Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-17
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Lerlal WOrlu, bnere, DrO0ust Lneo timageoa0t
| Prometheus,o bound down to earth, and
cursing the earth; an image of individual,
will striving to substitute itself by violence
for the universal viii and univ right.Iie
Napoleon felR Byron fell. The tombs of ~
st. Helena and Missolonghi. conta N the rex, i,
les of. an entire world. After, Napoleon,,
wh0 shall attempt an Europeair despotism,
and substitute bis own for the idea 7ofleiy7,dt
| ilization? After ByronrT-after his 'Corsair,,'
Lara, and .Mantred'-who, without SER
| lvile imitation, may attempt the creation lofhi
special individual typesI separate and disom
| tinct from the social world around them 2di
u Adieu to ,Byron7l;iadieu to f,s
Titanic images, to his type Of individuality
at strife with pursuing fate, to his sublime n
but blasphemous cry that thew0rld As desY
ert humanity condemned to wither in dust
and ashes 'f.row and suffering the law Of =
the universe -,' 1917 no 'i'Fi'.n ma
Happy NancyA.fhe Trae secret.sdi
| There once lived in an old brown eottaGei1s
so sRiair thatit looked like a chicken eoop,tu
La solitary woman. She was some, thirty "a
years of age, tended her little, garden. knit ~
erywhere, from Village to viilagesdby'tb6
| cognoineh Of -'Happy Nancy.h She hadnopa
money! no1taniilyy no relatives; she was !,
I hall, blind, quite lame and very crooked.:N-g'
} There was no comelihess IN her and yetj1
| there, in that homely, deforbed body, the Of
great God, who loves to bring strength
out of weakness, had set bis royal seal, =,
,"Wells Nancy, singing again !" would ~
the, chance visitor say, as he lounged at herdt
..Ia yes, I'm forever at it. don't know /,
what people will Think" she would say with
her sunny SMILE, ''" ~"-"HI
"Why, they'll think as they always do,h
that you are very happy.nnGl ym i9s
La that's fact, I'm just as happy as
| the daylis long, y. al 10,
Il wish you'd tell me your secret, Nancy;
you are all alone, You work hard. you have
nothing very pleasant surrounding you
what is the reason you're SO happy2".
perhaps it's because havn't got nobody
but God," replied the good creature look
ing up. "Yod see, rich folks like you, de-
pend upon their families and their houses;
they've got to keep thinking of their bus.
iness, of their wives and children, and thend
they're always mighty afraid of trouble
ahead. L amt got anything to trouble my
4 self about, you see, cause leave it all to
| the Lord. l think, well, if He can keep
this great world in such good order,the
sun rolling day after day, and the ,etars.,
shining night after night, make my garden
things come up the same, season after sea-,
son, He can certainly take care of such a
poor, simple thing as | am; and so, you see,
| leave it lfto the Lord and the Iopdi
takescare of'me!n lf.l N jsri. oe y,io,li5..t
| "Well, but, Nancy, SUPPOSE a frost should
| come after your fruit trees are all in BIOS
som, and your little plants oitt, sHpposea-ppt
| "But don't suppose; never can isnp-l
| pose; idon't want to suppose, except that
| the Lord will do everything right. That's,
what makes you people so unhappy; you're
all the time stipposing. Now, why can't
you wait till the suppose comes, as Iido,b
| o,,d tl,a.,, olyat tl.a hoe of
| '.Ah! Nancy, it's pretty certain you'll get
to heaven while many of us, with all otirA
| wisdom, will have to stay oni'gfGsH9G hnH
| ss'fhere, you are at it AGAIN. said Nancy
shaking her head, "always looking out for
some black cloud. -Why,if was you, I'd
keep the devil at arms length, instead 9f,
taking him right into my heart-he11 do
| you desperate sight Of mischief" n!
| She was right, wedo take the demon ,Of
| care, OF distrust, of melancholyforebodipg
| ofingIatitude, right into our hearts, and pet
and cherish the ugly monsters, till we ASH
simulate to their likeness. ~ We canker every
pleasure with this gloomy fear of comingI
I'LL; we seldom trust that pleasures will en-,
| ter, or hail them when they come. lnsteadl
of that we smother them under the blanket
of apprehension and choke them with misr-.
anthropy. ia.., ..t. ...,,..,,.,.
1t .wonld be we'll for us to initiate Happy
Nancy, and "never supposev If youoseeao
cloud. don't suppose IT'S going to rains IL,
you see frown,- don't suppose a, seoldjngi
| will followzdo whatever your hands find
to do, and there leave it, hBe. more chfldb
| like towards the great Father whoj.createda
yoG learn to confdep In His wisdem, aud,
| notiin your own; and, above all ',Wait TIL,
the suppose comes, and then make the BEST,
of it." Depend upon it; earth would seem
an Eden, if you would fellow happy Nam
cy's rule, and'never give place in your bo-