Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-02

+, 1904.
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM SIDNEY
SMITH.
IDLENEss.
/ lfidleness does not produce vice
or manevolenco, it commonly produ
ces melancholy. Let every man tie
occupied, and be occupied IN the
highest employment of which his pa.
ture is capable, aud die with the con,
I ciousness that be has done his best.
rEIESnmP.
Life is TO be fortified by many
friendships 70 love and be loved
is the greatest happiness of existence.
If | lived under the burning sun OF
the equator it would be n pleasure to
me TO think that there were human
beings on the other side OF the world
who regarded and respected me /
could and would not live II | were
alone upon the earth and cut of from
the remembrance OF my fellow crea
| lures.
1t is not that man has occasion
to fall back upon the kindness Of his
friends. Perhaps he may never ex-
pericnce the necessity Of doing SO
but we arc governed by our mag
nations, and they stand there as
solid and imprcgnable bulwarx
against al The evils Of life. Friend
ships should be formed with ! lsoGs
OF all ages and conditions and with
both sexes. have u friend who Is a
bookseller, to whom / have been
very civil, aud who would do anyo
thing 10 serve me and have two or
three small friendships among per
sons in much humber walks OF life.
who, ! verify believe, do me a con-
siderable kindness according to their
means. | am for frank explanation
with.lriends in eases fall'ronts. They
sometimes save perishing friendship,
and even place il upon ftmcr basis
than ut first; but secret discomfort
must always end badly.
cHEERFuLNass.
Persons Of low spirits should make
the rooms in which they live as cheer
fnl as possible, taking care that the
paper with which the wall is covered
should be Of brilliant, lively color,
hanging up pictures or prints, and
covering the chimney-piece with
beautiful china bay window, look.
ing upon pleasant objects, and, above
all, large fire whoncver the wealth
or will permit, are favorable to good
spirits and the tables near should be
strewed with books and pamphlets.
HARDNESS.
Hardness IS a want Of minute at
tenton TO others 1t does not pro-
coed from maiignity or a carcfessnoss
Of indicting pain, but from a want Of
delicate PERCEPTION Of those title
things by which pleasure is conferred.
or pain excited.
HAPPINESS
The longer live the more | am
convinced that the cpothecary is Of
more Importance than Seneca, and
that half the unhappinoss in the world
proceeds from little stoppages, from
ditch cboked up. from food passing
in the wrong place, from voxed
duodeaum or an agitated pylorus-
The deception as practiced upon hu~
man creatures, is curious and enter
taini0g. my friend sups late he cats
strong soup then lobster, then
some tart, and he dilutes these
varieties with wine. The next day
| call upon him. He is going to sell
his house in London and retire in
the country. lie is alarmed for
his eldest daughters health. His
expenses are hourly increasing, and
nothing bnt timely retreat can save
him from ruin. All this is the lob
ster and when over~excited nature
has had time to manage this tesla
ccous circumference, the daughter
RECEIVERS, the finances arc in good orr
der, and every rural idea ctfcctually
excluded from the mind. Exercise
without fatigue generous living
without excess early rising and
moderation in sleeping. These are
the apothogcms OF old women but
il they are not attended to, happiness
becomes 50 extremity difficult that
very few persons can attain IT.
EVERY DAY MAxIss.
Remember that overy person,
however low, has rights and feelings
In all contentious let peace be rather
your object than triumph; value tri-
umph only us the means OF peace.
When you meet with neglect
letitrouso you to exertion instead or
notifying your pride, set about les
SEEMING those defects which expose
you to neglect, and improve those
exeellencies which command respect.
If you desire the common people
to treat you rs gentleman, you
must conduct yourself as gentle~
man should to them.
DO notattempt to frightcn children
and enferiors BY passion. 1t does
more harm to your own character
than does good to them. The same
thing is better done by firmness and
persuasion.
Find fault when yen must find
fault, in private, if possible and some
time after the ottense, rNther than at
the time. The blamed arc less in-
clined to resist when they IRE bIam-
cd without witness. Keep up the
habit OF being respected, and do not
attempt to be more amusing and
agreeable than is consistent with he
preservation Of respect.
Don't be too severe upon yourself
and your own feelings; keep on, don't
faint, be energetic to the last.
Ii you wish to keep your mind
clear and body healthy, abstain from
all fermcnted liquors.
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Company in issuinga policy to ILor
ace Greeley recently, taking into
consideration his habits, constitution
and ancestry, rated him as fort>tve