrs. SmithsY
Nobody but Ann" And what if she
was servant girl? DO you suppose the
! great Task master will refuse laborer his
penny because he worked under master
| No he sometimes refuses those who do not
work at aIl-like Mrs. Smith.
And who set this would he goddess upon
the stills of concerted pride, that she
should be head and shoulders above her
betters? Surely, none but herself. There
are hundreds Of conceited persons who
set themselves up above their fellows
(none else ever do it, like some golden
cdif to be idolized and worshiped. They
try to make themselves conspicuous, anc
only succeed iu rendering themselves ri
dculous. Yes, there are hundreds anc
thousands of Mrs Smiths Pray, reader
are you Of them? If you are at all like her
your shoulders are surely broad and wll
bear little lashng. And now, did yol
ever think what clog you are in th'
wheels Of human progress! How some o
your silly friends are trying to initiate yol
in your luxurious laziness, and some 0
their friends are initiating them, and SO ol
until honorable labor is deemed disgrace
Did you ever think of the effect OF wor
shipping the almighty dollar instead O
worshipping the Almighty; or could yo
never find anything to do but torture you
husband and the piano? All | fear yO
have never tried. The effort would be to
much like labor. Remember, God help
those who help themselves
You sometimes wonder why every on
is so freezingly dignifed Don't you kno'
that the cat must look up to see the king
You have grown so wonderfully tall, pom
pous and pulled up, and have risen SO ia
above 'the common herd that they hav
to hold their heads high in order to Sc
you.
And then you wonder why every on
disHkes you | will tell you why. Yc
think the world was made for you-n,
you for the world. You think yourse
better than other people. Your lips don
say it; but your actions do, most emphat
cally.
You are social iceberg. Your lool
are 'chills and fever Your manner is fu
of freshness. You, yourself, are an il
ported piece of Greenland. All, look on
you know there's place where even ice
melted Would you have all this changes
then you must change yourself. Get dow
from your stills, and then your hetrt al
the heart. If Others will be closer togethe
Let the Sunshine of love dry the vineg
out of yaIr ice Vinegar never catch
fies-nuch less friends Learn to 10
'r- others a, ~el as yourself--aye! half as W
IS and then you will be beloved, Mon
and talent can buy admiration, and SON
times envy; but Don Cupid is shre'