Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-07
Miseries Of Human Life.

1t has been aptly observed by some
writer OF acute disccrnment. that the
great evils of life are more easily borne
than the petty annovances to which
we are daily subjected We hear OF
man losing his all by a disastrous
tire, or shipwreck or the loss Of a
dear friend and when we think Ia
lind him, after brief season. over.
whelmed by the calamity. stricken
down and changed. the shadow of his
former self. we are apt to find him
calm cheerful, and resignd But Prov
ldence always tempers the wind tc
the shorn lamb :" and we have scrip
tural authority for asserting that "the
back is fitted to the burthen." You
take the same man-the Individual
equal to great troubles and the sever
est trIals-and find hIm SUFFERING from
tight boot, or a twingc Of the rbeu.
matlsm. and we shall be astonished at
the extent and uproar of his lamenta.
tlons. The irritation of nerve no
bigger than cambria needle" saws
Edward Everett. will drive an intel
lect capable of instructing the world
TO the verge of Distraction"
The man who can be plunged into
the ocean from the main-mast-of fri
gate with impunitv viii shudder at a
drop Of water thrown sportinglv in his
tace. 1t Is the aggregate of little an
noyances that make up great sum of
agony, as the continual falling of drops
of water on criminals head forms
the severest punishment that the Chi
nese (those ingenious artifcers of tor
ture) have been able to devise. The
mind, equal to greatest emergencies.
often fails in minor trials.
Frederick the Great could never
muster up sufficient courage to snuff a
candle with his fingers and the sort
of pluck that enabled a man to do so
was the theme of his highest adnira
ton. 1t Is useless to philosophize
about the fact. 1t may be that great
mlSfortunes g cast their shadows be-
fore, while little evils come upon us
unexpectedly and find MS unprcpared
Berestord, witty English writer of
the earliest part of the present centu-
~. wrote a book, now out of print.
called Miscries of Human Life -
which was one of the most amusing
things we ever read. There was an
other book from the French, entitled.
(" Little Miseries of Human Life. =
which IS about equally happy and to
the point
Our mlserles begin very early in life
If baby could speak, what volumes
could 1t not fill with its sad experienced
how would it expatiate on tight
clothes, corking-pins. wet-nurses. and
involuntary gallops upon bony knees !
BOYS can speak, and do speak their
early cup Is filled to the very brim
with misery. How wretched it is. to
be sure, to get up shivering on a bit
ter December morning, and 20 a mile
to school on the comf1rta bic asSuranc.
given the night before by the master.
that YOU are to receive severe foo
ging the moment YOU enter the recita-
ton room very nice to be deprived
of half-holiday, within ear-shot of the
joyous voices Of your scbool-mates in
the play ground, because YOU had fail
ed to coniugate "tupto," through all
its moods and lenses, according 10
Gunter.
1t Is very consoIing also to he de-
prIved Of ball because a raScallv tai
lor has neglected to send your coat
home IN time TO dress. and vou have
no garment fit to appear in-on the
occasion, too, when YOU are engaged
to meet the beloved one. and YOU
know that your rival will be there in
q most killing costume. and that this
evening Is turning point in your dcs-
tiny. Or. IN the case of lady. what
incalculable misery does she endure
when disappointed Jy the milliner.-
Julia. III the Hunchback, affords Us
striking example: Twenty times
took l it back, says her servant, re-
latlng his experience betweeu his mis-
tress and her miiliner upon one dress.
" might 90 on and instance anv
number Of petty troubles Of like na-
ture, incident to youth and age. mar
rled and single, which 60 to make mp
the sum Of grievances which const.-
tute what may be called human mis-
cry. and warn US, though thew be but
trifles -" to call no man happy till his
death