Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-01-18
Fresh Emerson-isms.

The awkward man is graceful when he i:
asleep, and children at play or at rest pre-
sent shifting attitudes fit for the artists t.
study.
LIFE is short, but there is always time
for courtesy.
is an excellent Quaker custom Of hav.
/ ing pause of silent prayer before meat
4 Interposing moment of reflection betw een
the turmoil of life, and social intercourse
Of the dinner table.
! A MAN should study ever to keep cool f;
Ire makes his interiors his superiors by
heat.
The main point of conversation is to
state ones own opinion without exagger-
alton or platitude.
WHEN a man meets his fitting mate, So
ciety begins. While one man pins US to
the wall, with another we walk among
the stars.
How often is nature, hidden elsewhere.
betrayed by laugh; the Choctaw or the
negro element, sedulously concealed ex-
cept in this feature, will betray itself in
the loud squeal of merriment which sa-
lutes jest.
III the hunger for company is keen, it
should be discriminating. The great fault
Of our social custom is that there is no
lim.s to our calls and visits
We need not fear for the underplaced
mamie Will find his level 1t is for the
overplaced man that we should have mis-
givings. In the caucus, men ask is he
Republican, or is he Democrat, then has
he talents and ability, and then is he hon
est and to be trusted these affiirmatyelv
| answered, they make him their candidate,
cover him with honor and success, and 20
home and tell their wives what a good
thing they have done, forgetting to ask
the fourth and chief question, has he will
the personal force, the power to assert and
maintain his position.
| HATE to hear the assertion that our
Government excludes the h chest class, as
in New York we are told that the moment
man enters politics he loses social caste
This is absurd, wretched scepticism On
its face No bar can prevent the gentle
man in our society from giving his aid tc
promote the general advantage.
The consideration in which riches are
held among US is possibly not without
\ ,;o,r o,,1 4. = -
the belief that wealth is essentially test
/ of merit, In America it is the general
conviction of mature minds that cecry
/ young man Of ordinary faculties and hab-
/ its can obtain a good estate, and in such
| season as to enjoy as we'll as to transmit it
| SLAVERY is a genuine test OF merit and
value in It's manner and appraisal of men.
/ From five hundred to a thousand dollars
! buys good field hand skillful carpen.
ter or other mechanic sells for twelve or
twenty hundred beauty, of course brings
its own fancy price, for all that man bath
wi he give for his love; how great sums
would be given in Rome for an accom-
plished clerk, a secretary in whom his
employer might repose confidence; and
we are not told the price of Epictetas, Of
Esop, of Toussaint L'Ouverture-perhaps
it was not good market day
The King or the General does not need
fne coat The comm andinc person need
not trouble himself about such things
! But if n man wants confidence and Gp-
Tomb, 1t may be wise economy for him to
20 to a good shop for his costume, and he
may then 90 gaily into circles where he
would not otherwise venture, and bear
himself confidently in discussions in which
he could else have no part
! VINO does not delight in fine manners
/ Their charm cannot be overstated Haus
Andersou's story of the cobwcb cloth, so
fine as to be Invisible, woven for the gar
ment of King, must mean manners
Manners are greater than laws; by their
delicate natures they fortify them selves
with an impossible wall Of defense.