The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-05-28
THE TRIBUNE.
] A CHATTY LETTER.


esting:
- GREEN BAY, May 10, 1868.
My DEAR JACK BY the paper, you
YHI see that l am no more a dwelleI
amidst Sanctums-no more driver OF
editorial quilts. I've said good bye to
the old chair but not before it said good
bye to me, as it disappeared in the big
fire. whose strong arms have supported
a form ethereal and whose joints Will new
er more groan under the feathery pressure
ofo23O avoirdupois. I've taken long
farewell not to ''all my greatness,
Jack, but to fascinating visions OF railroad
passes and the other numerous luxurles
that properly belong to an editor plum
der box The pleasant and familiar
hymn commencing, two dollars a year,
invariably in advance, an anthem sung
In country printing shops since the men,
DRY. of man ceased traveling-wlll be sung
no more in dulcet strains by the voice
that is part and parcel of an individual
who furnishes-"at short notice and
reasonable terms the motive power
that drives this quill The exchanges
that were wont to be daily amusement
and profit have been turned over unto
others. They have been parted with,
not without struggle, or without an
effort to suppress the feeling of affection
that came bubbllng up to the surface.
Their headings and print were as the
familiar faces of youth and childhood days
AS the counterpart of friendly forms IN
maturer times. A stray copy of some
will per chance turn up once III While,
Just as one comes across a companion of
other days; but the majority will be lost
to sight, though to memory ever dear
| have said, Jack, that an adleu Ito
aHsmy greatness, has not been waved as
yetsr That is a commodity which must
be saved up for historians in embroy-
breget Plutarchs-whose slumbers get
disturbed, by nightmare visions ofnotoriety
-fdefucIve hopes of Immortality gained
from disease known among scientific
the next work for book on patriotS-a
since the ,telegraphic historians told Of
the great tragedy enacted in the Senate
year or so ago, which ended in such a
slaughtering of the innocents. And what
is a more fitting representative Of that
class than an ex-editor, ex-alderman, ex-
legislator, ex-b brew brig. gen'l, ex collect
or, and ex secretary of the celebroted
Philadelphia Convention that contained
governors might lean on and weep tears
cOpious, tears profound-a convention
that partook strongly of religious senti
ment In this that, being painfully aware
Of the gluttonous propensity of the dear
people, endeavored to establish nation
al Lenten season, by eschewing flesh and
vegetable substance, and dieting on an
herb recognized by the unlettered as
bread and butter y The four-y Calkins
collected its substance, but was taken i'll
while pursuing the botanical study. L
thought at one time, seriously OF partak-
ing of it regularly, knowing myself to be
- "A creature not too wise good,
For human natures daily food.
but DIR. Howe, our family physician, for
babe me using it, incidentally remarking
that it was productive of gastronomic
troubles In the region Of the political
stomach Having abundent confidence
in the Doctor, | dropped 1t.
? PRINTING OFFICES vs.. POLITICIANS.
Didst ever think, Jack, that tie types
and press of an Office was in one sense.
like unto the career of politician? No?
Well, then, they are Take the types.
They one day face the vices and errors of
the time with will-in 'close column
en- n,asse'' they frown down a wrong;
while too often, IN the next, they 'change
front to rear" with ''chargc" on their
friends Of yesterday. \ pleasing word
to-day-a blow tomorrow. When Sam.
johnson told Rasselas not to listen with
credulity to the whispers of fancy, nor
pursue with eagerness the phantoms of
hope; not to expect that age will
perform the promises of youth; he must
have had in his minds eye, some of the
newspapers of the present day. Pity
It's, It's true.
SUICIDE AND POVERTY.
The other day [ read of friend COM
iaisting suicide on account of pecunlary
matters Poor fellow, he had too we'll
considered the oft repeated question of
whether It's better to take up arms
against a sea of troubles or by opposing,
endRthem. lie lad cried long to pear
le Isl ngs and arrows which outrageous
fortune shows down upon the UnlucAy
tut the stream was too much-the cord
broke He was fine STRING, sensitive bat
licked the ph. los >phy Of enduring trouble
and poverty. Had he possessed that,
he woald have lived and taken comfort
out Of life. Poverty Bless US, Its
luxury The dyspeptic old chaps on
Wall street can I get it. Its a boon they
don't 6njoy. They must toll on, count
their ducats pay taxes. and die Posses
ssag p0yerty You can dispense with all 1.-THE
Srouoi5 incidental 10 holding government
bonds; such as lying to the assessor, etc.
The man that can t endure poverty is not
''true man Poverty fortities; it
strengthens Ii makes men courageous.
Tt inspires confidence. And confidence
and courage viii be useful article when
the graunt figure Of Death Shoves us all
eff from the gang plank OF lite-oif into
that queer space where kings and queens
and democrats have gone into that
vacant vacancy whore the bats OF uncer-
tainty Brighten the weak and timid, the
habit and lame. Poverty Why it a
friend 1t slicketh closer than brother.
The man whose elbows elbow their way
through his seedy coat, aud who has tried
to help him self, and who can good natur-
edly endure this, has philosophy in his
soul When bountiful Nature gets ready
TO smile upon him and lap him IN Elysium,
he'll be sure to appreciate feast OF
Dectared sweets, where no crude surfelt
'reigns And 50 when read of this sui
eide, | mourned-mourned that this
friend could not look on the threatening
waves Of the waters with more tortltude.
The sand bars and snags that obstruct
all who engage In business were more
fatal to him than the fierce lions that APP
pee.d In the way of the Christian travel
ser that John Bunyan wrote of. Soon the
waters Of Lethe will be gathered over
him, and he viii be forgotten by all save
athoSe friends who loved him. To the
world, it IS only one passenger lost of the
.frall timbers RATED together in the rive
latx &c, l.