Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-03
FORCE OF HABIT.

l. Burke relates that for long time he had
been under the necessity of frequenting a
certain place every day, and that, so far
from finding pleasure in it, he was affec'
ted with sort of uneasiness and disgust
and yet if by any means he passed by the
usual time of going thither, he felt remark,
ably uneasy, and was not quieted until he
was in his usual track.
| Persons who use snuff soon deaden the
sensibility of smell, so that pinch is ta-
ken unconsciously, and without any sensa-
tion being exerted thereby, sharp though
the stimulus may be. ... .
After series of years winding up a
watch at certain hour, it becomes SO
much a routine as to be done in utter un-
consciousness meanwhile the mind and
body are engaged in something entirely
different
An old man is reported to have scolded
his maid-servant very severely for not hav-
ing placed his glass in the proper position
for shaving "Why, sir" replied the girl,
have omitted itfor months, and thought
you could shave just as well without it,"
= We are all creatures of habit, and the
doing of disagrceable things may become
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the young the Importance of forming cor
rect habits in early life, to the end that
they may be carried out without an effort,
even although at first it may have required
some self-denial, some cons iderable resolu-
tion to have fallen into them
! But if doing disagreeable things does
by custom become more pleasurable than
their omission then the doing right, be-
cause we love to do what is right becomes
double pleasure to the performer in the
consciousness that while he is yielding al
! legiance to his Maker, he benefits his fel-
low man, and cannot get out Of the habit Of
well-doing without an effort and pang.
Thus are the truly good hedged round
about, and are more confirmed in their good
doing, and its practice becomes easier and
more delightful the longer they live, help
ing them to go down to the grave 6 like as
shock of corn cometh in his season" p.
These principles are equally applicable
to our physical nature-to bodily health
Habits of regularity, temperance, cleanli-
ness and exercise become "a second nature
In the course of years their performance
pleasure, their infractlon "a discomfort ;
while the use of beverages of ale, beer, cor
dials, cider, and other drinks containing
alcohol or the employment Of tobacco in
chewing, smoking, or snuffing, and the
over-indulgence of propensities, becomes a
slavery, an iron despotism, which i'll the end
debases the heart, undermines the health,
and destroys life, making a miserable
wreck of soul, body and estate together.
DoN'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.-S ONE years
ago there arrived at the hotel erected near
the Niagara Falls an odd-looking man,
whose appearance and department were
quite in contrast with the crowds of we'll
dressed and polished figures which adorn-
ed the celebrated resort. He seemed Just
to have sprung from the woods his dress
which was made of leather, stood dread
fully i'll need of repair, apparently not hav
ing felt the touch of needlewoman for
many long month A worn-out blanket
that might have served for a bed, was
buckled to his shoulder; a large knife hung
on one side balanced by long, rusty, tin
box on the other, and his beard uncrop-
ped, tangled, and coarse, fell down upon
his bosom, as If to counterpoise the weight
of the thick dark locks that supported
themselves on his back and shoulders
This strange being, to the spectators, seem
ngly half civilized, half savage, had
quick, glancing eye, and elastic, firm move
ment, that would, no doubt, win its way
through the brakes, both of The Wilderness
and of society. He pushed his steps into
the sitting room, unstrapped his little bur-
den, quietly looked around for the Landlord,
and then modestly asked for breakfast.
The host at first drew back with evident
repugnance at its uncouth form among the
genteel visitors, but a few words whisper
ed in his ear speedily satisfied his doubts;
the stranger took his place III the compa-
ny, some Struggling, some staring, some
laughing outright. Yet there was more
in that single man than in all the rest of
the throng He was an American woods
man as he said; he was a genuine son
of Nature, yet had been entertained with
distinction at the table of princes learned
societies, to which the like of Cuver be-
longed, bowed down to welcome his pres
ence kings had been complimented when
he spoke to them III short, he was one
whose fame will be growing brighter when
the fashiOnables who laugh at him and
many much greater than they shall be ut
terly perished From every hilltop and
deep, shady grove, the birds, those bios
SONS of the air, will sing his name. The
little wren will pipe it with his matin
hymn about our house the oriole carol it
from the slender grasses of the meadows :;
the turtle dove roll it through the secret
forest the many-voiced mockingbird pour
it along the air /; and the imperial eagle,
the bird of Washington, as he sits far up
on the blue mountains, will scream it to
the tempest and the stars He was the
late John j. Audubon, ornithologist.
| TIGER FRIGHTENED BR MOUsE.-A travel
Ter gives the following anecdote of tiger
kept at the British Residency at Calcutta :
"But what annoyed him far more than
our poking him with a stick. or tantaizing
him with shins of beef or legs of mutton,
was mouse introduced into the cage. No
fine lady ever exhibited more terror at the
sight of aspider than this magnificent roy
al tiger on seeing amouse. Our mischie-
vous plan was to tie the little animal by a
string to the end of long pCle, and thrust
it close to the tigers nose. The moment
he saw it he leaped to the opposite side, ,and
when the mouse was made to run near him
he jammed himself into the corner, and